• Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring the opening goal in his side's 5-1 win over Sevilla in La Liga on Saturday night at the Camp Nou. Alberto Estevez / EPA
    Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring the opening goal in his side's 5-1 win over Sevilla in La Liga on Saturday night at the Camp Nou. Alberto Estevez / EPA
  • Lionel Messi of Barcelona scores the opening goal on a free kick against Sevilla in La Liga on Saturday night. David Ramos / Getty Images
    Lionel Messi of Barcelona scores the opening goal on a free kick against Sevilla in La Liga on Saturday night. David Ramos / Getty Images
  • Lionel Messi celebrates with teammates after scoring the team's first goal against Sevilla on Saturday night in La Liga, with the tally bringing him level with Telmo Zarra's Liga goalscoring record, which he would later surpass. David Ramos / Getty Images
    Lionel Messi celebrates with teammates after scoring the team's first goal against Sevilla on Saturday night in La Liga, with the tally bringing him level with Telmo Zarra's Liga goalscoring record, which he would later surpass. David Ramos / Getty Images
  • Lionel Messi of Barcelona scores his team's fourth goal, and his second goal of the game, in their 5-1 win over Sevilla on Saturday night. The goal broke Telmo Zarra's La Liga goalscoring record. David Ramos / Getty Images
    Lionel Messi of Barcelona scores his team's fourth goal, and his second goal of the game, in their 5-1 win over Sevilla on Saturday night. The goal broke Telmo Zarra's La Liga goalscoring record. David Ramos / Getty Images
  • Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring in his side's win over Sevilla on Saturday in La Liga. Lluis Gene / AFP
    Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring in his side's win over Sevilla on Saturday in La Liga. Lluis Gene / AFP
  • Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring one of his three goals against Sevilla on Saturday in a La Liga victory. Lluis Gene / AFP
    Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring one of his three goals against Sevilla on Saturday in a La Liga victory. Lluis Gene / AFP
  • Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates one of his three goals on Saturday night next to teammate Neymar in their 5-1 win over Sevilla in La Liga. Gustau Nacarino / Reuters
    Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates one of his three goals on Saturday night next to teammate Neymar in their 5-1 win over Sevilla in La Liga. Gustau Nacarino / Reuters

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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi overtakes Telmo Zarra for La Liga record – in pictures

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Images from Barcelona’s 5-1 win over Sevilla on Saturday night, in which Lionel Messi recorded a hat-trick to go level with Telmo Zarra’s La Liga record 251 goals and then shoot past it to 253.

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