HIGHLIGHTS: BARCELONA - ARSENAL FINAL | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2005/2006

Only two of tonight's Barcelona line-up were involved in their penultimate league fixture on Saturday. They're well rested, they have the only two men with experience of a Champions League final. Deco, who won with Porto, and Julien, who won the European Cup, found his way back across the channel. He's got an early chance! Henry, so nimble, feet to foot, made that chance for himself. Oh, it's another good shot and Valdez has to keep him out again. And Valdez had to be more than alert. The dangerous position, and Julien stings the fingertips. Jens Lehmann, Van Bommel to Deco, Ed Nielsen. Touré very quick to him, and clumsily so, right under the referee's nose. And a free-kick to Barcelona. May just be in Ronaldinho country, this. Only two of the seven goals that he scored in the Champions League this season have been from free-kicks. So far. Such concentration, almost Johnny Wilkinson-like. It is Ronaldinho. It's just on target. But as sighters go, it's pretty impressive. A nursing one or two injuries that he's been carrying for much of the season. But without that, the ball is forward. Gilberto, who was dangerous in the air, is in there too. And Touré is arriving late in the day. It's towards the head of Campbell. Good catch by Valdez. Which he's trying to do now. Oh, he's slipped it through. No flag. Samuel Eto'o brought the first man ever sent off in a European Cup final. 0-0. Well, this is just tragedy, because I think the referee's made a mess of this. He definitely caught his ankle. They played on, they scored the goal. The goal should stand, allow Julie to score the goal, put Barcelona 1-0 up. It was made, of course, by Ronaldinho, that clever little pass. Barcelona a little disappointed. Almunia's heart must be ticking. Ronaldinho looks and wonders. Marquez is there too. It's Ronaldinho. Suddenly, the referee is a busy man. Julie is giving him a headache or two there with his pace. But Cole responded really well there. Good combination between the two Ivory Coast internationals. And Abué's gone on. He was stopped by forces way down that line. He can get a free kick all well and good. They can get Campbell and Touré up. Touré. Towards Campbell. Timing. Slipped into Eto'o. Clever turn, Samuel Eto'o. Arsenal's night. First goal since September. And that's the way it will be. Words of inspiration. A quite wonderful first half. Jorge Haga is ready to go again. Sevilla's UEFA Cup final victory over Middlesbrough last week was the latest instalment in this long-running saga of Anglo-Spanish encounters in European football. There have been 18 this season alone. Ronaldinho. Deco. He's got a bit of space. He's gone away from Gilberto. Deco shot. And Almunia hung up. He's won the ball back but only for Van Bommel. Henri again. And Thierry Henry is going to be cautioned. Fed through to Andres Iniesta. Skipped away from Touré. Shot by Iniesta. Could stop again. Picked up pace on this greasy top surface. But Almunia got down to it. Done nothing wrong so far. Here to Ronaldinho. He's held off there. Still Ronaldinho. And one or two Barcelona players running to the referee. It's Cole goes back on the line. And as a consequence of that, Julie places himself in the six-yard box. As does Marquez, who's up there now. Cole's pulling out. It's a game of bluff in that six-yard box. Almunia waving them out. Nervous set-up here for Arsenal. It's Ronaldinho. It's into the wall. It's Ronaldinho. It's missed it. The referee doesn't know whether to give a goal kick or a corner. A goal kick it is. You're absolutely right. He was looking for guidance from the linesmen there. Did come off Samuel Eto'o. Trying to get away and get in past him. It's Ronaldinho. Almunia did just about enough there when Julie hooked away by Fabregas. Van Bronckhorst. Hanging cross. Almunia committed. Just run again. That was a terrific catch. He had to really move his feet and get out quickly and... Oh! Slide! He had three with him if he'd wanted to look up. Three going on. Marquez can't stop him. Still Thierry Henry. Clever play by Henry. Knew exactly what he's doing. Oops! Here we go again. What acceleration. Youngberg. Catch from Youngberg. Youngberg again. And Oligier. To the Arsenal fans is at last. A Barcelona player is cautioned. Oligier. Desperate. Kleeb is on the ball. On his best foot. Could he have taken it on? The Arsenal end. Ronaldinho meanwhile. That's not far away. We forget I think that Valdez now was his third great save in the game. Ronaldinho. Got past Cole. Cole did just about enough. Forced him wide enough so that even he couldn't score. Eto'o. Iniesta. Slipped into Larson. On goes Eto'o. Real chance. ...by Eto'o. Larson, good control. Udevich surely. Hit against Campbell. It'll be a corner. Arsenal's best chance at the moment. Free kick's been given there. Larson's got a yellow card for obstructing a turn to the summit of European football. ...favourites have won the final. His future may be bright but...