Breaking News: Messi Reduce Ronaldo Goals Tally to 7

The goal battle has just began the moment messi score goal at the deportive match and assisted two more goals in his credit. 

Current goals total in La Liga: Ronaldo 31-24 Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo's goals lead has been cut to seven by Lionel Messi after the latest round of games in La Liga.

Messi scored Barcelona's sixth in an 8-0 thrashing of Deportivo. The Argentine forward, who also claimed a pair of assists, got two of the four shots he took on target. 

Meanwhile, Ronaldo failed to find the net in Real Madrid's 3-0 win against Villarreal, despite having seven shots, just two of which he got on goal.

After failing to score in his previous three league games, Lionel Messi, right, has now netted in back-to-back matches.

After scoring in each of his last four league games, Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score.

Ratings and review

Here's what our Real Madrid and Barcelona club bloggers had to say about each man's performance.

Rob Train on Ronaldo: 6/10 -- He took a crunching early tackle from Mario Gaspar in good humour, drew a save from Sergio Asenjo after 10 minutes and was involved in the first goal. However, Ronaldo found a worthy adversary in Eric Bailly, with the Ivory Coast defender thwarting the Portuguese several times. Ronaldo reverted to the pot-shot option as a result, sending a few into the upper tier.

Lee Roden on Messi: 8/10 -- Luis Suarez stole the limelight but Messi was immense for Barca, too. He produced a tremendous touch for the Uruguayan's second in the first half, a fine through ball for his third after the break and delivered a great pass to Neymar for Suarez's fourth. Eventually Messi got his goal as well, lofting the ball into an empty net after some good work from Suarez.