Lionel Messi effectively
condemned Arsenal to a sixth successive exit at the last-16 stage of the
Champions League with two decisive goals at Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal
battled gallantly to give themselves a chance going into the second leg
at the Nou Camp in three weeks' time - but suffered at the hands of
Barcelona's superstar trio Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez.
After
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Olivier Giroud had come close to giving
Arsenal the lead, Messi scored his first goal against keeper Petr Cech
at the seventh attempt when he crowned a blistering a counter-attack
involving Suarez and Neymar to sweep home a finish after 71 minutes.
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