Zidane: Real Madrid's players are behind Ronaldo

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Zidane: Real Madrid's players are behind Ronaldo - The Portugal international has apologised for his outburst against his team-mates and the Madrid boss insists the issue has been resolved.

Zinedine Zidane has confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo has spoken to his team-mates following his outburst after Real Madrid’s defeat to Atletico on Saturday.

Goal understands that Ronaldo issued an apology to his fellow players on Monday after an extraordinary rant in which he claimed that "if all my team-mates were at my level, we might be first.” The 31-year-old also fiercely defended his own form amid claims that he fails to step up in key matches.

The Portugal international attempted to explain that his comments were in relation to Madrid’s lengthy injury list, and Zidane insists the team are behind their leading scorer.

“Cristiano has spoken to everyone, me and everyone. We know the importance of Cris and we all are with him,” said the Madrid boss.

“The issue with Cristiano has been sorted. We are going to fix this all together. From the inside, not outside.”