“Against his favourite victims Sevilla, Messi meets a looping ball with a first-time left‑foot volley, catching it flush as it skids low through traffic to stretch the lead to 3–0 and bring up La Liga goal number 339 in his red‑hot scoring streak.”
A ruthless brace sets Barcelona on their way as Messi dominates Sevilla over the full 90 minutes, driving attacks with progressive passing and carries in yet another one-sided chapter of his personal rivalry against them.
Jordi Alba’s cut-back sits up awkwardly and Messi meets it first time with his left foot, catching a difficult low volley that skips through to break the deadlock and stand as the eventual winner, his 365th La Liga goal and 588th of his career.
At 0–1 down against his favourite victims Sevilla, Messi meets Rakitić’s looping cross with a first-time left-foot volley that rockets across goal into the far corner, an acrobatic equaliser of pure timing and technique en route to his hat-trick and career goal No. 648.
Cuenca’s looping cross drops and Messi meets it first time with his left, catching a difficult waist‑high volley cleanly into the corner to double Barça’s lead, on the way to his hat-trick and La Liga goal number 151.
Off a Luis Suárez layoff, Messi meets the dropping ball first time on his left with a crisp, low volley that skips past the keeper to make it 2–0 against Deportivo, en route to a hat-trick and career goal number 609.