A TURGID first half. A spectacular second. Red cards, awful refereeing. And in the midst of it all, a striker who just keeps getting better.
Billy Sharp has been doing the business for a decade now and, at 32, looks as fit, sharp and deadly as he ever has.
His double, here, typified the predatory instincts that have yielded 219 league goals over the years and while that record must be qualified by a lack of topflight football, it is testament to his enduring class.
The only downside of a pulsating contest was the performance of Taylor. By the letter of the law, the...