This was Hernandez’s sixth start for Real Madrid since his arrival at the capital city from Manchester United with the club’s first choice striker, Karim Benzema out injured, and understandably, a goal of this magnitude is bound to be emotional for a player. However, Henry was heavily critical of Hernandez for his celebration, maintaining that it was Ronaldo’s goal to celebrate.
“At that particular ?moment, he [Ronaldo] couldn’t shoot, so he didn’t take the risk of doing something stupid and silly with it,” explains Henry. “He saw a guy in a better position, which Chicharito was, and he gave him the ball.”
“What I don’t like is Chicharito seems like he’s won the World Cup with that. It’s a tap-in,” he added. “Turn around and celebrate with Ronaldo. Even the camera knew – the camera is on Ronaldo for a reason. I think the pressure went through him. He knew he had to perform today and he had a couple of chances to do it.”
“If Ronaldo had done that I would have said the same thing. You have to pass the ball, but it’s still a tap-in and you have to turn around and say thank you.”
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