Remember a week ago when Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi played the "Anything you can do, I can do better" game?

Ronaldo scored a hat trick to break the record of recording 200 goals in Spain faster than any other player, before Messi responded with a tremendous hat trick of his own.

The two players were back at it this week and got the benefit of two games to show off their skills.

First up was Cristiano Ronaldo, whose 71 Champions League goals were three shy of his great rival. He managed to add a 72 with a penalty shot goal in the 4-0 win over Ludogorets Razgrad, while producing a tame game by his standards. Touches were under 70 and passing success was under 80 percent as well. He only had one key pass. The most stunning stat of the night was that Ronaldo had 10 shots at goal, and the only one on target was his penalty kick.

But he more than made up for it on the weekend against Almeria. With Real Madrid clinging to an uncertain 2-1 lead and Iker Casillas called upon to make his 12th spotkick save in the league, Ronaldo arrived and produced two terrific moments to give his side breathing room.

His first goal was clear sign of his brilliant vision and playmaking. He took a pass from Gareth Bale and put it through brilliantly to Karim Benzema. The Frenchman had a great view from which to score from, but he opted for passing it back to Ronaldo, who was in prime position to put it away. The finish may have not been particularly exhilarating, but the setup was pure genius from Ronaldo. His second goal was similar except that he did not set it up, but simply placed himself in the perfect position to score. Dani Carvajal worked some magic on the right flank and found Ronaldo who made it look easy.

Ronaldo had 49 touches and passed at a rather ghastly rate of 69 percent on the night. But he had four shots on target, and his one key pass helped set up his first goal.

So how did Messi respond? He had 77 touches, completed 91.5 percent of his passes, had three shots and only one on target. The one on target was in fact a goal. But it was not a beautiful goal, not by Messi standards. If anything was beautiful about it, it was Luis Suarez's tremendous play and then pass to the Argentine who had a gaping net to shoot at. It was one of the easiest goals Messi will score in his life.

Then, the weekend struck, and Barcelona faltered in Getafe. Needing Messi to be the hero and raise the team up from a 0-0 draw, the squad got nothing. Messi had 87 touches, but completed a woeful 73.3 percent of his passes. He had seven shots on goal and only two on target. He had two key passes, but was largely ineffective as Barcelona lost more ground to its big rivals.

Stats Up to This Point

Ronaldo now has 25 goals in the Spanish League (18 of them are not on penalties) in 14 games while Messi has 13 goals in 14 Spanish league tilts. When all the stats are compiled, Ronaldo has 32 goals (23 non-penalty goals) and 10 assists in 23 games while Messi has 21 goals (none on penalties) and nine assists in 21 matches. Messi does hold the edge with eight Champions League goals and two assists in six games. Ronaldo has five goals in the UCL (two on penalties) to go along with two assists.

Winner

Goals are usually major definers of this competition, but so are results. One player got six points with his team and was a major reason behind both victories, while the other had impact in one game but faltered at the second hurdle.

Ronaldo wins this week's contest and holds an 8-5 lead.

To read last week's edition of this weekly feature, click HERE.