10 Things We Learned in the Premier League: Manuel Almunia is Smarter Than He Looks

1. Manuel Almunia is smarter than he looks (maybe) Have a look about 1:20 into this video: When Mikael Silvestre played him a dreadful backpass, Manuel Almunia handled the ball. You can't do that, so indirect free-kick. Either Almunia is an idiot who doesn't understand the backpass rule, or... he's very shrewd and decided that conceding an [.