Jose Mourinho insists no one can stop Lionel Messi

Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho has insisted that the inclusion of Argentina's Lionel Messi can help any of the English Premier League top four team win the champions league.

The four-time Ballon d'Or winner inspired the Luis Enrique's Barcelona to 3-0 victory at the Nou Camp in the 1st leg of the champions league semi finals on Wednesday.

Mourinho, who is expected to extend his contract with the Blues after winning the EPL title five years since they lifted the trophy revealed that any team with Messi can achieve a lot in a season.

"I think this guy makes the gap by himself," Mourinho told reporters. "You have doubts that Man City with Messi can win the Champions League? Or Arsenal with Messi can win the Champions League? Or Chelsea with Messi can win the Champions League? Or Man United with Messi can win the Champions League? Don’t you think? I think.

"One thing is a team; another thing is a team with Messi. It is a different story.

"He played a Champions League final with [Pep] Guardiola, he is normally going to play in this season’s Champions League final with Luis Enrique,

"If, one day, he plays for Anthony, Anthony will go to a Champions League final with him. When people analyse teams, you have to remember that this boy makes everything different."

Guardiola insists that "no system can stop Messi" but Mourinho has rebuffed that suggestion, insisting that he knows how to shackle the Argentine.

"Every time I played against Messi, I spent hours studying and trying to stop him," he added. "Many times, we were successful. Other times, we were not successful. With Inter, we stopped him in both [semi-finals].

"The best way to do it is man-to-man because that is better than involving everyone. When you go man-to-man, you go with similar power - although man-to-man with him is an impossible job.

"Every time I was thinking about how best collectively - I am not saying stop him - to give him a difficult match. It is not about stopping him but giving him a difficult match. That is the best you do against him." goal