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FT; Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona

The battle will shift to the Camp Nou for the decisive second leg on March 14.

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90+1 Iniesta goes off, the Barcelona captain having been massive for his side again with, most tellingly, the vital assits for Messi's goal.

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89' Busquets is booked for a cynical foul on Hazard. The clock winds down gradually.

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87' Chelsea are determined to get more than a draw from this game and they go in search of the winning goal but Morata is booked for dissent.

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85' Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona

Five minutes of regulation time left. No gainsaying that this tie won't be decided until the second leg at the Camp Nou

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83' -

Alvaro Morata comes on for Pedro to add a little in attack while a tiring Cesc Fabregas is replaced by Danny Drinkwater to shore up midfield.

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76' Suarez is yellow carded but this last 15 minutes will be very important for both side.

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GOAL - Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona

The first Chelsea mistake in defence and it is punished by who else but Lionel Messi.

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65' Barcelona make an immediate sub as Valverde throws on Aleix Vidal in place of Paulinho.

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62' GOAL - Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona

Willian rattled the upright twice but this time he finds the bottom corner with the sharpshooter.

Advantage Chelsea.

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GOAL!!!! Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona

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55' - Barcelona relentlessly probe in search of a weak spot and they almost find one as Luisw Suarez gets to a ball and nearly gets the better of Courtois but the big goalkeeper gets down to divert it behind the post.

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50' Barcelona are back on the ball and in control, trying to take the momentum back from Chelsea side who had built up confidence gradually.

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48' Sergi Roberto squanders a great position out on the right wing with a horribly over-hit cross for Barcelona early in the second half.

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46' Second half underway.

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HT: Chelsea 0-0 Barcelona

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45' Its almost halftime and this game is destined to enter the interval at 0-0. Barcelona had the better possession but the best chance so far had come to Chelsea.

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40' Chelsea 0-0 Barcelona

The quality of the game has ramped up tremendously. Everyone on the pitch playing with amazing awareness as Victor Moses has to be alive to knock the ball behind with Jordi Alba threatens to get beyond him and to the byeline.

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35' Chelsea 0-0 Barcelona.

Less than 10 minutes to the end of the first half and it's still goalless at Stamford Bridge.


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32' Barcelona cop first yellow for Rakitic's foul on Willian, the Brazilian being one of Chelsea's brightest spot so far this evening.


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28' Chelsea with a dazzling one-touch passing as Willian flicks one round the corner and Eden Hazard's reverse ball is only just cut out.

Pedro was through if a defender hadn't got a touch...

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25' Chelsea 0-0 Barcelona

It has been one long passing game with chance at a premium but Barcelona appear the more threatening.

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23' Barcelona are suffocating the supply lines to the Chelsea attack, having a massive possession over 75%.

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18' - Lionel Messi serves up a delicious cross, chipping over Cesar Azpilicueta for Paulinho but the Brazilian cannot direct his header on target.

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14' It is Hazard's turn to shine as he skins Paulinho and gets to the byline but his cross is blocked

Still 0-0.

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12' - Lionel Messi breezes through the centre of the park with N'Golo Kante chasing after him.

Paulinho's cross cannot find anyone in the middle after the Argentine's lay-off.

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10' Chelsea 0-0 Barcelona.

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3' - Barcelona trying to lay down an early marker in the game with Lionel Messi latching on to a loose bit of Chelsea build-up play and stutters towards Cesar Azpilicueta on the edge of the box but the Chelsea captain slides in with a timely tackle.

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1' - Game gets underway from Stamford Bridge.

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Chelsea name Giroud & Morata on bench but Barcelona are unchanged with Ousmane Dembele on bench.

Chelsea unbeaten in last seven Champions League games with Barcelona.

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The line-up for both sides are out already.



Chelsea

13 Courtois

15 Moses

28 Azpilicueta

27 Christensen

2 Rüdiger

3 Alonso

22 Willian

7 Kanté

4 Fàbregas

11 Pedro

10 E Hazard

Substitutes

1 Caballero

6 Drinkwater

9 Morata

18 Giroud

21 Zappacosta

24 Cahill

70 Hudson-Odoi





Barcelona

1 Ter Stegen

20 Sergi

3 Piqué

23 Umtiti

18 Alba

5 Busquets

4 Rakitic

8 Iniesta

15 Paulinho

9 L Suárez

10 Messi



Substitutes

6 D Suárez

11 Dembélé

13 Cillessen

19 Digne

21 André Gomes

22 Vidal

25 Vermaelen

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Chelsea and Barcelona face each other for the 13th time in the Champions League and both sides are eager to have a headstart ahead of the second leg in Spain next month.

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Good evening and welcome to www.completesportsnigeria.com's liveblogging of the Champions League Round of 16 clash between Chelsea and Barcelona from Stamford Bridge in London.

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