Messi weaves his magic as Barcelona beats Arsenal 2-0

Feb 29, 2016, 21:17
Messi weaves his magic as Barcelona beats Arsenal 2-0

Arsene Wenger accepted Arsenal were "95 per cent" out of the Champions League after losing 2-0 in the home leg of their round of 16 tie with Barcelona.

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi has commented on finally finding the back of Petr Cech's net, having failed to do so in six matches before Tuesday night's UEFA Champions League encounter between Arsenal and the Blaugrana.

Arsenal lost 2-0 in the last-16 first-leg despite plenty of resolute defending from Mertesacker and his colleagues against arguably the most lethal attack in world football.

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"The tie is not over, but we've got two away goals and that's not easy to do".

"I felt so [Barcelona players influenced the referee]", Wenger told Arsenal's official website. "We've played a few against them, we know what they're capable of, they're a good team and so it's not done and dusted". I'm delighted with the result.

Coquelin expects the Red Devils to be right up for Arsenal's visit this weekend but insists it's a game his side must win if they're to end their long wait to win the league come May. "They worked really hard for each other during the first half but we knew they wouldn't be able to cope with the pressure after the break".

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The deciding leg will take place in three weeks, at Camp Nou on Wednesday, March 22.

First they were undone by a classic Neymar-Suarez-Messi counter-attack and then substitute Mathieu Flamini rashly conceded a penalty 47 seconds after coming on, leaving a frustrated Wenger to accuse his players of naivety. "I think that was a great experience for us and it is still in our heads sometime when you think about big games and Old Trafford", Mertesacker said. "Sunday it is a great chance to forget about what happened in the last 20 minutes against Barcelona and just focus on all the things that went well".

While Wenger does not believe refereeing decisions played a part in Arsenal's defeat, he did pick out a trend in Barcelona's reactions to going down, per Rik Sharma of Sport: "When they go down they shout. It's obviously something Arsenal would like to aspire to, but you need the players to do so", Keown said in a Q&A for the Daily Mail.

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The Blues boss said: "He [Traore] is eager, we have now healthy competition going on with the strikers, in a very good atmosphere".

Dani Alves added: 'We're very happy with the way the game went.

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