Only Ronaldo can outdo Ronaldo

Posted Monday, September 29, 2014 by Marca.com

Real Madrid are enjoying the very best of Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored his tenth league goal in just six games at El Madrigal.

Ignoring the game which he missed against Real Sociedad, Ronaldo currently averages two goals per game in the domestic championship. These are the Portuguese star's best figures in the six seasons he has played for Real Madrid.

At the start of every season, it seems like it will be impossible for him to improve on his goalscoring record once again, but that does not stop him. He has never reached his tenth league goal this quickly. At this stage of last season he had scored 'just' six.

His best start before now came in the year when they won the league under Mourinho, when he was on a tally of seven. This means that the Portuguese is firing at a higher rate than he did when he set his La Liga goalscoring record: 46 in 2011/12.

Real Madrid are hanging their hopes on Ronaldo to set them back on the right track after dropping points against Real Sociedad and Atlético, which left the team in deep water with the season barely underway. Since the derby, when he scored from the spot, he has scored eight goals in the past three games.

He netted a hat-trick against Deportivo, rode roughshod over Elche with four goals and was on cue again in Villarreal, where he has scored six times in his last five visits. If we take the Champions League match against Basel into account, the current top scorer in the league has now found the back of the net in five games on the trot.