Cristiano Ronaldo's leaked WhatsApp messages before Juventus 3-0 Atletico Madrid in 2019

Cristiano Ronaldo almost single-handedly produced one of the Champions League's greatest ever comebacks against Atletico Madrid in 2019.

While the Manchester United star's achievements in Europe's premier competition could be listed for days on end, few moments have summed up his brilliance better than that glorious night in Turin.

Juventus' hopes of continental glory looked to be dead and buried in the round of 16 when Atletico secured a 2-0 victory in the opening leg courtesy of goals from Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin.

However, the 'Old Lady' must have known that they always stood a chance of turning things around at the Allianz Stadium when they possessed the Champions League's greatest ever goalscorer.

Besides, you only had to look back to Ronaldo's stupendous hat-trick for Real Madrid to flip a 2-0 deficit on its head against Wolfsburg in the 2015/16 season to see what he was capable of.

And boy did history repeat itself because the five-time Ballon d'Or winner delivered a performance for the ages by smashing a treble past the Spanish giants to give Juventus a 3-0 aggregative win.

Two towering headers and a ruthless penalty were enough for Ronaldo to pull progression out of the fire and crown one of the greatest individual displays that the beautiful game has ever seen.

However, there's something that makes Ronaldo's masterclass all the more incredible and it's the fact that he felt so confident that he'd be able to pull it off before a ball was even kicked.

How do we know? Well, that's because Patrice Evra shared part of his WhatsApp conversation with Ronaldo on Instagram after the comeback that showed it was always on the Portuguese's mind.

Evra can be seen messaging: "Bro I'm counting on you for the Champions