Champions League takeaways: Why Man United failed, Gladbach s joy, 10 matches that mattered
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Hislop credits PSG, Istanbul for decisive and unified action (1:40)
Shaka Hislop responds to PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir leaving the pitch after an alleged racist incident. (1:40)
The group stages of the 2020-21 Champions League took the feel of a decent romantic comedy: there were just enough unexpected plot twists to make you doubt how things might end, but then it all wrapped up how you expected it to all along. (As always in rom-coms, the supporting cast from Marcus Rashford s counter-attacking to Neymar s nutmegs, to Weston McKennie s incredible karate kick goal drove the film. They were the Aubrey Plaza and Mary Steenburgen to UEFA s