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Manuel Pellegrini has made four changes to his Manchester City team from the side who thrashed Newcastle 5-0 on Saturday for tonight's Champions League round of 16 tie against Barcelona, including bringing in Martin Demichelis for Eliaquim Mangala.
Elsewhere, James Milner comes in for the suspended Yaya Toure, Fernando replaces Fernandinho and Gael Clichy starts ahead of Aleksandar Kolarov.
For Barcelona, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar all start up front, with veteran playmaker Xavi dropping to the bench.
The omens do not look good for City, Barcelona have reached the quarter-final in each of their last seven seasons.
Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XIShow all 11 1 /11Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI GK: Joe Hart England's No 1 has undergone another mixed season under Pellegrini, but just takes this spot because Barcelona have a bit of confusion between the sticks. Claudio Bravo tends to start in the League and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen in the cup competitions; whether this continues into the last-16 is not yet known.
Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI RB: Pablo Zabaleta The city right-back is easily in the top five at his position in the world. Equally capable in defence or attack, Zabaleta plays with a lot of heart and courage, making him a firm favourite among City fans. At one time Dani Alves was considered the best in the world, but the Brazilian has always been a bit of a liability defensively and, at 31, his influence as an attacker is just starting to dwindle.
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Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI CB: Vincent Kompany The Belgian has certainly declined from his dominant peak a couple of years ago, but he is certainly good enough to get into a Barcelona team that has used converted midfielders Jeremy Mathieu, Javier Mascherano and Sergio Busquets in defence at times this season.
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Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI CB: Gerard Pique Pique remains Barcelona's best defender, though he too is a shell of the player that was arguably the world's best a few years ago. The Spaniard has been in and out of the team this season but usually saves his best performances for the biggest matches.
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Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI LB: Jordi Alba Jordi Alba is a supreme attacking threat and is now more influential to this side than Dani Alves. Gael Clichy is good enough for City in the League but will be seen as a weak point by the visitors.
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Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI CM: Javier Mascherano He may not be quite as good as Roy Hodgson (who voted him first in the Ballon d'Or) thinks he is, but Mascherano is still one of the very best defensive midfielders in world football. He also plays a crucial role in Luis Enrique's 3-4-3, acting as another defender when Barca are under pressure. Much better than either Fernando or Fernandinho.
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Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI CM: Ivan Rakitic If Yaya Toure were not suspended for the first game then this would be his spot but City will have to do without their most influential player for the first leg. Rakitic has been so good this year that the decline of Xavi, who will likely start from the bench, and loss of Cesc Fabregas has barely made an impact.
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Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI CM: Andres Iniesta Another tough decision to include Iniesta over Samir Nasri, who has been brilliant in recent weeks. The Spanish maestro has been far from his best in this season but still has enough in the tank to be a potential match-winner.
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Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI LW: David Silva This is where it starts to get tough. Neymar is finally living up to his huge hype and has 24 goals in 30 matches already this season. The Brazilian scored 10 goals in Barca's recent 11 match winning streak, providing a brilliant foil to Lionel Messi. With Toure out, David Silva now has to become City's main creator - his performance will define the first leg. City fans will be hoping he can reproduce what he did against Newcastle.
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Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI RW: Lionel Messi Probably the easiest choice in this side, Messi is undoubtedly one of the top two players in the world. There wouldn't be many who don't select Messi in their dream team.
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Manchester City vs Barcelona - combined XI ST: Sergio Aguero Last season, choosing Aguero over Luis Suarez would have been blasphemy. But the Uruguayan has really struggled at Barcelona, scoring just seven goals in 22 matches this season and generally failing to gel with his star-studded team-mates. Aguero appears to have gotten over his small slump to fire three goals in his last two matches.
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City captain Vincent Kompany, thought, has said his team do not "fear" the Spanish giants.
"We want to play against them. You don't go in at this level fearing strikers," said the Belgium defender. "They're a special team with special players, but there's nothing new to worry us, it's a case of having the whole team at a very high level.
TEAMS
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy, Fernando, Milner, Nasri, Silva, Dzeko, Aguero.
Barcelona: TerStegen, Alves, Pique, Mashcerano, Alba, Rakitic, Busquets Iniesta,Messi, Suarez,Neymar
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