The usual Battle of Britain ballyhoo has been conspicuous by its absence as the teams at the top of the English and Scottish leagues prepare to meet in the Champions League on Wednesday. Celtic dropped their first points of the SPL campaign last week, when they could manage only a draw away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. City were thumping Bournemouth the same weekend, though in the preceding week they had accounted for Manchester United and Mönchengladbach. So Europe it must be for the moment, even if Celtic appear much more suited to the Europa League than the full-on powerplay of the Champions League. There is a new manager struggling in Manchester, in the Premier League as well as in Europe, but his name is not Guardiola.

Source: The Guardian September 24, 2016 21:00 UTC