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00:02Welcome back. Barcelona have the lead at half-time, but Rio, Manchester City should be at least on level terms,
00:08shouldn't they?
00:08Yep, they've been really impressive today. They've really stopped Barcelona playing through the middle of the pitch.
00:12The only chances Barcelona have created have been through breaking over the press, playing long ball.
00:17One of them for Mniti and the other one for the goal into Suarez from the keeper.
00:20And I think City, today, you have to show big respect for them for the way they've played.
00:25Very brave, and they've created chances here at the Nou Camp.
00:28And this is the goal here, so we're talking about having to play over the press.
00:31Man City's players pressing, the ball gets played into Suarez.
00:34I think Otamendi's looking at Stones and thinking, we're three on three, I need to stay back.
00:39But he lets Suarez start to play now, and that's probably the first mistake.
00:43He should have gone and just taken him out on the halfway line, taking the ball off him.
00:46But here, then, it's just a comedy of errors, really.
00:49There, Kolarov should make that tackle.
00:52Great reverse pass from Iniesta.
00:55Messi reads the slip from Fernandinho best.
00:58And you see it here.
01:00The instinct of an attacking player here.
01:03Edge of the box there, the two defenders are in front almost there.
01:06But the instinct of an attacker to smell danger, to smell an opportunity quicker and before anyone else.
01:12And then he sits to keep her down.
01:15Beautiful.
01:17Wonderful talent here.
01:18He's not had the best of halves, Messi, by his own standards.
01:20But he's been out injured for quite a while.
01:22But giving that sort of opportunity takes it.
01:25By contrast, City have had their chances and they've not taken them, Richard.
01:29No, it's been a story of recent weeks for City.
01:32They've been creating lots but not finishing them off.
01:35And Nolito's been guilty on a couple of occasions tonight.
01:38But it's encouraging for Man City because they can open them up.
01:41And Barcelona have had the changes in their back line as well today.
01:44And that was great skill by Gundogan and a great save as well.
01:48But I think maybe in the second half, if Aguero does come on and we can get De Bruyne to
01:53run onto the ball,
01:54rather than having his back to goal, it'll create even more chances.
01:58Jones' header just turned his head on it instead of heading right through it.
02:02I think City have matched them in every phase, if not for the slip from Fernandinho.
02:05This game's level in terms of possession and shots.
02:08The game is very, very close.
02:09I think City, the game plan has worked.
02:11Just one slip from Fernandinho.
02:12One quick question before we look at a penalty appeal.
02:15The fact that he's left Aguero out, has that made City play so well?
02:18Or if Aguero was in, could you see City having perhaps the lead or at least be level?
02:23Well, I think the game plan's worked, if not for one slip.
02:25Now we can bring Aguero one.
02:27You know, Matius come on as well.
02:28I think Aguero could get at him as well.
02:30They've changed Jordi Alba as well.
02:31So I think now they realise they can get at this back four,
02:34get the ball into De Bruyne and Silva and create opportunities.
02:36I think the game plan overrides individual players.
02:38And that's what's happened today.
02:39City have played to a game plan and done it well.
02:41Possible penalty for Manchester City, who's quite close.
02:44There was definitely a bit of hand on it, though, wasn't there?
02:46Just before half-time.
02:48Brilliant from Sterling.
02:49Brilliant from Sterling.
02:50Direct.
02:51Aggressive.
02:53But...
02:54His arm's away from his body, isn't it?
02:56So you would say, well, he's in a natural position, really.
03:00Howard Webb doesn't think so.
03:01I don't think so.
03:02It's too close.
03:03I think he's a bit close.
03:04A bit close.
03:05Okay, well, it's...
03:06Well, it wasn't a penalty anyway.
03:08Because the referee agreed with Howard Webb.
03:09They do stick together, those referees.
03:11It's 1-0 at half-time.
03:13But there's much, really, I think, for Pep Guardiola to be satisfied with his Manchester City performance,
03:20except in front of goal.
03:23The Champions!
03:27All eight Champions League games are available for you.
03:30They're the half-time scores for you to have a little look at.
03:32Celtic, nil.
03:34Borussia Mönchengladbach, nil.
03:36And Arsenal, it says 2-0, but they've just scored.
03:38They're now 3-0 up Arsenal against Ludeguerts in that game.
03:43All the other matches pretty much kicked off, except for Barcelona.
03:47They're just coming out of the tunnel, as you can probably see there.
03:51And I suppose the only other chance, apart from the goal that Messi scored, was a chance for Suarez.
03:55Yeah, straight through the middle there.
03:59Great effort, great save in the end.
04:00Cameras, obviously, for the bit at the end from Bravo.
04:03But the footwork there from Suarez to get that shot off was sublime.
04:11Pep's a bit frustrated there, but overall, I wouldn't imagine he'd be quite satisfied
04:14with the way they played, and more of the same in the second half.
04:18Well, I think they've just got to be patient.
04:19I think they've matched Barcelona in every phase.
04:21Not many teams can do that at the Nou Camp, so be patient, keep it as it is.
04:24And he's got options to make changes, come off the bench with Sané and Aguero.
04:27This game is still very much very, very open.
04:30Barca not looking at their best, Richard.
04:32They're not. They've been kept really quiet by City tonight,
04:34and I think as the game progresses, City have more on the bench, I think,
04:38to change attacking ways for themselves.
04:41OK, well, the two teams look about ready for the second half.
04:44Let's rejoin our commentators in the Nou Camp.
04:46Steve McManaman and Darren Fletcher.
04:51Thanks, Gary.
04:53So, the same 11 starting the second half for Manchester City that finished the first.
04:58Barring the Fernandinho slip, the game plan from Pep Guardiola
05:02working pretty well here.
05:04It's just intriguing now, Steve,
05:08as to at which point Guardiola thinks it's the right time to send on Aguero
05:12to really try and change things around.
05:15Yeah, you just want Manchester City to start the second half like they finished the first.
05:18They were on top, they were making chances.
05:21You want them to be equally as good in the second half,
05:25show a little bit more intensity.
05:27And hopefully they'll get on the score sheet sooner rather than later,
05:31and then he doesn't have to bring Aguero on yet.
05:35There's a really makeshift look to this Barcelona defence.
05:38Two changes enforced on Luis Enrique in the first half.
05:44He lost to Jordi Alba very early with what appeared to be a recurrence of the hamstring problem
05:48that he picked up on international duty, and Gerard Piquet went off as well.
05:53So Lucas Dean, the French international, and Jeremy Mathieu both came on in the first half.
06:00Here's a racket inch for Barcelona.
06:02Barcelona leading this match by one goal to nil,
06:04the 100th goal in 2016 scored by Messi, Neymar and Suarez combined.
06:11So the century up for Barcelona.
06:15Anything but a vintage performance from them in the first 45 minutes.
06:19Real hope here in the second half for Manchester City.
06:28To Mendy there in front of Neymar.
06:31Sterling.
06:34Good run made by Kevin De Bruyne, not picked up by Mathieu.
06:38Alito was waiting for it, Javier Mascherano went and attacked it.
06:43Sergio Aguero when you need him.
06:46De Bruyne has found some really good positions, hasn't he?
06:50Wide positions for Manchester City in this game.
06:53Here's Zabaleta, De Bruyne's on the move again, and again City can find him inside the box,
06:57and this time too close to Stegen.
07:01Again, really good runs by Kevin De Bruyne.
07:03Found first by Sterling.
07:06Just then again.
07:08Simple running forward, and Barcelona fast asleep at the back.
07:16Messi's down here.
07:19This is the second one, that was easy enough for Stegen.
07:23This is the first one.
07:25Look at that central area, that's where you want your centre forwards.
07:27One, whether it's Stare, sorry, whether it's Silva or Nolito,
07:31one has to make the run across the near post.
07:40Must be pleased and exasperated in almost equal measure, Guardiola.
07:46Happy at the fact that his team are getting in the positions and having the possession to make opportunities,
07:52and then they're disappointed at the fact there's not been quite enough quality at the end of it.
07:56Yeah.
08:01Well, they're well in this game, aren't they, and a little bit of bad luck with the slip,
08:06and then John Stone's missing that chance.
08:10It's not too bad at all, isn't it?
08:21Sergio Aguero warming up.
08:24Yeah, he doesn't look too bad at all, that challenge, you see, he comes in at the side, he gets
08:27the ball.
08:32Soares in the way of the Barcelona free kick.
08:37It's his game, isn't it, Otamendi?
08:39He's a no-nonsense character at the back for Manchester City,
08:41and he's made some important interventions already in this one.
08:48Titi there for Barcelona.
08:50Given away by Otamendi to Iniesta.
08:53Now Neymar.
08:55Savaleta was in there quickly.
09:11Sorry, he's just standing at the heels of Stones.
09:14Yeah, he just has to be careful, John Stone, isn't he?
09:18That was nice.
09:19But then he started to run into bodies, he got away with it a bit there.
09:25David Silva, Leandro Lito.
09:31Serrano across there, and Rakitic is helping out as well.
09:35Titi could play it forward towards Busquets, who's lost it, although he can win it back.
09:42Geltwood by Savaleta.
09:49Here's Otamendi.
09:57Challenge by Mathieu on Gundogan.
10:00Neymar can bring it forward.
10:09Now Rakitic, Messi's on the move in the middle,
10:12Kolarov stood his ground, Barcelona corner.
10:32Titi's come up from the back.
10:36Jeremy Mattia is in there as well.
10:39It's Neymar who's gone out to take the corner.
10:53He's headed goalwards at just wide.
10:55Well, he was Umtiti who was in there for Barcelona.
11:05It was a good run by Umtiti.
11:07It was a good run by Umtiti.
11:32Very subdued game, isn't it, and atmosphere as well.
11:41It's Lucas Dean.
11:43Sterling in there for Manchester City.
11:46And Rakitic, although that's going to be the free kick City's way.
12:01Sergio Aguero, Fernando and Jesus Navas, the City substitutes who are warming up at the moment.
12:13It's towards Zabaleta, Lucas Dean was in there, and then Suarez will chase the other way,
12:18and it's poor goalkeeping by Bravo.
12:21And he am balls at first.
12:24He's getting sent off.
12:25Red card for Claudio Bravo.
12:27Made the initial error, and then made another one.
12:30Manchester City down to ten men.
12:34And Claudio Bravo, on his return to Barcelona, sees the red card.
12:39Yeah, and there's no other option, was it, unfortunately?
12:43No other option.
12:52Simple punt forward.
12:53Huge error from the goalkeeper.
12:56And then...
12:57Well, that speaks of itself, doesn't it, unfortunately.
12:59The strange thing is, Claudio Bravo could have stayed in this box and just picked the ball up.
13:04But he's come out.
13:06Massive error.
13:09And then stops it from going in the back of the net, if he would have got there.
13:12So Guardiola's got to work out who to sacrifice here, to send on Willy Caballero.
13:18Frantic activity down on the Manchester City bench at the moment.
13:25Yeah.
13:26And the lead on to have a chill that are coming over to speak to the manager, it looks like.
13:37I think it might well be Nolito.
13:39He's going to be sacrificed.
13:41Yeah, I think so, mate.
13:41I think so.
13:43He says number nine on the board.
13:44Yep.
13:45So there's Willy Caballero.
13:48He made his first appearance in the Champions League for three and a half years against Stour Bucharest in the
13:54qualifier.
13:56Manchester City's promise why he compounded here as well, because Pablo Zabaleta, as you can see, is down as well.
14:02Yeah, his boots off there, I think.
14:10Well, I think we're going to have a break and play for the first few minutes here.
14:12Well, it's the night of the walking wounded here, isn't it?
14:15Yeah.
14:15He's going to pass a lot of defenders off in the first half.
14:18It's looking like he's in trouble now.
14:22And Manchester City down to ten men.
14:26It's giving Guardiola some thinking time.
14:29And that's for certain.
14:30It's also giving Caballero a bit more time to get warm down there, Steve.
14:34He's stretching off down there.
14:43He's always ready to leave the field, look.
14:46Well, we've got this break and play.
14:48We can let you know that the Champions League goal show is on right now, BT Sport 1 HD.
14:52And the highlights tonight, 10 o'clock, BT Sport 2 HD for all the goals from around Europe tonight.
15:02Yeah, it was that challenge by Lucas Dean on Zabaleta.
15:08It's one of them, it looks as if it's got a bit worse.
15:11That's not a great sign, the stretch is on the field now, so hopefully we won't be needing that.
15:16But again, it looked like a fairly innocuous challenge.
15:20You can see here, it's just a follow-through.
15:29Salty's okay.
15:31There's the golf cart come mobile ambulance that's been brought up.
15:37It's not just a stretcher.
15:39Don't do things by halves here in Barcelona.
15:42No.
15:43No.
15:43No.
15:44No.
15:44No.
15:45No.
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15:57No.
16:00All Nolito can do is stand there in the knowledge that he's coming off.
16:04Yeah, well, he thinks he's coming off depending on how bad or well Pablo Zabaleta is,
16:09but there's Gael Gleeshy stripped off as well, so...
16:12The raft of substitutions.
16:14So we might end up with a situation here where both back fives, including the goalkeeper,
16:19will be significantly different to the ones that started the game tonight.
16:25The good news is that Zabaleta can walk off under his own steam.
16:28You see his foot there, there's a fair bit of blood there, whether that's the problem.
16:45It looks as though Gleeshy is going to be needed.
16:47He's just been called back to the City bench and he's taken off the fluorescent bib that he was wearing
16:52while he was warming up.
16:56So the first change is Caballero for Zabaleta.
17:07Yeah, Nolito's already gone.
17:09Yeah, didn't even wait, he was gone.
17:12So cliche for Nolito.
17:20It's a real shame, isn't it, Steve, that the fact that City very much in the match, even though 1
17:25-0 down,
17:26started the second half pretty well.
17:29Thinks of where they left off in the first, and now they go down to ten men.
17:33Solely down to an error by Claudio Bravo that was compounded by the handball.
17:37Yeah, we mentioned it early on, didn't we, how you have to be mentally strong,
17:43don't make mistakes, and they've been let down by those little errors.
17:47First job here for Willy Caballero, it's a free-kick that's got Messi and Neymar stood over it.
17:54It's a really big wall that's been put together by the Manchester City goalkeeper.
17:58It's Messi who hits it, and it was always too high.
18:05It's just been one of those nights, isn't it?
18:07Never, ever threatening.
18:11Really disappointing, free-kick.
18:19Here's it to Mendy, towards Raheem Sterling, Jeremy Mathieu was in there for Barcelona.
18:26Away by Umtiti, and Neymar's coming from an onside position,
18:31and almost the same spot where Bravo gave the ball away was where Caballero found himself.
18:37He's a bit more decisive in dealing with it.
18:40Yeah, so it looks as if Otamendi's come to right-back, as you can see there.
18:45Storms and Kolodov in the centre, and then Klitsch is a left-back now.
18:49There's Messi, skips away from Fernandinho, couldn't feed it through, though,
18:53towards Neymar, now Iniesta.
18:57Rakitic had made a run on the other side of the pitch,
18:59but Iniesta didn't feel he could get the ball out there to him.
19:08What's your gonna be, just say?
19:09Jeremy Mathieu, for Barcelona, andres in Iiesta.
19:13Andres in Iiesta.
19:14Andres in Iiesta.
19:31Andres in Iiesta.
19:33Rakitic, now Messi, Neymar likes that one doesn't he, saw that last season here when Arsenal came to the camp
19:45now.
19:47Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic, Mascherano, Titi, Mathieu.
20:08Rakitic towards Suarez, they've been patient here, Barcelona, John Stones across, fit enough with a bit of help from Willy
20:16Caballero.
20:19Yeah, he did well, John Stones, in the end. Good run by Suarez, John Stones follows him, he's there, he's
20:24there.
20:26Makes the challenge.
20:31Given away by Catriona, Iniesta, now Messi, collar off in front of him, Messi picks out the corner and gets
20:38another one.
20:41Well, it's not been the best of nights in terms of a scintillating display from Lionel Messi, but he's managed
20:47to bag a couple of goals.
20:49Who cares when you can put them all in the back of the net like that?
20:55And again, Manchester City error unfortunately has been heavily punished.
21:05It's not bad, is it? Five goals in two matches.
21:08Settle for that on a bad night for them. Look there, De Bruyne giving the ball away.
21:13Wasn't a great pass by Iniesta, it was just behind Messi.
21:16Again, it was a lovely finish, wasn't it? But real soft goal to concede.
21:21Very, very frustrating night all round unfortunately for Manchester City and Pat.
21:26It's his 464th goal for Barcelona.
21:31The hat-trick he got against Celtic in the Champions League was his 36th hat-trick for Barcelona,
21:36and now it's one goal away from hat-trick number 37.
21:39And any lingering hope that Manchester City might have had with ten men has been extinguished by that Barcelona goal,
21:46you feel.
21:47And as Steve said, it was a mistake again that they were punished for.
21:52A slip for Fernandinho in the first half, and guilty of giving the ball away.
21:57Manchester City were that led to that Lionel Messi goal.
22:01I thought Messi was going to take the wrong option, Rakitic made a great run round the side.
22:06Messi might be in again here, Caballero was...
22:09stood in the right position to be able to deal with it.
22:17Get the impression though, Steve, they smell blood now, Barcelona, don't they?
22:20With a two-goal cushion and against ten men.
22:26They have to be very careful, don't they?
22:29It's admirable that Manchester City want to continue to play out from the back,
22:33and want to play nice football.
22:35But when you're down to ten men and your back's against the wall,
22:37sometimes you just have to go long and get up the field.
22:41They're committing far too many errors at the moment.
22:45Here's Lucas Dean, and now Iniesta.
22:53Neymar, challenge made by Otamendi, who's out here as a right-back now.
22:59Direct competition with Neymar.
23:04Sergio Busquets.
23:07I'm sure that Guardiola, when he looks back on tonight, will take plenty of positives from it,
23:12because when it was 11 against 11, the game plan that he put in place was certainly working without actually
23:19managing to score a goal.
23:20But they were creating chances and keeping the ball pretty well.
23:23I mean, possession is so difficult for the opposition here when they come to Barcelona,
23:27but they were doing very well in that regard, Manchester City.
23:31Yeah, football's all about moments, flex, and sometimes you need a little bit of luck,
23:34and sometimes it goes against you.
23:37You know, that John Stones missed header right at the end of the first half,
23:41that was a huge moment, because if they go in 1-1, it's a completely different game.
23:48They've done a mistake by the goalkeeper, and that's the end of the game then, unfortunately, for them.
23:55It's Neymar, Iniesta.
23:58I mean, for Barcelona, they've been average at best, haven't they?
24:00Yeah, they comfortably win it.
24:03It's a good ball through for Gundogan, and here's Kevin De Bruyne!
24:07And it was dealt with by Verstegen, well, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope for Manchester City,
24:11because they opened Barcelona up there.
24:13Opened them up easily.
24:16Lovely ball by Gundogan, just a simple run by Kevin De Bruyne,
24:20good save by Verstegen, one that you'd expect him to make.
24:29Kevin De Bruyne's come out to take the City corner,
24:32and he rolls short for David Silva.
24:35De Bruyne, Verstegen beats it away, the Stones arrives,
24:40and then Iniesta clears as far as Raheem Sterling.
24:45Away by Umtiti.
24:50Iniesta to Neymar, and Suarez has made the run through the medal,
24:53and Sterling's got to do some work, and there's another slit, this time from Clichy.
24:57And that was handball, but not an awful lot that Clichy could do about it,
25:02I don't think, because he was on the ground already.
25:07Yeah.
25:10They need the award for the pitcher at half-time, but this is just a simple break by Barcelona,
25:14good ball here by Neymar, he has to get the power on it.
25:18He just slips, doesn't he, Clichy, under this handball.
25:26He's back to the top six handball.
25:28He's back to the top six handball.
25:29He's passed on the free kick, which is sent in by Messi.
25:35It would have actually floated out, wouldn't it, had Polisi not got involved in that.
25:40It was a real poor free kick from him when they get away, wouldn't it?
26:00Batey and Mathieu just inside the Manchester City penalty area,
26:05Neymar's out to take the corner and Messi's over there with it.
26:08So is David Silva.
26:16He's in the Ester, and now Messi.
26:29Rakitic.
26:32He's able to get the legs closed in time.
26:40Go, go, go!
26:59Welcome to Barcelona, the lead at the top of Group C to five points.
27:06With the reverse-fixer to come in a couple of weeks,
27:14there's a bit of time for Messi on those in an offside position.
27:25Yeah, but when Manchester City do face Barcelona in a couple of weeks,
27:29there's nothing to be scared about judging on this performance tonight.
27:41We've got 278 goals now, the trio here,
27:46since Suarez arrived at the club in 2014.
27:5225 between them already this season, they got 131 last season.
27:58Even on a night where they've been slightly off Barcelona,
28:00they've got that ability to win games.
28:04De Bruyne was offside there.
28:07Again, but to the simple run by De Bruyne.
28:12There's the goal, giving the ball away there.
28:15And even this shot seems to go in slow motion.
28:25It's in the Ester.
28:27Messi can send more food towards Neymar,
28:30it's a piece of a pass.
28:30Caballero came and just got there.
28:36And towards Suarez and intercepted on its way there by Otamendi.
28:43Oh, Gundogan gives it away this time,
28:46Suarez, Messi for the hat-trick,
28:48and Messi gets the hat-trick.
28:52And the best player on the planet
28:54puts his stamp on this game in the cap now tonight.
28:58How's he got three tonight?
29:00How's he got three?
29:03Oh.
29:12Well, whatever...
29:14Whatever they said about the second goal,
29:17it goes to the third goal again.
29:19Mistake by Manchester City,
29:21giving the ball away in the wrong areas.
29:23Heavily, heavily punished.
29:28Sloppy there, real sloppy.
29:30John Stones,
29:31leaven-footed Suarez.
29:33Very unselfish.
29:34I mean, the finish was beautiful, wasn't it?
29:38He's got a fair bit of talent, that fella, hasn't he?
29:40That little fella there.
29:41Fair bit of talent.
29:4337th hat-trick
29:45in a Barcelona shirt for Lionel Messi.
29:47Two games in the Champions League this season,
29:50one against Celtic,
29:50one against Manchester City,
29:52and he's got a hat-trick in both of them.
29:56Yeah, that was a really nice finish by him, actually.
29:58Very nice finish.
30:07But Abley assisted by some real poor Manchester City errors, unfortunately.
30:22Still over 20 minutes to go as well, it could be a case down with a ten minute,
30:25trying to keep the score down from the City standpoint.
30:28Absolutely, absolutely.
30:28There comes a point where it's a shut-up shot now, and that'll do.
30:31You don't want to lose five.
30:33Certainly Pacta doesn't want to lose five coming back.
30:38There's Raheem Sterling.
30:40It's a really good run by Sterling,
30:42and he's going to get the free kick here.
30:44And a yellow card for Jeremy Mathieu for the challenge.
30:48Yeah, rightly so.
30:51Real good positive run by Raheem Sterling.
31:04Alexander Kolarov is the City player who's put the free kick down.
31:09He's got that hammer for a left foot.
31:11Abley with 어제, Abley!
31:20Green!
31:22Green!
31:25Green!
31:27Green!
31:27Green!
31:28Green!
31:29Green!
31:30Green!
31:33Green!
31:34Martin Mendy just looking to try and distract Stegen, it was well hit by Konarov!
31:39And away by Mascherano, and he didn't quite get the run of the ball there,
31:43John Sloane couldn't quite gather it, could he?
31:47Barcelona certainly broke their luck tonight with the decision,
31:50that was a poor save by Interstegen, parrying it back into the danger area,
31:54he has to go wide, right, and as you rightly said,
31:57it just didn't fall for them from Manchester City.
32:07There's Neymar, Messi, Suarez, first time towards Neymar,
32:14really important sliding challenge by Kolarov,
32:17they're looking for a back pass, but they're going to get it.
32:19No, long chance, it was a lovely ball by Suarez, he did really well, Kolarov.
32:28That's his turn to track back, and then Fernandinho gives the ball away,
32:31up towards Neymar, Suarez has carried on running, and Caballero is there.
33:01Fernandinho has closed down quickly there by Rakitic, he did well to escape, actually.
33:06Barcelona have just upped the tempo in terms of their press since the third goal.
33:12Here's Sterling taking on Mascherano.
33:16It's going to be...
33:17That's Mathieu, Fletch is off.
33:19It is.
33:19We've not seen that a yellow card before.
33:22See you later.
33:23I have no idea why he was thinking about diving into that challenge.
33:27Well, that's too crazy, red cards we've seen tonight.
33:29Absolute bonkers.
33:35Well, Luis Enrique can't believe it,
33:36Mathieu who came off the bench to replace the injured Gerard Piquet,
33:41won't see out the rest of the match.
33:43Look where Raheem Sterling is on the pitch, he's running away from goal,
33:46and he is lunging in like that when he's just had a yellow card.
33:51That is completely ridiculous.
33:55And he gets a round of applause as he walks off.
34:00Thankfully the game's in the bag for him,
34:02because if he was your teammate, we'd go mad at him.
34:06So both down to ten men.
34:09Both in crazy circumstances.
34:12City with a free kick with Kevin De Bruyne over it.
34:28And by Silva, towards Ottomendi, away by Umtiti.
34:33Now Stirling.
34:34One, two, three!
34:35Three.
34:36One, two, three!
34:48Two, three.
35:02Two, three, two.
35:04and the glad-back also in Group C.
35:12Here's Suarez for Barcelona,
35:15the referee letting the player go despite the fact that Fernandinho went down,
35:20Neymar around Otamendi,
35:22and then in towards Suarez, dealt with by Kolarov.
35:47Barcelona have got a couple of matches to play before they travel across to Manchester,
35:51an away game against struggling Valencia and a home match against Granada.
35:56City have won Premier League games against Southampton and West Brom
35:59as well as the Manchester derby in the EFL Cup
36:03before these two meet again.
36:08Here's Silva, and now Gundogan.
36:11Neymar was in there.
36:14Gundogan's won it back though for Manchester City.
36:16He was looking to play towards David Silva.
36:19De Bruyne.
36:23Rakitic gets across.
36:32No messi.
36:47No sorting out for the referee to do.
36:49Yeah.
36:56Yeah, he just blocked them off.
36:58Fernandinho, I don't think it was as bad as that,
37:00holding his face, but he just blocked them.
37:03There's only yellow card, those three.
37:04Yeah, I don't think there's a yellow card.
37:06I don't think every foul's a yellow card.
37:07That's where he takes one before off Luis Suarez.
37:11Got to be careful though, has to be very careful.
37:24Suarez, now Messi.
37:29Sterling in there for Manchester City.
37:32And they'll stretch his legs against Mascherano.
37:36Needs some support, which is a little bit slow to arrive.
37:40Sterling's cross from Titi with the block,
37:42and they're cushioned away by Mascherano to Rakitic.
37:45But Fernandinho does well.
37:58Gundo out to Sterling, and then Neatly done to David Silva, who's onside.
38:03Looking to tee up Sterling again, and Antiti able to block it.
38:07Yeah, he did well actually, Antiti.
38:09He gets his body in the right position, doesn't he?
38:17Looks like Andre Gomez is going to come on.
38:21As well as Sergio Aguero, he looks like as well.
38:27Andre Gomez, one of the summer signings here at Barcelona,
38:31Paco Alcacer is on the bench as well, who came in the summer also.
38:35Still waiting for his first Barcelona goal, Paco Alcacer.
38:44It's been a frustrating night for him, hasn't it, Pep Guardiola?
38:49Here's the change.
38:51And Iniesta, who we mentioned in the first half,
38:53is being managed pretty carefully this season
38:56in terms of how much he plays for Barcelona.
38:58He's going to be...
39:00He's going to be the City change first.
39:02Aguero for Gundogan.
39:04And then...
39:07Iniesta, who's going to be replaced by Andre Gomez.
39:19Passed the old band onto Messi, the hat-trick man tonight.
39:23Still plenty of gas for the tank at 32 for Iniesta.
39:26Ah, yeah, he's a lovely player.
39:30And he...
39:31He hasn't had his greatest game tonight.
39:33But I don't think any of the Barcelona players have.
39:36He had an absolute cruise control.
39:42What a frustrating night for that man.
39:49He'll be as acutely aware as anyone, though, Steve,
39:51having been involved in so many big games as a player
39:53and as a manager
39:54that you can't make key mistakes in key areas
39:57against this level of opposition.
40:00And that basically has been the undoing of Manchester City tonight.
40:06Yeah, it's a really easy game to work out tonight, isn't it?
40:09Manchester City made big errors
40:11and they got punished for them.
40:13It hasn't been a huge gulf in class between the two sides.
40:17It's just one team's made more errors than the other.
40:27Into the last ten minutes.
40:29Barcelona are three.
40:31Manchester City are on both sides.
40:34Finishing the game with ten men.
40:37Here's Kevin De Bruyne.
40:40I think she's made a supporting run from left-back in towards David Silva.
40:44Sterling keeps it alive.
40:46Neymar then takes it off him.
40:49He's away from Otamendi.
40:57Trey Gomez gives it back to the Brazilian Neymar.
41:00Suarez in the centre and then Lionel Messi a bit further wide.
41:14That's Messi.
41:16Now Busquets.
41:18Andre Gomez.
41:20Neymar.
41:26Now Rakitic.
41:28Now Neymar's coming in and Willy Cavallero makes the save.
41:32See, again, Flex.
41:33That was just real poor marking by Manchester City then.
41:38Neymar gives the ball to Rakitic and just floats off the back of all the defenders
41:42and nobody picks him up.
41:46He seemed to be magnetised by the presence of Messi in the middle, didn't he?
41:49Look, you see Neymar there.
41:50He just floats off the back.
41:51One, two, three, four, five, orange shirt, and he gets the shot away.
41:54That's just...
41:55That's just poor defensive work, that is.
41:58They actually should have scored.
42:04We're a beat to it here by MTT.
42:06Three, four, six eight.
42:11.
42:12.
42:22.
42:23UNLESS! UNLESS! UNLESS!
42:47Neymar to Messi.
42:51Now Luis Suarez, Rakitic makes the run beyond him
42:56Here is Rakitic, and then Collaroff away
43:07And don't forget we've got some Europa League football for you tomorrow night
43:10Half past five the first match, Inter Milan against Southampton from the San Siro
43:14BT Sport 3 HD, and then when that's finished
43:17A big game at Old Trafford in the Europa League for Manchester United
43:20They welcome Fenerbahce and Robin Van Persie to Old Trafford
43:24Half past seven, BT Sport 2 HD, and 4K UHD as well for that one
43:53That's Fernandinho
43:58Sterling
44:11Colaroff, now Sterling, Colaroff seemed to collide with Andre Gomez
44:18Kevin De Bruyne
44:20With Aguero looking to make the run in behind
44:23It was actually nice play by Manchester City, it was just a poor ball in the end by Ottomans
44:28That 1-2 and the third man running, Sergio Aguero
44:33Lots of space here for Javier Mascherano from right back
44:44Oh, Fernandinho runs into Busquets
44:46It's been a strange old game, hasn't it?
44:48Really, really bizarre, some of the passes at play
44:52Two sides of such quality, yeah
45:14There's Neymar
45:19Andre Gomez
45:27And then Lucas Deans make the run from left back
45:51Neymar again
45:55Now Messi
45:57And still Messi
45:59Wonderful balance, down he goes, penalty
46:03Yeah, the incessancy it takes
46:09Is he going to take it, Messi for his fourth, again
46:11Lovely play by Barcelona, poor defensively
46:15Fernandinho diving in, Dengail Clichy not making the second challenge
46:19And then Colaroff has to make the challenge then
46:25And answer to your question, it's going to be Neymar
46:27This was a nice ball here, but that Fernandinho gambles
46:31Dengail Clichy has to make the challenge there
46:34You can't really see if there's a lot of contact
46:36That challenge there by Clichy, that was poor
46:39And then Colaroff's foul, it's a penalty
46:45So Neymar against Cavallero
47:02It's a long stare from Neymar
47:05And the wind-up
47:08And the save
47:10And then Busquets sends it back in
47:12Well, they had a real problem in terms of converting penalties last season
47:16Manchester City have had their own problems
47:18This season that have been well documented
47:21And Neymar, who was looking to mark his 150th appearance
47:24In a Barcelona shirt from the penalty spot
47:25Sees it saved by Willy Cavallero
47:27They were awarded 24 last season, Steve
47:29And managed to miss nine of them
47:31And Neymar missed the most
47:33And it doesn't seem like he's learned too many lessons
47:36I'd like him just to have a normal run-up
47:38Yeah
47:39Seemed to spend an age staring at Cavallero
47:41Before he decided to
47:42Runs on an arm
47:43And then stops and does all this
47:45And then does the softest, nicest penalty right down
47:47Middle of the goal
47:48And a nice height for the goalkeeper
47:51No wonder he misses more than he does
47:53It's been a strange old night here, hasn't it?
47:58Here's Clichy from Manchester City
48:00David Silva might be in him
48:01Titi was able to get across
48:04We've seen two crazy red cards
48:06Claudio Bravo and Jeremy Mathieu
48:08Neymar missed a penalty
48:09Messi get a hat-trick on one of his
48:11Least influential nights
48:13That we've seen here for a long time
48:16Manchester City get just about everything right
48:20Up until the red card for Claudio Bravo
48:23And then make a succession of errors
48:28Here's Clichy
48:29Andre Gomez
48:31In the way for Barcelona
48:33Now where Mascherano
48:34Sergio Busquets
48:36Tackle made on him by Clichy
48:38Here's Kevin De Bruyne
48:39And now Sterling
48:43Lucas Dean there
48:46And Neymar
48:52Accelerates away from Nicolas Otamendi
48:55Messi to his right
48:56Suarez to his left
48:58Here's Messi
49:03Neymar
49:06And still Neymar
49:07Fantastic goal
49:11Messi teed him up
49:13And Neymar stuck it away
49:17That's more like it isn't it?
49:19It was a lovely goal that was
49:25Manchester City had a lot of defenders back there
49:32But unfortunately couldn't stop it
49:33Good movement by Barcelona
49:36Nice intricate play
49:39Speeds the game up when he needs to here
49:40Look how many shirts they've got back there
49:42And this was really nice by Neymar
49:44That just cuts back on John Stones
49:47Finishes it off
49:48That's what he should do
49:49Do more like that and take less penalties
49:54Fantastic finish from Neymar
49:57I mean that wasn't good enough
49:58Unfortunately for John Stones
49:59Rio and the boys were talking beforehand
50:02About what he'll learn tonight
50:03You can't challenge like that
50:05Just dangle the foot out
50:06At the back
50:08Big learning curve
50:09For the City boys this evening
50:10Does manage to mark the 150th appearance
50:13For Barcelona with a goal
50:14He's the junior man in terms of
50:16The number of goals he scores for Barcelona
50:19Compared to Suarez
50:20And Messi
50:21That's six for the season
50:24For Neymar
50:26And it puts
50:28The seal on a Barcelona victory tonight
50:31That's been helped in a large part
50:35By Manchester City mistakes
50:36But there have just been flashes of brilliance
50:38Every now and again
50:40From the big three
50:41Yeah
50:52There's going to be two minutes to be added on
50:54And you think there was about a five minute delay
50:56When Zavaleta was down
50:57Zavaleta was down for five minutes
50:58The goalkeeper got sent off
50:59Yeah, seems like they've got that wrong
51:01Between the officials
51:02But it's not going to affect the result
51:05Here's Aguero
51:11Sterling
51:14Lucas Dean can bring it away
51:16He was caught
51:17But the advantage will be played
51:18Because Neymar's got the ball
51:19Yeah, the break and fall
51:21The passer here
51:22Thankfully he gave it away
51:27Still down Lucas Dean
51:29He's not moved too much
51:30Since that challenge
51:36Rakitic has seen him
51:37Yeah, he's seen him
51:37He's not going to put it out
51:38Yeah, he never kicked the ball out either
51:41And he did it to the goalkeeper
51:51Eventually
52:03He's gone back and booked the City player as well
52:05For the challenge
52:14I'm sure Luis Enrique's thinking
52:15Not another defender injured
52:18I think he's got Sergio Roberto
52:19His first choice right back out
52:21With a thigh problem
52:22He's lost Jordi Alba tonight
52:24To a recurrence of the hamstring problem
52:25Gerard Piquet's got injured
52:27And now Lucas Dean
52:29Looks as though he's injured too
52:31There's the Belgian boys there
52:33Yep
52:59There'll be quite a few harsh lessons I'm sure learned tonight by
53:04Guardiola and his players here
53:07I think what is easy
53:08To understand tonight is that
53:10The mistakes are there to be seen
53:12I think everybody knows
53:13Everybody will leave the field
53:14And think we lost the game because of this
53:18Well there is the full-time whistle
53:20A warm embrace between two great friends
53:22Away from the pitch
53:23Pep Guardiola
53:24And Luis Enrique
53:25The 37th hat-trick for Barcelona
53:28For him
53:28Lionel Messi
53:29And the victory completed
53:31By a fantastically taken goal
53:34From Neymar
53:35Manchester City
53:36Beaten here in the camp now
53:37And Barcelona now
53:38Well in control
53:39Of Champions League Group C
53:41Full-time
53:42Barcelona 4
53:43Manchester City 0
53:46Messi once again
53:47The hero for Barcelona
53:49Hat-trick
53:50And a scintillating performance
53:53From him
53:54In terms of scoring goals
53:56Probably not his best night
53:57In overall football
53:58But there's always one of those three
54:01That gets you
54:01Isn't there
54:02On this occasion
54:03Neymar added the fourth of course
54:04Into injury time there
54:07And Barcelona running out comfortable
54:08Winners
54:09Although it was in many ways
54:10A very strange game
54:11Wasn't it
54:12Because Manchester City
54:13Until Bravo got sent off
54:15Were very competitive in the match
54:17And at times
54:18Look the better side
54:20Overall
54:20A kind of strange result
54:22And a strange night
54:23Rio
54:23Yeah I think the game plan
54:24In the first half
54:25Of Man City
54:25Worked tremendously well
54:27Even though they went in
54:281-0 down
54:29I think a slip
54:30Would pay to their first half
54:32Performance really
54:32But
54:33Listen Messi
54:34I've been looking on Twitter
54:36And social media
54:37Listening to you
54:37He's had a quiet night
54:39He's scored a hat-trick
54:40He's got an assist
54:41He won the penalty
54:42I mean
54:43If that's a quiet night
54:45I'd love to have a quiet night like that
54:46I bet everyone in the world would
54:48But he's a dream
54:49Them guys in those stadiums
54:51Us here
54:51In the studio
54:52Guys at home
54:53Watching this player
54:53Play football
54:54At his peak
54:55It's a blessing
54:56What it proves though
54:58Richard
54:58Is at this level
54:59Against those kind of players
55:00You can't afford to make the mistakes
55:02That Manchester City make
55:04However well you play
55:05No that's it
55:06I mean
55:06The game plan was undone
55:07By their own errors
55:09We've seen it in the Premier League
55:10This season
55:11That defensively
55:12They do make mistakes
55:13And Rio was saying before
55:14You might get away with it
55:15Now and again
55:15In the Premier League
55:16But against this level
55:17Of player with Messi
55:18And Neymar
55:18And Suarez
55:19Closing it on
55:20If you keep giving them away
55:22They're going to punish you
55:23And the sending off
55:25Really changed the whole game
55:27They started the second half
55:28Quite well
55:29But once he went off
55:31It was over really
55:32The game bemused you at times
55:34Because you were shaking your head
55:36What's going on
55:37Well even with ten men
55:38City almost matched them
55:39For possession
55:39They were really in the game
55:41But mistakes cost them
55:42At crucial points
55:43Errors
55:43And as Rio said
55:44Before the game
55:45You'll get punished
55:45Against these players
55:46And I think Guardiola
55:48Will be disappointed
55:48Because I think
55:49The overall game plan
55:50Worked for long stretches
55:51But they just got killed off
55:53I mean this is Barca
55:54Not at their best
55:55Getting four
55:56I mean I can imagine
55:57What they're going to play
55:58Like in Manchester
55:59Yeah okay
55:59Well that's a couple of weeks away
56:01The Europa League
56:02Is back tomorrow evening
56:03With Southampton
56:04Away in the San Siro
56:06Against Inter
56:07We begin at 5.30
56:08On BT Sport 3 HD
56:10And there are three other
56:11Live games available
56:12On the red button
56:14At 6pm
56:15Later at 7.30
56:16On BT Sport 2 HD
56:18And also in 4K
56:19Manchester United
56:21Against Fenerbahce
56:22Is exclusively live
56:23From Old Trafford
56:24With three other games
56:25Kicking off
56:26At 5 past 8
56:27On the red button
56:30Well it's been a thoroughly
56:31Frustrating evening
56:33For Pep Guardiola
56:34A terrible moment
56:36For Claudio Bravo
56:37But that man
56:38Well he did what he does best
56:41The Champions
56:42The Champions
56:43The Champions
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