Everton manager Frank Lampard lauded the "amazing" Cristiano Ronaldo after he scored his 700th club goal in Manchester United's win at Goodison Park.
The 37-year-old struck the winner in the 44th minute to signal another milestone in a remarkable career where Ronaldo has shattered umpteen goalscoring records.
Lampard and Ronaldo first encountered each other in Chelsea's 1-0 win over United in November 2003 and they also dueled in European Championship and World Cup quarter-finals, as well as the 2008 Champions League final.
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"It is just outstanding, isn't it?" Lampard said. "He's one of the greatest players that has graced the game in an era when we have had himself and Messi. The comparison doesn’t matter, they are just both incredible players in football's history.
"To be going and look as physically good as he looks, to keep scoring goals as he's done, the numbers he has racked up have become normal, abnormal numbers become normal year after year, looking after himself in the right way. I don't know him particularly well but you can do nothing but admire those numbers.
"When he was on 699, I wanted him to score in the Europa League the other night because you could feel might come at the weekend and then he comes on, because Martial's got a problem. Sometimes those things happen in football.
"But in the cold light of day I'll give him huge credit for that, it's amazing."
Ronaldo claimed his sixth goal against Everton on Sunday night, having first registered at Goodison as a 20-year-old in February 2005.
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