Messi nets 400th La Liga goal, Suarez scores brace in Barca win

Lionel Messi reached another landmark while Luis Suarez scored twice as Barcelona defeated Eibar 3-0 at Camp Nou on Sunday.

The Argentine, who is the all-time leading scorer in the Spanish top flight, scored the second goal of the game.

And the landmark goal comes in his 435th league game for the league leaders.

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Suarez had opened the scoring by finishing a fine team move in the 19th minute, before scoring Barca’s third goal in the second half.

The victory takes Barcelona five points clear of second-placed Atletico Madrid.

Rivals Real Madrid are 13 points behind in fifth but will move into the top four with victory over Real Betis later on Sunday as Sevilla crashed 2-0 at Bilbao earlier.

Meanwhile, according to stats, Messi has scored more league goals than 29 La Liga teams have scored in their history.

 

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