javier mascherano hailed lionel messi's impact on barcelona's march into the champions league on wednesday night at manchester city's expense 'i have never seen anything like him (messi) it is the way he dominates a game that sets him apart, ' said the argentine who also admitted the problems the club had earlier in the season have helped knock them into shape he said: 'a clip around the ear can sometimes shake you up and be the best thing' javier mascherano hailed lionel messi's impact on barcelona's march into champions league quarter finals  messi was outstanding for barcelona as manchester city were dumped out of the champions league  full back jordi alba added: 'messi is the best player in the world and he gave another recital tonight' mascherano admitted trying to advise barca keeper marc andre ter stegen on which way to dive for sergio aguero's penalty 'i know from international duty how he takes spot kicks' said the midfielder the barca keeper admitted being advised by both mascherano and rafinha but in the end made his own mind up and stopped aguero's shot the german keeper saved a messi spot kick in a game against argentina and had studied his compatriot's record from the spot it was manchester city joe hart who impressed barca coach luis enrique he said: 'the game would have ended earlier if it had not been for hart, his performance was spectacular' messi and goalkeeper joe hart were involved in a memorable duel at the nou camp on wednesday night  barcelona forward messi shakes hands with city goalkeeper hart after failing to beat the no 1  and the rest of spain was left in awe at the display la liga statistician mister chip tweeted that his performance was the best since iker casillas – the last keeper to make 10 saves in the competition in one game – against juventus in the group stages in 2013 hart's 10 stops came after he saved the penalty in the first leg that kept the game open in the second leg many spanish supporters took to twitter to hail hart's display one tweet read: 'hart has made more saves tonight than iker casillas all season' his performance even had some speculating on the possibility that he will now be on real madrid's all encompassing radar barcleona now go into sunday's clasico in fine form alba added: 'the clasico is always different but a big win always gives a team confidence' mascherano (right) hugs andres iniesta after barcelona's 1 0 win at the nou camp  video enrique hails 'special night' for barca 
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barcelona beat manchester city 1 0 (agg 3 1) at the nou camp  lionel messi was outstanding for barca as they knocked city out  messi nutmegged james milner and left the midfielder on his backside  javier mascherano on messi: 'i have never seen anything like him' click here for all the latest barcelona news and reaction from spain 