Lionel Messi broke Telmo Zarra's 59-year-old
record as the leading goalscorer in the history of
La Liga with a stunning hat-trick against Sevilla.
The Argentinian opened the scoring with a
trademark free-kick to match Zarra's mark of 251
goals in his 289th La Liga appearance. He then
slid in to convert Neymar's pass to set the new
record mark for his side's fourth of the evening
and rounded off a special night with a low left-
footed effort to seal his hat-trick.
Messi was thrown into the air by this teammates
as they celebrated the record in front of over
78,000 fans at the Camp Nou. Legendary Basque
striker Zarra scored his 251 goals for Athletic
Bilbao during a 15-year career from 1940 to
1955. Messi's strike ended an
uncharacteristically long three-game goal
drought in league action as Barça slipped to
defeats against Real Madrid and Celta Vigo and
had to come from behind to beat Almeria 2-1
before the recent international break.
However, in between times, he had also equalled
Real Madrid legend Raul's all-time record mark of
71 UEFA Champions League goals with a double
against Ajax earlier this month. Barça boss Luis
Enrique hailed the 27-year-old as "the best
player I have seen in my life" after he hit that
landmark in Amsterdam.
Messi recently celebrated the tenth anniversary
of his debut with the Catalan giants, a period
which has seen him win 21 trophies and
crowned FIFA Ballon d'Or winner four times.
Messi's Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who
is just one shy of him and Raul in Champions
League goals, lies ninth on the all-time La Liga
list with two goals in Real's 4-0 win over Eibar on
Saturday taking him to 197 in just 177 games.

Dats wat we're talking about....
Aim 4 d Best...notin less....way to go ..Little man with d lion's heart

He is the greatest of our own generation kudos to him

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