Cristiano Ronaldo has been named as Manchester United’s April player of the month.
The superstar scored five goals in four games, including a hat-trick against Norwich. He has been bestowed the honour for a second month running after picking up March’s award.
It’s also the fourth time he has won United ’s player of the month prize this season. Ronaldo is the club’s top scorer with 23 goals, his latest coming in the 1-1 draw with Chelsea last week ahead of Monday night's game against Brentford.
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His goal against Arsenal saw him become a Premier League centurion. He joined Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gonzalo Higuain in the small club of players who have netted 100 or more goals in two of Europe’s 'big five’ leagues.
But April 2022 will be remembered as an incredibly difficult period for the 37-year-old. He and partner Georgina Rodriguez suffered the heartbreaking loss of their newborn twin son following the successful delivery of their twin daughter.
Football supporters of Liverpool and Arsenal, along with United fans, showed their support for the couple and their family in a minute’s applause during the seventh minute of their respective fixtures. The gestures were recognised and thanked by Ronaldo.
Ronadlo ran away with a whopping 74 per cent of the vote for April's player of the month award, far ahead of fellow nominees David de Ge (21%) and Nemanja Matic (5%).
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