Messi: My header in 2009 Champions League Final against Man United remains one of my favourite
Football
By
Game Yetu
| Jun 02, 2017
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has scored all types of beautiful goals in a glorious career but his header in the 2009 Champions League Final against Manchester United remains one of his favourites.
The goal which was his first against an English club secured a 2-0 victory and with it, saw Barca earn the historic treble of La Liga, the Copa Del Rey and the Champions League.
Messi said his header in 2009 Champions League Final against Man United remains one of his favourite.
"It was hard to imagine that I was going to score with my head with [Rio] Ferdinand standing near me, but I didn’t really have a marker – the ball came into the centre and I was there to meet it," Messi told ?Four Four T?wo.
"In the moments that the ball was in the air from Xavi’s cross, I pictured scoring this goal and I thank God it happened.
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"It was such an important goal in every sense: for the team, for the way the final was turning in our favour and for me, too. It’s still one of my favourite goals. After missing the 2006 final through injury, it was very special for me just to play in this game, let alone score in it. It completed a great season when we won everything."