“Last night was a dramatic finish to a thrilling Champions League League Phase”… is the sort of thing Ken Early would NEVER say. After yesterday’s humble pie, he is through apologising, and not even Aston Villa huddled around a phone discovering their playoff fate in real time could dissuade him.

We talk to Ben Fisher of the Guardian, who was in Villa Park last night, about their European season so far, and the volatile situation regarding their strikers – one of them wants away, another one of them is on the way out.

We also discuss Idah’s brace, Robbie Keane’s big European night tonight, Euro perms, Jonathan Wilson’s age, and Steven Gerrard’s latest managerial failure.

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