LIONEL MESSI SCORED his 600th career goal for Barcelona in some style on Wednesday night, curling in a sublime free-kick from all of 30 yards to put one foot in the Champions League final.
Luis Suarez broke the deadlock in the first half against his former club, however Messi stole all the spotlight after the interval with two goals to break Liverpool hearts.
A fortunate effort from close range made it 2-0 with fifteen minutes left, before a sublime free-kick from distance swung past Alisson and into the top corner in quite remarkable fashion to potentially put the tie to bed.
You can watch Messi’s incredible free-kick at Camp Nou below.
Oh my word 🤯
— Virgin Media Sport (@VMSportIE) May 1, 2019
Messi you absolute beauty! Has there ever been a more perfect free-kick? 🤤
Simply sublime ✨🔮#BARLIV #UCL #VMSport pic.twitter.com/a2fAo9e3cK
What a great match played in intercounty ferocity…very professional display fron the gunners…andthey had to go very deep
@Aidan Ryan: Unbelievable ferocity and quality is right. Some scoring for 60mins of action. Way better than that opening World Cup game too!
Ballygunner just a better team♦️♠️
Crazy tactics by NAP in second half. Stopped playing through full-back line & goalie rained stupid high balls down on the half-forward line. They were tailor-made for Ballygunner backs to defend, and they cleaned up & our scoring threat dried up.
Very good quality game, ballygunner deserved it in the end. Nap faded out of it, looks like poor Mike Caseys knee is gone again