A 94th minute goal from Alba gave FC Barcelona a dramatic victory

FC Barcelona	2-1	Celtic FC
●Iníesta 45' ●Alba 94'		●Samaras 8'

(October 23, 2012)

An injury time goal in the 94^th minute from Jordi Alba gave FC Barcelona a dramatic victory against Celtic in the Champions League group stage match at the Camp Nou.

Celtic got the first goal of the match in the 18^th minute. Georgios Samaras scored by a header from a Charlie Mulgrew free-kick.

Gerard Piqué and Carles Puyol were injured. Tito Vilanova gave Marc Bartra a chance in the central defense alongside with Mascherano. Busquests was suspended, so Alex song played in place of him.

FC Barcelona won by the two late goals in the both half. At the end of the first half Iníesta leveled the score. And in the second half extra time Jordi Alba’s winning goal.

Barca won several matches from behind in this season. In this match they had 82% possession, they total took 28 shots and 10 of them were on target. If Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Foster didn’t save 8 of those FC Barcelona could have more goals.

Team Line-ups:

FC Barcelona	Celtic FC
1.Víctor Valdés	1.Fraser Forster
21.Adriano Correia	3.Emilio Izaguirre
14.Javier Mascherano	4.Efe Ambrose
15.Marc Bartra	6.Kelvin Wilson
18.Jordi Alba	23.Mikael Lustig
25.Alex Song	8.Scott Brown(15.Kris Commons 63')
6.Xavi Hernández	16.Joe Ledley
8.Andrés Iníesta	21.Charlie Mulgrew(33.Baram Kayal 76')
9.Alexis Sánchez(7.David Villa 80')	67.Victor Wanyama
10.Lionel Messi	9.Georgios Samaras(49.James Forrest 43')
17.Pedro Rodríguez(37.Christian Tello 76')	88.Gary Hooper

Match Statistics:

FC Barcelona		Celtic
28(10)	Shots (On target)	6(1)
82%	Ball Possession	18%
10	Fouls	11
15	Corner Kicks	1
1	Offsides	1
0	Clean Sheets	8
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0