Messi taking a merciless beating on some commentaries... he really dat out de game?
55 mins: Alves dashes down the right and crosses teasingly into the centre, but Bosingwa is alert and wellies the ball up the park. "Did Guus lock his players in a room with their eyes taped open a la
Clockwork Orange and show the Manchester United-Barcelona tie from
last year on repeat?" wonders Jonathan Francis. "I'm experiencing a strange feeling of deja vu ... and what's happened to Leo Messi? Did he miss the flight to London?"
38 mins: Messi dodges past Cole with ease that should mortify the Englander, but then wafts in an even more embarrassing attempted cross. Cech is courteous enough not to laugh as he collects it.
36 mins: Messi, who has re-appeared after a 20-minute shopping excursion down the King's Road, I assume, tries to pick out Eto'o with a cross from the right but Cole gets a touch to it and that's enough to divert it into Cech's arms.