Twitter explodes as Lionel Messi disappoints again in PSG's 1-0 loss to Nice
Nice and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) locked horns in a top-of-the-table clash in Ligue 1. In what turned out to be an entertaining game of football, the home side scored a late winner to emerge as 1-0 winners as Lionel Messi once again failed to get his name on the scoresheet for the Parisian giants.
In Kylian Mbappe's enforced absence due to suspension, Angel di Maria joined Messi and Neymar in attack. PSG's attacking trio did show moments of magic, but none of them were unable to make an impact on the game, with di Maria's dinked effort brilliantly denied by Nice goalkeeper Walter Benitez in the first half.
Nice have been one of the most intriguing teams in world football this season and once again showed their quality with a handful of well-knit attacks, with Amine Gouiri, in particular, living up to his billing as an exciting young attacker.
PSG stunned by Delort's late winner as Messi's goal drought continues
PSG improved in the second half and tried to make things happen, as Neymar began seeing a lot more of the ball. Messi, on the other hand, didn't enjoy his best game for his team, as it just didn't happen for him on the night.
Nice brought on Andy Delort in the second half and the striker turned out to be the matchwinner as he stunned PSG late in the game to give his side all three points. The 30-year-old striker made a late dash into the box and got to the end of a brilliant Calvin Stengs cross, as he slammed the ball home from close range and reeled away in celebration in front of the home fans.
After the game, Nice coach Christophe Galtier acknowledged PSG's quality in attack with Neymar, di Maria and Messi but also admitted that the Parisians are a different team without Mbappe.
In what turned out to be another underwhelming outing for PSG and Messi, here are some of the best tweets from the game.
Messi fans have decided to pile on to Wijnaldum because they know that’ll keep eyes off yet another Messi 4/10 performance. Hilarious hilarious group of people
Imagine if Cristiano Ronaldo had 2 league goals by MARCH in a shit league like Lionel Messi.
We would never hear the end of it. https://t.co/79I7ekiIIJ
I am tired of Messi. Please get this guy out of my club. He’s absolutely useless. https://t.co/PDr25spCqJ
"If Messi is not scoring, he's assisting, if he isn't assisting, he's creating chances, if he isn't creating chances....you know if you truly understand football, you'd know Messi is really the....." https://t.co/qZTbsrI2pK
Ronaldo fans are trolling Messi without knowing that Ronaldo was not even selected to play against City. https://t.co/DLfXO0Bd5d
No Mbappe no Party, Mbappe carrying PSG this season
#Neymar #Messi https://t.co/3dyBOAooNn
It’s crazy how Messi and Ronaldo are both trending and neither of them played today https://t.co/aiHaWwnvNm
Messi is looking fresh 🔥 https://t.co/tRemg3LT1k
OGC Nice won because there's no Mbappe and y'all know PSG can't score without him and is a fact whether Messi is in or not https://t.co/R1UFxY9dWe
PSG 1st in the league with Kylian Mbappe their Top Scorer
Argentina qualified for the World Cup with Lautaro Martinez their Top Scorer
I wish Ronaldo also had the luxury of getting carried for club and country like Messi
You have to be a sick man to enjoy Messi decline to this levels
https://t.co/BPj93QXGPw
PSG will lose today and Messi will have 0 G/A
Messi has 2 Goals & 10 Assists for PSG by the start of March.
Ronaldo in his 1st season at Juve had 21 Goals & 10 Assists by the start March 🤯
He really made adapting to a new league look like a cakewalk 🐐 https://t.co/N3cFm1sx51
Pochettino is an absolute disgrace of a manager. It’s impressive how he can take such talent and reduce them to playing extremely painful football. It’s very difficult to watch PSG play. He’s clueless in every sense of the word.
Wouldn’t wish him managing my worst enemy.
Popular Opinion: If Messi had a PR team as good as Ronaldo’s he would’ve had at least 10 Ballon d’ors.
Messi was statpadding assists on the back of Mbappe's spectacular finishing
No Mbappe today and no assists for Messi lmao. This is why Goals > Assists. Without goals there are no assists.
Neymar produced one of the best international tournaments this summer, top 2, even debatably better than Messi’s, the best international final performance this summer, and Pochettino has decided his function is to stay wide for 90 minutes