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Manchester City V Barcelona: Will Lionel Messi End His Drought At Premier League Grounds?

Will Messi End His Drought At Premier League Grounds?
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MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 29: Paul Scholes of Manchester United challenges Lionel Messi of Barcelona during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final, second leg match between Manchester United and Barcelona at Old Trafford on April 29, 2008 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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Lionel Messi will start tonight for Barcelona at Manchester City in the Champions League tonight without having scored on eight previous occasions at a Premier League ground.

Messi, who rose to prominence with a controversial, yet dazzling, display at Stamford Bridge in 2006, has failed to score on four separate matches at Chelsea.

He has also fired blanks on both trips to north London at Arsenal, and was shut out by Liverpool and Manchester United before then.

Messi did, however, nod in the clincher against United in the 2009 Champions League final in Rome and placed four past Arsenal the following year, and two more in 2011.

Messi in England
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Stamford Bridge, 2006 (credit:Getty Images)
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Stamford Bridge, 2006 (credit:Getty Images)
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Anfield, 2007 (credit:Getty Images)
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Old Trafford, 2008 (credit:Getty Images)
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Stamford Bridge, 2009 (credit:Getty Images)
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Emirates Stadium, 2010 (credit:Getty Images)
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Emirates Stadium, 2011 (credit:Getty Images)
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Stamford Bridge, 2012 (credit:Getty Images)
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Manchester City's Argentinian defender Martin Demichelis (R) fouls Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi to give away a penalty during a UEFA Champions League Last 16, first leg football match between Manchester City and Barcelona at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester, northwest England on February 18, 2014. AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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