Barcelona was better than Winning Eleven.

For a Man Utd fan, you would think that it is extremely hard for any fan to swallow defeat, especially at the biggest stage in European football, and even more so at Wembley.

But when you witness greatness, you have to acknowledge it and give due credit when you are privileged enought to witness it. To wallow in sorrow will be doing injustice to undoubtedly one of the best team displays ever on a footballing pitch.

Man Utd were quite simply put in their place. There was no evidence of a lack in effort, just an overwhelming difference in quality. At the end of the day, Barcelona has set the bar far higher than what any team will be able to attain to. They have cemented their place in history as the team with the most outrageous possessional control and the perfect final pass in football; those and coupled with the masterful art of zonal pressing when they don't actually have the football at their feet. Gawd, this team is definitely better as a team than the one that tore Man Utd apart in 2009.

When you have Lionel Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Villa playing in such perfect tandem, you can only sit and defend (hopefully spring the counter attack), and that is exactly what Man Utd did. *While some might argue that Man Utd could have done better with an extra man in midfield, I doubt it will have changed the result especially when Barca was playing with such poise. Afterall, Man Utd wanted to attack and you've got to applaud their effort to do so.

Unfortunately, Barca rarely if ever make a stray pass, Man Utd was just chasing shadows the whole night. You almost feel sorry for the Man Utd eleven who were on the receiving end of a footballing lesson by Pep Guardiola and his team of artisans. Barca's third goal courtesy of Villa capped a magical night for purists of joga bonito.

Barca was better than Winning Eleven, those fortunate enought to witness it; knew it was unreal. There is no shame Man Utd.

Patrick Kinghorn bites co-host

Hannibal Kinghorn !! Maybe Patrick should consider having his own action figure if he loses his job at Singtel.

What kind of a full-grown man bites another in the face?

Apparently, Kinghorn (with the tie) bit his co host (red polo-tee) in the face... He must have taken the challenge "What're you gonna do? Bite me?" too seriously...

Poor Kui Jien, I hope he is not disfigured too badly, he is afterall the cute commentator on TV. Not too sure if the bite mark Kinghorn left on his face will quite add to that pretty face now.

To Singtel Mio, may I please suggest keeping Patrick Kinghorn around on local TV? I mean seriously, we NEED Patrick to be around. He is so "different" from the rest of the boring, boring entertainers we have on TV these days...

....unlike Patrick Kinghorn, the others just lack bite.

Man Utd on the brink of creating history

While the Premier League has not officially crowned its champions yet, many are already predicting without too much guesswork involved that Man Utd will be crowned English champions for the 19th time in modern history. Mathematically speaking, Man Utd only requires a single point to claim the trophy.

Never had any of the Man Utd fans thought the day will be possible to witness the club claim history as the best club in English football. That honour has rightly been attained by the dominant force in European football in the 80s that is Liverpool.

We tip our hats off to Liverpool for their dominance of football in the 80s but its time to crown Man Utd's era of footballing success. This era has been built on the dedication of legends such as Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Eric Cantona, Ole Solskjaer, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Peter Schmeichel, Rio Ferdinand, Nemadja Vidic, Edwin Van Der Sar, Bryan Robson, Mark Hughes, Denis Irwin, Andrew Cole and many others from many great teams built over the years by a single man, Alex Ferguson. The key point of continual success is Man Utd's ability to renew themselves and build successful teams consistently.

As surely as the era was started, it might very well end in the next instant. Man Utd will still need to look into rejuvenating its ranks with new talent and future world beaters. Its most difficult task of course will be to replace the manager himself.

But until we think hard about the future of the club, a toast to another twenty years of success !!