That goal made him the player who has scored the most penalties in the Champions League and he celebrated with his third of the game nine minutes from time against a side demoralized by the referee.
Ronaldo bagged his second hattrick in four days and took his tally to eight goals this season with a well taken hattrick at the Bernabeu. We were consistent in defence and did a good job.
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The forward is obviously still carving up La Liga, as his five goals at the weekend demonstrated, but the club – or more accurately, the president – has already anointed his spiritual successor in Gareth Bale. Karim Benzema had a goal for Madrid as well.
“It’s good of course, I won’t lie, I feel so proud and happy but this is not my goal – my goal is to be good all season and help the team win, which is the most important, and to win collective trophies”.
Since he was ecstatic with their victory, Mirror observed that Ronaldo was displaying affection to his teammates, giving them hugs as they scored and when they celebrated their win.
On a night of pulsating action, Malmo, Dinamo Zagreb, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Shakhtar Donetsk also booked money-spinning group stage spots in Europe’s premier club competition.
They got off to the flawless start when Rodrigo tapped home the opener only four minutes into the game. But when the dust settles and they analyse how this Champions League first-leg qualifier went, they will understand that it could have been very different.