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Camp Nou is Barcelona's temple and Messi is football's god

The Argentine showed once again why he is the greatest of all time by scoring twice in a thrilling 3-0 win over Liverpool on Wednesday

Jurgen Klopp said Camp Nou was no temple, but Liverpool’s coach watched nearly 100,000 supporters bow before their god as Lionel Messi inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 win on Wednesday, leaving the Catalans with one foot in the Champions League final.

The best player on the planet, in the history of football, casually decided a match which had been balanced on a knife edge, notching two goals to whisk the semi-final first leg out of Liverpool’s hands.