Barcelona's Lionel Messi: 'We must keep winning'

Barcelona are obliged to continue winning trophies despite their incredible success this year, according to Lionel Messi.

By Matt Law, Football Editor | 30 December 2015

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has insisted that his team will not dwell on their success from this year as 2016 approaches.

The Catalan giants won the Champions League, Copa del Rey and La Liga crown last season, before claiming the Club World Cup earlier this month.

Barca will also end 2015 atop the La Liga table following their 4-0 win over Real Betis on Wednesday, but Messi has claimed that his side's focus is already on the new year.

"We have a squad who still want to keep winning. Repeating 2015 will be difficult, but we'll try," Messi told reporters.

Messi made his 500th Barcelona appearance in the league clash against Betis, scoring his team's second in the first period.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Real Madrid	33	26	6	1	71	22	49	84
2	Barcelona	33	22	7	4	68	39	29	73
3	Girona Girona	33	22	5	6	69	40	29	71
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	33	20	4	9	62	39	23	64
5	Athletic Bilbao	33	16	10	7	53	33	20	58
6	Real Sociedad	33	13	12	8	46	35	11	51
7	Real Betis Betis	33	12	13	8	41	39	2	49
8	Valencia	33	13	8	12	37	38	-1	47
9	Villarreal	33	12	9	12	54	55	-1	45
10	Getafe	33	10	13	10	41	45	-4	43
11	Osasuna	33	11	6	16	37	49	-12	39
12	Alaves Alaves	33	10	8	15	31	38	-7	38
13	Sevilla	33	9	11	13	42	46	-4	38
14	Las Palmas Las Palmas	33	10	7	16	30	41	-11	37
15	Rayo Vallecano	33	7	13	13	27	42	-15	34
16	Mallorca	33	6	14	13	27	39	-12	32
17	Celta Vigo	33	7	10	16	37	50	-13	31
18	Cadiz Cadiz	33	4	14	15	23	46	-23	26
19	Granada	33	4	9	20	36	61	-25	21
R	Almeria	33	1	11	21	32	67	-35	14