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By Nathan Ridley Seven years later, they’re still talking about. On the night of April 18, 2017, Cristiano Ronaldo made history by becoming the first player to score 100 goals in the Champions League \- but two shouldn’t have counted. After scoring a brace in the quarter-final first leg to give Real Madrid a 2-1 lead over Bayern Munich on aggregate, Ronaldo bagged arguably the most controversial hat-trick in the competition’s history. Robert Lewandowski had put Bayern ahead on the night with a penalty, only for Ronaldo to respond with his first goal on 76 minutes. Real’s advantage was chalked …

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