The Fiver | The kind of people who describe gigs as 'pop concerts'

In today’s Fiver: Sergio Agüero, a lion logo and Clarence Seedorf in Oldham

Having learned on Thursday night that Benjamin Mendy was facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines with knee-knack, Manchester City fans could at least console themselves with the knowledge that their in-form striker was almost certainly tucked up in bed before Saturday’s big match against Chelsea and almost certainly not attending a concert in Amsterdam on a night out that would end with him sustaining rib-snap when a car in which he was being shuttled back to the airport collided with a lamp-post. After all, that would be a completely preposterous scenario? A chain of events so outlandish and ludicrous that it could have no conceivable basis in reality? One so implausible that any media outlets reporting it first thing on Friday morning could be dismissed as purveyors of Fake News, eh? Oh.

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