Victory for the neutral as semi-final finely poised

NOT quite the feast in Old Trafford after the famine in Barcelona, but only the gods of football — and Arsenal’s goalkeeper — will really know how last night’s second Champions’ League semi-final didn’t send the scoreboard into overdrive.

Forget mind games, forget managerial feuds, forget even managers kissing and making up — sometimes, perhaps even at the best of times, football is really all about the footballers.

Last night confirmed that while Arsenal can lay claim to some class acts, it’s Manchester United who are blessed with an unmatchable abundance of game-changing, match-winning individual talent.