Lionel Messi Lets Luis Suarez Take Penalty Despite Being On For 31st La Liga Hat-Trick

Lionel Messi had the chance to score his 31st La Liga hat-trick today when Barcelona were awarded a stoppage-time spot-kick, but he allowed Luis Suarez to take the penalty.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner struck twice in the 8-2 thumping of Huesca but elected to let Suarez join him on a brace for the game after the Uruguayan won the penalty - something you wouldn't always expect the likes of Neymar or Cristiano Ronaldo to do.

It's yet another selfless act from Messi, who has showed how a proper captain deals with these types of situations on a number of occasions.

Typically, a lot of people have quite rightly sung the Argentine's praises on social media:

Minnows Huesca, the smallest team in La Liga history, took a shock lead at the Nou Camp and were actually in the game at 3-2 just before half-time.

But the Blaugrana's quality was too much at the Nou Camp and they knocked in eight in a La Liga game for the first time since 2011.

Topics: Football News, Nou Camp, FC Barcelona, Football, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez

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