Santos lauds Ronaldo after late winner

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Portugal coach Fernando Santos hailed Cristiano Ronaldo after his last-gasp winner in Denmark on Tuesday.

Ronaldo's 95th-minute header gave Portugal a dramatic 1-0 win in Copenhagen in Group I of Euro 2016 qualifying.

The result helped Portugal respond to a disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Albania last month and get their qualifying campaign back on track.

And Ronaldo, who was not at his best - perhaps due to a knee niggle - finally converted one when he nodded Ricardo Quaresma's cross at the death.

Afterwards, Santos said: "Cristiano is Cristiano. He is a winner, and there are no adjectives to describe him."

"We knew that Denmark were very strong.

"I think they saw the match against France and changed from their normal tactics, from a 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 trying to control the match."