The Portugal captain’s haul came during a season in which Los Blancos finished as runners-up by just a single point following a fascinating three-way battle for the title, with both Real Madrid and Barcelona scoring more than 100 league goals. Ronaldo scored 35 goals in just 36 league appearances including a five-goal destruction of Espanyol
In addition to that, on average, they conceded 1.51 goals per match while the teams ranked above, with their average calculated together, conceded 0.9 goals per match. An significant difference. Plus their goal-scored and goal-conceded difference was equal to zero(57-57=0), while in the season pre-Ronaldo the difference was of +29 goals.
The England international took his tally to 10 in as many games after netting twice to help Madrid rout Osasuna 4-0 and keep the Spanish league lead. That was the best scoring start for a new Madrid player since Ronaldo also scored 10 in his first 10 games after his 2009 transfer from Manchester United.
At Real Madrid, he came to appear more machine than man, his 450 goals coming in 438 games. All players love to score. Few can claim to have the affection reciprocated.
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