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On this Day: Lionel Messi at the double against Real Madrid in the Champions League

Lionel Messi was busy seeing off Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals at the Santiago Bernabeu on 27 April 2011.

A bad-tempered first leg saw Pepe sent off for a high challenge on Dani Alves on the hour and manager Jose Mourinho dismissed shortly afterwards.

Messi gave Barcelona a vital away goal on 76 minutes when he nipped in front of Sergio Ramos and converted a cross from Ibrahim Afellay.

Yet the real magic came with just a couple of minutes of normal time remaining when Messi scored one of the best goals of his career.