Lionel Messi became the first player this calendar year to reach the 50 goal mark, after netting a hat-trick for Barcelona against Levante on Sunday night.
The Argentine provided Luis Suarez with a quite extraordinary assist for the game's opener, before taking control of the affair with three scores collected between the 43rd and 60th minute. Gerard Pique rounded off the 5-0 win with a cherry-on-top goal in the 88th minute, provided by - you guessed it - Leo Messi, after some mazy running from Philippe Coutinho.
The result meant Barça retained their status as La Liga table-toppers, with 34 points from 16 games, three points ahead of nearest challengers Sevilla in second.