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Ruud rips up record
RUUD van Nistelrooy is chasing legends and could force his way to the top of the European scoring charts this season.
The Old Trafford ace seems unstoppable, relentlessly ripping through the record books and Ryan Giggs believes his Manchester United team mate is on his way to Europe's pinnacle.
As United push for a place in the first knock-out phase of the Champions League against group leaders Olympique Lyon at Old Trafford on Tuesday, van Nistelrooy is edging ever closer to becoming the best all-time scorer in Europe's top competition.
The Dutch ace has left all his Manchester United predecessors trailing, smashing virtually every club scoring record since moving from PSV Eindhoven three years ago, and goes into the Lyon clash with only three players between him and Europe's top spot.
"Ruud's statistics in the Champions League are frightening really when you consider that he is coming up against Europe's top defenders, the top defenders in each league in different countries and consistently over the past four or five years he has scored goals," says Giggs.
Van Nistelrooy swept past Denis Law's 35-year-old club record in September when he rescued the Reds by scoring both goals in the 2-2 draw with Lyon in France to become the first Old Trafford player to score 30 goals in Europe.
Since then more legendary names have been left in his wake.
He has overtaken Hungarian genius Ferenc Puskas who scored 36 times for
Honved and Real Madrid half a century ago, and 37 goal German ace Gerd Muller the World Cup striker who helped Bayern Munich win the trophy in three consecutive seasons during the 1970s.
Van Nistelrooy's four goals against Sparta Prague in United's last Champions League outing took his personal tally to 43, eight scored during his days with PSV and an impressive 35 from 36 appearances with the Reds.
It also put him within reach of Eusebio, Sixties hero of Portugal and Benfica and it now looks like being a battle between van Nistelrooy and Real Madrid's Raul to see who can set new standards.
Raul took his overall total to 48 thanks to three goals this season and is just one behind all-time best Alfredo di Stefano the Argentinean who masterminded Madrid's domination of the European Cup in its early years. Van
Nistelrooy needs another four-goal flurry to put the pressure on the Spaniard and will be hoping to get on the score sheet against Lyon.
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He's surpassed some legends of the game, and getting closer to some more. I'll never understand the people who says he "shit".
RUUD van Nistelrooy is chasing legends and could force his way to the top of the European scoring charts this season.
The Old Trafford ace seems unstoppable, relentlessly ripping through the record books and Ryan Giggs believes his Manchester United team mate is on his way to Europe's pinnacle.
As United push for a place in the first knock-out phase of the Champions League against group leaders Olympique Lyon at Old Trafford on Tuesday, van Nistelrooy is edging ever closer to becoming the best all-time scorer in Europe's top competition.
The Dutch ace has left all his Manchester United predecessors trailing, smashing virtually every club scoring record since moving from PSV Eindhoven three years ago, and goes into the Lyon clash with only three players between him and Europe's top spot.
"Ruud's statistics in the Champions League are frightening really when you consider that he is coming up against Europe's top defenders, the top defenders in each league in different countries and consistently over the past four or five years he has scored goals," says Giggs.
Van Nistelrooy swept past Denis Law's 35-year-old club record in September when he rescued the Reds by scoring both goals in the 2-2 draw with Lyon in France to become the first Old Trafford player to score 30 goals in Europe.
Since then more legendary names have been left in his wake.
He has overtaken Hungarian genius Ferenc Puskas who scored 36 times for
Honved and Real Madrid half a century ago, and 37 goal German ace Gerd Muller the World Cup striker who helped Bayern Munich win the trophy in three consecutive seasons during the 1970s.
Van Nistelrooy's four goals against Sparta Prague in United's last Champions League outing took his personal tally to 43, eight scored during his days with PSV and an impressive 35 from 36 appearances with the Reds.
It also put him within reach of Eusebio, Sixties hero of Portugal and Benfica and it now looks like being a battle between van Nistelrooy and Real Madrid's Raul to see who can set new standards.
Raul took his overall total to 48 thanks to three goals this season and is just one behind all-time best Alfredo di Stefano the Argentinean who masterminded Madrid's domination of the European Cup in its early years. Van
Nistelrooy needs another four-goal flurry to put the pressure on the Spaniard and will be hoping to get on the score sheet against Lyon.
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He's surpassed some legends of the game, and getting closer to some more. I'll never understand the people who says he "shit".
