JAGIELKA: SUB KEEPER

“I thought an extra striker was more important,” Neil Warnock said of his steadfast refusal to name a goalkeeper on the bench at Sheffield United, knowing that stopper Phil Jagielka was quite literally handy between the sticks. Indeed, Jags enjoyed four stints in goal during his first spell at Bramall Lane, most famously replacing an injured Paddy Kenny against Arsenal in 2006 – and then keeping a clean sheet for half an hour as the Blades won thanks to Christian Nade.

Dimitar Berbatov scored 56 goals in 149 games for Manchester United, but his legacy resides with an assist. Still,

an assist. In an October 2008 victory over West Ham, the Bulgarian salvaged a lost cause by bamboozling James Collins with a majestic flick on the byline, before laying off to Cristiano Ronaldo for a simple finish. Curiously, it happened in a weirdly similar patch of the Old Trafford pitch as Fernando Redondo’s glorious nutmeg on Henning Berg in April 2000, which teed up Raul to net in a 3- 2 Real Madrid success.