TERRACE TALK: Reaction from the weekend’s top Premier League action

Manchester United: Our Angel ensures Christmas comes early

How best to express the sense of excitement in the run-up to Sunday’s kick-off? Try this typical comment from one colleague: “I’m as giddy as a kid on Christmas Eve. I cannot wait — the only problem is I can’t open the presents ‘til 4 o’clock!”

Even the oldsters were caught up in it, as another time-served lad confessed: “The last time I spent all week counting down the days to the match was probably the days of Hill and Coppell.”