Watch: Messi, Barcelona cut City to shreds with perfect counter-attack
Jason Cairnduff / Reuters
Defence to attack in an instant.
After being on the back foot for the opening 20 minutes at the Etihad Tuesday - and being lucky not to concede what seemed to be a stonewall penalty - Barcelona roared to life with its first attack of the contest, the Blaugrana putting on a counter-attacking clinic before Lionel Messi found the back of the net.
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