Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Getafe 5-2 to keep their fate at the top of La Liga in their own hands.
Lionel Messi was unstoppable. He was the centre of everything that happened for Barcelona in offense. After a spectacular rocket that hit the crossbar, Sergio Busquets delivered an unbelievable pass that the number 10 obviously capitalised on to open the scoring.Messi opened the scoring at Camp Nou in the eighth minute just moments after hitting the bar. Messi added his second, his 25th in the league this season, before the break.
After he 2 goals added to his tally, he has a total of a whopping 468 career La Liga goals. To put that into some sort of context, it’s the same number as Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney, the Premier League’s top two all-time leading scorers, COMBINED. Only a time till he reaches the 500 mark, considering he renews for FC Barcelona.
Messi has been in a unbelievable form this year with scoring 22 goals and assisting 8 times since January. He is the current top scorer in La Liga as well, with 23 goals, 2 ahead of Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. Messi is also 2nd in terms of assists, with 9 assists, 1 behind Iago Aspas of Celta Vigo and Llorente of Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona are now within five points of leaders Atletico but have a game in hand and still play Atletico at Camp Nou on May 8. The title race is going to be very interesting with only 6-7 match-weeks left.
22 goals
8 assists30 goal involvements for Messi this year and it's only April 🤯 pic.twitter.com/vvi1GB4dG7
— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 22, 2021