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Champions League top scorers: Kane to close gap on Messi and Neymar, surprise Dortmund ace
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE action returns this week, with Harry Kane looking to climb the top scorers chart and fire Tottenham past Borussia Dortmund into the next round.
Tottenham are in a prime position to secure their spot in the Champions League quarter-finals after a 3-0 first leg win over Borussia Dortmund.
Harry Kane was unavailable for the showdown at Wembley due to injury but goals from Son Heung-min, Jan Vertonghen and Fernando Llorente have given Mauricio Pochettino’s side a commanding lead.
And now Kane is looking to add to his tally of four goals so far in the competition with Spurs facing Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park tonight.
The England captain is the highest-scoring Premier League player in the competition this season, although eight stars have been more prolific.
Lionel Messi already has six goals this campaign while Neymar has rattled in five but is currently sidelined with a metatarsal injury.
Surprisingly, neither superstar is top of the goalscoring charts while Champions League legend Cristiano Ronaldo only has a solitary strike this season.
Real Madrid frontman Karim Benzema has four goals and two assists with the potential for plenty more at the Bernanbeu tonight when Los Blancos host Ajax.
Meanwhile, Dortmund defender Raphael Gurreiro is currently outscoring illustrious team-mates such as Marco Reus – but who is top of the pile?
Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund) – 4 goals, 0 assists
Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) – 4 goals, 0 assists
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) – 4 goals, 1 assists
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 4 goals, 2 assists
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) – 4 goals, 2 assists
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – 4 goals, 4 assists
Paulo Dybala (Juventus) – 5 goals, 0 assists
Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim) – 5 goals, 1 assist
Moussa Marega (FC Porto) – 5 goals, 1 assist
Dusan Tadic (Ajax) – 5 goals, 1 assist
Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) – 5 goals, 2 assists
Edin Dzeko (Roma) – 5 goals, 3 assists
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 6 goals, 1 assist
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – 8 goals, 0 assists