Mason Mount was great and all that, but it's Big Sam who deserves the real credit. Jules, Pete and Andy react to last night’s action as Chelsea strike first in the Champions League against Porto.

Elsewhere, Eric Chopper-Motor and co were outdone by PSG and Kylian Mbappé - who looks like a decent prospect. Meanwhile, Newcastle and Mike Ashley are chatted up by yet another suitor and Derby’s prospective owner makes some frankly outrageous claims about his boxing career. And speaking of outrageous: Portmantonio Conte is back.

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