GOAL - Six years ago today, Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Barcelona beat Real Madrid 4-3 in El Clasico 🤩 By doing so he became the all-time top goal scorer in
![Lionel Messi keeps Barcelona in La Liga title race as bloodied striker seals el clasico win at the death over Madrid | The Independent | The Independent Lionel Messi keeps Barcelona in La Liga title race as bloodied striker seals el clasico win at the death over Madrid | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/04/23/21/lionel-messi2.jpg)
Lionel Messi keeps Barcelona in La Liga title race as bloodied striker seals el clasico win at the death over Madrid | The Independent | The Independent
![Real Madrid fan bizarrely CELEBRATES Lionel Messi's last-gasp winner for Barcelona in El Clasico as they go top of La Liga | The Sun Real Madrid fan bizarrely CELEBRATES Lionel Messi's last-gasp winner for Barcelona in El Clasico as they go top of La Liga | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/nintchdbpict000319053657.jpg)
Real Madrid fan bizarrely CELEBRATES Lionel Messi's last-gasp winner for Barcelona in El Clasico as they go top of La Liga | The Sun
![Real Madrid 3 Barcelona 4 match report: Lionel Messi hat-trick out-guns Cristiano Ronaldo in seven-goal El Clasico thriller | The Independent | The Independent Real Madrid 3 Barcelona 4 match report: Lionel Messi hat-trick out-guns Cristiano Ronaldo in seven-goal El Clasico thriller | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/03/23/22/1-Messi-EPA.jpg)
Real Madrid 3 Barcelona 4 match report: Lionel Messi hat-trick out-guns Cristiano Ronaldo in seven-goal El Clasico thriller | The Independent | The Independent
![Barcelona vs Real Madrid - El Clasico: Scintillating Lionel Messi back in the title role | The Independent | The Independent Barcelona vs Real Madrid - El Clasico: Scintillating Lionel Messi back in the title role | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/03/18/22/Messi2.jpg)
Barcelona vs Real Madrid - El Clasico: Scintillating Lionel Messi back in the title role | The Independent | The Independent
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