CLASSIC CLASHES BETWEEN BLUES & BARCA

Chelsea win 3-2 on agg

Champions League semi-final, 2012

Impossible to overstate the drama of the second leg at the Nou Camp. John Terry (right) sent off, Chelsea went 2-0 down, Lionel Messi missed a penalty, Didier Drogba ended up as an emergency left-back and Fernando Torres’ 90th-minute breakaway goal as Chelsea went through. Incredible. Barcelona win on away goals (1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge)

Champions League semi-final, May 2009

Andres Iniesta snatched a 90th-minute away goal from the most controversial and angry of all the epic meetings between the two clubs. Didier Drogba lost the plot after referee Tom Henning Ovrebo waved away four Chelsea penalty appeals. Barcelona win 3-2 on agg

Champions League last 16, March 2006

Samuel Eto’o’s winner at Stamford Bridge put Barcelona on the way to Champions League glory as they knocked out Chelsea over two thrilling legs. Typically, it was not without controversy as Chelsea’s Asier del Horno was controversially sent off in the second leg. Chelsea win 5-4 on agg

Champions League last 16, March 2005

This will be remembered for Jose Mourinho accusing Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard of visiting referee Anders Frisk’s room at half-time. Chelsea lost in the Nou Camp, won at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho (left) got a UEFA touchline ban but allegedly beat it by hiding in a laundry basket.