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Unlucky from Mallorca. They played well and deserved more, but a couple of key decisions and a huge defensive mistake cost them the three points. Madrid have won yet another potentially tricky away game, they're not letting up. We need to stop wasting points, there's no margin for error if we...

It's just an estimate, based mostly on how much Real improved in the league after Ronaldo arrived and they built around him. And yes, I have serious doubts that Higuain and Benzema would get 27+26 over a league season. Higuain did it once, never came close to repeating it, Benzema never did it...

Those "facts" are heavily skewed by Higuain's lack of game time. He will accumulate more minutes in the second half of the season and his average will inevitably go down to more normal levels. The less minutes you play, the easier it is to keep a great goal per minute ratio. And Cristiano has...

They're not Ronaldo-dependant. They're a great team without Ronaldo as well. But I reckon Ronaldo gives them an added 10 points over a season at least, and this is a conservative estimate. They can win games without Ronaldo, but over a long season they'll struggle to unlock some games without...

How is he a better goalscorer, seriously? Cristiano scored 112 goals in the past 115 games, 26 in 26 this season. Higuain scored 58 in 92 in the past three seasons, meaning that Ronaldo scored almost double his goals in his time at Madrid. This season, he has 16 in 27, even if we discount...

You don't, but it helps a lot. Even in that season, where Ronaldo was out injured for a long time, he scored 33 in 35 (a superior ratio than Higuain's 29 in 40) and it was him who kept Real in the race in the final weeks with several decisive goals.

Only Gomez can come close to those numbers over a long stretch of games. Suarez had one great goalscoring season but that was it. There's only one player who has shown he can match Ronaldo's scoring ratio over the years and he wears blaugrana. Higuain scored 29 in 40 in 2009/2010, it was his...

They were still far superior to every team in the league bar Barca. They only needed someone to routinely kill the small teams, which is where Ronaldo comes in. It's definitely not only Ronaldo's achievements, but it'd be pretty absurd to claim that a player who's scoring as much as Ronaldo is...

Hmm Cristiano scored 53 last season, 112 in his last 115 games. Do you really think Higuain can even get close to such production? Very few players in football history can. Ronaldo is a much more complete goalscorer than Higuain. If Berbatov could score at the same rate as Ronaldo, you can be...

What's wrong with penalty goals? Ronaldo is probably the best penalty taker in the world (or one of the best), he hasn't missed in a long time, of course that he's the one taking penalties. I'm pretty sure Higuain and Benzema would have missed a few penalties if they had taken all of Madrid's...

He could even take 20 shots per game. With his goalscoring record, he should be encouraged to shoot as much as possible. It's no coincidence that Madrid have had their best seasons ever in La Liga in terms of points after Cristiano arrived. He's the ultimate flat track bully, he routinely...

This is a ridiculous suggestion tbf. There's no way in hell any sane manager will bench a player who can score 50 goals in a season. Cristiano has scored 87 goals in 80 La Liga matches at Madrid (112 in 115 overall), these are pretty incredible numbers. He's undoubtedly one of the greatest...

Yeah, Benzema didn't start his Madrid career well, but he has really improved a lot and is now one of their best players. I agree that Higuain is a fantastic player as well, but in the system Madrid use there can only be one striker and Benzema is a better fit for many reasons, one of them...

Benzema deserves to start ahead of Higuain. I'd say Higuain is the better goalscorer, but Benzema is a more complete forward, he has really impressed lately. Not to mention that he accepts playing second fiddle to Cristiano, unlike Pipita. Hard to argue with Mourinho's decision here. Benzema...

:facepalm: He's nothing like Iniesta. The Don's talent is infinitely superior. No current midfielder can hold a candle to Andrés, let alone Silva.

Today's goal is a perfect epitome of every Malaga vs Madrid match since Pellegrini took over. Malaga (in this case Willy) opening their legs... The two goal difference was this goal and the goal that Sergio Sanchez offered at the Bernabeu. Why do Pellegrini teams have such poor winning mentality?

Congratulations to Messi. I'm sure that he will win more Ballon d'Ors in the future, he's clearly one of the greatest talents in football history. I feel incredibly fortunate that I'm alive to watch him and that he plays at Barca.

What's the score at the moment? How many penalties has each of them scored?

Yes, I'm in no way saying Messi's dribbling technique isn't God-like. But I don't think Iniesta is behind him in that department honestly, I'd even say he's a more elegant dribble. How often have we seen Iniesta get out of seemingly impossible situation just because of his incredible dribbling...

That's because Messi is a lot faster not because he's a better dribbler. What makes Iniesta imo the best dribbler in the world is that he doesn't rely on pace to beat defenders, it's just pure dribbling skills. As I said, Messi has a lot more pace. Iniesta is somewhat slow, which makes the way...