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Player Ratings: Oxlade-Chamberlain and Flamini to blame as Barcelona beat Arsenal
LIONEL MESSI proved a thorn in Arsenal's side yet again as his late second-half goals gave Barcelona a 2-0 win in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.
Arsene Wenger saw Arsenal lose 2-0 to Barcelona
And here, Express Sport take a look at how Arsene Wenger's men got on at the Emirates Stadium…
Arsenal
Petr Cech: 7, Hector Bellerin: 7, Per Mertesacker: 6, Laurent Koscielny: 6, Nacho Monreal: 6, Aaron Ramsey: 6, Francis Coquelin: 6, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: 5, Mesut Ozil: 6, Alexis Sanchez: 6, Olivier Giroud: 6
Subs
Theo Walcott (for Oxlade-Chamberlain, 50): 6, Danny Welbeck (for Giroud, 73): 6, Mathieu Flamini (for Coquelin, 82): 4
STAR PLAYER
Lionel Messi: The World Player of the Year may not have been at his imperious best but he scored the two goals which will more than likely see Barcelona into the quarter-finals.
MOMENT OF THE MATCH
Mathieu Flamini: The defensive midfielder was brought off the bench with just seven minutes remaining to help Arsenal keep things tight at the back as they went in search of an equaliser.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain missed a golden chance to put Arsenal ahead in the first-half
Mathieu Flamini conceded a penalty late on
But the Frenchman's first contribution was to foul Messi and concede the penalty which saw the holders pull further ahead.
MISS OF THE MATCH
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: The winger should have put the Gunners up midway through the first half when Hector Bellerin's scuffed shot fell for him in front of goal, but he scooped his effort straight at goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.