Peter Whittingham smashes in his penalty to make it 4-1, but it was his lovely first goal which really took the eye. When we were just humoing the ballo forward either side of Christmas last season, the notion that we could score a goal which involved a centreback carrying the ball out from the back to play a pass into the path of a midfield man who had made an intelligent run beyond his marker before rolling a clever placed shot into the net would have been ludicrous – our first goal, especially the finish, was a thing of beauty. +