@Coolio, that was the most deceiving scoreline I've ever seen.
Chelsea scored the first from some naive play by the opposition (mouthful) after which those Nordics created so many chances that were kept away by Petr Cech - he was definitely man of the match. Then they added 3 more in the last 11 minutes to effectively seal the game. Could have been a bit different if it wasn't for Cech.
Man Utd seem to only play when they concede and after they're ahead they relax and could have been heavily punished in the 90th minute if it wasn't for De Gea. I don't understand why Fergie puts up with Evra, he just jogged to let Sougou cross the ball for the first goal!It is very annoying for me as a fan who demands the best from the team, 3 points notwithstanding. Fergie has been looking for Scholes replacement for a long time. I think it was clear yesterday that Rooney can actually play that role.
Barca's win was watered down by Puyol's horrific shoulder dislocation just when he had returned and ahead of El Classico...felt sad for him.
Celtic posted their first ever away CL win and Mugubi had a big role in the first goal, great to see a Kenyan player in the CL with such contribution, in fact he was only subbed when Celtic were going for the kill. I was also encouraged to see the official behind the goal overrule a ref's decision and make a call for Spartak's last man to be sent off for a tag on a jersey as the Celtic player went for goal - wish they could employ that in the BPL.
Tommy Smith's predictions for tonight as are follows:
Ajax vs Real - Real win
City vs Dortmund - City win (personally I think Dortmund can get a draw)
Arsenal vs Olympiacos - Arsenal win
Porto vs PSG - PSG win
Upset - Zenit vs Milan - Draw ( I tend to agree)
BEER IS LIVING PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY!