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Published 09:10 20 Apr 2017 BST
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Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, the 41st of his Real Madrid career, to knock Bayern out of Europe and his performance has prompted his former teammate to laud Ronaldo as "a genius."
"The guy is a genius, there's no getting away from it," Keane said on ITV the night after Real's dramatic 4-2 second leg victory at the Bernabeu.
"You are talking about one of the greatest players ever to play this game. He is a joy to watch!
"We keep talking about how hard it is to score goals. You look at his stats every season…the goals he scores, the assists, the guy is a genius. Simple as that."
After going so far as to insist that Ronaldo "would probably be really good in goal as well," Keane's more cynical nature showed itself as he admitted he wasn't altogether sold on the subject of video assistant referees.
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Last month saw the latest trial of new technology in a friendly between Spain and France and it played a vital role in two key refereeing decisions as a France goal, originally given, was ruled out before a Spain goal was awarded after consultation with the official with the benefit of a replay.
But Keane's not convinced.
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