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| Messi is considered to be one of the greatest of all time |
Lionel Andreas Messi, considered to be the best footballer to ever play the game still continues to impress at the age of 33. The little man from Argentina has achieved almost every possible Individual Record and still looks like he is not finished. On Saturday he broke another record in Barcelona win against Valladolid when he assisted Vidal. That assist means he joins Arsenal and Barca Great Thierry Henry to become the second individual to both score and assist 20 goals in a single season. With 22 goals and 20 assists he has single handled kept Barcelona alive in the title race.Barcelona still trail by a point to Real but now have played a game more. Messi also become the first player to provide 20+ assists in a single season after Xavi had done so in 2008-09 season.
England needed a strong start on day 4 against West Indies and they got so when they walked out. With Burns,Sibley,Crawley and Stokes scoring 42,50,76 and 46 respectively, England finished Day 4 strongly with the scores at 284-8 with a 170 run lead, it is to be seen whether England will play safe and go for a draw or score some and declare and go for the win.
On Saturday Norwich City become the first side to be relegated this season from the Premier League,their 5th relegation when they lost 4-0 to West Ham United at home when Michael Antonio scored all 4 of those goals. Daniel Farke side started strong these season even beating former champions City 3-2 at the Carrow Road but it just went downhill from there. Liverpool dropped poinst at home for the first time in nearly 25 games when they drew against Burnley 1-1. The Reds now face Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle. They will now need to get atleast 7 points out of 9 if they were to match City's Centurions mark. Watford got a vital win against Newcastle United in their quest for survival. Two penalties from Captain Troy Denny saw Watford turn around and win 2-1 again.They are 17th but with a 6 point lead.
Chelsea lost 3-0 away at Sheffield United and will drop out of the top 4 if Leicester City and Man United both win their games and then Top 4 ambition will not be in their own hands.
The final game saw Another ruthless presentation from Man City as they won back to back games by 5-0 against Brighton thanks to a Raheem Sterling Hattrick and goals from Jesus and Bernando Silva.
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