Messi becomes Barca’s all-time record scorer
20 March 2014 4:29 AM IST
After a slow start, the hosts were sparked into life by Messi’s opening goal as he flicked home at the near post from Alexis Sanchez’s cross. Sanchez was next on the scoresheet as he finished off a similar move involving Andres Iniesta and Jordi Alba before Iniesta’s wonderful strike from 25 yards made it 3-0.
Messi then broke another record by registering his 370th Barca goal to overtake Paulinho Alcantara as the club’s record marksman before rounding off his hat-trick in between further strikes from Cristian Tello and Pedro Rodriguez. Messi overtook Paulinho Alcantara to become the highest goalscorer in Barca’s history. Barca boss Gerardo Martino had left Cesc Fabregas and Neymar on the bench after their exertions in the 2-1 win over Manchester City in midweek with Sanchez and Pedro recalled to the starting line-up.
‘Ready for El Classico’
Madrid: When Leo Messi travels to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium with the rest of his teammates for ‘El Classico’ against Real Madird next Sunday, he will do so knowing the destiny of the Primera Liga title is at stake. Real Madrid currently lead Barca by four points in the table and know that a win would put them out of sight of the Catalans.
‘We hope we can get a good result which will keep us in the title race. We’ re in good form and it’s a good chance for us. We are the visiting team against a great Madrid side that is winning their games easily. It’ s going to be difficult but we know can beat them. We’ll do what we can to keep in touch with the leaders so that we still have chances to win the league,’ Messi said.
Messi then broke another record by registering his 370th Barca goal to overtake Paulinho Alcantara as the club’s record marksman before rounding off his hat-trick in between further strikes from Cristian Tello and Pedro Rodriguez. Messi overtook Paulinho Alcantara to become the highest goalscorer in Barca’s history. Barca boss Gerardo Martino had left Cesc Fabregas and Neymar on the bench after their exertions in the 2-1 win over Manchester City in midweek with Sanchez and Pedro recalled to the starting line-up.
‘Ready for El Classico’
Madrid: When Leo Messi travels to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium with the rest of his teammates for ‘El Classico’ against Real Madird next Sunday, he will do so knowing the destiny of the Primera Liga title is at stake. Real Madrid currently lead Barca by four points in the table and know that a win would put them out of sight of the Catalans.
‘We hope we can get a good result which will keep us in the title race. We’ re in good form and it’s a good chance for us. We are the visiting team against a great Madrid side that is winning their games easily. It’ s going to be difficult but we know can beat them. We’ll do what we can to keep in touch with the leaders so that we still have chances to win the league,’ Messi said.
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