Cristiano Ronaldo's return of 25 La Liga goals is his joint worst

Most strikers would be bursting with pride after a season filled with 25 league goals, but not Cristiano Ronaldo.

By the five-time Ballon D'Or star's incredibly high standards, his haul in La Liga this season marks a low point during his time at Real Madrid.

His return this season is his joint worst - along with last season - and suggests, on paper at least, that the Portuguese's superpowers may finally may fading.

He has one last chance to better his record on Saturday evening, when Real travel to Villarreal on the final evening of the Spanish season, but there are no guarantees he will play, especially with the more important fixture of the Champions League final against Liverpool looming large on the horizon.

However, there are caveats that the former Manchester United star can point to, chief among them the lack of minutes he has had on the domestic front this season.

Even if he were to complete the 90 minutes at Estadio de la Ceramica this weekend, he will have played just over 2,300 minutes in La Liga, far fewer than any of the previous seasons.

That has been a result of Zinedine Zidane's decision to use him sparingly on the domestic front, with Ronaldo sitting out many of the away trip to teams lower down the league in order to keep him fresh for Champions League ties.

And it would not go against the grain to see the 35-year-old left out once again to keep him in top shape for Kiev.