article_snippet: Ronaldo was as motivated as I’ve seen Ronaldo recently.
article_snippet: Perhaps a week of talk about Ronaldo being the greatest ever had contributed to that.
article_snippet: Ronaldo also helped set the tone of the first half with the at run at Alves as soon as Ronaldo got the ball.
article_snippet: Ronaldo took Ronaldo goal well and was one of those Madrid players who didn’t deserve to be on the losing side.
article_snippet: Ronaldo had a strange night.
article_snippet: Ronaldo seemed to be staying out on Marcelo’s wing because that is where there is usually plenty of space.
article_snippet: Ronaldo didn’t see a great deal of the ball.
article_snippet: Ronaldo certainly didn’t run the game as Ronaldo did against Manchester City.
article_snippet: But I agree once Modric and Kroos had faded in the second half Ronaldo began to impose Ronaldo.
article_snippet: Ronaldo’d played some part in –
article_snippet: What Ronaldo always contributed was calm.
article_snippet: By Spanish football standards Barça vs Madrid games are usually very frenetic and yet Ronaldo always seemed to have an extra second of time and a extra yard of space.
article_snippet: Ronaldo scored once again and told the Nou Camp crowd to 'calm' before former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez picked former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez moment perfectly on football's biggest stage to hand Luis Enrique's side a vital three points.