A flat foot on a cross from Marcus Rashford then a penalty to seal Manchester United's victory over Arsenal (3-2).
Thursday evening, on the lawn of Old Trafford, Cristiano Ronaldo again made the powder speak.
For the 800 and 801st time.
The five-time Ballon d'Or, 36, has indeed exceeded the bar of 800 career goals for his 1096th match, whether in club or in selection.
Simply dizzying.
In detail, CR7, who signed his 44th and 45th goals of the year 2021, scored 130 goals for the Red Devils (including 90 in the Premier League), 5 with Sporting Portugal, 450 with Real Madrid , 101 under the tunic of Juventus Turin and 115 in the national team (he dethroned the Iranian Ali Daei and his 109 achievements).
Even if he did not appear in the leading trio of the recent Ballon d'Or for the first time in ten years (6th), the Portuguese still has some fine remains.
And continues week after week to chase records.
He also has one within reach of crampons, which he could even erase before the holidays.
Four more goals and the former Madrid player will join the legendary but forgotten Josef Bican, Austro-Czechoslovak striker and top official scorer in history with 805 goals listed between 1931 and 1955.
He stacks the records
Without going into the details of his countless records, Ronaldo is notably Mr. Champions League, where he is the best artificer (140 goals) both in the group stage and knockout stage, the top scorer over a season (17 2013-2014) or the only one to have scored in three finals (out of the 5 he won).
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Earlier this week, while he was angry with the organizers of the Ballon d'Or, CR7 explained in a post on Instagram: “The greatest ambition of my career is to win national and international titles for the clubs that I represents and for the national team of my country (…) The greatest ambition of my career is to leave my name written in letters of gold in the history of world football.
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