Cristiano Ronaldo will be delighted to know that he is currently La Liga's joint top scorer for the season.
But that appears to be masking some issues for the Real Madrid forward whose tally of five goals have all come in one match against Espanyol, while he has been scoreless in every other league game, including the 0-0 draw with lowly Malaga this weekend.
"The big crisis at Real Madrid at the moment is Ronaldo, who's still top scorer in La Liga with five goals. But all those five goals came in one game. So he's had five blanks and he's closing in on this record, three off Raul's all-time Madrid record of 324 goals. It's one away from 500 for his career," said Off The Ball's European football reviewer Ben Lyttleton.
"It seems this is weighing a little bit heavily on his shoulders. He just needs to get this off his back which might happen against Malmo mid-week or if not then, no better time than to do it against Atletico next weekend which is a huge game for Madrid and one they can't afford to lose."
Ben also gave his take on David Moyes' Real Sociedad after they finished in a stalemate against Athletic Bilbao in the Basque derby, as well as Juventus' continued struggles this season.
