Europe's top coaches have suggested that the away goals rule in the Champions League and other competitions should be scrapped.

A meeting of the continent's elite managers took place on Tuesday at Nyon, at the UEFA headquarters, and getting rid of that system was one of the key ideas discussed.

The gathering included Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and Arsenal boss Unai Emery, Emery's predecessor at the Emirates, Arsene Wenger, and the likes of Juventus' Massimiliano Allegri, Real Madrid's Julen Lopetegui, Paris Saint-Germain's Thomas Tuchel and Napoli's Carlo Ancelotti.

UEFA's elite coaching forum in Nyon discussed scrapping the away goals rule on Tuesday

'The coaches think that scoring goals away is not as difficult as it was in the past,' said UEFA deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti after the meeting.

'They think the rule should be reviewed and that's what we will do.'

The current rule, which has been around since 1965, states that in the event of a tie, the team that scores more away goals is the winner. But what do Sportsmail's experts think about getting rid of the concept?

IAN HERBERT

Scrap away goals? What a catastrophically bad idea. Isn't the problem with European football that it is becoming increasingly drab and predictable? Don't all those group stage fixtures make your heart sink just a little?

Away goals give the knockout fixtures delicious suspense. The setback which conceding at home can be. The way a tie can change in a stroke. European football needs to be different, not even more moribund.

Andres Iniesta scored a famous away goal for Barcelona at Stamford Bridge in 2009

MATT BARLOW

Yes, scrap the rule. They belong to a different era, introduced to stop away teams playing for 0-0 in the first leg. But in the modern game, where pitches and stadiums have more uniformity, away goals are inherently unfair and exaggerate the luck of the draw. UEFA can always bring them back if it sparks a return to Catenaccio and we're all bored to death.

Kostas Manolas benefited from the away goals rule when he sent Roma to the last four in April

DOMINIC KING

I can understand the desire for change and I also appreciate that football has to keep evolving. There is something dramatic, though, about European away goals that adds to the sense of theatre of these games. I really wouldn't be in favour of the change, if it comes about.

ROB DRAPER

No. I love the jeopardy of a side being 2-1 up but knowing that an opposition goal is effectively a winner and not just an equaliser that brings more extra time. It's that intensity in the knockout stages which has always made European competition special.

(And, yes, I know away trips are hardly what they were 50 years ago; and that it might encourage counter-attacking football. But frankly we are living in a golden age of attacking football compared to the 80s and 90s so I don't think the change is necessary).

Massimo Ambrosini scored for AC Milan in added time against PSV to reach the final in 2005

CRAIG HOPE

Yes. It seems an ancient rule now and I have long since struggled to comprehend its advantages in the modern game. If, for example, Liverpool lost 4-0 at Real Madrid in the semi-final of the Champions League but then stuffed them 5-1 in the second leg at Anfield, why shouldn't they deserve a crack at extra-time? Why should any goal count for more than others?

I believe the rule was originally brought in as a final means of separating teams level on goals without the need for a replay. But now we have penalties for that. The logic since is that it encourages away teams to attack. Okay, but does it not also encourage home teams to be more cautious, scared of conceding an away goal? Do away with it and just let sides have a go at each other over two legs without the complicating presence of this illogical and out-dated rule.

Mohamed Salah's away goal against Manchester City last season effectively killed the tie

KIERAN GILL

Get rid of the away goal rule in my opinion. The coaches are right - it isn't as daunting a task to score away from home anymore and ties are being killed off in the first legs as a result. There is a psychological element to it too. Teams who are trailing from the first leg know they not only have to overturn a deficit, but they have to worry about this additional rule working against them.

JOE BERNSTEIN

Don't agree with scrapping away goals rule. It was introduced for a reason, to stop teams playing away in the first leg from putting 10 men behind the ball. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't go back to that should they change it again.