Chris Kamara looks at the case of mistaken identity at Stamford Bridge, warns of title race twists and turns to come, and compares Wayne Rooney's wonderstrike to David Beckham's similar effort...
Roberto Mancini deserves credit for Yaya Toure's performances
Yaya Toure's hat-trick on Saturday took him to 20 goals for the season, which is very impressive for a midfielder. The first two were penalties but the third goal was special - and something very few players can do. We saw in the Capital One Cup final the wonderful goals he can score and he just seems to be getting better and better.
We never saw this level of performance from Toure when he was at Barcelona, this real quality. Roberto Mancini deserves a lot of credit for turning him into an attacking midfielder because he's blossomed since then. He's had a fantastic season.
Wayne Rooney's strike was sensational
KAMMY SAYS: Wayne Rooney's opener against West Ham was a brilliant goal. To have the audacity and vision to finish it off was sensational. We had Teddy Sheringham on
Goals on Sunday yesterday and, comparing it to David Beckham's similar goal against Wimbledon in 1996, he tried to put it in context. In the game against Wimbledon all the United players were trying things, they were 2-0 up and going for 'olés'. On Saturday night it was 0-0 when Rooney tried that and he'd get the jeers and howls if he didn't get it right.
He had the captain's armband in that game and there's no reason why he won't be wearing it more often next season. David Moyes needs as many allies as he can get and he's got no bigger ally than Wayne Rooney at the moment.
However, in terms of captaincy, it doesn't mean what it used to mean. You're the ambassador for the club but managers don't pick captains in the old way. When I was at Leeds, Gordon Strachan was the whole club, organised everything and led by example on the pitch. The captain isn't the same any more - he wears an armband and does the toss before kick off and that's about it.
