Messi destroys Man City: with a hat-trick

BARCELONA 4-0 MANCHESTER CITY -After the second of Lionel Messi’s three goals went in, Pep Guardiola ran his hand anxiously across the top of his head. The Manchester City manager looked like a man who was watching his house burn down fully aware that it was he who had left the toaster on. This, for all Messi’s enduring brilliance, was defeat by managerial error. City, as Guardiola had hoped, proved a match for Barcelona at times. It seems strange to say given the score but City began both halves the better and they created several clear chances. Ultimately, though, Guardiola’s decisions cost City. Sergio Aguero was not selected.