Cristiano Ronaldo can be anxiously watching on as Lionel Messi continues to edge nearer to taking on his document because the Champions League’s highest-ever goalscorer.
Manchester United star Ronaldo is a joint document winner of the European Cup after lifting it 5 occasions however finds himself enjoying in UEFA’s secondary competitors this season.
Ronaldo is just not enjoying within the Champions League this season
The 37-year-old’s illustrious historical past within the Champions League means he’s nonetheless main the goalscoring charts after netting a staggering 140 targets to his identify within the competitors, 13 forward of arch-rival Messi.
However the Argentine has an actual likelihood to shut the hole this marketing campaign, with Paris Saint-Germain among the many favourites to win this 12 months’s event.
It’s his PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe nonetheless who can grow to be the membership’s all time scorer within the Champions League, with the Frenchman degree with Edinson Cavani after scoring 30 targets in 47 video games.
Manchester Metropolis sensation Erling Haaland is just not far behind, with 28 targets in 22 appearances, so it received’t be lengthy earlier than both of them crack the highest ten checklist.
However for now, right here’s it the way it stands…
10. Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea) – 48 in 100 video games
Andriy Shevchenko banged within the targets for AC Milan, Chelsea and Dynamo Kiev and was a winner with the Serie A facet
9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United) – 48 in 124 video games
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored Champions League targets for seven totally different golf equipment
8. Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona) – 50 in 112 video games
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Arsenal legend Thierry Henry scored 50 Champions League targets
7. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) – 52 in 136 video games
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Thomas Muller has been excellent for Bayern Munich within the Champions League, successful it twice
6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Actual Madrid) – 56 in 73 video games
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Ruud van Nistelrooy is one in every of Man United’s best aim scorers
5. Raul (Actual Madrid, Schalke) – 71 in 142 video games
Raul was one of many best ever to grace the Champions League
4. Karim Benzema (Lyon, Actual Madrid) – 86 in 143 video games
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Karim Benzema remains to be scoring for enjoyable for Actual Madrid
3. Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Barcelona) – 89 in 108 video games
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Lewandowski is likely one of the competitors’s best scorers and he received the Champions League with Bayern Munich in 2020
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain) – 127 in 158 video games
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Messi is already off the mark within the Champions League this season
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Actual Madrid, Juventus) – 140 in 183 video games
Ronaldo has received 4 Champions League titles with Actual Madrid, having first received the title with Manchester United
