BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi’s extraordinary one man demolition of English side Arsenal in their Champions League quarter-final second leg here on Tuesday earned the player known as The Flea plaudits from friend and foe alike.
The 22-year-old’s first-ever four-goal haul – he had already accrued three hat-tricks in 2010 – in the 4-1 defeat of Arsenal (6-3 on aggregate) gave the Champions League holders a date with Italian champions Inter Milan in the semi-finals.
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