Only for a player of Cristiano Ronaldo's abilities would a return of nine goals from 12 appearances be less than satisfactory.
But such has been CR7's astounding scoring rate for the last few seasons that anything under a goal per game is out of the ordinary.
Ronaldo's manager at Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, is not concerned by the Portuguese superstar's relatively slow scoring start the season however.
It is helped by the fact that both Gonzalo Higuain and Karim Benzema- essentially Real's main strikers- are sharing winger Ronaldo's goal burden so far.
But more than that, Mourinho says he is happy with Ronaldo's overall contribution for the team.
Notably, while CR7 has failed to trouble the back of the net as often as he would like, he has been creating more goals for his team-mates than he has in the past. And so The Special One has thanked CR7 for his 'selflessness.'
"Ronaldo seems fine to me. I'm delighted with him," Mourinho said earlier this week.
"It would be a problem if he didn't score and the team also didn't win. It happened against Levante and Racing Santander. He hasn't scored in the last few games but the team has so it's not a problem.
"I also liked seeing him giving an intelligent and selfless performance [against Lyon in the Champions League].
"He won the Golden Boot and the La Liga top scorer award last year and he wants to win things that are more important this season."
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