The Cristiano Ronaldo header that gave him a hat-trick, his 807th career goal and claimed this pivotal game in the late-season shootout for Champions League qualification oozed quality and desire.

Eight minutes remained when the 37-year-old bulldozed Matt Doherty aside, eyes fixed only on Alex Telles’s corner from the right, and connected his forehead to the ball as he cartwheeled through the air before hitting the turf.

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