"Turn around and celebrate with Ronaldo," Thierry Henry slams Hernandez for goal celebration

Javier Hernandez celebrates after scoring the winner against Atletico Madrid

“That’s Ronaldo’s goal!” insisted former Arsenal and Barcelona striker Thierry Henry during his analysis for Sky Sports following Real Madrid’s 1-0 win over rivals Atletico Madrid with Javier Hernandez scoring the only goal of the match, leading the Whites to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

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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Reaction from Twitter to the incident:

Henry disagreeing with the Hernandez celebration, coming from the man who would sprint 20 yards and do a knee slide for 40 #hypocrite

— lewis kidd (@lewisK78) April 22, 2015

Henry's views bizarre. Not sure what he's trying to say about Hernandez celebration. He never missed an opportunity for an ego celebration

— Roberto Kusabbi (@RKTweets) April 22, 2015

It was his goal, not Ronaldo's. And in terms of criticising the celebration, Henry should know better as he was a striker too

— LVG's Dodgy Nose (@ooochocolateman) April 22, 2015

Ronaldo is unbearable. His 'all about me' persona is as strong as ever. His celebration for the goal he assisted was embarrassing.

— Bleed Liverpool Red (@joshsawyer) April 22, 2015

But Ronaldo's celebration conf me briefly, saw Ronaldo pass the ball to Ronaldo and Ronaldo scores and celebrates http://t.co/H0H871ASkR

— Kukujay (@i_Floki) April 22, 2015

chicharito scores late for real madrid, but you'd think ronaldo actually scored based on his celebration https://t.co/jdsHxYlXQP

— Jose Rivera (@Jose8BS) April 22, 2015

Ronaldo's celebration is another reason I love Messi a hell of a lot more

— Warren Grant (@CoachWG) April 22, 2015

That celebration showed the faction in the Real Madrid team. James loves Ronaldo. Rest are like fuck off you prick.

— Sychlops (@Sychlops) April 22, 2015

Good that Hernandez scored the winner last night but his celebration was truly over the top. Somewhat agree with Thierry Henry.

— Van Diablo (@VanDiablo) April 23, 2015