Video: Barcelona in the League's quarterfinals after smashing Wenger's Arsenal!

The offensive plans of "the gunners" remained only on paper in the Champions League second leg, match definitely controlled by Pep Guardiola's team. FC Barcelona has constantly created a suffocating pressure on Arsenal, and after a lot of failures, the redemptive goals came . Lionel Messi has canceled the tour guests advantage through a brilliant execution -  a fine take over after a  pass from Iniesta and left shot to Almunia, who had replaced Szczesny, injured to a finger.


 The Catalans have shown such an offensive appetite that it seemed they will score again with the band  Arsene Wenger, as in the duel of the same stage last year, only the situation for the hosts had complicated in the first minutes of the second half, paradoxical at first action of the attack of the Londoners. Nasri struck one corner and the ball Busquets turned the ball into an own goal.That was the only shot on Barca's gate space in the whole match . Just three minutes after this draw,  took place the phase that put crisis throughout all the breath of Arsenal: Robin van Persie kicked after the referee's whistle, which gave him the second yellow and thus the guests remained ten at a critical moment of the game. The Dutch striker explained in vain to Massimo Busacca  that he has not heard the whistle in the noise of the stadium and also in vain has Wenger questioned the Swiss referee after the match.

Barcelona's coach Pep Guardiola does not believe that Arsenal lost qualification because of the elimination  of Van Persie, but because his team played phenomenal. "I understand the sadness of Arsene Wenger, because I like the way his team plays. I do not know how people from Arsenal will look at the match, maybe they will consider they've lost due to the 11-10 play. Or maybe they will be objective and will find that they haven't succeeded three consecutive passes in the whole match. " According to the Catalan technician, the only solution for Londoners to improve the game is to see the bad things they have done at the Nou Camp. "I would love one day to hang out with Wenger and analyse both legs. Maybe I'm subjective, but I think we were a class over the English team. " Guardiola admitted that his heart stopped in the last stage of the match, when Bendtnerhad escaped to the gate, but was blocked in extremis by Mascherano. "If my player wouldn't run fast enough to block the 20 m shooting, we could be eliminated. We had plenty of occasions, we shouldn't have been in that situation."



Wanted by Barcelona, the club where he trained as a junior, Cesc Fabregas had a lackluster performance at the Nou Camp and considerated himself the main culprit for the failure of qualification."I take full responsibility for the failure of this evening. It is one of the worst moments of my career and I apologize, "said Arsenal's captain, who added:" It is a pity that we left the competition. We scared Barcelona a little bit, in particular at  the equalizer goal .This is football. I played with pain in the leg and tried to resist as much. I want Barcelona to go very far in the League. " 

After the nervous breakdown which he had at the end, when he yelled at referee Busacca, Arsene Wenger said after the game that even the UEFA delegate was outraged by the removal of Van Persie."How can you kill a game like this? I think there are two types of fans upset by such an error - those who love Arsenal and those who love football. It was a decision that ruined a promising match. And for what? If it was for a hard foul, I could understand,"lamented the Frenchman. Wenger has not forgotten though the fair play towards the opponent:: "We lost against a great Barcelone. I wish them a  further success. "


See the goals scored:


'45 [1-0] goal Messi

'52 [1-1] autogoal Busquets

'68 [2-1] goal Xavi

'71 [3-1] goal Messi (penalty)