Great start for English Champions League representatives
Last night saw the latest round of the UEFA Champions League, which sees a number of English teams still very much in the running, and a great start for Manchester United and Arsenal in their first leg games. While both teams performed very well, the highest praise must go to Manchester United who took on Inter Milan and 80,000 screaming fans on their home patch!
In all honesty Manchester United bossed the game from the first minute to last and if they had walked away with a three nil victory then nobody could really have had any complaints. As it happens the game ended goalless and Inter Milan will visit Old Trafford still in this tie and without giving away the vital away goal which United needed to secure.
Arsenal took on a rampant Roma team at the Emirates Stadium and, much like Manchester United, seemed to dictate the game from the very first minute. A Robin van Persie penalty was however all that Arsenal had to show for a great performance and they travel to Rome of with the slenderest of leads although they seem to have an ability to score away from home in Europe.
While Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson were more than content with the performance of their teams they will both rue the lack of goals which could have made the second legs pretty much a foregone conclusion for both teams. However as a consequence the second legs of each game are far from foregone conclusions and could see some serious about turns if either side is not on form.
Tonight sees some excellent games with Chelsea taking on Juventus and Liverpool away to the formidable Real Madrid. With four English teams looking to break into the last 16 of this year’s Champions League there is every chance that the biggest trophy in international club football could be going back to the UK yet again!
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