Lionel Messi’s favourite goal saw him beat towering Manchester United defence and win the Champions League
Lionel Messi scored 507 goals for Barcelona, but there's one that stands out as a personal favourite.
The 36-year-old put the final jewel in his football career crown in December, winning the World Cup for the first time at Qatar 2022.
He added it to his numerous honours before going on to sign for Inter Miami this summer.
Messi has collected 44 trophies during his career, making him the most decorated player of all time.
Amongst that long list of honours are four Champions Leagues, with Messi scoring 129 goals in the competition for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain — 120 for Barca — giving him the seond highest tally in the tournament, 11 behind Cristiano Ronaldo.
But amongst the goals netted for Barca in the competition, Messi revealed the one which sticks out in his mind as his favourite — his goal against Manchester United in the UCL final.
Alex Ferguson's side fell to the Catalan giants in 2009 as Samuel Eto’o and Messi both scored on the way to lifting the trophy.
But aside from the Argentine sealing the Champions League win, it was the nature of the goal that made it even more incredible.
At 5ft 7in, Messi has scored just 26 headers in his career and, in that final, it was his head, rather than his magic left foot, that secured the victory.
As Man United searched for another goal, they were left wanting in defence and a weak clearance from Edwin van der Sar was cut out by Carles Puyol.
He played the ball to Eto'o on the right side of the penalty area and the ball broke to Xavi on the edge of the area.
From there he crossed for Messi, who rose to send a looping header over the United goalkeeper and into the far side of the goal.
Speaking to Four Four Two in 2017, Messi said: «It was hard to imagine that I'd have a chance to
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