UCL: Ronaldo is CL top scorer
The Portuguese scored twice in
Tuesday's away game against Bayern
Munich to take his tally for the
2013-14 campaign to 16
Cristiano Ronaldo has broken Lionel Messi 's
goals record for a single Champions League
season following his double in Real Madrid's
4-0 win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old's two goals in his side's
superb second-leg victory at the Allianz
Arena took his tally for the 2013-14 season
to 16.
Ronaldo has now netted one more than
Messi's previous record, with the Argentine
registering 14 times in 11 games during the
2011-12 tournament.
Remarkably, the Portuguese has bettered the
Barcelona forward's tally in just 10 outings
this term, having missed the group game at
home to Galatasaray.
No player has ever scored at such a rate in
Europe's premier club cup competition.
Messi's average during his record-breaking
2011-12 season was a goal every 70.71
minutes, while Ruud van Nistelrooy was even
more prolific during Manchester United's run
to the quarter-finals in 2003.
The Dutchman netted 12 times in total, giving
him an average of a goal every 57 minutes.
Ronaldo, 29, has hit double figures in the
Champions League in three consecutive
seasons after netting 12 and 10 strikes in
2012-13 and 2011-12 respectively.
The former Manchester United man will now
get the chance to add to his total in the final
in Lisbon next month, with Madrid to meet
either Chelsea or Atletico in the competition's
showpiece in Portugal.
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