Cristiano Ronaldo retains top spot

The strike was the Portuguese star's 29th of the season, and keeps him two points clear of his closest rival, Lionel Messi. The Argentine, however, matched Ronaldo's majestic effort with a delightful free-kick against Atletico Madrid, which gave his Barcelona side a dramatic 2-1 win. Robin van Persie, meanwhile, moved level on points with Trans Narva's goal-scoring behemoth Aleksandrs Cekulajevs, with a wonderfully curled effort in Arsenal's 5-2 victory over north London rivals Tottenham. Seydou Doumbia returned to CSKA Moscow following his unsuccessful Africa Cup of Nations campaign with Cote d'Ivoire, but with the Russian Premier League on hiatus, the Ivorian remains on 36 points, and was joined at sixth place by Antonio Di Natale. The diminutive Italian scored a penalty as his Udinese side won 3-1 away at Bologna. Klass-Jan Huntelaar, Mario Gomez and Wayne Rooney didn't net this weekend in Germany and England respectively, and make up the remainder of the top 10.