The final round-up of the Champions League Round of 16 sees Manchester United secure a goalless draw in Sevilla, and Shakhtar Donetsk beat Roma in Ukraine.

There are a few things I take for granted.

We dress human bones in the flesh. We cling to identities that don’t serve us, and we don’t need. You should never sit through a Manchester United away game in the Champions League.

The accusatory fingers of boredom all point to one man this morning – Jose Mourinho. But, let’s be honest here, United had the same game plan when Sir Alex Ferguson was finding the semi-finals with the same accuracy Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor finds a treble 20.