UNLIKE his team-mates, Yakubu did not have a happy afternoon against Hull.

The centre-forward got himself in lots of good positions to score, but the pained expression on his face after he ballooned yet another effort over the bar from three yards was one which anyone who has played football at any level could sympathise with.

Some days you just get out of bed on the wrong side. Nicolas Bendtner responded to a similarly profligate show against Burnley by scoring a hat-trick against Porto in the next game.

Don’t bet against The Yak getting himself on the score sheet at St Andrews today.