[GOLEADORES] Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo scored his sixth hat trick in 22 games and upped his La Liga-leading total to 27 goals. ... For leading scorer updates in Europe's major leagues and video of Ronaldo's brilliant third goal in the 4-2 win over Levante that stretched Real's lead over Barcelona to 10 points ...

Spain La Liga
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal) 27
Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina) 23
Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid/Argentina) 14
Falcao (Atletico Madrid/Colombia) 14



Wayne Rooney scored twice in Manchester United's 2-1 win over Liverpool to move into second in the EPL scoring race.

English Premier League
Robin Van Persie (Arsenal/Netherlands) 22
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/England) 17
Demba Ba (Newcastle/Senegal) 16
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City/Argentina) 15

Mario Gomez scored his 18th goal in Bayern Munich's 2-0 win over Kaiserslautern that keeps Bayern within two points of leader Borussia Dortmund

German Bundesliga
Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich/Germany) 18
Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04/Netherlands) 16
Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen/Peru) 15
Lukas Podolski (FC Cologne/Germany) 15

Dutch Eredivisie
Bas Dost (Heerenveen/Netherlands) 19
Luuk de Jong (Twente/Netherlands) 17
Dries Mertens (PSV/Belgium) 14
Sanharib Malki (Roda JC/Syria) 13

Italian Serie A
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese/Italy) 17
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan/Sweden) 15
(Six players tied with 12 goals.)

France Ligue 1
Olivier Giroud (Montpellier/France) 15
Nene (Paris SG/Brazil) 11
Kevin Gameiro (Paris SG/France) 10
Loic Remy (Marseille/France) 9