Pep rues costly Bravo error

Pep Guardiola highlighted Claudio Bravo’s dismissal as the turning point in Manchester City’s humbling on his return to Barcelona.

Trailing to Lionel Messi’s opener, Chile international Bravo was shown a straight red card for deliberately handballing Luis Suarez’s goal-bound shot, handing Barca the initiative in a game in which they had failed to hit the heights.

City continued to be architects of their own downfall as Messi punished errors to complete his hat-trick, before Neymar sealed the victory late on.

“It always difficult to play against Barcelona with 11 players so with 10 the game was over,” Guardiola conceded in his post-match press conference. “Until then the game was open.

“The last time I was here [with Bayern] we controlled the game but didn’t create any chances, today we created enough.

“We arrived at their by-line many times and we created enough chances to score one or two goals. When Barcelona’s strikers arrive they punish you because they have a lot of quality but, with exception …

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