The last time Cristiano Ronaldo scored against Tottenham at Old Trafford he was 24-years-old and got two goals. Almost 13 years on, he went one better aged 37.
Ronaldo's first hat-trick back at United - and his second for the club since January 2008 - crowned his finest performance in a season where he has been repeatedly questioned. Tom Brady, American football's greatest and sat in the directors' box, put his hands together three times for football's greatest. Brady's Twitter account also posted its approval.
Inexplicably, Ronaldo did not approach the referee for the match ball, possibly because he has enough already on display in his museum. This was his 49th. Tottenham are officially now his Premier League patsies; he has scored 10 against them - more than any other club in his United career.
