Messi Equals Record After Hattrick Performance vs Celta Vigo

Barcelona skipper Lionel Messi was the star of the show as he led his team to the top of the table after his performance during the 4-1 win over Celta Vigo.

Messi scored a hattrick to propel Barcelona to a big win at home against a Celta Vigo side in the bottom three on the Spanish La Liga table.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi scored the first goal of the game from the penalty spot midway into the first half of the game before Celta Vigo defender Lucas Olaza equalized for his team with four first-half minutes left on the clock.

Messi ensured that Barcelona didn’t go into the halftime break on level terms after scoring a well taken free-kick on the stroke of the interval to edge the Catalans to a 2-1 lead.

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He added another freekick goal just after the halftime interval to put daylight between Barcelona and their opponents thereby completing his hattrick.

He has now scored 34 hattricks in the colours of Barcelona to draw level with main rival and Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

Sergio Busquets made sure of the points with the fourth goal for Barcelona in the last ten minutes.

Messi and Ronaldo have scored the most hattricks with 34 goals in total.