Maychester more than held their own here and may feel unfortunate to have been beaten here, but the creative Bennacer could not be contained – he had a hand in both Farcelona goals, the latter of which was a thunderbolt from Alves that is likely still moving. It is what it is, though, and it clearly wasn’t enough for the board.

SACKING: Luciano Spalletti replaced by Diego Simeone

By Sir Jonathan Rigsby-China