Lionel Messi has broken the all-time Champions League
goalscoring record with a hat-trick against APOEL Nicosia on Tuesday - his
72nd, 73rd and 74th of the competition.
The Barcelona forward drew level with Raul with a brace
against Ajax at the start of November, but his treble against APOEL takes him
away from the rest of the pack.
Speaking to the media after the match, Messi said: 'I am
very happy to break the record in such an important competition but this was a
big game for us all records aside.
'We want to compete in every competition and we needed the
points tonight.
'We have a difficult last game against a team (Paris
Saint-Germain) that we know very well because we played them last season and
this season too. But we are at home so we have a good chance to finish top of
the group.'
Messi has been the Catalan giants' star man for much of the
last decade, and at 27, still has many years of Champions League football in
him.
Messi's record tally in Europe's elite club competition is
the latest milestone in his stellar career after he broke the six decades-old
La Liga scoring record with a hat-trick in Barca's 5-1 victory at home to
Sevilla on Saturday.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOP
SCORERS
1st: Lionel Messi
(Barcelona) - 74 goals
2nd: Raul (Real
Madrid, Schalke) - 71
3rd: Cristiano
Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid) - 70
4th: Ruud van
Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid) - 56
5th: Thierry Henry
(Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona) - 50
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