with that touch ..

I watched the Real Madrid game before this one and Benzema, Higuain, Villa and Sanchez couldn't hit an elephant in the corridor. I was more surprised that Sanchez scored the first goal. You wouldn't expect that all these world class players could hit bad form at the same time. And both clubs have Ronaldo and Messi to thank for keeping them in the position they are in right now.

Also before people start talking tomorrow about Milan parking the bus and defending the 2 goal lead, what do you expect them to do? They will play 4-5-1 formation very defensively and will try to score on the counter. Barca will know and expect this and we will see tonight once and for all whether Barca has a plan B if their normal tiki-taka approach doesn't work in the first 45-60 mins.

Messi scores the most beautiful goals with the most simplest of touches.

Messi's touch is amazing

This win means alot for our team confidence. bring ON Milan now. but I know how they will play .. they will bring Italian Bus and park the bus in front of the goal. but I hope we pull the bus out of there and make our mark.

most of messi's goals are simply a tap-in, this goal here is one of the only few occasions where he had to run a bit....

Great

If messi is really the greatest ever, i think he should be able to replicate the stuff he did in this game against Milan. You can't outwit lowly teams week in week out and tell me you're a genius.

This game had a better result than our last 13 games but it was quite deceiving. The passing was horrible and we lost the ball quite a few times in the midfield. A better side would have made us pay dearly. However, it wasn't the 1st team so I suppose it can be expected.

I think it was good to see the ball moving quicker from side to side and Alves dropping in some good crosses. Again, this can be deceptive because Depo isn't exactly a top team at the moment.

Villa was a bit disappointing. He had one great chance which should have been converted. Alexis was just great. He showed a lot of energy and made some great runs.

The worst player of course was, Cesc. The guy can't seem to be able to hold the ball. He was just too casual taking too long to distribute the ball. Thiago was good but he needs to relax with the dribbling. He lost the ball a couple of times doing tricks. Sorry, when you're playing as a deep midfielder with a slow backline, dribbling is not a good option. Song was also quite bad. Terrible passing and he seems to have lost the vision he displayed at Arsenal.

I think the key to beating Milan would be expanding the field and taking shots from outside the box. I think Barca need Villa at the top with Iniesta, Messi and Pedro/Alexis behind him followed by Busquets and Xavi. It might not be a bad idea to use Adriano at RB and let him run up the field, cut back in and take shots from outside the box.

Whatever we do, more players need to step up to draw away the focus of defenders from Messi. If we can free up just a little bit of space for Messi, he will do his magic.

its still hot inside that camp nou stadium.

Had an orgasm when I saw Messi's goal.

Decent. I almost prefer this to a 6-1 thrashing because WE FINALLY GOT A CLEAN SHEET, first in two months I believe. And we need a clean sheet, PLUS better finishing on Tuesday against what I expect to be the most ridiculously parked bus this side of Celtic. Gonna be tough, but at least this was an ok match and the league is still very much going our way.

Barcelona should get a world class striker.

I'm not saying its over for David Villa although in football there is nothing worse than a broken leg.

To name a few choices Luis Suarez, Robert Lewandowski etc...

Barcelona's style needs balance of power and technique. Technique alone won't do it.

What a magical talent Thiago is fast becoming.

Great goal from Messi too.