The Fiver remembers a time when one of the supposed advantages afforded to Manchester United’s push for Big Cup qualification was that they had fewer games to play compared to their rivals. Well, this week’s Big Cup and Big Vase action has put paid to that. Fiorentina said arrivederci to Tottenham, Besiktas bid gule gule to Liverpool, Monaco all but waved au revoir to Arsenal and Barcelona are set to say adiós to Manchester City. These defeats can, no doubt, be put down to the burning desire to fly high in the Greatest League in the World. It has nothing – nope, absolutely zilch – to do with them coming up against better teams. They are just happy to sacrifice continental glory for the overwhelming joy of finishing fourth and therefore ending up in the same position this time next year.
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