BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi gave another masterful performance and Luis Suarez scored a hat trick to lead Barcelona to a new club record after routing Girona 6-1 in the Spanish league on Saturday. Messi took his competition-leading tally to 22 goals as Barcelona increased its lead of the Spanish league to 10 points before second-place Atletico Madrid visits Sevilla on Sunday. After setting up the first of Suarez’s goals, Messi danced around two defenders to give Barcelona the lead on the half-hour mark. “Messi feels a great responsibility for the team and he took it on during the early part of the game. Suarez, who also hit the post early in the second half, netted his 18th, 19th and 20th goals in the league, a total surpassed by only Messi.

Source: National Post February 24, 2018 21:52 UTC