Barcelona v.s. Arsenal.

The two giants, both playing beautiful football, both making some mistakes, made a great show as ten-man Arsenal were defeated 3-1 by Barcelona, leaving them with a 4-3 aggregate defeat. Arsenal actually went into the match with a 2-1 lead from the first meeting of the sides but to no avail. Robin Van Persie's second yellow in the 56th got him sent off which got people grumbling and things really didn't improve. The mistake which led Sergio Busquets to score an own-goal and give Arsenal even better position wasn't enough; Barca were unstoppable. Lionel Messi had given Barca the lead in the third minute of stoppage time in the first half. After the break, Busquet's mistake got the hearts of everyone going before Xavi Hernandez struck in the 69th and Messi slotted home again two minutes later to cross the t's and dot the i's and move Barcelona one step closer to the Final. Arsenal's coach Arsene Wenger had a lot of positive things to say in defeat, since the fact was that Arsenal were just outplayed. All five cards were handed out to Arsenal players while starting keeper Wojciech Szczęsny was subbed out with 19 minutes gone in the first half. Manuel Almunia didn't do too much better. In the other match today, Shakhtar Donetsk were in fine form as they spanked Roma 3-0 for an aggregate score-line of 6-2! While Roma did have Philippe Mexes sent-off in the 41st, Willian had a fantastic game, scoring two goals to get things off on the right foot for the home side. His first came in the 18th with the second going in at the 58th. Eduardo's 87th minute strike was just the icing on the cake, and what a tasty cake it was!