Lionel Messi continues to lead the goal-scoring charts across Europe’s top five leagues.

The prolific Argentine scored twice in Barcelona’s 2-2 La Liga win at home to Valencia on Saturday, taking his tally to 21 goals in 20 appearances.

Young French prodigy Kylian Mbappe is hot on his heels though, bagging 18 goals in 16 Ligue 1 appearances despite failing to find the target as Paris Saint-Germain suffered their first league defeat this season, losing 2-1 away to Lyon. He still boasts the best goals per game ratio among the top five scorers though.

Team-mate Edinson Cavani also fired blanks during the encounter over the weekend and with 16 goals from 15 games, he drops down to fourth in the list with Cristiano Ronaldo overtaking him.

The Juventus star scored a brace at home to Parma but still saw his side draw 3-3 after a late comeback from the away team.

Sampdoria forward Fabio Quagliarella had equalled Gabriel Batistuta’s record of netting in 11 consecutive Serie A games but could not better that feat as his side were beaten 3-0 at Napoli. The 35-year-old has 16 goals after 21 appearances.