Messi scores 600th Barcelona goal with stunning free-kick

Lionel Messi on Wednesday scored his 600th club goal of his career with a stunning free-kick against Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League.

It was Messi’s second goal in the Champions League semi final after scoring the first.

The goal took the Barcelona captain to 48 for the campaign and up to another scarcely believable landmark.

The Argentina great bundled Ernesto Valverde’s men into a 2-0 lead to go to 599 before finding a strike worthy of 600.

After being fouled by Fabinho, Messi swept a sublime free-kick into the top corner from 30 yards, leaving him firmly on track for a fifth Champions League triumph.

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Fellow five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo reached the same milestone only four days ago when he secured a 1-1 draw for Juventus at Inter in Serie A.