Cristiano Ronaldo's hat trick has opened a two-goal gap to Lionel Messi despite his brace, and the Portuguese is still on track to win the European Golden Boot race.
Click through the mini-gallery attached to the article to view the top 10 goal-scorers in Europe.
While Ronaldo and Messi battle it out on top, there are only two goals between third and tenth place.
Sergio Aguero, Jonatan Soriano, Neymar and Alexandre Lacazette were all on the score-sheet and move up in the ranking between Europe's most dangerous marksman.
Here are the top 10 goal-scorers in Europe right now:
1) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 42 goals – 84 points (factor 2.0) [+3 goals]
2) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 40 goals – 80 points (factor 2.0) [+2 goals]
3) Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) – 22 goals – 44 points (factor 2.0) [+1 goal]
4) Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) – 22 goals – 44 points (factor 2.0) [+/-0 goals]
5) Jonatan Soriano (Salzburg) – 29 goals – 43.5 points (factor 1.5) [+2 goals]
6) Neymar (FC Barcelona) – 21 goals – 42 points (factor 2.0) [+1 goal]
7) Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) – 27 goals – 40.5 points (factor 1.5) [+1 goal]
8) Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) – 27 goals – 40.5 points (factor 1.5) [+/- 0 goals
9) Harry Kane (Tottenham) – 20 goals – 40 points (factor 2.0) [+/- 0 goals]
10) Carlos Tevez (Juventus) – 20 goals – 40 points (factor 2.0) [+/- 0 goals]
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European Sports Media awards the Golden Boot based on a points system, which rates goals scored in a higher ranked league more valuable than those scored in weaker leagues (based on UEFA coefficient).
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