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#3 AC Milan - 8 goals
Lionel Messi loves scoring against AC Milan in the Champions League. The Argentinian has netted eight times in eight games in the competition against the Rossoneri.
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Messi met Milan four times in the 2011-12 season, scoring once in the group stage and twice in the quarter-final second leg. A year later, he scored twice against them in the deciding leg of the Round of 16. Barcelona won 4-0 after trailing 2-0 from the first leg.
Only a year later, the Argentinian netted thrice in two group games against Milan in the 2013-14 Champions League group stage.
#2 Celtic - 8 goals
Lionel Messi has played only six times against Celtic in the Champions League, but has scored eight goals against them.
He scored a brace in his first game against the Scottish giants in the first leg of the Round of 16, which Barcelona won 3-2 away from home. Five years later, Messi scored against Celtic in Glasgow again, albeit in a losing cause (2-1) in a group game.
In 2016-17, the 34-year-old scored a hat-trick in Barcelona's 7-0 win in a group game. It was Celtic's heaviest defeat in Europe.
A few weeks later, he scored a brace in the reverse fixture in Glasgow.
#1 Arsenal - 9 goals
Lionel Messi has scored nine goals against Arsenal in the Champions League. That's the most any player has scored against a single opponent in the competition after Ronaldo's ten against Juventus.
Messi drew a blank in his first meeting with the English team in the 2008-09 quarter-final first leg, which Barcelona drew 2-2 away from home. However, the Argentinian more than made up for that with a sumptuous quadruple in the return leg.
A year later, Messi scored a brace as Barcelona beat Arsenal 3-1 in the Round of 16 second leg to win 4-3 on aggregate.
In 2015-16, Messi scored thrice across both legs against the same opponents at the same stage of the competition. Barcelona won 5-1 on aggregate.
