After last night's festivities, which saw a win for the Mancs and a defeat for the Arse (unfairly as well from what I could gather), tonight sees Liverpool and Chelsea face tough games in the Champions League. Chelsea's task is by far the toughest, taking on the reigning champions Barcelona. These two clubs have a history having faced each other in the previous two competitions. It was this fixture that caused the row that made a referee retire and convince Chelsea and their fans that everybody is out to get them. Remember the Luis Garcia goal farce from 2 seasons ago? Yep, it brought out all the "UEFA are out to get us....whinge whinge whinge, blub blub" nonsense. Look, the simple fact of the matter is that NO ONE CARES ANYMORE! EVEN IF THE GOAL WAS DISALLOWED, THE 'KEEPER WOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OFF AND LIVERPOOL WOULD HAVE HAD A PENALTY! SO BLOODY WELL GET OVER IT!.

It has even happened following the horrible injury to Petr Cech, after Chelsea moaned and groaned about the delay in getting an ambulance to take him to hospital. Reading and the local emergency services see things a bit differently of course, and more than likely, correctly, and have defended their actions. In an Interview on the always excellent BBC radio 5live, the ambulance was at the ground within seven minutes of been called. So are the hours only 14 minutes long on Chelsea's planet? Thought not. Anyway back to the games....

Barca have a formidable team and are hard to break down and beat. All their players would grace any national side in the world. But Chelsea are due a win against them. Liverpool have a tricky away trip to Bordeaux, (another 'B' team....) and quite honestly we need a good win to prove to the doubters that Liverpool are a world class team. Stevie Gerrard is injured so the captain will be the ever impressive Jamie Carragher. I could not even to speculate what the rest of the team should be due to Rafa's team rotation policy, but I would start with Reina, Carragher, Agger, Finnan, Riise, Sissoko, Alonso, Pennant, Garcia, Crouch and Robbie the god. If Kuyt is fit enough I would leave him on the bench and only, and I mean only, bring him on in an emergency.

All in all, tonight should provide some terrific entertainment for fans and neutrals alike. Hopefully finishing with a Liverpool win.