article_snippet: After all, the former Barcelona coach has seen Messi show many times before.
article_snippet: Messi runs with the ball as the Barcelona man produces yet more genius at the Nou Camp .
article_snippet: On nights like this, Messi will terrify the best defenders and, here, City’s pair resembled pedestrians stranded on the central reservation of a motorway.
article_snippet: Messi isn’t the only one with the moves.
article_snippet: The key to Messi majesty, however, is that none of it is ever for show.
article_snippet: Messi does it because Messi can but also because it works, because it wins matches.
article_snippet: At times here Messi made the English champions look like a desperate, disparate bunch.
article_snippet: If this is to be Manuel Pellegrini’s final act in Europe as manager of City then Messi will leave with Messi’s scampering image burned on to the back of Messi eyes.
article_snippet: In case Messi is ever interested.
article_snippet: They’ve certainly got plenty of tunel vision at the Nou Camp thanks to Lionel Messi.
article_snippet: Here in Catalonia, however, the locals will have taken home only memories of the way that Lionel Messi drifted infield from the right, dragging City defenders towards Lionel Messi like moths before lifting the perfect pass in to Rakitic’s path.
article_snippet: Crudeness and violence, though, will never distract Lionel Messi.
article_snippet: That is one of the many traits Lionel Messi shares with Lionel Messi great rival in Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo.
article_snippet: Lionel Messi is different.
article_snippet: Lionel Messi’s just a genius.