For the best...

Hard to admit, but as a life long red I'm not entirely distraught by last night's result. AC Milan were the better team on the night and, having seen how heavily policed United/Liverpool derbies are in this country first hand, I for one was not relishing going to Athens with 70000 united and liverpool fans. The feint possibility of us then LOSING to what is, let's face it, a pretty uninspiring Liverpool side, is a further prospect I could do without. The prospect of WINNING against them, while sweet, would surely have resulted in some sort of aggro. So, on balance, while I'm happy the scousers beat Chelsea, and that we look to have the league, I'll settle for a Milan victory in Athens, the double here, and no battling fans on foreign soils.