Everton manager Ronald Koeman has paid tribute to Lionel Messi after the Barcelona icon equalled the Dutchman’s record of 26 free-kick goals for the Catalan giants.
The Argentina ace netted the winner against Athletic Bilbao to send Barca into the Copa Del Rey quarter-finals on Wednesday night.
Trailing 2-1 from last week’s first leg, Luis Suarez opened the scoring at Camp Nou to bring Barcelona level, with Neymar putting them ahead from the spot.
But Bilbao’s Saborit Teixidor scored to seemingly send the tie into extra-time.
But Messi curled a free-kick past Gorka Iraizoz via the inside of the post to match Koeman’s record, and net his third free-kick in three games for Barcelona in 2017.