Alan Shearer on English sides in the Champions League

In the latest of a series of exclusive sit-down video blogs, Coral football ambassador Alan Shearer talks to our very own Nicola McGeady about how the four English sides got on in the Champions League this past midweek.

Shearer discusses all of Arsenal, Tottenham, Leicester City and Manchester City in turn. Have a listen below for his thoughts:

Arsenal

The Gunners drew 1-1 away at the Parc des Princes to French champions PSG with Alexis Sanchez cancelling out Edinson Cavani’s first-minute opener.

“Arsenal were very fortunate to come away with a point at PSG,” said Shearer. “If it wasn’t for Cavani’s poor finishing, then it should have been a disappointing night for them.

“It was a very good result and that’s the one thing they can take out of the game, but they have to improve.”

Tottenham

Tottenham were somewhat surprisingly taken down 2-1 by Ligue 1 leaders Monaco, as they played their Champions League opener on the hallowed turf of Wembley under Mauricio Pochettino.

“I was at Wembley to watch Spurs against Monaco and Spurs were very poor,” Shearer added. “I thought they were slow and sluggish.

“They had one or two chances and didn’t take them, but looked very poor defensively.”

Leicester

Claudio Ranieri’s Foxes ran out comfortable 3-0 winners over Club Brugge in Belgium and that made for a memorable start to their maiden Champions League campaign.