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Ali Mabkhout topples Lionel Messi to go second behind Cristiano Ronaldo

The Al Jazira striker scored a brace against Malaysia to add to his impressive tally of goals for UAE…

UAE national team striker Ali Mabkhout is now second on the all-time active goalscorers list in international football, with only Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of him.

Mabkhout scored a couple of goals against Malaysia on Thursday evening to take his tally to 73, thirty goals behind Ronaldo.

He scored his first in the 19th minute as he latched onto a pass from Abdullah Ramadan and with the very next touch, managed to get it over Farizal Marlias in goal.