Arsenal vs Barcelona, 1st Leg

1. 93'

   FULL TIME. What an entertaining game, and honours even. It looked like Arsenal were dead and buried for a long time but the introduction of Walcott helped and they managed to claw it back. Fabregas, Arshavin and Gallas are all injured but Puyol and Pique will miss the return leg. A great game.

2. 92'

   Now Barca play keep ball as they run the clock down. We'll be hearing more about that red, for sure. It was debatable.

3. 91'

   Barca are sitting deep now trying to hold this scoreline, Arsenal probing but Walcott's cross is met by Valdes as the hobbling Fabregas lurked.

4. 90'

   Walcott gets down the right again and squares for the hobbling Fabregas but Milito dives in.

5. 89'

   Pedro's cross is over everyone and Barca will now have both Pique and Puyol missing for next week's return leg.

6. 88'

   Walcott bursts down the left but his cross is poor. Fabregas tried to join that attack and now he is hobbling back. Why is he still out there? He's not doing any good.

7. 87'

   Both teams have ten men, and though Fabregas is back on he looks in a bad way. He's only making his injury worse.

8. 86'

   Fabregas is done - he's hobbling off in pain, and Messi is being replaced by Milito.

9. 85'

   He's absolutely hammered it down the middle and immediately clutches his leg. He's hobbling around and now he is down.

10. 85'

    GOAL! Fabregas.

11. 84'

    As Walcott's cross comes in Bendtner feeds Fabregas and as he prepares to shoot Puyol hooks his leg. Cesc over the pen.

12. 84'

    ARSENAL PENALTY! PUYOL RED CARD!

13. 83'

    Wenger gets a cheer as he hunts down the loose ball and gives it back to Clichy.

14. 82'

    Walcott skips down the right, Maxwell gets across then slips and the foul is given Barca's way. A poor decision. The officials have treated this as a non-contact game.

15. 81'

    Walcott slips Eboue into the area but it was a little too strong. Eboue tackles Puyol and the ball spins to Valdes.

16. 80'

    A poor ball from Denilson as he looked for Walcott. He's hardly touched the ball since his goal.

17. 79'

    Diaby lets the ball run across him, Keita nips in and is brought down. Yellow for Diaby.

18. 78'

    Denilson is slow to get to his feet after being clipped by Henry.

19. 77'

    Henry's first touch is booed, in keeping with tradition. He's right into the action too, trying to cross but sending it to Almunia.

20. 76'

    Ibrahimovic comes off and Henry comes on. A huge ovation for the former Gunners striker.

21. 75'

    A promising move breaks down when Eboue leaves his ball for Fabregas short and as Barca break Messi gets into the area and Almunia blocks his shot from a tight angle.

22. 74'

    Eboue slides in late on Puyol and gets booked. Henry is preparing to come on.

23. 73'

    Fabregas feigns to cross, then fires his effort high over the bar. Poor. Very poor. He's not fit, clearly.

24. 72'

    Fabregas is not letting anyone else near this free kick.

25. 71'

    Arsenal are reborn and Barca are hanging on, as Walcott crosses and Bendtner nearly gets on the end of it. Now Pique fells Fabregas and gets booked. He'll miss the return leg too. Free kick for Arsenal, right on the edge of the box.

Leaders

ARSBAR

Total Shots

Cesc Fàbregas

2

Lionel Messi

7

Accurate Passes

Cesc Fàbregas

38

Xavi

112

Saves

Manuel Almunia

8

Víctor Valdés

1