Argentina wizard Lionel Messi broke the Champions League scoring record while Luis Suarez broke his Barcelona duck in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Barca romped to a 4-0 win at APOEL Nicosia but that fact was overshadowed by Messi and Suarez's personal achievements.
Messi came into the match level with Spaniard Raul on 71 Champions League goals but he stabbed home from close range on 37 minutes to take sole possession of the record.
"I am happy to have achieved such a great record in such an important competition, but the really important thing is the three points which we won," said Messi.
He went on to notch a hat-trick on the night as Barcelona remained a point behind Paris Saint-Germain at the top of Group F after the French team beat Ajax 3-1 thanks to an Edinson Cavani brace and one from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Both sides have already qualified for the knock-out rounds and top spot will be decided in two weeks time at the Camp Nou.
Messi's feat came just four days after the four-time World Player of the Year broke Telmo Zarra's 59-year-old record of 251 La Liga goals with a hat-trick in a 5-1 thrashing of Sevilla to take his tally in the Spanish top flight to 253 goals in 289 appearances.
Just 10 minutes before that, Suarez, who moved from Liverpool in the close season, had finally notched his first goal -- a brilliant solo effort -- for the Catalans in his fifth appearance since making his debut in a 3-1 loss to Real Madrid on October 25.
Barca romped to a 4-0 win at APOEL Nicosia but that fact was overshadowed by Messi and Suarez's personal achievements.
Messi came into the match level with Spaniard Raul on 71 Champions League goals but he stabbed home from close range on 37 minutes to take sole possession of the record.
"I am happy to have achieved such a great record in such an important competition, but the really important thing is the three points which we won," said Messi.
He went on to notch a hat-trick on the night as Barcelona remained a point behind Paris Saint-Germain at the top of Group F after the French team beat Ajax 3-1 thanks to an Edinson Cavani brace and one from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Both sides have already qualified for the knock-out rounds and top spot will be decided in two weeks time at the Camp Nou.
Messi's feat came just four days after the four-time World Player of the Year broke Telmo Zarra's 59-year-old record of 251 La Liga goals with a hat-trick in a 5-1 thrashing of Sevilla to take his tally in the Spanish top flight to 253 goals in 289 appearances.
Just 10 minutes before that, Suarez, who moved from Liverpool in the close season, had finally notched his first goal -- a brilliant solo effort -- for the Catalans in his fifth appearance since making his debut in a 3-1 loss to Real Madrid on October 25.
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