MANCHESTER UNITED OUT;NO ENGLISH TEAMS IN ECL SEMIS

Manchester United took a 3 nil lead at home to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-final second leg after trailing 2-1 in Munich.But then it went pear shaped.Bayern scored just before the break after an error by Michael Carrick,then just after half time the young United right back Rafael was sent off for two yellows.United manager blames the Munich players for harrassing the weak Italian referee but they were two yellows in any-one's book--even if the first one should have originally been a free-kick to UnitedThen Robben scores a wonder goal to make it 3-2 on the night;4-4 on aggregate.Bayern go through to mAeet Lyon in the semi-final on the away goals rule-something ironically Sir Alex Ferguson had been stressing the importance off in his pre-match briefing! And all this after the shock news that Wayne Rooney was in the starting line-upo despite spraining his ankle only eight days earlier.He has a hand in all three Un ited goals before injuring a blood vessel in his ankle..and had to be substituted in the 55th minute.Actually United missed some chances and could be considered a little unlucky but they are out and miss out on a third successive Champions League final.English clubs have been in the last five finals..and its been seven years since English clubs failed to reach the semi-finals.So besides the Europa League which is second class in a big way after the Champions League,the top English clubs now have the tight and exciting finish to the Premier League to focus on.A bad week for United.Will Chelsea slip up? Will United recover?All to be answered soon.