Ronaldo had scored just once in his previous 10 games, but three fantastic finishes took him clear as the highest scorer in professional men’s football history according to FIFA’s records with 807 goals for club and country.
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Southampton will host Manchester City and Liverpool will play the winner of Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town, who play each other in the fifth-round on Monday – the former having already knocked out the two most recent FA Cup winners in Leicester City and Arsenal.
Liverpool put six unanswered goals past the Whites in midweek, while Antonio Conte’s side could not unlock the door against Burnley in a 1-0 defeat.
The Citizens are currently nine points clear of second-placed Liverpool at the summit, while Tottenham occupy eighth position, seven points behind fourth-placed Manchester United.
The Lillywhites are set to sign both Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur from Juventus this month and so they’re trying to re-home some of their unneeded players.
The Blues are currently third in the table, eight points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham, but Antonio Conte’s side have four games in hand on the hosts, having seen a number of recent matches postponed.
Sky Sports said Tottenham will consider formal offers for Alli to leave the club this month.
The South Korean, picked up a muscle problem in Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final first-leg defeat at Chelsea.
It was a semi-final first leg match which ended as a chastening return to Stamford Bridge for Antonio Conte.
Spurs will enter the contest off the back of a 1-1 draw with Southampton on Tuesday, while Watford suffered a 4-1 home defeat to West Ham United on the same afternoon.
The all-London affair was confirmed after Tottenham Hotspur edged out West Ham 2-1 in their quarter-final match.
The governing body’s disciplinary panel ruled that Spurs forfeited the match after calling it off due to a worsening coronavirus outbreak and gave the French side the victory which saw Conte’s side exit the competition.
The hosts have seen their last three games in all competitions postponed due to outbreaks, whereas Liverpool are yet to miss a game despite recording three suspected positive tests themselves during the week.
The Portuguese tactician only moved to Roma in the summer, but it seems he’s already being lined up for another spell in England as Everton show an interest.
So does Harry Kane’s goal drought.
The Lilywhites saw off Brentford 2-0 in midweek, while Dean Smith’s side could not get one over 10-man Newcastle United in a game that finished 1-1.
The fans had made their way to Burnley for the game, only for the fixture to be called off.
Spurs drew 0-0 with Everton in Antonio Conte’s first league match in charge before the international break, while Leeds also picked up a point in a 1-1 draw with Leicester City last time out.
According to Fichajes, Newcastle United and Tottenham are reportedly monitoring Sadiq’s situation at the Segunda side.
As MailOnline exclusively revealed yesterday morning, Nuno Espirito Santo was axed as Spurs head coach, the club confirming the Portuguese’s departure just before 10am.