Starts back up next week. cant wait. who do you think will win it out this year. My money is on united. there on form lately.

There does certainly seem to be a renewed hunger about United this season, if nothing else. I'd say they've as good a chance as anybody, and obviously I'd love a British team to win it regardless

Overall though, I wouldn't say I found the competition half as exciting as the League One promotion battle...

i would like Arsenal to win it, but im probably bitter from last year. next to Arsenal though, i would Lyon to win it now they're a team
thats on form at the moment

it would be good to see all 4 English teams progress to the Quarter-Finals. They'd make up half of the 8 teams left in the competition if that were the case

Hey what about the little Scottish team along with those 4 English teams bruvva?

C'mon the HOOPS!!!!!!! LOL

yeh alright and Celtic as well then

That would make 5 out of 8 teams in the competition British.... nice

Cheers m8...lol

It's a big ask mate, Milan are still a top quality side even with all the controversy surrounding the Italian game atm

I agree m8. I am keeping my fingers crossed for a good result and a win at Celtic park to take us in to Milan with a good lead, but it is a hard one for sure. They also have just signed Ronaldo too

is the first leg of that game not been played in Milan. thought i heard that on the radio this morn but maby im wrong, prob am. lol. i would also like to see celtic do well in it. come on the bhoys!!

No m8...next Tuesday at 20:45 in Glasgow.

Our chances of a good result are slim, I admit, as Milan have won the cup an amazing six times and are a trully formidable outfit. We have never actually won an away match in the Champions league, but our home record is an awesome 9 times in 12 matches, which is a champions league record in it's self, so as said, if we secure a good lead at Celtic park then we might have a small chance.

Be a tough one mate, second leg is at the San Siro with a limited capacity, Celtic got an allocation of about 4,800 tickets. Will be tough at their place!!

i think this year will be tough for any team. All the big teams of europe are through to the next round. there were no shock exits from the group stages.
Hopefully united can go all the way.

Shock for all the English fans
PSV 1-0 Arsenal

Good job I must say
Although I'm not a PSV fan.....in Europe it is different

hehe yeah an unfortunate result for us, we looked like the winning team but that didn't cut it (again). like with
every arsenal game where things didn't run our way, we just lacked urgency and composure in the second half,
cannot believe the kind of possession we were giving away, not quite sure what Wenger told the team in the break

That is the power of PSV.
Like Italians can do.......let you make the game and then score.
They just got a very good keeper

didnt go very well for Arsenal but Man Utd won 1-0 away and got that important away goal. Bloody disgrace the organisation by Lille though, I hope Uefa punishes them for the stadium fiasco and they way their players reacted after the goal. Celtic got a draw against AC Milan as well but I'm not sure how they'll fare away from home in the 2nd leg


results:

Celtic 0 - 0 AC Milan
Lille 0 - 1 Man Utd
PSV 1 - 0 Arsenal
Real Madrid 3 - 2 Bayern Munich

Real v Bayern was a really good game last nite, well first half the more so.

Looking forward to the Barca v Liverpool game tonight

Barcelona 1 - 2 Liverpool FT

Get in!!!!!

All credit to Liverpool, they deserved the result tonight.

Worst Barca performance I've seen in a while

I'm pretty shocked that Liverpool managed a win at the Nou Camp. Seems it was their lucky day, catching Barcelona on their off-day. Either way, credit to them. They're in a strong position for the second leg now, Barcelona need 2 goals at Anfield which will be a difficult task... game on

Don't expect it.
Feyenoord is kicked out of the Uefa Cup for crowd violence when they played against a French team.
Lille is French
Platini is French.......
don't count on it

only 1 thing....inter mustn't win the champions league..by italian juventus fan

I think Arsenal can beat PSV at home and the oter 3 English clubs are in strong positions with Chelsea having an away goal and they should beat Porto, I cant see Barca or Lille winning away specially Barc having to score 2 i just cant see it at Anfield.

How great would that be.....all 4 English Clubs in the Quarter finals.

Imagine if they avoided eachother aswell...... we could end up with all English semi finals

Its like the good old days like the 1980s when we ruled Europe! Minus the Holligans...........

Yippe!

I reckon it will be hard for Arsenal because PSV will probably follow the same lines as many premiership clubs who have gone to Arsenal this season which is stick 10 men behind the ball just like Blackburn did in the Cup.

Liverpool, Chelsea and Man U should all go through now, great result for Liverpool in Barca.

Celtic will find it tough but it will be great if they can get through aswell

Arsene is a master tactician i have high hopes for arsenal at home

And I think that PSV will go through tbh.
They are a master in defending a lead.

I see that many English fans are over confident.
PSV is not that easy as many people think

And where are all the guys that wrote Liverpool off

Not me bud...........................

Besides last year, Arsenal have been poor in europe So i gotta disagree wit u there, Arsene aint a master tactician

Wouldnt surprise me if they get kicked out early again

i don't know, 1 goal? im not saying that the possibility of us getting knocked out is slim, because it all depends on the day. but gallas
was playing out of position (don't know why flamini didn't cover the position) and hleb was recovering from being sick. our defence was lacking
and because hleb was still illish, we were missing out on a key play maker.

no point talking about the 'what if's ' because whats the point in being speculative with history, but by next time hopefully the team will return to a norm,
and also playing at home may help.


@ bubby - the only time we ever play crap is solely down to the players not being able to communicate or work on the same wave length, nothing to do
with Arsene's tactics, but you're biased so you probably won't agree.

i knew before writing this that you probably wouldn't agree anyway, but there's my 2 cents.

but i'll defend Arsene by saying this, who was raped 6-3? oh wait that can't be down to tactics whatsoever oh AND that wasn't our first team!

Barcelona were terrible against us the other day, they kept possession well but couldn't do anything with it and then their defence just crumbled far too easily. Come on the 'pool!

i'm a Manchester United Football Club follower so was chuffed that they pulled it off in Lille. Not the ideal way to do it, but anyway that's the nature of the Beautiful Game. Barca disappointed me and i hope they can bounce back against the Reds in the 2nd leg.

I think Olympique Lyon are an amazing team of footballers, they have one or two star players but their overall organisation as a team is immense. I'd be chuffed if they could win the overall event.

Don't see MUFC taking it. We have a small squad and Larsson goes back to Sweden in a weeks time which cuts down our striker-resources as well. Who knows, with the luck of the draw we might pull it off, but i'm not convinced just yet.

"Having examined the referee's report, the television evidence at hand as well as the laws of the game, the Uefa decided to reject the protest, as there was no proof of a technical error.

"As a result, the body declared that the goal was perfectly valid.

"Furthermore, the control and disciplinary body decided to instigate proceedings against Lille for the improper behaviour of their players immediately after the goal. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6384665.stm

damn right

champions league is tough to predict who might be the champions of europe. as back in season 2004-2005, liverpool came back from 3-0 to win the title from AC milan.. but this year champions league is quite open to all clubs. Barcelona not performing well, Madrid is not consistent. Milan without their Ace striker this season. So which ever club performs well in the knock out stage n perform consistently, stands a chance. i still hope for man utd to win.

Quite exited about the Liverpool Barca game tonight. It has potential to be an fantastic spectacle.
Its been a while since I sat down and watched a whole 90 mins so looking forward to it.

'Mon the Reds!

barca didnt look like they were going to win at all (well at least progress)

haha did anyone see the end of the inter milan vs valencia game? surprised stone cold steve austin didn't run out and join in

didn't watch the games but heard that Liverpool completely outplayed Barcelona and were unlucky to lose on the night. Still, they win on aggregate so seems justice was done. As for Chelsea, well same old story. They put in an average performance and still somehow manage to win. That's 2 of the 5 British clubs through to the quarter-finals so far.

Highlights of tonight's action on ITV at 11pm if anyone missed it!

Haha yeah I saw it mate, agree with u on both points!

Have to admit b4 the draw I didn't think Barca would go out but all credit to Liverpool as they deserved to go thru. Personally I think Rijkaard got the tactics wrong in the first leg but thats history now, Liverpool are thru.

Yeh, It was royal rumble free for all! It was awesome! some inter player gor punched in the face didnt he by velancia sub. and then e1 joined in!

My thoughts exactly! They are the luckiest team ever, whether its lampard who scores a deflected shot every 2 games or Drogba whos playing like a great player at the moment even though hes the biggest waste of £27 million ever!!!

As for tonight comon the Gunners!! PSV are just gona sit back and leave the game for the taking for Arsenal plus Henry's starting!!

Ac Milan also i'll be cheering who are playing celtic, should be easy for AC Milan as Celtic can hardly string a pass together away from home!

'Gers fan?

Yeah!!

Should United make it to the quarter finals, the one team I would want to avoid is Valencia. They are without doubt the form team in Spain, and like Chelsea they can grind out results when they are not playing well. At this stage I would have them as favourites.

Henry does not start for Arsenal tonight, think it will be a very very tough task for them indeed.

i think henry not starting is a tactical decision made by wenger, but i agree, will not be easy.

United playing that stupid 4-5-1 formation with Rooney out of position again. Why do they just hand the initiative to the opposition again.

what i want to know is where the f*ck is Fangzhou Dong? He had his work permit come through in December and he's a very promising young striker. He inelegible for the Champions League or what? Ferguson should at least put him on the bench

United are nothing short of abysmal. Would not be surprised if Lille score to take the tie to extra time.

PSV equalised, that is Arsenal gone. United look fine, Bayern have a swear on against Madrid, and it looks like extra time at the San Siro.