Messi's Hat-Trick reduced the pressure on the coach and Put Barca at the top of the table

Lionel Messi displayed an incredible dead-ball hat-trick on Saturday to secure Barcelona to a 4-1 victory over Celta Vigo.

The Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi delivered a fantastic hat-trick on Saturday to lead Barca to a 4-1 win over Celta Vigo

and less the pressure on his coach Ernesto Valverde. Messi netted a penalty shot and then scored a wonderful free-kicks



on either side of half-time after Lucas Olaza had shortly pulled Celta level with a free-kick of his own at Camp Nou.

Sergio Busquets seal the game with his last goal. A 34th treble in the La Liga puts Lionel Messi to equal his rival Ronaldo

while a much-needed win has moved Barca above Real Madrid on a goal Difference and back to the top of the league table.

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According to Valverde, "it is very important to depend on Messi, He illuminates everything,"

"We trust his abilities and we depend on him like any team would do so. He is a game-changer."

But while Real Madrid appears to be pushing more on their stride, Barca's momentum had stalled. After been defected to Levante

and also failing to secure a win against Slavia Prague in the Champions League, these have resulted in the high pressure mounted on Barca Coach Valverde and his future at Barcelona.

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Lionel Messi has scored nine goals in seven games after netting a hat-trick against Celta Vigo and has 612 goals in total for his club.

Busquets, "obviously when it's tight we have the advantage of having one of the best players in the  world and the best free-kick player in the world,"

Yet his precision from free-kicks is a skill the 32-year-old has worked on and improved in recent years, his conversion rate currently at four goals from his last seven attempts in the league.

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The last time a player scored a hat-trick from set-pieces in La Liga was when Messi himself achieved the same feat in 2012 against Espanyol, albeit with two penalties and one free-kick.

There was good news for Barcelona too in the return of Luis Suarez, who came off the bench after recovering from a calf strain.

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