Vinicius Junior was pleased to finally deliver on the biggest stage with a brace against Liverpool and silence the doubters who claimed he lacked the bottle to succeed at Real Madrid.
The 20-year-old Brazilian scored twice as the Spanish giants punished a sloppy Liverpool to win 3-1 at home in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg.
Vinicius fired the home side ahead into the lead in the 27th minute at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium after controlling a long diagonal pass from Toni Kroos from his own half which flummoxed the Liverpool defence.