Champions League: PSG v Barcelona – in pictures

Barcelona's coach Tito Vilanova is back on the bench after several months out while receiving treatment for cancer ... Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

The other big and slightly perplexing news is that David Beckham will start for PSG. Yep, that's the right, the 37-year-old has been given the nod by his manager Carlo Ancelotti on account of his vast experience in this competition Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

Paris Saint-Germain's French midfielder Blaise Matuidi (L) fights for the ball with Barcelona's midfielder Xavi Hernandez Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

PSG are dominant early on and when their Argentine forward Ezequiel Lavezzi cuts through the visiting defence, Sergio Busquets almost turns the ball into his own net ... instead, the ball hits the foot of the post and is scrambled clear Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images

Lavezzi is proving a real menace and, if anything, PSG are having more of the ball at the moment Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters

Paris Saint-Germain's Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is seeing a lot of the ball too, but he's yet to hit the target Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images

When PSG win a free-kick 20 yards out, Beckham is a clear contender. But Ibrahimovic takes charge and sends a low shot through the wall which stings the hands of the sprawling Barcelona goalkeeper Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Beckham gets his chance to take a set-piece Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

Seven minutes before the break, Lionel Messi puts Barcelona ahead with a precise, first-time finish across the face of goal. But it owed everything to the ball from Dani Alves which was simply exquisite - it was an outside of the boot pass which looped over the helpless defence and put Messi one-on-one with the keeper Photograph: Christophe Karaba/EPA

Messi walks off the pitch injured having nursed himself to the interval - and he fails to re-emerge for the second half Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

Thiago Silva is proving a handful Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

After a seemingly aimless second half, Zlatan Ibrahimovic stabs the ball home to give PSG an equaliser in the 79th minute. But the Swede was clearly in an offside position as he reacted to the header from Thiago Silva which came back off the post Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters

That doesn't temper the celebrations Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

But, ten minutes later, Barcelona's Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez earns a rock-solid penalty as Paris Saint-Germain's Italian goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu hauls him down Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images

And with Messi off the pitch, Xavi Hernandez slots the ball home to give Barca a 2-1 lead. Job done for the Spanish side ...? Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

Evidently not! Blaise Matuidi slides a shot past the wrong-footed Barca keeper, Victor Valdes, with the final kick of the game to make it 2-2. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

It's been a remarkable finish to a pulsating game Photograph: Christophe Karaba/EPA