Barcelona extended their unbeaten run to 34 games shattering the 26 year old record previously held by rivals Real Madrid following their 5-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano.
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to take his tally to 33 this season. Ivan Rakitic also found the net before being replaced by Arda Turan in the second half who scored his first goal for Barca.
We took a look at social media to get a feel of what Turan’s fans made of him breaking his duck.
Let’s start with the moment Turan was sent off for a rash challenge on 77 minutes. Thankfully the referee realised he made an error and rescinded his red card for a yellow allowing the bearded winger to stay on the field.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=Z9zPS5xwRA0
The decision proved critical for the bearded winger as he went onto score his first goal for Barcelona since joining from Atletico Madrid over the summer.
O primeiro gol de Arda Turan com a camisa do Barcelonahttps://t.co/6ztjEgRCmi
— Futebol Mundial (@Futemundial5) March 4, 2016
Turan has had a while to wait for his first Barcelona goal but it was well worth the wait as Turan found the back of the net with a brilliant flying header.
459 – @ArdaTuran's first goal for Barcelona is also his first La Liga goal since Nov 30, 2014 (Atleti v Deportivo, 459 days ago). Debut.
— OptaCan (@OptaCan) March 3, 2016
Turan was showered with praise following the goal and thanked his fans for their messages while underlining that he will continue to try his best for the team.
Thank you for the nice messages. First goal of my @FCBarcelona career. Will continue to do my best.
— Arda Turan (@ArdaTuran) March 3, 2016
Even Barca legend Patrick Kluivert sung his praises.
@ArdaTuran makes his first goal for @FCBarcelona 1-5 Nice header
— Patrick Kluivert (@PatrickKluivert) March 3, 2016
The goal went down particularly well in Turkey. One tweeter even called for a national holiday to be declared.
https://twitter.com/MuharremPasa/status/705556239653216256
This pretty much summed up the mood felt after the goal.
https://twitter.com/senaaalkis/status/705551812905017344
And this…
Arda Turan gol atınca biz…https://t.co/R3yz0BTdEL
— Tribun Dergi (@tribundergi) March 4, 2016
