Barcelona News: Lionel Messi admits Gerard Pique was not planned as planned

A delighted Lionel Messi admitted that his free kick to set up Gerard Pique during Barcelona's victory over the PSV was an accident.

After a brilliant start to the match, Messi made a decisive pass from Pique in Barca's 2-1 win over the Champions League on Wednesday.

The goal allowed Pique to move closer to the record as the best defender of the history of the Champions League with his 13th strike, leaving only Ivan Helguera (15) and Roberto Carlos (16) and his teammates. turned out to be the winner of the evening.

While some gave credit to the superstar for help, the 31-year-old said this was not the intention.

"The free-kick was not played, but Gerard was in the zone and he saw it.Luckily he came in, but it was not planned," said Messi, via the club's website.

Luuk de Jong scored a late goal for PSV, who scored 23 times and hit the wood three times, but Barca took the win to finish first in group B.

Messi's goal allowed him to break a new record, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo as the most prolific goalscorer in the Champions League for a single club with his 106th place.

He said, "I'm delighted, I just discovered it now, I'm happy for this new statistic."

Messi was also delighted to see his team take first place in a group including Inter and Tottenham.

"We achieved our goal of finishing in front of a difficult group," he said.

"We are really happy, the group has been tight and the journeys are difficult."

Messi and Barcelona can now turn to La Liga, where they follow the plane with just one point in 13 matches.

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They will face Villarreal Sunday as they try to regain the lead in the standings.

There will also be plenty to do for the club's last game in the league, although this is for the Tottenham opponent rather than for the Blaugrana.

The Spurs will have to equal or improve Inter's result against PSV in their clash with the Spanish giants to qualify for the knockout stages.