VIDEO: 'I'm delighted and I want to keep helping the team' - Vinicius Jr

Vinicius Jr scored a brace to secure an important away win against ten-man Elche for Real Madrid to join Real Sociedad at the top of the table. 

Vinicius is on fire and, if he's on fire, it's partly because of Carlo Ancelotti. "Very good, thank you very much. It's a team effort, a job I've been doing since I arrived in Madrid and now things are working out, the goals are coming in. I'm very happy about this, I want to continue helping the team until the end of the season, which is important for us. Sometimes, we have to be behind the ball, run a little, so that, in the good moments, we can score," he said.

"Ancelotti gives us the confidence we all need. On such a difficult pitch, we have to be calm when attacking and defending. We defended very well. My bow to Modric? All the players are very important and, with Modric, I know that if I ask for the ball, it will come to me. There are a lot of games every two or three days and we have to give our maximum", he added. This is a key aspect, as this is the Italian coach's second spell in charge of 'Los Blancos'.

 The 21-year-old has scored nine goals in 14 games this season, but somehow he was left out of Brazil's latest squad as Coutinho took his place.