Cristiano: more 2018 league goals than United, BVB and Chelsea
The Portuguese maintained his rich goal scoring vein of form putting four past Girona as part of a 6-3 win at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Girona were the latest league side to succumb to Cristiano Ronaldo's goal scoring prowess in LaLiga Santander after the Madeira born player bagged his fifth four-goal haul in the Spanish league. Cristiano now moves into second place in the "Pichihi" (LaLiga top scorer) ranking leapfrogging Luis Suarez by one goal with the Uruguayan on 21 goals. With 22 goals in the domestic campaign, the Real Madrid No. 7 is just three behind current top marksman Leo Messi on 25.
With a discreet start to the first half of the season where Cristiano was only on target on four occasions, the striker has been relentless in recent weeks bagging 18 league goals in the second phase of the 2017/18 campaign. It's not just in LaLiga where the Portuguese forward has been prolific in front of goal with the striker netting 12 times in the current Champions League where his goals have been instrumental in Real Madrid progressing to the quarter final stage where they meet Juventus in April.
More league goals in 2018 than other European giants:
With his four goals yesterday Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 18 goals in 2018 (calendar year) which is one more than the league goals that Arsenal and AC Milan have bagged in the year, three more then Manchester United (15) in 2018, four more than Borussia Dortmund (14) and six more than Chelsea (12).
Teams (and goals) that Cristiano has scored against in LaLiga
1. Sevilla 25 goals
2. Getafe 23
3. Athletic 17
4. Málaga 17
5. Valencia 15
6. Celta 15
7. Espanyol 15
8. Real Sociedad 14
9. Deportivo 13
10. Villarreal 12
11. Rayo Vallecano 12
12. Granada 12
13. Levante 11
14. Atlético 11
15. Osasuna 11
16. Barcelona 8
17. Almería 7
18. Eibar 7
19. Real Zaragoza 7
20. Elche 7
21. Mallorca 7
22. Sporting de Gijón 6
23. Real Betis 6
24. Racing de Santander 6
25. Alavés 5
26. Girona 4
27. Xerez 4
28. Las Palmas 3
29. Hércules 2
30. Córdoba 1
31. Tenerife 1
