Is Pep A Party Pooper?

Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Ian Hawkey and Jonathan Northcroft.

Erling Haaland scored five goals in little over an hour for Manchester City in their 7-0 win over Leipzig. Can we finally put to bed the theory that he’s made their side worse? (00:00)

Liverpool are out of the Champions League after a comprehensive defeat over two legs against Real Madrid. How much of a rebuild do they need to be back challenging in Europe? (21:50)

Trent Alexander-Arnold is in the spotlight again after comments from Jamie Carragher. Is he reaching a crossroads in his career? (30:46)

Hugh gets his random Champions League quarter finals generator out to see how the teams left in the competition could get matched up and could we see a new name from Italy on the trophy this season? (39:12)

We share our favourite individual performances in the history of the Champions League, with a couple of surprise suggestions in the mix (45:00)

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