OCTOBER: CRISTIANO RONALDO VS MESSI

LA LIGA: ROUND 6

vs Sporting Gijon October 2, El Molinon	RESULT	Sporting 0-1 Barcelona
	INDIVIDUAL MATCH STATS	Minutes played 94 Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots 5 Shots on goal 2 Passes 74 Passes completed 64
	PLAYER RATING	6.5 'Was as determined as ever but mainly a frustrated performance from the maestro. Was awarded so little time on the ball and was well marshalled by the Sporting players. Showed glimpses of his brilliance but did not get a true hold on the game.'

vs Espanyol October 2, Cornella-El Prat	RESULT	Espanyol 0-4 Real Madrid
	INDIVIDUAL MATCH STATS	Minutes played 94 Goals 0 Assists 2 Shots 7 Shots on goal 2 Passes 48 Passes completed 41
	PLAYER RATING	8.0 'Caused the home side all sorts of problems and was unlucky not to open the scoring when his long-range drive was pushed onto the post early on. Great awareness to find Higuain for his opening goal and unselfish play to assist Callejon for Madrid's third.'

TICS

LA LIGA: ROUND 7

vs Racing Santander October 15, Camp Nou	RESULT	Barcelona 3-0 Racing
	INDIVIDUAL MATCH STATS	Minutes played 92 Goals 2 Assists 0 Shots 7 Shots on goal 4 Passes 70 Passes completed 61
	PLAYER RATING	8.5 Top of the Match 'Once again, the Argentine was in superb form and clearly the best player on the pitch. He took both goals well and showed some excellent individual pieces of skill to wow the crowd. A joy to watch.'

vs Real Betis October 15, Santiago Bernabeu	RESULT	Real Madrid 4-1 Betis
	INDIVIDUAL MATCH STATS	Minutes played 77 Goals 0 Assists 2 Shots 4 Shots on goal 1 Passes 33 Passes completed 24
	PLAYER RATING	7.0 'Showed electric pace and dribbling power down the left hand side throughout the match but his final ball let him down on more than one occasion. Did manage to provide assists for Higuain and Kaka, but should have scored in the first half with a glancing header that went past the post.'

LA LIGA: ROUND 8

vs Sevilla October 22, Camp Nou	RESULT	Barcelona 0-0 Sevilla
	INDIVIDUAL MATCH STATS	Minutes played 98 Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots 8 Shots on goal 2 Passes 90 Passes completed 63
	PLAYER RATING	7.0 'The tricky Argentine always looked his side's most dangerous yet his contribution to the game will be remembered for the late missed penalty. Had a personal duel with Varas going on for the 90 minutes and for once, the goalkeeper won.'

vs Malaga October 22, La Rosaleda	RESULT	Malaga 0-4 Real Madrid
	INDIVIDUAL MATCH STATS	Minutes played 90 Goals 3 Assists 0 Shots 5 Shots on goal 4 Passes 67 Passes completed 55
	PLAYER RATING	9.0 Top of the Match 'Scored a brilliant first-half hat-trick, which included a sublime improvised back-heeled effort and a run and drive from the edge of the box. Could have earned a penalty and also came close with two free-kicks. An oustanding return to goalscoring form.'

LA LIGA: ROUND 9

vs Granada October 25, Los Carmenes	RESULT	Granada 0-1 Barcelona
	INDIVIDUAL MATCH STATS	Minutes played 93 Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots 4 Shots on goal 1 Passes 84 Passes completed 69
	PLAYER RATING	6.5 'Not his best game. Lovely skill on the edge of the box early on as he cut both ways and then curled a nice angled shot just wide. Later should have scored but saw his effort cleared off the line. Still tied with Kubala on 194 Barca goals.'

vs Villarreal October 26, Santiago Bernabeu	RESULT	Real Madrid 3-0 Villarreal
	INDIVIDUAL MATCH STATS	Minutes played 92 Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots 2 Shots on goal 1 Passes 53 Passes completed 44
	PLAYER RATING	5.5 'Needed two goals to reach 100 for Madrid but never came close. Saw one early effort pushed wide by Diego Lopez for a corner, then made the wrong decision later on as he chose to send the ball out wide to the left on a quick break instead of finding better-placed team-mates on the right. Quiet by his standards.'

LA LIGA: ROUND 10

vs Mallorca October 29, Camp Nou	RESULT	Barcelona 5-0 Mallorca
	INDIVIDUAL MATCH STATS	Minutes played 93 Goals 3 Assists 1 Shots 8 Shots on goal 4 Passes 87 Passes completed 74
	PLAYER RATING	8.5 Top of the Match 'Back to his brilliant best after an off-colour performance against Granada. Scored a first-half hat-trick as he converted a penalty and two other fine finishes. Came close to his 200th Barca goal with a free-kick in the second half and a late effort which went just wide.'

vs Real Sociedad October 29, Anoeta	RESULT	Real Sociedad 0-1 Real Madrid
	INDIVIDUAL MATCH STATS	Minutes played 93 Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots 4 Shots on goal 2 Passes 40 Passes completed 29
	PLAYER RATING	5.0 'Ineffective. Only attacking moment of note was a speculative shot in the first half that was easily saved by Bravo. Was also petulant in his demeanour and was lucky not to be booked after kicking out at opposition players out of the sight of the referee.'

OCTOBER STATISTICS

470	MINUTES PLAYED	446
5	GOALS	3
1	PENALTIES	0

1	ASSISTS	4
32 / 13 (40.6%)	TOTAL SHOTS / ON GOAL	22 / 10 (54.5%)
405 / 331 (81.7%)	PASSES / COMPLETED	241 / 193 (80%)
16	FOULS SUFFERED	8
7.40	GOAL.COM AVERAGE RATING	6.90
13	2011-12 LA LIGA GOALS	10
19	2011-12 COMPETITIVE GOALS	12

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