The Stomp Seen 'Round the World has taken front and center in the post-Clasico landscape, of course, and hanging on the fringes is one Wayne Rooney, who saw fit to call Pepe an idiot while Tweetering during the game last evening. This prompted a response from Guti, who's got nothing better to do because he's busy not playing football somewhere.

By Chris Wright

In which Sporting KC captain (yes, captain) Omar Bravo does his damnedest to splice Seattle Sounders defender Pat Noonan's ankle in twain with a flying two-footed stomp, sees red immediately, has the cheek to throw a wobbly at the decision and then, to cap off his pissy little charade, feigns a Noonan headbutt and then has the temerity to repeatedly tell the ref to watch the 'incident' on the big screen as he's forcibly ejected from the field of play.

Not only did we have Josh Gatt open his Molde account with a game winner today, but Matt Taylor bagged a hat trick in Paderborn's 10-0 DfB Pokal stomp.For now, we make do with the Taylor reel, his goals coming at 3:16 (talk about falling asleep from your own kickoff!), 5:20 and 6:56 (looks like nap time in Ahlen).

By Chris Wright

Bearing in mind that you could probably rupture Robin van Persie's spleen if you stared at him hard enough, it's little wonder that Diego Lugano's reckless, two-footed stomp after only 30 minutes of last night's 'friendly' between Holland and Uruguay didn't land the Arsenal crock in an Intensive Care ward.

Manchester United and Barcelona at Wembley, then. These are two clubs whose European histories have become interwoven with each other as well as this venue. When Manchester United became the first English club to win the European Cup, they did so at Wembley in 1968. Twenty-four years later, Barcelona won it for the first time at the same venue.

Ryan Shawcross, Tony Pulis, Stoke City... These names are more than enough to get the blood boiling.

It will be a tough challenge for the Gunners, especially young Ramsey, when Arsenal visit the Britannia Stadium for the first time after that horrific injury. But if the players can show anything remotely resembling the mental strength that helped them win that game, I'm confident we can add to the four successive league wins against the Potters.

That question is addressed to Motherwell, who today got fitted for a custom made, truly sick Mo Edu opener in Rangers' 2-1 victory. Our man dialed long distance on this one. Clip to come...UPDATE: It's not a half hour in and Fulham is putting the mud-stomp to Spurs. It's 3-0 already and actually could be worse for the visitors - as in much worse, as in legit could be six.