FC Barcelona 2-1 Manchester City: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 12 March 2014
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Manchester City
Champions League · Wednesday 12 March 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
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FC Barcelona 2-1 Manchester City: match report
FC Barcelona beat Manchester City 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 12 March 2014. The half-time score was 0-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 67th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (67') and Dani Alves (90+1'). Manchester City scored through Vincent Kompany (89').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 4th on 19 points from 7 and Manchester City 14th on 13 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 0 draws and 0 for Manchester City.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Manchester City's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Fernandinho
- 23'Yellow card · Aleksandar Kolarov
- 30'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 54'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 67'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 73'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
- 78'Second yellow · Pablo Zabaleta
- 89'Goal · Vincent Kompany
- 90+1'Goal · Dani Alves
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-1-2)
Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Dani Alves, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Neymar
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, Joleon Lescott, Aleksandar Kolarov, James Milner, Samir Nasri, David Silva, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, Sergio Agüero