Lionel Messi scored his 644th goal for Barcelona during his side’s victory over Real Valladolid to break Pele’s record of the most goals for one club.
Argentina forward Messi, 33, scored Barca’s third when he collected Pedri’s backheel, took a touch then slotted the ball past goalkeeper Jordi Masip.
Messi created the first goal when his cross was headed in by Clement Lenglet and started the move for the second, finished off by Martin Braithwaite.
Messi also hit the post in injury time.
Brazil great Pele scored 643 goals in 19 seasons for Santos in his homeland between 1956 and 1974.
Messi, who scored his first goal for Barca in 2005 and has gone on to win 10 La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues, is out of contract at the end of the season and able to talk to other clubs from January.
In August, he said he wanted to exercise a clause in his deal which he said allowed him to leave on a free transfer, but Barcelona refused, saying his 700m euro (£624m) release clause had to be met.
Earlier this week, Messi said the incident caused him to have “a very bad time in the summer”, although he was in superb form against Valladolid on Tuesday, inspiring a win that took Barcelona back up to fifth, eight points behind leaders Atletico Madrid.
Barca could have scored more goals but Masip made a number of fine saves and substitute Philippe Coutinho also hit the woodwork late on.
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen made two one-handed saves to deny Fabian Orellana and Kike Perez, preserving Barcelona’s clean sheet.
Earlier on Tuesday, Atletico beat third-placed Real Sociedad 2-0 thanks to goals from Mario Hermoso and Marcos Llorente to go three points clear of Real Madrid, who play Granada at home on Wednesday (18:45 GMT).
Line-ups
Real Valladolid
- 1Masip
- 11HervÃas
- 24FernándezBooked at 77mins
- 5Sánchez de FelipeSubstituted forGuardiola Navarroat 79′minutes
- 22MartÃnez GarcÃa
- 40Neves FilipeSubstituted forOrellanaat 57′minutes
- 21Herrero JavaloyasSubstituted forMesaat 57′minutes
- 14Alcaraz
- 10PlanoSubstituted forPérezat 57′minutes
- 9Weissman
- 16de Sousa MendonçaSubstituted forVilla Suárezat 45′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Pérez
- 3GarcÃa
- 6González
- 7Guardiola Navarro
- 8Pérez
- 12Orellana
- 13Jiménez
- 15El Yamiq
- 17Mesa
- 19Villa Suárez
- 20San Emeterio DÃaz
- 23Rubio
Barcelona
- 1ter Stegen
- 28Mingueza
- 4AraujoSubstituted forUmtitiat 71′minutes
- 15Lenglet
- 2Dest
- 8Pjanic
- 21de JongBooked at 68minsSubstituted forBusquetsat 71′minutes
- 18AlbaBooked at 62minsSubstituted forFirpoat 71′minutes
- 10Messi
- 16GonzálezSubstituted forCoutinhoat 81′minutes
- 9Braithwaite
Substitutes
- 5Busquets
- 6Aleñá
- 7Griezmann
- 12Puig
- 13Murara Neto
- 14Coutinho
- 17Machado Trincão
- 23Umtiti
- 24Firpo
- 26Peña
- Referee:
- Mario Melero López
Live Text
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Match ends, Real Valladolid 0, Barcelona 3.
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Second Half ends, Real Valladolid 0, Barcelona 3.
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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Jordi Masip.
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Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergiño Dest.
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Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Roque Mesa (Real Valladolid).
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Lionel Messi (Barcelona) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
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Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Roque Mesa (Real Valladolid).
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Attempt missed. Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
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Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
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Miralem Pjanic (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Kike Pérez (Real Valladolid).
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Attempt saved. Fabián Orellana (Real Valladolid) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pablo HervÃas.
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Attempt missed. Roque Mesa (Real Valladolid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Corner, Real Valladolid. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
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Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Roque Mesa (Real Valladolid).
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Foul by Clément Lenglet (Barcelona).
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Sergi Guardiola (Real Valladolid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.