Cristiano Ronaldo produced the perfect response to missing the Manchester derby by scoring a hat-trick to help Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Having been heavily criticised for flying out to Portugal whilst his team-mates were hammered by their cross-city rivals, Ronaldo produced an outstanding performance, hitting just his second treble in United colours. After seeing his first two goals cancelled out by Harry Kane and a Harry Maguire own-goal, Ronaldo's third of the contest proved to be enough to secure United all three points.
But whilst his third goal of the evening was the deciding moment in the game, it was his second goal, which came as a result of him tapping in Jadon Sancho's low cross, that was the most poignant. That is because it rubber-stamped his place in the history books.
