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Barcelona defence could not cope with Leicester speedster Musa – Neville

Phil Neville was impressed by Leicester City signing Ahmed Musa's performance against Barcelona on Wednesday night.

Leicester suffered a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Barcelona in the pre-season International Champions Cup clash in Stockholm but despite the scoreline, there were certainly a few positives for the Foxes to take from the match.

The performance of new signing Musa, who scored two fine goals on the night, was very impressive and following the game, former Manchester United and Everton star Neville went on to state that the 23-year-old posed a real threat to the Barcelona backline.

"He came on and he stretched the Barcelona defence, his pace was unbelievable," Neville told Sky Sports.

"(Javier) Mascherano and Jeremy Mathieu couldn't cope with him.

"He normally plays off the right hand side but tonight he played through the middle and caused Barcelona all sorts of problems."

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