Cristiano Ronaldo's record-breaking group stage campaign put him in pole position, but who will finish the season as UEFA Champions League top scorer?
Cristiano Ronaldo may have racked up
a record-breaking group stage tally, but who will finish the 2013/14 UEFA
Champions League as top scorer?
Ronaldo found the net nine times
during Real Madrid CF's impressive Group B campaign, taking him beyond the
previous best of eight, set by Ruud van Nistelrooy (2004/05), Filippo Inzaghi
and Hernán Crespo (both 2002/03). Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimović
equalled that total this season but sat out matchday six to head into the
winter break one goal adrift of Ronaldo.
Ronaldo, who came top of the pile
last term – ending Lionel Messi's four-season hegemony – needs to
reach 15 to surpass the campaign-best recorded by his FC Barcelona rival in
2011/12. Discount Messi at your peril, however, with the Argentina forward
seemingly back on song after a brief absence through injury.
Scoring goals for fun domestically
are Manchester City FC, who have the likes of Sergio Agüero and Álvaro Negredo
pushing to catch Ronaldo, Ibrahimović and Messi. Beyond that, Club Atlético de
Madrid will be looking to Diego Costa to maintain his fine form, while Ibrahimović's
strike partner Edinson Cavani and Borussia Dortmund forward Robert Lewandowski
could be seen as outside bets.
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