A horrific leg breaking tackle by Nigel De Jong? Noooo, say it isn’t so. The latest victim Darlington Nagbe of the Portland Timbers who was run into, stamped, and left crumpled on the pitch by the LA Galaxy henchman. Nagbe had to be wheelchaired out. De Jong? Just a yellow, thank you very much.

Stuart Holden had a sickening sense of deja vu.

The clubs then blew off some steam with a Twitter feud – but Nagbe could have picked up a serious injury which could keep him out as it did Holden for a long time. Holden was in fine fettle when he was struck down by De Jong and his career never really recovered.