The mudslinging didn't help expand the media coverage of the issues; all that was reported was the mudslingings.

Pellegrini’s decision to operate with both Edin Dzeko and Agüero in attack certainly looks misjudged bearing in mind that the first way to stop Barcelona is usually to try to crowd midfield and restrict space. Yet it would be wrong to lump all the blame on the manager’s tactics.

‘I can't imagine anything I'd like better than to be Vicereine of India,’ said the Princess.

Man has to feel his way most cautiously in the quaggy soil of ignorance, suspense, superstition and moral darkness.