Social Zone: Safe standing turned to silent sitting at Old Trafford, and Mbappe breaks more records

Sean Fisher
4 January 2022

Safe Standing was trialed for the first time at Old Trafford on Jan 3, 2022

Safe standing was trialled at Old Trafford on Monday night, but it didn't help that there was nothing to cheer. Elsewhere, Kylian Mbappe is breaking more records, and Torres speaks out about his move.

SOCCER: Safe standing was trialled for the first time last night. It would've helped if Manchester United actually did anything worthy of standing up for though.

🏟 First look at the safe standing at Old Trafford which will be trialled this evening pic.twitter.com/BlpzbiOgn4
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) January 3, 2022

SOCCER: Kylian Mbappe scored his 150th goal for PSG last night, netting a second half hat-trick against Vannes. It means he now has 201 career goals. Just a reminder that he turned 23 last month...

Kylian Mbappé scored his 150th goal for PSG.

It only took him 196 games to get there 💨 pic.twitter.com/RHMOzwkSth
— B/R Football (@brfootball) January 3, 2022

SOCCER: After completing his move to Barcelona, Ferran Torres has said he always planned on using Manchester City as a stepping stone... what is it with players and damaging interviews this week?

Ferran Torres has basically said Man City was a stepping stone 🗣

“I've always said it, it was very clear to me. I went to Man City to return to one of the greats in Spain. I was prepared to assume this responsibility. I want to return Barca to the place where it deserves."

😅 pic.twitter.com/3KY8qhnF6c
— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) January 3, 2022

SOCCER: Speaking of which, Luke Shaw brutally summed up Manchester United's dismal performance on Monday. Are they somehow worse after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's departure?

🗣 "I didn't feel when I was on the pitch that we were all there together."

Luke Shaw questions the togetherness of the Manchester United squad pic.twitter.com/oonkztaT7b
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) January 3, 2022

SOCCER: Elsewhere, Brighton are still buzzing from their win over Everton. I'm not sure on the caption though, they're coming dangerously close to crossing paths with quidditch...

Pure Potterball. 💫 pic.twitter.com/rdqGrXLIdW
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) January 3, 2022

BOXING: Canelo Alvarez is talking about his trainer, Eddy Reynoso, here - not actually Eddie Hearn for once. Although as one of the world's best paid boxers, he must listen to him quite a bit too.

Canelo is ready for anything in 2022 👏 pic.twitter.com/jreNffRWFJ
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) January 3, 2022

DARTS: Peter Wright fought back to win the PDC World Championship last night, inflicting yet another cruel defeat on Michael Smith in the showpiece.

𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗!

It's a second world title for Peter Wright as he beats Michael Smith 7-5 to win the 2021/22 @WilliamHill World Darts Championship!

A truly incredible final 👏#WHDarts pic.twitter.com/ZwJv12A0TJ
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 3, 2022

DARTS: The Englishman came closer than he ever has before, and even broke the record for the most 180s in the tournament. Silver linings.

𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱

83x 180s for Michael Smith is a new World Darts Championship record, smashing the previous total of 71.

What a tournament he had 👏 pic.twitter.com/L2k5Lfqgre
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 3, 2022

F1: Support poured in for Formula One legend Michael Schumacher yesterday as he celebrated his 53rd birthday. He still holds the record for the most World Championships as a driver, although he has a certain Dutchman to thank for that.