thierry henry has spoken about former barcelona team mate lionel messi's ego and insists it is only natural for someone so talented to know he is that good messi put on a masterclass against manchester city as he nutmegged james milner and fernandinho, and was only denied his ninth goal of the tournament by the brilliant joe hart messi is often described as humble  when compared to cristiano ronaldo, but henry feels the argentina captain having an ego is far from 'a bad thing' arsenal legend thierry henry has spoken about former barcelona team mate lionel messi's ego  messi put on a masterclass against manchester city on wednesday night and only joe hart denied him  messi was outstanding against city at the nou camp as he proved up there as the world's best footballer  'i'm sad for him, and upset because people doubt him sometimes,' said sky sports pundit henry 'they doubt him how can you doubt a guy like that? 'he put himself on a level where it's impossible for me to hear people doubting this man what he has done we should all enjoy the guy, like we did tonight it is a pleasure 'he has an ego of course he has an ego do you think you do that without having an ego? it's not a bad thing having an ego is not a bad thing knowing that you are good you need that 'let's all be honest you need that he just plays if you ask him to play with you now just outside the dressing room, he will just want to have fun, perform and be the best out there' former arsenal and barcelona striker henry was speaking on sky sports as a pundit for the match  lineker feels messi having an ego is 'not a bad thing' as the barca star should know how good he is  messi might well be priceless as the barcelona maestro yet again demonstrated his skills at the nou camp  it was an assist from messi that created the game's only goal against city as ivan rakitic was found in space to lob goalkeeper hart in the 31st minute messi's nutmegs left milner on his backside, bayern munich manager pep guardiola covering his face, gary neville labelling it 'barbaric' and twitter reacting to the maestro's masterclass among those was match of the day presenter gary lineker, who went one further than just settling the debate about who is better between messi and real madrid's ronaldo 'messi is indisputably the greatest player ever to don a pair of football boots,' former england striker lineker tweeted 'don't even attempt to argue the point 'a measure of messi's greatness is that he makes world class players like [sergio] aguero and [luis] suarez look distinctly ordinary by comparison' england legend gary lineker settled the argument of who's better between messi and cristiano ronaldo  match of the day presenter lineker added more about messi's greatness following his masterclass  james milner approaches barcelona star lionel messi during their champions league tie on wednesday  milner slides as messi nutmegs him and ends up on his backside as the barca star showed off his skills  former barcelona manager pep guardiola reacts to the nutmeg in the stands at the nou camp  bayern munich manager guardiola reacts to the ridiculous skill from messi during the barca match  manchester united's ashley young was among those admiring the barcelona star and wrote: 'messi wow' queens park rangers striker charlie austin wrote that guardiola's reaction said it all about messi's skills  liverpool defender jose enrique wrote messi could play against city on his own and 'still win the game' matt le tissier tweeted about how he was sitting back and watching messi work his magic in barcelona  stoke city goalkeeper jack butland echoed gary neville by 'watching the game with my legs closed' dutch manager ruud gullit took to twitter and added: 'omg messi made milner famous' former chelsea player andre schurrle wrote about messi's nutmegs: 'again and again and again' darts player adrian 'jackpot' lewis wrote on twitter that 'messi could nutmeg a mermaid' crystal palace defender joel ward simply used the hashtag #messi with prayer emoticons  former manchester united and now leicester city forward tom lawrence added: 'messi is a joke' yannick bolasie tweeted 'messi is something else' as barcelona gave manchester city a masterclass  bolton's on loan midfielder barry bannan wrote messi 'ain't human' after his ridiculous skills  video enrique hails 'special night' for barca 
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barcelona beat manchester 1 0 (agg 3 1) in the champions league . lionel messi was outstanding for barca as they knocked city out . messi nutmegged james milner, leaving the midfielder on his backside . thierry henry insists it is only natural for someone so good to have an ego . gary lineker took to twitter to label messi the 'greatest player ever'