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<span style="font-weight: bold"> OGNR # Football : Arsenal out - gun Barcelona 2 - 1 at the Emirates ( BBC )...</span>
Andrey Arshavin got the winner as Arsenal stunned La Liga leaders Barcelona in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League tie. The Gunners had gone behind when Lionel Messi slipped David Villa through to slot past keeper Wojciech Szczesny.Messi also had a goal disallowed after a marginal offside decision.But Arsenal kept battling and Robin van Persie drove in an equaliser from an acute angle before Arshavin steered in a strike from a late counter-attack.Arsenal's goals came in the final 12 minutes and were the reward for the extra belief their manager Arsene Wenger says his team have in comparison to their 6-3 aggregate defeat to Barcelona in the competition last season.The home side had hung in the tie after some breathtaking football from Barcelona in the first half when the visitors threatened to run away with the tie.Messi had squandered a gilt-edged chance when, with just keeper Szczesny to beat, the Argentine dinked the ball wide of the far post before he played in Villa for the opener.Arsenal survived a number of scares before coming out in the second half with the type of purpose and passion which limited Barcelona's chances.The Spanish side had taken off Villa for holding midfielder Seydou Keita but any attempts to close out the game backfired.Van Persie ran on to a Gael Clichy ball and beat keeper Victor Valdes at his near post with a strike from a tight angle.And, when Jack Wilshere, Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri combined in a superb counter-attack, the latter slid the ball across for Arshavin to pass in the winner.http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...78864165490146
<span style="font-weight: bold"> OGNR # Football : Arsenal out - gun Barcelona 2 - 1 at the Emirates ( BBC )...</span>
Andrey Arshavin got the winner as Arsenal stunned La Liga leaders Barcelona in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League tie. The Gunners had gone behind when Lionel Messi slipped David Villa through to slot past keeper Wojciech Szczesny.Messi also had a goal disallowed after a marginal offside decision.But Arsenal kept battling and Robin van Persie drove in an equaliser from an acute angle before Arshavin steered in a strike from a late counter-attack.Arsenal's goals came in the final 12 minutes and were the reward for the extra belief their manager Arsene Wenger says his team have in comparison to their 6-3 aggregate defeat to Barcelona in the competition last season.The home side had hung in the tie after some breathtaking football from Barcelona in the first half when the visitors threatened to run away with the tie.Messi had squandered a gilt-edged chance when, with just keeper Szczesny to beat, the Argentine dinked the ball wide of the far post before he played in Villa for the opener.Arsenal survived a number of scares before coming out in the second half with the type of purpose and passion which limited Barcelona's chances.The Spanish side had taken off Villa for holding midfielder Seydou Keita but any attempts to close out the game backfired.Van Persie ran on to a Gael Clichy ball and beat keeper Victor Valdes at his near post with a strike from a tight angle.And, when Jack Wilshere, Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri combined in a superb counter-attack, the latter slid the ball across for Arshavin to pass in the winner.http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...78864165490146