Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois admits they're still missing Cristiano Ronaldo after their 0-0 draw with Athletic Bilbao.

Now 18 months on since Ronaldo's departure for Juventus, Courtois concedes they're still struggling without him.

He said, "Cristiano is an uncle who scores 40 or 50 goals a year, you obviously miss that, but he has not been here for a year and a half, you don't have to think about that.

"I do not think that it is necessary to sign a striker, I see (Karim) Benzema and (Luka) Jovic well. In training they score great goals. Sometimes, in games they do not happen.

"Sometimes it does not want to go in. Valencia, Camp Nou, today ... we had enough chances to finish it off."