In Photos: Messi becomes FIFA World Cup’s all-time highest goal-scorer

Lionel Messi shattered another record on Monday in the match against Austria when he eclipsed German icon Miroslav Klose and became the all-time highest goal-scorer in FIFA World Cup history (Source: Photo by AP)

In the last match against Algeria, Messi had drawn level with Klose with 16 goals when he had slammed a hattrick (Source: Photo by AP)

The 38-year-old Messi edged out his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo to become the oldest man to net a World Cup hat-trick (Source: Photo by AP)

On Monday, he went past the German with a brace and now has a tally of 18 strikes in World Cups (Source: Photo by AP)

Earlier in the match, Messi had missed a chance in the 9th minute to seal the record but ended up missing a penalty which was given after a lengthy check after Lautaro Martinez was fouled in the Austria penalty box (Source: Photo by AP)

“There were moments when I was really angry about missing the penalty, but I was able to make up for it,” said Messi, who has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards as the best player in Europe (Source: Photo by AP)

Messi added his 18th World Cup goal in stoppage time when he shot one through several defenders after the first attempt was turned away by goalkeeper Alexander Schlager (Source: Photo by AP)

Argentina advanced to the knockout round by winning its first two group games, with Messi scoring all five of the team's goals so far in his sixth World Cup (Source: Photo by AP)

With two wins from two games, Argentina are now highly likely to win Group J, although that is not yet confirmed mathematically (Source: Photo by AP)

Last week, exactly 20 years since making his World Cup debut where he became Argentina’s youngest-ever World Cup scorer, Messi dazzled in his 200th international appearance (Source: Photo by AP)