In the Champions League last midweek, Callum Hudson-Odoi was denied his first Bayer Leverkusen by VAR, a foul in the build-up stopping him giving the Germans the lead at Porto. His team-mate Patrik Schick then saw a penalty saved before Porto netted twice to win an eventful game 2-0.

Leverkusen responded to that defeat by sacking Gerardo Seoane and appointing former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso. His first game in charge ended in an emphatic 4-0 win over Schalke at home on Saturday, with Hudson-Odoi taken off for the final few minutes for the second game running.

The other player in action on the continent last week was Ethan Ampadu, whose Spezia side went down 2-0 at Monza.

In England, Dujon Sterling played at left-wing back as Stoke City earned a creditable draw at Burnley, and then switched to his more customary right-back role for all but the closing stages of Stoke’s impressive 3-1 win over league leaders Sheffield United at the weekend.

Ian Maatsen was on the bench for Burnley in that game against the Potters, but returned to the side for their 1-0 win at Coventry on Saturday, playing the full game. Burnley are fourth in the Championship, two points off the top.

Also in the second tier, Nathan Baxter was in Hull’s goal as they recorded a win and a loss, beating Wigan 2-1 at home before going down 2-0 at Huddersfield on Sunday.

Two more of our goalkeepers got minutes in League One. Lucas Bergstrom has played every minute of Peterborough’s league campaign and that continued on Saturday, although Posh were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Burton.

Jamie Cumming and MK Dons were beaten 2-1 at Shrewsbury. A few days earlier, they got the better of West Ham’s Under-21s in the Papa John’s Trophy, the second goal in the 2-0 win a penalty won by our own Henry Lawrence.