City are down but certainly not out after a spirited second-half against Barcelona kept the Champions League fires burning heading into the second leg.
The Blues were 2-0 down with barely half-an-hour played, but a much-improved display after the break saw Sergio Aguero reduce the arrears, though Gael Clichy’s sending off shortly after curtailed a complete revival of fortunes.
With almost the last kick of the game, Joe Hart saved a Lionel Messi penalty in a dramatic climax that City will take heart from.
Realistically, City’s best hope against opposition of this quality was to keep a clean sheet, but with a stellar forward line containing Messi, Suarez and Neymar, that was never going to be easy.
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