article_snippet.sent: The planet's best footballers have scored eight times in Europe this season.
article_snippet.sent: But Shakhtar Donetsk’s Adriano, courted by Arsenal and Liverpool, has netted on nine occasions this term.
article_snippet.sent: Cristiano Ronaldo, in action against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday evening, has scored eight goals in Europe .
article_snippet.sent: Lionel Messi also has eight goals in the Champions League this term; one fewer than Luiz Adriano .
article_snippet.sent: Adriano, who moved to Donetsk in 2007, scored five against BATE Borsiov in the group stages.
article_snippet.sent: Lionel Messi performance that night made history, with the 27-year-old becoming only the second player to score five times in a the Champions League game.
article_snippet.sent: The other was Lionel Messi for Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012.
article_snippet.sent: Lionel Messi also scored the third quickest hat-trick in the competition's history (12 minutes) as the Ukrainian side, knocked out by Bayern Munich in the round of 16, racked up the biggest-ever half-time lead (6-0) in Europe's premier tournament.
article_snippet.sent: Adriano, who netted five times against BATE Borisov in the group, has scored more goals than any other player in the Champions Leaguethe Champions League...
article_snippet.sent: Of the teams still in the pot, Neymar and Luis Suarez of Barcelona, Real Madrid's Karim Benzema and former Manchester United and City striker Carlos Tevez, now plying his trade for Juventus, each have six goals.
highlights_snippet.sent: Luiz Adriano scored nine times for Shakhtar Donetsk in Europe this season .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have netted eight goals this season .
  