Lionel Messi moved to within five goals of Gerd Muller's scoring record as Barcelona qualified for the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League with a 3-0 victory over Spartak Moscow.
The Argentinian scored twice to go to 80 goals so far in 2012, just five behind Muller's record number of goals scored in a calendar year from 1972.
Dani Alves gave Barcelona the lead before Messi's double strike with all the goals coming before half-time.
Barcelona went ahead in the 16th minute through Alves when he struck a half-volley cleanly past the goalkeeper after the ball was laid off by Messi at the edge of the area.
The first Messi goal was after a move Andres Iniesta's shot from a narrow angle brought a parry from the goalkeeper but Messi pounced on the rebound.
Messi scored his second of the night and Barca's third six minutes before the break when he timed his run perfectly and latched on to Pedro's superbly weighted pass, got ahead of the defence and rounded the keeper before slotting the ball home.
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