Lionel Messi: 5 UEFA Champions League performances that prove he is the GOAT

#3 Barcelona vs Bayern Munich, UEFA Champions League Semi-finals 2015

The man who is biting the dust was the best centre back in the world at that time: Jerome Boateng was humiliated in convincing fashion against Messi

"I have a lot of respect for Messi and for everything that he has achieved. He is very humble, but it's crucial to show authority when we meet on the pitch and show him who's boss. I did the same in the World Cup final and this worked out pretty well."

Those are Manuel Neuer's exact words before the semi-final between Barcelona and Bayern Munich. What a great decision by Neuer to challenge Lionel Messi to a dogfight! That went well. Of all the years of watching Messi, we should know that this man does not talk trash but his feet humiliate people in the most disgusting ways as Neuer found out.

It didn't seem a problem until the 77th minute when Messi decided to give Neuer a chance to show that he was the actual boss. From just about 10 degrees wide of the near post, Messi shifted the ball to his left foot and blasted it at Neuer's near post, both Lahm and Bernat unable to even get a glimpse of the shot. Before we knew, the ball was past Manuel Neuer who slammed his defence in disgust.

Before Bayern could settle he came running at them again. Jerome Boateng stood in front of Messi in retreat and got his body turned inside out before biting the dust, by a simple shift of the ball to the right foot by Messi.

Manuel Neuer came to close down the angle and did but with his right foot, Messi unleashed his quintessential chip over the 6-foot tall man, and also the attempted clearance of Lahm, sending him to the cleaners as well.

"Here he is again... Here he is again... It's astonishing, that's absolutely world-class!! He's taken them apart" - The commentary during Messi's eventual UCL goal of the season

Neuer tried to show Messi who's the boss and learned the lesson the hard way, don't challenge Messi.