UEFA Champions League

The extraordinary length and cost of this process raise serious concerns, and the affair again gives rise to questions about financial fairness across the football pyramid.

— Caroline Dinenage, chair of Britain's Culture, Media and Sport select committee, in a statement

Press from the start, go on the attack, and force the opponent into mistakes.

— Rudi Völler, DFB sports director, before kickoff on ARD

"They have to be expelled from the Premier League when you see what they've done, when you see how others have suffered, and this is very much a multiple of that," he said.— Henry Winter, football writer for The Times, commenting on Manchester City's alleged breaches and potential sanctions.