1. The EPL is a great league, but it's lacking truly great teams - Manchester City was England's last chance to put a team into the Champions League quarterfinals. Just like Chelsea and Arsenal though, they failed in their mission, completely beaten by Barcelona. As good as the EPL is -- it's entertaining and competitive -- there's a lack of a any truly powerful teams at the moment. They simply cannot go toe-to-toe with the likes of Barca, Bayern and Real Madrid.
2. City had a good plan, but Messi destroys plans - There was nothing fundamentally wrong with City's tactics, in fact, they worked pretty well in limiting Barca's offensive chances. The problem is, even the best tactics can't account for Lionel Messi. Sometimes he just does something amazing, and such was the case on Wednesday.
3. Barca are beatable, but City wasn't the team to do it - The chances were there in both legs for City, but their defense just wasn't good enough to prevent Barca from generating chances and scoring goals. City had their moments though, and perhaps a better side will be able to breakdown the Spanish giants.
Match Summary
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| source: UEFA |
Goals: Rakitic (31')
Manchester City: Hart ,Kolarov, Demichelis, Kompany, Sagna, Fernandinho, Touré (Bony 72'), Nasri (Navas 46'), Silva, Milner, Agüero
Goals: None
Controversy: There are clear evidence at 78 minute played when Javier Mascherano pointing to Ter Stegen where is fellow country Man, Aguero would kick his Penalty to See picture Below.
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| Javier Mascherano pointing to Ter Stegen |
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| Javier Mascherano celebrating with Ter Stegen |
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