By Chris Wright
He’s done it. Ladies and gentlemen, call off the search – we have a winner…
It’s official, ‘the record’ is now Lionel Messi’s thanks to a brace against Real Betis tonight. Messi’s first goal of the evening equalled Gerd Muller’s ‘goals in a calendar year for club and country’ record (goal no. 85) and his second of the night (no. 86) bested it…
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Unbelievable. We’re in the presence of greatness here folks.
Barring the fact that a catatonic Pele is probably knelt in the corner of a darkened room somewhere feverishly whispering ‘Neymar’ over and over while stabbing darts through a picture of Leo with tears streaming down his face, surely – SURELY – there can be no debate as to Messi being the greatest player of all time?
Surely?
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