Barcelona boss Luis Enrique heaped praise on Lionel Messi after their 3-0 win over Bayern Munich last night.
The Argentine maestro scored two goals within a span of three minutes to give the advantage to Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final tie against the German champions at the Nou Camp.
Neymar added another goal in injury time to put the Catalan giants in the driving seat ahead of their trip to Munich next week.
Enrique admits that he was always expecting a tough encounter against a quality team such as Bayern Munich but said that his team ran away with the game in the final stretch, when they scored three goals in the last 15 minutes.
“This was a difficult match and we expected that. Both teams tried to apply pressure”, the Spaniard told UEFA.
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“We did well creating chances, more so than Bayern, and in the space of 15 passionate minutes we won the match. But we have to wait for next Tuesday because that's another tough game.”
Messi threw the floodgates open with his 77th minute strike and the Barcelona manager admits that with the Argentine superstar in his team, it always becomes easier for them as they can always expect a moment of genius from him.
“Of course life is easier with Lionel Messi. He does all sorts of things. We see that every day. He is from another planet.
“Besides what we saw from Leo, all the other forwards, midfielders and defenders contributed a lot too."
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