One thing that Barcelona will have to be wary of is aerial balls. Tata's side has shown throughout the season that its Achilles Heel comes in the form of free-kicks and corner kicks.
There is a significant height difference between Barça and City. When looking at the possible starting line-ups for tomorrow's game, the English side has an average 10cm height advantage over the Catalans.
"One of our trump cards is aerial play; we know we can hurt them there. I don't know if they've conceded many goals from aerial play this season, but it's obviously something that plays in our favour and we'll try and take full advantage of it," said Álvaro Negredo.
Height of City's players in metres:
Hart: 1.96
Zabaleta: 1.76
Kompany: 1.90
Nastasic: 1.87
Kolarov: 1.87
Touré: 1.91
Javi García: 1.87
Silva: 1.70
Nasri: 1.75
Negredo: 1.86
Dzeko: 1.93
Average: 1.85
Hart: 1.96
Zabaleta: 1.76
Kompany: 1.90
Nastasic: 1.87
Kolarov: 1.87
Touré: 1.91
Javi García: 1.87
Silva: 1.70
Nasri: 1.75
Negredo: 1.86
Dzeko: 1.93
Average: 1.85
Height of Barça players:
Valdés: 1.83
Alves: 1.73
Piqué: 1.92
Mascherano: 1.74
Alba: 1.70
Xavi: 1.70
Busquets: 1.89
Cesc: 1.75
Pedro: 1.69
Messi: 1.69
Iniesta: 1.70
Average: 1.75
Valdés: 1.83
Alves: 1.73
Piqué: 1.92
Mascherano: 1.74
Alba: 1.70
Xavi: 1.70
Busquets: 1.89
Cesc: 1.75
Pedro: 1.69
Messi: 1.69
Iniesta: 1.70
Average: 1.75
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