Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he is delighted to have progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League but admitted it was a "strange feeling" to beat Manchester United.
The 28-year-old scored the winning goal following Luka Modric's equaliser to send Jose Mourinho's side through to last eight of the competition against 10-man United as Nani saw red.
He told the club's official website: "I'm happy to win but I'm also sad for Manchester United. I didn't celebrate the goal but I was happy inside.
"I have a lot of respect for the support that the fans gave me in my six years in Manchester. The most important thing was to win and we are very happy.
"I've done my job, which was to help Real Madrid win and go through to the quarters. I scored at the Bernabeu and I've done it again here. It is a very strange feeling, a feeling of love, not power. If one day I leave Real Madrid, it will be the same."
Mourinho's side join Borussia Dortmund as the first teams to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Simon Sinclair
