Barcelona star Lionel Messi misses penalty to add a new unwanted La Liga record to his collection

LIONEL MESSI has more records than your local’s Friday night DJ, but his latest one is somewhat unwanted.

The Barcelona superstar created three and grabbed a goal for himself as the La Liga strengthened their position at the top of the table with a 6-0 thumping of Getafe on Saturday.

The Argentine superstar missed out, however, on a brace after missing his fourth penalty of the season.

Despite their penalty woes, Messi and his team-mates are on a record run of 37 matches without defeat in all competitions and the weekend’s victory matched their own feat of 12 successive wins which they set in the 2012/13 campaign.

They welcome Arsenal to the Nou Camp on Wednesday for the second-leg of their last-16 Champions League tie holding a two-goal advantage.