Youngsters Jack Robinson and Suso continued their development with strong showings on loan this weekend, while goalkeeper Pepe Reina kicked off his campaign with Napoli in Serie A on Sunday.

Robinson is thoroughly enjoying the early stages of his loan spell at Blackpool under former Red Paul Ince; the full-back played the whole match as the Tangerines downed Reading 1-0 to sit top of the Championship on Saturday night.

For the second week running, midfielder Suso was an impressive performer for Almeria - the 19-year-old created the first goal of the match as the La Liga side drew 2-2 at Getafe on Friday evening.

Striker Michael Ngoo featured for the opening period in Yeovil's Championship encounter at home to Derby County. The hosts were handsomely turned over 3-0, however.

Conor Coady again completed the full 90 minutes for Sheffield United on Saturday but was powerless to stop his loan team from suffering a 2-0 defeat by Bradford City.

Over in Holland, Krisztian Adorjan had a match to remember on Sunday - for good and bad reasons. The midfielder found the target in the 54th minute of Groningen's 3-3 draw with Go Ahead Eagles but received a red card 14 minutes later.

Finally, Reina started his stay in Italy with a clean sheet as Napoli - managed by former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez - cruised to a 3-0 victory at home to Bologna.