Chelsea will play Champions League football next season thanks to an emphatic win over Watford and the failure of both Manchester United and Arsenal to get three points.
The Blues, who are now third in the Premier League, will be back among Europe’s elite after a season competing in the Europa League where they are a match away from the final.
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While those inside Stamford Bridge were revelling in the good news, others outside were remembering the venue for their own reasons.
Former Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta, now with Vissel Kobe in Japan, faced Chelsea numerous times in the Champions League and famously inflicted heartbreak upon them in 2009.
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With the west London side on course for a second successive final appearance against Manchester United, thanks to a stunning Michael Essien strike, Iniesta scored with Barcelona’s first shot on target – in stoppage time – to send the LaLiga giants through on aggregate.
And on Monday, a decade on from that controversial night, the midfielder posted a message on Twitter to mark the occasion.
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“10 years after, without words. What a moment!!!” he wrote along with an image of him celebrating the goal.
That night, referee Tom Henning Ovrebo rejected a succession of penalty appeals, including a blatant handball by Gerard Pique, while Eric Abidal was sent off for the visitors and Didier Drogba launched a foul-mouthed rant at full-time.
Barcelona won the competition that season, beating United 2-0 in Rome, while Chelsea waited another three years before they got their hands on the elusive trophy, winning a penalty shoot-out against Bayern Munich in 2012.
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