Messi breaks La Liga goal scoring record

Lionel Messi now sits on top of La Liga all-time goal scoring charts with 253 strikes at just the age of 27. He became the all-time top scorer in Spanish football history after scoring a hat-trick to cement his place in the  Spanish football scoring record books above Telmo Zarra.


Barcelona won 5 -1 against Sevilla with Messi scoring a hat trick.

Messi opened the scoring for the hosts with a trademark free-kick in the first half. While,Sevilla equalised shortly after half-time when Barcelona defender Jordi Alba scored an own goal.


Neymar made it 2-1 to the Catalan giants two minutes later heading home a Xavi free-kick and later on Ivan Rakitic extended Barcelona's lead netting against his former club with a powerful header.

Messi broke Zarra's record with his second goal of the night in the 71st minute of the game.

The Argentina captain completed his hat-trick on 78 minutes finishing low after a neat one-two with Neymar 



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