by sharing his view on whether their rivalry could have helped him somehow to evolve as a football player. Messi : "I honestly don't think so. I never worried or tried to compare myself with other players. In my mind, I always set as my objective to become a better player each year, both individually and as a team, and if Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't playing, my targets would be exactly the same." This season, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been scoring a large amount of goals, which could actually allow them to set new personal records at the end of the season. In La Liga , Ronaldo leads the Pichichi rankings table, with 24 goals, ahead of Messi who has 22 goals, with 20 games played so far and 18 left to be played. When asked if he feels an additional pressure whenever Cristiano Ronaldo scores in a game, Messi immediatly denied it, as he refuses to look at it as a personal rivalry, but rather as a club rivalry. Messi : "No, I don't feel pressure to score just because Ronaldo did it. I'm interested on how Real Madrid does in their games, because they compete against us in the same league where we play. They are our biggest rivals, because year after year, we dispute the title with them, so it's a natural thing to happen. But there's no personal rivalry against Cristiano Ronaldo ...", remarked Leo Messi when concluding his thoughts on the Portuguese player.