Heartbreak on the Break

How do you explain a result like this morning's 7-1 demolition of Roma at Old Trafford?

The Italian club is regularly touted as one of the best defensive sides in Europe. They have conceded a measly number of goals in their previous Champions' League games this season.

And yet they simply panicked after the initial flurry of goals, and made the most embarrassing exit from the competition since Juventus destroyed the previously untouchable Ajax side of the mid-nineties in the 1997 semi-final.