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 December 2, 2019




Following the conclusion of the Spanish La Liga Match Day 15 fixtures on Sunday, below are the highest goal scorers chasing the golden boot in the Spanish top-flight league.
Real Madrid striker, Karim Benzema is presently the highest goal scorer in the La Liga with 10 goals.


Barcelona’s Lionel Messi is second place after he scored a goal in his side’s 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
La Liga top scorers:
10 goals: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)




9 goals: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
8 goals: Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), Loren Moron (Real Betis), Lucas Perez (Alaves).
7 goals: Luis Suarez (Barcelona), Willian Jose (Real Sociedad).


6 goals: Maxi Gomez (Valencia), Joselu (Alaves), Daniel Parejo (Valencia), Angel Rodriguez (Gatefe).
5 goals: Santi Cazorla and Karl Toko Ekambi (Villareal), Alvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), Jaime Mata (Getafe), Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla), Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), Chimy Avila and Rubén García (Osasuna), Raúl García (Ath Bilbao).
4 goals: Fabian Orellana (Eibar)

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EPL: Highest goal scorers in Premier League after Match Day 14 [See top 18]

 December 2, 2019





Leicester City striker, Jamie Vardy, continues to lead the scoring chart after Match Day 14 in the Premier League.
Vardy scored the equalizer, as the Foxes came from behind to beat Everton 2-1 at the King Power Stadium on Sunday.


It took his tally to 13 goals.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice, as Arsenal drew 2-2 at Norwich City.
Aubameyang has now struck 10 times in the league.



Premier League top scorers:
13 goals: Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)
10 goals: Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal)



9 goals: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
8 goals: Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
7 goals: Teemu Pukki (Norwich), Danny Ings (Southampton), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).


6 goals: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Raul Jimenez (Wolves), Chris Wood (Burnley), Ashley Barnes (Burnley).
5 goals: Callum Wilson (Bournemouth), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
4 goals: James Maddison (Leicester).

           

                  

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Brazil legend, Ronaldinho has congratulated Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi after the Argentine international won the Ballon d’Or for a record sixth time on Monday night in Paris, France.

Freddie Ljungberg played 328 times for Arsenal in a nine-year spell at the club, helping them win the Premier League twice and the FA Cup three times
Freddie Ljungberg is not the right man to manage Arsenal on a long-term basis, said former Blackburn striker Chris Sutton.
Ex-Gunners midfielder Ljungberg, 42, is in interim charge of the club after they sacked Unai Emery last month.
"Freddie said he was 100% sure they would get into the top four but based on what? It's fantasy," said Sutton on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.
"They need to get someone in place that they are going to get a reaction from."
Ljungberg, who played for Arsenal between 1998 and 2007, had been Emery's assistant after working with their under-23 side but has no previous managerial experience.
In his only game in charge so far, the Gunners twice fell behind to a Norwich City side in the bottom three before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang twice equalised in a 2-2 draw.
That result left Arsenal eighth in the Premier League, 21 points behind leaders Liverpool and seven behind fourth-placed Chelsea.


Norwich 2-2 Arsenal: Freddie Ljungberg says first few days have been steep learning curve
"Did you expect them to be much different?" added Sutton, a Premier League title winner with Blackburn in 1994-95. "It has been the same for the last decade and it's still the same problem.
"They need to change the model, the recruitment. Over the summer they brought in [winger] Nicolas Pepe [for £72m] but the issues were at the back."
Former Aston Villa and Chelsea midfielder Andy Townsend agreed with Sutton and said: "I don't think it's the right time for Freddie to take over, not the right time for someone who is inexperienced at this level.
"Arsenal need someone to come in and teach them about defending.
"Calum Chambers has been around long enough to see if there's been an improvement but there hasn't been. I don't think he's good enough to be an Arsenal regular.
"Sokratis is nowhere near good enough. I don't think he would get into any Premier League side."

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Quote:‘I think there are people living completely frustrated !!! And unrealistic… such humility!’ Katia wrote. 
 
‘It is well known that Ronaldo will not win tonight’s prize. Although I have won important collective titles … but this is another conversation and that up ahead we will see where the truth about football will come !!! 
 
‘Now, dear Virgil, where you are going, Cristiano Ronaldo has gone and has come a thousand times.

‘You see, my dear Virgil, that Cristiano Ronaldo was a tri-champion in the country where you have been playing for years and you still haven’t got your hand in the can. 
 
‘Cristiano Ronaldo was even the best player and best scorer in the country where you play Virgil. By the way, I was even younger than you.
 
Then, dear Virgil, Cristiano Ronaldo went to other places and became the greatest player in the history of a clubezito. 
 
‘Real Madrid, tell you something Virgil? Maybe so, because this club, with this Cristiano guy, even beat you in the Champions League final. Of these, Ronaldo already has five, Virgil.
 
And that fellow Ronaldo and team-mates, with the corners on his chest, crushed your “orange” in a final. Was it hard, Virgil? We have pity. And, dear Virgil, In one of the least successful times of his career, Cristiano Ronaldo has won even more titles than you. Awesome, isn’t it? 
 
‘Now Virgil will win titles from those who really count and then we’ll talk. When you have a handful of them, the really important ones, you might be able to sit at the table with Cristiano. Or as they say in our land, it grows and appears! 
‘It’s for me Cristiano you are and you will always be the best player in the world !!! And who does not like to put it on the wheel of the plate !!! (as they say in our land, small for many) but where came the best ever.’

Luka Modric has talked about Cristiano Ronaldo's absence, saying that "you have to show respect".

"Congratulations, you deserve it." said Modric before handing the Ballon d'Or trophy to Messi.

However, Modric also spoke on Ronaldo's absence from the ceremony.

"When you don't win, you have to be there to show respect. This is football."

Source: https://m.allfootballapp.com/amp/news/La-Liga/Modric-on-Ronaldo-absence-When-you-dont-win-you-have-to-come-to-show-respect/2095403

Nigeria international, Josh Maja scored three times last night as Bordeaux thrashed Nimes 6-0 at the Stade Matmut Atlantique.
The hat-trick was his first, as he became the fourth Nigerian player to score three or more goals in the French top-flight in the last fifty years, after Peter Odemwingie, John Utaka (3 times) and Victor Agali.
Maja scored in the 24th minute beating an offside trap to open the floodgate of goals and doubled his goals in the 37th minute.
He then made it 3-0 in the 53rd minute.
The Super Eagles striker then assisted Nicolas de Preville who rounded a sprawling Nimes keeper for the fourth goal.

The other scorer was midfielder Henrique Otavio in the 76th and 87th minutes, respectively.

Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard, has praised Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish and feels his good form, might see him get a first England call up.
Grealish has four goals and three assists in his last eight games for Dean Smith’s side.
And Lampard’s will be looking to nullify his threat, after two consecutive league defeats, when the two sides meet on Wednesday.
“I think he’s doing it,” Lampard said of Grealish putting himself in the debate for a Three Lions call-up, in quoted reported by Goal.
“He’s playing at a level now where he is obviously forcing himself into the argument. It’ll probably be a matter of time.

“I never want to tell Gareth what to do but his performances at the moment of a really high level. He’s a big threat for us and a fantastic player. His game has really come on. He is a joy to watch when he’s not against you because he moves so well with the ball. He’s a really good player.”

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said it is “crazy and stupid” for his team to think about the title, despite a 4-1 win at Burnley on Tuesday night.
City moved to within eight points of leaders Liverpool thanks to a Gabriel Jesus double and further goals from Rodri and Riyad Mahrez at Turf Moor.
However, Guardiola speaking to reporters after the game, played down their chances of overtaking the Reds.
“For the distance we have with Liverpool it would be crazy to think about the title.
“Like everyone say we are out, we have no chance.

“We are thinking about ourselves and the next game. To think how many ways to win to be close is a stupid way to think,” he said.

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has insisted there are no doubts over Gabriel Jesus’ ability to step up and fill the void left by the injured Sergio Aguero.