Manchester City go into Wednesday night 's Champions League game against Barcelona knowing that only a win - and a win in which they score twice - will be enough to secure progress . It might therefore worry them to know that beating Barcelona is something that their manager , Manuel Pellegrini , has failed to manage since 2008 . Pellegrini has now managed three clubs without any successes against Barca , losing all of his games so far as manager of City to match his record at Real Madrid , and managing just a single draw when in charge of Malaga . Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has lost 12 of his last 13 games against Barcelona . The last time Pellegrini beat Barcelona , in 2008 , Yaya Toure was playing for the Spanish club . In fact , you have to go back to March 2008 , more than eight years ago , to find Pellegrini 's last win over Barcelona , on a day that his star man Yaya Toure was lining up for the Nou Camp outfit . As Villarreal boss Pellegrini did manage four wins against Barca , while drawing three times and losing the remaining five of his twelve games . However , only the last of those wins came away from home , and none of them in the Champions League , while his career record against Barcelona sees him triumph only 16 per cent of the time . City know they need to produce something special to progress - if they do beat Luis Enrique 's team by the required margin , it will not just be a remarkable achievement for the club , but also for their manager . City trail 2-1 going into their game at the Nou Camp after Luis Suarez 's double at the Etihad stadium . Pellegrini has lost all of his three matches against Barca as Manchester City manager . The Chilean never managed a win over the Catalans in his time at Real Madrid or Malaga . VIDEO Pellegrini defiant over City future .
Manuel Pellegrini has failed to win a game against Barca since 2008 . Manchester City boss endured defeats in 13 of last just two matches . City need to win at Nou Camp to reach Champions League quarter finals . READ : Man City have changed 15 first-team players since 2011 . CLICK HERE for Barcelona vs Manchester City team news .