Barcelona Forward, Lionel Messi scored another stunning free kick in the eight goals thriller with Villareal which ended 4-4.

He was introduced in the 60th minute with the result 4-2 in favour of Villareal.

He scored an astonishing free kick in the 90th minute and played an assist for Luis Suarez to levelled up.

The extraordinary free-kick was Messi’s second in the space of four days, third in three consecutive matches.

His latest strike means he becomes the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to score 6 plus direct free-kicks since the 2006/07 season.

That is his SEVENTH goal from a free-kick this season in La Liga, from a total of 32. And it set up Barca’s comeback, with Luis Suarez notching the fourth in a 4-4 draw moments later.

Messi scored a free-kick at the weekend against Espanyol which drew praise, a cheeky Panenka-like effort which confused the defence and sent Barca ahead in the Catalan derby.

This was altogether a different type of effort – and identical to one he already scored against Villarreal in 2017.