Champions League 40-goal club: Muller moves above Henry as Lewandowski closes in on Messi

Sports Mole looks at the latest standings in the Champions League 40-goal club following a hat-trick for Robert Lewandowski and a brace for Thomas Muller.

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Bayern Munich hammered Red Bull Salzburg 7-1 to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League this evening, with two of their stalwarts among the scorers.

Robert Lewandowski set a new Champions League record with a hat-trick within 23 minutes of the start of the match, those goals coming in the space of just over 10 minutes to take him up to 85 goals in the tournament overall.

Thomas Muller - the newest member of the 50-goal club - was also on the scoresheet with a brace as he moved above Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, who was also knocked down a spot on the all-time Premier League scoring list at the weekend.

Here, Sports Mole looks at the latest standings in the Champions League 40-goal club following the Bayern duo's latest showings.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)

Goals: 140
Appearances: 182
Ratio: 0.77

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain)

Goals: 125
Appearances: 155
Ratio: 0.81

3. Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich)

Goals: 85
Appearances: 104
Ratio: 0.82

4. Karim Benzema (Lyon, Real Madrid)

Goals: 76
Appearances: 136
Ratio: 0.56

5. Raul (Real Madrid, Schalke 04)

Goals: 71
Appearances: 142
Ratio: 0.50

6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid)

Goals: 56
Appearances: 73
Ratio: 0.77

7. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)

Goals: 52
Appearances: 132
Ratio: 0.38

8. Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona)

Goals: 50
Appearances: 112
Ratio: 0.45

9. Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid)

Goals: 49
Appearances: 58
Ratio: 0.84

10. Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kiev, AC Milan, Chelsea)

Goals: 48
Appearances: 100
Ratio: 0.48

11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain)

Goals: 48
Appearances: 124
Ratio: 0.39

12. Eusebio (Benfica)

Goals: 46
Appearances: 65
Ratio: 0.71

13. Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)

Goals: 46
Appearances: 81
Ratio: 0.57

14. Didier Drogba (Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray)

Goals: 44
Appearances: 92
Ratio: 0.48

15. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)

Goals: 42
Appearances: 89
Ratio: 0.47

16. Neymar (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain)

Goals: 41
Appearances: 74
Ratio: 0.55

17. Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, Manchester City)

Goals: 41
Appearances: 79
Ratio: 0.52

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Bayern Munich Bayern	26	19	3	4	77	28	49	60
2	Borussia Dortmund Dortmund	26	18	2	6	66	37	29	56
3	Bayer Leverkusen B. Leverkusen	26	13	6	7	64	41	23	45
4	RB Leipzig	26	13	5	8	57	30	27	44
5	Freiburg	26	12	8	6	43	29	14	44
6	Hoffenheim	26	13	5	8	49	37	12	44
7	FC Koln	26	10	9	7	37	39	-2	39
8	Union Berlin Union Berlin	26	10	8	8	33	34	-1	38
9	Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt	26	10	7	9	39	38	1	37
10	Mainz 05	25	10	4	11	35	30	5	34
11	VfL Bochum VfL Bochum	26	9	5	12	28	37	-9	32
12	Wolfsburg	26	9	4	13	29	40	-11	31
13	Borussia Monchengladbach Borussia M'bach	26	8	6	12	36	51	-15	30
14	Augsburg	25	6	8	11	27	41	-14	26
15	Arminia Bielefeld	26	5	10	11	22	34	-12	25
16	Stuttgart	26	5	8	13	32	48	-16	23
17	Hertha Berlin	26	6	5	15	26	60	-34	23
18	Greuther Furth	26	3	5	18	24	70	-46	14

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Manchester City Man City	29	22	4	3	68	18	50	70
2	Liverpool	29	21	6	2	75	20	55	69
3	Chelsea	28	17	8	3	57	19	38	59
4	Arsenal	27	16	3	8	43	31	12	51
5	Manchester United Man Utd	29	14	8	7	48	40	8	50
6	West Ham United West Ham	29	14	6	9	48	36	12	48
7	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	28	15	3	10	44	35	9	48
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	29	14	4	11	29	23	6	46
9	Aston Villa	28	11	3	14	41	39	2	36
10	Southampton	29	8	11	10	36	45	-9	35
11	Crystal Palace	29	7	13	9	39	38	1	34
12	Leicester City Leicester	26	9	6	11	40	45	-5	33
13	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	29	7	12	10	26	36	-10	33
14	Newcastle United Newcastle	28	7	10	11	32	48	-16	31
15	Brentford	29	8	6	15	32	45	-13	30
16	Leeds United Leeds	29	6	8	15	31	65	-34	26
17	Everton	26	6	4	16	28	47	-19	22
18	Watford	29	6	4	19	29	55	-26	22
19	Burnley	27	3	12	12	22	38	-16	21
20	Norwich City Norwich	29	4	5	20	18	63	-45	17

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Champions League 40-goal club: Muller moves above Henry as Lewandowski closes in on Messi

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain)

3. Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich)

4. Karim Benzema (Lyon, Real Madrid)

5. Raul (Real Madrid, Schalke 04)

6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid)

7. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)

8. Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona)

9. Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid)

10. Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kiev, AC Milan, Chelsea)

11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain)

12. Eusebio (Benfica)

13. Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)

14. Didier Drogba (Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray)

15. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)

16. Neymar (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain)

17. Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, Manchester City)

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