An improved second-half performance from Barcelona saw them cruise to a 3-0 win against Eibar in front of their home fans at the Camp Nou.
The hero of the day was Luis Suarez who grabbed a brace, while Lionel Messi also got on the scoresheet to mark his 400th goal for Barcelona.
Messi has come a long was since he scored his very first goal in a Barcelona jersey.
He was only 17-years-old back in 2005 when Ronaldinho played a nice lob for him to open his account in a game against Albacete.
It has taken about 13 years for him to reach an impressive milestone of 400 goals and the Record is just astonishing considering it took him just 435 games to reach the goal tally.
Here are the top scorers in La Liga’s history
- Leo Messi: 400
- Cristiano Ronaldo: 311
- Telmo Zarra: 251
- Hugo Sánchez: 234
- Raúl: 228
Ter Stegen also spoke about Lionel Messi bringing up 400 LaLiga goals: “It’s great and it’s difficult for anyone to repeat that milestone. I congratulate him… Let him go for more now!”
European history
Leo is now the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to reach the 400th goal mark.
Here is how the rankings look like.
Leo Messi – 400 goals (Barcelona: 2005 to 2019)
Gerd Muller – 365 (Bayern Munich: 1965 to 1979)
Jimmy Greaves- 357 (Chelsea, Tottenham and West Ham: 1957 to 1971)
Messi would now be going for the European record of most goals scored in a single national top floght.
According to UEFA records, Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia 1931–55) is the player with the record with 500 goals.
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