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Cristiano Ronaldo Received A Spine-Tingling Reception When Leaving The Pitch After Spurs Hat-Trick

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Updated 09:49 13 Mar 2022 GMTPublished 09:46 13 Mar 2022 GMT

Cristiano Ronaldo Received A Spine-Tingling Reception When Leaving The Pitch After Spurs Hat-Trick

Ronaldo won the game almost single-handedly for United.

Daniel Marland

Daniel Marland

Cristiano Ronaldo received an incredible ovation from Manchester United fans after his hat-trick vs Tottenham Hotspur.

United ran out 3-2 winners on Saturday evening and it was down to Ronaldo, who netted the second hat-trick of his Premier League career.

The 37-year-old has had a fairly quiet 2022 so far but he turned up at the right time to keep United's top four hopes alive.

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Fans inside Old Trafford showed their appreciation, singing 'Viva Ronaldo' and clapping the Portugal international as he went down the tunnel.

Ronaldo opened the scoring inside 12 minutes with an absolute thunderbolt from outside the area.

Fred's lovely backheel reached the five-time Ballon d'Or winner, who hammered the ball past a helpless Hugo Lloris.

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Tottenham grew into the contest and received a penalty in the 35th minute after a Dejan Kulusevski cross hit Alex Telles' arm.

Harry Kane fired home for his 11th of the season, but United found themselves ahead again three minutes later.

Jadon Sancho managed to stay onside and crossed for Ronaldo to tap home his second of the game.

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The second half was low on quality from both teams, but Antonio Conte's side drew level once again through a Harry Maguire own goal.

Sergio Reguilon's drive needed dealing with, but the United captain accidentally turned into his own net.

Nine minutes from time, Ronaldo emphatically headed home Telles' corner to seal all three points.

Ronaldo scored the 805th, 806th and 807th goals of his professional career in the game, which makes him football's all-time leading goalscorer.

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Previous record holder Josef Bican scored 805 professional career goals.

United interim manager Ralf Rangnick paid tribute to Ronaldo in his post-match interview and explained he did much more than score the vital goals.

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"[Ronaldo] was also energetic today. He was part of the whole team when we had to defend, because we had to defend a lot. It was a top performance by him, but also by the rest of the team," Rangnick said.

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"I didn’t expect him to score three goals, but I expected him to score. That’s why I decided to play him.

"His training session was so good on Thursday that I decided to start him and not bring him from the bench. I spoke to him before training on Friday and he said his hip flexor was good enough to play.

"He can do it [get 70,000 people off their feet], but again he can also do it only with the team. A fantastic performance.

"It was not just the three goals today it was also he was part of the team when they were in possession of the ball."

Featured Image Credit: ManUtd/Twitter

Topics: Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League

Daniel Marland
Daniel Marland

Daniel is a social editor for SPORTbible after moving from the writing team. Nearly scored past Stormzy at Old Trafford once.

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