Well, would you look at that. On Saturday morning it looked like only coronavirus could stop Liverpool going unbeaten in the Premier League season.

And then Nigel Pearson reached for the Sarrs, climbed mountains that weren’t actually that high and had many a rainbow shining over him as Watford busted everyone’s acca with a 3-0 win over the Champions elect.

Only Jurgen Klopp knows the reason he went with Dejan Lovren, but if it was to match the physical presence of Troy Deeney I think we can safely say it didn’t go to plan.

And, no matter how Kloppo chooses to spin the defeat it has done nothing but fuel the flames of those lovely people on social media who believe Liverpool have been nothing other than ‘lucky’ this season.

Yes, Liverpool can go out and destroy everyone else without the pressure of having to go unbeaten for the season.

As I said on Friday, if the Reds were to lose a League match this season there was as much chance as any that it would be at Vicarage Road – and Ismaila Sarr would remind Andy Robertson that a bit of defending is needed once in a while.

Weirdly, Watford’s victory has also turned out to be Arsenal’s best result of the season – all their fans were able to rejoice in the fact that their Invincibles remain the only unbeaten team of the Premier League era even though Liverpool will end up with about 30 more points come the end of the season.

But hey, let the Gunners keep that one – they need it more than those at Anfield.

Here’s a list of things we were guaranteed to see at Wembley: John Stones making an absolute boo-boo leading to a goal. Claudio Bravo conceding from the first shot fired on target. Aston Villa getting done by VAR (kinda).

Surely, one of the reasons we have VAR is to correct mistakes, no?

Yes, Villa should have come up with the cunning plan of actually marking Rodri from the corner at Wembley but it was clear it shouldn’t have been a corner in the first place. Why can’t Mr Stockley Park have a quick look at that one and correct the mistake in under ten seconds?

Oh yeah, that one is not under their remit – because their hands are full, presumably, in making a pig’s ear of all the ones that do fall under their remit.

I’m not saying it would have meant Villa turned around their 1-0 deficit and went on to make club history but it would have been a quick win for the PGMOL to show proactive VARing at a Wembley final – even if nobody was likely to be watching.

If nothing else, those t-shirts saying ‘I was there when Bravo saved something’ can finally go on sale following his match-winning stop with minutes on the clock. I can only assume he was trying to catch it when he tipped Bjorn Engels’ header on to the post.

Peppy G might not be able to enter Europe next season, but no amount of FFP can take away from the fact that his side are utterly dominant in the Carabao Cup – the competition that really matters to some people.

Here’s a quick list of things we were very likely to see at Goodison Park on Sunday: A massive balls up from David de Gea. A massive balls up from Jordan Pickford. Richarlison rolling around on the deck within a minute.

Sure, you can say that Everton’s VAR-denied late winner was correctly ruled out – but let me ask you this. Even if De Gea could have seen it, do you think he’d actually have saved it? For me, it was a little rubbish of Stockley Park to over-rule the potential humour of letting the goal stand in favour of following the actual rules.

That said, referee Chris Kavanagh demonstrated what minimal control he had over the whole gig by spending a minute discussing matters with his assistant after Maguire had deflected the ball into the net.

Nobody cares what you and the lino think, Chris – you’re not running the show anymore, you boys on the pitch. Kavanagh was poor throughout, so poor that he deemed Carlo Ancelotti as being aggressive after the game so sent him off.

Yeah, Ancelotti – a guy so laid back Duncan Ferguson has had to check his pulse at least five times since he rocked up at Everton.

Another week has passed us by and we are still no nearer seeing evidence of the new Jose Mourinho actually existing. Unless, of course, the new Mou involves being 2-1 up in the second half at home and losing 3-2.

Whilst Spurs, United and Chelsea are making no real effort whatsoever to tie down a place in the top five, Wolves are efficiently going about their business and could well find themselves in Europe’s elite competition next season.

As for Tottenham, they are going nowhere quickly. Imagine the summer carnage when Jose doesn’t have four new signings agreed by time the final whistle goes in the Champions League final.

According to Moysey, you ‘cannot rely on a kid in the Championship’ to keep West Ham in the Premier League.

Ladies and gents, this is just another example of Moyes having his finger on the pulse even if Saturday’s result does remind you that what you do get with David is a manager ‘who knows how to win’.

Jarrod Bowen was the attacking spark the Hammers needed and their 3-1 win at the Athletics Stadium fires them up to 16th, however brief that stay might be.

The West Ham fans protested against the board – the very same board who have invested in the strongest playing squad in the club’s history.

The only problem is, they’ve bought a load of nice cars but forgot to find anyone that can drive them properly.

Yeah, West Ham did win which is why I am being gentle on them this week.

Graham Potter needs a magic wand to keep Brighton up.

They are the team who are dropping like a stone and they need their form to turnaround soon before they forget what it’s like to win a match. I’m no football manager, obviously, but even I thought it might have been wise to pick erstwhile goalscorer Glenn Murray against his former club – mainly because players always feel like they score against their former club and Glenn Murray always seems to score against Palace. And Glenn Murray scores goals. But hey, what do I know?

I do know that Christian Benteke is probably a lovely guy but he is horrible in front of goal still.

I was really hoping he would score on Feb 29th so there was some kind of ‘he only scores every four years’ kind of gag but his side-foot volley went out for a throw.

Kelechi Iheanacho must wonder what VAR has against him personally. Last week, he was cleaned out by Ederson and nobody batted an eyelid. This week, the ball hits someone else first then brushes his arm so his excellent run and finish gets disallowed.

Granted, this one is more to do with the law than the judge, but still – he’s not had much luck in the last seven days.

Leicester are still in horrid form. I’m pretty sure Jamie Vardy hasn’t scored since his most recent addition to the family was born and he must be wondering if he should shelve the pre-planned baby-born celebration now. After all, at this rate, the kid will be walking before Vardy adds to his goal tally.

Finally today, I am guessing Newcastle have banned celebrating goals as well as handshakes to make sure the coronavirus isn’t going to spread further?

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