REAL MADRID AND Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo again hit back at his critics after winning yet another individual award.
Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese Player of 2017 yesterday, beating Sporting CP goalkeeper Rui Patricio and Manchester City star Bernardo Silva.
The 33-year-old claimed a record-equalling fifth Ballon d’Or last year, having helped Madrid win La Liga and the Champions League.
Ronaldo is finding form again late this campaign and the superstar forward dismissed his critics.
“I am grateful for this award to all those who are here,” he said.
“It is also an award for all my colleagues — 2017 was an excellent year, unforgettable both collectively and individually.”
“I also dedicate it to my four children. That’s another record — three children in three months.
“We have to defend what is ours because there is always a Portuguese in the fight.
I always believe and say that I am the best, whatever they say, and then I show it on the field. We are in the fight year after year.”
Ronaldo scored 42 goals in 46 games in all competitions in 2016-17, while he has 37 in 35 so far this season.
He scored four times in a 6-3 win over Girona on Sunday, marking the 50th hat-trick of his career for club and country.
Madrid sit third in La Liga, 15 points behind rivals Barcelona. They resume league play against Las Palmas after the international break before facing Juventus three days later in the first leg of a Champions League quarter-final tie.
Sure pogba showed his leadership by slotting two penalties.west ham were the way better team and Anderson or rice was the deserving man of the match
@Ings on Fire: and yet the 3 points stay in Manchester! All about results this time of year
@Brian Dunne: tell me when there in the semi finals of Champions legue
@Ings on Fire: ings your having your cake and eating it here. Utd aint good enough at the top level. Only one team will win the league and c league and fair chance barce could win both.
@Derek Trotter: Derek u may be right but I think myself liverpool will do the double
@Ings on Fire: or city or juve …
@Derek Trotter: myself now I think this weekend will say a lot about Liverpool and city and I would fancy Ajax to beat juve
@Ings on Fire: defo big day tommo two sticky fixtures for top two. Loved watching ajax and hope they beat juve, just fancy juve with the players they have. Very experienced in these games plus ronaldo
@Derek Trotter: I think Liverpool will pull through tomorrow and so will city it’s the game where city play United will define the season
@Ings on Fire: yet again your having your cake, ya dont rate united but ya think they can do city. Cant see utd beating them, dont have the leaders !
@Derek Trotter: United are a team which can loose to mediocre teams and show up on the big stage
@Ings on Fire: might beat barce so !!!!!
@Derek Trotter: i think Messi will come out straight away in the second leg a fairness to smalling he didn’t do to bad
@Ings on Fire: your going soft now! Lfc v barce juve v city, 4 best teams in europe tbf. Im going juve to win it
@Derek Trotter: no Barca will beat United but Liverpool can rip teams apart and I would expect them to beat juve in the final
@Ings on Fire: the fact lfc have yet to win anything as a team is my only reason to doubt them. Great team love watching them but lack of trophies why i back the others
@Derek Trotter: I respect your opinion Derek but I think this liverpool team is different from last year or any other year or weakness was or backline now we’ve the best defender in the world in van dijk and a keeper who has kept the most clean sheets on the premier league or front three are world class and we have depth in midfield
@Ings on Fire: if lfc win either pl or cl this year they could go on to dominate but its in with the big boys now. Van dyke,Taa, allison and robertson absolute world class. So are ronaldo, augero, messi and suarez thats why its squeeky bum time. Your midfield aint quite at it compared to the other teams, sorry.
@Derek Trotter: the best is still to come from Keita scores in last two games Fabinho is up there with the best defensive midfielders and oxlade chamberlain to come back who was exceptional last season wijnaldum is steady in midfield and Millners experience
@Ings on Fire: all good pros no doubt about it. Dont think the ox will be back this season, you would hope the best is to come from kieta. Tbf ya cant question your back 4 or top 3 but nobody world class in that midfield.
@Ings on Fire: stop smoking what your shoveling , not doubt about van dyke , but take him out and your keeper would be heavily exposed
@David Weston: I agree
@David Weston: that’s how teams work, mug. Kind of like taking De Gea out of United and exposing the other 10
@John Strahan: thanks John
@Derek Trotter: beside city away, not many have out played that lfc midfield!
@Ings on Fire: @Derek Trotter
Good discussion there boys. I enjoyed reading that. Fair play.
@Nollaig Elliot: A shambles of a conversation
@Alonso:
Why so horse?
@Nollaig Elliot: I had to intervene last night as I suspected it was just the one lad having a conversation with himself
The Jammy United are back!
Yep…Defo winning the league next year…