This week’s roundup also features Ellen White’s debut
England goal, a student’s worldie and Teófimo López at his best
1)
Chelsea and
Manchester United meet on Sunday at Stamford Bridge having had very different seasons so far. There are plenty of previous classics between the two sides to delve into, so let’s start back in 1965 with a Reds side featuring Law, Best, Charlton et al hammering Chelsea 4-0 on Match of the Day. Another TV-featured meeting of the two, in 1973, saw Chelsea win through a Peter Osgood goal at the Bridge. In the
Premier League era we’ve had Chelsea thrashing Sir Alex Ferguson’s recent treble-winners in October 1999, José Mourinho’s Blues securing the title in 2006 and a 4-0 win over Mourinho’s United in 2016. On a more heartening note for those in red, here’s an eight-goal FA Cup victory in 1998, United’s comeback in a 3-3 thriller in 2012, and their last win in this fixture, in 2020 just before lockdown.
2) AB de Villiers announced his retirement from all forms of
Cricket last week. The South African has been one of the most destructive batters of the modern era, so let’s relive his record 31-ball ODI hundred against West Indies in 2015, and his incredible 162 against them at that year’s
World Cup. And here he is nonchalantly hammering a 19-ball domestic Twenty20 half-century. He was no mug in the Test arena either – feast on his 278 against
Pakistan 11 years ago, or just enjoy this overall career showreel.