Cristiano Ronaldo’s spectacular equaliser for Real Madrid against Valencia on Sunday evening will be talked about for a long time because of its brilliance.
But as well as the beauty of the goal itself, and the importance it could play in deciding the destination of the title this year, it also saw Los Blancos become the first team across Europe’s big five leagues to pass the 100 goal mark in the league this campaign.
Remarkably, the side have reached triple figures in the goal scoring charts In La Liga for five consecutive seasons now. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the way with 31 goals in La Liga. His back-heeled effort was his 50th of the season, a figure he has reached for the last four years.
Of the 100 goals scored in La Liga, 58 have come at the Santiago Bernabeu, with the remaining 42 being scored in away matches. In terms top scorers across the big five leagues in Europe, Barcelona and Liverpool are right behind the nine-time European Cup winners on 99 league goals. Manchester City have found the back of the net on 96 occasions, with Bayern Munich top the league scoring charts in Germany on 93. PSG lead the way in France with 76 league goals and Juventus are one further back in Italy, on 75.
The highest scoring game so far this season was the 7-3 win over Sevilla. They have registered five goals in a single match on four occasions this season, and scored four in a game in six La Liga outings.
