Ronaldo was then denied his 29th goal of the season by two brilliant saves from Valencia goalkeeper Vicente, who first repelled the striker's point blank shot from ten yards out before flicking a powerful strike round the post less than a minute later.
Swedish keeper Magnus Hedman tipped Etxeberia's shot round a post with the score still at 0-0 and made a brilliant point-blank save to deny Gaizka Mendieta on 52 minutes.