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Barcelona 3 Arsenal 1 matchcentre

Statistics from the match played between the two on Tuesday, 8th March 2011

UEFA Champions League Date: Tuesday, 8th March 2011 Kick off: 19:45 Venue:
Click for Barcelona squad list Barcelona
Messi 45+3, 71 (pen)
Hernández 69
 3 - 1 Arsenal
Busquets 53 (og)
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Match Finished
Starting line-ups
1 Víctor Valdés
22 Eric Abidal
2 Daniel Alves
21 Adriano Correia (Cabelino Andrade 90+1)
16 Sergio Busquets
8 Andrés Iniesta
6 Xavi Hernández
14 Javier Mascherano (Keita 89)
17 Pedro Rodríguez
10 Lionel Messi
7 David Villa (Afellay 82)
Substitutes
20 Ibrahim Afellay (Villa 82)
13 José Manuel Pinto Colorado
9 Bojan Krkic
15 Seydou Keita (Mascherano 89)
30 Thiago Alcántara do Nascimiento
19 Maxwell Cabelino Andrade (Correia 90+1)
18 Gabriel Milito
Starting line-ups
53 Wojciech Szczesny (Almunia 19)
22 Gael Clichy
6 Laurent Koscielny
3 Bacary Sagna
20 Johan Djourou
19 Jack Wilshere
7 Tomas Rosicky (Arshavin 74)
2 Vassiriki Diaby
8 Samir Nasri
4 Francesc Fábregas (Bendtner 78)
10 Robin van Persie
Substitutes
23 Andrey Arshavin (Rosicky 74)
15 Denilson Pereira Neves
52 Nicklas Bendtner (Fábregas 78)
29 Marouane Chamakh
27 Emmanuel Eboué
1 Manuel Almunia (Szczesny 19)
18 Sebastien Squillaci
76% Possession 24%
18 Goal Attempts 0
12 On Target 0
5 Off Target 0
1 Hit Woodwork 0
5 Corners 2
8 Offsides 4
8 Fouls 19
Referee Attendance
Massimo Busacca 95,000
Additional information
Barcelona won 4-3 on aggregate
Barcelona cards shown
none
Arsenal cards shown
16 mins Laurent Koscielny Unsporting behaviour
29 mins Bacary Sagna Unsporting behaviour
36 mins Jack Wilshere Unsporting behaviour
45+1 mins Robin van Persie Unsporting behaviour
56 mins Robin van Persie Second bookable offence
Time   Comments
- mc-whistle Match ends, Barcelona 3, Arsenal 1.
90+4 mc-whistle Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, Arsenal 1.
90+4   Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90+4   Foul by Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
90+3   Foul by Lionel Messi (Barcelona).
90+3   Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in his own half.
90+1   Substitution, Barcelona. Maxwell defender replaces Adriano.
90   Attempt saved. Dani Alves (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro Rodríguez.
89   Substitution, Barcelona. Seydou Keita midfielder replaces Javier Mascherano.
87   Hand ball by Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal).
85   Attempt saved. Ibrahim Afellay (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
84   Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
84   Foul by Gaël Clichy (Arsenal).
83   Attempt missed. Ibrahim Afellay (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Adriano with a through ball.
82   Substitution, Barcelona. Ibrahim Afellay midfielder replaces David Villa.
81   Offside, Barcelona. Xavi tries a through ball, but Lionel Messi is caught offside.
80   Offside, Barcelona. Javier Mascherano tries a through ball, but Dani Alves is caught offside.
79   Xavi (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
79   Foul by Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
79   Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Xavi with a through ball.
78   Substitution, Arsenal. Nicklas Bendtner forward replaces Francesc Fabregas.
77   Offside, Arsenal. Andrey Arshavin tries a through ball, but Francesc Fabregas is caught offside.
77   Foul by David Villa (Barcelona).
77   Bacary Sagna (Arsenal) wins a free kick in his own half.
74   Foul by Lionel Messi (Barcelona).
74   Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in his own half.
-   Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
74   Substitution, Arsenal. Andrey Arshavin midfielder replaces Tomas Rosicky.
73   Attempt missed. Adriano (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pedro Rodríguez.
71 mc-goal Goal! Barcelona 3, Arsenal 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
70   Penalty Barcelona. Pedro Rodríguez draws a foul in the penalty area.
70   Penalty conceded by Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) after a foul in the penalty area.
69 mc-goal Goal! Barcelona 2, Arsenal 1. Xavi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Villa with a through ball.
67   Hand ball by Lionel Messi (Barcelona).
67   Attempt saved. David Villa (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
66   Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
66   Foul by Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal).
66   Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
66   Foul by Samir Nasri (Arsenal).
63   Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
61   Offside, Barcelona. Lionel Messi tries a through ball, but Dani Alves is caught offside.
60   Attempt missed. Dani Alves (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Adriano.
58   Adriano (Barcelona) wins a free kick in his own half.
58   Foul by Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal).
58   Attempt saved. David Villa (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Xavi.
56 mc-yellred Second yellow card to Robin van Persie (Arsenal).
56   Offside, Arsenal. Francesc Fabregas tries a through ball, but Robin van Persie is caught offside.
54   Attempt saved. David Villa (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedro Rodríguez with a through ball.
53 mc-goal Own Goal by Sergio Busquets, Barcelona. Barcelona 1, Arsenal 1.
52   Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Eric Abidal.
50   Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Johan Djourou.
49   Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Gaël Clichy.
46   Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in his own half.
46   Foul by Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
-   Second Half begins Barcelona 1, Arsenal 0.
45+5 mc-whistle First Half ends, Barcelona 1, Arsenal 0.
45+5   Foul by Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona).
45+5   Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45+5   Offside, Barcelona. Sergio Busquets tries a through ball, but Lionel Messi is caught offside.
45+3 mc-goal Goal! Barcelona 1, Arsenal 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta with a through ball.
45+2   Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta.
45+1 mc-yellow Robin van Persie (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45+1   Dani Alves (Barcelona) wins a free kick in his own half.
45+1   Foul by Robin van Persie (Arsenal).
45   Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45   Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45   Delay in match Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) because of an injury.
43   Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Eric Abidal.
43   Delay over. They are ready to continue.
43   Delay over. They are ready to continue.
42   Delay in match Eric Abidal (Barcelona) because of an injury.
39   Offside, Barcelona. Dani Alves tries a through ball, but Sergio Busquets is caught offside.
39   Dani Alves (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
39   Foul by Gaël Clichy (Arsenal).
37   Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
36 mc-yellow Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36   Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
36   Foul by Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
36   Adriano (Barcelona) hits the left post with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by David Villa.
33   Attempt saved. David Villa (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta with a through ball.
31   Offside, Barcelona. Lionel Messi tries a through ball, but Dani Alves is caught offside.
30   Offside, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta tries a through ball, but Adriano is caught offside.
29 mc-yellow Bacary Sagna (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
29   Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
29   Foul by Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal).
28   Attempt missed. Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
27   Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27   Foul by Robin van Persie (Arsenal).
19   Delay over. They are ready to continue.
19   Delay over. They are ready to continue.
19   Substitution, Arsenal. Manuel Almunia goalkeeper replaces Wojciech Szczesny because of an injury.
17   Delay in match Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal) because of an injury.
16   Attempt saved. Dani Alves (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
16 mc-yellow Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16   Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
16   Foul by Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal).
14   Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Samir Nasri.
12   Foul by Sergio Busquets (Barcelona).
12   Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
11   Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
11   Foul by Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
11   Xavi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
11   Foul by Vassiriki Abou Diaby (Arsenal).
11   Offside, Arsenal. Laurent Koscielny tries a through ball, but Samir Nasri is caught offside.
10   Offside, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta tries a through ball, but Dani Alves is caught offside.
7   Offside, Arsenal. Wojciech Szczesny tries a through ball, but Robin van Persie is caught offside.
7   Foul by Dani Alves (Barcelona).
7   Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) wins a free kick in his own half.
6   Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
2   Delay over. They are ready to continue.
5   Foul by Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona).
5   Gaël Clichy (Arsenal) wins a free kick in his own half.
4   Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
4   Attempt blocked. Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Xavi with a through ball.
3   Dani Alves (Barcelona) wins a free kick in his own half.
3   Foul by Samir Nasri (Arsenal).
1   Xavi (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
2   Delay over. They are ready to continue.
1   Delay in match Xavi (Barcelona) because of an injury.
1   Foul by Gaël Clichy (Arsenal).
-   First Half begins.
-   First Half begins.
-   Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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