{"id":8556,"date":"2019-04-17T18:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T18:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=8556"},"modified":"2019-04-17T18:08:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T18:08:02","slug":"champions-league-messi-under-fire-after-barcelonas-3-0-win-over-man-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-messi-under-fire-after-barcelonas-3-0-win-over-man-united","title":{"rendered":"Champions League: Messi under fire after Barcelona\u2019s 3-0 win over Man United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Premier League legend, Robbie Savage, has accused Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, of \u201cteasing\u201d Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba, during their Champions League tie.<\/p>\n<p>Savage said this following Barcelona\u2019s Champions League quarter-final second leg encounter against Ole Gunner Solskjaer\u2019s side on Tuesday at Camp Nou.<\/p>\n<p>A brace from Lionel Messi and a strike from Philippe Coutinho ensured that the La Liga champions dumped Man United out of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Savage believes Messi was mocking Pogba after scoring two goals against Man United and taking his goals tally to 10 this season in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at Messi just teasing Pogba,\u201d Savage told BBC Radio 5 Live.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just want Pogba to grab a game and once again he has been overrun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona will play the winner between Porto and Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final on April 30.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier League legend, Robbie Savage, has accused Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, of \u201cteasing\u201d Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba, during their Champions League tie. Savage said this following Barcelona\u2019s Champions League quarter-final second leg encounter against Ole Gunner Solskjaer\u2019s side on Tuesday at Camp Nou. A brace from Lionel Messi and a strike from Philippe Coutinho [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[411,116,392,426],"class_list":["post-8556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-championship","tag-football","tag-league","tag-players"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Champions League: Messi under fire after Barcelona\u2019s 3-0 win over Man United - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-messi-under-fire-after-barcelonas-3-0-win-over-man-united\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Champions League: Messi under fire after Barcelona\u2019s 3-0 win over Man United\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Premier League legend, Robbie Savage, has accused Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, of \u201cteasing\u201d Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba, during their Champions League tie. 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