Benfica coach Jorge Jesus feels there should be little emphasis placed on the respective domestic form of his side and Newcastle’s in the build-up to tonight’s Europa League quarter-final first-leg meeting in Lisbon.

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson says it is time to forget about signing Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder.

LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez is wary of the threat posed by Benfica having previously been dumped out of Europe by them.

Valencia striker David Villa felt a Europa League quarter-final against fellow Primera Division side Atletico Madrid was scant reward for their hard-fought last-16 win.