Lionel Messi described goalkeeper Joe Hart as a "phenomenon" following his performance in Manchester City's Champions League second leg defeat to Barcelona.
Ivan Rakitic scored the only goal as Barca secured a 3-1 aggregate win, but the margin could have been greater had it not been for the heroics of the England No.1 - who made 10 saves on Wednesday.
Hart, who also saved a penalty from Messi in the first leg, said it was an "honour" to pit his wits against the Argentine and the 27-year-old returned the praise with a glowing assessment of his opponent's display.
"Joe Hart had an absolutely fantastic game," Messi told UEFA.com . "I already knew he was a top keeper, but it was impressive in this performance how he just stopped everything that came his way, with either his hands or his body - he is a phenomenon.
"The fortunate thing, given all that, was we managed to get through the tie, which was all we wanted, so that we could be in Friday's quarter-final draw.
"These nights are just so tremendous to play in and wonderful for the public to watch, especially when the game is played like this.
"The opposition was full of great players and both teams just try to play really good, open football. Both City and Barcelona wanted to be on the ball, to do things with it, and it ended up as a pretty spectacular game."
- Goal.com
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