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#1 Lionel Messi: A nightmare for United, even in paradise
How does it feel when a guy takes away two Champions League titles away from you? To add to it, how does it feel to know that it came when your great players were in their peak? On top of it, how does it feel to know that it came when you were coached by the greatest manager in your history? Not good or worse?
After all that Lionel Messi has done to Manchester United, including scoring against them in Rome and Wembley, he is back to haunt them yet again. It is just too bad for United that neither form nor age can get the better of this man.
He was just 24 when he scored against Edwin Van der Sar in Wembley. He is now 31. He doesn't have Xavi or Iniesta with him. He has the captain's armband around his sleeves. Does any of this matter?
In the Golden Boot race, he is way ahead of Kylian Mbappe. In the Pichichi race, he is way ahead of Luis Suarez who is his own teammate. In the 2018/19 season, he has got 33 goals in LaLiga and eight in the UCL.
If Manchester United has to look for inspiration, where do they look? At their center backs Chris Smalling and Phil Jones? At David de Gea, who has suffered enough in LaLiga against this man? At Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who witnessed him flooring Gimenez and Godin while scoring past Jan Oblak?
