Video: Messi shows off dribbling skills in 700th Barca game
Lionel Messi marked his 700th Barcelona appearance in style as he set a new Champions League milestone in netting against Borussia Dortmund.
The Argentine started against the Bundesliga side on Wednesday in a landmark game that brought up his seventh century as a Blaugrana player.
👏 700 games
😳 613 goalsLionel Messi is a phenomenon.
He can't be of this earth?! pic.twitter.com/mKeD9Xsi60
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And he celebrated in trademark style as the visitors were made to suffer at Camp Nou.
Barca needed 29 minutes to get off the mark, Messi playing in Luis Suarez to convert past Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki.
📹 | #BarçaBVB | Luis Suarez's goal assisted by Leo Messi.
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Lionel Messi put in a vintage performance in his 700th appearance for Barcelona, scoring one and setting up the other two in a 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund.
The three points secured Barcelona’s passage to the knockout stages of the Champions League, but all anyone was talking about afterward – as always – was Messi.
“Marking Messi tonight was almost impossible. He’s the best I’ve ever seen,” said Dortmund defender Mats Hummels after the game, and it’s not difficult to see why he thought that given the Argentinian’s performance.
Lionel Messi putting a goal on a plate for Griezmann…
Through-ball perfection 😍 pic.twitter.com/PZNVxTOXPJ
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There was one moment in particular midway through the second half which left us speechless when he pressed to win the ball back in his own half and somehow managed to wriggle free of two Dortmund midfielders before knocking it past a third.