Cristiano Ronaldo joins Premier League 100 club

Cristiano snuck in between two Gunners defenders at the far post to halve the deficit on 34 minutes, after Nemanja Matic's incisive cross.

Our no.7 has become just the 33rd different player to record a century of top-flight strikes since the league was rebranded in 1992.

4 - Since the 2003-04 season, @Cristiano is one of four players to score 100+ goals in two of Europe's big-five leagues (LaLiga, Premier League), along with Edinson Cavani (Ligue 1, Serie A), Gonzalo Higuaín (LaLiga, Serie A) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ligue 1, Serie A). Centurions.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 23, 2022

It was the Portuguese star’s 16th league effort of the 2021/22 season, in his 27th appearance after returning to Old Trafford in the summer.

During his first spell at the club, between 2003 and 2009, Ronaldo scored 84 Premier League goals in 196 games, winning the Golden Boot award at the end of the 2007/08 campaign.

When Man Utd desperately needed a goal...

Cristiano Ronaldo bags his 100th in the Premier League