Older, bolder City seek revenge

Manchester - Emboldened by a year's extra experience and given hope by contrasting weekend results, Manchester City go in search of vengeance against Barcelona in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday.

Barcelona won 4-1 on aggregate when the teams faced off at the same stage of last season's competition and had won 11 games in a row before losing 1-0 to Malaga on Saturday, but City believe they are now better equipped to beat them.

When the teams met a year ago, City were in the thick of a sapping schedule of 14 matches in seven and a half weeks, while a hamstring injury restricted Sergio Aguero to just 45 minutes of the second leg.