Kompany: ‘Don’t write us off yet’

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany led the rallying cries as the Premier League champions assessed the damage done by their first meeting with Barcelona.

Kompany, like many of his team-mates, claimed City could turn the tables on the Catalan giants after escaping from the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie trailing by a not insurmountable 2-1 deficit.

It looked like being a far more harrowing night at the Etihad Stadium as Lionel Messi and co outplayed City in the first-half, scoring twice through Luis Suarez and threatening several more. Dani Alves hit the bar, Joe Hart denied Suarez another and Neymar had an effort cleared off the line, while Messi was almost untouchable.