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Considering 14 different teams have beaten Manchester United this season, you could have been forgiven for presuming Liverpool would finally add their name to the list at the third time of asking. Going into the weekend’s fixtures, much of the talk was about who would blink first as they contest the title with Arsenal and Manchester City, and on Sunday we got our answer. As Crystal Palace and Brighton fell to emphatic defeats against Liverpool’s only challengers, all eyes turned to Old Trafford. Most were left staring in slack-jawed amazement as they peppered the United goal and assorted fans behind it, the number of shots more common at happy hour in a trendy Magaluf nightspot, but somehow only scored two goals. They weren’t enough to secure all three points and, despite United suffering their third consecutive bombardment in eight days, it was Liverpool who needed a penalty to come from behind and rescue a point.

I couldn’t help notice that there’s not much football on tonight, except for Serie A (although this isn’t the 1990s and there’s no Football Italia, even if ITV have suddenly decided otherwise) so, just to see what the quality is like, I may tune in to watch the Saudi Super Cup (apropos of nothing, I wonder if they’re holding the final in Spain? Just a thought). Presumably, some marketing bod has already called it ‘Al Clasico’?” – Noble Francis.

This Big Website article about a hermit crab contains the immortal line about Saint Piran: ‘His spells as a hermit attracted particular admiration and, when he rediscovered tin, his popularity among the locals became legendary.’ Is it possible your weird elderly relative is older than we thought?” – Kevin Davey.

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