ANKARA
English club Manchester City lost to Spanish heavyweights Barcelona 2-1 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League Round 16 match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, on Tuesday night.
Luis Suarez, the visitor's Uruguayan star forward, benefited from a mistake made by Manchester City center-back Vincent Kompany and smashed the ball into the net in the 16th minute.
In the 30th minute Suarez doubled the score by tapping the ball into the net. Left-back Jordi Alba made the assist.
Barcelona dominated the first half of the game and did not let the home side dictate the tempo.
Manchester City halved the gap through Argentine forward Sergio Aguero in the 69th minute, with Fernandinho producing the assist.
In the 74th minute, Manchester City left-back Gael Clichy was shown his second yellow card after fouling Barcelona's Brazilian right-back Dani Alves. Manchester City had to finish the match with 10 men.
In injury time, Barcelona star Lionel Messi was brought down in the box by Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta, and the referee awarded a penalty to the visitors.
Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart saved the penalty taken by Messi, and the match ended 2-1.
In the other match of the night, Italian club Juventus hosted Germany's Borussia Dortmund at Juventus Stadium, Turin.
Juventus won 2-1 at home with Argentine forward Carlos Tevez and Spanish striker Alvaro Morata scoring for the home side. German star Marco Reus scored Borussia Dortmund’s only goal of the match.
The second legs of these matches will be played on March 18.
Wednesday's fixtures in the UEFA Champions League:
Arsenal vs Monaco
Bayer Leverkusen vs Atletico Madrid
The matches will kick off at 20:45 CET (1945 GMT).
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