Barcelona vs Bayern: Throwback to Thierry Henry's masterclass vs German giants in 2009

highly-anticipated Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Champions League quarter-final clash is only two days away with one-legged game set to be played at Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. Barcelona and Bayern Munich have had some enthralling battles over years with Bayern dominating H2H record. However, here's a look back at first time Barcelona registered a win over Bayern Munich, back in April 2009. In what was a 4-0 thrashing of Bayern Munich, Lionel Messi scored a brace while Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry also got on scoresheet. Barcelona's Twitter account posted a throwback video of Thierry Henry scoring against German giants as two European heavyweights gear up to lock horns in Portugal this week.

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Champions League quarter-finals 2008-09: Barcelona vs Bayern Munich (4-0)

On April 8, 2009, Barcelona hosted Bayern Munich at Camp u for first leg of ir Champions League quarter-final and Catalonians registered ir first win over Germans in style. Lionel Messi put hosts in front inside 10 minutes with a neat finish before setting up Samuel Eto'o only three minutes later. Messi n made it 3-0 with a close-range finish from Thierry Henry's cross. 

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Henry n got a goal for himself after ball fell to him in . From left, Henry opened up his body to slot  ball past Hans Jorge Butt in Bayern goal to make it 4-0 inside 43 minutes. crowd inside Camp u were treated to an exhilarating first-half of attacking football from hosts. 

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With game and tie virtually sealed, Barcelona travelled to Munich for second leg two weeks later.  game at Allianz Arena ended 1-1 and Barcelona won tie 5-1 on aggregate. Blaugrana progressed through to Champions League semi-finals and n eventually went on to beat Man United in final to lift European Cup for third time in ir history. Over 11 years since ir first win over Bayern Munich, Barcelona will be hoping to get better of ir German opposition on Friday. Barcelona last tasted success against Bayern back in 2015.

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