Lionel Messi happy with five-star Barcelona

By TSR Staff
8:37am UK, Monday January 11, 2010

By TSR Staff, 8:37am UK, Monday January 11, 2010

lionel messi

Lionel Messi has praised Barcelona’s performance following the Spanish side’s 5-0 demolition of Tenerife on Sunday night.

The 22-year-old Argentine bagged a hat-trick during the rout, helped out by a goal from Carlos Puyol and a late Ezequiel Luna own goal.

The win sees Pep Guardiola’s Barca maintain their grip on first place in the La Liga table, where they currently sit two points clear of big-spending rivals Real Madrid.

Speaking after Sunday’s encounter, Messi expressed his delight at the result. “I’m happy about my goals but the important thing is that we have achieved another victory and played a nice game,” he said.

“It was very nice, it is important to enjoy the game and what we have done today.”

He went on to pay tribute to his Barca team-mate Bojan Krkic, who assisted all three of his strikes.

“He’s doing a great job. Today he has three assists and I am happy for him, he deserves it.”

HAVE YOUR SAY - One Comment

Inter Milan’s Samuel Eto’o: I miss life in Spain « Sports Fans Bloggers on January 17th, 2010 at 2:02pm

[...] Lionel Messi happy with five-star Barcelona [...]

Important: Any comments which contain foul language, or which are of an aggressive or abusive nature will be moderated or removed. Opinions expressed in comments on this website are those of the individual and do not represent the views of thesportreview.com.