Cristiano Ronaldo stamped his authority on the field as Portugal edged past Morocco in their second Group B game in Moscow.
The Portuguese scored in the fourth minute of the match at the Luzhniki Stadium to take his team to the top of the table as of now.
Ronaldo drilled in a header from a corner and take his goal tally at the tournament to four and lead the line for the golden-boot award early in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The 33-year-old’s fourth goal was also his 85th for Portugal and now he is the leading scorer in world football from an European nation. He overtook Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas (84 goals)to go on top of the list. They are followed by his compatriot Sandor Kocsis (75) and German great Miroslav Klose (71).
“I’m happy I scored the goal but the most important thing is that we won the game. We have to think match by match in order to progress,” said Ronaldo.
Before coming into the World Cup, Ronaldo had scored three goals from 70 shots in his previous three World Cup tournaments combined for Portugal (2006, 2010 and 2014). But this year, at the 2018 World Cup, he has scored three goals from his first four shots.