FC Barcelona began their champions league in style by dispatching Dutch champions, PSV Ehindoven, 4-0 at the Camp Nou today.
Although, the Spanish champion were below below their best against PSV, but a magnificent performance from talisman, Lionel Messi. saw them run out 4-0 winners. The Argentine was simply unplayable for the Dutch side as he went on to score a hatrick.
With the hatrick today, he has now become the only player with most hatricks in the Champions League(8), Cristiano Ronaldo(7).
As a result of this feat, football lovers have taken to social media to react.
What they said:
https://twitter.com/LuisPacheco10_/status/1042137225096519682
https://twitter.com/MesmericMessi/status/1042137195681914884
https://twitter.com/MansurAhmed786/status/1042137153604648961
Crazy how Uefa and Fifa haven’t put Messi in the top 3 this year. He’s the best player to ever kick a football
— holdy (@holdyy) September 18, 2018