Your defense was at the top of it's game, barca had an average game (good first half, poor second) and yet still had enough clear chances that would've put them 4-0 up by HT on a good day. (with messi having 3 chances)
Barca will score at the Nou camp, that's a fact. And it'll only take a 1-0. But I can't see arsenal scoring with bendtner (or even chamakh), regardless of whether Puyol plays.
Eh? Messi had ONE clear -cut chance in the first half, and missed it, Villa scored his only chance of the game, really. Apart from that, Messi shot wide from a narrow angle in the second half, and Pedro had a shot which was saved. Yet they could have been 4-0 up at HT? I seriously don't know what game you were watching, if any.
Oh yeah, and Messi scored an offside goal.
Who says our defence can't be at the top their game again? Our record speaks for itself - they're all very good and we have a top goalkeeper.
I don't think Barca scoring is a fact at all. It's highly likely we won't be able to keep them out for 90 minutes, not impossible. Bendtner scored at the Nou Camp last year, and has been looking good lately. Chamakh is finding form again.
It only takes a 1-1, or a 3-2 for us to go through. Ifs and buts - I'm talking statistics.
Even last season Messi didn't do anything special at Emirates. His record in England is poor. But the way he played at Camp Nau was excellent.
People are writing off Arsenal as Barca are easilly Favs to win the tie. But that doesn't mean Arsenal are poor defensively, but Barca are very superior in attack. Like i said, Arsenal need to produce Godly defensive stability to come out of tie with victory.
Again, last season he was marked out of the game. That time by Alex Song. Barca are favourites, but Arsenal are leading on aggregate, people seem to forget that.
Statistically, we're more likely than Utd or any other team in the league to keep them out.
Everyone has all these ideas about Barca being invincible and "dominating" the first leg, then when we beat them, everyone says it's a one off etc. etc. They didn't "dominate" us at all in the first leg, they had possession and did nothing with it for most of the game.
Well they produced that godly defensive display at home, still conceded and could've let alot more in if messi wasn't misfiring. It's all a question of will arsenal score, and how many can they score. I didn't think they could last season and was proved wrong, but again I just can't see it, regardless of if (worst case scenario) barca were missing pique, puyol and valdes.
Alex song was crucial to the first leg as well, so I can see the floodgates opening tbh.
We didn't look like letting in a lot more tbh. Koscielny was MOM after Wilshere and did a superb job of keeping Villa out of the game. Messi missed two chances, one clear-cut, the other from a difficult angle.
Puyol and Pique are the main reason they don't concede every game. They play a risky, attacking game, and Arsenal will look to exploit that. It's highly possible Arsenal will score a goal, with or without Puyol and Pique at the back.
