Manchester City 0-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 18 February 2014
Result
Manchester City 0-2 FC Barcelona
Champions League · Tuesday 18 February 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester City 0-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Manchester City lost to FC Barcelona 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 18 February 2014. The half-time score was 0-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Manchester City did not score. FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (54', penalty) and Dani Alves (90').
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 13th on 13 points from 6 and FC Barcelona 5th on 16 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-W-D-L and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 28'Yellow card · Álvaro Negredo
- 37'Yellow card · Aleksandar Kolarov
- 53'Red card · Martín Demichelis
- 54'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 76'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 90'Goal · Dani Alves
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksandar Kolarov, Jesús Navas, Gaël Clichy, Martín Demichelis, David Silva, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, Álvaro Negredo
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Dani Alves, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Alexis Sánchez, Lionel Messi