The other games thread...

[RichC]

Celtic make it 2-2

[lucas]

Celtic won 3-2 over the two games with injury time winner. Lovely goal too.

[Alex]

Celtic win 3-0 to get through. Made a right meal of that away tie.

[G]

What a dickhead

José Mourinho has undermined his attempts to brush off Friday's renewal of hostilities with Pep Guardiola after allowing himself to be rattled by a local journalist who had pointed out his record against the Spaniard. The Chelsea manager angrily disputed the relatively unimpressive figures, only to later acknowledge they were probably right.

At the pre-match press duties at the Eden Arena, an agitated Mourinho, preparing for the Uefa Super Cup against Guardiola's Bayern Munich, was confronted with memories of his fierce clashes with his rival's former Barcelona side. Indeed, the first question on the eve of the game had set the tone by reminding him he had only won three times in 15 attempts against Guardiola while with Internazionale and Real Madrid.

"Your statistics are wrong as a start," he snapped back. "Very wrong, very wrong but I don't want to discuss that because it's not important. I'll just say it's wrong. Go there and see what happened with Inter in the Champions League semi-final. The league records in Spain, the Copa del Rey in Spain, the Super Cup in Spain. You are very, very wrong. You are wrong but it's not important. It's not me against him, it's club against club That's not important."

That prompted a spluttered apology from the inquisitor, who was brandishing Uefa's statistical pack, which did, indeed, detail the 15 meetings between the managers, with Mourinho having won three times, Guardiola seven and five other matches drawn. The Portuguese, for his part, has not seen his side keep a clean sheet against a team coached by his adversary since their first meeting, a 0-0 draw between Inter and Barcelona in the Champions League group stage in 2009.

"I just know that I won the Champions League semi-final with Inter [in 2010]," continued Mourinho, his mind ticking over and realisation dawning. "I won the Spanish Cup final in Valencia [2011]. I won the Super Cup in Spain [in 2012]. I was champion in Spain [in 2011-12]. I won the match of the title in Barcelona with Real Madrid. So, I don't know … Maybe you are right and I am wrong but I don't care. It's not important for me."

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/29/jose-mourinho-pep-guardiola-super-cup

[Shaggy]

No Mata again

Daniel Taylor @DTguardian 2s
Here's the #CFC team: Čech, Ivanović, Cahill, Luiz, Cole, Ramires, Lampard,
Oscar, Hazard, Torres, Schurrle

[Shaggy]

Daniel Taylor @DTguardian
Bayern team v Chelsea: Neuer, Dante, Rafinha, Boateng, Lahm, Ribéry, Robben, Müller, Alaba, Kroos, Mandzukic

[Chris]

That is baffling, especially when he keeps picking far inferior players like Oscar and Schurrle. If it was like Spain you could understand but not with their squad.

[G]

Trevor Francis just said "not many people would rate Jose as a person" and that he's an "irritant"

[BobTheCharmer]

Just realised this game isn't at that **** stadium in Monaco. May just watch now.

[lickedlollipop]

cunt just scored

[Arn]

Chelsea 1-0

Torres.

[rodo]

lazy plastic waving *******s couldnt even be arsed getting off there arses when torres scored

[Shaggy]

Cracking goal. Great play Hazard.

[RichC]

Superb move and a great finish to be fair as well.

[Gaz]

Great finish by Torres