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Barca fans voted Messi's goal vs Getafe as club's greatest... but he disagrees!

  /  autty

Barcelona fans may consider Lionel Messi's goal against Getafe in 2007 to be the best in the club's history, but the Argentine claims it is not even his greatest goal.

Over 500,000 fans voted in the poll to decide on their club's greatest goal, and the five-time Ballon d'Or winner's individual effort against Getafe came out on top.

However, the 31-year-old has now had his say on which goal should have been ranked No 1.

The star controlled the ball inside his own half against Getafe before weaving between opponents at lightning speed, rounding the goalkeeper and tapping into the net.

The goals rated second and third were also scored by Messi, but he claims the fine solo goal against Getafe is not his personal best.

The forward's strike against Athletic Bilbao in 2015 was runner-up, while his Champions League semi-final goal against Real Madrid in 2011 came third.

'I would not have chosen the goal against Getafe,' Messi told Olé.

'I would have chosen the [one] against [Real] Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League at the [Santiago] Bernabéu or the Manchester United header [in the final].

'I choose them for the moment.'

The goals mentioned by Messi were scored in games of high significance.

He raced through the Real defence before poking past Iker Casillas at the Bernabeu in 2011 and the 5 ft 5in forward rose highest to head into the top corner against Manchester United in the 2009 European Cup final.