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Lionel Messi's Incredible Highlights Vs Huesca Show He's On Another Level To His Barcelona Teammates

Lionel Messi's Incredible Highlights Vs Huesca Show He's On Another Level To His Barcelona Teammates

Never write off Lionel Messi, what a player.

Daniel Marland

Daniel Marland

Lionel Messi's incredible performance during Barcelona 4-1 Huesca proves his footballing brain operates on a completely different level.

The Catalan giants ran out comfortable winners on Monday evening and it was all thanks to their captain.

Messi scored twice and made another on the same day he equalled Xavi's record 757 appearances for the club.

His first goal was a trademark solo effort which saw the Argentine maestro take just three touches before rifling home.

Antoine Griezmann's rocket doubled the home side's lead before Messi turned provider for Oscar Mingueza to grab a third.

Messi capped off the scoring in the 90th minute as Barcelona move up to second in the table.

It means he has now scored 21 goals and provided seven assists in just 23 domestic starts this season.

Not bad for a player who was involved in one of the summer's most controversial transfer sagas.




Blaugrana manager Ronald Koeman spoke post-match and insisted Messi has proven he is 'the best' with a world class performance.

He told Marca per BarcaBlaugranes: "I think Messi has shown that he is the best. The first goal was fantastic. He deserves so much to be important to this team. Luckily he's still with us.

"It's a very good result to keep growing.

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"We had a good first half and we kept up the intensity in the second. We finally got a goal from a corner. People work hard on set pieces. A great goal for Oscar."

Barcelona were keen to bounce back from their Champions League elimination last week at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.

They return to action on Sunday evening when they travel to Real Sociedad.

Featured Image Credit: AlfonsoR10Comps/YouTube

Topics: Football, Barcelona, Lionel Messi, La Liga