Manchester City were subject to Lionel Messi's latest goal in the Champions League group stage, pushing the Barcelona star past Raul's record.
The Spaniard notched 53 times in the first round for Real Madrid and Schalke 04 in his 71 European goals over 16 years at the top level, a number which Messi has now surpassed.
Now with 54 group stage strikes having opened the scoring at Manchester City, the attacker has 90 all-time Champions League goals, behind Cristiano Ronaldo's tally of 95 but ahead of the winger's 51 in the early stages.Manchester City corner in the first-half of their Champions League group clash with Barcelona was probably not how many saw the Catalans breaking the deadlock, least of all because the hosts were well on top at the point.
And yet, Barcelona broke with a long ball out wide that Neymar worked back into Lionel Messi, on a perfectly timed run, who finished calmly to make it 1-0 after 21 minutes.It continues the Argentine's run against English teams, which now stands at 17 goals in 26 matches with six in six against City.
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