Injuries provide van der Vaart with platform to shine

Sod's law. According to thefreedictionary.com, it's defined as ‘a humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong'. Well, judging by the last seven days, it's something to perhaps take more seriously. But, erm, only in a jokey way, of course.
Dawson slips and falls horribly on Friday night and is ruled out for around two months.