Ronaldo scores 33% of his goals from the quarter-finals onwards

That figure is impressive in itself, but it is even more so when you consider that Lionel Messi's tally at the same stage of the competition is just 16.

Another curious stat is the fact that Ronaldo spreads his 120 goals out almost equally across the group stage, the knockout phase and the final.

Given that the groups tend to include weaker sides and so-called "cannon-fodder" the fact that Ronaldo scores at the same rate against the big boys puts to bed any notion of him being a flat-track bully.

One in three of Ronaldo's goals comes in the quarter-finals onwards. This season, Ronaldo has already scored three against Juventus in the last eight, two in Turin and one at the Bernabeu, with Bayern Munich the next on his hitlist on Wednesday night.