And, for the most part, Bernardeschi made the most of his chance to get some quality minutes, with his free
kick against his former club last Friday probably being the highlight of his season to date.
Now at the age of 40 he has admitted whilst promoting his new autobiography that he deliberately gave away the spot
kick against his former club Sparta Prague's main challengers for the Championship title, Liberec, whilst playing for minnows Ceske Budejovice.
Not exact matches
The Potters are a threat from set - pieces but deadline - day signing Peter Crouch, making a debut
against his
former club, weakly headed wide one free -
kick.