{"id":1090676,"date":"2019-05-26T19:47:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T18:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1090676"},"modified":"2019-05-26T19:48:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T18:48:47","slug":"lionel-messi-james-milner-donkey-liverpool-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/lionel-messi-james-milner-donkey-liverpool-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It translates as donkey&#8217; &#8211; Lionel Messi unleashed furious tirade at James Milner during Champions League semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>James Milner has revealed how Lionel Messi called him a &#8216;donkey&#8217; during Liverpool&#8217;s Champions League semi-final first leg clash against Barcelona. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milner was charged with the task of keeping Messi quiet in the Nou Camp \u2013 a task the ex-England international was unable to carry out with Messi scoring twice in a 3-0 win.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Milner the donkey? Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Liverpool lost 3-0 to Barcelona during their Champions League semi-final first leg at the Nou Camp.<\/li>\n<li>James Milner was tasked with keeping Lionel Messi quiet.<\/li>\n<li>His robust approach caused Messi to call him a &#8216;donkey&#8217; during the tunnel at half-time.<\/li>\n<li>But Milner only made one foul during the match, compared to four from Barca&#8217;s Arturo Vidal.<\/li>\n<li>Liverpool overturned the three-goal deficit, winning the second leg 4-0 at Anfield.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7266091-the-season-defining-story-from-each-of-europe-s-top-five-leagues<\/p>\n<p>However, Barcelona managed to squander that lead in the second leg at Anfield, allowing Liverpool a 4-0 win to reach a second successive Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p>But even with Barca in control of the first leg, Milner&#8217;s robust approach managed to get under the skin of Messi, who didn&#8217;t seem to realise his English rival understood Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn&#8217;t happy,\u201d Milner told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7070751\/Riveting-interview-James-Milner-player-never-stops-surprising.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Mail on Sunday<\/a>. &#8216;He was giving me plenty in Spanish going down the tunnel at half-time as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was calling me &#8216;burro&#8217;. It translates as donkey but I think it&#8217;s also used in Spanish football as a general term for someone who goes around kicking people.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kylian Mbappe\u0301, Luka Jovic\u0301, Daniel James TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_qmKEpdo0xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked him if he was all right, but he wasn&#8217;t having it. I don&#8217;t think he realised I understood his Spanish. He said: \u2018That foul you did, that&#8217;s because I nutmegged you\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI left him to it at that point and went into the changing room.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>&#8220;Messi has earned the right to say what he wants&#8221; &#8211; Milner<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Despite being on the end of a verbal barrage, Milner has lost no respect for Messi, claiming the five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner&#8217;s career exploits have earned him the right to &#8216;say what he wants&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I&#8217;ve only got admiration for him. He has earned the right to say what he wants,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stuff he did in that game, stuff he has done his whole career, it makes him tough to play against.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1090637\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/valencia-2-1-barcelona-copa-del-rey-valverde\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1090637\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1090637\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25223258\/winners-losers-valencia-barcelona-copa-featured.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25223258\/winners-losers-valencia-barcelona-copa-featured.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25223258\/winners-losers-valencia-barcelona-copa-featured-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25223258\/winners-losers-valencia-barcelona-copa-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25223258\/winners-losers-valencia-barcelona-copa-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25223258\/winners-losers-valencia-barcelona-copa-featured-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25223258\/winners-losers-valencia-barcelona-copa-featured-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25223258\/winners-losers-valencia-barcelona-copa-featured-940x530.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1090637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/valencia-2-1-barcelona-copa-del-rey-valverde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHe\u2019s got to be sacked now\u201d \u2013 Winners and Losers as Valencia beat Barca in Copa del Rey final<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf you try and stop him, you can&#8217;t be scared of being made to look foolish. I&#8217;ve done it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been nutmegged by him and it has been viewed a million times. I wasn&#8217;t the first and I won&#8217;t be the last. He&#8217;s an incredible player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are looking to seal their sixth Champions League crown but to do so, they will have to get past Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur at Atletico Madrid&#8217;s Wanda Metropolitano on June 1.<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"e6926cc4-8cca-4943-8b6f-9d29bf3c09de\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Milner has revealed how Lionel Messi called him a &#8216;donkey&#8217; during Liverpool&#8217;s Champions League semi-final first leg clash against Barcelona. 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