“I celebrate when I have to celebrate” – Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo put aside his “sadness” to score in the last minute, as Real Madrid came from behind twice to defeat Manchester City 3-2, in their first group game of this season’s Champions League.


And the Portuguese winger, who put up a much better performance on the night, was delighted with the result.

“It was a very good game, for those who were watching,” Ronaldo told TVE1 afterwards. “We played very well. During the first half we created but missed opportunities, and in the second both Manchester City and us played well.

“We believed we could win and we did. The team has done very well, we knew we could do this and we did so on merit.”

The 27-year-old was then questioned about his wild celebrations, after he netted the winner. And he declared:

“I celebrate when I have to celebrate. The match was very important and we are in the fight.