Uncle Messi Scores his 500th Goal for Barca to Win EL Classico .                                                                                                                          Lionel Messi scored his 500th goal for Barcelona in all competitions by netting a dramatic late winner in El Clasico.

The Argentina international had gone into Sunday's clash against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on 498 goals after his double in last weekend's Liga win over Real Sociedad.

He drew a blank against Juventus in the Champions League in midweek, but he reached another landmark figure in a career littered with records when he scored twice in Madrid to send Barcelona top of the table after a 3-2 victory.

Messi scored his 499th goal for Barcelona with a superb individual effort on 33 minutes to cancel out Casemiro's opener for Madrid, with that effort making him the leading scorer in El Clasico in La Liga, surpassing Alfredo Di Stefano.

Ivan Rakitic's brilliant strike fired Barca in front on 73 minutes, but Madrid, who had Sergio Ramos sent off for a wild lunge on Messi, looked to have claimed a point when substitute James Rodriguez equalised with five minutes to go.