‘What a moment!’: Former Barcelona star Andres Iniesta relives last-gasp Champions League winner against Chelsea on tenth anniversary of stunning strike
- Andres Iniesta has relived his last-gasp Champions League winner at Chelsea
- It is exactly 10 years to the day Iniesta scored to put Barcelona into the final
- The 34-year-old wrote: ’10 years after, still without words. What a moment!!!’
Andres Iniesta has reminisced about his last-gasp Champions League winner against Chelsea on its tenth anniversary.
Barcelona fans will still have fond memories of that semi-final clash in 2009 with Iniesta’s goal sealing their place in the final.
The Spanish giants had looked as though they were heading out after Michael Essien’s strike gave Chelsea the lead.
Andres Iniesta has reminisced about his last-gasp Champions League winner against Chelsea
Iniesta scored an equaliser in the 93rd minute to send Barcelona through on away goals
But Iniesta inflicted heartache on the Blues with a stunning long-ranged effort in the dying embers of the game to put Barcelona through on the away goal rule.
The 34-year-old, who now plays for Vissel Kobe in Japan, has relived the dramatic moment and admitted he still can’t describe the feeling it gave him.
’10 years after, still without words. What a moment!!!,’ he wrote on Twitter exactly 10 years to the day of his goal.
Iniesta secured his spot in Barcelona folklore with that strike and would go to help the side lift the Champions League trophy that year.
Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi both scored in a 2-0 win over Manchester United in the final.
Iniesta helped Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 in the final to win the Champions League
