Cristiano Ronaldo has called on Real Madrid fans to
stop whistling him at the Santiago Bernabeu following his match-winning display
against Bayern Munich.
Ronaldo hit a hat-trick on Tuesday to add to the
double he scored in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final, his
goals helping to seal a 4-2 win in the Spanish capital and a 6-3 triumph on
aggregate.
Ronaldo celebrated his first goal – a thumping
header from a Casemiro cross – by putting a finger to his lips and turning
towards the stands.
The Portugal captain had been the subject of jeers
during a frustrating opening hour of the match and he has urged those fans to
treat him better.
"I just ask that they don't whistle me,"
he told Antena 3. "I always give my best, I work
and I help Real Madrid. I didn't tell them to be quiet – never.
"But I take the positive things. The team was
good, we played well and obviously I'm happy with the goals."
Madrid's win came in controversial fashion, with
Arturo Vidal sent off in the 83rd minute following a harsh second yellow card,
with Bayern 2-1 up at the time thanks to a Robert Lewandowski penalty and Sergio
Ramos own goal. The visitors' frustrations grew when an offside
Ronaldo restored Madrid's aggregate lead in
extra-time.
Ronaldo tapped in a third from Marcelo's pass when
he again looked to be fractionally ahead of the play, before Marco Asensio
added a fine fourth to safeguard the win.
However, the former Manchester United forward – who now has 100 goals in the
competition - insists the better team went
through.
"We knew that, if we didn't play really well,
Bayern can score goals on any pitch," he said. "They showed that they
are an excellent team, but Madrid are Madrid.
"In the first half we could have scored one or
two goals; it was the same in the second half, but we conceded. Madrid are used
to suffering.
"Madrid were better, without a doubt. It's not
easy to score six goals against Bayern and we deserved it. We're the deserving
winners."
Goal.com
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