Humpty Dumpty of the Field

Hercules vs Barcelona 2-0

After having his face gnauled on by wayward studded boots and being sterilised by a jabulani laying attack on his private ryan barracks, the official world cup cat scratching post has done it again.

Stirring up his pot of Mr Bean lady luck, the Barcelona centre back made a gruesome acquaintance with the keeper's jawline only to be left soaking like a dishevelled prune in the red stuff.

If ever there is a flying ninja kick, an outstretched elbow or a hovering football boot, Pique is more than likely to be itching his lothario chin against it.

 

Call it injury proneness. Call it sadomachism. Call it the 'special one' playing around with his hocus-pocus abacadbra voodoo.

But there's only one solution Pep, a bubble boy outfit with more padding than you can shake a stick at.