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I was afraid of this. He's constantly being played when he's not 100% fit and it's starting to show.

Also I think some associate Messi with just goals... He's more than just a statistic. His presence alone alters defenses. And if he's not able to put the ball into the net, then our other guys get the chance to step up.

I think he's just not 100% fit. Some are too quick to panic. I personally like him on the right wing if we were to play with a striker but to say he's wasted is a bit much. He'll get better. I guess he is human after all inspite of those moments where he looks anything but.

He'd be good in the Spanish squad . Makes an excellent 1-2 punch with Villa

He looked good. Created 2 good chances and drew both penalties.

If he doesn't get overplayed then he should be fine. He's obviously not firing on all cylinders at the moment. It won't be long.

It perplexes me at how people make a big deal about players yelling at each other. It's part of the game. The closest of teammates always have a go at the other if mistakes happen. But because it was Messi and Villa people had to make more of it than it was.

Di Maria hasn't been good for a couple of seasons now, though. He's more skillful than Sanchez, but Alexis is more athletic and works harder. His off the ball movement is top notch and he plays better within a system than Di Maria whom to me often looks out there like he's just doing his own...

He's not as fast as he used to be, but he looked faster than he has in some time. At his best, he's world class. Torres has always been inconsistent but he's come up clutch many times. Hate Chelsea and Mourinho with a passion but its nice to see El Nino doing well.

Good to see him scoring goals again. Other than the bad misses, I don't think he's been THAT bad, but he definitely needed to score. MOTM in this one I thought. That 2nd goal especially was vintage Villa.

He didn't play bad but false nine isn't his best position.

We play him way too many minutes... And now we're starting to pay the price.

For Messi standards he hasn't been at his best but the fact that he can still score goals like this is a testament to him.

I think he did well in the deep role. He just wasn't as involved in the attack because of that but I think it was tactical.

Still amazed some are so hurt that he rightfully celebrated scoring a goal against us. He plays for another team now and the goal he scored was not only a golazo but it was an important goal. Why shouldn't he celebrate?

Lets hope he's tapping him up. Casillas to Barca would be revenge for Figo.

Best player out there today IMO.

Goal and an assist today. Very good game from him. Arsenal really should hve gone for him.

Even on TV it didn't sound to me like a hostile crowd towards Villa. I think the crowd knows he would have stayed had he gotten more playing time and they understand. Plus, if your playing against BARCA and you score against them... Many still consider us the best. I think scoring a goal...

That's Messi shouts at his teammates on the pitch, he's not the only one. Not saying that I agree with him doing that necessarily and I don't believe he's mother Teresa either. But those quotes are most definitely made up. And if he was behaving that way, even Messi wouldn't get away that...