IAN LADYMAN AT THE ETIHAD: Liverpool were competitive for half an hour, but just dreadful thereafter. Weak and feckless in body and mind, they were Easter lambs dressed in red.
IAN LADYMAN: Yorath - who has died at the age of 75 - lost his teenage son Daniel to an undiagnosed heart condition during a back garden kickabout in 1992.
IAN LADYMAN AT ANFIELD: At one end of Anfield, on the front rows of the Real Madrid section, there was a marriage proposal before kick-off. Happily, it appeared to be accepted.
IAN LADYMAN: Tuchel's decision to leave him out has not been made on medical advice - it is a football decision - and has therefore sent a clear message to him in terms of what he expects.
IAN LADYMAN AT WEMBLEY STADIUM: Nottingham Forest 's fans poured down to Wembley on a tide of red and white hope but left only with regret.Many of Man City's, meanwhile, stayed home
IAN LADYMAN AT THE PARC DES PRINCES: A one-goal deficit to take back to Villa Park for next week's second leg would have bred hope and optimism and a sense of anticipation.
IAN LADYMAN AT WEMBLEY: This was a calamitous effort from the Premier League leaders. Everybody loses in sport at one time or another. But to lose like this is quite something else.