The sagas have more than their share of axings in the back, killings encompassed by treachery and trickery, narrated without accompanying moralizations.

Energetic Malouda was denied twice by Jussi Jaaskelainen late on before Ancelotti ran down the clock by introducing Salomon Kalou and Paulo Ferreira in the closing seconds as Chelsea arrested their slide.

The regulators used antitrust laws to block the merger, believing it would eliminate competition.

One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.