Henry’s moment of regret

WHERE to begin? Appropriately at the beginning, or nearly so. Conveniently, the moments that defined last night’s Champions League final in Paris — and reshaped football history — arrived chronologically.

There were five in all — the three goals and two critical others that ultimately decided the 50th final in Barcelona’s favour.

The first is probably already the subject of a pub thesis. But when the dust settles on Jens Lehmann’s sending off in the 18th minute, two facts remain. Firstly, he committed a goal-stopping foul. And secondly (and in spite of Arsenal’s incandescent rage), referee Terje Hauge of Norway should have given the goal finished off by Ludovic Giuly.