I thought that was a hard-earned victory yesterday against Sunderland.

They’re a good team. A physical team. A team who know their strengths and is good at reducing its deficiencies. The data nerds may well raise an occasional eyebrow at how well they’ve done this season, but having watched them frustrate us and stifle us in the first half yesterday, I have to admit I’m surprised that their away form has been a bit, well, pants.

It took a bit of Zubi magic to unlock them, which then also meant they would have to come at us a little more, but I was still impressed at how hard we had to work. Zubi’s scored more goals than he’s ever done so before, but I bet if you asked him, he’d tell you that his highlights reel for this season has never looked as impressive. I love a goal that cannons in off the post and that one just before halftime felt particularly aesthetically pleasing. A real ‘have it!’ moment and worthy of winning any match alone.

It’d been tough going up until that point though. I thought Calafiori looked oddly at sixes-and-sevens at points in the game, perhaps still...