Lionel Messi: Champions League record broken
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2 November 2005: A fresh-faced Lionel Messi scores his first Champions League goal for Barcelona against Greek side Panathinaikos. He picked up his first Champions League medal in the final against Arsenal that season
27 May 2009: Messi scores his first goal in a Champions League final, as his side put in a magnificent performance to beat Manchester United in Rome
6 April 2010: Messi lights up the Nou Camp with four goals against Arsenal, including a sublime chip. His first hat-trick in the competition allows him to surpass Rivaldo as Barca's leading Champions League goalscorer
12 April 2011: Messi scored his 48th goal of the 2010-11 season against Shakhtar Donetsk. This is a Spanish record - going past the tallies of Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskas, Barca's Brazilian Ronaldo and Messi himself in the previous campaign
27 April 2011: Messi shocks the Bernabeu with a brilliant solo effort in a bad tempered semi-final clash against rivals Real Madrid
28 May 2011: Messi picks up Champions League number three after netting again past Edwin van der Sar of Manchester United in the Wembley final
7 March 2012: Messi becomes the first player to score five goals in a Champions League fixture as Barcelona crush German side Bayer Leverkusen 7-1
3 April 2012: Messi sets a new record of most goals in a single Champions League season (14) against Milan. The first penalty is also his 50th goal in the competition
5 November 2014: Messi draws level with Raul's all-time Champions League record of 71 goals after scoring twice in Barcelona's 2-0 victory against Ajax
25 November 2014: Lionel Messi - four days after breaking La Liga's goalscoring record - notches his landmark 72nd goal against Apoel Nicosia - his first of three in the game
- Published25 November 2014
