RONALDO NOT QUITE ON TOP IN FRONT OF THE KOP

Christiano Ronaldo scored a superb "tap in " last night as the Kop saw Liverpool humbled by a very impressive Real Madrid side in a vital champions' league match. Madrid went on to win 3-0 and there was the difference between the regal whites from Spain and the blushed reds of Liverpool. The main talking point however was the shirt swapping at half time between the extremely unimpressive and disappointing Balotelli and Pepe, the least flambuoyant of the Spanish wizards. Balotelli was subbed at half time and would not be taking any part in the game-we presume he knew that by the time he traded his shirt. It was the first win for Real Madrid over Liverpool in this competition.
Ronaldo deserves to be second (so far) in this atmospheric elite list of goalscorers and Balotelli is light years away from reaching even the first layer of stratus, shrouding Anfield and his career.
TOP GOAL SCORERS IN EUROPEAN CUP/CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY

1              Raúl                                   71           142         Real Madrid, Schalke 04

2              Cristiano Ronaldo             70           106         Manchester United, Real Madrid

3              Lionel Messi                     69           89           Barcelona

4              Ruud van Nistelrooy         56           73           PSV, Manchester United, Real Madrid

5              Thierry Henry                   50           112         Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona

6              Alfredo Di Stéfano           49           58           Real Madrid

7              Andriy Shevchenko          48           100         Dynamo Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea

8              Eusébio                             46           65           Benfica

9              Filippo Inzaghi                 46           81           Juventus, Milan

10            Didier Drogba                    43          89          Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray

11           Alessandro Del Piero         41           89           Juventus

12           Zlatan Ibrahimović             41          104         Ajax, Juventus, Internazionale, Barcelona,                                                                                                Milan, Paris Saint-Germain

13           Karim Benzema                 40           67           Lyon, Real Madrid

14           Ferenc Puskás                    36           41           Budapest Honvéd, Real Madrid

15           Gerd Müller                       35           35           Bayern Munich
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Please remember that Di Stefano, Eusebio, Puskas and Muller played in the old knock out system before the league system was introduced, so they played fewer games.
Goalkeeper Casillas completed his 143rd appearance beating Raul and equalling Xavi Hernandez of Barcelona. It was his 85th win and Ronaldo's 20th goal of the season in all matches.