Best backheel goals ever: Cristiano Ronaldo, Denis Law, Hernandez, Mancini, VDV and more

Cristiano Ronaldo put the eyes in the back of his head to good use this weekend by scoring a jaw-dropping backheel, which you can see above. With most other footballers we'd put it down to good luck, but Real Madrid didn't put £80 million in Man United's bank account for nothing.

How does it compare to these 10 other audacious backheels? Take a look…

1974: DENIS LAW SCORES A BACKHEEL FOR MANCHESTER CITY TO CEMENT THE RELEGATION OF HIS FORMER CLUB MANCHESTER UNITED (AND HE ISN'T AT ALL PLEASED ABOUT IT)...

2010: GLENTORAN'S MATTY BURROWS BRINGS BALLET TO THE NORTHERN IRELAND FOOTBALL PITCH...

2003: BRAZILIAN WINGER MANCINI VOLLEYS HOME A FREE-KICK WITH HIS HEEL FOR ROMA, AGAINST THEIR CITY RIVALS LAZIO...

2008: ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC HEELS HOME A CROSS AGAINST BOLOGNA WHEN HE PLAYED FOR INTERNAZIONALE...

1997: DESPITE JUVENTUS LOSING THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 3-1 TO BORUSSIA DORTMUND, ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO MADE SURE THEY LOST IN STYLE...

2012: TO CELEBRATE HIS 30th BIRTHDAY, ARGENTINA AND GENOA FORWARD RODRIGO PALACIO DIPPED THIS AUDACIOUS BACK-HEEL OVER LAZIO'S GOALKEEPER IN SERIE A

 2003: AJAX (AND CURRENTLY Tottenham) STRIKER Rafael Van Der Vaart PULLS OFF A DIVING BACKHEEL VERSUS FEYENOORD...

2011: SERIAL SHOW-OFF CRISTIANO RONALDO IS ALSO A SERIAL BACKHEELER AND USED THIS FRIENDLY AGAINST CHINESE SIDE GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE TO PRACTICE...

2011: JAVIER 'CHICARITO' HERNANDEZ PUT MEXICO THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE GOLD CUP WITH THIS LIGHTENING QUICK EFFORT...

2000: AFTER HIS TERRIBLE PRE-SEASON EFFORT (SEE BELOW) MARIO BALOTELLI SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THIS BACKHEEL FROM HIS CURRENT MANAGER, Roberto Mancini, WHEN HE PLAYED FOR LAZIO...

BONUS VIDEO: MARIO BALOTELLI PERFORMS ONE OF THE WORST BACKHEELS EVER