Cristiano
Ronaldo leads champions league all - time goal scoring chart with 95 strikes to his name closely followed by Messi who has 93 goals after he grabbed another against Monchengladbach.
Not exact matches
The Spanish
champions took charge after the break, however, restoring their
lead through a deflected long - range shot from Brazilian Casemiro in the 61st minute before Portugal forward
Ronaldo struck again, from close - range, after fine work by Luka Modric, to score his 600th goal for club and country.
On Tuesday night Cristiano
Ronaldo's hat - trick against Shakhtar Donestk saw the Real Madrid take pride of place at the top of the all - time
leading Champions League goal - scorers list.
Cristiano
Ronaldo scored with a simply sublime overhead kick as Real Madrid took a commanding 2 - 0
lead over Juventus in their
Champions League tie.
Madrid smashed Paris Saint - Germain in the last round, and Cristiano
Ronaldo is the
Champions League's
leading scorer.
With Real Madrid striker Gareth Bale set to
lead the La Liga giants against Man City in the
Champions League this coming week — with or without Cristiano
Ronaldo — he could easily end the impressive run by the Citizens in its tracks in Spain this week.
Ancelotti will probably be forced to do without the services of star man Cristiano
Ronaldo — this season's
leading scorer in the
Champions League — after the Portuguese ace missed Saturday's victory at Real Sociedad with a niggling knee injury and was only able to complete a few minutes of Monday's training session.
Ronaldo in contrast has had a stellar season, tasting nothing but success over the year, converting his spot - kick to ensure Real Madrid their 11th
Champions League trophy in May and also cheer -
leading his side to victory in the Euro finals six weeks later.
Borussia Dortmund 2 - 2 Real Madrid September 2016 [UEFA
Champions League 2016 - 17] 17 ′ 0 — 1 Cristiano
Ronaldo scored from close range after Benzema's cut back to put Real Madrid in
lead.
Neymar was meant to be PSG's talisman,
leading the French capital club to
Champions League glory, and overtaking Lionel Messi and Cristiano
Ronaldo in the Ballon d'Or race along the way.
Ronaldo is the second
leading scorer in
Champions League history, behind Raul.
Cristiano
Ronaldo enjoyed a fantastic time in 2016, where he helped Real Madrid claim the
Champions League title and then
led the Portuguese national team to victory in the 2016 European Championships in France.
Messi and
Ronaldo have now shared the last 10 Ballons d'Or since the latter's first win after
leading Manchester United to the 2007 - 08
Champions League title.
Ronaldo, 32, signed a new deal to 2021 with the club just over a year ago, but sparked speculation over his future after
leading Madrid to the
Champions League in June due to his apparent discontent with the club's lack of involvement in a tax case brought against him by Spanish prosecutors.
After
leading the club to last season's
Champions League title,
Ronaldo went on win FIFA's Ballon d'Or for a second time, establishing himself in some people's eyes as the undisputed best player in the world.
Cristiano
Ronaldo currently
leads all goal - scorers in the
Champions League with 9, having scored in each of the 6 group stage matches.
Arturo Vidal gave the German
champions the
lead with a powerful header but also missed a first - half penalty before a second - half brace from Cristiano
Ronaldo turned the game on its head.
Ronaldo leading the line against Liverpool in the
Champions League Final would be the obvious choice.
FC Barcelona 3 - 0 Borussia Monchengladbach Highlights [UEFA
Champions League 2016 - 17 Match] 16 ′ 1 — 0 Lionel Messi scored in 16th minute of the game to put Barcelona 1 - 0 in
lead and came 1 goal closer to
Ronaldo's all time
Champions League record.