FABREGAS TAKES FULL BLAME FOR LOSS AGAINST BARCELONA

Cesc Fabregas declared his nightmare return to the Nou Camp as "one of the worst moments of my life" and accepted "full blame" for Arsenal's Champions League exit at the hands of Barcelona. The Gunners had Robin van Persie sent off as they were knocked out of Europe by the Spanish giants for the second successive season, with a 3-1 reverse meaning a 4-3 aggregate exit. Fabregas, returning to his boyhood club for the first time, had earlier inexplicably tried to backheel the ball to Jack Wilshere on the edge the Arsenal penalty area, but gave it straight to Andres Iniesta - who set up Lionel Messi to put Barcelona ahead in first-half stoppage time. The Spain World Cup winner, substituted with 12 minutes remaining, was left bitterly disappointed by his own contribution after coming back from a hamstring injury. "I take full blame for the result tonight," Fabregas said on his Twitter account. "One of the worst moments of my life. I apologise."