one man - Lionel Messi. After Nicklas Bendtner's breakway gave the visitors an unlikely lead in the 18th minute, the little Argentinean artist took control. He whipped in the equaliser three minutes later, swept home a second eight minutes from half time and, best of all, impishly chipped Almunia just before the whistle.
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It was a mesmeric hat-trick inside 19 minutes and killed off any chance of progression for Arsène Wenger's team. Barcelona kept their counsel in the second half. Pep Guardiola shackled his side for the sake of qualification. Messi fired home a fourth in the dying minutes just to make sure. It meant this memorable tie would not go out with a whimper when it had started with such a bang.
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the two legs. But Arsenal pushed them hard during an enthralling 180 minutes. hat two-goal comeback at Emirates Stadium and one-goal lead at Nou Camp says much about Wenger's fledglings. This second leg might been more interesting had the visitors been blessed with a few less injuries.

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