[jambutty]

Being a United fan first and foremost and thus I will be accused of bias towards them, I watched and I wasn’t too impressed with what I saw.

The rough pitch didn’t help to create flowing football. But that’s football - you have to take things as they are. Lille adapted better to the pitch conditions and United were lucky to come away with a win and it was only some desperate defending that gave them the result.

The Lille goal was not a goal. The forward clearly pushed Vidic away so that he could head the ball.

United scored from a perfectly legitimate free kick and you have to thank Giggs for his speed of thought and excellent execution. The referee does not HAVE to blow his whistle for the kick to be taken. He can indicate and he did as he turned and ran back away from the spot.

Then the toys came out of the pram. But what on earth were the United players doing getting involved?

I am looking forward to the return leg but I doubt if it will be pretty.

The EUFA enquiry on the “I’m taking my ball home” incident and the following missile throwing by their fans should get Lille chucked out of the competition but I would prefer them to go out by being beaten at Old Trafford.

More seriously any enquiry should focus on why the Man U fans were crowded into a space that wasn’t large enough for them.