There's never a dull moment when Barcelona come to England. The Catalan side have played against Premier League sides on a number of occasions in recent years, with meetings against Manchester City, Arsenal, two final appearances and a semi-final against Manchester United and, most notoriously, several ties against Chelsea.
Undeniably the most dramatic moment Barcelona served up when they came to England was back in 2009. With the first leg ending in a stalemate, Barca travelled to Stamford Bridge and were 1-0 down just nine minutes into the game when Michael Essien scored a wonderful left-foot volley to give Chelsea the lead.
Norweigan referee Tom Ovrebo still gets abuse to this day for failing to award Chelsea about four penalties after incidents in the Barcelona area. Michael Ballack was absolutely furious, as was Didier Drogba.
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Despite their injustice, Chelsea went into the final stretches of the game in the lead and were minutes away from a place in the final before Andres Iniesta stepped up to the plate.
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In the final minutes of stoppage time, with Barcelona probing and Chelsea hanging on by a thread, the ball fell to Lionel Messi, who poked the ball to Iniesta on the edge of the area, the midfielder sumptuously hitting the ball first-time with the outside of his boot and seeing the ball nestle into Petr Cech's top corner before wheeling away in celebration.
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And here's the man himself to talk us through perhaps his most memorable goal in a Barcelona shirt:
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Talk about drama. Iniesta broke the hearts of Chelsea fans and players with one magical piece of play.
And this evenin, Iniesta and Messi linked up again to break Chelsea hearts...
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Topics: Chelsea, Football, Barcelona, Andres Iniesta, Champions League
