Despite goals and win, Ronaldo still wanted more

The team also had a goal from Sergio Ramos disallowed for offside not long before the final whistle.

“We did well to earn the comeback”, Ronaldo said.

Nevertheless, the opener was scored at the other end of the pitch as Arturo Vidal headed home a corner kick from Thiago Alcantara to break the deadlock seven minutes later.

Chile worldwide Arturo Vidal headed Bayern into a 26th-minute lead but then missed a penalty on the stroke of half-time. Two minutes after the break, Ronaldo delivered a right-footed shot from the center of the box to level the match off a solid cross from Daniel Carvajal.

In what can be deemed as foolishness on the part of Javi Martinez, the defender earned himself two yellow cards in just three minutes. Mbappe netted inside 20 minutes before an own goal by Sven Bender made it 2-0 at half time.

“I have prepared to be in good shape for the final month and a half of the season”. “The results are going our way and I’m happy for that”.

Despite getting two vital away goals and an all important win, Los Blancos boss Zidane was vocal about not getting more goals on the night. “It’s such a shame because I know how much the players wanted to get out there and compete”.

Ronaldo has arrived at the end of the last few campaigns in a bedraggled state and last season sustained a thigh injury which forced him out of crucial games and stunted his performances. The return game is on Tuesday.

Zidane was delighted with Real Madrid’s 2-1 away win but said that nothing is won yet, and that his team will have to “suffer” at the Bernabeu next Tuesday. We’re all a little disappointed because we had a lot of chances in the second half, but we were against a goalkeeper who is a wall.

But Ronaldo – who admitted on Wednesday that he has altered his training programme to reduce the risk of injury – is confident that the entire squad is ready for the run-in. In the second half, we had a bit more control and dominated more of the play and that saw us create a lot of chances.

Ancelotti’s successor at Madrid, Zinedine Zidane, is bidding to become the first coach to lead a side to back-to-back titles in the Champions League era.