Lionel Messi’s match-winning performance for Barcelona against Atletico Madrid has seen Jose Maria Gimenez describe the Argentine as being “from another planet”.
The mercurial forward swept home a typically emphatic free-kick in a top-of-the-table encounter at Camp Nou on Sunday to send his side eight points clear at the La Liga summit.
That effort was the 600th of Messi’s glittering career, with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner continuing to raise the bar of personal excellence.
Atletico defender Gimenez concedes that the talismanic 30-year-old is unplayable at times, with his latest goal just another example of the unworldly ability one of the all-time greats possesses.