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Cristiano Ronaldo overhauled Ruud van Nistelrooy and moved into third place on the all-time Champions League goalscorers’ list when Real Madrid took on Juventus on Wednesday night
The Blancos ace has been in scintillating form in this season’s tournament, having netted five times in his other first two outings, against Galatasaray and Copenhagen, to make his tally in Europe’s premier club cup competition (excluding qualifying rounds) to 57 goals from 95 matches.
The Dutchman, who fielded your questions on Twitter via @Heineken using #sharethesofa during Wednesday night’s action, struck a staggering 56 times in just 73 appearances in the Champions League proper, meaning the now-retired striker averaged 0.77 goals per game.
Only Lionel Messi can boast a more impressive strike rate. The Barcelona superstar, who strengthened his grip on second place in the all-time top 10 with his first-half effort against AC Milan on Tuesday night, has now scored 63 goals in 81 matches, which works out at 0.78 goals per game.
If he maintains that consistency, Messi could conceivably usurp Real Madrid icon Raul at the summit of the standings as the Argentine is now just eight goals behind the Spanish striker, who netted 71 times in 144 games.
Source: Goal