Think the Messi slander is pretty extreme, in the first half he was easily Barca& #39;s best player but faded as the game went out of reach, which is obviously on the defence

Messi in general finds himself with Barca& #39;s results being treated as a proxy for his performances. Happens to big name players everywhere, which is great for getting RTs at full time but is also not very sensible

Yeah he definitely wasn& #39;t trying in the 2nd half, which is fair to criticise him for, but only really up to a certain point since it& #39;s fairly inconsequential when you& #39;re 4 goals down. Plus the support in attack was also just not there for most of the game