Champions League tip scorer: Messi ends Ronaldo reign

Lionel Messi has finished as undisguised UEFA Champions League tip scorer for a initial time given 2011/12, finale 4 goals transparent of Robert Lewandowski.

THE FINAL: AS IT HAPPENED

With no Tottenham Hotspur or Liverpool actor within 7 of Messi’s total of 12 forward of a final, a Barcelona striker was flattering most positive of station alone during a tip of a charts for a fifth time. And so it proved, nonetheless Mohamed Salah did join a list of players on 5 goals.

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Messi had formerly enjoyed a four-season strain between 2008/09 and 2011/12, a final time a prize went to England. Messi also common initial place in 2014/15 with Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo, who had differently been out on his possess each deteriorate given 2012/13.

It has now been 12 years given conjunction Messi nor Ronaldo had during slightest a share of a top-scorer honour, when Kaká led a approach in AC Milan’s 2006/07 triumph.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE STATS

2018/19 Champions League tip scorers

12: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Minutes played: 837 (69.8 mins per goal)

8: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München)
Minutes played: 714 (89.3 mins per goal)

6: Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)
Minutes played: 510 (85 mins per goal)

6: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Minutes played: 749 (124.8 mins per goal)

6: Moussa Marega (Porto)
Minutes played: 840 (140 mins per goal)

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6: Dušan Tadić (Ajax)
Minutes played: 1,080 (180 mins per goal)

5: Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheim)
Minutes played: 481 (96.2 mins per goal)

5: Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Minutes played: 518 (103.6 mins per goal)

5: Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain)
Minutes played: 532 (106.4 mins per goal)

5: Edin Džeko (Roma)
Minutes played: 570 (114 mins per goal)

5: Lucas Moura (Tottenham Hotspur)
Minutes played: 725 (145 mins per goal)

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5: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
Minutes played: 778 (155.6 mins per goal)

5: Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
Minutes played: 871 (174.2 mins per goal)

5: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Minutes played: 1,058 ( 211.6 mins per goal)

UEFA Champions League tip scorers by deteriorate (group theatre to final)

2018/19: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 12
2017/18: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 15
2016/17: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 12
2015/16: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 16
2014/15: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Neymar (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 10
2013/14: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 17
2012/13: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 12
2011/12: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 14
2010/11: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 12

Watch all Messi’s goals opposite English clubs

2009/10: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 8
2008/09: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 9
2007/08: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 8
2006/07: Kaká (AC Milan) 10
2005/06: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) 9
2004/05: Ruud outpost Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 8
2003/04: Fernando Morientes (Monaco) 9
2002/03: Ruud outpost Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 12
2001/02: Ruud outpost Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 10
2000/01: Raúl González (Real Madrid) 7

1999/2000: Mário Jardel (Porto), Rivaldo (Barcelona), Raúl González (Real Madrid) 10
1998/99: Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Dwight Yorke (Manchester United) 8
1997/98: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 10
1996/97: Milinko Pantić (Atlético Madrid) 5
1995/96: Jari Litmanen (Ajax) 9
1994/95: George Weah (Paris Saint-Germain) 7
1993/94: Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona) 5
1992/93: Franck Sauzée (Marseille) 5

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