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Cristiano Ronaldo has dismissed any suggestion that a struggling Real Madrid is dependent on him, insisting that he alone is not the team's 'saviour'.
Ronaldo has enjoyed a fantastic start to the season, netting nine times to help Madrid win their opening seven Primera Division and Champions League games, but he then picked up an ankle injury in the match against Marseille in September that has kept him sidelined for the last five matches.
In those games, Madrid have suffered three defeats, winning just once, and on Tuesday were humiliated 4-0 by third tier side Alcorcon in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last 32 tie.
Those statistics suggest Ronaldo's absence is being heavily felt by the Spanish giants, but the £80 million man insists Madrid are no one-man side.
"We're not going through a great moment but neither am I the saviour,'' the La Liga News and The Mirror quoted Ronaldo, as saying.
"A team is influenced by many and not only one player. I'm eager to play and help my team mates. I'm convinced that things are going to improve," he added.
"Disasters like the one in Alcorcon have always happened in football, there's no need to go overboard. It's gone, we lost. No-one is happy, no-one expected it, the team didn't play well, but the world doesn't end because Madrid lost 4-0. We have to lift ourselves and learn from the defeat. The changing room was very sad after the loss, but little by little the atmosphere is improving," Ronaldo said.