Lionel Messi saw off the threat of the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski to become the top European scorer for club and country in 2018.
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Messi brought up his half-century of goals by registering his 43rd hat-trick for Barcelona in their 5-0 victory at Levante on 16 December, and that pulled him sufficiently clear of the chasing pack, led by the Juventus and Bayern München forwards. It means Messi has scored 50 or more goals for club and country in eight of the last nine years, though his biggest haul was the world-record 91 he managed in 2012.