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Lionel Messi Assisted Ousmane Dembele And You Can’t Even See Him In This Picture

Lionel Messi Assisted Ousmane Dembele And You Can’t Even See Him In This Picture

Stunning vision from the Barcelona man.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Lionel Messi not only got himself on the score-sheet but also created a goal. A quite ridiculous assist, at that.

Barcelona booked their spot in the Champions League quarter-final after beating Chelsea 4-1 on aggregate.

Messi starred in both legs. He scored the goal to level the game at Stamford Bridge, and bagged a sublime brace to dump the Premier League champions out of Europe.

And while he nutmegged Thibaut Courtois not once but TWICE, he also fashioned Ousmane Dembele's first goal for the club in absolutely stunning style.

The Argentine hero latched onto a loose ball, before skipping past two Chelsea defenders. From the edge of the box, with his HD vision, Messi supplied Dembele with an incredible ball who's not even in this picture below.

Image: BT Sport
Image: BT Sport

And this one, too:

Image: beIN SPORTS
Image: beIN SPORTS

Unreal.

Once receiving the ball inside Chelsea's area, Dembele took a touch to set himself before walloping the ball in the top corner.

What a strike. What a goal!

The budding French superstar is finally off the mark after completing a mega money transfer from Borussia Dortmund in the summer.

His place in Ernesto Valverde's starting XI was vindicated following his starring role in attack.

Messi celebrates with Dembele. Image: PA
Messi celebrates with Dembele. Image: PA
Messi celebrates with Dembele. Image: PA
Messi celebrates with Dembele. Image: PA

Dembele will be hoping to keep his position with Philippe Coutinho, who's cup-tied in Europe, waiting in the wings. Barcelona resume their La Liga campaign this weekend by hosting Athletic Bilbao.

Though, lets be honest, it's a nice selection headache for the Barcelona boss.

Dembele or Coutinho? Who would you play? Sound off in the comment section below.

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Topics: Football News, Chelsea, Football, Barcelona, Ousmane Dembele, Lionel Messi, Champions League

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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