The former Manchester United ace helped himself to five goals as Real Madrid beat Granada 9-1.
Former Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo netted five goals for the first time in his Real Madrid career as the La Liga giants thrashed Granada 9-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The Portuguese winger headed in to the game very much like his side in general, out of form and looking largely frustrated as things haven’t worked out.
With just three goals in his previous eight La Liga outings pre kick-off, a recent study by CIES voted Ronaldo as only the 29th best forward in Europe based on statistics in 2015.
However, against Granada he was back to his ruthless best as he took advantage of some woeful defending from the visitors to break three personal records, as per the official Opta Jose Twitter account.
Any one of Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale or Cristiano Ronaldo could have claimed the Man of the Match award for a wonderful attacking display but the latter’s performance almost defied belief.
The former United hero adopted a clear shoot on site policy, taking as many as 13 strikes on goal and if it wasn’t for a bit of wastefulness he could even have helped himself to more goals.
His five-goal haul takes his season tally to 36 goals in 26 La Liga matches, four goals clear of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi in second place and just 14 short of his all-time 50 league goal record over an entire season.
Since trading the Red Devils for the Santiago Bernabeu, the 30-year-old winger has won multiple trophies and is one goal short of reaching 300 in all competitions.
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