The Champions League proved rich for one English football fan last night during Arsenal’s 2-0 loss to Barcelona at the Emirates.
Arsene Wenger’s side are on the verge of elimination at this stage for a sixth consecutive season, one Premier League fan had plenty to cheer about.
Popular full-time gambler and football statistician @BarriesView won a remarkable £3,567.87 on last night’s result. He Tweeted a screenshot of his winning bet to Oddschecker:
@Oddschecker Thank you Messi 🙂 pic.twitter.com/BV07vxaAw2
— Barrie's View (@BarriesView) February 23, 2016
Barrie had to wait until the 71st minute before the runaway Spanish La Liga leaders opened the scoring – Lionel Messi scoring on a great counter-attack, assisted by Neymar.
Messi then secured the punter his winnings in the final five minutes when he won and converted a penalty after a foul from substitute Mathieu Flamini.
Strangely, Arsenal's odds had drifted from 1.76 to 1.96 with Betfair in the space of less than 24 hours before kick-off despite this season’s favourites naming their expected starting XI. Barrie’s View took full advantage of these odds as shown above!
Back in December, Barrie also tipped Barcelona to win 5 trophies this season – we wonder how much he is due to win on that?!?
