VIDEO: Lionel Messi is unstoppable! Trademark long-range goal from Argentine GOAT as stunning brace helps Inter Miami return to winning ways in MLS

The Herons headed into that contest winless through their last four fixtures in MLS. Uncomfortable questions had been asked of head coach Javier Mascherano and the direction in which a star-studded squad were heading.

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With Messi on board, though, it was only ever a matter of time before a collective spark was rediscovered. The Argentine GOAT lit the fuse for Inter Miami as they burst back into form against Canadian opposition.

Messi got the ball rolling against Montreal just before the half-hour mark, with a trademark long-range strike seeing him pick up possession 25 yards out, drift to the edge of the box and bend a perfectly-struck effort into the bottom corner.

He then teed up Luis Suarez for Inter Miami’s second, before seeing the Uruguayan striker net their third. Messi put the seal on a convincing 4-2 victory when playing a one-two on the edge of the penalty area and dinking delightfully over the onrushing goalkeeper.

Inter Miami sit sixth in the Eastern Conference, with there work to be done in pursuit of a historic MLS Cup crown, and they have just one more game to take in - against Columbus on Saturday - before gracing the FIFA Club World Cup on American soil.