Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar is set to complete 50 games in the Champions League against Napoli and he needs a single goal to match Lionel Messi's numbers after the same amount of matches.
In 49 European encounters, the Brazilian has scored 30 goals, although he has played around 400 minutes more than his former teammate had at this stage.
While Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in the Champions League history, he had a slow start in the competition.
The Juventus player scored 13 goals in his first 50 matches, after 4,106 minutes.
Although Messi and Ronaldo debuted at the age of 17 and 18 respectively, the former Santos prodigy played his first European game aged 21..
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Defying the label of selfish player, Neymar has already contributed double the number of the assists than the other two had after 50 games.
His current team and Celtic are his two biggest victims in the competion, as he managed to find the net seven times in total when he faced them.
Moreover, against the Scots the 26-year-old scored a hat trick in 15 minutes, while his last three goals in a single game were several weeks ago against Red Star Belgrade.
Neymar has already matched Kaka's numbers in terms of scoring and is only one goal away from tying with Rivaldo as the top Brazilian scorer in the Champions League.
zeyaeiopsz
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People always look up at Messi and Ronaldo.They think that no other player is near to them. Neymar is player of this caliber. He plays well and good but still has a way to go. People are saying he's playing in ligue 1,so he scores. He has been there just for an year.We all know how good he was at Barca. Despite having Messi, Suarez at his side, he managed to score many. He set record assists. Stop being a hater and enjoy his game. With good support he can reach greater heights. #NEYMAR 👑 💟
eloksjoseph
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they will hate him make mockery of him but he's a living legend