Messi double score with 600 Leads over Reds | Stats

Messi double score with 600 Leads over Liverpool Reds, Stats, Reaction.




Luis Suarez first-half goal, Barcelona gain the advantage over Liverpool but the Reds still waiting at the end of half time, Then Lionel Messi's two second-half goals - including a stunning free-kick - earned Barcelona a handsome advantage and left Liverpool with an almighty task in their Champions League semi-final.

 Lionel Messi marked his 600th goal for Barcelona in style with a magnificent free-kick to win over Reds.

 The Reds were in the ascendancy despite going behind to Luis Suarez's first-half strike - but they were then hit by a double sucker-punch from the Barcelona number 10.



Messi double score with 600 Leads over Liverpool Reds, Stats, Reaction.





Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on BT Sport:  reaction after lose.




"Football is like this. It's about scoring goals, and they scored three and we scored none.

"Our performance was really good, the boys played a super game. But against Barcelona just a few opportunities can be enough [for them].

"I was happy with the performance, not too happy with the result. That's football. It was a hard result but we have to accept it."

"Barcelona showed they had more experience. We saw that in the moments when they stopped our rythym, going down, but that's part of the game.

"3-0 is not the easiest result but we we have another game [second leg] and our people will be there."


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1 -  Messi scored his 600th Barcelona goal, 14 years to the day since he scored his first against Albacete in May 2005.

2 -  Barcelona extended their record Champions League run of 32 home matches without defeat (W29 D3 L0), with this their first home win over Liverpool in European competition at the fifth attempt.

3 -   Liverpool suffered their joint-heaviest Champions League defeat, also losing 0-3 to Real Madrid in October 2014.

4 -   The Reds have lost the away leg of their past six major European semi-finals, four of which have been in the Champions League (previously 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2017-18).

5  -   Barcelona (502) became the second team to score 500 Champions League goals, after Real Madrid (551).

6  -  Only former Real striker Raul (33) has scored against more different Champions League opponents than Messi (32), scoring his first goal in his third appearance against Liverpool.

7  -   Messi has scored eight free-kicks this season - twice as many as any other player in the top five European leagues (England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain).




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