Goals, goals, goals: Cristiano Ronaldo’s golden numbers

The best, like the best comics, know timing is everything.

And Cristiano Ronaldo’s latest splurge of scoring from Real Madrid has arrived bang on cue.

On Sunday evening, against Athletic Bilbao, Ronaldo got his first goal after just two minutes, heading in Gareth Bale’s cross at the back post. His second was another tidy finish from a Bale pass early in the second half, while the third was finished inadvertently off his elbow from close range late on.