SPARKY’S SEAL OF APPROVAL

YOU could tell just how much Mark Hughes loved Darren Fletcher’s volley by the way he mimed scoring the goal himself! Fletcher’s side-footed strike may not have been as good as a trademark Hughes volley but that will not have bothered his manager one bit. The goal ensured a big win for Stoke at Watford and eased some of the pressure that has been mounting on Hughes in recent weeks.

REX FEATURES Volley Vo good: Fletcher celebrates and an Hughes recreates his goal on the touchline CLAUDE PUEL could be the right manager to help Demarai Gray’s career take off. Thierry Henry worked with Puel at Monaco and said the Frenchman is a real...