Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko hoping to surprise Barcelona

Edin Dzeko has revealed that he and his Manchester City teammates are hoping to "surprise" Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

Barca hold the advantage going into Wednesday's match at the Camp Nou after earning a 2-1 win in Manchester three weeks ago.

While he admits that it will be tough for City to overcome the Catalan side, Dzeko believes that the Premier League champions still have a chance of reaching the quarter-finals.

"The first leg against Barcelona was very important," he told Goal.com. "We tried not to lose at home but we were not good, especially in the first half. In the second half, we played better, scored, had a few chances to score more.

"Now we want to surprise Barcelona. It will be tight until the end; we want to play much better than in the first leg and we will see if it will be enough to progress."

Manchester City suffered a severe blow to their hopes of retaining their Premier League crown on Saturday with a 1-0 defeat away to Burnley.