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Great football by Bundesliga back to back champions, Borrusia Dortmund whose attacking force made Joe Hart work for almost from the first to the final whistle.
Fantastic performance by Joe Hart with 8 saves which at the end earned city a crucial draw. The visitor went infront on following mistake by Jack Rodwell on which speeding Marco Reus took advantage and beat Hart. Premier league champions equalized through a controversial penalty converted by Mario Balotelli. Balotelli have so far been City penalty taker, scored five from five, quit a fantastic record.City were not only in need of this point, but to avoid Dortmund taking three points. Rooney commented on twitter singling out Joe Hart as a great golie.
Elsewhere in the same group, Real Madrid thrashed Ajax 4-1, second hat-trick for Criatiano Ronaldo in two games and nice bycycle kick goal by Karim Benzema. Ronaldo had now scored 158 goals for Real Madrid in 154 appearances.
Is name is Neymar, The Samba boy, wonder kid who displayed poacher or goal getter.
Santos starlet Neymar scores a hat trick as Brazil rout China 8-0 in international friendly as new Chelsea midfielder Oscar displayed wonderful performance with three assists and score from penalty kick. Three Neymar’s goals all came from tap-ins, watch his first goal, second goal and third goal, the tap-ins showing his predator side similar to the likes of Filippo inzaghi and Hernan Crespo.
Neymar was criticized by Brazil fans for under performance in previous game against South Africa when five time world champions won by only 1-0 thanks to new Zenit St Petersburg signing Hulk. Neymar was quoted asking for fans support for the national team. "I do not ask the fans to like me, but I ask them to cheer for the national team." He said.
South American team under head coach Mano Menezes is busy on friendly game having been exempted from The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers displayed unfriendly performance to China. The results is China’s worse defeat since 5-0 loss to United States in 1992. World cup qualifiers for Brazil 2014 for South American are currently ongoing where as Argentina is leading the CONMEBOL group.
Brazil vs China goals summary
Ramires - Brazil (22') 1-0
Neymar - Brazil (25') 2-0
Lucas - Brazil (49') 3-0
Hulk - Brazil (52') 4-0
Neymar - Brazil (54') 5-0
Neymar - Brazil (60') 6-0
Jianye Liu - Brazil (OG 70') 7-0
Oscar (PG 75') 8-0
Brazil national team before international friendly match vs China.From left to right David Luiz, Dede, Oscar, Marcelo,Lucas Moura, Ramires, Romulo, Diego Alves, Hulk, Daniel Alves, Neymar.
Brazil first 11:- Diego Alves, Daniel Alves, Dede, David Luiz, Marcelo, Romulo, Ramires, Oscar, Lucas Moura, Neymar, Hulk
China first 11:- Cheng Zeng, Zhao Peng, Liu Jianye, Yu Yang, Lupeng, Zhao Xuri, Tang Miao, Zhu Ting, Hao Jumin, Gao Lin, Liu Jian
Recife, Brazil.
Video Highlights Brazil vs China all goals.
Video credit to BestManagerFootball
Landon
Donovan led United States to condemn Scotland to a 5-1 defeat in international
friend with Michael Bradley and Jermaine Jones scored one goal each. Donovan capped for
139 international games opened the score before Bradley add the second on just 11th
minute. Geoff
Cameron then scored own goals followed by two from Donovan within 5 minutes and
Jermaine Jones seal the score on 70th minute.
United States vs Scotland goals summary
Landon
Donovan (4')
Michael
Bradley (11')
Geoff
Cameron (og 15')
Landon
Donovan (60')
Landon
Donovan (65')
Jermaine
Jones (70')
United States vs Scotland video highlights of
all goals
Lionel Messi score hat-trick in Barcelona 4-1 victory against Malaga and break 67 goals record set by Bayern Munich's striker Gerd Muller after adding his goal tally to 68 a new European goal scoring record.
The hat-trick also raised his La Liga goal tally to 46, three more than Ronaldo and more close to the pichichi award and European golden boot. The win keEP Real Madrid waiting for La Liga title and they have to win today to be crowned champions.
Barclays Premier league, Spanish La Liga, Italy Serie A, Ligue 1, Scottish premier league, German Bundesliga and France Ligue 1 top scorers competition for golden boot on 25 March 2012.
It is easy to mark strikers that consistently keep scoring in European leagues. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are clear contenders fro golden boots but Robin Van Persie and Mario Gomez also put up a great show challenging the La Liga players. These season fan have seen a series of hat-trick, a word derived from magician hat which used for magic trick.
Barclays Premier league top scorers
1
Robin Van Persie
Arsenal FC
26
2
Wayne Rooney
Manchester United
20
3
Sergio Agüero
Manchester City
17
4
Demba Ba
Newcastle
16
5
*Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Blackburn Rovers
14
Robin Van Persie keeps on scoring but also misses clear goals some times. With his left foot he has scored some goals from difficult angle, remember his goal second goal in Arsenal vs Liverpool. Ten games remaining, one wouldn’t hesitate to bet him for 30 goals this season in premiership alone.
Top assist
David Silva (Manchester City) 12
Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) 11 Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) 11
Mario Gomez still lead Bundesliga top scorers with 23 one ahead of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar who score two goals in famous 2-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen. Bayern is 2 points behind Bundesliga Champions Borrusia Dortmund who have a game at hand.
Top assist
Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)11 Juan Arango (Borussia Monchengladbach)9
Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund)7 Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) 7
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) 7 Christian Fuchs (Schalke 04)7
Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich)7
Patrick Herrmann (Borussia Monchengladbach) 7
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France Ligue 1 top scorers
1
Olivier Giroud
Montpellier
17
2
Anderson Nene
PSG
13
3
Eden Hazard
Lille
13
4
Batetimbi Gomis
Lyon
10
5
Pierre Aubameyang
St Etienne
10
*Kevin Gamerio same goals as Pierre Aubameyang Oliver Giroud, Montpellier striker 20 goals mark. The striker has been crucial in Montpellier success who are currently on top of League one table. The striker has also assisted 7 goals so far.
Top assist
Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille) 11
Jérémy Menez (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 Eden Hazard (Lille)11 Michel Bastos (Lyon) 8 Yann Jouffre (Lorient) 8
*Karim Benzema same goals as Roberto Soldado Lionel Messi keep on scoring and sets new record with every goal he score after becoming Barcelona all-time goal scorer. He scored the first against to rise the bar to 235 goals, clubs new record. Cristiano Ronaldo level with Messi after he scored 2 goals in 5-1 and just five goals shoot from his last year 40 goals mark. Real Madrid victory against Real Sociedad to cut difference to just one goal. The race for Pichichi trophy and European Golden boot award is still very open.
Top assist
Mesut Özil (Real Madrid) 14 Ángel Di María (Real Madrid) 13
Zlatana Ibrahimovic scored two against AS Roma open three goals gap with Antonio Di Natale. Just keeping himself on form for Barcelona encounter in Champions league.
Top assist
Fabrizio Miccoli (Palermo) 12
Pablo Armero (Udinese) 8 Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) 8 Antonio Cassano (AC Milan) 7 Marek Hamsik (Napoli) 7
Robinho (AC Milan) 7
No change on top three top goal scorers in terms of number of goals once, more. Francisco just score one goal since previous Sports News report. Nikica Jelavic score one two goals since joining Premier league Everton.
Top assist Steven Davis (Rangers) 10 Anthony Stokes (Celtic) 9 Nicky Law (Motherwell) 8
Jonathan Hayes (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 8
Paul Dixon (Dundee United) 8 Francisco Sandaza (St Johnstone) 8
Lionel Messi is set to level or break club’s all time official goal scoring record of 232 goals reached by Cesar Rodriguez in 1950s. The Barcelona star has scored 231 and he will fancy a chance to level or break Cesar’s record in La Liga match on Tuesday night against strangling Granada.
This season alone, he scored 31 goals in La Liga, 12 goals in Champions league, 2 goals in King’s cup and contributing 16 goal assists in all these and 45 goals competition. This season alone he has scored 7 hat-tricks for Barcelona, 5 on La Liga and 2 in Champions league. His recent hat-trick was on champions league were he score 5 goals to became the first player to have scored five goals in one match.
Messi top scoring records La Liga and Champions league
In La Liga, Messi won the pichichi trophy in 2008-2009 scoring 34 goals. This season he is second in top goal scorer list following Cristiano Ronaldo who has 32 goals, one more than Messi. But leads champions league top scorers table with 12 goals and if he maintain his position he will be Champions league top scorer for four consecutive years. In 2010-2011 he set record to be first player to win Champions league golden boot for three consecutive years. Gerd Müller and Jean-Pierre Papin also were top scorers for three consecutive years in Europen club competition before champions league changed it format in 1992. This season he also netted his first hat-trick for Argentina when playing against Switzerland.
Barcelona matches in which Lionel Messi score hat-trick
Barcelona 8-0 Osasuna
Barcelona 5-0 Atletico Madrid
Barcelona 5-0 Mallorca
Barcelona 4-0 Viktoria Plzen
Barcelona 4-1 Malaga
Barcelona 5-1 Valencia
Barcelona 7-1 Bayer Leverkusen
Updates Messi goals record: Barcelona vs Granada is live now, Barcelona leading 2-0 20 minutes. Xavi opened the score Messi score the second goal to equal Cesar on all time Barcelona goal score with 232. He also level with Cristiano Ronaldo on 32 La Liga goals this season.
Messi score again to break the club goal scoring record and also top the La Liga goals scorers table. 82 minutes and the score is 4-2 Barcelona. Barca will cut points difference with Real Madrid to five points, but Madrid still have game in hand.
85 minutes, he score another one and it is eighth hat-trick, total goals 234, 33 La Liga goals one ahead of Ronaldo.
Granada got a penalty, Alves red card and the score 5-3.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth hat trick of the season and 12th for Real Madrid in 7-1 victory over struggling Osasuna at Santiago Bernabeu. Los Galacticos enjoyed 77% possession with 61% (11/18) shots on goal in a game which Angel Di Maria set up three goals and add his goal assist tally to 10 before he was substituted after an injury. Jose Mourinho team has now won 10 consecutive games in all competition, seven in the league.
The world most expensive player is now second on La liga top scorers table with 13 goals after 930 minutes after the world’s best player Lionel Messi with 14 La Liga goals after 840 minutes. But in terms of La liga goals and goals ratio per minute Gonzalo Higuain stand at 11 goals in 565 minutes.
Ronaldo shy away from talking about his performance by rather praise team performance; He said
……..I’m very happy about scoring today, but what matters is the team won……. Without my team-mates alongside me I wouldn’t be able to score as many goals as I have done.
In 2010-2011 Ronaldo score 40 La Liga goals and won the pichichi as well as the European Golden boot and yesterday he received his golden boot award. He became the first play to have won European Golden Shoe award with two different championships (Barclays Premier League in 2007–08 and Spanish La Liga in 2010–11).
Later Barcelona managed to save one point in 2-2 draw with Athletico Madrid and allowed Real Madrid a 3 point lead at the top of La Liga log.
Osasuna have conceded 15 to Barcelona and Real Madrid alone having losing 8-0 to Barcelona at the start of the season.
