Messi’s hat-trick helps Barcelona to beat Eibar 5-0

Sports Desk- Lionel Messi registered a first-half hat trick and added a fourth goal in a 5-0 win vs. overmatched Eibar at the Nou Camp. It was the first time he’d scored in the league for Barcelona since Jan. 19 against Granada.

⏰ ¡Final del partido!
⚔ Barça 5-0 Eibar
⚽ #Messi (x4) y @arthurhromelo
? ¡Vamos, Barça!
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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) February 22, 2020

It also took the Barça forward to 36 Liga hat-tricks, two more than Cristiano Ronaldo, and moved Barcelona as a club to within Real Madrid’s record haul of 191 trebles in Liga history. Messi has now been responsible for five of the last 10 hat-tricks scored in LaLiga and has a career record across all competitions of 54, two behind Ronaldo’s tally of 56.