The Argentine footballer ended a goalscoring drought of 398 minutes in La Liga with this performance.

And to think some pundits and fans believed that his goalscoring drought would last...

Lionel Messi found a way to destroy Eibar in the first 45 minutes of the game, and he did so by doing what he does best: scoring a hat-trick.

Messi had already scored a hat-trick before, but he hadn't done so to end a goalscoring drought of four games. The Argentine ace had spent almost 400 minutes without scoring in La Liga, but he found the back of the net three times in the first 40 minutes against Eibar.

While Messi had already scored a first-half hat-trick, he managed to re-write his record sheet with his performance today.

Here's how Messi paved the way to score his hat-trick (Image might be geo-restricted).