Barcelona star sets 2 records against Alaves
Lionel Messi Another games, another record for Lionel Messi who was at his imperious best for Barcelona against Deportivo Alaves. Lionel Messi was in imperious form against Alaves (AFP Getty Images) Lionel Messi was the star of the show again as he set two records in Barcelona's 3-0 victory over Deportivo Alaves in a La Liga encounter played on Saturday, August 18. Messi who is now captain of the side scored two goals while Phillipe Coutinho added another to give the reigning La Liga champions a winning start to the season. In the game against Alaves by scoring Messi set two new records for the Catalan giants as they kicked off their season. Barcelona stats Messi scores Barcelona's 6,000th La Liga goal Lionel Messi's first record on the night was that he scored what turned out to be Barcelona's 6,000th goal in the Spanish top division. Barcelona continued from where they left off last season (AS) Coutinho scored Barcelona's 5999th in the last La Liga game of 2017