5 times Messi destroyed Real Madrid single-handedly 

#4 Barcelona 3 - 2 Real Madrid (2011/12)

Messi inspires Barca to the Super cup title

Lionel Messi produced a stunning performance to kick-start the 2011/12 season with a brace against Real Madrid in the second leg of Spanish Super Cup. The tie was level at 2-2 after the first leg at Santiago Bernabeu.

In the return leg at Camp Nou, it did not take long for Barcelona to score as Lionel Messi set up Andres Iniesta for the opener but Cristiano Ronaldo equalized within the next five minutes. Messi put Barca in the lead again but Karim Benzema equalized for Real.

The game was set to go into extra-time until Messi produced a brilliant piece a football. He finished the game off 3-2 with a thunderous volley to clinch the Spanish Super Copa. He set up one and scored twice in a one-man show to destroy Real Madrid.