Champions League Result: Mancity (1 - 2 ) Barcelona

Luis Suarez scored twice to lead Barcelona to a 2-1 win over 10-man Manchester City in the Champions League, putting the away side in a commanding position ahead of the second leg in Spain in the middle of March.

However, the tie likely would have been over if Lionel Messi hadn't missed an injury-time penalty -- or the rebound with the net gaping. Indeed, the rebound was one of the misses of the season from a man who has been crowned football's player of the year four times.

"Of course that gives us more chances to try to win in Barcelona," City manager Manuel Pellegrini, the former Real Madrid boss, told reporters. "3-1 is a very difficult score to try to reverse."

Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri claimed prior to the game that his side wasn't afraid of the four-time champion, though on this display, particularly in the first half, Pellegrini's men should have been.

Barcelona toyed with City in the opening 45 minutes, not showing any signs of a hangover after a loss to Malaga in La Liga that put the pressure back on manager and former Barcelona hero Luis Enrique.

It was an early warning sign -- and Barcelona didn't relent.

Fernando was caught in possession but Suarez couldn't take advantage in the 16th minute but In the 20th there was no mistake. 

City at least ended the affair on a high, Messi's poor penalty stopped by Hart and his header on the rebound incredibly going wide.

All three goals in came in the first half. 

Concerning mercy's penalty, Luis Suarez believes Lionel Messi’s late penalty miss in the late stages of Barcelona's 2-1 win over Manchester City on Tuesday could prove decisive.
Having seen his penalty saved by City goalkeeper Joe Hart, Messi then inexplcably headed wide with the goal gaping.Asked if City would be pleased with the result, Suarez said: "I think so because if they lost the game 3-1 it would be very difficult with another game to come. But 2-1 is a good result for them."

Also, Juventus -- the runaway leader in Serie A -- opened the scoring through former City striker Carlos Tevez's 13th-minute tap in. Marco Reus equalized five minutes later for Dortmund -- which had won three straight games in the Bundesliga to ease its relegation worries -- but Alvaro Morata netted the winner in the 42nd for the 'Old Lady' of Italian football.

The win didn't come without a cost to Juventus -- playmaker Andrea Pirlo left injured in the first half. 

On Wednesday, Arsenal hosts Monaco and 2014 finalist Atletico Madrid visits Bayer Leverkusen.