Lionel Messi: Twitter thread of his most clutch goals goes viral

Cristiano Ronaldo might be the most renowned clutch player of modern times, but his eternal rival Lionel Messi is no slouch when it comes to individual brilliance under pressure.

Throughout his legendary career at both club and international level, Messi has risen to the occasion when the chips have been down on numerous occasions.

His record may not be quite as insane as Ronaldo’s, but a Twitter thread of Messi’s greatest clutch goals has recently gone viral, celebrating 16 examples where the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner had pure ice running through his veins.

Racking up an impressive 14,200 likes, fans have clearly enjoyed reminiscing over Messi’s last-gasp heroics.

Whether bagging four goals for Barcelona to single-handedly dump Arsenal out of the Champions League, producing moments of magic to win crucial La Liga clashes from nowhere or being the difference-maker for Argentina on the international stage, Messi has come up with the goods far more often than his reputation might lead you to believe.

Even the biggest Ronaldo supporter would struggle to knock Messi’s track record for a pivotal goal when checking out this lot. Some absolute clutch gold here.

1) Messi’s greatest ever clutch goal pic.twitter.com/ipilRcHf1q

3) An 86th minute winner against Atletico. Ruthless pic.twitter.com/NNZsFatsrW

5) Messi scores an 87th minute winner for Barcelona in the Supercopa de España pic.twitter.com/whedEscRtx

7) Messi scoring in the 110th minute to win Barca the Club World Cup pic.twitter.com/xTbLHFjar4

9) 88th minute equaliser. Ice cold finish pic.twitter.com/VffI9NwM98

11) Messi scoring a 90th minute equaliser against Madrid, completing his first ever hattrick. Skip to 27 seconds to see the goal but I would advice you to