 Wysłany: Śro 14:33, 26 Mar 2014 Temat postu: Champions League Barcelona sees off Manchester Ci |
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| Barcelona may not be the force it once was -- but it still had too much for Manchester City.
City, which has now exited both the FA Cup and Champions League in the past week, was always going to find life difficult after losing the first leg of its Champions League last-16 tie. Trailing by two goals and with the knowledge that no club has ever managed to progress after suffering a 2-0 defeat at home in the first leg of the competition, City at least gave it a real go in a pulsating contest at the Camp Nou. In the end, despite plenty of courage and endeavor,[url=http://www.billigeday.com/]Nike Sko[/url], goals from Lionel Messi and Dani Alves decided this tie as Barcelona gained a 2-1 win to progress 4-1 on aggregate. Vincent Kompany had briefly leveled the game with a minute of normal time remaining before Alves struck -- and City finished the game with 10-men after Pablo Zabaleta was sent off. "We've got nothing left in the tank, we gave everything," Kompany told Sky Sports. "We could have scored earlier which would have changed the game. "You have to take your half chances against the best teams. Over the course of the two games there was not much between the sides. Lionel Messi is incredible player but outside of that it was even. "Only the winners get remembered but it's only our third season in the Champions League. ",[url=http://www.billigeday.com/nike-free-run-38]Nike Free[/url];The way we have played means we should fear nobody next season and our time will come,[url=http://www.billigeday.com/nike-free-run-38]Nike Free Run[/url]." Much had been made of Barcelona's supposed fragility under Tata Martino and its recent defeats by Real Sociedad and Real Valladolid. Martino, who replaced Tito Vilanova at the start of the season, has come under increasing pressure with his team four points off league leader Real Madrid. But here, his team had too much for City,[url=http://www.billigeday.com/nike-shox-34]Billige Nike Shox[/url], even if some doubts remain about its ability to challenge the likes of Bayern Munich and Real for the trophy. It was City which started the better of the two but the visitor soon began to ride its luck as Barcelona grew frustrated at the decisions of the officials,[url=http://www.billigeday.com/]Nike Shox[/url]. Read: Pellegrini banned for three games With manager Manuel Pellegrini sat in the stands after being handed a touchline ban following his disparaging remarks about Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson, who presided over the first leg,[url=http://www.billigeday.com/nike-free-run-38]Billige Nike Free[/url], City was left in the hands of assistant Ruben Cousillas. Not that there was much Cousillas could do as Barcelona began to turn the screw. First, the home side felt it should have been awarded a penalty when Messi went down under the challenge of Joleon Lescott but referee Stephane Lannoy waved away the appeals. I think tonight we got back to being the Barcelona that we all want to see and we were able to beat a very tough opponent," he told Canal Plus. ",[url=http://www.billigeday.com/nike-air-max-33]Billige Air Max[/url];I don't know if the criticism (in the media after the La Liga defeat to Valladolid) was over the top. We are the first to criticize ourselves and we didn't play the way we should have done there. "We don't let the criticism affect us and we just focus on ourselves and try to turn things around and that's what we did tonight, I think." diving. |
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