Lionel Messi has been humiliating his opponents in La Liga with all kind of moves since time immemorial. And on Sunday, it was business as usual in the Catalan derby when Barcelona welcomed Espanyol at the Nou Camp.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner put up a man of the match performance against their neighbors, and he summed it up with a brilliant goal just minutes to the final whistle to steer Los Blaugrana to a 4-1 win. The goal itself was a brilliant piece of art, which involved a nutmeg to the opponent’s goalkeeper. Watch the trending goal below.
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GOAL #Messi to @LuisSuarez9, Suarez back to Messi and the magician makes no mistake. Brilliant football. #BAR 4 #ESP 1 #LaLiga pic.twitter.com/CKLYVM2hNu
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) December 18, 2016
DID YOU KNOW?
Lionel Messi's 23rd goal of the season is his 14th in his last 10 games against Espanyol pic.twitter.com/JPjab4EF9f
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) December 18, 2016
Here is how football fans on Twitter reacted
I think messi can even nutmeg me from the tv screen.
— Shah (@SajwarShah) December 18, 2016
Messi's finish for that fourth goal we the wee nutmeg different class!
— Lothianichenko (@KING8SING) December 18, 2016
I'm done now, what else can you say? That #nutmeg just crowned off another Messi show in the best & cheekiest way. Class apart
— James (@JamesyMc10) December 18, 2016
Nutmeg to the keeper and all that... The Messi show.
— #DEPCruyff (@LowOstrich) December 18, 2016
A normal footballer will shoot that ball from Suarez, but Messi just had to nutmeg the keeper. Genius!!!
— Uzo zoros (@sy_kins) December 18, 2016
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