Ricciardo has been out-qualified by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda at every event, and without a point to his name so far this season.
In a week when English involvement in European football competitions all but extinguished, Aston Villa the only survivors in the lowest ranked cup of the three, there was something innately miserable about the major FA Cup announcement from the FA and the Premier League.
The Aston Villa goalkeeper thought he was being sent off during the shootout - but a rule change, introduced four years ago, saved him