"He absolutely destroyed Desailly," swooned Alan Hansen on Match of the Day on Saturday night. Who did? None other than Sunderland's Niall Quinn who had a storming game against Chelsea, scoring twice and making one of Kevin Phillips' two goals in a 4-1 win.

Granted it took him a while to make an impact on the game - he didn't score until the 44th second - but from there on in he produced a display that had the crowd singing their old favourite, "Niall Quinn - You Sexy Thing". And just to top off his week he was named the club's player of the month by the Sunderland Echo.

A special mention too for Graham Barrett, who's attempting to follow in Quinn's large footsteps at Highbury - the Irish under-21 international made his competitive first team debut, coming on as a last minute substitute in Arsenal's 3-0 win at Leicester on Saturday morning.