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Messi, Pjanic or Neymar? Top 15 free-kick scorers of last five years

It is a testament to Lionel Messi's ability with the dead ball that any free-kick on the edge of the opposition area has Barcelona fans on the edge of their seats ready to celebrate.

The Argentine is one of the world's top exponents of one of football's trickiest arts, and just seems to be getting better in that respect, as he showed with two stunning efforts to down Espanyol in a one-sided derby victory for the Catalans last weekend.

It was the first time the Blaugrana captain had ever netted two in the same game and took his overall Liga tally to 19 since 2013-14.