Barcelona coach Xavi has labelled Manchester United one of Europe’s ‘top teams’ following a 2-2 draw at Camp Nou in the Europa League but believes both clubs are ‘coming back’ from lean years.
The stage of Thursday night’s Europa League knockout playoff first leg was a far cry from the Champions League finals of 2009 and 2011 when Barça and United met in Rome and London respectively for the right to be crowned Europe’s very best.
But such has been the resurgent form of both teams this season after respective problems, this was still the pick of all the UEFA fixtures being…
