He could move further up the list as Juventus have one more league match to play in 2020 - a home meeting with Fiorentina on Tuesday.
@Cristiano has equalled Omar Sivori, the last player to score 33 goals in a single calendar year in @SerieA_EN , in 1961 #ParmaJuve #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/o4ELf5aRmX — JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) December 19, 2020
Speaking after the match, Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo praised his star striker while also expressing his happiness with the entire team effort.
“This evening was the Juventus I wanted to see. We needed to win this game, our strikers Cristiano and Alvaro [Morata] both needed to get back to scoring ways. We needed to work as a collective and Aaron Ramsey also had a really good game," he told reporters.