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Cristiano Ronaldo: 'A phenomenal hat-trick and a staggering performance' - Alan Shearer analysis

There are some people who think Cristiano Ronaldo is a problem for Manchester United, but god knows where they would be without him.

He was quite simply the only reason they beat Spurs. His hat-trick was phenomenal and his overall performance was so good, it was staggering.

It was no surprise to me because he has been doing this for years and years now - he has 59 hat-tricks, which is just ridiculous - but this was some response to his critics and all three of his goals were special in their own way.

A textbook header to complete his hat-trick

You could argue Eric Dier was at fault for Ronaldo's first goal of the night - you cannot allow any player that much space to shoot from distance, let alone if that player is Cristiano Ronaldo.