MAN OF THE DAY
Poor Steven Gerrard – undone by Palace and overshadowed by Sadio Mané’s record-breaking, thunderclap of a Southampton hat-trick earlier in the day.
GOAL OF THE DAY
Never mind Shane Long’s 35-yard lob for the Saints – Emmanuel Rivière scored his first league goal for Newcastle after 1,084 goalless minutes – over 18 hours.
PRECEDENT OF THE DAY
@stephenfry, at Carrow Road, almost lost for words: “Such a sea of yellow-clad joy-filled lovers of this great club. Utter transcendent rapturous joy cannot be expressed in 140 characters.”
CAMEO OF THE DAY
The PA announcer at Loftus Road had a trigger happy day – reacting to a QPR effort deflecting narrowly wide by mistakenly setting off their celebration goal music, Pigbags. He did get to play it correctly later in the second half, though … twice.
RELIEF OF THE DAY
Was felt by Sky – who now have some meaningful games to show on the final day.
TWEET OF THE DAY
“Kiss sent off for punching Jesus,” tweeted Hamilton Academicals during their 2-1 defeat to Ross County in the Scottish Premiership, causing a stir online. As it turned out, Filip Kiss, the County defender, had indeed struck Hamilton’s Jesús García Tena.
BANNER OF THE DAY
FC United of Manchester fans, trying out their new home, Broadhurst Park, channelled Jarvis Cocker with a banner reading “Brothers and sisters, can’t you see? The future is owned by you and me.” They officially open the ground nextSaturday with a glamour tie against Benfica.
