Lionel Messi goal: Watch Barcelona forward open the scoring against Manchester United
It only took the Argentine fifteen minutes to give Barcelona the lead over United
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Your support makes all the difference.Lionel Messi opened the scoring for Barcelona against Manchester United in spectacular fashion on Tuesday evening.
After an exciting opening to the game which saw Barcelona awarded a penalty which was later ruled out by VAR, Messi struck with a sublime curling finish to hand Barcelona the initiative in the tie.
Deep inside his own half, Manchester United full-back Ashley Young lost the ball with Messi quick to pounce.
The Argentine worked his way past both Fred and Phil Young before unleashing a low, curling finish which beat David de Gea and rolled into the far corner of the net.
Messi then doubled Barcelona’s advantage just moments later, scoring again to give Barcelona a 3-0 lead in the tie.
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