Diego Godin: 'Radamel Falcao is better than Cristiano Ronaldo'

Atletico Madrid defender Diego Godin has said that his teammate Radamel Falcao and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi are better footballers than Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 26-year-old Uruguayan believes that the Real Madrid forward is "more predictable" than Falcao and Messi.

"When compared to Lionel Messi and Falcao, Cristiano is the slightly more predictable player of the three," said Godin.

"His game is more based on strength and power. He has a great shot and is good in the air but right now I think Messi and Falcao are one step ahead."

Messi has scored 19 goals in La Liga so far this season, while Ronaldo and Falcao have found the target 12 and 11 times respectively.