It wasn’t quite the night of remontadas on Tuesday, although Sporting CP were able to produce something special in Lisbon to cruelly bring to an end Bodø/Glimt’s Champions League fairytale.
Chelsea and Manchester City were seemingly each uninspired by Sporting’s heroics, as they bowed out of the competition to European heavyweights with varying degrees of a whimper. City at least threatened to stun Real Madrid, while the Blues struggled to lay a glove on the holders.
