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With the pre-Christmas league fixtures all brought forward this week, there was only one other match, the rescheduled fifth round cup tie between 2B side Eibar and Málaga. And the Andalusians didn't fare much better than Athletic Bilbao did in the last round, an injury time goal by Onyewu just saving a 1-1 draw to take back to the second leg. The league games themselves took place between Thursday and Saturday, with Barcelona taking their points tally for the season to 49 out of a possible 51 thanks to a 1-3 win at Valladolid. For the first time in seven league games Messi didn't score twice, but he did get one of the three to finish 2012 on a record breaking 91 goals in official club and international matches. Atlético stay in touch with the leaders after a 1-0 victory over Celta, Adrián's strike taking his side on to 40 points, a total which in other seasons would have seen them topping the table. Real Madrid drop further behind the top two though after a 3-2 defeat at fourth placed Málaga, Benzema's late goal not enough to cancel out Joaquín's opener and two more from Santa Cruz. The Andalusians are now only two points behind Madrid in the table. Elsewhere Real Sociedad, Rayo Vallecano and Valencia all put in their claims for the European spots with victories, Carlos Vela, Piti, Soldado, Jonas and Nelson Valdez amongst the scorers in their respective matches, and Zaragoza are only a couple of points behind them after a 0-2 win in Bilbao, Postiga once again on target for Manolo Jiménez's team. (23.12.12)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total (Penalties)
Messi (Barcelona) 26 4 5 35 (2)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 14 3 6 23 (4)
Falcao (Atlético) 17 0 3 20 (5)
Aduríz (Athletic Bilbao) 10 1 3 14 (1)
Soldado (Valencia) 9 1 4 14 (4)
Rubén Castro (Betis) 9 2 0 11 (0)
Negredo (Sevilla) 8 3 0 11 (3)
Benzema (Real Madrid) 4 2 3 9 (0)
Postiga (Zaragoza) 8 0 0 8 (0)
Higuaín (Real Madrid) 7 1 0 8 (0)
David Villa (Barcelona) 5 3 0 8 (0)
Hemed (Mallorca) 7 0 0 7 (0)
Vela (Real Sociedad) 7 0 0 7 (3)
Oscar (Valladolid) 7 0 0 7 (0)
Santa Cruz (Málaga) 5 2 0 7 (0)
Fàbregas (Barcelona) 5 1 1 7 (0)
Raúl García (Atlético Madrid) 3 2 2 7 (0)
Jonas (Valencia) 2 1 4 7 (1)
Iago Aspas (Celta) 6 0 0 6 (1)
Riki (Deportivo) 6 0 0 6 (0)
Martins (Levante) 6 0 0 6 (0)
Leo Baptistao (Rayo) 6 0 0 6 (0)
Piti (Rayo Vallecano) 6 0 0 6 (1)
Manucho (Valladolid) 6 0 0 6 (0)
Adriano (Barcelona) 5 1 0 6 (0)
Saviola (Málaga) 5 0 1 6 (0)
Isco (Málaga) 4 0 2 6 (0)
Joaquín (Málaga) 4 0 2 6 (2)
Valdez (Valencia) 3 2 1 6 (0)
Feghouli (Valencia) 3 0 3 6 (0)
Susaeta (Athletic Bilbao) 2 0 4 6 (0)