Most assists in the history of the CL:
1. Ronaldo 31
2. Giggs 30
3. Messi 24
Just a goalscorer.
1. Ronaldo 31
2. Giggs 30
3. Messi 24
Just a goalscorer.
Cristiano Ronaldo - Performances (wums will be thread banned)
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Was fantastic last night, all this decline talk is way to early.
Also the question is a decline from what? There's a massive range of possibilities between peak Ronaldo and crap. He's still an excellent attacker even though he falls short of his peak powers.
Had a throwback game yesterday, one of his best this season. Too bad he missed those two chances, but otherwise i wish he could always play like that
I knew as soon as Messi had a bad game he was going to react. I think Ronaldo would be phenomenal if he just played directly after Messi every week.
Cristiano created as many chances as Modric and James combined last night (5) 
Despite not scoring I would say it was his second best performance of the season, hope to see more of the same.
Despite not scoring I would say it was his second best performance of the season, hope to see more of the same.
Yeah, I just watched a repetition of the game and he had a very good game. He was very dynamic, moving constantly upfront and looking for his teammates whenever he had a chance to serve the ball. He only needed to score a goal for being a perfect performance for him and it was also nice to see the whole team pressing high in the Casemiro goal.
Selfish bastard
Giggsy
Selfish bastard
I'm guessing there's a cut-off point somewhere around the early or mid-2000s for these so-called 'all-time' stats because Giggs has at least 40 CL assists. Hell, even Cristiano has 34 assists (not 31) by my count. Also, Messi 25, Ibra 25 and Özil 23. Beckham also at least 23 at Utd alone.
Where do you get your count from?
wth according to statbunker Becks only has 12 assists in UCL ? That cant be right ?
He must have had 12 in 1999 alone.
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Seems someone did the work for us a few years back: https://www.redcafe.net/threads/manchester-united-goals-and-assists-1987-88-today.396084/
Becks has 29 CL assists for United, no doubt a bunch for Madrid too.
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My own research based on footage of the games. I use the strict (Opta) definition of an assist, so I don't count winning freekicks or penalties, rebounds, own-goals or clearly deflected passes.
Most of these assist lists only go back a few years, never mind 'all-time'.
Hmm interesting, if you don't count all of that and have these players on higher assists, that's quite interesting where these stats come from.
Ridiculous numbers
You didnt tag me...
^ Living up to his tagline.
Fair play. You've done me over there.
He was just awful and gets his standard dodgy pen to boost the stats. Great header for the goal though.
How you can like and defend Rooney with comments like this one is beyond me.
Seems like he scores a penalty in every single game he plays.
I'm sorry but I defend players who still play for United and not those who left years ago.
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Just looking at Ronaldo's stats at Madrid, I think he's going to do a Bradman and retire with his gpg average there slipping below 1.0 to around 0.95-0.99.
So you admit your arguements are completely void of objectivity?
I think he needs to stop trying to be a winger and play as a striker. He seems to have lost that ability to run past players, at least full backs who are quicker.
He is however lethal in the box. Both his aerial ability, his shooting and his reactions/instincts are very good and his speed is still better than most CBs.
I'm starting to think he might be able to take over from Benzema if he leaves.
He is however lethal in the box. Both his aerial ability, his shooting and his reactions/instincts are very good and his speed is still better than most CBs.
I'm starting to think he might be able to take over from Benzema if he leaves.
Ok, so you're biased and not at all objective? Noted.
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