The Portuguese phenomenon scored twice with a touchdown (38, 45 + 1) and returned to lead the goalscoring table, McKinney added the third (66) • The gap from Inter: 8 points with a game in hand • England: Dramatic victory for Crystal Palace against Brighton • Spain: Sevilla moved The Barcelona and rose to third place
Ronaldo.
Again rising to inhuman heights
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What was not said about Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese phenomenon provided another great game tonight (Monday) in which he scored a double with his head and led Juventus to a 0: 3 victory over table-toppers Crotone in the 23rd round in Serie A.
Juventus came after the 2-1 loss to Porto in the Champions League and after losing in the league to Napoli in the previous round.
In the 38th minute Ronaldo slammed home the lead from Alex Sandro's crossbar, and in the extra time of the first half doubled the lead as he flew to heights as only he knows.
Weston McKenny sealed the game with Yuba's third goal in the 66th minute.
Ronaldo now has 18 league goals, and is at the top of the league table in Serie A, with one goal more than Romulo Lukaku.
Crotone is the 78th team that CR7 manages to score a goal against in the top five leagues in Europe.
Since 2000, only Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored against more teams (79).
In doing so, Ronaldo completed at least one goal against each of the 18 Serie A teams.
Following the victory, Pirlo's team reduced the gap from Inter leading to 8 points, with one game less.
The opponent will continue to lock the table after suffering its fifth consecutive loss tonight, and is on the safe path to the sub-league.
Spain.
Sevilla took advantage of Barcelona's stumble against Cadiz and passed it en route to third place in the table.
Diego Carlos (19 ') and Luke de Jong (49') settled for the Andalusians 0: 2 over Ossona away.
Sevilla have won the last five games in the league without absorbing and from there, the distance from the leading Atletico stands at only 7 points.
Next week, two meetings await her against Barcelona - one in the league and one in the cup.
England.
Christian Bentke's winning goal deep into extra time gave Crystal Palace a dramatic 1-2 draw over Brighton away.
Earlier, Jean-Philippe Matta put the visitors ahead (28 '), Joel Waltman set up a temporary equalizer (55').