* In December 2014, Gary Neville previewed Manchester United’s game against Liverpool as the “Dog & Duck vs The Red Lion”, such was the lack of quality on either team. On Friday evening, probably the busiest night of the year so far for licensed premises, we got a proper pub match. It was fantastic. Beautiful football is a wonderful thing to watch, and Manchester City’s masterpieces this season have been a joy. Yet football does not need to seek perfection in order to entertain. There is just as much fun to be found in error-ridden farce as fine-tuned excellence. Said it before and I’ll say it again: Nothing is as entertaining and very good footballers playing very badly. The...
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