CUP GLORY? JUST ‘PLAY VERY BADLY’

Swans keeper Michel Vorm, the chances of the Welsh side revisiting the last four of this competition for the first time since 1964 were slim to non-existent. Swans boss Carlos Carvalhal loves a metaphor and found an upbeat one when he said: “After the storm, comes the good weather. “I am not disappointed, as they have a very good side. I said before, to achieve something, we must be at our best and they must be not so good. We know there is a gap and they are better. “When you lose 3-0, it’s better to just shut up and go home. But the FA Cup has been a fantastic run for us – our best since 1964. “We lost to a quality team, who played well and scored fantastic goals.”

Erikssen’s first was a lovely curling effort, his second a low drive that had enough venom to go through Kristoffer Nordfeldt’s defences.

In between, Lamela passed the ball into the corner to make it 2-0 before the break. Genius. POOR old Thibaut Courtois.

The Chelsea goalkeeper was beaten through his legs twice by Lionel Messi in Wednesday’s 3-0 Champions League last-16 defeat to Barcelona at the Nou Camp, as the Blues exited the competition 4-1 on aggregate.

And, sadly for the big Belgian, the internet noticed…

SWANS SAVAGED BY GREAT DANE Tottenham’s tormentor-in-chief Christian Eriksen curls in his first beyond despairing keeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt, fires a second (above) and celebrates “HE has some top players in the world and they should be doing a lot...

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that we have ever seen. Step forward Opta’s Duncan Alexander with proof that perhaps the great man could do it on a cold Tuesday night in the Potteries after all…