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Added (remote) possibility they stay in, win the thing, then you finish ahead of them in fourth. I guess Barcelona is the safety valve to stop that happening.

No prizes for guessing what I want. Milan, red cards, injuries.

Do you guys want Arsenal to stay in (to further distract them from the league), or go out (because they're Arsenal)?

Dodgy, dodgy keeper.

God, I'd hate to get the ball in the nads on a day like that.

Pretty clear-cut that - looked like Aimar just jumped at the man. Edit: maybe not so clear-cut!

They had to do a crazy amount of work to make it playable. Apparently it was touch and go whether the game would be played.

Benfica doing a pretty good job here.

Actually, he might have been looking for the player outside Messi, but still.

What a fantastic ball by Alves that is.

Wat. What on earth was that all about?

What a goal that would have been.

Jesus. They cannot help but cheat.

I keep thinking the commentator's saying "Shola" with a geordie accent.

Leverkusen had nine players back there, against four or so forwards.

First time I've seen that Leverkusen kit - mint. Tempted to buy one for my Dad - he likes the Bombers (Aussie Rules reference for anyone who has a clue).

Well the 49M figure is a guess, and relates to the player funds that are in dispute. It's not that they got a tax bill and simply ignored it. Except they did exactly that for the 9M in VAT. That just looks really dodgy and cynical.

Yeah, that's my take.

No chance of the Tipster trophy in 2012 either, I'm afraid.

What happens to Ibrox?

And us too. Adebayor and Saha against him would have been fun.

Sad in one sense, though I was always Celtic of the two, but maybe Scottish football is coming to a reckoning. The failure of the Atlantic League concept meant this was only a matter of time.

Well, not all Glaswegians tbf.

Just one thing to add - one of the posts suggested Pardew's first thought is defensive and that is bad. Well, not necessarily - but surely he'd have played 4-5-1 against us if that was true? It all points to a specific issue between Ben Arfa and Pardew, whatever that might be.