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There’s still a lot to do, but Ansu Fati is just so much fun

As a Cule first and foremost, I’m delighted for the young man who, by all accounts, is extremely popular in the first-team dressing room.

Once again showing no fear or regard for the opposition, there was evident joy in every facet of his play, mirrored in the Camp Nou stands as the Blaugrana faithful knelt at his altar.

However, let’s not rush to deify him just yet.

I’m sure we all would love him to become a household name in due course, but he has to be allowed to develop at his own pace.

Comparisons to Lionel Messi, which were scattered across social media on Saturday night, are not just unhelpful, they’re plain wrong.