Salt was rubbed into the wounds for David De Gea this week, after the Manchester United stopper was unintentionally taunted by TV adverts following his first-half howler against Barcelona.
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De Gea, widely regarded by many as the best goalkeeper in world football, allowed the ball to slip beneath him following a tame shot from Barca talisman Lionel Messi.
The effort meekly rolled into the back of the net as a result, giving the home side an early 2-0 lead on the night and all but sealing United's elimination.
What was to follow however had fans in hysterics, with half-time adverts during the United States coverage coincidentally showing a Lays advert which happened to feature both De Gea and Messi.
The short clip, filmed many months ago, shows De Gea and Messi sitting on a sofa alongside a group of people waiting for a Champions League match to begin.
Sensing the opportunity to catch De Gea off guard, Messi steals and eats one of his Lays crisps before flashing a cheeky grin at a fellow spectator sat between them.
De Gea, as a result, is left confused and upset to have been humiliated by Messi... which happened to also sum up the mood rather nicely.
Football fans stateside were quick to comment upon the ironic screening, and immediately found the funny side of things.
'That Walkers advert with Messi and De Gea is quite ironic now really,' noted one fan.
'What happened in the advert should have stayed in the advert, very unsportsmanlike from Messi,' joked another supporter.
'He can't catch (a break)' added another, making reference to De Gea's erroneous ways as United fell apart in Catalonia.
With his two goals past De Gea on Tuesday night - the first being a sublime curling effort - Messi took his Champions League tally for the season to 10.
The 31-year-old now tops the goalscoring charts on the European stage, with Robert Lewandowski in second place with eight and Cristiano Ronaldo in third with six.
Ajax's Dusan Tadic and Porto's Moussa Marega also have six strikes to their names.
Barca now progress to the semi-final stage of the competition, where they will face either Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool or Porto.
The Reds hold a 2-0 aggregate lead heading into the clash at the Estadio Do Dragao - the same stadium in which they won 5-0 last season.
InfinitiStryker
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The only difference from the ad the game is that De Gea caught it in the ad
Sacdlosy
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if Messi doesn't win ballonDor this time now we know that there is mafia in football
Mattmarlon
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De Gea can save Nigeria's economy De Gea can save PDF on Calculator De Gea can save your marriage. Ordinary right footed back-pass from Messi, he opened his armpit like Gillette advert. π π π
ms_jec10
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9 goals in six games against Arsenal βοΈ 6 goals in six games against City βοΈ 4 goals in six games against United βοΈ 3 goals in ten games against Chelsea βοΈ 2 goals in two games against Tottenham β½ 8 goals in nine UCL games β½ 47 goals for Barcelona this season in all competitions Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the 2019 Balon d'or winner: King Lionel Messi π The GOAT..ππ»ππ»
Danimessione
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cheeky goal by messi.... The king is keeping to his words and promise
Mosanya
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Nutmegs Courtois, Armmegs De gea, Chips Neuer, Just Messi things.
mweuc654
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Rule 1:Dont make messi anger Rule 2:Dont disobey rule 1
DileeshaPrashan
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Sopaid01
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DaMhztourage
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Probably De gea's worst nightmarish moments , but that not withstanding, we have seen legends blunder and flounder on big occasions like this, definitely this do not take away the tag of best keeper in the world from De gea , just that he faced a player without a solution to stop .