EVERYONE was on their best behaviour in Madrid thank goodness. UEFA were unavailable for comment.

SO TO recap from last week: UEFA don’t have an agenda against Liverpool, Agger is class on the ball, internal politics are being kept quiet and Rafa is a lucky general.

In the afterglow of a thrilling comeback at City, swigging beer between lectures, you might think even I could not be troubled by dark clouds on the horizon.

WELL, we’re in it now.

WEST HAM were finally nailed over Tevez, ending two years of outrageous buck-passing and selective eyesight.

AS distractions go, a rare win over United was a blessing to some and a curse to others.

AT this stage last year we were urging everyone to keep calm. It turned out to be sound advice, albeit unheeded.

IN my youth, school days would pass with the agonising crawl of a John Terry train of thought.

THERE are only so many times you can breath a sigh of relief before you begin to hyperventilate.

“WE WON and that’s the main thing.” Get used to that little nugget, it doesn’t seem to be going away.