UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Manchester City WWDLD 0
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Barcelona DWWLW 4
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi hat trick as Barcelona beat Man City in Guardiola's return

A sensational Lionel Messi scored a hat trick as 10-man Barcelona beat 10-man Manchester City 4-0 to take firm control of their Champions League group

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
4
47.2
Possession
52.8
8
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
300
Accurate Passes
357
378
Passes
437
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
2
13
Crosses
5
0.1
Cross %
0.4
37
Long Balls
68
19
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
17
27
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
4
Effective Clearances
11
10
Clearances
15

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 14Javier MascheranoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 24Jérémy MathieuSUB
  2. 25Jordi MasipSUB
  3. 19Lucas DigneSUB
  4. 21André GomesSUB
  5. 12RafinhaSUB
  6. 7Arda TuranSUB
  7. 17Paco AlcácerSUB

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Claudio BravoG
  2. 24John StonesCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 21David SilvaAM
  7. 8Ilkay GündoganLM
  8. 25FernandinhoRM
  9. 17Kevin De BruyneF
  10. 9NolitoAM-L
  11. 7Raheem SterlingAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Jesús NavasSUB
  2. 50Pablo MaffeoSUB
  3. 19Leroy SanéSUB
  4. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  5. 6FernandoSUB
  6. 22Gaël ClichySUB
  7. 10Sergio AgüeroSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Substitution, Barcelona. Lucas Digne replaces Jordi Alba because of an injury.
  2. 17' Goal! Barcelona 1, Manchester City 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 28' David Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Substitution, Barcelona. Jeremy Mathieu replaces Gerard Piqué because of an injury.
  5. 40' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 53' Claudio Bravo (Manchester City) is shown the red card.
  7. 57' Substitution, Manchester City. Willy Caballero replaces Nolito.
  8. 57' Substitution, Manchester City. Gaël Clichy replaces Pablo Zabaleta because of an injury.
  9. 61' Goal! Barcelona 2, Manchester City 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta.
  10. 69' Goal! Barcelona 3, Manchester City 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  11. 71' Jeremy Mathieu (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 73' Second yellow card to Jeremy Mathieu (Barcelona) for a bad foul.
  13. 79' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
  14. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  15. 87' Penalty saved! Neymar (Barcelona) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  16. 89' Goal! Barcelona 4, Manchester City 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  17. 90'+2' Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.

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