MAN OF THE DAY
Yannick Bolasie, doing his bit for quiz-setters everywhere: scoring three times in 11 minutes and nailing Palace’s first ever Premier League hat-trick.
Goal of the day
Move over Charlie Adam. Down at the New Lawn, Jon Parkin scored from just inside the halfway line as Forest Green Rovers beat his former team Macclesfield 3-1 to leapfrog them into fourth in the Conference. And the goalkeeper didn’t get a touch, aesthetics fans.
STAT OF THE DAY
Admit it, you’ve been unable to sleep knowing Cristiano Ronaldo had not scored from a free-kick since 29 April last year. It was 57th time lucky against Eibar, though.
CONSOLATION of the day
Optimistic T-shirts with the legend “Steve Bruce’s Black and Amber Army” were laid out for all Hull fans at St Mary’s. Useful for wiping tears away, as it turned out.
REACTION OF THE DAY
After defeat to Accrington last week, Carlisle manager Keith Curle was fuming: “I might get 50 supporters to come down, have an open forum and they can have half an hour with the players.” The threat worked: they beat Dagenham 1-0.
