Topics: UEFA Champions League, Manchester City, Barcelona, Luis Suarez, Sergio Aguero
The Uruguayan striker lifted Los Blaugranas over The Citizens, who were affected by Gael Clichy's red card minutes after scoring.

Barcelona are one step closer to reaching the UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal stage after defeating Manchester City with a 2-1 score. Luis Suarez's first brace with Los Blaugranas proved to be too much for the Citizens, who were rather disappointing during the first 45 minutes.

Suarez scored his first goal after a colossal mistake by Vincent Kompany, who failed to send the ball out of play and left it all alone for the Uruguayan. After 30 minutes, Suarez scored again thanks to a cross by Jordi Alba, who put the ball away from the many Citizens surrounding the ball. Suarez became the first player in Barcelona's history to score a brace away from Camp Nou stadium in the first 30 minutes of a match.  

After the break, Manchester City tried to level things by adding pressure to Barcelona's ball control, but they failed to make it count on the scoreboard. However, Sergio Aguero was able to make things closer for Pellegrini's side with his goal after 69 minutes. 

But things turned ugly for the Citizens after Gael Clichy was sent off just five minutes after Aguero's goal, but even after being reduced to ten men on the pitch, the Citizens' luck did not run out completely, since Lionel Messi missed a penalty kick during the final seconds of the game. This made fans not so happy with the Argentinian.

With this victory, Barcelona will only need to hold the Citizens down to one goal in order to make it to the final eight, while the Sky Blues will need to score twice without conceding in order to have a chance to upset Los Blaugranas.