Mourinho: Ronaldo is the best

Cristiano Ronaldo netted the winner to boot Manchester United out of the Champions League, but Jose Mourinho says he is nothing without the team.



Real Madrid beat United 2-1 in the second leg of their round of 16 fixture, for a 3-2 aggregate win, with Ronaldo bagging his 40th goal in 41 official appearances this term.



Mourinho says Ronaldo is “the best”, but insists that does not mean he wins matches on his own.

"We never say that Cristiano is responsible when we lose a game, and we can’t think that he is the only one who wins it. Without the team he isn’t anything, but the team without him isn’t the same," the Madrid coach told ITV Sport.

"Cristiano is the best in the world. I saw [Diego] Maradona a couple times and I’ve never seen Pele, but Cristiano is incredible. This man is the best.

"But even he can’t win on his own. The key is in the team."