Chelsea 1 - 0 Barcelona

Dieder Drogba and Juan Mata celebrate the goal

Dieder Drogba scored the only goal for Chelsea to earn blues a famous win against FC Barcelona, carrying a 1-0 lead into next Tuesday's UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg. 

The stats show that the visiting side had dominated, with 72% of possession and 24 efforts at goal to Chelsea's 5. But Di Matteo's side edged in the stat that matters, the scoreline.

Chelsea scored the goal in the last moments of the first half when Messi gave the ball away in midfield as Frank Lampard  released Ramires on the left and the Brazilian played a perfect pass across goal for Drogba on the far post where he shoot it, as the ball just about sneaked past Victor Valdes and Chelsea got an unlikely lead.

Barcelona threatened the English side throughout till the late drama as they got some big chances. Peter Cech made a super diving save when Carlos Puyol artfully headed the ball on Messi's freekick.

The last move of the game was Barcelona's best chance when John Terry's brilliant slide avoided a shot from Messi, after Busquets found the Argentinian in space with a lovely backheel, as the ball fell for Pedro who picked his spot and hit the post. Fortunately it rebound for Busquets but he skied it.

Didier Drogba was pleased with his team's performance.

"I think we’ve learnt and improved from three years ago. We are happy because the result is a good one. Now, we need to go there and score to qualify," he said.