Ronaldo behaviour causes a real stir in Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo has become a real favorite with Real Madrid fans with his dazzling skills and goals but they saw a different side of the Portuguese captain in the 42 home win over Almeria on Saturday when he didnt celebrate a vital goal with his teammates and was then sent off for kicking an opponentRonaldo won a controversial 82nd minute penalty with goalkeeper Diego Alves appearing to get a hand on the ball with the score at 22 but fluffed his spotkick only for teammate Karim Benzema to spare his blushes by slotting in the rebound u00a0Cristiano RonaldoRather than celebrate with Benzema Ronaldo strangely walked back to the centre circle in disappointment at missing his penalty although Frenchman Benzema played down the incident afterwardsHe Ronaldo told us he was really sorry in the changing room said Benzema It is the type of thing that can happen to anyone He was disappointed to miss the penalty but afterwards he was happy I scored He is a great professional and wants the team to winDespite not celebrating Ronaldo said he was happy for Benzema declaring I am a perfectionist but the good thing was Karim managed to scoreReal coach Manuel Pellegrini defended Ronaldos behaviour saying the worlds most expensive player didnt have any problems with his teammatesIt is difficult when you miss a penalty not to dwell on it said coach Manuel Pellegrini It wasnt bad sportsmanship and he Ronaldo doesnt have a problem with anyone else nor is he selfishMinutes later Ronaldo scored Reals fourth goal rolling in from close range and ripped off his shirt to celebrate earning him a yellow card for his trouble and it proved a significant bookingFrustrated by being on the receiving end of shirttugs and late challenges the former Manchester United man was justifiably sent off in the closing stages for kicking Juanma Ortiz completing an actionpacked ten minutes for RonaldoI am human and have my faults too said Ronaldo It was an instinctive reaction and I have apologised to my teammatesRonaldos red card means he is now suspended for next weekends trip to rivals Valencia having only just returned to action following his ankle injury It is a game I really wanted to play in so I am sad he admittedIt has been an eventful week for Ronaldo who ended two months out injured with a dramatic first start in El Clasico against Barcelona last Sunday with the winger left to rue a glaring early miss as Barca went on to win 10 at Camp NouRonaldo also rubbed Barca midfielder Andres Iniesta up the wrong way in the match by accusing him of diving and the two had some choice words on the pitch before the softlyspoken Iniesta insinuated afterwards that it was a bit hypocritical coming from RonaldoIt disturbed me that Cristiano felt the need to tell me that I shouldnt dive said an irate Iniesta He is not the most appropriate person to be doing such a thing