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Messi surpasses Ronaldo as Barca star breaks more La Liga records

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi became the only player to score 10 or more goals in each of the past 14 seasons in Europe's top-five leagues with a hat-trick against Real Mallorca.

The first of Messi's strikes in Saturday's Liga clash, a 25-yard effort that curled away from Manolo Reina, took him into double figures for the league campaign.

The Argentina international, who landed a record sixth Ballon d'Or on Monday, doubled his tally before the interval with another goal from range to make it 11 in total this term.

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And with seven minutes he left he swooped to complete his triple, his second in 2019-20.