Outgunned and disunited

IT was 2003 when England last didn’t have at least one representative in the semi-finals of the Champions League. It could easily happen again.

Outgunned and disunited

Let’s start with Arsenal whose chances of eliminating Barcelona, as you know, I wrote off even before the first leg. Colleagues tell me otherwise: “They’re still in it.” And the always confident Nicklas Bendtner declared late on Wednesday night: “Who said they weren’t human? Maybe for you. In the last 20 minutes we put them under real pressure.”

In your dreams, Nicklas. You should have acknowledged that your team, so rightly lauded in England, was treated to a master class at the Emirates. Cesc Fabregas must have thought he was back learning in that soccer school he attended in Barcelona.

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