A moment of magic by Ronaldinho handed Barcelona a well-deserved place in the Champions League quarter-finals after they drew 1-1 with Chelsea in their last 16 second leg match and a 3-2 victory on aggregate.
It was revenge for last year's 5-4 aggregate defeat by the Premiership champions and left Liverpool as the only English side to have ever beaten the Catalan giants at home and that was 30 years ago.
Ronaldinho's sixth goal in seven Champions League matches came just over 10 minutes from time while Chelsea got a generously awarded penalty in stoppage time as Giovanni van Bronckhorst was adjudged to have fouled John Terry though it looked as if he had got the ball.
Frank Lampard slotted home the penalty but it was all to no avail as the referee blew the final whistle almost immediately.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, who was sent-off in the match in Barcelona last year, had a glorious chance to open the score in the 20th minute but he directed his header tamely into the hands of Victor Valdes.
The Ivorian striker had not been too far away 10 minutes earlier from getting to a delightful cross by Joe Cole but it flew inches over his head.
Chelsea's physical tactics had an effect on the more elegant style of the Barcelona side and in the end it did for Messi who pulled up with an injured hamstring after a foul by William Gallas and had to be replaced by Henrik Larsson.
The muscular Gallas was fortunate not to concede a penalty after barging over Ronaldinho just before the half hour mark but in truth Barca had yet to test Petr Cech.
Carvalho - whose controversial holding of the Barca 'keeper last year resulted in Chelsea's decisive goal - could also have been penalised for a penalty after dragging Edmilson to the ground inside the penalty area.
However it was Valdes who was again tested as Arjen Robben cut in from the right in the 38th minute but the Barca keeper got down well to save his shot and not to let it rebound into the path of Drogba.
Chelsea again went close a minute from the end of the first-half as Terry won the ball in the air and Cole produced an inspired overhead lob which beat Valdes but landed on top of the net.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho made a double switch in the 59th minute bringing on Eidur Gudjohnsen and Hernan Crespo for Drogba and Damien Duff.
However it was Barca who were on target shortly after that as Samuel Eto'o at last got a shot in that forced Cech to beat it away and Terry headed it to safety.
Crespo nearly made a dramatic entrance as on the hour Cole's expertly directed cross was met by the Argentinian at the near post but his shot trickled wide.
However despite a lot of huffing and puffing Chelsea could not come up with anything like the magic produced by Ronaldinho with just over 10 minutes to go as the Brazilian shrugged off Lampard, made a fool of Terry and Carvalho and shot past Peter Cech to seal the Londoners fate.
Eto'o came agonisingly close to making it 2-0 five minutes from time when he slipped past Paulo Ferreira and cut inside but while his shot beat Cech it scraped past the far post.
