Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde praised Lionel Messi for "always" delivering after the star guided Barcelona past Manchester United and into the Champions League semi-finals.
Lionel scored a first-half brace and Philippe Coutinho added Barca's third in a 3-0 win over United at Camp Nou on Tuesday, a result that sealed a 4-0 aggregate success.
The goals were Messi's first in the Champions League quarter-finals since April 2013 as Barca moved into a last-four meeting with either Liverpool or Porto.
Valverde was predictably delighted with Messi, who is up to 45 goals in all competitions this season.
"Messi always appears," he told Movistar. "Not only in moments, but in the games as a whole.
"He scores but is also the offensive weight of our team."
Now we just need 'the cup with the big ears' in between those arms Leo
