Ronaldo makes history in Champions League win

Cristiano Ronaldo joined Raul as Real Madrid’s most prolific goal scorer when he netted both goals in their 2-0 win over Malmo in Champions League Group A on Wednesday.

Already the top scorer in the competition’s history, Ronaldo rifled home his 81st and 82nd Champions League goals and took his Real tally to 323 alongside Raul with goals in the 29th and 90th minutes.

“I am very happy that the team won, we kept a clean sheet, that we took three points and Christiano Ronaldo scored two goals and broke a record. We have seen many great goal scorers in history but he managed to do it in fewer games,” Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez told a news conference after the game.

“I think that to win away, to get three points, a clean sheet and two goals from Ronaldo and set another record was very pleasing”.

With six points from their opening two games, Rafael Benitez’s side lead Group A on goal difference from their next opponents Paris Saint-Germain, while Malmo, despite two losses, are third having conceded fewer goals than Shakhtar Donetsk.

The dismissal of Malmo’s Peru international Yoshimar Yotun in the 78th minute after picking up his second yellow card effectively ended the game as a contest.

Malmo full back Anton Tinnerholm had kept Ronaldo quiet for much of the opening half hour, but when his side lost the ball on one of their rare forays forward, there was little he or his team mates could do to stop the Portuguese winger.

Later Ronaldo scored again to equal Raul’s record in the final minute after he was set up for a simple finish by substitute Lucas Vazquez.

“For the first goal, we let them come on a counter attack, the first in the first half, and that was because we brought up a lot of people in the throw-in leaving our defence exposed,” Malmo coach Age Hareide said.

“The second came at the 90th minute when our players were tired and we were one man less. But he (Ronaldo) is a good player, there’s no doubt about that,” he said.

Madrid dominated possession but Tinnerholm, Markus Rosenberg and Jo-Inge Berget all managed to test Keylor Navas, and Malmo captain Rosenberg flashed a second-half header just wide with the goal at his mercy.