Lionel Messi was surprisingly substituted off by Paris Saint-Germain boss Christophe Galtier on Sunday night as his side chased a winning goal against Monaco in their Ligue 1 clash.
A second-half penalty from Neymar had cancelled out Kevin Volland's early strike for the visitors at the Parc des Princes but with four minutes remaining on the clock, Messi was surprisingly taken out of the game to be replaced by Pablo Sarabia. The Argentine superstar is rarely substituted off, and once refused to be withdrawn from a league clash while at Barcelona.
The substitution came less than a year after Messi was taken off during Paris Saint-Germain's 2-1 win over Lyon by former boss Mauricio Pochettino. It was an incident that forced Pochettino to insist in his post-match press conference that there were no problems between him and Messi over the decision.
