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Watch: Messi scores 10th goal of Champions League group stage

John Sibley / Reuters

Lionel Messi ultimately came just short of Cristiano Ronaldo's record.

The Barcelona magician scored the opening goal of Tuesday's contest against Borussia Monchengladbach with a typically slick Blaugrana move, and with that tally moved to 10 in the Champions League this season.

That put the Argentine just one shy of Ronaldo's single-season mark for most goals in the group stage of the competition, though he couldn't find the net once more to equal the mark.

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