Big Midweek: Werner, Atletico v Man City, Emery, Liverpool

Can Werner ‘help himself’ in a Chelsea victory over Real Madrid? Will Vrsaljko and Grealish get it on? It’s another huge week of European football…

Game to watch: Atletico Madrid v Manchester City

What better way to separate two games against a fellow team ‘playing the right way’ than with the second leg against the anti-football elite. No shots, no corners, 29% possession; we quite enjoyed Atletico Madrid’s display at the Etihad. And the fact that City definitely didn’t enjoy it – certainly compared to the circle jerk with Liverpool on Sunday – will have given Diego Simeone cause to frustrate once again and hopefully, this time, dilapidate.

Because despite the stats suggesting Atletico Madrid had no hope in the first leg, they did break on City a few times, and Simeone does have players – like Joao Felix and Antoine Griezmann – capable of a moment of genius to turn the tie on its head. And here’s hoping Pep Guardiola starts Jack Grealish as we’re desperate to see Sime Vrsaljko and Stefan Savic make more kissy faces in his direction and play with his luscious locks.

Player to watch: Timo Werner

Thomas Tuchel said after Werner’s brace against Southampton on Saturday that the Chelsea striker needs to “help himself”. Those were just his second and third goals in the Premier League this season and Tuchel has little sympathy for the 26-year-old, who has failed to adapt to the Chelsea system and life in England’s top flight.

But he’s been played out of position for much of that time. The left wing in no way plays to Werner’s strengths of running on to through balls behind a defence. The longer the German international striker has to think about what to do, the worse he is; he’s not a football thinker like his international