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Lionel Messi simply can’t stop scoring this season and he’s now brought up 100 in the Champions League after netting a brace against Chelsea.
Messi opened the scoring after just two minutes and eight seconds but then added his second, and Barcelona’s third, after 64 minutes to bring up his century.
Both times he slipped the ball through Thibault Courtois’s legs, leaving the Chelsea goalkeeper completely helpless.
100 – Lionel Messi has now scored 100 Champions League goals in just 123 appearances, 14 games fewer than it took Cristiano Ronaldo (137) to reach this milestone. Extraordinary. pic.twitter.com/CfbtoVKb7y
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 14, 2018
In between he also set up a first Barcelona goal for Ousmane Dembele, which also means he has more assists than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues.
9 - Lionel Messi is the player from the top five European leagues with the most assists in 2018 in all competitions. Gifts. pic.twitter.com/PtqwCqHuKW
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 14, 2018
And to think that he hadn’t even scored against Chelsea until a couple of weeks ago....