A rampant Lionel Messi struck four goals as Barcelona hit Eibar for a six at Camp Nou on Tuesday to extend their lead to five points at the top of La Liga.
Barcelona maintained their stranglehold at the top of the La Liga table, increasing their lead by five points as they enjoyed an emphatic 6-1 rout over Eibar on Tuesday night.
After a slow start to the match, the hosts took a firm grip on the proceedings following Lionel Messi’s penalty in the 20th minute. Paulinho and Denis Suarez got on the score sheet as well before Sergi Enrich pulled one back for the visitors.
However, Messi turned into a rampaging mood thereafter, scoring three more goals to make it two hat-tricks in three league games for his side. And unsurprisingly, it was the Argentinean forward who had users on Twitter hailing him following another domineering performance.
Lionel Messi for Barcelona across all competitions this season:
8 games ?
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1 poker 4️⃣Absolutely running riot. pic.twitter.com/r6qTyy81CH
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 19, 2017
Lionel Messi has nine goals in La Liga this season.
He’s only played five games ? pic.twitter.com/k8qVpLmz6w
— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 19, 2017
If you wanna get out of Messi’s shadow you should change sports not clubs! He is football. pic.twitter.com/bTpkqBHI7U
— GeniusFootball (@GeniusFootball) September 19, 2017
Lionel Messi…
Ran LESS yards than any other outfield player in Barca vs Eibar tonight
Scored FOUR times
Throw away the coaching manuals pic.twitter.com/0sxoqgIaQ6
— Euro Football Panel (@EFPanel) September 19, 2017
Lionel Messi’s 4 goals against Eibar
Breath-taking… pic.twitter.com/U3QTtEpv4J
— infosmessi (@INFOSMESSl) September 19, 2017
Lionel Messi has now scored 300 goals at Camp Nou for Barcelona.#WeAreMessi pic.twitter.com/SqCvXNYC3t
— Leo Messi ? (@WeAreMessi) September 20, 2017
BREAKING: Messi in decline post Neymar Jr.s transfer to PSG; only has 11 goals so far this season (2 braces, 1 hat-trick, 1 super hat-trick)
— Mujtaba (@MujtaBATMAN) September 19, 2017
Lionel Messi (9) has scored as many goals as Real Madrid (9) in La Liga this season.
Taking on a superteam ? pic.twitter.com/SALSfjyWQQ
— ~ (@UltraAutistic) September 19, 2017
Me,@0ssyy and @SimpIyKarim sleeping knowing messi is the best ever pic.twitter.com/KmxPp4yaJc
— Hero (@Heroespania) September 20, 2017
Leo Messi is comfortably running a one man show at Barcelona, no Neymar, no Dembele, Suarez not in the best form. Still does the job. The ?
— Naija Boy (@Don_C_Falcone) September 19, 2017
Messi’s last 3 home games for Barcelona: 9 goals ?
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⚽⚽⚽⚽— MESSISTATS (@MessiStats_) September 19, 2017
They say you came from another planet is that right?
Messi: pic.twitter.com/x6rKMApB3l— ‘ (@nothingsnow_) September 19, 2017
Real Madrid league goals this season:9
Messi league goals this season:9 pic.twitter.com/TvjtvktqGU
— Sampa (@SampaMessi) September 19, 2017
If Messi wasn’t so humble. pic.twitter.com/eZ514J5D11
— Az. (@AzeemA_) September 19, 2017
Lionel Messi has currently outscored 82/98 clubs in Europe’s top 5 leagues. Tell a friend.
— Sameer (@Sameer_R13) September 19, 2017
Lionel Messi’s last 12 games at Camp Nou:
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Amid all the Messi mania, Ernesto Valverde was at the receiving end of a lot of praise as well as Barcelona continued their perfect start to the season.
Valverde gets it, you just have to do what’s best for Messi and victories come naturally.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) September 19, 2017
Valverde giving chances to players who deserve it. Bloody love it
— Julian (@ElaficionadoFC) September 19, 2017
And Paulinho, with a goal and an assist, shows he isn’t the player we were begging for but he can add to the team if Valverde uses him well.
— Mujtaba (@MujtaBATMAN) September 19, 2017
Happy that Valverde said the result vs Eibar was misleading, he’s right, and that Paulinho was lost in the first half until he fixed things.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) September 19, 2017
A Barcelona coach that explains his decisions logically and actually talks honestly about matches, how refreshing after years of bitterness.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) September 19, 2017
Great La Liga start by Barça this season 5 games, 5 wins. On top of the table. And Messi on fire.
Valverde, you’re getting my hopes up.— totalBarça (@totalBarca) September 19, 2017
Full credit to Valverde. Barcelona were written off before the start of the season. Terrible summer but, so far, he’s making sense of it all
— Yomi Kazeem (@TheYomiKazeem) September 19, 2017
The lamented got their dues as well as Paulinho and Denis Suarez were lauded after terrific performances on the night.
Denis Suarez’s tactical discipline is the closest thing I’ve seen to Andres. Should definitely be his understudy.
— Muy de Laportismo (@MoRosement) September 16, 2017
I just love Denis Suarez, he will always give 100% and will add a lot to the team whenever he plays, an extraordinary goal by my man Denis.
— El Máestro (@ElMaestrofcb) September 16, 2017
Go away, we have paulinho. pic.twitter.com/Viuimrggcp
— ⚽™ (@GIF_AT) September 19, 2017
What a pass from Paulinho. Rakitic could never pic.twitter.com/W1q3EXh4u0
— R¹⁰ (@futbolmessi_) September 19, 2017
Denis Suarez looks to have taken a leap this season
— Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo) September 19, 2017
Barca twitter hate admitting that they can be wrong. Paulinho has had a masterclass tonight, yet the hate is stronger than ever.
— ~ (@UltraAutistic) September 19, 2017
The Paulinho we thought Barcelona bought Vs the Paulinho they actually bought pic.twitter.com/a8ZlVXRZwv
— Biobaku Soliu (@kesmalindo) September 19, 2017
#FCBEibar ⚽ |
Denis Suarez definitely deserves more minutes, he has been great in the last two games. pic.twitter.com/KuFG2HdeAW
— FCBdaily (@TheFCBdaily) September 19, 2017
