Lionel Messi left Raheem Sterling with egg on his face after slipping the ball through his legs in the opening stages of Manchester City vs Paris Saint-Germain.

Messi headed to the Etihad as part of an all-star front three, lining up alongside Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. You could have predicted that there’d be a few moments of individual quality to salivate over tonight.

We didn’t have to wait long for the first one, with Lionel Messi having put England international Raheem Sterling back in his place with a cheeky nutmeg. What a way to bring one of your opponent’s best players down a peg early in the contest…

Pictures courtesy of beIN Sports

Messi strolls around the football pitch as if he doesn’t have a care in the world nowadays. Yet, still, he’s embarrassing some of the world’s finest players on a regular basis without even breaking a sweat.

That’s why he’s the greatest…

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