Real Madrid's all-time record goalscorer had already been wound-up by questions about his form and lack of away goals in recent games. So when asked if it was Messi's relationship with Suarez and Neymar had made them more effective than Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale, he did not hold back.
'How do we know that [their relationship] is that way? Only because that is what gets written,' he said.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo was annoyed by reporters at his latest press conference
The Portugal international was irked by questions about his form for Los Blancos this season
'I am going to tell you something. When I was at United, I didn't speak [off the pitch] to [Ryan] Giggs, [Paul] Scholes and [Rio] Ferdinand apart from the normal 'good morning' but we won the Champions League.
'We talked on the pitch and that is all that mattered. Does it matter that I don't go out for dinner with Benzema or that Bale does not come around my house. It is not important. This thing about the little meals, the little hugs, the little kisses. To me that doesn't mean anything.'
Ronaldo formed the most feared strikeforce in Europe with Bale and Benzema in the 2013-14 season and they won the club's tenth European Cup together with Ronaldo scoring his 17th goal of the tournament in the final – a game in which Bale also scored.
Roberto Carlos of Madrid gestures during the UEFA Champions League round of sixteen second leg match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena on March 7, 2007 in Munich, Germany.
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epa05164454 FC Barcelona players (L-R) Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar attend their team's training session at Joan Gamper sports city in Sant Joan Despi, near Barcelona, Spain, 16 February 2016. FC Barcelona will face Sporting Gijon in the Spanish Primera Division soccer match on 17
But the following season they were eclipsed by Barcelona's front three when Suarez arrived from Liverpool to play alongside Messi and Neymar. Barca's trio scored 122 goals between them on their way to winning the treble.
This season they have added the European Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup to the collection and their camaraderie off the pitch has, in part, been credited with the sensational form.
Ronaldo appeared ruffled when asked about Messi's recent penalty assist. 'I know why he did it and I am not going to say anything more than that. You can think whatever you like,' he said.
When his own form was questioned he told one reporter: 'I would like to continue this form that you say is so bad until the end of the season.'
Suarez (left) has been a huge success at Barca since joining the Catalan giants from Liverpool in 2014
Ronaldo has scored 32 goals this season in 30 games played in all competitions but has failed to score in 15 matches and not found the net away from home with his last 16 goals all at the Santiago Bernabeu.
When asked about his dry run on the road ahead of Wednesday's meeting with Roma at the Stadio Olimpico he said: 'Since I have been in Spain, name one player who has scored more goals than me away from home.'
When no one responded, he added: 'You don't have one,' and got up from his seat next to a surprised looking Zinedine Zidane and walked out of the press room before his answer could be translated into Italian by the UEFA interpreter.dailymail
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