Barcelona: Lionel Messi scored a record-breaking 24th Primera Division hat-trick and Luis Suarez hit a brace as Barcelona beat Rayo Vallecano 6-1 at the Nou Camp to return to the top of the table in emphatic style yesterday.


Barcelona's Lionel Messi after scoring a goal against Rayo Vallecano at Nou Camp yesterday. Pic/Getty Images 

The Uruguayan got the ball rolling with an early goal and Gerard Pique doubled the lead shortly after the break, before Messi scored a treble inside 12 minutes which took him one hat-trick clear of Cristiano Ronaldo.