5 Footballers who have silenced the Santiago Bernabeu

#2 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, LaLiga 2017)

This game will be remembered by many as the day Messi proved to the Bernabeu crowd that he was far from being considered as the finished asset

When it comes to producing a masterclass against Los Blancos, Messi has done it a dozen times throughout his time at Barcelona.

However, his performance against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in the 2017/18 LaLiga season will remain to be his greatest ever performance at the venue.

This game will be remembered by many as the day Messi proved to the Bernabeu crowd that he was far from being considered as the finished asset.

Before the match, Barcelona trailed their close rivals by three points having played a game more and the title was on the verge of being won by the Madrid club.

However this didn't make the game less interesting and it had all the vibes of a fantastic encounter.

Real Madrid got the lead through Casemiro and Messi equalized after slicing through the home defence with a splendid movement before finishing from close range.

James Rodriguez leveled for Madrid after Rakitic had put the Catalans ahead and the game was level during stoppage time.

This was when Lionel Messi produced the moment of magic that the Barcelona team has craved, scoring his 500th Barcelona goal in a brilliant fashion at the 92nd minute.

Messi finished off a brilliant Barcelona team move which began from Sergio Roberto all through to Jordi Alba's overlapping run and finally to Leo's magical feet.

What was even more iconic was Messi's celebration of his stoppage-time winner.