đŸŽ„ Golden Goal: Andrey Arshavin sinks all-conquering Barcelona side | OneFootball

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Phil Costa·29 April 2020

đŸŽ„ Golden Goal: Andrey Arshavin sinks all-conquering Barcelona side

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It’s easy to forget just how good Barcelona were under Pep Guardiola.

Particularly in 2010/11 when they won LaLiga, the Champions League and only Real Madrid could stop them from securing the treble.


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But Arsenal beat them. They even came back from behind to beat them.

And in doing so, created one of the most memorable Emirates Stadium nights.

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This Barça side had Dani Alves, Carles Puyol, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi and David Villa.

They also had Gerard Piqué and Pedro. Throw in Seydou Keita and Eric Abidal for good measure.

Jack Wilshere was rightly heralded for his performance in this particular tie, but people don’t realise how dominant they were in the first-half.

Arsenal couldn’t touch the ball and they should have been two or three goals down, instead of just one.

But Robin van Persie scored an equaliser from the tightest of angles and what happened next – nobody expected.

Andrey Arshavin found himself on the periphery at Arsenal but was thrown into the deep end by ArsĂšne Wenger.

A slick break saw Cesc Fábregas find Samir Nasri, who had the presence of mind to wait and cut the ball back 


Everyone knows how this story ends.