FC Barcelona 3-1 Arsenal: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 8 March 2011
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Arsenal
Champions League · Tuesday 8 March 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 3-1 Arsenal: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Arsenal 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 8 March 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 45th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (45+2'), Xavi (69') and Lionel Messi (71', penalty). Arsenal scored through an own goal by Sergio Busquets (53').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Arsenal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 12th on 14 points from 7 and Arsenal 10th on 15 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Arsenal.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Arsenal's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Laurent Koscielny
- 29'Yellow card · Bacary Sagna
- 38'Yellow card · J. Wilshere
- 45'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 45+2'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 53'Own goal · Sergio Busquets
- 56'Second yellow · Robin van Persie
- 69'Goal · Xavi
- 71'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
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FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Eric Abidal, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Samuel Eto'o
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Samir Nasri, J. Wilshere, Robin van Persie