4 Apr 2010

Arsenal pull off hard-earned draw with Barcelona

8:36 am on 4 April 2010

Arsenal clawed back a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 with Barcelona in their Champions League football quarter-final first leg in London.

Barcelona the reigning champions laid siege to the home goal during a one-sided first half but had to wait until early in the second half to score before going 2-0 up 10 minutes later.

Theo Walcott got Arsenal on the board with 20 minutes remaining with the Gunners drawing level five minutes from fulltime when Cesc Fabregas converted a penalty.