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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Michael Butler

Sometimes the Premier League delivers and Sundays really are super

Alexis Mac Allister scores a screamer for Liverpool
Whack! Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

English pride is a complicated thing. We are, at the heart of it, a deeply embarrassing nation – colonialism, Brexit, the Royal Family, Richard Keys, your neighbour’s Christmas cheer – but are normally self-deprecating enough to get through the day without screaming into a pillow. Thankfully, there are also a few things that the English are still world leaders in. We’ve got the best plugs on the planet, seamlessly combining functionality, safety and design into three perfect prongs. There is no snack more elite than pickled onion Monster Munch. David Attenborough still smokes any other TV presenter going. Oh, and there’s the Premier League.

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