Poor teams have to play against an in-form Messing. Four games without a goal seemed too much for a player of his stature.

To Eibar, who once again suffered the wrath of Lionel Messi. The 19th September 2017, when Eibar lost 6-1 at the Camp Nou, the Argentine scored four goals. It happened again.

Although Arthur, unseasonably, made it 5-0, up until then it had been Messing 4-0 Eibar. This was the 7th time that the Argentine had managed to score four goals in a match.

The first one was in April 2010 in a magical champions league night against Valencia when it first happened in the league.

The third time was the second in the champions league and it came with a twist, as the Argentinian scored not four but five tikes in the abusive 7-1 win over Bayerleverkusen.

The next time was against Espanyol, who lost 4-0 with Messi netting all four (two penalties).

A 5-1 win against Osasuna on 27th January 2013 temporarily returned the Barca player’s streak of scoring atleast four goals in a match,  as then was the first of the matches against Eibar.

In the career of the big-name players to get to these numbers from another planet, the latest to do it was Robert Lewandowski. He netted a historical four goals at home at Redstar Belgrade.