IT’S THAT TIME of month again where we round up the best/craziest Premier League moments from recent weeks.
There has been plenty to remember — or forget in Andros Townsend’s girlfriend’s case — since August became September.
From Mahrez’s magnificence to Rooney’s poetry, here are our alternative power rankings for this month…
7. Riyad Mahrez bamboozles three Villa players at once
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Proof that Leicester’s skilful Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez is better at football than you — and most of the Aston Villa team combined.
6. Canary rescues pigeon
Norwich’s Jonny Howson has a reputation as a no-nonsense-type player but he’s a sensitive soul deep down. When he’s not blasting piledrivers into the net, this altruistic Canary is rescuing stricken pigeons. The42 cannot confirm that the pigeon in question will be out for 6-8 weeks with a wing injury, but it should at least be back in time for Norwich’s hectic Christmas run-in.
5. Wayne Rooney the poet
“I used to love writing poems. Before I was with Colleen, just normal poems,” the England striker said.
“I don’t know why, I used to like writing little stories when I first got with Colleen. I used to write a lot of poems.”
Let’s just hope the England international’s poems are better than his taste in football boots.
4. Lucky man
One punter was particularly pleased with Romelu Lukaku’s late winner against West Brom, winning a not-too-shabby £45,865.05 thanks to the Belgian international’s bravura display in Everton’s 3-2 victory.
3. Dear oh Dean!
Referee Mike Dean’s performance in the Chelsea-Arsenal game was so inept that the official was the subject of a petition to never take charge of a Gunners match again. And to add insult to injury, the petition ultimately became so popular that it threatened to become a potential House of Commons debate.
2. Fergie-Cantona bromance
The recent emergence from obscurity of Alex Ferguson’s 1997 letter to Eric Cantona after the latter had left Man United destroyed Fergie’s image as a ruthless master of Machiavellian tactics. The warm-fuzzy-bear-cum-football-manager wrote:
“You are always welcome here and if you just pop in unexpectedly for a cup of tea — no fanfare — just for a chat as friends, that would mean more to me than anything. Eric, you know where I am if you need me and now that you are no longer one of my players, I hope you know you have a friend.”
1. Virtual insanity
Someone needs to explain the difference between Football Manager and real life to Spurs winger Andros Townsend’s Irish girlfriend, with model Hazel O’Sullivan believing her boyfriend had actually been fined after spotting a screengrab of the game online.
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