Lionel Messi puts Pep Guardiola’s Man City in their place

Barcelona 4 Manchester City 0: Pep Guardiola describes Lionel Messi as the best player in the world and he could do nothing to stop the brilliant Argentine ruining his return to the Camp Nou.

Messi scored a fabulous hat-trick as Guardiola was given a harsh lesson in facing the brilliant magician with a Premier League side as Manchester City were beaten 4-0 by Barcelona.

Messi has now scored 16 goals in his last 15 games against English sides and the worrying thing for Guardiola is that he only looked half-fit after recovering from a three-week injury lay-off. He will be even fresher in the return tie at the Etihad in two weeks’ time.