Barca were without Messi, Puyol and Busquets. Three fairly important players given one's the best player in the world and the other two are the backbone of the best team of the last decade.
That said, Brian were brilliant. Anybody who thinks they were even out of second gear when we played them at their place is deluded.
Pep's going to have a job improving this lot, mind you that's what we said when he took over from Rijkaard.