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Matic does the same thing Koscielny does and it's a foul and a yellow. f**ks sake ref.

Yes! Diego you beauty. Great cross from Ivanovic!

Apologies if this was posted here already http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14576559 First I thought it was a pisstake of some kind, but it doesn't appear to be. As my brother described them, f**king brain dead.

I'm sure it's be said on here before, but how has he managed to work his way into a position of power (whoever much of it he has) at the club? He doesn't have any noteworthy history in the game, nor are there any obvious links to people at the club, that I can see anyway.

If Ramos gets the job of interim, then I would be certain you'll see another Rafa like scenario. If it's Hiddink, it won't be as bad. As someone already said, the backlash may be directed at Roman or the even the players themselves.

You've more or less summed up my thoughts there. I've been sitting here trying to put it into words for the last 30 minutes or so and just can't.

Could catch on that tactic.

Man City could wind up being the only English team in the last 16 .

BT Sports goal show is fantastic for nights like this. Crazy stuff.

Yeah, 3 times at least now he's put in a great cross/delivery and the biggest problem is a lack of movement in the box.

Loved and respected by who? The German people or football fans in general? I'd imagine Gotze will always be fondly remembered by the Germans for that goal, regardless of how the rest of his career goes. But, like Salad Monster suggested, I'd say Muller will (if he hasn't already) eclipse Ballack in people's eyes.

I thought he as ok, nothing spectacular but did ok against a good player. Maybe at times he was trying too hard to impress, like when he picked up the yellow in the fist half needlessly. I'd keep him in the team and give him the chance to improve.

Willian yet again.

Not to mention Paulo Maldini and Javier Zanetti. And Cafu captained Brazil when they won the World Cup in 02.

Cracking header from Van Persie. Pity it was the wrong goal.

Tomorrow is my birthday. A win of any kind is all I want. Chelsea usually do well on this most sacred of days, 5-0 against United in 99 springs to mind. (I've probably doomed us to defeat now)

I watched the clip where he said that on SSN earlier, I don't think he was being serious about the rat thing. Seemed tongue in cheek to me. I didn't hear the question he was asked but from Sky's reporting it seems to have been about whether Terry would be back in the team.

I missed most of this today, caught the end of the first half. There's always a great sense of satisfaction beating Arsenal. And even more so in circumstances like today. MOTD will make good viewing for once.

Like I said he was way too exited by that. Saying that, back when Liverpool challenged for the title he was like a fan cheering them on. Like the City game in particular, he sounded depressed when they scored and nearly jizzed when Liverpool did. Even last season when Gerrard got red against United he actually said "oh no" when he saw the red card. He's a bit odd.

Martin Tyler was way too excited by that goal.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Great start. Hopefully he can keep it up and in the process take the pressure off Hazard.

Referees using common sense died out a long time ago.

If the red card incident was at the other end with Costa going down we'd all be screaming for a foul and a red.