27/10/2013 MOTD2 Extra

coming up on Match of the Day Extra, Mourinho and Pellegrini go

head to head for the first time in English football as Chelsea and

Manchester city need. Is the north-east derby already a win for

Gus Poyet at? We will have -- Will Hernandez's Golby a defining moment

for David Moyes? Who is the best partnership in the league? And who

will take over at Crystal Palace? With me in the studio, Mark

Lawrenson, Conor McNamara and Matt Lawton. We want your views as well.

And we want your views as well and who the best strike partnership in

the Premier League is. It was a debate that started on 606 last

night. Is it Rooney and van Persie, or storage and Suarez? -- storage.

We will give you the results later. What caught your view yesterday,

Mark? I just think the 70th minute at Manchester United, from there to

the end of the game was probably the biggest moment in David Moyes's

managerial career. If they had been beaten by Stoke City yesterday,

imagine the headlines on every single back page this morning. I

think you are right. If they had lost, that would have been the main

story. The Liverpool from forums -- performance struck me. Luis Suarez

was sensational. I was uncomfortable with the desire to keep him over the

summer. But I guess they felt quite justified in that yesterday. You

were at St Mary's. There has to come a point where Southampton are not

called the surprise package? I thought it might have been a banana

skin. But they pressed, they give the opposition. The attack the

fullbacks and the central defenders. You expect them to get caught out.

But last weekend they did it at Old Trafford, last week they did it at

Fulham. They deserve to be third. We will look back over yesterday's

games in detail later. First, let's look ahead to one of today's big

games. Chelsea against Manchester city. Here are the thoughts of both

managers. It is a, yes. It is a very good team. But every match is a test

and every match is three points. It doesn't make a difference. Of

course, it is an important moment. It is always an important moment to

play the team that has a chance to win the Premier League. I repeat the

same thing we -- I said when we played against Manchester United, it

is a match of six points. They play at home. This is our third game

playing away. We hope we can continue winning. Will have you

enjoyed dealing with more out of those managers? -- who have you

enjoyed dealing with? I'm afraid, we are all a bit soft when it comes to

Jose Mourinho. You have gone moist in the eye! We were very pleased he

came back, losing Fergie. It has left a huge hole in English

football. To get Joseph back was a massive boost. I find him utterly

fascinating. He can be maddening, he can be a courageous. In his first

term, some of the things he said and did, he incurred the wrath of UEFA,

got branded in -- an enemy of football. For us, as an industry,

great copy. Pellegrini is the chill Chilean. He is not great copy.

Intriguing all the same. He is probably what that football club

needed, a chilled Chilean. Somebody who is not going to get too carried

away? That is exactly what he is doing. With the two Spaniards they

have got in there who are running the clubs in -- club in terms of the

players they bring in, you can suddenly see there seems to be a

plan. At Southampton that is what they are doing. The Chairman, I

didn't particularly like him for what he did to Nigel Adkins, but he

has got a plan. With Manchester city, there is an element of that.

My problem with Manchester city would be that without Vincent

Kompany, they are not the same team. I think there is a parallel with

Pochettino and Pellegrini coming in under the radar. You don't get to

cross-examine them when you interview them. But it keeps them

below the radar. They are quite happy with that. Let the team do the

talking for them. Pellegrini is a very intelligent man but he doesn't

feel the need to entertain as Mourinho does. Just continue this, ,

this is great, travel abroad with Manchester City,

which you already have, do you sense a difference on those club trips?

Yes, I don't think Mancini with a great entertainer either. He didn't

see press conferences as the stage that Mourinho does. He was more at

home with it. He felt more confident having won the title. Pellegrini is

quite a humble guy. Because he is such a tall man, you stand beside

him and he is a big presence. His personality doesn't need to be as

loud. Imagine the dressing room when he talks. Everybody stops. A good

yardstick for a manager is when everybody in the club likes him. I

don't think it Manchester City that was the case with Mancini. I don't

do was particularly well liked. This guy gives me the impression he is.

We get a difference in philosophy? In terms of structure and hierarchy

and how both clubs are run? Possibly. There is a very definite

modern European structure at Manchester city. They are seen as

the two great moneybags of English football? Yes. City are being quite

cute. I think they will emerge at the head of the pack at the end of

the season. They have the most complete squad, the most complete

team and they have got a very calm manager. The guys from Barcelona, as

we talked about, there is a plan, there is a training ground cumin.

You are always going to have that settling in period and getting used

to the new owners. You had the period with Garry Cook. You had that

change at the top. They now seem settled. I think they are only going

one way. Have you been to city lately due Mac all the buildings.

The infrastructure around the stadium... And they have inherited

the gasworks. They are virtually cleaning the soil. As you do! You

don't want dirty soil! Let's move onto the big derby in the North East

Sunderland against Newcastle. I think there is just as much pressure

on them to win it. They need to start winning games. Goss will know

that. I have seen them at home twice this year and they have done OK.

They are not far away. United, I thought they were good. At Fulham,

they were good. We have to respect them. It is not a foregone

conclusion. Any result there would be a good result. A draw or a win.

But we want to win if we can. If you need to win one game in this

football club, it is this derby. We know that. We need a win, we need

the three points. We are desperate to go there and do well. If we can

start doing that in this game, it is perfection. They are always special.

I don't think you can analyse these games. It is unique. Let's bring in

Kevin Kilbane at the Stadium of light. We heard Gus Poyet say that

if there is one game that needs to be won, it is this one. Alan Pardew

says the pressure is on Sunderland. Is it? Possibly. This is the game

that Sunderland need to turn their season around. They have not won

this season. Looking at them at Swansea last week, when they

conceded three goals in about seven or eight minutes, that is the

telling factor. As soon as you concede, they cannot stop teams

scoring against them. They need to improve on that now. Let's look at

the table. They are seven points adrift. This could be a hopeless

cause for a Gus Poyet very quickly? It could be. The disappointing thing

about last week was that you kind of felt that once di Canio had gone,

there would be a lift at the football club. It just has not

happened. I watched them against Liverpool. The moment Liverpool

scored, their confidence just disappeared. Beating Newcastle last

season was the catalyst for di Canio's success in keeping them up.

That is what they are banking on today. Gus Poyet will have learned

more about the second half at Swansea, about those players. Talk

about a quick learning curve. That was unbelievable. The first game he

came in, parity, and then they crashed. He will know about the

weaknesses. You learn about football and characters more when you get

beat. You see how they react. Very important giving -- given the new

manager coming in, players being gutless etc. They raise a danger

that Sunderland go at this hammer and tongs, get summary sent off

early. In the old days, it was all about taking the legs of someone in

a derby. Now you have got to press and deny the opposition pace. If

Sunderland get too pumped up, they are in massive trouble. Would that

be a concern for you, Kevin? Yes. I think they will probably be looking

for somebody like Lee Carter mould to stamp his authority on midfield.

He has a tendency to overstep the mark. I'm sure that Gus Poyet will

not want that to happen. There is a history of red cards in this

fixture. Somebody needs to be careful they do not get a man sent

off quickly. Newcastle had a player sent off last season but they

outplayed Sunderland for a long periods after that. What have you

made of Sunderland -- Newcastle this season? They are mid-table. Some

games they play very well, some games they are all full. We were at

the game at Goodison Park a few weeks ago. They were totally

dominated in the first half. They were fortunate. I think in the

second half they played really well. They didn't really test Everton as

much as they would like. They have got a lot of quality. That game, the

goals they scored in the second half against Everton, give them a sense

of belief. They had a good win at Cardiff and last week at home to

Liverpool they played really well. I think they are in a position where

they need to start getting results. Kevin, we will let you go, so you

don't have to keep battling whatever is flying overhead at the moment. Do

you think there are plenty of positives for Newcastle to take out

of how they have performed? Absolutely. Given that last week

they played a team of Liverpool's quality, yes. You're talking about

two teams in a very different state of mind at the moment, meeting

today. You always say you play with your heart. Most important today,

you play with your head. It is so easy to get sent off nowadays. It is

a big thing for Sunderland. They should not get carried away.

Newcastle will just sit and say, come on, try to beat us. You could

argue on the disciplinary front, it is the same for Newcastle as well,

they have had a couple of red cards this season. Stephen Taylor on the

opening weekend. Last week's was denying a goal-scoring opportunity.

They haven't. Steven Taylor has missed a lot of football. I wonder

how threatened the Newcastle defence will be. I don't know where the pace

is upfront. The mass of thing in Newcastle's favours Loic Remy. He

has that little bit of impact that Sunderland have been missing. On the

confidence thing, Fletcher told the Observer today di Canio didn't want

us to smile, it was too much. What does he mean it was too much, as in

laughing or enjoying yourself? Obviously they weren't, he is a

raving nutcase, what do you expect? What comes through from that article

is it is going to take Gus Poyet more than the two weeks he's had to

get the morale back, to get them enjoying themselves again. You could

think, as I say, talking to people that work there just a couple of

weeks ago, there was a huge sense of relief that sanity has been

restored, that they weren't allowed to speak to the tea lady or the guy

that's worked for 50 years in the tunnel. Complete madness. Bonkers

stuff. The thing with football generally is if you are in the team

you like the manager. Under Paolo Di Canio, even the ones in the team

didn't like the manager. We've had heard so much this week about Sir

Alex Ferguson, the one thing that's come out of his book is he wanted to

be in control. Di Canio has taken that too far. If you are taking

saying that you can't speak to the tea lady, that's too far. And the

bunk beds. Who would share a bunk bed with Lawro? That's a brilliant

question. I used to share a room. But occasionally at Anfield Ronnie

Moran would come in and say, who wants a divorced in if you weren't

happy with your roommate, but those days are gone now. Relief around the

Stadium of Light. There was plenty of relief yesterday at Old Trafford.

David, a fantastic comeback in the final quarter hour of that game.

Yes, and it was a really good victory. Players kept working right

to the end. After the game in midweek it was great she showed the

energy in the final 15 or 20 minutes. Were you worried it wasn't

going to come? Yes, when we were 2-1 down, we had a few opportunities, we

had goalkeepers who Ed needed to make a few good saves, but we end

it, the way we kept pressing to try and score. I've been here three

years in this club, and the spirit, the first moment I came here, the

games are difficult and we find until the 90 minutes. We scored our

third one. We won three points. The most important thing that we are

trying to win the home games, not because in the last result they were

very bad and thankfully we had six points, three in the Champions

League and three in the Premier League. Do you think this might be

the launch pad for more comfortable victories? I really hope, so but you

never know. And your relationship with the manager, is that fine

despite what one or two people have been writing? Don't understand that.

It is more than fine. I'm really happy with the manager and stuff.

Steve has got in touch with us and section how much work needs doing at

Manchester United? Sit about improving the player there is or

buying in? When you win the Premiership you have to seriously

improve and strengthen your team, something that moich City --

Manchester City failed to do. Manchester United strengthened with

Robin van Persie. It is all about the players. Have Manchester United

been stronger because Marouane Fellaini has been signed? No, they

should have signed three or four outstanding players. If you walk

into the dressing room and no-one's coming in to replace you, it is

great. You have to be under pressure for your place. I think what we are

seeing was inevitable. We only now really appreciate, I think we always

did appreciate, but we can see the value of Alex Ferguson now. It was

always going to be a struggle. A new chief executive, a new manager. The

one for more, it was an interesting interview that van Persie gave,

there he still doesn't look happy, despite what he's saying. There was

an interesting line in Fergie's book, that Fergie had to apologise

personally to van Persie, because when van Persie signed a year ago I

think Fergie said he was going to be there for a few years. I just hope

for Moyes's sake that van Persie isn't annoyed, sulking in anyway,

because the manager's changed. Did operations shut down a little bit at

Manchester United last May? There was all these tributes to Sir Alex

Ferguson, the feeling of the end of an era. Normally Manchester United,

so effective at getting early signings in the summer, in June,

none of this last gasp week of the transfer window stuff. With Sir Alex

Ferguson not plan ing ahead were Mr People in the background making

these decisions? As soon as Moyes came in we thought Leighton Banes

and Marouane Fellaini would go. Did they take their eye off the ball? I

think losing David Gill was a big thing. If they could have kept him

another year... Sir Alex Ferguson said that was his worry when him and

David Gill met. He said he was going and David Gill said he was going to

go. That was a concern. If you look at the Sunday times this morning,

they've run a story saying that Manchester United are keeping tabs

on ?85 million Gareth Bale. He didn't have the best of games

yesterday. Within that article, the new chief executive at Manchester

United has defend Manchester United's transfer policy and says it

would have been a mistake to foist signings from anyone else on an

incoming manager. I have got a lot of sympathy for Ed Woodward here.

He's come in, Alex Ferguson might have had an idea were he to continue

as to which players they were going to go for. They have had to wait for

Moyes to come in. He started on July 1st. He's obviously been busy while

not officially starting. But you've got to give him a chance to look at

the squad and decide. I think it meant they came late to their

transfer business. They have to accept that it is going to be a

difficult first season. You couldn't say that Gareth bail would be forced

on them. Which team in the world would not take Gareth Bale? I think

he's coming back. Do you? I do. I think it is going to be really

difficult for him in Madrid, in the same team as Ronaldo. Keep your

texts and tweets coming in: in one of the other games yesterday,

Norwich against Cardiff, the controversial moment came from le ro

fer, who rather than -- Leroy fer, who rather than passing the ball he

put into it the bottom corner of the Cardiff net. This is what he said

after the game. Tell news your own words what was happening at the end?

Ricky, he threw the ball to me and I hit it back into the net. But mean

to pass it to the goalkeeper or were you heading for goal? I wanted a

goal. The referee didn't below his whistle, so it didn't count. So but

think you had scored the winning goal? I thought so, yes. What do you

make of Cardiff's reaction and that the goal wasn't allowed to stand?

They were mad, because the goalkeeper threw the ball out.

That's the part of the game. In Holland if you do, that you can play

on. I wanted to win the game but we didn't. But you understood the

reaction of the Cardiff players? Yeah, I understood, so, yeah. It is

their opinion of the game, and they know that we want to win the game,

but yeah, it didn't come. Now you've been educated in the English way of

doing things, next time it happens will you pass it back to the

goalkeeper or go for goal again? I don't know. 1-0 up, I will give it

back to the gel keeper, but 0-0 I will try to score again. An honest

interview. I can appreciate, I know nothing about cricket but that big

incident the summer whether the guy should have walked, it reminds me of

that. All the pressure on the players, the team talks, the 100%

all the time. Your instinct is to try to bend every law to the point

of breaking. He will have seen this as not doing any harm, he plays on.

He isn't making it up. On the Continent they have a different

attitude to us on that. You admire his honesty and sportsmanship. But

he didn't hit the ball with any great van om. It almost looked like

a back pass. A very accurate pass into the bottom of the court. But

the age old argument, it comes down to confusion about putting the ball

out depending on whether someone is injured. What's the rule nowadays?

What is the rule nowadays? I think it is generally accepted is you give

the ball back to the opposition. If we are going to go down that road,

good luck. Let's talk about where you were in more detail yesterday,

and Southampton. Everybody is praising hem to the hilt, not just

for the way they are playing but their work rate. Martin Jol said

yesterday how aggressive they were, as a compliment. The amount of times

Fulham had to struggle just to get the ball to the halfway line. Adam

Lallana whipped the ball off their toes. Fulham have Sidwell and

Parkary. They are seasoned is Premier League players, they are no

mugs, and yet they had difficulty passing it down the field. If

someone likes Adam Lallana has injury that's where their

limitations will be exposed. If they can play like they did yesterday

there is no reason they won't stay up there. They have got attacking

players and they've started to build from the back with the players

they've signed. Southampton a handful. Borough is in gold. They've

got Wanyana midfield and Lallana... That's the spine. For all of the

praise we are giving them and the kids they've brought through, as

former striker Steve Claridge reminds me, they've spent over ?60

million on this squad. They have but if they've spent it well, they

deserve praise. This is the modern Premier League. It is part of what

makes this season so fascinating, that it is so unpredictable and a

club like Southampton is rising. Core taizy. There is real ambition

there buts being done in a very astute way. It's not all about the

money. Look at how much Sunderland have spend in the last few season.

The academy, the left-back Luke Shaw is a player very much of the Gareth

Bale mode. He is a left-back who plays like a left wink and he is

still a kid, only a teenageary. The academy has been producing players

for a while and you would hope for Southampton that think won't keep

getting poached away. If we are looking at Southampton as a model of

a club going into the Premier League and building it does bring us to

Crystal Palace. All sorts of stuff in the Sunday Mirror. The headline

is I'm hurting and my pride has been battered but I'll be back better and

stronger. He talks as well about over the last four years hardly

having a break from the game. She particularly critical about their

policy in the summer, and that it was chaotic how they brought players

in. It's a really interesting column. He uses the word, "Sacked".

He said he offered his resignation after the Fulham game but it seems

like he changed his mind overnight but was met by the desire from his

boss to go anyway. He talks about the fact that the owners were just

wanting to, I think he says anyone and everyone. They came up via the

play-offs, so there is no pre-planning. It has to be a scatter

gun approach. The two promoted teams are out buying players for the

Premier League. They didn't know Crystal Palace until the day that

they actually qualified to get into the Premier League. All of a sudden

you are thinking, you missed the boat by a million miles. You are

damned if you do and damned if you don't. We are saying Crystal Palace

bought too many players and Manchester United haven't but the

enough. I would argue against that. I think with Crystal Palace, it is

like history written by the winners. They've gone out, we'll buy ten

players, if six of them are good, it will be a success. He section

looking back, because Steve Parish, his phone is going to voicemail. He

became so obsessed with bringing in players that would help us cope with

life in the top flight that he wanted to buy anyone and everyone.

Because wen't didn't have time to put a proper plan of action in

place, we became des programme. They were struggling towards the end of

the season, so it wasn't a case of they were always going to be in the

play-offs. It may have been, you know worckts we need one eye in case

we get into the praoephrmingts and they start without three of the best

players last season. Zaha, he goes to Manchester United, and another's

been injured. It is difficult enough, like Cardiff, you can plan

and you know you are coming one the Premiership, but that's hard. To do

it like Crystal Palace is impossible. Who and their agent is

going to sign for Crystal Palace if they can go to any team in the

middle of the table? Steve Parrish has talked about maybe the potential

of teaming up a young manager, a young coach, with an experienced

want to have that director of football. If you read between the

lines, and this is a complete guess, is that in some way insinuating that

Neil Warnock may return to the club in an experienced role with a

younger coach? It is possible. I think what Palace need now is Neil

Warnock autonomy clueless as their manager. -- Tony Pulis.

Warnock autonomy clueless as their much as he wanted to leave.

Warnock autonomy clueless as their club staying there, get a top

manager in. I think club staying there, get a top

no-brainer. Just go and get him. We all love talking to Ian Holloway.

no-brainer. Just go and get him. We Can Ian Holloway sometimes be too

honest for his own good? Can Ian Holloway sometimes be too

people say so. You are what you are. Just be normal. We

people say so. You are what you are. Well, when I say normal! We like him

because he is what he Well, when I say normal! We like him

know if something else has happened. I find it

know if something else has happened. just want to walk out as easy as

that. Steve Parrish's phone is still going to voice mail. Maybe he is

appointing the new Crystal Palace manager as we speak. Let's return to

the big derby in the north-east. Sunderland make four changes from

that defeat at Swansea. Josey Alta Doerr is among those who comes in.

-- Josey Altidore. It looks as though Sunderland have

looked at what Newcastle have at the back and thought they have a real

chance of beating them. They are playing to upfront. You got the

impression from Gus Poyet during the week that they will go for it this

afternoon. Even what a passionate guy and a passionate manager years,

you would expect him to be like that? Gus Poyet definitely smiled at

the guy on the door on his way into the ground. Di Canio would not have

done that. One of the other games today is Spurs against Hull. Spurs

have a director of football. They brought in several players during

the summer. One of the most Christian Eriksson.

Everybody is fit. We have a really strong team. He has to make a

decision about who is going to play and who is not. How realistic is it

that is Spurs team can challenge for the Premier League title? Yet, I

think it is realistic. We are fifth. We want to go into the top four. We

have the team to try to become number one. Everybody would be

settled -- satisfied with Champions League for next season. Is top four

all they should aim for? No, I think they should aim for the top. If they

fall a little bit short, it is not a problem. I don't think they can win

it. One viewer asks why they are not realistic title contenders? The

reason is I don't think Andre Villas-Boas knows his best team yet.

There is still an Achilles heel with Tottenham. I also think Manchester

City and Chelsea are better. I feel with Tottenham, how can you possibly

lose at home to West Ham by 3-0? That would seriously worry me. They

have two players in every single position. It is a mentality thing

with Tottenham. I think Christian Eriksson is the guy that Manchester

United could have signed -- should have signed. They will aspire to the

league title but it is too much, too soon for a squad recently assembled.

Give them 12 months, then you will have a title contender. I think they

have got a chance. I think AVB is the real deal. For all his problems

at Chelsea. I don't think that was his fault. I think that was just a

dressing and that could not get their heads around one of

Mourinho's the tenants suddenly being their manager. I think he has

been very astute. He has bought well. He was seriously let down at

Chelsea. It was a project. We used to laugh at him. But all of a sudden

the project was taken away from him. He is a good template for the likes

of Tony Pulis. He can bounce back. That is the measure of the man, the

way he has bounced back. That tells me he is top class. He has also been

given the support to bounce back. I mentioned director of football. All

the tools out there for him to get it right. Yes. One of his biggest

problems now is going to be players knocking on his door wondering why

they are not on the team. That is something else he has got to deal

with. That is the best problem a football manager can never have.

What was the difference between Hull in preseason and Crystal Palace as

regards transfers? Steve Bruce brought in a few players in as well,

some very late. I have seen quite a bit of Hull this season. Interesting

today, playing against Tottenham, Tom Huddleston will be fired up.

Jake Livermore cannot play. For a 36 games in the season, the likes of

Lukaku is going to be banging goals against Chelsea's ponds. When I have

seen Hull, Huddleston has been regenerated. It was the right time

to leave Spurs. He needed a break. Playing alongside Jake Livermore has

made him better. Steve Bruce has been in this position before. Wigan,

Birmingham. He knows. He has used the system extremely well. Andy

strikes me as a really good man manager. The vote has closed. Who

has the best strike partnership? Liverpool or Manchester United? Do

you worry about West Ham this season from what you have seen so far? I

think, we're talking managers, Sam Allardyce will keep them out of

trouble. Certainly by the end of the season. They need Andy Carroll back.

I went over to Antwerp last week to see him. He is on the mend. He will

be back by the start of December. It is an unusual injury. It is an

injury that is quite common in ballet. The tenants that connect his

heels... It is a really nasty injury, which is why he is seeing a

specialist over there. He will be back and that will give them a lift.

When he is in Antwerp, easy out there on his own, at the club

supporting him? They sent the medical staff out there. The West

Ham physio was there. He is literally in a hotel. Would you send

Andy Carroll out there on his own? ! Isn't that what you mean? I was

meaning it from a sympathetic viewpoint. You have got a serious

injury, you are getting treatment abroad. I would imagine it is not

particularly nice. He's in there all day long. It is an amazing place.

There is a guy who is a Tour de France rider. There is a

professional basketball player. Vincent Kompany's brother was in

there that day. There is a family injury issue, obviously! He is in a

good place. Interesting he has gone to Belgium. Is there anything they

cannot do? Let's go back to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea against Manchester

City. Pat Nevin is there. Where is this going to be won and lost? There

could be a number of players. I should apologise now for my sore

throat. I have been given a little bit of a drink by Chelsea to keep me

going. Looking at both teams during the week, particularly Manchester

City, the centre back partnership is important. For me, it didn't work in

midweek. I don't know what he is going to go for. Vincent Kompany is

not available. I think Jose Mourinho will see that as a definite

weakness. Chelsea want to play as a break inside. They have got players

who can break from midfield. I suspect Manchester may sit back and

little bit, and that will not suit Chelsea. As far as Chelsea are

concerned, the front four, how would you set that up this afternoon? I

think the manager loves the fact he gets a lot of movement and energy

out of Sherlock. He is the first one out there. They have got an amazing

amount of legs in that area. I say this advisedly, the sitting

midfielders are not sitting midfielders. What they are is deep

lying midfielders. If it is Ramires and Lampard, everybody knows they

are not holding players. They will break with amazing pace. It has

worked very well since maybe after the first couple of the games of the

season. That is something that Manchester City will be concerned

about. Because they are concerned about that, I don't think they will

be quite as open as they have been. Does he go with more power in there

with Milner instead of going with Jesus Navas? I hope David Silva

plays. He is one of my favourite players. I think Milner will maybe

get the shirt though. It may be a slow game at the start. If somebody

scores early, it opens up. You're basically saying that Mourinho will

take legs over trickery? Yes, he will, unless he has got a team that

he knows he has to break down. Then you might get the likes of other

players in the game. Certainly those lakes and the pace of breaking is

the one he goes to. Trying to second-guess Jose Mourinho... Last

week against Cardiff there was a four-minute period which was the

best four minutes of tactics I have seen in about a decade. He went to a

three, two. -- three, two, three, two. Game won. Well done. Fantastic

tactics. We will let you go off and do that

voice over for a blockbuster film! We have been asking you to vote on

your best strike partnership. Over 70%, 72%, went for the Liverpool

strike partnership. It is not often that Suarez is positive on social

media. Does that surprise you? In current form, absolutely not. During

the season, I suspect it will go the other way. If you take the last two

years and expect to see over the next two years, you may go for

Rooney and van Persie. But right here, right now, I would go for the

Liverpool player. We are out of time. Mark will be with me for Match

of the Day later. You can listen to Chelsea against Manchester City on

Five Live from four o'clock. Coming up, the FA Cup draw. The first

round. See you next week. Buy. -- goodbye.