Barcelona striker Lionel Messi says he never thought he would beat the La Liga goal record after doing just that on Saturday.
The Argentine scored a hat-trick in the 5-1 thrashing of Sevilla to take his career total of 253 high-flying Spain, surpassing the 251 who set Telmo Zarra in 1955.
After the last document in a remarkable career to date, Argentina star was quick to pay tribute to his friends and colleagues from Barcelona to help a step he had never imagined he could reach .