Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has heaped praise on Cristiano Ronaldo after watching him surpass his goalscoring tally for the club.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the 2-2 Champions League draw with Atalanta on Tuesday to rescue a point for Solskjaer's side.
Ronaldo’s 126th United goal just before half-time drew him level with former striker Solskjaer, who played for the club between 1996 and 2007.
And Ronaldo overtook his boss as he scored a sensational last-minute leveller to snatch a late point for Solskjaer's side in Italy.
The pair overlapped as players for four seasons at the end of that spell, Ronaldo scoring his first 57 United goals and Solskjaer his final 12.
Ronaldo has scored four times in the league since his return to lift his career total in the English top flight from 84 to 88.
That leaves him three behind Solskjaer, who hit 91 with his most prolific season being his first when he hit 18 in 33 league appearances in 1996-97. He added 17 in 2001-02 and had five double-figure seasons in all despite regularly being used as a substitute, once scoring four after coming on in the 71st minute against Nottingham Forest.
A succession of knee injuries hampered the latter part of his playing career but he returned to score seven league goals and 11 in all competitions in the 2006-07 campaign, leaving him sixth on United’s league scoring list in the Premier League era.
But following his goals against Atalanta, Ronaldo's boss Solskjaer hailed the forward as the 'best goalscorer that's alive'.
Solskjaer told beIN SPORTS: "He's incredible. And if there's anyone you want the ball to fall to in the last minute, it's him.
"He's the best goalscorer that's alive, and it's hard for me to say that because he just went past me with these two goals.
"Now he's got one more goal for Manchester United than me, but well done.
"You know that last goal there must be a Michael Jordan moment when he wins championships in extra time."
