Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in Wednesday’s 4-1 win over Celta Vigo as the in-form Real Madrid talisman fittingly took Zinedine Zidane’s men to within a point of the league title.
Madrid went into the match knowing that four points from their final two LaLiga games would guarantee them the crown regardless of Barcelona’s efforts and they successfully passed their first test in an expert manner in Galicia.
It proved to be a strong start by the visitors and they found themselves ahead early on thanks to their Portuguese superstar, who overtook Jimmy Greaves as the most prolific player to grace Europe’s top five domestic divisions, scoring his 367th and 368th goals across England and Spain.
There were not too many other opportunities for the away fans to get excited about in the first period, but Ronaldo made Celta pay for their wastefulness with a second just after the break, rounding off a devastating counter-attack.
