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Good afternoon and a warm welcome to Match of the Day to Extra on BBC

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Two, five live and the BBC sport website. Joining me Hull City

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defender Curtis Davies and former Norwich, Celtic striker Chris Sutton

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and Andy Dunn generalist with the daily Mirror. We'd love to hear from

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you, get in touch with us using our hashtag or send us text. This is

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what is coming up. Advantage pep as City beat juice's United at Old

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Trafford, Liverpool but four passed the champions at their new stand,

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Watford come from behind to beat West Ham and Arsenal leave it late

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to beat Southampton. The back pages, not surprisingly, focus on the

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Manchester derby, the Sun says that the united star is bottled it,

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Andy's paper, the Sunday Mirror, claims that Mourinho raged at the

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referee after the defeat and that Zlatan is in line for a new contract

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already. The male on Sunday also concentrates on Mourinho's theory.

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We'll talk about the Derby in a second, first let's hear from both

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managers starting with Pep Guardiola. The game was open until

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the end. The first half we were better, the second half, they pushed

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a lot, it was so difficult, they opened the game and when you open

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the game you had many acts of four against three and five against four,

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we did not finish absolutely, we were not brilliant in that moment,

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for the last part, but for us, to go to Old Trafford, one of the best

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stadiums in the world, and to win the game, it's good. To play these

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matches you have to be completely ready to do it. In terms of the

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speed of your thinking and decision making. We have had a few players

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who are not at that level. We lost easy balls. We let them press us and

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recover the ball is easy circumstances for us, we paid for

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the mistakes. First, it's great to see a good Manchester derby after

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what seemed to be a sabbatical. You were there, Andy, in your paper, pep

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announcing his arrival in the Premier League with a twin.

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Obviously not his first game here, yet it felt so significant, like he

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was saying, that's what I'm all about, as if we did not know

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already, even in a big game in an intimidating venue like Old Trafford

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with a huge derby match and loads of hype, it's doesn't matter, this is

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the way I'm going to play, my keeper will be halfway up the pitch and

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will spread the ball around, mice and a half will take risks and if he

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makes mistakes, so be it, we will get the ball and we will play. Every

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single player encouraged to get on the ball and play. It is idealistic.

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And great to see it, something we haven't seen in the Premier League.

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If we had any doubt this is what we're going to get from Guardian,

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this commitment to play in a certain way, if it goes wrong and it almost

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did yesterday, they deserved to win, they were a shade fortunate but if

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it goes wrong he will carry on playing that. He won't sacrifices

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principles. It'll be a fascinating narrative to watch play out. He said

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just three points afterwards, it was more than that, it was the

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statement, the manner in which they made the statement, they dominated

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their biggest rival. Did you see the game at all? I got to see some on

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the coach, you got to see City keeping the ball. It was so strange

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to see, however well they played, the way this Court, a big boom up

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the pitch, simple flick on and he goes on and finishes it. A good

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player although United will be disappointed with the way they

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conceded. It was Route one yet the keeper started it by giving the

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short pass to Kolorov. It was a short pass, although it was under

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pressure, a short pass and the big ball up. And Kevin De Bruyne is so

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shop getting up there. Nearly would one! All the talk before the match

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was about City and their talisman, Sergio Aguero, this disadvantage

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they had in the battle of height with United having taller players. I

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think John Stones was their tallest player but that didn't come to

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fruition. It didn't because Manchester United were played off

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the park. Mourinho got his selection wrong, Rashford should have started.

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He made an impact when he came on in the second half. The turning point

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which got Manchester United back in the game was the error from Claudio

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Bravo. If they had gone 2-0 down, who knows what the full-time school

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would have been. Interesting that size issue. Guardiola said

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afterwards, I said to my defenders, David Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, you

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will need a chair to defend against this, they were getting so many high

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balls towards Marouane Fellaini, it was a bit of a sly dig at juice.

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Great spirit yesterday yet perhaps a sly dig. -- a sly dig at Jose

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Mourinho. Interesting that you mention Marcus Rashford, given what

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he did with the England U21s in midweek did you want to seems Dodd?

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I honestly thought he would. When he came on, he and Mkhitaryan wanted to

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change the game against us, of positive and running for winners,

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having scored the winner against us, to go off and play U21 's, and Scott

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hat-trick, that's confidence. I thought he'd come into the game

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because he has shown that he isn't scared of big games. Jose protests

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that he does believe in you. I'm not entirely sure that he does. You

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always have reservations about starting the young players in games

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like that. Even after the game that Curtis mentions, I was at the

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Manchester United game and made that impact, scoring the winner, and in

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the press Conference afterwards he was pressed if Rashford would play

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the next game especially considering what he did in the Derby and was

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told, he's done OK coming off the bench, let's leave it at that, but

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that must've been a mistake. When someone is in form surely you must

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play him? His tail is up... It is still a hat-trick. Still hat-trick,

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still competitive football. You could see the impact he made when he

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came on because Mourinho got it wrong, Lingard and Mick Tyree and

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were not at the races. Do you think Jose Mourinho accounts hat-trick for

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the U21s as valuable currency? I bet he doesn't. Surely he values a

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player with high confidence? He'd seen the last league game back home

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and had seen a good performance from his team before Rashford came on. He

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played well before that and Rashford made a difference when he came on so

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Mourinho must have thought, we have played well without him, that was

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his first taste of league action, do I really need a measure to throw him

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in? I think it did backfire and the selection of Lingard was

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questionable. Mkhitaryan you could argue made a good impact in his

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previous league game. Will they still leave him out now? Mkhitaryan,

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or Rashford? Rashford. I think they probably will. For a game of that

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size I still think he sees him as a player who could come on against

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players who are getting tired, last 20 minutes and make a big impact.

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Did we see Mourinho tactically outdone by Guardiola? You could say

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that. Sometimes you have to take your hat off. Manchester City were

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absolutely superb. We talked about how Lingard wasn't at the races,

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Mkhitaryan... And they were picked off. And this is early days from

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Guardian. He's just come in. It wasn't just about the three points,

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it was the manner of their performance, so impressive. What was

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interesting was the pre-match interview with Mourinho when he

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talked about making these changes and bringing in Lingard and

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Mkhitaryan. It made you think that he was focusing more on the

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opposition than on the strength of his side and I thought that little

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change, that new ones, told a lot. I think that's always been his trick.

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But as the manager of a home side in the Derby you would expect him to

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take the initiative? Possibly. That has not always been the case in the

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past. You've often seen Mourinho win games without having the majority of

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possession. I think he knew that would happen yesterday that his team

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would not have the majority of possession and he picked his team

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accordingly. He isn't a negative coach as such but his priority is to

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negate the dangers in front of him first and then win the game

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afterwards. That is what he's always come across as and very

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successfully. He was clearly disappointed. He said his players

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were not at the races, he is demanding more. I think it's early

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days, a different team, his signings in the main have been exceptional,

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it is just that sometimes you lose to your biggest rivals. He could not

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have accounted for how off the pace Mkhitaryan was. I was surprised that

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some players played when they were injured on international duty. They

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were just hunted down every time. It wasn't just Mkhitaryan and Lingard

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caught in possession is a many times, it was Wayne Rooney as well.

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Not the first time that he's been critical of his players but if you

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were on the receiving end, how would that have gone down in the dressing

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room? I think you need to accept it, this is the man who picks the team,

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who put you in a big, big game and if you let him know he will let you

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know about it. You would rather that than him saying publicly, the big,

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my players have done this, done that for me, you would rather know so

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that you can go and work on it and hopefully be back in his plan.

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Nothing worse than upsetting the manager! Do you think much thought

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was given from Mourinho to what he was going to say before he said it,

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knowing that some players would accept it and others not? From what

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I saw of the interview he never named anybody, he said, my players

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know which ones let me down so I'm guessing he told them in the

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changing room and then he's gone on TV and said it. You will know if you

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put in a shift or not. What is also interesting is, it is what state she

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is at in how long he's been at the club and what the club are doing. --

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what stage he's in at the club. Chelsea, first season, won the

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title, second season, won title, in the third season which did not last,

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when he starts criticising the players they will think, hang on a

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minute, we have done this, we've done that. And now they feel in a

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stronger position about that. No one at the moment would bridle against

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him because they feature is in his hands. At that stage, it at Chelsea,

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it was not. Players are honest, you have to man up a bit, if you have a

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bad game you have a bad one. It doesn't always work like that,

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Chris. I think it does. Most of the players I played with more honest,

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if you have a bad game, you expected. If you take the glory and

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the pats on the back, if you are poor you have to get around that as

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well. Sometimes players use it as a smoke screen, you can come to an

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interview and say, we did not do this, we didn't do that. The

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elephant in the room is to say, I wasn't good. I remember you're

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talking about your debut. Wasn't that the Birmingham? Aston Villa.

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Guardiola is a different type, he just gets rid of your! Blur he

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claims that Bravo had a fantastic game! Will talk about Claudio Bravo

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in a minute. Big stage, big game, big players, Paul Paul Pogba, Zlatan

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Ibrahimovic to both relatively quiet. As it was, Zlatan scored his

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fifth of the season, it gives an insight, you had the privilege or

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maybe not the right word to use, of marking a man of his calibre already

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this season! I think, the way he plays he will never make a massive

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impact on the game if he doesn't score. And he did score, which was

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his job. He's a player that leads the line, stays up there, he will

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only drop off and not get involved when they haven't got the ball, when

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he gets it in the boxing needs to score because there are so many good

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players around him, they should feed him and therefore he shouldn't have

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to do much outside the box. A great finish from Zlatan considering that

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it emanated from a spill from Claudio Bravo. Heaney 's spirit and

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the pace off him, he won't run from behind and run channels -- he has

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spirit and he needs pace. It's hard to get the ball from him but you

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need people going beyond him. It was an Erik Compton finish. I can't

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remember who it was against but almost a carbon copy. This ties in

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with what Chris said, he was a bit static yesterday. Not a great deal

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of movement. When you are on top, and you have Zlatan Ibrahimovic,

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Pogba, Fellaini, City of smaller players who were more agile and

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quick to the ball and to possession. They played all around them. We

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mentioned the goal by Zlatan, making his debut for Manchester City,

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Claudio Bravo, we saw both sides of his game yesterday and this is what

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his manager said. . In the last minutes after we

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played well in the first half, the second half... That is a real good

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thing about his personality and one of the reasons why we played well in

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the first half was because he read really well the build-up. His

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reaction to the performance and his comments are almost polar opposite

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to what Mourinho did in his post-match comments. If city had a

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free kick, they were almost five yards from the away line. View was

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that far advanced. A lot of people during the game were saying Joe Hart

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was thinking, it should be made. If Joe Hart was watching that, it was

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confirmation that he can never played again. He can't, because he

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cannot play that role. But it wasn't unlucky, it was rubbish goalkeeping.

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He dropped it, he let Manchester United back in the game and he

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should have been sent off. We talk about City's performance but he was

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desperately poor. It is OK having a goalkeeper who can play but you also

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need a goalkeeper who can catch the ball. I think pep had to say what he

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did because such a big deal has been made of this. You got rid of

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England's number one, who has been is city's number one for the last

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seven years or whatever it is, so if he didn't back this keeper that he's

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paid a lot of money for an made such a big deal out of, obviously... It

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is a lot of money for a keeper who was 33, 17 million. We know he's

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going to bring a lot of entertainment because that's the way

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he's always kept goal. But Guardiola's argument is that if he

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does make the odd mistake, what he brings in terms of starting attacks,

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the sweeper keeper and actually being almost a quarterback figure,

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directing movements from their, he says that's worth more than... That

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compensates for that mistake. If he keeps dropping crosses are making

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errors, will he keep him in? Piquant. If he drops crosses every

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week and make Sarah... Even if he drops a cross, the chances are that

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City are still going to win that game. You can't have a liability.

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I'm not saying he is but there comes a time, if he keeps making mistakes,

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and he must've thought Joe Hart wasn't good enough for a reason. Joe

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Hart has made mistakes in the last season or so but he's got him in for

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a reason and he can't back him if he keeps making mistakes. I think he

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thinks he will gain you more points than he would lose because you

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shouldn't have to do too much defending or goalkeeping such as a

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city keeper. They're going to be times when he is going to be to show

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how good he is but more often they will have 60 present possession. If

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he can make those few passes that get you on an attack, he will maybe

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gain more points than he loses. How do centre halves like that sort of

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keeper? Are you talking about keepers who drop crosses? The way he

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plays, if this is the way your team plays, as soon as you get the ball,

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the centre halves will go that way, the centre midfielders, so we should

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have four or five options on the ball but when you are talking about

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the Rooney incident, which we will come onto, that is when sometimes

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the need to be a situation where you say, just get it up the field,

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because he's got one player closing it down, Ian is chasing his touch

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and makes a tackle with it. It is under debate whether it is a penalty

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or not. On the Rooney incident, should he have been sent off? I set

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myself, I'm a centre-half and if I took that bad touch into centre

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midfield and leapt like that into a tackle, I think it is a red card for

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me so I don't see why it would be different for a goalkeeper. What

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other players told to do in terms of tackling? It is seen as a reckless

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movement. He doesn't go too footed into the challenge, he gets inside

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foot and wins the ball, so for me as a centre-half it is a good tackle as

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such but what the rules say is that that seems a reckless tackle, you're

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not in control because both feet of the ground. We all know what he was

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thinking. He thought, oh, no, and went lunging but it was a penalty

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and a red card. Let's wrap this all because we've already mentioned

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briefly about your debut. It wasn't the best, neither was it for Henrikh

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Mkhitaryan but explain what happened at Villa. I have been waiting to get

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my chance to play and have been there about two months and we played

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against Leicester in the cup so I didn't have a good game. We lost the

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game 2-1 and I went on and said it as it was. I call that the pub

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player. That stuck with me. Talking about Leicester and the reigning

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defending champions getting stuck at Anfield to Liverpool. It really sent

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out a message of intent to. These are the thoughts of Claudio Ranieri.

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Today the pool played so, so well and everything they tried to do was

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OK. They were very, very spirited and everything was fantastic. Not so

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good for us. We agreed our chance. Have you learned lessons today? You

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have to understand that football should be together and suffered

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together. It has to be more strong. It was almost the perfect afternoon

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for Liverpool. They witnessed the demolishing of the champions in

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Leicester and it could have been by a lot more. I am a big fan of Jurgen

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Klopp, a big fan of his style of play. There is risk in it but they

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are scintillating going forward. I think they will finish in the top

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four. Curtis Davies, whole cities central defender, they do but like

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the most entertaining of the teams but there was almost that sense of

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unpredictability. I think it showed from their first three games. Win

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one, draw one, lose one. They had 80 present possession against Burnley

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and lost 2-0 so it just shows that the way they play is obviously quite

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entertaining and they're likely to get goals from it if they play

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against a team that is willing to open up but if they play against a

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team that is just going to sit there and try and stifle them, it's a bit

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more difficult. Defensively, they still look a little uncertain. I

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wouldn't be surprised if he is able to feel the same. He's struggling.

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He is looking a little bit vulnerable, as was shown by the goal

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yesterday but I agree with what has been said. Going forward, he has a

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whole wodge of combinations and it is a question of picking the right

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one. We saw a different one yesterday and Manny looked

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absolutely dynamic. It is keeping those players happy and finding the

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right one and you're right, the consistency. We saw it last season.

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Eight loss to someone like Watford... That's what we've got to

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try and eradicate this season. In the Burnley game, they didn't have

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that option where Burnley were just sitting in and narrowed up. They

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were saying, through the balls in and we'll deal with that so that's

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going to be their problem but they're brilliant to watch. They

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deserved to beat Tottenham. They probably just edged that game. I was

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at Old Trafford, rather than Anfield yesterday, but from what I

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understand it was a great atmosphere and we see how Jurgen Klopp

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generates the atmosphere and milks the atmosphere. It is a great

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atmosphere background and that can only help them. It is so competitive

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at the top end this season but I can see them at fourth place. We see so

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many great attacking players for Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge played

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particularly well. Adam Lallana, great for him to get amongst the

:26:17.:26:19.

goals because if anything, we know what he can bring to the table, a

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tireless player, technically very gifted. The only one thing lacking

:26:24.:26:28.

in the locker is the goals. I would agree with that. He's such an

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intelligent footballer and a tremendous striker. Liverpool didn't

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bring him in for his goals tally, they brought him into bee that link

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and that person who that awareness but he will want to score more

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goals. What is interesting is when Jurgen Klopp first came and Lallana

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came off after 80 minutes and he looked like he literally fell into

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Jurgen Klopp's arms, it looked like he had run a marathon. Furlana was

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so intense and intent on fulfilling this idea of having to press and run

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for the entire game, what he's also good at, that link play, and he is a

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decent finish on his day. That almost got put to the site and only

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now he's confident he is part of clop's plans, we may see him express

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himself a bit more. How hard is it to defend against a tame like

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Liverpool -- team? It is difficult but a team like us would set up more

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solid, like we did against Manchester United because that is

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how we are good. It would be difficult because when players are

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moving all over, it is tough but ultimately, it is never easy in the

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Premier League against any team but I think with Manet this year

:27:56.:28:00.

particularly, he is going to be the one that has stepped it up a notch.

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If you can keep storage fit, he is the best English striker for me. He

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has got something different to the rest it up he can open up again but

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they are going to be very difficult to play against. For Leicester, it

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is two defeats from their four games. What has happened to them

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defensively? Is it more than just N'Golo Kante leaving? I think that

:28:30.:28:35.

played a big part but what did we really expect? I don't think any of

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us, in our heart of hearts, really thought Leicester could do what they

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did last season this season and are they suffering a bit of a hangover?

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Yes, they are. I think they will be top half and that will be a

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successful season. They were just outplayed. I wouldn't say they

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showed naivete but they were far too open. I agree when Chris says a

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hangover. We put so much emphasis on the psychological aspect sometimes

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but I think dealing with being the champions has probably been not a

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shock but they've had to get used to it. I've said this before, I don't

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think they are the best pre-season. They went away to Thailand to

:29:17.:29:22.

celebrate. It was a big programme abroad. They then played PSG and

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Barcelona pre-season, where last year they played Manchester City and

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one these games at home. They may be made a few of the players think this

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was the field in which the art expected to operate it they are only

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minor things but I think mentally coming to terms with the fact that

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you are champions when you clearly are expected to be takes its toll. I

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wonder how much of a bird in the Champions League will be. They've

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got a group, we all think they could go through with that but that may

:29:59.:30:06.

bring its own difficulties. They've had to add players but it is how

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they fit into the way that Leicester has always played. If they sign a

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player that doesn't quite fit into the way they've played all along,

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ultimately it is a mini failure as such because you want to have the

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same way you've played to win a championship and the same ethos on

:30:27.:30:30.

the plate again success and I think they've try change the way they go.

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Considering the sticky start Leicester have had, with their next

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picture, it is that the kind of thing you would welcome, despite

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what has happened? I think with the group they've got they will welcome

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mat and they will see it as a massive lift if they can do well

:30:49.:30:53.

because they've not started in the way they would have liked to but I'm

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sure they will be up in the top half and pushing but it is tough for any

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team to retain the title, sofa Leicester it is going to be even

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more difficult if they can have a good run in the Champions League and

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show the confidence I'd will help them.

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Leicester play their Champions League game away to club bridge on

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Wednesday night. In case you are just joining us on MOTD Extra we

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have Chris Sutton, Curtis Davies and Andy Dunn of the Daily Mirror. Let's

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focus on your club, last time out, two weeks ago you considered in the

:31:37.:31:41.

94th minute against Manchester United. You did it this time as a

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team to salvage a great point away to Burnley yesterday. 30 time was in

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our favour this time! Make you feel that is what is called now. The

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United game is disappointing when you

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stick it out so long against a team like that who are knocking on the

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door, to concede in the 93rd minute was horrible. This week it went in

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our favour, we kept going to the end and it took a moment of magic from

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Robert Snodgrass to get us to it. I think we deserved it, on the balance

:32:29.:32:31.

of play and the chances we had we deserved at least a draw but Burnley

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has been our bogey ground at Turf Moor so one point is a good point.

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Robert Snodgrass has had a good start to the season. A player I rate

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highly. I played against him many moons ago! He's always been an

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intelligent player. I think if he had another half a yard he be

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playing for one of the big boys. A brilliant hat-trick for Scotland in

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midweek. A really intelligent player and a stunning free kick. You look

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at what he's done, clearly coming back from that injury, you must be

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delighted with the way his comeback. We had a joke with him. We said

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great kick and he said I was a good player before I got injured! We know

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how good he is and we were disappointed to lose him for that

:33:10.:33:13.

time, but it does seem that now he's at the top level and fully fit he is

:33:14.:33:17.

getting to grips with it again and showing how good he is. Hat-trick

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for Scotland in midweek, all respect to Malta but hat-trick at any level

:33:24.:33:27.

is good and it's good to see him striving for more. There's been a

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resilience about Hull this season, which is why Mickey Phelan will win

:33:33.:33:38.

Manager of the Month award. We know what the situation was going into

:33:39.:33:42.

the season. When you go there you feel this resilience. I was there

:33:43.:33:46.

when United scored, in the dying seconds of the game, that Hull's

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resilience was fantastic because Manchester United played very well

:33:54.:33:57.

that day. They change things around, they tried everything. They only got

:33:58.:34:01.

that goal late because defensively Hull were magnificent. The man on my

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right, a brilliant start to the season from Curtis and from the

:34:09.:34:15.

whole defence. I dug up this statistic today, the most

:34:16.:34:24.

competitive team were Hull City, eclipsing the likes of United and

:34:25.:34:32.

City. You don't believe me? I can see from the look on your face!

:34:33.:34:37.

Wattage is, I suppose is the type of football might Phelan has

:34:38.:34:39.

implemented in his time there -- what it shows. We won't be silly and

:34:40.:34:46.

play from the back every time but we want to keep the ball because

:34:47.:34:50.

ultimately you give it to the other team, you would have a chance of

:34:51.:34:54.

scoring. And he wants us to win every game. He wanted us to win the

:34:55.:35:01.

United game. A big ask but he tries to put positive energy into us.

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Don't settle for a draw. Let's go for it and try to win and if we come

:35:07.:35:11.

up with one point that is good. That has helped us this season. How many

:35:12.:35:19.

1-2s did you play with the QB yesterday? Just to get the stats up!

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Talking about might Phelan, who as Andy says is the August Manager of

:35:28.:35:30.

the Month which is terrific considering what he inherited in the

:35:31.:35:34.

summer, still no news of any long-term appointment with him and

:35:35.:35:40.

that has been going on since July. I expected it to go on past the

:35:41.:35:43.

transfer window and see if we got the players in that maybe Mick

:35:44.:35:47.

wanted. We've got them in. And I was hoping that would be done. It's

:35:48.:35:54.

between the club and his representatives, whatever. I hope it

:35:55.:35:57.

all gets done because he has been a breath of fresh air and as players

:35:58.:36:01.

we all want him to stay and sign because his record hasn't been too

:36:02.:36:06.

bad so far and we want to keep him. Is there a fear among the players

:36:07.:36:10.

that, should that be a managerial change further down the line with

:36:11.:36:14.

one Premier League club, they might come looking for his services? The

:36:15.:36:20.

longer he hasn't got a contract, yes! Because ultimately he's done

:36:21.:36:24.

well so far and I am sure people would want his services but for us,

:36:25.:36:29.

as Hull players we would be more worried if somebody came in and took

:36:30.:36:34.

our job. Don't get me wrong, there are good managers and their but the

:36:35.:36:39.

way we play, the squad, Mick is used to our players, so if someone else

:36:40.:36:44.

came in and had to get used to us from now until the end of the season

:36:45.:36:46.

it might be more difficult.

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Embarrassing. What more does he need to do to get the job! Nothing.

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Manager of the Month, next month? Isn't it Arsenal next Saturday?

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Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea. Seven points out of 12, a fantastic return

:37:09.:37:12.

considering what people predicted in the summer, how are you enjoying

:37:13.:37:16.

your football? Really enjoying it, after the gloom of the summer we

:37:17.:37:22.

were all worried, and injuries to our players that we've already got,

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it's proved difficult. The main thing is that we stuck together as a

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group, we knew that if we could field and 11 we've had have a chance

:37:31.:37:33.

of those forced few games and we've done that. Now that we've made this

:37:34.:37:39.

start and got this call and there is a bit more needed from us because

:37:40.:37:44.

people will be looking at us as a team that should win a few games

:37:45.:37:48.

rather than going to places and expecting to be beaten. Long may it

:37:49.:37:54.

continue! There was a remarkable game in east London, at the London

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Stadium, West Ham, from leading 2-0, contrived to lose the match to

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Watford, 4-2. The thoughts of Watford captain Troy Deeney, one of

:38:06.:38:09.

the scorers. We just felt confident going into the second half, I don't

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know if it was the two late goals in the first half that put us back

:38:15.:38:18.

level, we could see they were enjoying themselves before that. We

:38:19.:38:21.

dug in and got back in the game and we have the mentality that we would

:38:22.:38:26.

win. A bit of a siege mentality but we need to be more ruthless scoring

:38:27.:38:30.

more goals. On another day we could have got five or six. What an

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incredible game, Watford perspective. It was unbelievable.

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West Ham were in reasonable control at 2-0 but Watford deserved to win

:38:42.:38:45.

the game. Troy 's got a brilliant goal. The really poor defensive

:38:46.:38:53.

error, but he had so much to do and... Going into half-time at 2-2,

:38:54.:38:59.

I don't know what Slaven Bilic said at half-time to them but Watford

:39:00.:39:04.

came back out of the traps and it could have been more than four. The

:39:05.:39:11.

telling thing that, Troy Deeney says, they were really enjoying

:39:12.:39:16.

themselves, West Ham. I don't think he meant it as a compliment. He

:39:17.:39:22.

looked as if they believed that they were coasting, there was a certain

:39:23.:39:25.

arrogance about them when they were leading by two goals. Sort of old

:39:26.:39:31.

school against professional players, if you think somebody looking a bit

:39:32.:39:37.

cocky, you react. Some stronger quotes given by Troy in his

:39:38.:39:41.

post-match comments. He said there was a point in the game when they

:39:42.:39:47.

were doing fancy dans and he said he thought they were trying to make

:39:48.:39:52.

them off a bit. I don't think he was referring to the move from dementia

:39:53.:39:57.

Payet, sent up on a plate, but Curtis can you relate to what Troy

:39:58.:40:03.

said? Yes, if it's early in the first half and people are taking the

:40:04.:40:07.

Mickey you get frustrated but sometimes that works against you

:40:08.:40:09.

because you start kicking everyone and giving away free kicks and they

:40:10.:40:15.

get what they want. I'm guessing that, what Watford did, was get in

:40:16.:40:20.

their faces a bit more, more energy and stuff like that, and I think the

:40:21.:40:24.

key to it is getting the goal. Get a goal back and suddenly those flicks

:40:25.:40:30.

don't happen. Try also said, this was interesting that, as a player,

:40:31.:40:35.

he said, we made sure we put our hand on them. I had not heard that

:40:36.:40:41.

phrase before. You basically laid your glove on them to stop them the

:40:42.:40:45.

next time they want to do that flick, maybe they get a little

:40:46.:40:52.

around their ankles! The fact that they got two goals before half-time

:40:53.:40:56.

and the momentum then shifted, that's the biggest thing regardless

:40:57.:41:00.

of them flicking and doing everything, there was only one team

:41:01.:41:04.

that came back in the second-half confidently. That brings up an

:41:05.:41:09.

argument, is there a fine line between a team wanting to entertain

:41:10.:41:13.

the crowd and not taking the Mick out of the opposition? Are you

:41:14.:41:18.

talking about West Ham? Any team, really. I liked what Troy Deeney. He

:41:19.:41:26.

galvanised Watford yesterday, I like him as a character, they did get

:41:27.:41:29.

more aggressive and they took the game from West Ham. West Ham

:41:30.:41:34.

capitulated. There is a balance, though, if you are too- zero ahead

:41:35.:41:40.

in a match, it's all about the next goal. And Watford got one goal back

:41:41.:41:46.

and then they want from strength to strength. Having said that, if West

:41:47.:41:50.

Ham had got three... But they didn't. Watford deserved to win. Is

:41:51.:41:58.

there an unwritten rule on showboating amongst professionals?

:41:59.:42:03.

Absolutely. Totally. You don't like people taking the Mickey. Having

:42:04.:42:10.

said that, what do to Payet did, was it showboating, yes, was brilliant?

:42:11.:42:16.

Yes. But you are professional players. Of course you try to get

:42:17.:42:20.

even. It's just that you have to do it within the rules. Just moving on

:42:21.:42:25.

to West Ham, three defeats in four in the Premier League and damaging

:42:26.:42:29.

defeat in Europe. Any pressure on Slaven Bilic at this point? Not at

:42:30.:42:35.

this point but they will be. They were not in great form towards the

:42:36.:42:41.

end of season. They had just won four of their 13 Premier League

:42:42.:42:46.

games, moving to a new stadium, lots of expectation, that will bring

:42:47.:42:49.

problems on and off the pitch. Teething issues. When you move into

:42:50.:42:54.

that sort of stadium with that sort of expectation, if you keep losing

:42:55.:43:00.

you will be under pressure. And they have lost their record signing and

:43:01.:43:03.

Andy Carroll isn't available so they don't have that second route with

:43:04.:43:08.

Andy Carroll and I am sure a player like their new signing would have

:43:09.:43:12.

helped them yesterday. They've got to get Adrian rid of him. Get

:43:13.:43:21.

Bhavane goal! He was poor yesterday! Swansea versus Chelsea, intriguing

:43:22.:43:26.

for David Luiz, should he start? I don't think he will. I imagine they

:43:27.:43:31.

will stay with the same team because they've done so well lately. I'm not

:43:32.:43:36.

sure it will change their formation if he does. Am sure it would. Going

:43:37.:43:43.

forward, Antonio Conte probably believes he can change him into a

:43:44.:43:46.

centre-back, they want change the team today and he looks a perfect

:43:47.:43:51.

fit, Antonio Conte. We have to leave it there, thank you, all of you, for

:43:52.:43:55.

your company, remember Chelsea versus Swansea at the Liberty

:43:56.:44:02.

Stadium is on later, from all of us, goodbye

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