Lionel Messi: Top 5 performances of 2018/2019 (so far)

#4 Levante UD vs FC Barcelona (Agg 0-5)

One foot player, heh?

Levante suffered against Messi due to Pele and Ballon d'Or. Pele had claimed that Messi had only one foot, one skill and was no match for him. Adding insult to injury, he was omitted from the Ballon d'Or list. Fans expected something in return from Messi. But as we all know, he lets his feet do the talking and he did exactly that; mercilessly destroying Levante with a hat-trick and two assists. This was his first hat-trick in the La Liga this season.

Messi picked out Suarez after a mesmerizing run and the Uruguayan converted it into a goal with a thumping volley. Messi doubled the lead soon after when he latched on to Sergio Busquets' pass to finish with his "weak" foot.

Levante was rattled by Messi's ruthlessness as even after half time he quickly converted a Jordi Alba cross to take the score 3-0. Later he scored a tap-in as he was provided with an assist from Arturo Vidal after a magnificent team play. Gerard Pique too got a goal that night converting the assist by Lionel Messi himself. Messi had a "foot" in all of the five Barcelona goals that night.

Pele must be kicking himself for picking a fight with the wrong person.