Cristiano Ronaldo has warned against complacency after his hat-trick put Real Madrid on course for a third Champions League final in four years. Ronaldo also scored three goals against Bayern earlier this month.
Ronaldo has now reached the 400-goal mark for Real - though one of these is disputed - and his goal-scoring feats are now getting so gargantuan that it's easy to lose any sense of scale; few can compare with his records.
"The team was unbelievable, it was a complete match", said Ronaldo, who reached the 400-goal milestone in his 389th game with Madrid.
Real were dominant throughout the game against their city rivals at the Bernabeu and led after just 10 minutes when Ronaldo headed home Casemiro's cross. Ronaldo had scored only two goals in his first eight games in the European competition. The second goal of the match has created through the second half.
Keylor Navas was called into action at the other end and he got down well to rescue Real from conceding a vital away goal when he got a touch on the ball as Kevin Gameiro tried to round him after a delightful through ball.
"I listened to my dad talk for 20 years about George Best and Pele and Cristiano Ronaldo is easily the equal of those", he wrote.
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Ronaldo's second, in the 73 minute, after a ball played towards him by Karim Benzema, was a pure strike - slamming a bouncing ball into the top corner with ridiculous power.
Real Madrid have always disputed a ruling by Spanish soccer authorities that Pepe should be credited with a goal in their 2-1 win against Real Sociedad back in 2010, as he deflected Ronaldo's free-kick and was later given the goal. After his second hat-trick of this season, the officials had only one choice for man of the match against Atletico Madrid.
"Our remaining games are like cup finals and we have to win all of them". "I am happy with what I am doing here and with the players, we played a great game. We can hurt any side with our weapons", said Real Madrid boss Zinadine Zidane.
Atletico defeated Madrid 4-0 at the Calderon in the league in 2015, a result that if repeated would be enough to see the hosts advance.
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