Lionel Messi by himself is a good as the whole Real Madrid squad put together. The Barcelona star opened the scoring for the La Liga champions as they edged past Getafe 2-1 on Sunday to take him to 16 league goals this season.
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Add on the 10 assists for the 31-year-old this campaign, Messi has been involved in 26 Barca league goals their term, the same as the entire Real Madrid squad this season.
Karim Benzema is Los Blancos leading scorer in La Liga with seven goals.
Gareth Bales and Sergio Ramos are next with four each.
Brazilian defender Marcelo has scored two with his 18-year-old fellow countryman Vinicius Junior who moved to the Bernabeu from Flamengo recently for £38million with just one goal.
Real were humbled 2-0 at home to Real Sociedad on Sunday, their sixth league defeat of the season leaving them ten points behind leaders Barcelona.
The Spanish giants are desperate to redress the balance with the arrival of Manchester City kid Brahim Diaz.
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