We love a bit of Champions league here on the spurt and with round one of the Quarter-Finals done and dusted, it’s still looking relatively rosy for the big four English clubs who’ve made it thus far. Man Utd have certainly come up smelling of roses, with their 2-0 away win at Roma. Apart from a rocky ten minutes at the start of the second half, the Red Devils never looked in trouble and Ronaldo and Rooney's goals look to have sealed it for them. Goal apart, Ronaldo still looked pretty unconvincing in Tuesday night’s game. Still probably the best player in the world at the moment, but he’s no George Best - just yet.
Barcelona should make it through easily enough too, but Chelsea squandered a 1-0 lead to eventually lose 2-1 in Istanbul last night, heaping further pressure on Avram Grant. With the away goal it’s still not a bad result, but conceding twice after a hatful of chances is sloppy and it could have been infinitely better for the Blues.
In the Battle of Britain, Liverpool squeaked a vital away goal at the Emirates which gives them a slight advantage and keeps the tie alive. Anfield is a fortress on European nights, but Arsenal have had some glory wins there too and should score , so this one is going right down to the wire. Should be an awesome game next Tuesday.
Predictions are easy on one side difficult on the other, but we Spurters reckon it’ll line up like this: Man Utd v Barca in one half of the draw and Chelsea vs Liverpool in the other. Watch those results prove us wrong!
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