LUIZ SUAREZ EXPOSES MAN CITY

Manchester City's match programme delivered a temptation impossible for fate to resist when it described Luis Suarez as "the dogsbody in this trio of artful dodgers" in comparison to Barcelona superstars Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The Uruguayan striker known for his bite as well as his bark demonstrated he is much more than a mongrel among pedigree champions with both goals in a 2-1 win that leaves City contemplating an identical Champions League fate to last season, when they fell to Barcelona in the last 16.

Suarez - the bogey man returns

This was Suarez's first game in England since his farewell to Liverpool on 11 May and a 2-1 win against Newcastle United that was scant consolation for a late slump that cost them their first title in 24 years.

And it was the first time he had faced goalkeeper Joe Hart since he effectively ended England's World Cup campaign with both Uruguay goals in their 2-1 victory in Sao Paulo on 19 June.

Suarez subsequently left Brazil in shame after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini before completing a £75m move from Liverpool to La Liga with Barcelona.

He may have gone but he was not forgotten. Suarez's name was greeted by a chorus of boos when it was announced at Etihad Stadium - but within minutes he was reminding City, Hart and the rest of English football what it had been missing.