David Moyes's first game in charge
Messi breaks Spanish scoring record
Scores hat-trick as Barcelona beat Sevilla 5-1
Ronaldo scores twice as Real Madrid win 4-0
Image source, Barcelona FCTelmo Zara hit his 251 goals in 15 years at Athletic Bilbao between 1940 and 1955. He notched 20 in 20 caps for Spain and died of a heart attack at the age of 85 in 2006.
Records are there to be broken but this one will now take some passing.
Sevilla's brief parity early in the second-half through Jordi Alba's own goal was a golden opportunity for Unai Emery's side.
They have still not had a shot of their own at goal and that was a gift-wrapped chance for them to dig in.
They did the opposite, Lionel Messi punished them and as Neymar fires a volley down the throat of Beto, it could get worse.
We could write a live text just about this guy. He deserves to win Strictly Come Dancing, Master Chef and University Challenge for this display.
Lionel Messi dances through challenges and runs from the right touchline to a central position, plays a wall pass with Neymar and drives home from 18 yards.
Clinical. A full 253 La Liga goals not out.
Image source, AFPSo Lionel Messi has hit 252 league goals in, wait for it, 250 starts for Barcelona.
All right, the pedants among you may point to 38 substitute appearances, but I think it is safe to say that is not too bad.
Now then Arsenal fans, even at London prices, surely buying the wee man's family a flat to seal his signing at the age of 15 would have been a good bit of business?
Image source, Getty ImagesSpanish football expert Guillem Balague believes reluctance to throw a flat into the offer was a deal breaker when the Gunners tried bringing Messi to the club along with Cesc Fabregas.
"It was not completely down to a flat in the end. It was down to the fact that Messi was comfortable at Barcelona," Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said on Friday.
But Arsene, if you had tempted him with a balcony and stretched to heated wooden flooring, just think of the possibilities.
This isn't Messi's first record...
Barcelona's top goalscorer: 367
Most goals in a season: 68
Most Ballon d'Ors: 4
Most European Cup top scorer awards: 4 (with Gerd Muller)
Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season: 8
Most goals in Club World Cup: 4 (held jointly with Denilson)
Most goals in a calendar year: 91
Most goals in a La Liga season: 50
Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in: 21
Most goals in a single European Cup game: 5
Most goals in El Clasico: 21
And there it is. The La Liga record all on his own. His first goal showed his quality, the second was all about hunger.
Lionel Messi picks the ball up just inside the Sevilla half and with a three against two situation in Barca's favour, the alarm bells are ringing.
The Argentine drives at the defence and feeds Neymar who passes across goal... Luis Suarez will turn it in but Messi wants this, he finds a yard, slides and nudges the ball home. A unique goalscorer with desire aplenty.
No player has ever scored as many La Liga goals.
Image source, AFPBarcelona, their own goal aside, have shown glimpses tonight of the side which won so many plaudits under Pep Guardiola.
It is far from vintage, but snippets of that free-flowing attacking zest are evident.
Luis Suarez receives a ball from Jordi Alba 35 yards out and as the left back gallops for a return pass, Suarez's flick is exquisite. It finds its target and Alba volleys wide from 12 yards. Slick, clever, dangerous. Suarez deserves a goal.
Italian Serie A
Image source, Getty ImagesPerennial champions Juventus are beating Lazio 1-0 in Rome. Paul Pogba opened the scoring with a finish from Carlos Tevez's ball and the midfielder has just hit the woodwork with an effort from the edge of the box.
Image source, Getty ImagesIvan Rakitic puts his head in his hands as he powers a header home against his old club. No celebration here.
The Croatia midfielder profits from unselfish Luis Suarez running and connects with a perfectly floated delivery to nod in.
Beto in the Sevilla goal gets a hand to it but this one is way over the line. Points sealed?
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Image source, Getty ImagesGerard Deulofeu, 20, is still a Barcelona player but has just two appearances for his parent club. His latest loan move to Sevilla follows a season at Everton.
And perhaps Luis Enrique's decision to farm the youngster out is to stop the kind of decision making we have just seen. Deulofeu has a chance to cross with Carlos Bacca in space in the areabut elects to cut-back onto his left foot. A waste.
A double round of applause at the Nou Camp as Denis Suarez - a former Barcelona player - leaves the field for Sevilla and coming on is a name many of you may recognise... Gerard Deulofeu.
Henry from Manchester: Messi has 251 goals in 289 La Liga games which is amazing, but not unique. Ferenc Puskas has similar stats, and if Raul was playing now he would score loads more.
Sevilla will kick themselves for their charity in gifting Barcelona the lead and the experience shown by their hosts offers complete contrast.
Barcelona follow up their strike with a period of solid play, neat possession in and around the 18-yard-box and a shot from range by Ivan Rakitic.
They are taking the sting out of this one whilst looking threatening.
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Image source, Getty ImagesYour side equalise in the Nou Camp, so surely you use your head for five minutes, take the sting out of it?
A foul just inside the Sevilla half allows Xavi to whip in a delivery and at sixes and sevens, Sevilla's defence is breached.
It's Neymar, it's a glancing header and it's his 11th league goal of the season.
Time to go again Sevilla...
Image source, Getty ImagesThe locals are still gorging on chorizo in the snack bars... this one was one-way traffic before the break so what is the need to rush back?
Think again.
Vitolo gets down the Barca left with some trickery and his cross is met at the near post by Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba. It bobbles over the line through a mixture of knee, shin and other generally ugly parts of the body which often lead to not so nice things happening in the six yard box.
Italian Serie A
Image source, Getty ImagesElsewhere tonight, Roma are temporarily level at the top of Italy's Serie A after a 2-1 win away at Atalanta, while their city neighbours Lazio are currently goalless against Juventus - who will move a point clear if the score stays as is.
Alex: Will Moyes succeed or fail? I don't know what success means for Sociedad, but I can't see them finishing higher than seventh.
Image source, Getty ImagesExtraordinary. Freakish. How would you sum up what Messi has achieved by the age of 27?
To put it into some context, Real Madrid legend Raul only reached 228 goals in 550 games.
Cristiano Ronaldo has a haul of 197 in 176 appearances.