Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the La Liga Player of the Month award for the very first time in his career. Despite winning 5 Ballon d’Or awards while playing for the Spanish giants, the Argentine has failed to win the La Liga Player of the Month award since its inception in 2013.
Leo Messi, elegido Mejor Jugador de la Liga BBVA en el mes de enero https://t.co/3tYL3NsscJ #LaLiga pic.twitter.com/Lh0HpmSu6t
— LaLiga (@LaLiga) February 12, 2016
But La Pulga can now breathe a sigh of relief after finally clinching the monthly award. As a matter of fact, no Barca player had ever won the award until December last year, when Neymar Jr was announced the winner.
In January, Messi scored six goals in five appearances for Luis Enrique’s side, a performance that has propelled them to the top of La Liga table with 54 points, three ahead of second-placed Atletico Madrid.
Messi, 28, has now scored a total of 12 goals in La Liga this season in 17 appearances. His tally would have risen higher than that, but the lethal forward picked up an injury against Las Palmas in late September last year, something that kept him out of action for almost two months.
Here are some reactions on Twitter:
How can Messi just be winning la liga player of the month for the first time....hypocrites
— yemmycoco (YC) (@Yemmie_) February 12, 2016
La Liga knowing light now. Messi is player of the month for the first time.
— 2trebles (@Abinagh) February 12, 2016
The trophy Lionel Messi was waiting for.
— Weekend Football (@weekendfootball) February 12, 2016
His first ever La Liga Player of the Month award.
You can retire now. pic.twitter.com/332OPv3ytT
wtf messi has never won a player of the month award until now
— Kunta Kinte (@notRonaIdo) February 12, 2016
Messi wins La LIga player of the month award for the first time since the award started.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) February 12, 2016
Messi for the first time win the la liga player of the month. Imagine!
— Bashar T. (@BasharFCB7) February 12, 2016
The Catalan giants face Celta de Vigo in their next La Liga fixture at the Camp Nou on Sunday.
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