It is win or bust for City, so what I would definitely not do is what they did in the first leg, which was sit back rather than take the game to Barca.
I was at Etihad Stadium and it was a strange approach by Pellegrini. He started by shutting up shop but, when Martin Demichelis was sent off and City went 1-0 down, he tried to get the goal back.
They actually went for it more in the last half-hour, when they had 10 men, and the second Barcelona goal virtually finished off City's hopes.
Now they need to go for it from the start in the second leg, and I think Pellegrini will play with two strikers, Sergio Aguero and Alvaro Negredo, at the Nou Camp instead of one, which is what he did in the first leg.
Samir Nasri and David Silva's focus should be on hurting Barca, not tracking back. And, if Pellegrini tells Fernandinho not to go any further than the halfway line, he can try to get Yaya Toure forward more as well.
The speed of City's attacks will be vital because Barca are so quick to reorganise when they lose the ball.
So, however Pellegrini plays it, it should be an attacking line-up, with the full-backs looking to get up the wings to help his five offensive players.
I am not saying it is going to work, because I do not believe City can go there and win, but they have to try - because if they stay deep again, it will just be a slow death.
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