The 31-year-old Messi bagged a hat-trick in the game and showed the world that he is more than capable of continuing his incredible scoring feats despite his advancing age.
The hat-trick was his 50th in a sensational career for both club and country and was his 44th in Barcelona colours. But he is still behind Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo has 51 hat-tricks in his career, with 34 of them coming for Real Madrid in La Liga.
Messi, on the other hand, has 50 in total, while bagging 32 hat-tricks in La Liga.
His treble takes him up to 25 La Liga goals for the season, an average of one every 75 minutes.
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) February 23, 2019
The Argentina captain is nine clear of Suarez in second place and almost twice the top scorer of any other team, Cristhian Stuani's 13 for Girona.
In all competitions, he has 33 goals in 32 games - including six in the Champions League as Barcelona chase the treble.
His third goal was his 650th career strike - 585 for Barca and 65 for Argentina.