Offer a co-worker a compliment on a presentation he gave at a meeting or compliment your neighbor on his new car.

The boss even paid the ultimate compliment to van der Sar by saying he could not pick the superior stopper between him and Schmeichel.

Probably the best compliment that can be paid to Manchester United is that their reserves played with the style and panache we have come to expect of Sir Alex Ferguson's first-team.