MAN OF THE DAY
Adrián – West Ham’s keeper faced down a relentless second-half battering as his defence parked the bus. He held his nerve in style.
GOAL OF THE DAY
It doesn’t need something special to beat Sunderland at the moment – but Matt Ritchie’s chest controlled left-footed blooter will be hard to beat this season.
MOST INVIGORATING RANT
Garth Crooks, on the BBC, weighing up referee Mike Dean’s merits after his two red cards at Stamford Bridge. Crooks called him “a petulant schoolteacher … That’s not your job, Mike. Just do your job. It’s not about you, Mike. It’s about the games.”
BARB OF THE DAY
“I can guess that when you were a kid you played badminton. It’s a great sport” – José Mourinho, assessing a reporter who asked about Diego Costa’s exploits.
BEST PERFORMANCE
Bromley’s National League match at manager-free Torquay was on the edge at half-time, the visitors 3-2 up via a Moses Ademola hat-trick. They cruised the second half, though, heading home 7-3 winners.
PROGENY OF THE DAY
Dean Windass’s son, Josh, is making a name for himself in League Two with Accrington. Two goals in the space of one minute and 17 seconds in a 4-2 win over Exeter will have made dad proud.
FUSSIEST EATERS
Anything apart from pizza for Leicester’s players, who had been promised stuffed crust Neapolitan treats by Claudio Ranieri if they kept a clean sheet at Stoke. They went two down inside 20 minutes.
