article_snippet: The fascinating battle of pride and self-respect between Spanish and English football.
article_snippet: Might it become part of all of England’s representatives exiting Champions League before the quarter-finals?
article_snippet: The culture clash is slighter than usual given that City are self-acknowledged pretenders to the Barcelona crown.
article_snippet: However, Champions League is a wider tasting plate than that.
article_snippet: still be seven matches short of tying the Catalan.
article_snippet: ‘We’ve been a group since the troubled times, since We beat Barcelona.