Milan draw with Barcelona in Champions League

on a goal by Lionel Messi , Barcelona on Tuesday rescued a point after a 1-1 draw with Milan in his visit to the San Siro for the third round of the Champions League .

Robinho opened the scoring in the ninth minute for the Italian club after an exchange with compatriot Kaka.

Barcelona remained in first place in Group H with seven points, followed by Milan with five , three and Celtic Ajax one. The Scottish Celtic defeated Ajax Amsterdam 2-1 .

Messi gave the Catalan club draw 23 minutes to receive the ball from Andres Iniesta in the area and finish in the middle of three defenders milanista arc .

Barcelona controlled the game , while Milan , although he played in San Siro , he fled with all their players in midfield . In the second part was devoted to waste time and seemed to be well served by the tie .

Barcelona coach Gerardo "Tata" Martinez said that would have deserved to win .

"We lost two points, but still serves the point that we can ," he said . " For our part , did not work only the first ten minutes of the game when we leave the initiative to Milan , unlike the other 80 " .

"It's not easy to play with so many people defending , you must play with great speed, moving the ball quickly."

Meanwhile, Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said his team " played a good game , we gave some to Barcelona and the goal of which was our error. Had also several times and we got a good point ."

"Kaka made ​​an extraordinary match , showed the champion he is , in the effort and sacrifice. Showed that to be a champion is not only my feet, but also in the head ," he said .

Barca came with bow danger Milan after 20 minutes with a center Neymar Messi who was looking for , but he advanced the goalkeeper Marco Amelia .

Milan's French defender Philippe Mexes , had a great chance in the 28th minute before a bad output Barca goalkeeper Victor Valdes , but his header just steps from the arc went wide.

At 38 , the Chilean Alexis Sanchez got the ball in the penalty area and fired first , but his shot was weak and did not represent milanista challenge the keeper .

At 45 , a shot from Neymar almost touched the stick bow Milan .

Kaka , who played 25 minutes in the previous game against Udinese , after a month's absence through injury , made ​​a great first half , both in attack and in defense. In the second lowered its level and was replaced in the 70th .

The first time in the second half was the Milan , in the 50th minute when a cross bow near Barcelona went through his legs to Robinho, who could have topped the arc with great danger.

Barca underwent a veritable siege to Milan .

" We were behind, but we made good attacks and so it was difficult for them ," admitted Allegri , who played all 64 minutes gunner letter Mario Balotelli , who had missed the last game with a thigh problem . Robinho replaced .