article_snippet.sent: all set to act as pacemaker for the afternoon.
article_snippet.sent: But surely there was never any doubt which two men were going to set the tone for what was about to come.
article_snippet.sent: But this really was just everyone jostling for position at the starting gun.
article_snippet.sent: In the first half of the encounter, it was the penalty shouts that saw the director scrambling, to switch to Gaffercam.
article_snippet.sent: Each was then given Each own live hero shot.
article_snippet.sent: And it became pretty clear pretty quickly that there were in fact two teams out there who’d take one point each.
article_snippet.sent: All of which didn’t even get any awkward gaffer-on-gaffer action at the final whistle.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, we got a maths lecture on the points position at the top of the table.
article_snippet.sent: So in the end, both men effectively breasted the tape together (although both men weren’t exactly holding hands in the process), finishing equal first in this particular one.