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Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to Champions League top scorer award

Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten Lionel Messi to the Champions league top scorer award after netting twice in the final against Juventus.

Madrid beat Juve 4-1 in Cardiff on Saturday, the Portugal international getting his side's opener after 20 minutes and later scoring their third after 64.

Ronaldo has now either won or shared the award for five consecutive seasons – a record - and has six overall top scorer triumphs.

Ronaldo was nine adrift of Messi going into the quarter-finals this season, but eight goals in two ties against Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid brought him back into contention before the Juve clash.

Casemiro and Marco Asensio scored Madrid's other goals on a glorious night for Zinedine Zidane's side.