Barcelona's Lionel Messi has not scored at club level for five matches, his worst run in six years.
Lionel Messi failed to find the
net once again on Wednesday as Barcelona crashed out of the Champions
League to Atletico Madrid, with the Argentinian's 452-minute goal
drought his worst such run since April 2010.
Messi
is searching for his 450th Barcelona goal as he looks to further etch
his name into club folklore with another milestone, but he has been
stuck on 449 since March 16, when he netted the third in a 3-1 win over
Arsenal.
Since then the Argentina star has failed
to net in five successive matches, with Villarreal, Real Madrid, Real
Sociedad and Atletico Madrid – twice – keeping him at bay.
The last time Messi endured such a run was April 2010, when he failed to score for 474 minutes across all competitions.
Messi's
barren run is coinciding with a troubling time for Barcelona, with
Wednesday's 2-0 defeat seeing their Champions League title defence
ended, while they have won only one of their last five in all
competitions.
The 28-year-old is stuck on 22
league goals this season and looks to be on course for his
lowest-scoring campaign domestically since 2008-09, when he netted 23.
And
Barca will be eager for him to find his mark again quickly, with
Atletico now only three points behind in the Liga title race with just
six games remaining.
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