English media: it was a gap – Onet.pl

FC Barcelona again faced Manchester City in the Champions League 1/8 final, and as in the previous season, won the first match at the Etihad Stadium, but the English team did progress, as scored a goal and this time ended up 2: 1, not 2: 0. But the result could have been different. In the last minute of the game Lionel Messi missed a penalty.

The hero of the guests was Luis Suarez, who before this season from Liverpool to FC Barcelona in disgrace, because at the time of the World Cup Giorgio Chiellini bitten and was for several months suspended. English media strongly criticized and Uruguayan newspaper “Daily Mail” returned the title to this story.

The hosts suffered a better result than the year before, but in the eyes of Samuel Martin, one of the most distinctive and recognized journalists in the UK, you can not be much good to say about the game.

“Barcelona played in a different class at the City diminishing in any way possible. City shut quickly, and since the game began. Sometimes (Barcelona players) do not even have to try especially because the city was so reckless in possession “- Samuel writes in the post-match relationship, adding at the outset that surrender will be extremely difficult and Pellegrini’s team playing at the highest level may not be enough.

“Fans are viewed in silence and gaping buziami, perhaps also a little embarrassed. (…) At this point, there is a gap between the City and the best teams in Europe and it seems that this difference would be reduced “- summed up.

Official “The Guardian” assessed that “Barcelona gave a lesson.”

“Perhaps the most depressing at Manchester City was a frustrating feeling that if anything was different (compared to last year’s competition), the larger the gap. They suffered many times in this competition, but if ever an imbalance in the level was felt so extreme? Barcelona outclassed not only them, but left in a place that losses will almost certainly not impossible to work out, “- says.

“The Telegrpah” stated that “firepower Barcelona for 450 million pounds showed that the distance between Manchester City” and recalls that “Suarez firing Joe Hart goals we have seen”, referring to the World Cup in Brazil. “Great talent offensive players in the persons of Messi, Neymar shines Suarez and commensurate with those bright yellow shirts” – the newspaper notes.