[VIDEO] How did Lionel Messi make MLS history against a luckless New England Revolution?

Lionel Messi scored twice and set up one in Inter Miami’s 4-1 MLS comeback victory over the New England Revolution in front of a record 65,612 fans at Gillette Stadium on Saturday night. 

Tomas Chancalay opened the scoring for the Revs in the game’s opening minute and it took another half-hour for the away side to respond. 

Messi’s leveller just after the half-hour mark brought Gerardo Martino’s side level before the break, and the Argentine superstar completed the turnaround in the 67th minute after making the most of Sergio Busquets’s pass. 

Neither Messi nor his teammates were done, with Benjamin Cremaschi notching the away side’s third and Luis Suarez scoring their fourth following a Messi assist. 

Saturday night’s goal contributions mean Messi has been involved in two or more goals in five consecutive games in the MLS regular season. 

Apart from the three (two goals, one assist) against New England, the 36-year-old did likewise in the previous gameweek against Nashville on April 20, scored one and set up another when Inter Miami travelled to Kansas City in mid-April, recorded a goal and set up one on April 6 against Colorado and notched a brace against Orlando at the start of March. 

Furthermore, Messi becomes the first player in MLS history to hit 16 goal contributions after seven appearances in the regular season. 

Inter Miami lead the Eastern Conference after notching 21 points from 11 games. 

Martino’s side host the New York Red Bulls on May 4.