mages5Patrick Van Aanolt was pulled out of Sunderland’s starting XI just minutes before Sunday’s game at Spurs due to medical adviceSky Sports5Patrick van Aanholt was left stumped when he was told by Jason Denayer he was being pulled out of the Sunderland side to face TottenhamThe Dutch defender made the headlines on Sunday when he was pulled out of the Black Cats starting line-up at White Hart Lane. In his first season at the club he?was named in the PFA Team of the Year and was named PFA Fans Player of the Season. n Arfa hasn't featured in the last three gamesEmery recently said: There are some players who are ready and some who are not. 3billionRELATED STORIESSign of the timesArsene Wenger's 20 worst Arsenal signings to celebrate . It looked like he was prioritising his lavish lifestyle over gearing up for a big match against City. But the German stopper was nothing more than a spectator as fellow new-boy Ragnar Klavan, Philippe Coutinho and Divock Origi comfortably downed the Rams. Pogba will be licking his lips at the thought of unlocking that midfield no longer patrolled by Kante. A?few pieces of the jigsaw are missing, but there are enough slotting into place to suggest we could really see him come into life against Leicester on Saturday. Carrick will sit back and provide the start of the attack – something Paul Scholes advocated – while Pogba now can be the fuse that starts the fireworks. Wayne Rooney — on his 19th birthday — went down under minimal contact when Sol Campbell naively hung a leg out in the box.