Messi needed 315 minutes to beat Buffon

He has overcome many challenges and broken many statistics throughout his career, and one more that Lionel Messi can now chalk off is that he has finally beaten Gianluigi Buffon - after 315 minutes and almost four matches.

The striker could not score against the Italian in the final of the Champions League in Berlin which ended with a Barcelona victory (3-1).

Nor was he able to find the net in the two games against Juventus last season.

On Wednesday night he scored in the 45th minute, after a superb one-two with Luis Suarez.