FULL-TIME: ARSENAL 1-2 BARCELONA

There will be three minutes of time added but it really is academic now

Arsenal look out on their feet after a long hard season and a cruel late twist in this game

Giuly wins a late corner and the Barca fans see that as their cue to start celebrating a second ever European Cup victory

This game has a few minutes left to run but in truth it is all over as Barcelona continue to hold on to the ball

Hleb is replaced by Jose Antonio Reyes as Arsene Wenger goes for broke

Ronaldinho closes in on goal but rather than playing in the unmarked Giuly he goes alone and is crowded out

Barcelona are playing keep ball now and surely this is game over for the Gunners?

Arsenal's night has suddenly come crashing down around their ears and the Gunners' fans in the Stade de France can't believe it

ARSENAL 1-2 BARCELONA: Belletti smashes the ball under the body of Almunia and up into the roof of the net after Larsson's turns and picks out his team-mate from the byline

Iniesta almost finds Larsson unmarked on the edge of the six-yard box as Arsenal suddenly look to have very tired limbs

Barcelona understandably have the bit between their teeth and Arsenal are really going to have to dig deep now

ARSENAL 1-1 BARCELONA: The Gunners are finally cut open as Larsson lays the ball off to Eto'o and he steers the ball between the keeper and the near post from six yards

Mathieu Flamini replaces a tired looking Fabregas for Arsenal

Cole stands up well to deny Ronaldinho a sight of goal and his low shot is scuffed wide of the near post - Barca are getting closer

Juliano Belletti comes on for Oleguer as Barca make a third and final change

Ronaldinho goes for a low dinked shot looking for the bottom corner but it is a metre wide to the relief of the Gunners

Valdes comes to Barca's rescue as Hleb slips the ball through to Henry who tries to prod the ball under the keeper from just inside the penalty area

Oleguer is booked more for an accumulation of fouls rather than his late lunge on Ljungberg

Ljungberg wins possession on the edge of the Barca box and closes in on goal from the left but Valdes claws his rising effort away for a corner

Henry nutmegs both Puyol and Marquez to the delight of the Gunners' fans but pushes the ball too far in front and Valdes claims

Giully lashes an unexpected ball across the face of goal but Eboue cuts it out with a slight hint of handball which is dismissed by the referee

Henrik Larsson comes on for van Bommel as Barcelona make a second change - they are still playing four at the back against just Henry through

Gilberto cleans up well as Eto'o finds possession on his own deep in the Arsenal half but it comes to nothing

Arsenal are now 30 minutes away from a most unlikely victory here in Paris tonight

Almunia again saves Arsenal as he deflects a Ronaldinho pull back away from the danger zone

The free-kick flies straight into the defensive wall to the delight of the Arsenal fans behind the goal

Ronaldinho is hauled down by Eboue on the edge of the box - this is dangerous territory for the Brazilian

Iniesta dances past two tackles and tries his luck with a low shot from 20 yards but Almunia holds well

Henry goes into the book despite executing a perfectly-timed sliding tackle on van Bommel - that is a really poor decision

Just like towards the end of the first half Barca are controlling possession in the Arsenal half but they can't find a way through

Almunia holds on to Deco's low drive which was no mean feat as it has started raining in Paris and the ball is greasy

Edmilson has been replaced by Andres Iniesta as Barca make an attacking change

The second half is off and running with Arsenal somehow ahead

HALF-TIME: ARSENAL 1-0 BARCELONA

Arsenal are holding on here but it has been a breathtaking first half in Paris

Eto'o rattles the post as he rolls Campbell brilliantly with his back to goal and fires off a powerful shot from 10 yards - Almunia actually touched that on to the woodwork superbly!

Yet again Barca are totally dominating possession but 10-man Arsenal look rock solid at the back

There will be four minutes of stoppage time added to this first half

Henry almost threads the ball through to the charging Fredrik Ljungberg as the Gunners continue to play effectively on the break

Barca continue to play the ball round comfortably in the Arsenal half but there is still no cutting edge up front

The Arsenal fans in the Stade de France can't believe this - their side looked down and out 15 minutes ago but it's all change now!

ARSENAL 1-0 BARCELONA: The 10-man Gunners take the lead as Henry delivers a free-kick from the right and Campbell rises highest to nod home from eight yards amid some pretty woeful defending

Eboue tricks his way past Puyol and goes for the byline only to fall down theatrically and win a rather cheap free-kick

Again the little Brazilian pulls the string as he looks for Giuly but this time Campbell stands firm

Ronaldinho looks to thread Giuly through for the umpteenth time tonight already but Toure and Almunia combine to snuff out the danger

Henry is really going to have to pull something out of the bag here if Arsenal are to get anything from the night as it is all Barca still

All Arsenal can do now is punt the ball clear as Barca pile on the pressure

Kolo Toure plays a loose pass deep in Arsenal territory but Barca can't capitalise - that is something the Gunners just can't afford to do now

Cole does brilliantly to hook the ball away from Giuly at full stretch in the box after another wonderful pass from Ronaldinho

There is a definite edge to this game now as Arsenal feel hard done to - and the fans are letting the referee know about it

This is going to be a tall order now for the Gunners - but maybe that's given the 10 men extra resolve?

Emmanuel Eboue goes into the book now for a horrible high lunge on Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Ronaldinho almost rubs salt into the wounds as he guides the resulting free-kick inches wide of the far post

Manuel Almunia is brought on by Arsenal with a disappointed Pires making way

Lehmann is off - unbelievable! Ronaldinho plays through Samuel Eto'o who tries to round the German but is brought down. Barca are livid because Giuly put the ball into the unguarded net only for the referee to pull play back and award a free-kick

Henry controls brilliantly and looks to play Pires in on goal but van Bommel is on hand to cover the Frenchman and clear the danger

Valdes flaps at a free-kick under pressure from Sol Campbell but the referee blows for a foul - encouraging for the Gunners

Ronaldinho causes a few jitters in the Arsenal defence as he whips a long-range free-kick over the wall but it drifts a metre or so wide of the upright

Aleksandr Hleb almost returns the ball to the charging Cesc Fabregas on the edge of the box - that would have seen Barca left wide open

Ludovic Giuly tests Jens Lehmann with an ambitious drive from a very acute angle but the German keeper is up to the challenge

Henry really looks up for this as he slides in to block a Carles Puyol clearance and wins his side an unlikely throw in

The Barca fans are stunned into silence by this but importantly for them the game somehow remains goalless

Valdes again to the rescue as he beats away Henry's powerful low drive at the base of his post - what a start from the Gunners

Victor Valdes saves Barca early on as he spreads well to block Thierry Henry's effort after a wonderful turn on the penalty spot by the Frenchman

It is a cagey start by both sides with so much at stake - hardly surprising really!

Barca get the game underway on a glorious night in Paris

The stage is set in Paris. It’s Arsenal against Barcelona. The top scorers in this year's competition against the meanest defence. Henry versus Ronaldinho for the biggest prize in club football

Barca coach Frank Rijkaard has sprung a surprise of his own by naming Mark van Bommel as an extra covering midfielder at the expense of Andres Iniesta or Xavi

The Gunners will be led by skipper Thierry Henry in his hometown while Robert Pires has been given the nod by manager Arsene Wenger ahead of Jose Antonio Reyes in a five-man midfield

Arsenal are closing in on the biggest game in their history as they take on Barcelona in the Champions League final tonight