article_snippet: Barcelona ace Lionel Messi leapfrogged Cristiano Ronaldo to lead the way as Europe's most potent striker by scoring a hat-trick against Rayo Vallecano to take Lionel Messi tally for the season up to 41 goals in 38 games.
article_snippet: Messi, who helped his side to an emphatic 6-1 win on Sunday, has now scored 40 goals or more in each of his .
article_snippet: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi leads the way after scoring a hat-trick against Rayo Vallecano .
article_snippet: Cristiano Ronaldo is three goals behind Messi having scored 39 goals during the course of the season .
highlights_snippet: Lionel Messi leads the way after netting hat-trick against Rayo Vallecano .
  
highlights_snippet: Lionel Messi has scored 40 or more goals in Lionel Messi last six seasons .