Barcelona vaulted into first place in La Liga with a dominant 6-1
thrashing of Rayo Vallecano. Two goals from Luis Suárez and Gerard
Pique virtually sealed the points for Barcelona before the hour mark,
before Lionel Messi took over the game by scoring a hat trick in just
12 minutes.
Messi began the day tied with Cristiano Ronaldo for most hat tricks in
La Liga history, but passed his Real Madrid rival in a flash, bagging
his 24th career hat trick in La Liga.
Messi scored from the penalty spot in the 56th minute, blasting a low
shot to the corner past Cristian Alvarez. The foul in the penalty area
resulted in Rayo defender Tito earning a second yellow card, reducing
his team to just 10 men.
Seven minutes later, Messi tapped in a poacher's goal from six yards
out after the goalkeeper couldn't secure a shot from Suárez.
Messi added a third in the 68th minute, splitting two helpless
defenders and coolly dribbling around the goalkeeper to create an easy
shot.
Messi not only broke Ronaldo's record -- he passed Bilbao legend Zarra
for the most hat tricks at a Spanish club in all competitions.
The goal gives #Messihis 32nd hat trick, passing Zarra to become the
all-time leader in trifectas. #FCBlive pic.twitter.com /btnCulFkRl
-- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 8, 2015
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