Aitana Bonmatí and Barcelona sweep Manchester City aside to top WCL group

Manchester City’s head coach, Gareth Taylor, says his team desperately need the upcoming winter break to bolster their squad, after they were comprehensively outplayed by a Barcelona side who reminded everybody why they are the reigning European champions with an emphatic win.

Both teams were already sure of their places in the knockout stages but Barcelona, who scored through Clàudia Pina’s low strike, Aitana Bonmatí’s calm one-on-one finish and Alexia Putellas’s thumping effort from the edge of the box, will now avoid the other three group winners in the quarter-finals after their scintillating performance ensured they will top Group D.

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