'If you want to see me score, Google it'
Cristiano Ronaldo hit back at his critics after Real Madrid's 3-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspurs in the Champions League on Wednesday night, saying that if they wanted to see him score then they should search for his highlights on Google.
The Portuguese has netted just once in La Liga this season with Real Madrid having fallen eight points behind league leaders Barcelona, and Los Blancos' talisman has borne the brunt of the blame for his profligacy up top. However after netting the only goal for his side against Tottenham -- his sixth in the Champions League this season --Ronaldo was visibly upset while speaking to reporters in the mixed zone.
"Everything is fine. I'm very quiet about that. Today I had a good performance but that doesn't interest you [reporters] anymore [unless I score]. The statistics speak for me. I'm not going to talk about it anymore, just tap Google for "Cristiano Goals", it's all there, all of them."
Ronaldo also admitted that Real Madrid were left a little light on options after letting some of their key players from the past leave over the summer in favour of younger replacements.
"The players who arrived this summer have a lot of potential and represent the future of Real Madrid, but all the big players are missing from the big teams. Pepe, Morata and James are great players and made us stronger," the quadruple Golden Ball winner said, also mentioning players missing through injuries like Dani Carvajal and Gareth Bale.
He post-faced that by saying that he was not looking for any excuses and when asked if there was a crisis in the club, he exclaimed: "In crisis? Never! I do not know what that means. People forget the good things. We can lose three or four games, for me it does not mean that we are in crisis. We must not forget what this team did and what it can still do."
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