Somehow my strategy to ruin all of our opponents' day has failed.
I craftily decided to jinx them by bringing Bale into my fantasy team to play with Adebayor, and sold Gary Cahill. Thus ensuring, so I thought, a clean sheet for Cahill and Bolton and a horrible game from Bale.
And yet somehow the universe, in a remorseless display of vindictiveness towards my plans, has contrived to allow Bale to score and Cahill to be sent off.