Guess who's 'Mr January' in Liverpool's official calendar...
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If you purchased it you might want to skip straight to February.
What a footballing weekend for the neutral. There have been FA Cup upsets, storm-based tricks, oh and a goalkeeper getting an unusual bonus. Just don't mention 'Mr January' to Liverpool fans...
1) Earning a crust
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A slice of luck for one FA Cup hero, after his team drew 0-0 with Leicester. A year's worth of pizza it is then. He'll probably ruin everything by having pineapple on it like a weirdo.
2) Costa Bravo
Such incredible commitment to being Diego Costa this weekend, as the man himself scores on his first start back in Atletico Madrid colours...and is then sent off for celebrating in the crowd.
3) Booked
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Any doubts over the intellect of English football’s next generation have surely been extinguished.
4) A harsh lesson in the art of Arsenal
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They start them young at Arsenal, to get them ready for the rollercoaster ride and ultimately crushing disappointment of the seniors.
5) Man of the month
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Come on, Liverpool’s commercial department, whose idea was this? Surely January’s man should be someone nobody would ever dream of trying to sign, like Simon Mignolet...
6) Pass of the week
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Wait, that’s a perfectly good football you’re kicking into the ocea…..ah, well played.
7) QP-aaaargh
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The magic of the FA Cup does not exist in a small pocket of west London.
8) Demolition Derby
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That's a bit mean. Poor old Richard Keogh. Nobody deserves this.
9) Capping it all off
Low winter sun is the bane of a goalkeeper’s existence, but it’s important to be prepared. Luckily, Joe Hart found a West Ham fan in a generous mood...
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…but hats off to this:
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10) (Cup) Tied up in Notts
With the Championship team managerless and not having scored in their previous three league games, Nottingham Forest’s FA Cup heroics against Arsenal gave their fans a much-needed reason to smile. But despite winning the game 4-2, there was one thing guaranteed to rile them up again...
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