Cards, jibes, controversy; just another derby day

WHAT’S Spanish for “get out of jail” or “daylight robbery”? While my Mancunian colleague opens his bumper book of quips let’s crack on. Even by derby standards, where sanity seldom surfaces, Saturday was weird.

Abandoning previous attempts to twinkle-toe through the Goodison minefield Rafa packed his team with sloggers: two holding midfielders, two workaholic ‘forwards’.

All fine and dandy once you avoid silly mistakes like, say, putting the ball in your own net. The best laid plans etc.