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Lionel Messi's phenomenal goalscoring had already put him among the game’s greats at the age of just 24. Then he became the first player to score five goals in a Champions League game as Bayer Leverkusen were humbled 7-1 on Wednesday night, taking his club tally to 228.
Despite Messi’s youth, that is just seven short of equalling the Barcelona scoring record and on Thursday it prompted the sport’s biggest names to claim he is now in a league of his own.
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