Alejandro Garnacho was reportedly laid into by his Chelsea players at half-time of the Blues’ recent defeat against Manchester United. Garnacho was subbed into the game early doors after an injury to Estevao forced the Brazilian wonderkid off the pitch.

After initially failing to make an impact on the right-hand side of Chelsea‘s attack, boss Liam Rosenior switched him over to his more favoured left-hand side. It didn’t work to much effect though, as Garnacho continued to struggle throughout the 1-0 loss at Stamford Bridge.

Garnacho, of course, arrived from United in the summer transfer window, joining for a fee rumoured to be in the region of £40million. The Argentine was getting plenty of stick from the travelling United fans throughout Saturday night’s Premier League encounter, but as far as Garnacho was concerned, the stick didn’t end there.

As per The Sun, it’s claimed the Chelsea players were unhappy with Garnacho’s contributions, with some even going as far as giving him an earful during the half-time interval. Meanwhile, his former United team-mates revelled in their victory over Garnarcho on social media, with Luke Shaw posting a photo of him clattering into the ex-Red Devil.

It was liked, or commented on, by team-mates Dalot, Fernandes, Cunha, Joshua Zirkzee, Ayden Heaven, Lisandro Martinez, Patrick Dorgu and Mason Mount. Elsewhere, the official United social media account clipped up videos of Garnacho being tackled by several of their players, which received plenty of admiration from fans online.

It comes after Garnacho made some inflammatory comments during the last few days of his United career, including criticising the then-manager Ruben Amorim for not starting him in the Europa League final. He angered the fans shortly after by posting a picture in Marcus Rashford’s Aston Villa shirt, with a move to Chelsea having been agreed shortly after.

The winger recently opened up about his actions, to Premier League Productions, the 21-year-old said: “I remember that, in the last six months, I was not playing like before at Manchester United. I started to be on the bench. It’s not such a bad thing – I was only 20 years old – but in my mind it was like I had to play every game.

“In my mind, maybe it was also on me. I started to do some bad things. But it was just a moment in life and sometimes you have to make decisions. I am really proud to be [at Chelsea] and still in the Premier League at a club like this. About United, I have nothing wrong to say about the club, anyone at the club or my team-mates. It was just a moment that changed and life continues. I have no regrets.”

Chris Wakelin took a post-victory dig at long-standing critic and BBC pundit Stephen Hendry. The No.13 seed says he would be first in line to congratulate Ronnie O’Sullivan should he clinch an eighth World Championship title to surpass the Scot in the snooker record books.

Wakelin defeated Liam Pullen to advance into round two, a result that brought particular satisfaction to the 34-year-old after once again feeling unfairly written off by the seven-time Crucible king. The English star said: “Someone who doesn’t rate me at all is Stephen Hendry. Even on his Youtube the other day, which I’m a big fan of and watch it every week, he said on there that he fancied Liam to beat me, and in the next breath he said I’ve never seen him play before. Whatever.

“When I played him a few years ago [British Open qualifiers in 2021] everyone was ringing me up before and saying: Oh you’re playing him, he’s come back.

“I thought I’d have a little dig so when they asked me: Are you looking forward to playing a seven-time world champion and legend? I said I was a bit young to remember when he was at his best, but my mum was a huge fan! And then he beat me!

“He obviously doesn’t rate me at all because I’m not World No.1 or World Champion or World Champion in the past, but it’s my job just to go out there and focus on my game.

“I’ve got a massive amount of respect for anyone who’s ever won a tournament in this game, it’s so difficult. Stephen being a seven-time world champion, I’ve got nothing but admiration for the guy. But he clearly doesn’t think I’m any good.

“Every single players’ event, whenever I’m playing a match on TV, he always says the other guy is going to win. I laugh about it every time and it gives me a lot of pleasure to just go out there and do my thing.

“You’re always going to have critics in this sport as you do in every sport, so it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.”

Hendry and O’Sullivan are level on seven World titles apiece and, with the Scot having hung up his cue, The Rocket has the chance to consign him to the history books.

Wakelin believes he would relish that moment, saying with a grin: “Oh yeah, just to see his face at the end. They’ll definitely stick him on commentary for the final session of the final.

“It will be a long time coming and it would be quite funny. I’d be at the front of the queue to congratulate Ronnie.”

Ronnie O’Sullivan gave himself a hilarious new nickname after breezing through his first match at the World Snooker Championship. He is currently one of two players to have achieved Crucible glory on seven occasions, with the other being Stephen Hendry. If the 51-year-old secures another title over the coming weeks, he will become the most decorated champion in snooker history.

O’Sullivan got his campaign off to a flying start with a one-sided 10-2 victory over Chinese rival He Guoqiang in the opening round. He rattled off three century breaks and finished with a flourish, scoring exactly 100 in the final frame. However, he wasn’t entirely happy with his performance and made his feelings clear in unusual fashion during his BBC interview.

Rarely one to see the positive side of things at the snooker table, O’Sullivan said: “It’s still Rusty Ron, it will always be Rusty Ron.”