Pichichis

The moment of truth in the Champions League this week, but only two of the four Spanish sides passed the test. On Tuesday night Real Madrid were tonked 4-0 by Liverpool, but a goal from Llorente at Panathinaikos took Villarreal through to the quarter finals. And the following day two from Henry and two more from Messi and Eto'o helped Barcelona cruise through against Olympique Lyon, whereas Atlético Madrid couldn't score at Porto and went out on the away goal rule.

On to the weekend league games, and another 37 goals. When is it going to stop (we hope never)? On Saturday Real Madrid bounced back from their midweek disappointment with a 2-5 win at Athletic Bilbao, Huntelaar scoring twice and Higuaín finishing things off with a late penalty after Llorente had kept the home side's hopes alive. And the following day the goals continued to rain in, Zigic scoring twice as Racing hit five against struggling Numancia.

Elsewhere Sevilla held on to thrid spot with two late goals for Kanouté and Luis Fabiano in a 2-2 draw at Málaga, and Agúero and Forlán were on target as Atlético Madrid came back to beat Villarreal 3-2. Barral converted a penalty for Sporting to help the Asturians to a 3-2 win over Deportivo, and Bojan netted a brace to keep Barcelona six points clear at the top, his first in La Liga this season but his ninth in all competitions. (16.03.09)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total (Penalties)
Messi (Barcelona) 18 5 6 29 (4)
Eto'o (Barcelona) 23 0 4 27 (3)
Villa (Valencia) 19 2 1 22 (5)
Diego Forlán (Atlético) 19 1 2 22 (3)
Raúl (Real Madrid) 14 3 3 20 (0)
Henry (Barcelona) 14 1 5 20 (0)
Higuaín (Real Madrid) 15 2 0 17 (2)
Agüero (Atlético) 13 0 4 17 (0)
Negredo (Almería) 16 0 0 16 (4)
Llorente (Athletic) 12 4 0 16 (3)
Kanouté (Sevilla) 12 2 2 16 (1)
Rossi (Villarreal) 12 0 3 15 (3)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 5 7 2 14 (1)
Zigic (Racing) 8 1 2 11 (1)
Barral (Sporting) 7 4 0 11 (2)
Llorente (Villarreal) 7 0 4 11 (0)
Vicente (Valencia) 6 4 0 10 (1)
Maxi (Atlético) 6 0 4 10 (1)
Van Nistelrooy (R Madrid) 4 3 3 10 (1)