Just how suitable is this unbelievable so-called referee Damir Skomina as a UEFA official? At the expense of sounding like what we used to call a “bitter blue” and dispensing with the fact that on the four previous ties we have played with this man in the middle we have lost, it was a credit to Manchester City that they kept their heads clear and finally found a winning goal courtesy of David Silva close to the end of the match.
But it might have been different. With another of City’s old guard and captain Kompany getting caught out playing the offside after 44 seconds, it could have been an uphill struggle in another German cauldron, but at least “Sergigol” levelled proceedings 7 minutes later following excellent work by Sane, burning the grass down the left wing.