"That's what he does best. When you need him, in big games, he delivers the goods," said Michael Carrick, trying to explain the unimaginable phenomenon that pervades Cristiano Ronaldo, who was once again there for Manchester United.
The Red Devils defeated Villarreal 0: 2 in Spain yesterday and qualified for the quarterfinals of the Champions League, with the first goal, scored artistically, by the Portuguese phenomenon, his 140th goal in the Champions League.
However, the resounding number is generally 800 - the number of official goals Ronaldo has scored during his career, more than anyone else and at an increasing distance from his competitors.
He has 43 goals more than the legendary discrimination and 41 more than Josef Bitsan the Czech.
Distribution of the 800 conquests: 451 in the Real Madrid uniform (in 438 appearances), 129 in the Manchester United uniform, 115 in the Portugal national team uniform, 101 in the Juventus uniform and 4 more in the place where it all started, Sporting Lisbon.
Ronaldo also yesterday became the first player to score for an English club in each of the five opening rounds of the Champions League.