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Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has slammed young Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen for his stray pass across Chelsea’s box that led to Barcelona’s goal.

Lionel Messi levelled the scores with 15 minutes left after Andres Iniesta intercepted Christensen’s stray pass and squared the ball to Messi.

“You don’t do that in games of this magnitude,” Ferdinand said.

“When you give a chance to players like that man (Messi) it invariably ends up in the back of the net.”