Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick as Barcelona thumped Atletico Madrid 3-0 last night.
The result ended Real Madrid's 50-year-old record of 15 straight league victories.
Madrid's hero back in 1961 was Alfredo di Stefano, but Barca's main man in 2011 is another Argentinian - Messi.
The 23-year-old opened the scoring with a trademark low finish from the edge of the box after 17 minutes, before adding a second from close range just short of the half-hour mark and scrambled home a third late in the game to move Barca 10 points clear - albeit provisionally - of Madrid at the top of the table.
