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I think they were quite happy to control a slow tempo first half. They didn't want to go right at City and get involved in a frantic end to end game that would have suited City's counter attacking plan better. I don't remember all that many chances for City in the first half. That Negredo effort from a tight angle was their best I think.
But, yeah. The game was hardly exciting as a result.
Negrado should have done better with 2 or 3 headed opportunities and Mascherano did incredibly well to out muscle him on the edge of the box during the first half.
There has to be a point were someone looks at this constant Barcacentric lauding of their "patience" and "control" is fianlly looked at for what it is i.e boring. Milan in the 90s or Italy since time began always had "patience" and "control" but no one had the slightest problem calling them out for being negative and boring. This Barca side is capable or at least was capable of amazing things but now the lustre has faded and I'm just sick of the platitudes.
They were marginally better than 10 man city over the 90 minutes and while it was XI vs XI I thought City would win 1-0.