Toni Kroos is full of pride over his status at Real Madrid.

By playing in Monday's draw with Real Sociedad, Toni Kroos became the German with the most appearances for Real Madrid, overtaking Uli Stielike with his 309th outing.

Celebrating the achievement, the midfielder spoke about how he is always looking to improve.

"I try to give my best in every game and every pass I make that doesn't reach my teammate annoys me," Kroos told Real Madrid TV.

"I try to strive for perfection in this sense, although you can never be perfect.

"I practice it and I've been working on it continuously for many years."

Kroos also spoke about the German legends that have gone before him at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

"It's something special," he said.

"When you look at the Germans who have played here you realise that they are big names: [Gunter] Netzer, [Bernd] Schuster or Stielike.

"Overtaking Stielike, who is a club legend, makes me really happy. It's a special record and I'm delighted to get to this point.

"As I've always said, my idea is to retire here and that's what I'm going to try to do."