While football is undoubtedly the beautiful game, there are enough moments to make us wince and recoil in equal measure.
For every overhead kick in a Champions League Final for example, there are disastrous goalkeeping clangers (not pointing any fingers here whatsoever).
One such example is the dark art of the cynical foul.
You know the one, the mercurial opposition player breaks away with a deft piece of skill only to be hauled down before they can cause serious damage.
For every sublime goal or piece of skill we saw in the Premier League in the 2017/18 season, there were undoubtedly thousands more fouls.