Karim Benzema netted his 11th LaLiga Santander goal this season against Espanyol, which means that he is a couple of goals ahead of Lionel Messi in the race for the Pichichi, the award for being the league's top scorer.
The French striker netted Los Blancos' second goal to seal a 2-0 victory over the Catalan side, having taken advantage of a Fede Valverde assist.
Seven of his 11 goals have been scored at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, while he has also managed to open the scoring on seven occasions so far this season.
In total, Benzema has netted 15 times in 19 games in all competitions.
Only Robert Lewandowski (27 in 22), Ciro Immobile (19 in 17) and Timo Werner (17 in 21) have scored more goals than him in Europe's top five leagues.
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Rule 1: Never challenge Messi Rule 2: Don't forget rule 1
Justilo
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wait oh, this Ronaldo effect on strikers, Is It good 2008 CR7 left man United 2009: Rooney came out with Flying colour 2018: CR7 left real Madrid 2019: Benzima Is Flying like a white bird
Princetelly
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Messi reading this post keep smiling cause he knows he will get irked he can only go 300meters but my goat 🐐 run Marathons
Looacekln
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Anyway, Benzema is a good and a great guy who is just doing his things and seizing his own opportunity to show what he can offer! Suarez benefits more from playing along Messi but Ronaldo benefit more from playing with Benzema. Messi assist Saurez to be better while Benzema helped Ronaldo to score more goals.
cby10
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Top scorer with 11 goals.. Top Assist provider with 5 assists.. What a season for Benz...
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When season starts..... 1st pic When season ends..... 2nd pic.