Lionel Messi breaks Telmo Zarra's all-time La Liga goalscoring record Saturday Nov 22,2014

 

Lionel Messi (27) became the all-time top scorer in Spanish football history, scoring a brilliant hat-trick against Sevilla on Saturday Nov 22,2014 to cement his place in the record books above Telmo Zarra

 

• Lionel Messi sits top of the La Liga all-time goalscoring charts with 253 strikes at just the age of 27
• Former Athletic Bilbao star Telmo Zarra's hit 251 goals in 15 years at Athletic Bilbao between 1940 and 1955
• Messi opened the scoring for the hosts with a trademark free-kick in the first half
• Sevilla equalised shortly after half-time when Barcelona defender Jordi Alba scored an own goal
• Neymar made it 2-1 to the Catalan giants two minutes later heading home a Xavi free-kick
• Ivan Rakitic extended Barcelona's lead netting against his former club with a powerful header
• Messi broke Zarra's record with his second goal of the night in the 71st minute
• The Argentina captain completed his hat-trick on 78 minutes finishing low after a neat one-two with Neymar 

FC Barcelona beats Sevilla 5-1

Goal Scorers

For FCB -Lionel Messi(21,72 and 78);Neymar(48)and Ivan Rakitic(65) 

For Sevilla -Jordi Alba(Own Goal in the 47th minute)

Lionel Messi is presented with the match ball and congratulated by his Barcelona team-mates in a presentation after the match

 

Neymar posted a picture on Instagram with Lionel Messi after the game

Lionel Messi's records
La Liga top scorer: 253	Barcelona's top goalscorer: 368
Champions League top scorer:71 (joint with Raul)	Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in: 21
Most goals in a season: 68	Most goals in a La Liga season: 50
Most Ballon d'Ors: 4	Most goals in Club World Cup: 4 (held jointly with Denilson)
Most European Cup top scorer awards: 4 (with Gerd Muller)	Most goals in a single European Cup game: 5 (joint with Luiz Adriano)
Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season: 8	Most goals in El Clasico: 21
Most goals in a calendar year: 91