Barcelona's trip to Deportivo this weekend saw Lionel Messi score his 30th hat-trick for Barcelona, and he is now one off of Cristiano Ronaldo's record.
The match in the Riazor saw Barcelona march out as 4-0 winners, with Sidnei's own goal adding to Messi's treble.
Read our full match report here.
This makes it 30 official matches were Messi has scored three or more goals for the Catalan club. It's his 22nd hat-trick in La Liga as well, putting him one hat-trick shy of Cristiano Ronaldo's record of 23 trebles. He is now level with Telmo Zarra and Alfredo di Stefano.
In addition to this, Messi has scored two hat-tricks in Argentina colours, making his career total 32.
View the latest La Liga standings here.
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