Nasri not scared of Barca

Manchester - Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri told his team-mates on Monday that they must shed any sense of inferiority if they are to outwit Barcelona in the Champions League last 16.

Nasri was a member of the City team beaten 4-1 on aggregate by Barcelona at the same stage of last season's competition, which was the third time he had fallen foul of the Catalan giants in his career.

Barcelona are favourites to progress ahead of Tuesday's reunion at the Etihad Stadium, but with an extra year's experience and a close to full-strength squad, Nasri feels City are now a different prospect.