Lionel Messi scored his 27th goal for Barcelona from a free-kick at the weekend, eclipsing Ronald Koeman's record for the club and providing further evidence as to his genius from dead ball situations.
The Argentinian forward recently rescued Barca with accurate strikes from free-kicks against Villarreal and Athletic Club, before now repeating the trick against the Basque side—albeit in less dire circumstances this time and somewhat indebted to Gorka Iraizoz's poor reactions.
He's undoubtedly one of the best in the modern game with his all-round ability, and perhaps his free-kick taking has now also eclipsed everyone else on the planet—but how does he rank against the greats of yesteryear in that regard?