Messi has scored 42 goals in all competitions, meaning it’s now 10 straight seasons where he’s netted at least 40 times.
Messi has scored 42 goals in all competitions, meaning it’s now 10 straight seasons where he’s netted at least 40 times.
He was particularly impressive in March, scoring eight goals, including a hat-trick, and providing three assists in six matches.
There can be little arguing about who the best player in La Liga has been this season.
Indeed, Lionel Messi has probably been the best player in all of Europe.
The Barcelona star has performed at an exceptional level in 2018-19, inspiring the Blaugrana to a potential treble-winning campaign.
Six of those goals came in La Liga, meaning he has now scored 13 more goals than the second-highest scorer in the Spanish top flight.
With a blistering hat-trick coming against Real Betis on March 17, there seemed to be only one player in with a chance of winning the La Liga Player of the Month award.
MESSI WINS POTM FOR THE FIFTH TIME
Yet Messi claiming the main award wasn’t guaranteed; since its inception in September 2013, he was only ever won it five times.
January 2016
April 2017
April 2018
September 2018
March 2019
Antoine Griezmann has won the La Liga Player of the Month award more times than any other player, with six awards to his name.
“Of course there is a Messi dependence, of
“But we must know that when he isn’t playing, we must play the same way, like in the first half.
“There was no Messi dependence [in the first half] and the team was fine and [should have been] able to win the match.”
Is Messi worth the player of the month title?