“You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you; I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around, turned you into someone new”

SO WHERE do I start? I am gutted. Even more disappointed than after the Champions League game, because I really wanted the FA Cup, and my desire to see us beat Liverpool was even greater.

THWARTED by goal difference for the top spot in the Premiership table, but now top of the Champions League group — am I happy? No.

I AM writing this with a desperate hangover, so bear with me. Days before the match against United, I was so nervous, convinced we were going to lose and face the terrifying prospect of doing a ‘Newcastle’.