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21st February 2018
09:40pm GMT

RVP's second of the afternoon came via an almost identical chance to the one Lukaku blasted high on Wednesday.
Van Persie perfectly judged a Wayne Rooney pass and hammered the ball into the Villa net with a strike that was regarded by Sir Alex Ferguson as "the goal of the century for me."
Having mastered the art of the volley, Van Persie scored some belters in his time but he considers his second against Villa that day as the greatest of his career.
"Maybe if you look at the day, the occasion and the importance of the goal it was my best one," Van Persie said. "It was a great pass from Wayne for a start. He had to spot my run because I went in front of Ron Vlaar. It was straight into my path. The only thing I had to do was time it right and keep my body straight, level with the ball."
And if he needed to be reminded of the quality of the hit from five years ago, he just has to take one look at his Twitter mentions on Wednesday evening...
https://twitter.com/thesen2002/status/966404852329992192
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https://twitter.com/Navid_Kazem/status/966405019020025856
https://twitter.com/FaizalLunat1/status/966405143376822277
https://twitter.com/jnRjoeY/status/966405504099635200
https://twitter.com/faizan_191/status/966412509040160768
https://twitter.com/GinninderSingh/status/966413540948152321
https://twitter.com/MoinThakur/status/966413350820286465
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