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Man City
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0 – 2
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Barcelona
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Catalan club snitches difficult victory in the land of the
City and becomes close to qualifying in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Barcelona Beat 2 - zero easily away to Manchester City in
the first leg knockout round Champions League on Tuesday.
And Argentine striker Lionel Messi has got a penalty kick
after being blocked by compatriot Martin Demichelis at the beginning of the
second half, which resulted in the expulsion of Defender City.
And Messi carried out successfully penalty to open the
scoring for Barcelona, European champions four times after nine minutes into
the second half.
The Brazilian full back Dani Alves Doubled Barcelona
progress in the last minute of the game when he put the ball between the legs
of City goalkeeper Joe Hart from close range after a strong start from the
right.
Barcelona controlled the game in the first 20 minutes and
finished the meeting better than City, who play in the first knockout round
Champions League for the first time in its history.
Despite scoring 228 goals between them this season, City and
Barcelona failed to score during the first half.
After his two goals on City Stadium, Barcelona will get a
boost before the second leg at home on March 12 next year.
On the other hand , midfielder FC Barcelona Xavi Hernandez
equals with compatriot Raul Gonzalez in
the number of matches in the Champions League, where arrived in front of
Manchester City the match No. 144 greatest competitions in Europe.
And it is now a Spanish Xavi is the player with the largest
number of games in European competition and also to only one player beats him
in a number of games concerning Welsh Ryan Giggs Manchester United star.
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