Blimey! Things are bad. They've cancelled the pub bus tonight due to lack of demand. I'm going to have to drive there. First time in a few years.

I'm really looking forward to the game tonight. Good luck Arsenal.

Yep.

Red and white army with mercenaries  

Perones xxxx Lovely to see you back - you and your manly Bury love


Well I would have given us zero chance tonight but then realised that the club are doing a big screen live viewing at the Emirates so our chances are less than zero being that everytime they have one of these screenings things go horribly wrong.
My mate offered me a spare ticket for tonight as her son is refusing to go on the basis it'll go pear shaped - I think I prefer to lick my wounds in private.
How I would love to be wrong

I don't care as much about the match as I do about the man standing infront of the Barca dugout...Guardiola= hubba hubba

I think Barcelona will run riot tonight... best of luck to Arsenal though.

Oh God - Almunia!!
*Gives up chewing the fingernails and moves onto the wrists*

Knock, knock, knocking...

PMSL Velvet, I know

Fabregas  

Sorry Veggie...

But what an absolutley peach of a gal from Messi, the wee flick over Almunias head was just pure class

Fekk Fekk Fekk and other related obscenities

excuse me interrupting , but  I shall say no more!

Terrible mistake by Fabregas to let that mong Messi in. Benitez is a brilliant TV pundit he made several observations on the first half and I didn't understand a single word he said.

Has Fabregas signed for Barcelona already? Gifted them the goal, may aswell put the shirt on.

Yipee 

Get in! Barthalona need two now!

Edit: they don't need two they need one to get to extra time.

VP off   

What a ridiculous sending off!

Thats a pure joke, nearly as bad as Maloudas yellows for walking off the pitch too slowly last week.

And this is why I despise Barcelona and UEFA. They never would have got past us without a bent referee. If the score stays the same with 10 mins to go he'll send off another Arsenal player or give Barca a penalty.

I like Barcelona, I think they are f**king brilliant, a team of absolute superstars. They would have this game nailed without the ref, Arsenal are playing absolute muck at the minute.

Diving, cheating spoiled brat dullards who harass the ref on every decision and never get booked is what they are. They would have nothing nailed if the ref hadn't given them a one man advantage and changed the game. Bent UEFA refs: Barcelona: the two go hand in hand. For all their talent there's only one way for them to win when they come up against top teams It's sickening.

In other news Milwall are beating QPR which is nice. I hate QPR, it looks like they're going up though.

We need a win...we've had a few shit results lately.

It is naive to say that is just Barca that do it, every single team in the Premiership do it to some extent. Watching players like Xavi, Messi, Intesta and Dani Alves play how they played tonight is just something else. No team in England can come close to that standard.

C'mon then Millwall - get a result


That was about what I expected tbh, knew that if an English club was in with a shout against Twatter and Twatinis golden boys of Farcelona that they would find a way to shaft us


Still we did what we could and you can't fault the players for that. Unlucky to lose Szczesney so early, hope it's nothing serious

Not had th match on, but looking at the statics, Arsenal never had one shot, on or off tartget, Is that correct. Seems bizarre to me,

Hiya Veg, sorry about the result, it was always going to be tough, and dodgy decision rule, as per, But in saying that, I think Barca are a delight to watch,

Fabregas,   he surely was at fault,  School boy error.

We have!

Play-offs are looking less likely now but it was more important to secure ourselves in the the league which we have done.

Blimey! We won!! Next time you pampered premiership people complain about refs we'll do a swap!

The boro boys left it late, but nice one  GJ.

RR I don't want to get in a ruck over this. Regardless of how well Barca played they should win according to the rules of the game and they never do. That sending off changed the game completely. Arsenal were defending brilliantly up to that point.

As far any English team coming close to that standard we have them beaten 100 per cent but Ovrebo decided before the game even kicked off that Barca were going through.

Blatter, Platini and Barca I: Arsenal 0. UEFA will see that as one down three to go. It's no coincidence that Barca have board staff on UEFA committees.

Chelsea, Man U, Spurs, whoever comes up against Barca next may as well not even turn up the result has already been decided. If we play it's for the gate and TV money nothing else.

I'd take Barca in the next round, Means we got through this one. 

You'll get through tomorrow night no problem 

Reminded me of our game with Arsenal that... not one shot on goal and every man behind the ball. I don't think even the sending off changed things, ridiculous it was as it was actually 1 second between the whistle and the shot.

As for diving and cheating... the only player I spotted going down over nothing was Alves. Barcelona should of had a penalty first half. Don't know why the ref didnt point to the spot, he was right in front of it.

I really hope so, . I just hope they can stay focussed & disciplined, I  feel it may be a theatrical evening,

I have said the sending off was absolutley ridiculous, but I honestly don't believe it would have changed the outcome of the game. Konsiecly should probably have been sent off for a 2nd yellow, Fabregas was not in the game at all and gifted Inesta that ball for the 1st goal, Almunia didn't even move for Messi's penalty, 

I like Arsenal and have said that before and would have liked to have seen them progress but you can't argue with the stats,

The possession was 67%-33%
Barca had 19 shots (13 on targed 6 off) Arsenal had zero shots at all and their goal was an own goal

They might have been some sort of vendetta against Arsenal but they stats tell their own story. RVP was sent off in the 55th minute and Arsenal hadn't made a shot then.


**Sorry Veggie I feel for Arsenal fans and thought you might have kept up the tempo from the first leg, but perhaps this could be a blessing in disguise for you and you can push forward and go and win the league now as it would be a shame for you not to end up with any trophies.

You have both Bale and VDV back don't you? I'd say you have a good chance an early goal will sort you out!