Barcelona beat Arsenal with a 3-1 victory following Lionel Messi's double.
Barcelona defender Sergio Busquets' own goal canceled out Messi's first-half strike to put the Gunners back in control after having won 2-1 in the first leg.
But Arsenal striker Robin van Persie was sent off in the 56th after being shown a second yellow card by referee Massimo Busacca for shooting - the only visiting player to do so all night - having already been given offside.
Xavi Hernandez made it 2-1 in the 69th minute after completing a flowing Barcelona move, before Messi converted 71st-minute penalty to clinch the 4-3 aggregate win.
While Barcelona's victory margin was slender, the statistics suggested otherwise. Pep Guardioa's side had 19 shots to Arsenal's none and outpassed the visitors 738-199.
Arsenal surrendered first-leg advantage from Emirates Stadium in first-half stoppage time after former Barcelona youth player Cesc Fabregas had conceded possession.
An attempted back heel when trying to clear not far from is own box only succeeded in allowing Andres Iniesta to slip a pas through to Messi, who flicked the ball over the onrushing Manuel Almunia and smashed it into the net.
Almunia was called into the Arsenal goal in the 19th minute after Wojciech Szczesny was forced off with a dislocated finger.
But Arseal was back in control on away goals when Busquets headed into his own net from Samir Nasri's corner in the 53rd.
No sooner had Arsenal turned the tide than Van Persie was sent off.
Barcelona pulled level when Iniesta powered through the defense before finding David Villa, who sent Xavi through to knock the ball past Almunia.
And there was no way back when Messi beat a static Almunia two minutes later from the penalty spot after Laurent Koscielny had tripped Pedro Rodriguez.
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