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Despite some long, gruelling journeys due to international commitments, many of our Pichichis were on target this weekend. Messi though shone out above them all with his 21st hat-trick for Barcelona in a high scoring 4-5 win at Deportivo, and counting the three he scored for Argentina last week, he now has an amazing 71 goals for the year to date (59 for his club and 12 for his country). Statisticians tell us that the all time high for a calendar year is 75, achieved by Pele in 1959, and with more than two months to go he is surely going to smash that record.

Despite all that though he is still facing fierce competition for the Liga Pichichi prize, and Ronaldo and Falcao were also on their respective scoresheets, the former in a 2-0 win over Celta (Higuaín was the other scorer), and the latter with a last minute winner from a direct free kick at Real Sociedad.

The top three are well clear of the rest, but Aduríz is fourth after he netted a brace against his old club Valencia. It didn't prevent Athletic from losing however, his old strike partner Soldado converting a penalty as the Ches ran out 3-2 winners.

Lots of goals though over the last three days, the 34 scored being the second highest tally of the season. Pizzi, Leo Baptistao, Verdú and Negredo all scored pairs for their respective teams, and there were goals as well for Joaquín, Isco, Hemed, Michel, Manucho and Postiga. Quite a weekend! (23.10.12)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total (Penalties)
Messi (Barcelona) 11 2 2 15 (2)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 9 2 4 15 (4)
Falcao (Atlético) 9 0 3 12 (4)
Aduríz (Athletic Bilbao) 6 0 2 8 (0)
Hemed (Mallorca) 6 0 0 6 (0)
Negredo (Sevilla) 6 0 0 6 (1)
Higuaín (Real Madrid) 4 1 0 5 (0)
Susaeta (Athletic Bilbao) 1 0 4 5 (0)
Pizzi (Deportivo) 4 0 0 4 (3)
Verdú (Espanyol) 4 0 0 4 (1)
Leo Baptistao (Rayo) 4 0 0 4 (0)
Oscar (Valladolid) 4 0 0 4 (0)
Joaquín (Málaga) 3 0 1 4 (2)
Isco (Málaga) 2 0 2 4 (0)
David Villa (Barcelona) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Rubén Castro (Betis) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Jorge Molina (Betis) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Iago Aspas (Celta) 3 0 0 3 (1)
Riki (Deportivo) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Barrada (Getafe) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Feghouli (Valencia) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Soldado (Valencia) 3 0 0 3 (1)
Manucho (Valladolid) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Postiga (Zaragoza) 3 0 0 3 (0)
San José (Athletic Bilbao) 2 0 1 3 (0)
Raúl García (Atlético Madrid) 2 0 1 3 (0)
Fàbregas (Barcelona) 2 0 1 3 (0)
Michel (Levante) 2 0 1 3 (1)
Saviola (Málaga) 2 0 1 3 (0)
Benzema (Real Madrid) 1 0 2 3 (0)
Jonas (Valencia) 1 0 2 3 (0)
Eliseu (Málaga) 0 0 3 3 (0)