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No One Has Ever Scored 14 Goals In Eight Champions League Games Except This Guy

Things just got better for the world's player of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo, after setting another milestone in his footballing career.

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Cristiano Ronaldo has equalled Lionel Messi's goals record for a single Champions League season

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 14th Champions League goal this season.

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Cristiano Ronaldo has matched the goal total for a single UEFA Champions League season, with his strike in Real Madrid's quarter-final first leg at home to Borussia Dortmund taking his campaign tally to 14 so far.

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Barcelona's Lionel Messi hold a record of most goals scored in one Champions League competition with 14 goals in 2011-2012 season.

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His 14th Champions League goal of the campaign has matched the competition's record mark for goals in a season set by Lionel Messi two years ago.

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The Real Madrid's superstar scored all 14 goals in just 8 Champions League games, the fastest record ever achieved by a football player

Remarkably, the Portuguese has matched the Barcelona ace's tally in just eight outings this term.

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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring against Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League quarter-final 1st leg.

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Ronaldo is now level with Messi, who netted 14 times in 11 games during the 2011-12 tournament.

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According to Goal.com, Ronaldo has now scored every 50.71 minutes in the tournament, eclipsing Messi's 70.71-minute average. No player has ever scored at such a rate in Europe's premier club cup competition.

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Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored every 50.71 minutes in the tournament.

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Ruud Van Nistelrooy seemed even more prolific than Messi during Manchester United’s run to the quarter finals in 2002-03. The Dutchman scored 12 goals in total, taking his average to 57 minutes per goal.

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Ex Manchester United striker, Ruud Van Nistelrooy in 2003.

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In his 100th Champions League game he also matched Alfredo Di Stefano’s haul of 49 goals in the European Cup

Ronaldo's goal against Borussia Dortmund.

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It was the Portugal forward’s 100th Champions League appearance and the goal, when he picked up a Luka Modric pass and clipped the ball into the net from close range, took his overall tally to 64.

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Alfredo Di Stefano scored 49 goals in European competition.

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That saw Ronaldo equal the Champions League record of 14 goals in a season, as well as Alfredo di Stefano's haul of 49 European goals for Madrid.

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Given Ronaldo is scoring at an even better rate, he will have the chance to take outright possession of Messi's record in the near future.

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We're pretty sure that's how he feels right now

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