That was rather impressive from Joe Hart last night.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

With most keepers in goal City would have lost 6.

[Monty91]

Try to act all nonchalant like it ain't no thing, only to accidently let a smug grin creep out to reveal your true feelings.

[Luis Anaconda]

what the f**k do the BBC think they are doing that utter c**t Savage on as co-commentator - he literally just screams inane garbage into the microphone, the only vaguely intelligible bits of which are pretty much his parrot-esque repetition of what the commentator HAS JUST SAID


Utter, utter, utter c**t

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Great game to watch in fact.

Actually let's be honest, the entire CL is more enjoyable to watch when it gets to this point both in terms of being knockout matches and also absent of English clubs.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Better now la?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I always cheer on the English teams. I was hopeful that Chelsea might have a decent chance this season, until nasty cheaty PSG put them out.

I'll transfer my allegiance to Everton now.

[PSRB]

until they get beaten later :-(

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

I am clearly of broader mind and essentially more European than you.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

OF COURSE I DON'T FOLLOW ENGLISH TEAMS IN EUROPE FFS!

[Berni]

[PSRB]

you can pre-order beer when you book as well

[Classic Jorge]

"Mark it zero, Smokey"

[Luis Anaconda]

expect better from the beeb

[Ashberto]

apart?

Some moan about the same teams towards the end every year, and how it perpetuates an elite, but in the old competition you could win it playing only one decent side on the way. The old UEFA cup actually had more quality teams in it.

[Berni]

All these girls had dressed up nice and then had to put on two-tone clown shoes. Not happy.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

NTTAWWI.

[Luis Anaconda]

retained the European Cup since the Champions League started is quite significant. They should get rid of the *******s can't play a team from your own country **** from the last 16 - it does skew the draw a bit

[Monty91]

I've not played since the girlfriend beat me about 2 years ago :-(

[Classic Jorge]

[Ashberto]

They had us listening to the same, tired old cliches from those two Liverpool thunder****s for what seemed like decades.

[Berni]

[barrybueno]

knockout stage. They could still have some sort of seeding, maybe the top 16 draw someone from the bottom 16.

Platini OUT! bueno IN!

[Snin]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

To be perfectly honest I will happily skip games at that point.

I don’t think the format is perfect but not really sure what I would do to change it as Europe is huge and you need to try and be inclusive.

Less teams for starters, 4 from the larger leagues is excessive in my view. Probably straight knock out as well though I accept that has flaws.

[Berni]

[Classic Jorge]

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It's what they call bummers.

[Classic Jorge]

[Ashberto]

It's nice to see Arsenal win the odd game in Europe.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

I enjoy the totally stress free nature of watching two top class sides play without any self-interest (other than perhaps financial).

When the really big boys clash, which tends to happen from this point forwards, it can be quite compelling.

[Monty91]

[Classic Jorge]

Sorry

[Ashberto]

Dynamo Tractorworks, you got to see them dismantle one of the most expensively-assembled teams in history.

[Ashberto]

in a two-legged tie is like claiming a win over 45 minutes in a regular match.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Amazing how chaps remember things on here to then use as ammo in future years.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Admittedly a City side that is short on form but still.

As my kid perceptively put it - "Barcelona look as if they are playing my team".

His team being Knocklyon United U8.