NO FLOWERS PLEASE

 Manchester City's European campaign passed quietly away on Tuesday night. It left 3,000 bereaved souls in northwest Germany, cold, in a state of disrepair and in growing disorientation, plus many other family members scattered around the north of England and thereabouts.

It was just three months old. It will be sadly missed by many thousands of well-wishers who asked to be remembered to the bereaved on their way out. It leaves 47,000 souls with nothing to do on a Wednesday night..(.......)..

You can read on, if you are in a fit state to do so on ESPN's City pages, here  


A night City caught a dose of Monchengladbach. The Simonsen seizure suffered may have triggered later palpitations.......