Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi? Peter Drury's poetic answer in 2020

Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi: who is the better footballer?

It’s the age-old question which has bewildered football fans for years upon years and continues to symbolise just how lucky we are to inhabit an era where two of the greatest players in history are competing simultaneously.

We’ll look back in 20, 30, 40 years’ time at the dazzling days of Ronaldo and Messi going toe-to-toe in their primes for Real Madrid and Barcelona and no doubt decree that football peaked there and then.

However, the downside to Ronaldo and Messi sharing the same generation is indeed that aforementioned question because both superstars have been compared and contrasted at every twist and turn.

Whether it’s university studies, statistical breakdowns or YouTube analyses, every method and medium under the sun has been used to try and answer the eternal footballing debate.

But most of the time, the closest we ever come to establishing how Ronaldo and Messi truly compare to one another is through personal opinions as the English language can far better articulate the nuances of the question than a spreadsheet ever could.

And few figures in football boast a mastery of words quite like Peter Drury, who is revered by many as the finest commentator in the beautiful game right now.

You know you’re a top-class broadcaster when everyone knows your name and Drury seldom goes a single week without going viral for his latest Shakespearan reaction behind the microphone.

However, it was actually away from the gantry and in a relaxed interview setting where he himself was facing the questions when Drury most famously gave his two cents on the Ronaldo vs Messi debate.

During a 2020 interview by Nana Aba Anamoah, the broadcasting favourite beautifully broke