Good evening and welcome to LIVE coverage of the Champions League Group H encounter between AC Milan and Barcelona at the San Siro.

PLAYER RATINGS - BARCELONA: Valdes 6, Alves 6, Pique 6, Mascherano 6, Adriano 6, Busquets 6 , Xavi 7, Iniesta 7, Alexis 6, Neymar 6, Messi 7. subs: Fabregas 6, Pedro 5.

PLAYER RATINGS - AC MILAN: Amelia 7, Mexes 8, Zapata 7, Abate 6, Constant 7, Muntari 7, Birsa 6, Montolivo 7, de Jong 7, Robinho 6, Kaka 7. Subs: Balotelli 6, Emanuelson 6, Poli 5.

MAN OF THE MATCH - Philippe Mexes (AC Milan) - Led by example at the heart of the Milan defence as Barca pressed for well over an hour. The Frenchman produced a series of goal-saving tackles and could have got on the scoresheet with a bit more composure in the first half.

FULL TIME: Milan 1-1 Barca. The hosts hold on for a hard-fought point after Messi had cancelled out Robinho's opener.

It's all Barcelona now. A whipped cross from the left skims the head of Mexes and denies Fabregas a free header at goal.

Three minutes added.

Milan taking their time with a free kick cleverly won deep in their own territory.

Messi fires in the set piece and it's blocked by the wall. Huge relief in the stands but it's not over yet.

Free kick to Barca in Messi territory. Is this going to be the heartbreaker for the home side?

Corner ball... Great defensive header by Zapata.

Barca turning the screw late on.

POSSESSION STATS: Milan 35 per cent - Barca 65 per cent.

Seven minutes to go plus added time. Can someone unlock this Milan defence? Or can the hosts snatch a vital win on the counter?

Fabregas booked for a challenge on Mexes.

BARCA sub: Neymar replaced by Pedro.

MILAN sub: Poli on for Birsa.

Muntari appears to bring down Messi. No free kick. Another lenient decision by the ref.

Free kick to Barca. Messi curls it in and Fabregas almost connects. In the end it's easy for the keeper.

Muntari booked for Milan.

Milan about to make their final sub.