Everton face Liverpool in the third round of the FA Cup. They have met twice in the final of the competition. Which player scored twice in both of those finals?
Michael Owen
Stuart McCall
Ian Rush
Kenny Dalglish
Who said: "I asked to go off the stage to Coldplay’s Viva La Vida because I used to rule the world and I don’t any more"?
Arsène Wenger
Michael van Gerwen
José Mourinho
Phil Taylor
Manchester City’s run of 18 straight league wins is an English record but they fell one short of equaling the all-time record for clubs in Europe’s top five leagues. Which side won 19 games on the trot?
Paris Saint-Germain
Real Madrid
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was third. Sadio Mané was second. Who was first?
Harry Kane
Riyad Mahrez
Mohamed Salah
Yaya Touré
West Brom’s defeat by West Ham means they have not won on the league for 20 matches. Which club has gone 32 matches without tasting victory in the Premier League?
Aston Villa
Manchester City
Derby County
Sunderland
Mason Crane made his Test debut for England against Australia in the Ashes this week. What is Crane’s middle name?
Melbourne
Orlando
Rio
Sidney
How did Diego Costa fare in his second debut for Atlético Madrid this week – his first match in seven months?
He came on as a substitute and scored within five minutes
He was substituted because of an injury within 15 minutes
He was sent off within 25 minutes
He came on as a substitute in the 45th minute and was taken off in the 55th because he was on a yellow card
Ragnar Klavan’s goal for Liverpool against Burnley means he is the first player from which country to score in the Premier League?
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
Belarus
The Buffalo Bills have made it to the play-offs for the first time since 1999 – in part because the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens. How did the Bills thank the Bengals?
They sold them their best player
They sent them a shipment of 1,440 chicken wings, 90lb of celery, 30lb of carrots, six gallons of blue cheese and nine gallons of Duff’s wing sauce
They agreed to play as the Buffalo Bengal Bills in their next match
They have renamed their stadium the Bengal Bowl for the rest of the seaon
Complete this quote from new Swansea City manager Carlos Carvalhal: "I will look to the lobsters and sea bass but ..."
"... there are too few fish in the North Sea"
"... if not we must buy sardines"
"... must remember that swans are vegetarians"
"... the ice caps may have melted"
Solutions
1:C - Liverpool won both games: 3-1 in 1986 and 3-2 in 1989., 2:D - Taylor was speaking after his defeat by Rob Cross in the PDC World Darts Championship final., 3:D - Pep Guardiola was also in charge of Bayern when they went on their run of 19 straight wins in the 2013-14 season., 4:C - At the African Footballer of the Year awards., 5:C - Derby won just one game in the 2007-08 season; West Brom won their first two games this season – their only league victories since March., 6:D - And he made his debut in Sydney. Pity about the spelling really., 7:A - “I’m really happy to feel like a footballer again,” said Costa after the game, a 4-0 victory for Atlético over Lleida in the Copa del Rey., 8:B - Players from 97 different countries have scored in the Premier League., 9:B, 10:B - Someone should remind him that when the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
Scores
4 and above.
Poor show
5 and above.
Not bad
6 and above.
Not bad
7 and above.
Pretty, pretty, pretty, good
8 and above.
Nicely done
9 and above.
You are a genius. Never let anyone tell you otherwise
10 and above.
You are a genius. Never let anyone tell you otherwise
3 and above.
Poor show
2 and above.
Oh dear
0 and above.
Oh dear
1 and above.
Oh dear
