He completed his hat-trick before half-time with one of those dinked/scooped finishes that became one of his many calling cards. Messi scored a fourth in the closing stages with what was a scruffy ...

Kylian Mbappe netted a stunning hat-trick, a feat previously achieved by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Real Madrid needed to preserve the lead they had established a week earlier in England ...

Today marks a special day in the life of Lionel Messi. It was on this date 18 years ago that the superstar claimed a special milestone by scoring the first hat-trick of his glorious career.