2. Jose may have a point about Barca.
Jose Mourinho ruffled some feathers this week by picking on his favourite target – Barcelona. The Portuguese described the Tata Martino’s team as “the worst Barcelona of many, many years”…and he may have a point. Although the visitors controlled possession and were metronomic in their passing as usual, City were comfortably in the game until Demichelis’ rush of blood. For all Barca’s tiki-taka, they lacked the movement to make it count and their centre halves, Javier Mascherano and Pique, didn’t look comfortably against a half-fit Alvaro Negredo. Barca should not be underestimated, of course, and they will win this tie. The tournament, however, may be beyond them.
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