Suarez draws level with Ronaldo in Golden Shoe race

The Portugal international went top following his wonder strike against Valencia, but the Liverpool star's strike against Crystal Palace has moved him back to joint-leader

Liverpool star Luis Suarez has drawn back level with Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the rankings for the European Golden Shoe thanks to his goal in the 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace on Monday.

Suarez scored his side's third in their remarkable clash with Tony Pulis' men - in which the home side scored all three of their goals in the final 15 minutes - to move on to 31 for the season in the Premier League.

Lionel Messi netted once in Barcelona's 2-2 draw versus Getafe on Saturday and has now moved into third position ahead of Atletico Madrid hitman Diego Costa, who didn't add to his tally against Levante.

Salzburg duo Jonatan Soriano and Alan both scored once in their side's 4-0 win over Ried, with the former occupying fifth place and the latter sitting ninth.

Heerenveen striker Alfred Finnbogason was crowned Eredivisie top scorer at the weekend after scoring one goal in the Friezen's 3-0 win over RKC.

Rank	Player	Country	Club	League	Weight	Goals	Points
1	C. Ronaldo	POR	Real Madrid	ESP	2	31	62
2	Luis Suarez	URU	Liverpool	ENG	2	31 (+1)	62
3	Lionel Messi	ARG	Barcelona	ESP	2	28	56
4	Diego Costa	ESP	Atletico Madrid	ESP	2	27	54
5	J. Soriano	ESP	Salzburg	AUT	1.5	31	46.5
6	A. Finnbogason	ISL	Heerenveen	NED	1.5	29	43.5
7	Ciro Immobile	ITA	Torino	ITA	2	21	42
8	Daniel Sturridge	ENG	Liverpool	ENG	2	20	40
9	Alan	BRA	Salzburg	AUT	1.5	26	39
10	Luca Toni	ITA	Hellas Verona	ITA	2	19	38
=	Carlos Tevez	ARG	Juventus	ITA	2	19	38
=	Yaya Toure	CIV	Manchester City	ENG	2	19	38
=	Jackson Martinez	COL	Porto	POR	2	19	38

History & How It Works

Players such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry and Diego Forlan have won the European Golden Shoe in the past few seasons, with the Argentina international as the latest winner of the award following his 46 goals in 2012-13.

Other noteworthy winners include the likes of Francesco Totti, Luca Toni, Ronaldo, Marco van Basten, Eusebio and Gerd Muller.

The weightings are determined by the league's ranking on the Uefa coefficients, which in turn depend on the results of each league's clubs in European competition over the previous five seasons. Goals scored in the top five leagues according to the Uefa coefficients are multiplied by a factor of two, and goals scored in the leagues ranked six to 21 are multiplied by 1.5. Goals in all other leagues are worth one single point.

This measure has prevented players from so-called weaker leagues from winning the European Golden Shoe, since a goal scored in, for example, Armenia, Estonia or Azerbaijan, carries less weight than a goal scored in Serie A, La Liga, the Bundesliga or the Premier League.

'Neymar can be world's best player' - Ronaldo

The Portuguese forward believes his Barca rival has great potential and touched on his nation's hopes for the World Cup next month

Cristiano Ronaldo believes Barcelona starlet Neymar could become the best player in the world.
The Catalans signed the 22-year-old from Santos for an estimated €87.2 million and he has scored nine league goals and picked up eight assists in his first 25 games for the club.
Despite Real Madrid's intense rivalry with the reigning Liga champions, Ronaldo thinks that the Brazil international will blossom into one of the world's elite stars.
"I see Neymar as a great player," he told SporTV News. "I think in recent times he has proven be a player with a great future.
"His adaptation into Barcelona was not the best, he had some problems at first, but I have no doubt that he has the potential to be one of the best players in the world or even the very best player in the world."
The 29-year-old was then asked about his country's hopes for this summer's World Cup in Brazil and he feels Portugal have been drawn in the hardest group in the competition, facing Germany, Ghana and USA.
"We're not the favourites," he said. "But we will try to enjoy it. We know that we have a complicated group, in my opinion it's the strongest in the World Cup.
"We have to go step by step. We have a big game against the Germans first and then we play Ghana and the United States to pass the group stage. Then we'll see."