Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo's hat trick kept the La Liga title race alive and he has now beaten Lionel Messi to another record following his treble against Sevilla.
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The Portuguese took his total league tally to 42 goals after Messi had overtaken Ronaldo in the pichichini race for a couple of hours.
The Argentine sits still on Ronaldo's heels after reaching 40 goals with his brace in the 8-0 thumping over Cordoba.
However, with Ronaldo's treble the Portuguese has now overtaken Messi in the all-time La Liga hat trick ranking.
The 30-year-old scored his sixth La Liga hat trick of the campaign, which means he has now scored 25 in the league – one more than Messi.
Ronaldo scored his 25th La Liga hat trick in just 197 games (one hat trick every eight games), while Messi needed 274 games to score his 24 league trebles (one hat trick every 11 games).
His hat trick was his 29th overall for Los Blancos with which he has also also overtaken club legend Alfredo Di Stefano, who netted 28 trebles, for most hat tricks in the Real's history.
Messi, meanwhile, had a chance to score a hat trick on his own, but he allowed Neymar, who hadn't scored until this point in the game, to take a penalty instead of netting it himself.
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Ronaldo's treble against Sevilla was the fifth straight season that he netted a hat trick against the same opponent – another Spanish record.
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