A smaller stage but an Old Trafford occasion befitting meeting of European aristocrats 

Man Utd came out on top in a meeting with old rivals Barcelona. 

BROTHERS IN ARMS: Manchester United's Casemiro and goalkeeper David de Gea celebrate victory. Picture: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.

THE NORTH-WEST of England is being spoiled rotten for fantastic football this week. Two days after the men from Madrid marmelised Liverpool on Merseyside, Barcelona flew into Manchester for another classic meeting which ended with United coming from behind to book their place in the last 16.

Old Trafford was rocking before, during and after second-half goals from Fred and Antony saw off the team that had caused United so much misery over the years, and kept up an incredible unbeaten five-month home run that leads to the inescapable conclusion that something special is going on under Erik Ten Hag.