Paul Scholes has criticised Joe Hart for appearing 'delighted ' despite Manchester City 's defeat by Barcelona which saw them crash out of the Champions League . Hart was in inspired form at the Nou Camp on Wednesday as he pulled off a string of world-class saves to keep the scoreline down . But Barcelona won the second leg 1-0 thanks to Ivan Rakitic 's first-half goal as the Catalan giants progressed 3-1 on aggregate . Joe Hart was fist-bumping his defenders after making saves despite Manchester City 's defeat by Barcelona . Hart shares a smile with Lionel Messi as Manchester City lost the second leg to the Catalan giants . Hart produced several world class saves to keep the score down at the Nou Camp . Writing in his column in the Independent , Scholes said : 'Well done to Joe Hart for a record number of saves in a Champions League game this season , and without him it would undoubtedly been worse for City . 'But what I could not get my head around was his evident delight at it all . Towards the end of the game he was smiling after every save and fist-bumping his defenders . 'City were losing 1-0 . They were going out of the Champions League . What were they celebrating ? Losing 5-0 ? ' Hart was quick of his line to deny Neymar as the Brazilian forward looked set to score . Hart was commanding in his area , spreading himself wide to keep out Luis Suarez 's effort . Ivan Rakitic was the only player to find a way past Hart as Barcelona edged the second leg . City trailed 2-1 after the first leg at the Etihad and were fortunate not to concede more in Barcelona as Lionel Messi , Luis Suarez and Neymar all went close . Hart made a total of 10 saves and even Messi paid tribute to the England keeper . 'He saved everything , ' he said . 'We had a lot of clear chances but the keeper had a brilliant game . 'We can only congratulate him , but the important thing is we achieved our objective to get through . ' VIDEO Pellegrini insists City are improving .
Joe Hart kept the score down as Manchester City lost to Barcelona . Only Ivan Rakitic was able to pierce the last minute of hull 's defence . But Paul Scholes has been Hart for appearing to be aggressive . The ##son was aggressive and fist - bumping with his teammates . CLICK HERE for the best images from Messi 's personal battle with Hart .