Professional footballer in good-guy shock as Andrea Dossena sends flowers to fan he hit in the face

We're suckers for a good guy so Andrea Dossena has gone right up in our estimations.

The former Italian international's name might well spring memories around Anfield of goals against the like of Real Madrid and Manchester United but he's still a man of the people. Playing with Leyton Orient nowadays, the left back struck a fan in the face on Saturday with a ferocious shot ending up in the stand and he had no sooner hopped into the crowd to go straight up and apologise to her. https://twitter.com/mrsmytos/status/571723336901926912 Rather than the 2-0 away victory at Walsall acting as enough of an amends, the former Liverpool man went one better when he sent her this bouquet of flowers as a further apology. https://twitter.com/mrsmytos/status/572505606181023745 Well done, Andrea. You've set the bar high for your peers.