Messi, highest scorer since 1943/44 season

He keeps going and going. Lionel Messi just cannot stop scoring, and Barcelona's Argentinean now totals 19 goals in just 13 games – a figure unheard of in the Spanish league since the 1943/44 season when Martín, also for Barcelona, and Echeverria, for Oviedo, were the joint top goalscorers with 19 goals apiece.
Messi added two more goals against Levante and has netted three doubles in a row in La Liga. With his tally of 19, the Argentinean has now scored more than seven players who won the Pichichi Award for the top goalscorer at the end of the season.
So far in 2012, Messi has hit the back of the net 52 times in La Liga – just outrageous. Furthermore, the Argentinean is watching his advantage increase over the rest of his pursuers.
Although the third in the running, Radamel Falcao broke his dry spell from the penalty spot against Sevilla, Cristiano again failed to score this weekend.