On this day in 2012, Lionel Messi scored twice to beat Gerd Müller's record for goals in a calendar year with his 85th and 86th.
Going into Barcelona's away match against Real Betis, Messi was sitting on a total of 84 goals scored in 2012 for his club and Argentina, putting him one behind the mark of 85 set by Gerd Müller in 1972 for Bayern Munich and Germany. But he scored twice in the first half (16', 25') to surpass Müller's record and Barcelona went on to win 1-2.
Messi went on to score another five goals before the end of the year, taking his number to 91.
And what's more, on 10 December 2017, Messi equals Gerd Müller's record (525) for most goals for a single club, from Europe's top 5 leagues.
