Cristiano Ronaldo Debate Rages on: Star Tops Scoring List for Juventus and Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo Debate Rages on: Star Tops Scoring List for Juventus and Manchester United

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:53 PM
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  • Cristiano Ronaldo set the record for most goals scored at both Manchester United and Juventus during the year
  • Ronaldo scored 20 goals for Juventus this year, a record which hasn't been matched even though he left in May
  • The debate over whether Ronaldo is the best of all time continues with fans divided over their opinions

Is Cristiano Ronaldo the greatest footballer of all time? That's a debate that will rage on for years to come but Ronaldo is certainly giving his doubters something to think about.

Ronaldo will end the 2021 footballing year having set another record, one many would have thought impossible.

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Cristiano Ronaldo continues to set leagues alight and records tumbling. Image: Giuseppe Cottini/ Dan Mullan
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As reported by Goal.com, Ronaldo will finish 2021 as the leading goal scorer for Juventus and Manchester United during this year. Ronaldo scored 20 goals for Juventus this year, despite leaving the club in May, Manchester Evening News reports.

No one at the Turin based club has managed to match that since. Ronaldo also tops United's goal-scoring list for the year with 14 goals.

Despite the new record, fans are still divided about whether he is the greatest of all time. Some argue that the new record is something that even Lionel Messi couldn't do while others claim Ronaldo only scores penalties and tap in goals.

@ranny_ft:

"The greatest player of all time"

Souf Ian:

"His performance is fantastic, as if he was twenty years old CR7 legend"

Tomisin Isaac:

"Truly unstoppable Force, Left foot, Right foot, Head, He has it all. The best of all by far. Goatnaldo"

@TheGoatStan1:

"All tap-ins and penalties"

@SazMCFC:

"Tap-ins and penalties! Not impressive at all"

Shad Ndala Shad Mwamba:

"Poor touch, lucky rebound. Cristiano Ronaldo is the luckiest player of all time."

Portuguese striker Ronaldo moves up in Man United’s all-time goals chart after goal vs Burnley

Portuguese sensation Cristiano Ronaldo found the back of the net in Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Burnley in the Premier League on Thursday night, Complete Sports reports. The 36-year-old tapped into the net for the Red Devils’ third goal of the encounter, Sports Brief reported.

His penalty against Norwich earlier in December saw him on the same level with legendary Tommy Taylor who netted 131 goals for the Old Trafford outfit before he retired. Ronaldo moves ahead of Taylor, whose haul would, of course, have been even greater had he not lost his life in the 1958 Munich Air Disaster.

Ronaldo who returned to Manchester United this during the summer has since overtaken Andy Cole, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Brian McClair and now Taylor in our all-time scorers list.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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