Manchester City 3-1 FC Barcelona: result and report

Manchester City 3-1 FC Barcelona

Champions League · Tuesday 1 November 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City defeated FC Barcelona 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 1 November 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Manchester City's goals came from Ilkay Gündogan (39'), Kevin De Bruyne (51') and Ilkay Gündogan (74'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (21').

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 8th on 10 points from 5 and FC Barcelona 10th on 9 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to İlkay Gündoğan of Manchester City (8.7), ahead of Kevin De Bruyne (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 1 draw and 3 for FC Barcelona.