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to that stadium have resulted in 0-0 bores, so what today’s match needs pre-eminently is at least a goal.

And it should be worth watching, if only because Roy Keane will be in fully combative pundit mode, having whetted his cutlass of a tongue.

In midweek, the Carabao Cup remains that fallback in case a team’s season implodes, so perhaps we can expect stronger sides in the quarters.

Pep will continue his quest for

world domination, while Tottenham – still chastened after their first and last visit to North London this season – will probably have a degree of trepidation about returning to the Emirates so soon after they got well and truly spanked.

Looking further ahead, should Jose fail at Anfield today, the irrepressible Neil Warnock will endeavour to rub the Portugeezer’s nose in it on Saturday night.