United legend Paddy Crerand hailed Cristiano Ronaldo
after his 30th goal of the season ensured United's place in the
Champions League quarter-finals.
The winger struck his 30th goal in as many games against Lyon on
Tuesday night and it was enough to secure a 2-1 aggregate victory
for the Reds.
Ronaldo is now withing two goals of George Best's record and
Crerand is backing the 23-year-old to keep up his remarkable
scoring trend.
"It’s an incredible feat for any player, let alone a winger, to
score 30 goals in a season," Paddy told
ManUtd.com.
"You’d be delighted as a striker to hit that amount of goals, so
for Ronaldo to do it is fantastic.
"The amazing thing is he isn’t finished yet, there’s a lot more to
come from him.
The Reds winger is not only prolific, his goals also tend to come
at crucial times, which makes him even more a prized asset going
into the final stages of the campaign.
Crerand added: "He’s popped up with important goals at important
times and I'm sure he'll continue to do that between now and the
end of the season."