Lionel Messi is used to make his opponents look bad, but some of them try to get to him the wrong way. Such was Filipe Luis' case, who almost harmed "La Pulga" with a harsh tackle to his knee.
Messi and Filipe Luis had been at it since the game's kick-off. During the first 20 minutes of the game, the Brazilian left back seemed to be getting away with it, since Messi was not being able to show his skills and Los Colchoneros were in the lead. But once Messi scored, Filipe Luis became desperate and started tackling Messi over and over, escaping a yellow card just one minute after Messi's equalizer.
Five minutes after Suarez scored Barcelona's go ahead goal, Filipe Luis hit Messi's knee, infuriating coach Luis Enrique and all of Messi's team-mates.
WATCH: Filipe Luis brings Messi down with an awful tackle.
La brutal entrada de #FilipeLuis a #Messi. No admite discusión. Juego brusco peligroso, a la altura de la rodilla. pic.twitter.com/9wywxfixYz
— Ramón Hernández (@RamonJHV) January 30, 2016
Referee Undiano Mallenco unceremoniously sent off the defender, who even had the nerve to complain about his decision.
Here's a closer look at Messi's knee.
Felipe Luis' "tackle" on Messi left stud marks on his knee. #fcb pic.twitter.com/SYLZJbM3jf
— Sam (@samuelJayC) January 30, 2016 
