Brazilian legend, Ronaldo has slammed Messi for the shocking defeat Barcelona suffered at the hands of Liverpool in the Champions League played on Tuesday night.
Barcelona, who had a comfortable 3-0 goals cushion from the first leg played a week ago in Spain, were shell-shocked when Liverpool, who had some of their key players injured, bamboozled them with four answered goals within 90 minutes to book their place in the finals for the second time in a row.
To this end, Ronaldo believes if Messi gets all the praise when things are going on well, then he should equally take the blame when things go bad, just like it happened in their epic clash against Liverpool.
“It is unfair to point the culprits to a defeat,” Ronaldo said at a Santander event. “I see that Barcelona has a great team and has the best player in the world, which is Messi.
“The other day I read that other players lost and Barca wins [because of] Messi. It is a tremendous injustice to all the players and the coaching staff.
“Barcelona is a great team with great players and very good coaches. You should be a little more careful with criticism.”
Expressing his opinion about the game itself, Ronaldo who once played for Barcelona and Real Madrid said Liverpool deserved to go through because they played their heart out.
“[Liverpool] had more motivation, intensity and desire,” Ronaldo added. “In the first part, Barcelona had chances to score a goal that would have changed everything. But Liverpool deserved it. They have shown strength and emotional intelligence.
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