The Portuguese captain is famous for his arrogance, but after a hat-trick against Atletico Madrid, the former Manchester United star humbly thanked his team-mates for their help.
Cristiano Ronaldo continued his tremendous goal-scoring streak as La Liga kicked off during the midweek.
Los Blancos were to face their local city rivals, Atletico Madrid, on Wednesday and both the teams had a lot at stake as they faced each other at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon.
While Real Madrid were trying to recover from a dip-in-form, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Simeone’s men required to win the fixture in order to make a leap towards the UEFA Champions League spot.
The game kicked off with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 opening the scoring with a fabulously taken free-kick. Later, the Portuguese star doubled Madrid’s lead with a long-ranged effort and then completed his hat-trick with a well-taken
spot kick.
The 27-year-old showed his productivity in front of goal as he managed to score his 51st goal of the season.
While speaking to the press, Ronaldo highlighted how important the fixture against Atletico Madrid was for the team and he believes that winning against them means that they have taken a big step towards claiming the Spanish
La Liga title.
Ronaldo was not only the scorer of three goals, in fact, he was also the provider for the fourth goal, which was scored by Jose Callejon.
With the win against Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid are again four points clear of Barcelona, who were in touching distance as they wrapped up a 4-0 home win against Getafe on Tuesday.
"There is a lot left, but winning La Liga has got closer now," Ronaldo told reporters.
"There was pressure on us because we knew http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 had won their match. We are still four points clear."
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 then expressed his happiness to have taken his league tally to 40 goals following Wednesday's hat-trick.
"I am very happy to have scored and picked up an assist," he noted. "We have to continue like this.
"I am very happy, but without my team-mates I could not have done it.
"We knew this was going to be a tough match, but we gave a good account of ourselves against a very strong Atletico side."
Real Madrid will face Sporting Gijon in their next La Liga fixture, as the Spanish La Liga kicks off on the weekend.
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