Barcelona midfielder Seydou Keita hopes Real Madrid are dumped out of Europe by Liverpool. Asked if he wanted Liverpool to beat Real, Keita said: "Personally, I do not like Real Madrid because I'm from Barcelona, but I want many things to happen and you do not always get what you want."

Keita also took a swipe at the Madrid press.

"We are taking care of ourselves. The newspapers of Madrid can talk about whatever they want. Before we were four points ahead and now we're six, so I guess they will have to write about something else, but we do not have any problems nor are we afraid."