WATCH Barcelona Defeat Manchester City 2-0 to Take Commanding Lead: Goals [GIF]

Manchester City have a mountain to climb in the second leg of its UEFA Champions League match after Barcelona took a commanding 2-0 win at the Etihad Stadium to damage City’s chances of making it to the quarter-finals.

The turning point in the match was when Manchester City defender Martin Dimichelis fouled Leo Messi, resulting in the referee sending Dimichelis off and awarding a penalty to Barcelona.

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Messi then calmly slotted the ball into the net from the penalty spot:

Barcelona then put the match out of Manchester City’s reach when Dani Alves scored the second goal to seal the 2-0 victory:

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