Barcelona head into the 2nd leg of this tie with a crucial away goal, thanks to Thierry Henry’s 67th minute equaliser.
In the opening five minutes of this match Barca were the more composed of the two teams, knocking the ball around nicely without really penetrating the Lyon defence. Then on seven minutes Lyon were awarded [...]

The Champions League returns this evening and Barca travelled to Lyon on Monday, with the following squad, Valdés, Pinto, Alves, Sylvinho, Puyol, Víctor Sánchez, Cáceres, Piqué, Márquez, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Gudjohnsen, Keita, Touré Yaya, Hleb, Messi, Eto’o, Bojan and Henry.
Only the injured Milito, Abidal and Iniesta remained in Barcelona and tests carried out on Sunday [...]

Espanyol, who started this match 42 points and 19 places behind Barcelona stunned the league leaders with a 2-1 victory in a match which saw the referee produce 12 yellow cards and 1 red. Barcelona suffered just their second defeat of the season and also saw their lead at the top reduced to seven points [...]

Two years ago at Camp Nou, Espanyol scored a last minute equaliser which denied Barcelona the 2007 title and this has not been forgotten by Barca as they prepare for the visit of their city rivals. Barca sit on top of La Liga, 10 points clear of Real Madrid, while Espanyol languish at the foot [...]

At the halfway stage of the 2008/09 La Liga season Barcelona have played every team once, and in the 19 games played have won 17 of them, drawn 1 and lost just the once. That solitary defeat came in the first game of the season at Numancia and this was also the only league game [...]