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Manchester City v Barcelona: The 10 most dangerous Barcelona players

We analyse the threats to Manchester City's hopes of progressing in the Champions League

Samar Maguire
Tuesday 18 February 2014 14:22 GMT
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The 22-year-old sensation isn’t expected to start against the Sky Blues, as he is still recovering from a lengthy absence with an ankle injury. He could still feature however, managing to play in 29 minutes of Barcelona’s 6-0 thumping against Rayo Valleca
The 22-year-old sensation isn’t expected to start against the Sky Blues, as he is still recovering from a lengthy absence with an ankle injury. He could still feature however, managing to play in 29 minutes of Barcelona’s 6-0 thumping against Rayo Valleca (GETTY IMAGES)

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Manchester City entertain Barcelona in the Champions League this evening.

The match is being billed as a meeting between arguably the two most attacking teams in Europe, and football fans are hoping for a match that meets those expectations.

While there are suggestions Barcelona are not the team that dominated in Europe just a couple of years ago, there is no denying that they have a frightening array of talents at their disposal.

Ahead of tonight's game, we pick out the 10 greatest threats from among their team that have the capacity to damage City's hopes of progressing through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

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