1 Messi reached 84 goals, one short of Gerd Muller’s record as Barcelona 5-1 victory over Atletico Bilbao in La Liga.

The Barcelona FC star has been superb scoring more and more goals and now no one can stop him reaching and breaking Gerd Muller’s record. Messi scored two goals in Barcelona 5-1 victory over Atletico Bilbao at Camp Nou as the La Liga leaders add goal count to 43 goals. 

The Argentine currently has score 84 goals in single calendar year one goal shoot of 85 goals by Gerd Muller in 1972. He was rested in midweek King's Cup match against Alaves but he is still on course to break this long standing record. Two goals adds his La Liga goals tally to 21 for La Liga this season top scorer as Cristiano Ronaldo lags behind with 13 goals.

In November he passed Pele’s 75 goals record in 1958 though the former Brazil striker does not recognize Messi as one of great footballer yet, comparing Messi and Neymar and singled out Neymar as the best footballer. 

Who can stop Messi in next five matches before end of calendar year?

What will the next big record for Messi to pursue and break?

Barcelona vs Atletico Bilbao all goals summary 

Barcelona 0-1 Gerard Piqué 22′ 

Barcelona 0-2 Lionel Messi 25′ 

Barcelona 0-3 Adriano 45+1′ 

Barcelona 0-4 Cesc Fábregas 57′ 

Mallorca 1-4 Ibai Gomez 65′ 

Barcelona 1-5 Lionel Messi 70′

Barcelona vs Atletico Bilbao video highlight off all goals

0 Top 5 scorers in Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and League one in race for Golden boots.

Top scorers in European leagues are in tough competition as more goals are scored from every league, but Spain seems to have more goals. Lionel Messi leads all European goal scorers with 19 (38 Golden Shoe Points)  La Liga goals followed by two player from small leagues in Europe, Philipp Hosiner  (Austria Wien) 17 goals and Henrik Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk) 17 goals and 25.5 Golden Shoe Points each. Currently only 4 top scorers from top five European leagues are in top 10 list for European top scorers with other players coming from underdogs league of the 4 only Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not playing in Spain.

Lionel Messi Celebrate a goal

Fans used to see close race between Messi and Ronaldo but the gap is already big, 7 goals, but in Champions league competition they are still tied on 5 goals each. 

PSG new signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Premier League top scorers are very much tied at the top but the situation could suddenly change in top 5 scorers. So far there are a one goal gaps and the table will change a lot with just few matches. Former Top scorer, Robin Van Persie is still favorite to win golden boot considering is form and the chance he got at Manchester United. Can Benitez effect help Torres jump in top five? One would expect this to be the case, but time will tell.

Premier league top 5 scorers (02Dec2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Luis Suárez	Liverpool FC	10
2	Miguel Cuesta	Swansea City	10
3	Robin Van Persie	Manchester United	10 (1)
4	Jermain Defoe	Tottenham Hotspur	8
5	Demba Ba	Newcastle United	8

Marouane Fellaini (Everton FC) also have 8 goals

Spanish La Liga top 5 scorers (02Dec2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	21 (1)
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	13 (4)
3	Radamel Falcao	Atletico Madrid	11 (5)
4	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	8
5	Álvaro Negredo	Sevilla FC	7 (2)

Gonzalo Higuaí­n (Real Madrid) Leo (Rayo Vallecano) Roberto Soldado  (Valencia CF) and Tomer Hemed (RCD Mallorca) also has 7 goals.

Bundesliga top 5 scorers (02Dec2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Ádám Szalai	FSV Mainz 05	9 (1)
2	Alexander Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt	9 (2)
3	Mario Mandžukić	Bayern Munich	9
4	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund	9 (1)
5	Stefan Kießling	Bayer Leverkusen	9

*Thomas Müller (Bayern München) also has 8 goals
 

Italy Serie A top 5 scorers (02Dec2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Stephan El Sharawy	AC Milan	12
2	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese Calcio	8 (3)
3	Edinson Cavani	SSC Napoli	8 (2)
4	Erik Lamela	AS Roma	8
5	Miroslav Klose	Lazio Roma	8

League 1 top 5 scorers (02Dec2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	13 (1)
2	Bafetimbi Gomis	Olympique Lyon	10(2)
3	Wissam Ben Yedder	Toulouse FC	9
4	Pierre Aubameyang	AS Saint-Étienne	8
5	Yoan Gouffran	Girondins Bordeaux	7