Manchester City Win Friendly Against Barcelona

By Mubeen

It was a great feeling for the boys in blue at the Nou Camp when the referee blew his whistle. They were 1-0 up and the whistle meant that they had won the game against Barcelona – The Champions League winners! Barcelona played a hugely experimental side and Manchester City played with only one striker upfront with Robinho and Adebayor missing the game. Barcelona’s star signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic had to wait for the second half to get himself into the field.
It was Richard Dunne who lifted the trophy in front of the 94,123 fans and it was the first trophy of the Citizens new era.It was Martin Petrov’s goal which made the difference between the two sides. It was no surprise that it was Stephen Ireland who set Petrov up with a long ball and Petrov finished it coolly to change the score. It was Barcelona who dominated most of the game but Manchester City were dangerous on the counter attack and brilliant in the defense. There have been a lots of doubts about the City’s rear guard but they showed good quality against one of the best attacks in the world to keep Barcelona at bay. Special notice was taken on the Academy graduate Vladi Weiss who performed excellently on the wing. The Catalan club came really close to scoring quite a few times with two efforts striking the crossbar and the post respectively.
All in all, Mark Hughes will be really pleased with his side not only because they had won the match but mostly because of the huge experience all his players had received after playing the Champions League champions. Manchester City will be hoping that they can make it to the top of the Premier League table this season and this win would surely boost there confidence sky high.
By Mubeen