With his effort against Villarreal on Sunday, Barcelona star Lionel Messi closed in on shattering yet another goal-scoring record by tying legendary Bayern Munich striker Gerd Muller’s mark of 525 strikes for one club in the top European leagues.
Leo #Messi equals Gerd Muller with 525 goals for one club in the top European leagues
Celebrate with a ! pic.twitter.com/7HIG4LrS7o— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 10, 2017
Messi scored the second in a 2-0 win at the Estadio de la Ceramica, extending the gap atop La Liga to five points above Valencia. But, as seemingly is the case with each of his net-bulging efforts, Messi’s latest goal bares deeper meaning as he draws level with one of the finest goal-scorers in world football.
The diminutive Argentine previously surpassed Portuguese striker Eusebio’s 473 goals about a year ago, and now draws level with Muller, who played for Bayern from 1964 to 1979. Along the way, Messi also surpassed iconic footballers of yesteryear like Ian Rush, Raul Gonzalez, Alfredo Di Stefano, Johan Cruyff, Bobby Charlton, and Thierry Henry.
He will surpass Muller and break the record if he manages to …read more