Champions League top scorer after Ronaldo scored the winning goal for Manchester United
Cristiano Ronaldo enlivened the title of top scorer in the UEFA Champions League 2021-2022 after becoming the hero of the victory for the Manchester United team over his opponent, Villarreal.
The match between Manchester United and Villarreal takes place in the second matchday series of the UEFA Champions League season 2021-2022.
The match between Manchester United VS Villarreal took place at Old Trafford Stadium on Thursday (30/09/2021).
In that match, Cristiano Ronaldo became the main star after scoring a goal and at the same time winning for Manchester United.
He broke into Villarreal's goal when the game had entered the 90+5 minute, or it could be called injury time.
Goals from Ronaldo made the score win for Manchester United with 2-1 over the Yellow Submarine troops, nicknamed Villarreal.
Previously, Villarreal had beaten with a score of 1 in the 53rd minute thanks to Paco Alcacer's goal.
Seven minutes later, Manchester United was able to equalize the score temporarily through Alex Telles' kick.
Victory over Villarreal makes Manchester United move up to third place in the UEFA Champions League 2021-2022 Group F standings.
Manchester United is only one score away from Atalanta (Italy) as the leader of Group F standings.
In addition to successfully winning the match against Villarreal and getting third in the Group F standings, Ronaldo also enlivened the competition for the UEFA Champions League 2021-2022 top scorer list.
Before breaking into Villarreal's goal, Ronaldo managed to score in the match against Young Boys, 14 September.
Ronaldo also scored one goal in the first matchday series of the Champions League.
As a result, Ronaldo has collected two goals from two appearances in the UEFA Champions League finals.
Ronaldo is now on par with other top players who have also scored two goals such as Darwin Nunez (Benfica) and Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla).
Cristiano Ronaldo is only left behind by four other players, namely Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Sebastian Haller (Ajax Amsterdam), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), and Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig).
Currently, the UEFA Champions League score is led by Sebastian Haller with a score of five goals. Meanwhile, the same Nkunku and Lewandowski got four goals.
And Mohamed Salah is in fourth place with a score of three goals.
The following is the list of Champions League top scores until Thursday (30/09/2021):
- 5 Goals - Sebastian Haller (Ajax)
- 4 Goals - Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Muenchen), Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
- 3 Goals - Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
- 2 Goals - Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla), Steven Berghuis (Ajax), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Karim Adeyemi (Salzburg), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Darwin Nunez (Benfica), Cristiano Ronaldo (Mancehster United)
