Shearer says: “I can’t remember a Champions League as open as this one.”

Coral ambassador gives his take on the quarter-final draw

Champions League draw

It was fantastic to have four English sides in the Champions League quarter-final draw last week. It’s great for those clubs and also the Premier League in general. It’s very exciting and everywhere you look there are tough matches between quality sides.

I can’t remember a tournament that has been as open as this one. There is a genuine case for six of the teams winning it, bar Porto and probably Ajax, even though they are a very young side.

It would be brilliant to see an all English final but if that doesn’t happen then I would love to see Barcelona against Juventus. Messi and Ronaldo going head to head in Madrid would be unbelievable.

Nobody will have wanted to draw Manchester City. They are the favourites for the competition for a reason and Spurs will feel as though they have got the toughest tie of the round.

However if you want to go far in the top competitions then you are going to have to beat the best and Spurs on their day can beat anybody.

Liverpool got the best tie of the round and will be confident of getting past Porto, however if they do, then either Barcelona or Manchester United will provide a much tougher test in the semi-final.

It’s two defeats in a row now for Manchester United and although there wasn’t too much wrong with their performance at Arsenal, there was a lot wrong at Wolves.

It was by far the worst performance since Solskjaer took over, but there is no reason to panic, and Ole still deserves to get the job permanently, which I’m sure he will.