Messi carelessly gives the ball away early on, wasting a promising Barcelona attack in Chelsea’s half.

Iniesta leads a break and combines with Eto'o and Henry before finding Messi inside, but Messi rushes his shot and fails to trouble Cech.

Messi drives at Bosingwa on the right and is fouled, winning a dangerous free kick for Barcelona.

From a wide right free kick, Messi curls his effort towards goal but bends it wide of Cech’s far post.

Messi slips a pass to Dani Alves on the overlap, whose driven cross is only just cut out by Chelsea’s defence.

Henry lays the ball back to Messi in a central position, but Messi leans back and drives his shot high and wide.

Messi drifts infield and accelerates away from Alex, drawing a foul that earns the Chelsea defender a booking.

A poor Xavi corner is cleared only as far as Messi on the edge of the box, and his shot is deflected behind for another corner.

Messi produces a clever reverse backheel to release Dani Alves, but Bosingwa recovers to stop the Brazilian full-back.

Messi glides inside seemingly untouched and delicately chips a pass to Iniesta, whose lay-off sets up Henry for a shot that Cech saves.

Messi slaloms to the by-line on the right and forces a corner as Chelsea scramble the ball behind.

From the ensuing corner, Xavi picks out Messi on the far side of the box, but his left-footed volley flies off target.

Messi combines with Eto'o to open space in front of Chelsea’s box before the ball is shifted wide to Dani Alves, whose cross is intercepted.

Messi feeds Abidal on the left, and the full-back’s dangerous low cross is well cut out by John Terry.

Messi drifts inside again and lofts a diagonal pass back out to the right for Dani Alves, but the Brazilian cannot make anything of the chance.

From a free kick just outside the box, Iniesta plays a one-two with Messi, whose movement for the return pass is blocked by Ballack.