James Milner had some very unexpected ‘meat’ with Lionel Messi when the pair met during Liverpool’s famous Champions League tie with Barcelona in 2019 and our number 7 revealed all that went down.
Speaking to Ben Foster for Amazon Prime Video, the 36-year-old revealed how his approach to the Argentinian legend resulted in him being called a “donkey” (in Spanish) and that he only tried to hurt the diminutive genius because he freaked out our second captain.
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The whole story is certainly worth watching and despite the Leeds-born veteran being highly complimentary of his opponent, the former Watford goalkeeper was quick to call out the PSG attacker for being childish.
You can watch Milner’s video on Messi (from 1:05) through Amazon Prime Video Sport on YouTube:
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