“Trailing 0–2 at home to Celtic, Messi finally forces a consolation in stoppage time, capping a dominant but frustrated performance with his 302nd career goal and 54th in the Champions League.”
Piqué’s stoppage-time assist caps a dominant night as Messi completes his hat-trick against Viktoria Plzeň, turning a routine group win into the moment he reaches 200 goals for Barcelona and 42 in the Champions League.
At 90+4' with Barcelona level in Donetsk, Messi latches onto Xavi’s pass to snatch a stoppage-time Champions League winner, retaking the lead and bringing up his 10th goal in the competition.
Deco threads the late assist as Messi seals Barcelona’s 2–0 win over Werder Bremen in the 89th minute, a Champions League group-stage strike that becomes just his second goal in the competition and 14th of his career.
From a tiny 0.03 xG chance, Messi lashes Dani Alves’ late cutback into the Osasuna net to restore Barça’s lead 3–2 in the 84th minute, a difficult left-foot winner that becomes La Liga goal number 42 of his career.