CR7 the G.O.A.T

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By Kwame Michael, Digital sports writer

Cristiano Ronaldo proved to be the G.O.A.T (the greatest player of all time) after scoring a spectacular hat-trick to hand Manchester United a 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspurs at the Old Trafford stadium last night.

CR7 celebrate his 16th goal of the season

The 37-yr old Portuguese maestro was phenomenal and instrumental to the success of the match with his fantastic inspiring displays to the admiration of the fans who cheered on throughout the encounter. The hat trick takes his goal tally to 16 in all competitions so far this season.

He is now officially recognized by FIFA as the all-time top leading goal scorer in world football with 807 goals in 1,010 appearances professionally.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo807
2. Josef Bican805
3. Romario772
4. Lionel Messi759

Source: Google.com

Tottenham's goals arrived via Harry Kane's penalty equaliser in the first half and Harry Maguire's second half own goal.

Harry Kane scored a penalty





The crucial win sees the Red Devils occupy a temporal 4th position three points ahead of Arsenal who are billed to host Leicester city today at 16:30 GMT. 

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Stay tuned for more action as we bring you other stories from today's games between Chelsea and Newcastle United at the Stamford bridge later plus best goals in the German bundesliga and Spanish la Liga pro.


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