Girona, Las Palmas and now Atletico Madrid have witnessed Lionel Messi's superb set-piece technique in recent weeks as the Barcelona star notches from dead ball scenarios three weeks running.

Not even the Argentine has managed that before and his first half effort that soared past Jan Oblak represented his sixth free-kick strike of the season.

Olympiacos, Real Sociedad and Alaves have also felt Messi's set-piece wrath with Sunday's strike making it six from 63 attempts in 2017/18, at a whopping strike rate of 9.5 percent.

Next up on Messi's agenda will be Malaga in a week's time as he aims to make it four from four and level with his best ever season in terms of free-kick finishes, when he notched seven in 2015/16.

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