Messi scores sublime outside of boot goal as stats highlight brilliant PSG form

The Paris Saint-Germain superstar has been in dazzling form this season and has already matched his tally from the 2021/22 campaign.

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He got the scoring under way in their Champions League group stage match with Maccabi Haifa in spectacular fashion.

With plenty of space in the box, Messi hit the ball with the outside of his foot, around the defender, and beyond the goalkeeper to claim his third UCL goal of the season.

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The superstar PSG trio were all firing and all got on the scoresheet in the first half.

Kylian Mbappe hit a pinpoint curling shot into the top corner before Messi set up Neymar to make it a comfortable 3-0.

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It is, of course, a game PSG were expected to easily win against the Israeli minnows.

They did get a goal back late in the second half, though, when Abdoulaye Seck headed in from a dangerous free-kick.

Messi then went on to restore PSG's three-goal advantage, his 11th of the campaign. That matched his total for the entire 2021/22 campaign.

He is now the first player in Europe's top five leagues to reach double-digit figures in goals (11) and assists (12) in all competitions this season.

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In the second half, Seck added his second before the French club then ran away with it.

Mbappe got his brace with another fine effort, before Sean Goldberg scored an own goal and Carlos Soler rounded off the scoring.