Celtic record famous 2-1 win over Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League

Celtic recorded a famous success against Barcelona with a 2-1 victory over the Spanish giants at Parkhead.

Tito Vilanova's side went up a couple of gears and hemmed Celtic in at the edge of their own penalty area and in the 29th minute Iniesta set up Messi and his first-time strike clipped the bar on the way over. Moments later, Alexis Sanchez glanced a header from a Dani Alves cross off the post and Celtic Park breathed again. The second half began in similar style to the first with Barca taking control, switching from left to right and back again. In the 56th minute Messi tried to beat Forster with a left-footed curler from 20 yards but the England squad member was equal to the task and soon made a good save from Sanchez's angled drive after Messi had split open the defence. Despite all their possession, Barcelona looked vulnerable at the back and Mulgrew might have punished them in the 63rd minute when he had a sight of goal but Bartra managed to block. Song was allowed another foul on Miku to the anger of the Celtic fans, before he was replaced by Cesc Fabregas, with Pique on for Bartra and Watt on for Lustig. Before the substitutions, Forster flew through the air to make a great save from Messi. Beram Kayal replaced Samaras with 10 minutes remaining before Forster made yet another save from Messi, this time from a 25-yard free-kick. But there was much more drama when Watt escaped the Barca defence and Xavi from Forster's long ball before driving a right-footed shot past Victor Valdes to double Celtic's lead. There was bedlam inside Parkhead which gave way to some nerves when Messi scored from close range in the 90th minute after Forster had parried a strike from Pedro, but it was to be the home side's night, and a famous night at that.

Celtic	Team Statistics	Barcelona
2	Goals	1
1	1st Half Goals	0
3	Shots on Target	8
1	Shots off Target	10
1	Blocked Shots	7
2	Corners	7
11	Fouls	8
4	Offsides	1
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
62	Passing Success	90.9
20	Tackles	12
80	Tackles Success	91.7
16.4	Possession	83.6
26.5	Territorial Advantage	73.5
166	Total Passes	955
12	Total Crosses	32
136	Lost Balls	147
57	Recoveries	55
13.4	1st Half Poss.	86.6
16.3	2nd Half Poss.	83.7