Topics: La Liga, Barcelona, Eibar, Lionel Messi
The legend continues for the 31-year-old Barcelona forward.

Lionel Messi fired Barcelona to consolidate its lead atop the Spanish league by bagging a landmark 400th goal. The Blaugrana concluded Sunday's meeting with Eibar with a 3-0 victory at the Camp Nou.

Lionel Messi's 53rd-minute strike ensured that he became the first-ever player in the history of La Liga to score 400 league goals. The Argentine also became the second player after Cristiano Ronaldo to achieve the feat across Europe's top five leagues. The Juventus winger momentarily has 409 league goals.

Messi's landmark feat in Sunday's game came after Luis Suarez had given Barca the lead just 13 minutes into the first-half. Having been mildly involved in the action in the first 45-minutes, the Blaugrana skipper upped the ante to grab his 17th league goal and his 13th in eight appearances against Eibar. 

Watch the goal below: 

Six minutes later, Luis Suarez doubled his tally for the night with an assist from Sergi Roberto. After seeing the gap cut to two points by Atletico Madrid with its win over Levante on Sunday, the victory over Eibar restored the five-point deficit.

A breakdown of Lionel Messi's 400th league goal has revealed that the five-time Ballon d'Or winner has scored 326 goals with his left foot, 59 with his right, 14 with his head and 1 with a different body part.

Furthermore, Sevilla ranks as the Barcelona forward's favorite opposition in La Liga. He has netted 25 times against the Andalusians.