And when a defensive mix-up between Per Mertesacker and Mathieu Flamini gave Messi the opportunity to put the tie to bed from the penalty spot, Kelly Sotherton finally cracked.
The famous Gooner's tweet was then followed up by a snap of the damage to the television set, with the remote control embedded in the screen.
If one picture could sum up the frustration of being an Arsenal fan, it's surely this one.
The former heptathlete, who had her Commonwealth gold medal stolen in February of last year, continued to vent her fury after Lionel Messi calmly dispatched the penalty past Petr Cech.
"Two stupid mistakes that you can never ever do against Barca. Gutted. So is my TV!"
The former heptathlete was not the only fan who used the medium of social media to express their chronic frustration with Arsenal's struggles in Europe.
Arsenal now face the uphill task of over turning a two-goal deficit at the Nou Camp in two weeks time, and Arsene Wenger has admitted his side have a 5 per cent chance of reaching the quarter-finals.
“Realistically, it is very, very difficult, if not impossible. Barcelona are 95 per cent through and it is only five per cent for us. We have to go there and fight. We had the chances, we didn’t score.”
Arsenal vs Barcelona timeline February 23 2016
- Telegraph