FC Barcelona lost the first leg of the Champions League quarter finals last night after leading the match at the end of the first half.
While Barça made a slow start, it was only after Messi shot wide that the Catalans found the form. Finally in the 26th minute David Villa struck the ball home to put the visitors into the lead.
Minutes later Messi appeared to have scored again, only to have it disallowed, although replays showed he was not offside.
The start of the second half didn’t look like it was going anywhere at all, but then Arsenal started to get into their stride and were looking dangerous. In the 78th minute Van Persie scored an equaliser for Arsenal; and 5 minutes later Arshavin scored again to put them into the lead.
0-1 Villa (min 26)
1-1 Van Persie (min 78)
2-1 Arshavin (min 83)
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