It's true, pressure is something that goes with football nowadays. You need to accept it, and everything that it involves - the good and the bad.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.

It's the first time it's happened to me and maybe the last. It's a strange sensation, not normal for me. I can't remember scoring three goals, even when I was a kid.

I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.

My memories of events and games are fragmented.

My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.