Remember did Manchester City?

What a strange, exotic and fascinating Champions League tie this is turning into.

Last week you saw me get exuberant.

Oh Viv Nicholson, spend, spend, spend.

Like a kid before Christmas excited about the quality of the game,

the words that were issued before and afterwards.

Sorry if you thought that was over-exuberant, but that's me.

You like the blue touch paper, stand well back.

I'm en route to Madrid right now and I expect to feel similarly about the game in the Bernabelle

because there's a sense of desperation above both

teams. Last week, Pip Carriola was tired, angry. He spoke as if he was resigned. His changes

that I talked about were Akansi went off and Stones went into the back instead of playing Pevotti were forced upon him.

And it looked like not only would Akangi definitely be out, but Halland at the weekend went off and away.

And yet he's there. Might play.

Two in the last leg.

There's more still to come from Erlinghound in my opinion marmouche

scored against the mighty dandies in last season's europea league is a flying machine but don't

defend quite like cities rivals at the weekend but they don't like pace they're still going

to have a slightly jigsaw put together defence

in that Lucas is in the squad,

but do they play Lucas at right back instead of Alvardi?

I don't think they do.

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