Lionel Messi spoke to reporters from Canal Plus at the end of today's game against Zaragoza after scoring another sublime hat-trick. Messi was his usual humble self, underlining the importance of the team, not just himself as an individual.

Messi stated, "It was an important game. It was difficult, especially in the first half. They played a very tough brand of football but we carried on to win the three points, which were very important.

"We went to the front, we went for the game. The pitch wasn't good, the ball didn't move well but we won, that's what counts.

"I always said that this is a matter of all of us, the team did a great job, we fought all the time and luckily I score goals, but we all make it happen."

Speaking about teammate Zlatan, Messi said, "A striker needs to score goals and luckily was able to break this streak."