In case you missed it, Arsenal were knocked out of the Capital One Cup last night by Bradford City. Despite an occasionally sparkly history, Bradford City currently compete in League 2, but beat Arsenal on penalties after defender Thomas Vermaelen missed from the spot.
Ain’t that a kick in the head?
If you’re in a bad mood today, we suggest that instead of reading the Premier League section of this post, you should stare at the photo of Eintracht Frankfurt and their mascot above until you remember how much fun football can be when everyone behaves themselves.
You can then proceed directly to Lionel Messi’s happy place, unhindered by negative energy and a desire to start watching rugby.
Robin van Persie is a striker. So is Carlton Cole, on occasion. Fernando Torres used to be one, while Luis Suarez is a really good one when he’s not banned/rolling about on his back with his legs in the air.
This week’s results post is less of a round-up and more of a sit-com.
Settle back, relax and have a six pack and a cloth handy. This could get messy.
There are few superlatives you can shower upon Zlatan Ibrahimovic that he hasn’t already liberally bathed himself in.
Still, like everyone else with a vague interest in football and a deadline to meet this morning, we’ll give it a go.
Results. Sarcasm. Finger pointing. Embarrassing stories about betting.
Just the usual really.
We’re late, we didn’t have time to round up Serie A and we spilled coffee all over the carpet.
Honestly, we’d sack ourselves if there was anyone else to do this.
Where to start?
Unlike Arsenal, we’ll begin at the beginning.
Is it possible that Jose Mourinho has engineered Real Madrid’s eight point deficit to Barcelona, just so he can overhaul it and get one over on Pep Guardiola?
At this stage, we’re not putting anything past him. Including the repeated use of bovine torture devices.
Chances are, if your team’s hopes of qualification took a knock, one of your club’s fiercest rivals probably shipped points too.
It was that kind of Champions League week.
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