Premier League

The implications for club in the medium-to-long term are probably minor, but in the short term, Chelsea is effectively in a limbo.

Attitudes to concussion have thankfully transformed completely since the 1980s – an era when, scarily, there was nothing remarkable about players getting concussed, having a head-wash by the physio’s ‘magic sponge,’ and then carrying on playing. Current practice is worlds away from such folly.

It is surprising in this country how we learn to play sports as kids without ever getting to read the rules. The “two-hands-on-it-is-keeper’s-ball” ‘rule’ is one we all get wrong, because the laws of the game do not in fact say that.

At no stage between the taking of the corner and the ball crossing the goal-line did the referee blow his whistle. The injury to de Gea, from which he recovered very quickly, did not appear to be serious, and was in any event inflicted by a team-mate.

Everton blunder their way to EPL record derby defeat 1st December 2021, Goodison Park Everton 1-4 Liverpool (Gray 38 – Henderson 9, Salah 19, 64, Jota 79) Rafael Benitez’s return…

Pochettino, who did well in patches at Spurs, may be just what United need

This was possibly the most awful performance from Manchester United in their three years under Solskjaer

“United clearly need big improvement to get anywhere near the EPL title in May”

United were so abject that Liverpool could not play at their best – anything more than basics-done-well from Jurgen Klopp’s men would be over-elaboration.

4-2 did not reflect Leicester’s superiority; Brendan Rodgers was buoyed by his team’s performance.