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Lionel Messi scores 400th La Liga goal for Barcelona

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Lionel Messi scored his 400 th goal in La Liga against Eibar on Sunday to extend his record as the division ’ s all -time top scorer .Messi collected the ball off Luis Suarez and drove it into the bottom corner in the 53 rd minute at Camp Nou to give Barca a 2 -0 lead over Eibar and notch his quadruple century after 435 matches .

It is 14 years since the 31 -year – old Argentine scored his first La Liga goal and he has gone on to build an enormous lead at the top of the league’ s all – time scoring chart .

Cristiano Ronaldo remains the second highest scorer with 311 goals in 292 games while Spain ’ s Telmo Zarra is third with 251 goals in 278 games .

Messi has finished top scorer in La Liga five times . He has 17 goals already this season .

( AFP )

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