From bottom last year, Leicester will be top of the table this Christmas. Incredible turn around, but are they riding their luck or making it? Certainly a year ago by contrast they were not enjoying any good fortune. Now they're making things happen…

At Chelsea on Saturday fortunes also took a turn for the better. Branislav Ivanovic scored his first goal of the season, from a corner. A ball into the box then bounces off a defender right into the path of one of our forwards and finally the ref awards us a penalty. Three goals and three things that previously had not happened this season in a league game. No luck previously and then we make some with an improved performance? The thin line of success and failure illustrated in 90 minutes, probably little comfort to Managers all over the country.

Apart from half the Premiership games resulting in an away win this weekend, there were quite a few penalties too. Bournemouth's maybe the luckiest (they're on a bit of a lucky streak at the moment) and Leicester won two penalties - though I can't help myself saying Jamie Vardy doesn't jump over on rushing goalkeepers anything like as well as Loic Remy can. Still bugs me that …!