Madrid: Barcelona's trip to Deportivo la Coruna on Sunday for their La Liga tie saw Argentine forward Lionel Messi score his 30th hat-trick for the Catalan side and 22nd Primera Liga hat-trick, to be just one hat-trick behind Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo’s record.

The treble against Deportivo makes it 30 official matches were Messi has scored three or more goals for the Catalan club. It was also his 22nd hat-trick in La Liga, putting him just one hat-trick shy of Ronaldo's record of 23 trebles. The Barca forward is now level with Athletic Bilbao legend Telmo Zarra and Real Madrid great Alfredo di Stefano.