#129Career GoalLegendary
“In a Champions League quarter-final with Barcelona trailing Arsenal, Messi’s first strike instantly drags Barça level and ignites the four-goal masterclass that turns this night into his iconic Camp Nou ‘poker’, capped as career goal No.129 and his 22nd in the competition.”
Hat-trickKnockout Stage
Year2010
UCL#22
2009/10'#37
Body PartLeft Foot
Shot TypeOpen Play
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2010#249
UCL · Quarter-Final · 2nd Leg2010-04-06 · 20:45:00
4-1
Barcelona
Arsenal
4G
On a Champions League night heavy with pressure, Messi dismantled a Wenger-era Arsenal with one of the most ruthless individual displays in the competition’s history. His first-half hat-trick and a fourth after the break didn’t just overturn the tie, they announced him as the era’s defining big-game scorer on Europe’s biggest stage.
Minute21'
Score
0-1→1-1
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Impact
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