After an initial defeat to eventual semi-finalists Monaco in our first group stage match in the competition for six years, we picked up encouraging results away to CSKA Moscow and Bayer Leverkusen in the following games before ultimately falling away with back-to-back defeats to the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 sides.
A 3-1 victory over CSKA at Wembley on matchday six was academic as we had already been eliminated by that stage but, always a thoughtful individual, goalkeeper Hugo says the way the team bounced back and enjoyed a phenomenal run of form in the Premier League in the months that followed is a major plus as we anticipate another campaign at European football’s top table in 2017-18.