A round-up of the action from the knockout stages of the Champions League sees Man Utd lose at home to Sevilla, and Roma beat Shakhtar Donetsk on away goals. 

Manchester United stumbled into the Champions League after winning the poor man’s title – the Europa League. One is the home of the crack commandos. The other is the hangout for the ‘not good enough.’ Last night, United showed the true colour of their blood, and it wasn’t crack commando.

There was a time when visiting Old Trafford to compete in a Champions League knockout game was as daunting as bending over to pick up your pen in prison. When the Sevilla players meandered into Manchester in their Chinos and cans, United’s players must have been sitting around the TV playing FIFA and getting stoned. On a night when the United faithful needed to see gladiators, they saw 11-boys selling lemons in the rain.

And maybe we shouldn’t have expected anything different?