Max Rushden , Barry Glendenning , Paul Doyle and Paolo Bandini discuss Ajax’s whirlwind win at Spurs, Liverpool’s defeat to a Messi masterclass, Football League permutations, Bolton and detectives at the snooker

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We look back at the last few days of football, starting with Liverpool’s valiant 3-0 defeat to Barcelona, in which Lionel Messi scored what Barry has described as “the best free-kick I’ve ever seen”.

Spurs lost 1-0 to Ajax in the home leg of their semi-final, but could consider themselves lucky to just be down by the one goal – Ajax were a whirlwind of youth, running and passing for the first half hour.

We round up the permutations going into the final weekend of the Football League, look ahead to this weekend’s Premier League fixtures, wonder whether any English sides will score in the Europa League and send our best wishes to Iker Casillas.

Back on Monday!

PS: we have a new show, at EartH in Hackney! On 10 May, join Max, Barry, Jonathan Wilson, Lars Sivertsen, and brand new addition Elis James, on the eve of the final weekend of the Premier League season. For more info and tickets, click here