Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen has defended Claudio Bravo after last night's Champions League rout of Manchester City.

Bravo was sent off as Barca thrashed City 4-0.

"I'll speak with Bravo about other things, not about the mistake," explained ter Stegen.

"These things happen in the life of a goalkeeper but I'm sure it isn't a problem for him [Bravo] or City."

Barcelona only led 1-0 when Bravo was shown a red card for handling outside the penalty area and until that point, ter Stegen admitted that City made life difficult.

"Until the red card, they pressed us and at first it was difficult but with the red, it became more difficult to push up and we scored at very important times," the keeper insisted.