The Tigers pack is mobile, led by Mitchell Sargent, and they move around the park at speed and work really hard frommarker to put teams under pressure.
Messi fired a volley into the arms of Pyatov before the third duly arrived, Pique pulling away from his marker to direct a Xavi corner goalwards from 15 yards, the ball flying in off the unfortunate Rakitskiy.
Benjani soon wasted a glorious opportunity to extend City's lead, spinning away from his marker with a sublime first touch before blazing over with his second from six yards out.