Top 5 scorers in Premier league, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and League 1 competition for golden boot on 16 Sep 2012
European leagues players are back in league action following a short international game games for World cup qualification and international friendly. Already race for European Golden boot and leagues' top scorer is heating up. The last season European top scorer, Lionel Messi is ready to defend his award with 6 goals in La Liga. Following Messi are the PSG and Manchester United new signings, League one Zlatan Ibrahimović 5 and Premier League top scorer Robin Van Persie 4 goals respectively.
Premier league win for Arsenal and Manchester and draw for Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City.
Big wins for Arsenal and Manchester United while premier league championship rival clubs Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City were force to draw. Gervinho and Dimitar Berbatov both score twice opening their goals account this season. Jermain Defoe score a brace against Reading in Sunday game to give AVB first Tottenham win.In Monday night football Demba Ba score a brace against Everton in 2-2 draw.
Top assists
Premier League top 5 scorers (22 Sep 2012)Top assists
Eden Hazard - Chelsea FC 5
Wayne Routledge - Swansea City 3
| No | Player | Team | Goals (P) |
| 1 | Miguel Pérez Cuesta | Swansea City | 4 (0) |
| 2 | Rickie Lambert | Southampton FC | 4 (1) |
| 3 | Robin Van Persie | Manchester United | 4 (0) |
| 4 | Steven Fletcher | Sunderland AFC | 4 (0) |
| 5 | *Carlos Tévez | Manchester City | 3 (0) |
La Liga Barcelona win, Madrid loss separate them by 8 points.
Lionel Messi score twice in Barcelona 4-1 win over Getafe as rival Real Madrid loss to Sevilla 1-0. La Liga champions are now 8 point behind leader Barcelona. Jose Mourinho was frustrated with the results and come up with one of his strange football quotes. "I changed only two players at half-time, I wanted to change seven of them," Mourinho said according to CBC news at CBC website.
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| Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez celebrate Messi's second goal. Photo CBC.ca |
| No | Player | Team | Goals (P) |
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 6 (1) |
| 2 | Radamel Falcao | Atletico Madrid | 4 (2) |
| 3 | Tomer Hemed | Mallorca | 3 |
| 4 | Aduriz | Athletic Bilbao | 3 |
| 5 | Gonzalo Higuain | Real Madrid | 3 |
Bundesliga win for Bayern Munich and Borrusia Dortmund, Borrusia chasing record.
Bayern Munich and Borrusia Dortmund both won by three goals. Borrusia Dortmund retain their 12 months (31 games) unbeaten run and closing on 36 game unbeaten record. Player on top 5 scorer list, Mario Mandzukic and Aaron Hunt both score once on Saturday games. Szabolcs Huszt score twice against Werder Bremen in 3-2 Hannover 96 win and then red carded for celebration.
Bundesliga top 5 scorers (22 Sep 2012)
| No | Player | Team | Goals (P) |
| 1 | Thomas Müller | Bayern Munich | 4 |
| 2 | Heung-Min Son | Hamburg SV | 3 |
| 3 | Mario Mandžukić | Bayern Munich | 3 |
| 4 | Toni Kroos | Bayern Munich | 3 |
| 5 | *Aaron Hunt | Werder Bremen | 2 (2) |
Serie A Milan sock defeat.
AC Milan loss 1-0 to regional rivals Atlanta at home and continue miserable lead start. On Sunday two goals from Hernanes and Maxi Lopez in Lazio 3-1 over Chievo and Sampodoria 3-2 over Pescara respectively. Miroslav Klose score one in Lazio win and Stevan Jovetic top the table with one of 2 against goal vs Catania.
Serie A top 5 scorer (22 Sep 2012)
| No | Player | Team | Goals (P) |
| 1 | Stevan Jovetic | Fiorentina | 4 |
| 2 | Giampaolo Pazzini | AC Milan | 3 (1) |
| 3 | Hernanes | Lazio Roma | 3 |
| 4 | Maxi López | Sampdoria | 3 |
| 5 | Miroslav Klose | Juventus | 3 |
League 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovich making impact.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is now paying his big deal move to PSG with 5 goals already. Cedric Barbosa score a brace in Evian Thonon Gaillard 3-0 win over Bastia. Ligue 1 standing according to TSN. On Sunday games Alain Traoré score 2 for FC Lorient winning 2-1 against Stade Rennes.
League 1 top scorers (22 Sep 2012)
| No | Player | Team | Goals (P) |
| 1 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Paris Saint-Germain | 7 (1) |
| 2 | Alain Traoré | FC Lorient | 4 |
| Pierre Aubameyang | AS Saint-Étienne | 4 | |
| 4 | Wissam Ben Yedder | Toulouse FC | 4 |
| 5 | André-Pierre Gignac | Olympique Marseille | 3 |