the 56 minutes of actual play, Barça had the ball for 42 minutes, and Arsenal only 14.

- Barça had 75% possession.

- Barça made 798 clean passes, Arsenal only 204.

- The Barça players had 19 shots at the Arsenal goal. The Gunners shot once at Valdés.

- With his 2 goals against Arsenal, Leo Messi is now the top scorer in the Champions League 2010/11, with a total of 8 goals.

- His first goal, including a lob over the goalkeeper, was similar to his first goal in the Champions League, in the group stages in 05/06, against Panathinaikos, when he also lifted the ball over the Greek goalkeeper before putting it in the net.

- Five seasons later, Messi has accumulated 33 goals in the continental showpiece, and he’s only 23 years old.

- Xavi’s goal is the 7th that he’s scored in the Champions League.

- Andres Iniesta celebrated his 350th game in the Barça first team. Abidal, meanwhile, played his 50th game in the Champions League.

- Just like the Final in Paris 2006, Almunia had to come on midway through the first half to take over as the Arsenal goalkeeper.

- Barça made it through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the fourth consecutive season. Only Manchester United can equal that record.

- Ibrahim Afellay made his debut for Barça in the Champions League, coming on for the last 9 minutes.

- Pep Guardiola used all four of this season’s signings in the match.