Lionel Messi overtakes Cristiano Ronaldo in club career goals as Barcelona thrashed Real Valladolid 5-1 to return to the top of La Liga table on Tuesday night at Camp Nou.

The Blaugrana went up early with a nice volley from Clement Lenglet, but Kiko bundled home on the quarter-hour after Marc-Andre ter Stegen misplayed a free-kick into the box to draw the visiting side level 15 minutes into the encounter.

Arturo Vidal poked in from Messi’s pass to restore Barcelona’s lead in the 29th minutes before the Argentine curled in an unstoppable free-kick shortly to make it 3-1 lead at half-time and the 50th such goal of his career.Messi fired in Barca’s fourth with a superb turn and finish from an Ivan Rakitic pass, firing a low line drive of a volley past Valladolid keeper Jordi Masip before setting Luis Suarez with another sublime assist to reach the final scoreline.The win put Barcelona two-points clear at the top of the La Liga table ahead of surprise package Granada, who face Getafe on Thursday.