0 – 2 
The long awaited Arsenal vs Barcelona Champions League tie ended with expected result when Spanish giant dominated the hosts right from the beginning and won the game with a 2-0 margin. Expectedly, Messi delivered his best and netted both the goals while hosts looked helpless in front of firing forward line of Camp Nou side. Looking at the final score everyone would get a feeling that Arsenal were nowhere close to Barcelona players but actually visitors had to do lots of hard work to score two goals that too happened in the second half. Actually, Gunners defense was in its best form last night as they almost defy every shot of the best forward line, although, Barcelona enjoyed the ball possession more than the hosts. Both the goals were netted by Messi who proved lethal for Emirate side and he as well accepted they played against the solid defensive line that made them work hard for each goal. Talking about the course of the game, 28-year-old Argentine said, “We played a great game, got a good result, against a really good team with really good players. I am very happy for how we did our work in each moment.
“Arsenal are capable of everything. We played a great game, but we know the tie is not over yet. Two goals away from home is very important, but it is not over yet. We will go out to win the return.”
Talking about the gameplay they adopted in the first half that virtually exhausted Arsenal players and consequently they got regular opportunities in the second one, Messi added, “The first half they did very well, they are physically very strong. We knew they could not keep that up in the second half, as it’s very difficult. We found more spaces, on the counter-attack, and that’s where the first goal came from.”
If we look at last few games played by Spanish giant, their star players missed several penalty shots but Emirate game was an exception as Argentine forward capitalized the available opportunity to score his second goal of the evening. Talking about it, he said, “Fortunately I scored the penalty. We have missed some, but the goalkeepers have studied us very well. It gets more difficult all the time. But thankfully I was able to do it.” Anyways, this game was difficult than expected for European champions but Messi is happy they could clinch full score out of it to keep their title hopes alive.