European Golden Shoe weekly update: Udinese’s Antonio Di Natale moves into third after hat-trick but Lionel Messi still tops the charts

Antonio Di Natale – Palermo-Udinese – Serie A (Getty Images)

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Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi struck in his side’s 3-0 away win over Mallorca at the weekend and has extended his lead over Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who failed to find the net against Deportivo La Coruna, to four points.

The biggest winner of this week was Udinese ace Antonio Di Natale. The Italy international played a key role in his side’s 7-0 away win over Palermo by scoring three goals, and he has consequently entered the top three of the standings.

Napoli hitman Edinson Cavani, Manchester United’s Dimitar Berbatov, City forward Carlos Tevez and Bayern Munich’s Mario Gomez were all unable to score at the weekend, but still sit comfortably in the top 10.

The men from the Manchester clubs are the only Premier League representatives in the top 10.

New Bursaspor signing Kenny Miller scored his third goal in five games since joining the Turkish champions from Rangers and has now netted 24 league goals this term.

Lille attacker Moussa Sow opened the scoring in his side’s home game against Olympique Lyonnais, and remains the leading goalscorer in France.

Finally, Spain international David Villa entered the top 10 following his goal for Barcelona in the away game against Mallorca. Villa has now scored 17 league goals for the Blaugrana.

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