Boum on song

How galling given our current predicament to watch a defender whose name, during his time on Tyneside, was most charitably prefaced with the word "hapless" keep Wayne Rooney remarkably quiet for 90 minutes. But that's just what Jean-Alain Boumsong did tonight, lining up for Lyon in their Champions League clash with Man Utd following his departure from Juventus.

An aside: can I be the first to suggest the appropriateness of a player who sounds like a skin condition being all over the Man Utd defence like a rash?