karlpejera: Saturday Sundae: Jordan Rhodes's four-midable form continues

Linggo, Disyembre 18, 2011

Saturday Sundae: Jordan Rhodes's four-midable form continues

Jonathan Woodgate's short-lived reprieve, a cat entertains the Upton Park faithful, and Bury get a present from John-Lewis

MAN OF THE DAY

Jordan Rhodes: Having previously gone 43 games unbeaten, Huddersfield looked destined for a third consecutive defeat as they trailed 4-3 at Sheffield Wednesday in the seventh minute of injury time. Instead Rhodes arrived with his fourth goal of the day ? against a team whose keepers are coached by his father.

SHORT-LIVED REPRIEVE

Jonathan Woodgate could have been sent off after only 16 minutes of Stoke's win at Wolves, having already been booked before he brought down Matthew Jarvis in the area. Referee Anthony Taylor showed leniency, unlike Tony Pulis ? who took Woodgate off three minutes later.

STAT OF THE DAY

Having avoided going a man down, Stoke would eventually beat Wolves ? securing consecutive top?flight away wins for the first time since September 1982. They won 13 of 123 top?flight away games in the interim.

CAT OF THE DAY

The tidiest wing performance of the day came in West Ham's 1-0 win over Barnsley: a plucky, startled moggy somehow finding itself inside Upton Park, running the length of the pitch, doing a few step-overs then disappearing into the crowd. Late in the game it was joined by a seething Sam Allardyce ? sent to the stands for kicking water bottles.

GONE IN 66 SECONDS

Any hope Bolton had of a result at Fulham, as Bryan Ruiz followed Clint Dempsey's 32nd-minute opener with an almost immediate second.

CHANT OF THE DAY

Unlike the child in the TV advert, Bury's supporters didn't have to wait for Christmas Day to get what they wanted. "His name's a department store, you know he's gonna score," they sang after Lenell John-Lewis struck against Brentford.

FITTING FINISH

The Premier League's 1,000th goal of 2011 could have been a lucky shank. Instead West Brom's James Morrison hit a breathtaking volley from the edge of the area.