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Ronaldo is surpassed by Messi in another stat.

The results for Paris Saint-Germain over the past week can mostly be attributed to Lionel Messi, who has had an incredible start to the current campaign.

The Argentine scored the lone goal in PSG’s victory against Lyon. After scoring a goal and an assist in the Paris club’s 3-1 victory over Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League midweek.

Messi has now scored six goals and sent out eight assists in 11 games this season after both games, and his goal last night helped him past Cristiano Ronaldo in the statistic.

With 672 goals overall, one more than the Manchester United forward, Messi now holds the record for most non-penalty goals scored in a career.

Not only did Messi break this milestone this week, but he also became the first player to score in 18 straight Champions League seasons with his goal against Maccabi Haifa.

With that goal, the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner also surpassed Ronaldo once more in terms of the number of opponents he has scored against in Champions League history, to the tune of 39.

The fact that Messi is still setting records and playing at his present level at the age of 35 should thrill Argentinians as they prepare for a crucial World Cup for the greatest player in the history of the sport.

Something needs to be found in other for Mbappe ,Neymar and Messi to play together – Thienry Henry

The Arsenal legend explained Messi needs to be played in the middle where he can set the tempo of the game and he believes the PSG team is still set up for Mbappe to shine .

Henry told RMC Sport ;

“He [Messi] is isolated, he is on the ball less. I wouldn’t say he’s sad, but he’s isolated. I prefer him through the middle. I’m having trouble with Leo out on the right. In the middle, he can set the tempo. Something needs to be found in order to get Mbappe, Neymar and Messi to play together. I don’t think he can make the difference on the right, but then I don’t have the exact details from the tactical standpoint, Obviously, when you stay high up and you get out of the way, you won’t have an impact. Then you have fewer balls going towards him. Messi doesn’t speak a lot, he speaks with the ball,” Henry said. “For now, it’s Kylian’s team. Kylian is the one who’s making it shine most of all. The ball goes more towards him. At any single moment, there can only be one conductor, otherwise you can’t play at the same tempo. And in this team, there are too many conductors.”