There are not many fans of football who are not blown away by Lionel Messi when he is on song.
And that stretches to people who have had sensational careers of their own in the game.
BT Sport pundit Rio Ferdinand was clearly blown away by the Barcelona star's ability during the game against Chelsea on Wednesday evening.
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Messi put Chelsea to the sword, opening the scoring after under three minutes with a stunning goal from an impossible angle that crept through Thibaut Courtois' legs.
He then rounded off a brilliant counter-attack by setting up Ousmane Dembele for his first Barcelona goal.
And Messi then killed off any lasting hopes Chelsea may have had with the third goal of the game, nutmegging Courtois once more in the process.
The Argentinian's second strike was the one that got Ferdinand out of his seat in the studio as he celebrated alongside presenter Gary Lineker.
Ferdinand even took time during the celebrations to shout, 'Wow, he is too much,' before he managed to calm down.
He was not the only person to heap praise on the 31-year-old, with Chelsea boss Antonio Conte also hailing him after the game.
'I'm very pleased to have the opportunity at the end of the game to give him my compliments because we are talking about an extraordinary player, the best in the world,' he said.
'This is a great story for Barcelona and Messi. This type of player, born one player in 50 years.
'We are talking about one single player with this capacity, with this ability, with these skills.
'He's fantastic. For sure we are talking about a player who is able to move the final result for the team for whom he is playing.'
abcess
94
FIFA should inbestigate Messi if he is human.
fobacekls
81
just like what Simeone said last time when atletico was beaten by barca.he said we lost because we didn't have Messi in our team and Barca won because they have Messi in their team
Nowenpsu
81
Rio was once a player, that played alongside Ronaldo at Manchester United, and at the same time, played against Lionel Messi in UCL, so for him to come out, to say Messi is the best speaks volume, because, he could have use the Manchester United connection and based on the fact, that Messi denied him the opportunity to win the UCL with Manchester United on two occasions, to call Ronaldo the best in the world. Rio has seen it all, before making this obvious statement that Messi is the best that was, he is the best that is, and he is the best that would ever be.
Kalata
34
Aliens live among us indeed and Messi is one of them. Here what commentators say..."Genius.....oh my gosh.....he is superhuman.....he is from another galaxy".