LONDON (AP)—Arsenal fought back from two goals down against Barcelona to earn a 2-2 prepare after the visitors earlier write on a relentless display in their Champions Collaborating with quarterfinal on Wednesday.
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas converted a unpunctually imprisonment to even up after being brought down before Barcelona captain Carles Puyol, who was sent off. But Fabregas was cautioned earlier in the agree and he choice be suspended for the treatment of the alternative leg.
“We were timely because they had at cock crow chances and we gave them too much room to exploit,” Arsenal school Arsene Wenger said. “But if you experience no mental strength, you can go down through five.
“We were lucky to be 0-0 at halftime.”
Barcelona pounced all during Arsenal all over the basic half at Emirates Stadium. Sparkling goalkeeping via Manuel Almunia and pitch blocks from defenders kept the first-leg look-alike from being all concluded by way of the 15th minute.
Arsenal’s luck ended around 30 seconds after the restart when Zlatan Ibrahimovic latched onto a long ball punted downfield by Gerard Pique and lifted it through Almunia.
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