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Messi named Champions League Player of the Week

Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi has been rewarded as the Player of the Week for his match winning performance against PSV Eindhoven.
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Messi was again at his best as Barcelona beat PSV Eindhoven. to guarantee that they finish top of their group after already sealing a spot in the round of 16.

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The 31-year-old put Barcelona ahead in the encounter through an Ousmane Dembele assist and provided what turned out to be the winning goal for Gerrard Pique.

Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi

Messi beat Arjen Robben who scored two goals for Bayern Munich against Benfica, Dries Mertens also with two goals for Napoli as they beat Red Star Belgrade.

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Last nominee is Maxwell Cornet who scored two goals as Olympique Lyon played out a 2-2 draw with reigning .

Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi

Messi's goal meant he overtook with the most strikes for a single club.

Henow has 106 in the competition for Barcelona and is the top scorer this season but is behind Ronaldo who has 121.

Champions League Player of the Week nominees
Champions League Player of the Week nominees
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