Unless Marseille equalise of course. Then it will be game over, but not for them.

Defensively Man U are very strong ( apart from when they go to Anfield)

This game is far from over - Marseille having crept back into it over the last 20 mins of the first half. By and large a good performance from United though.

Half time at Old Trafford with Man U still one goal to the good, but O'Shea off with a hamstring problem.

I've got a bad feeling about this game.......... Plenty of good stuff from Man U, but I can see Marseille nicking a draw or even getting the win  

Just got home from work to see the last couple of minutes of the Man u Marseilles game, and close it was. My worst fears were realised with a great own goal from that waste of space Brown, however Man U managed to scrape through to the last eight.

Amazing turn around in Germany though where Bayern were comfortable against Inter, but in the last couple of minutes of the game were dumped out of the competition having lost 2-3   

Just seen the replay of the Wes Brown own goal................maybe I was a bit harsh on him, but the fact remains he is a liability IMO

What odds on another Spurs trip to the San Siro I wonder??  

Nailed on. I'll order the taxi for Maicon now.

Man U have only two class centre halfs Ferdinand and Vidic and possibly one in the making Smalling. Johnny Evans has lost his confidence, Wes Brown is a liability (tho less so when at right back) and O Shea is just an average player who can play across the back and midfield. Going into the run in of all the tournaments we desperately need vidic and Ferdinand fit.

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Agreed , but Smalling is going to be a quailty CB, a very good find.

I think he already is, you can only judge people on the form they are in now and the way the lad is playing he would get in almost any Premiership side as first choice. You might not be able to call him great until he has won things and done it over 5 or 10 years, but at the moment he is playing as well as Ferdinand or Vidic have this season.

I thought Man U would lose last night, or go out on away goals with a score draw, I missed the game as I was out but was pleasantly surprised to see them progress

Smalling didn't have an especially good game last night. But I put that down to having play with Wes Brown. That would put the willies up anybody.

No doubt that Smalling is a talent though.

Chelsea ease through, with Torres maintaining his consistent run of form, even if only off the bench.

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I'm torn really as I find Torres to be quite a likable sort of chap as footballers go. But I don't want him to help Chelsea to return to being the dominant force in English football.

Conversely, I would like to see Liverpool return to being a real force in the game but hope that the child shaggin/woman beating long haired criminal that is Carroll suffer a torrid time before having his career cut short by injury

He should have gone to a proper team like Spurs.

Shiteh go out 1-0. Oh well, it was good while it lasted, but I did want them to stay in so they could get even more worn out over the next few weeks. Still, at least Tagliatelle-Spaghetti got sent off.

Anyway, here's Einstein in action attempting to put on a bib before the match.

http://www.twitvid.com/AHCJ1

Good grief - a bad night with Rangers going out as well as the Bindippers.

..........and to finish a poor night for English clubs in Europe, Liverpool went out as well after a goaless draw at Anfield

Yep, I will bet the house and the dog on Barca getting Schalke.

Well Barca got the second easiest team in Shaktar Donetsk.

So basically, all Spurs have to do is get through both Real and probably Barca.

Meanwhile, the Chavs face Manure.

No doubt Spurs and their  fans will enjoy trying to get to the final and I am sure if you ask one they are very excited at the prospect comign up. But the chance of Spurs actually making the final is pretty much NIL.

I didn't expect Liverpool to go out, being in front of their own fans last night and especially after the way they turned Man Utd over the weekend before last. Man City did have a harder job in trying to overturn a 2 goal deficit from their first leg. As far as Rangers are concerned, very disappointed indeed with them. I really thought they would beat PSV and advance to the quarter-finals- wasn't to be though.