23/04/2016 MOTD Kickabout

It's been another exciting week for fans of the beautiful game.

With things tightening up at both ends of the Premier League,

Scottish Cup drama and FA Cup build-up.

So we better make a start on today's show.

We visit a junior football club where it all started for rising

Manchester United star Marcus Rashford.

Liverpool and England midfielder James Milner tells us about life

And the new heavyweight boxing champion of the

Yeah, um?he picks his dream five aside team.

First this roundup of this week's headline hitters.

Tottenham thrashed Stoke 4-0 on Monday night.

Harry Kane and Dele Alli both scoring twice.

Alli might remember the game more for this shocking miss.

He saw the funny side, though, with this picture.

Rangers will play Hibernian in the Scottish Cup final after both

teams made it through with wins on penalties in their semi-finals.

Rangers beat rivals Celtic 5-4, while Hibs won 4-2

against Dundee United, with keeper Conrad Logan

In the Women's FA Cup, it's Arsenal and Chelsea facing

Holders Chelsea beat Manchester City 2-1.

Congratulations, ladies, and what a game that will be.

There's more southern rivalry in the Men's FA Cup semi-final

tomorrow, when Watford meat Crystal Palace.

The other match is the late kick-off this afternoon between

We've been asking you this week who you think will win.

Rashford will score and get man of the match.

I think Everton will win 2-1 against Man United.

I look forward to finding out who is right, guys.

If you love the FA Cup, check out our new quiz

on the Kickabout website to find out which FA Cup winning

Oh, I've got to admit, I'm still gutted Mark Noble's out

of the running to become the next captain to win the cup.

I thought we would have it this year.

That quarter-final defeat was pretty painful for us gunners.

We can't argue against a goal from Marcus Rashford,

Rashford has made a sensational start to life at Old Trafford.

Ben headed back to where it all started for the teen sensation.

10 years ago, Marcus Rashford was tying up his laces in this

Now he's Manchester United's star striker.

Young Marcus Rashford is really making

I think it's safe to say he's got a chance.

He is only a few years older than some of the players right here,

but at just 18 years old, he is already looking

From a quite superb emerging Manchester United star.

For players' parents, volunteers and coaches this club

He's such a confident young man who has taken everything

that we tried to teach the boys and girls here and he's taken it

and put it on the biggest stage in the world.

You never have a crystal ball but as far as Marcus is concerned

Especially when he scored 12 goals in a 20-nil game.

How do you feel when markets made his debut for

Marcus Rashford, you're my favourite football player.

Even though I'm a man city fan, irony like how you play football.

So, can you tell us what Marcus was like as a young boy

So many players who've been here have made it

It was a flashback to the sort of things we do here.

As he was reaching the 18 yard box, a double touch between the two

defenders setting not to take it through.

This fellow is going to be something special.

I'm starting to fill up again about it now. Everyone loves them. What

can he go once you achieve in the game? Providing he stays, he will

achieve whatever you want to achieve. He's got some good family

behind him. He has a smashing brother. His mum is fantastic. The

world is his oyster. I would love to see him playing games against the

world's passed. But he's only a kid at the moment.

From the looks of that, it looks like they already have the next

generation of talent coming through. We've had some brilliant skills sent

in again from you guys. Take a look. Loving your work, guys. If you fancy

trying to do a trick at home, give this a go. From our favourite

freestyler, John for more. This week, it's all about tricks to

get the ball into the air. That move was made famous by one of my

favourite players. Here is how you do it. Phase one is

all about how we position our bodies. Our kicking foot goes behind

the ball. Phase two, put your big toe on top, in the middle of the

ball. Just rocked your foot back and forth. Phase three, the toe is on

top of the bowl. Push the ball down while kicking your foot back,

keeping your legs straight. As fast and as far back as you can. This

will create a backspin which will pop the ball into the air. When it's

in the air, you are ready to strike. Once you have mastered the pop, try

taking things to the next level and test out your skills.

Safe to say I'm not there yet but it's definitely a skill I want to

drive. If you attempt that trick or any other, make sure you send us a

video. You can upload is on the website or e-mail us. Keep your

photos coming, too. We've had some brilliant stuff this week. Here is

this -- euros Carys winning in her first season. Jacob one player of

the week at his mini soccer school. Well done. This is Joshua scoring a

goal for his team. Nice one, Josh. And here is rolling with his man of

the match trophy and metal. Congratulations. Moving on to the

Premier League, and Leicester will be hoping for a win against Swansea,

because Spurs are creeping up on them in this exciting title which is

getting exciting. The gap could be back to eight points. Down at the

bottom, the battle to stay up is between Sunderland, Newcastle and

Norwich. The Canaries don't play this weekend but the two north-east

teams have to very tough matches against Arsenal and Liverpool. We

wish them all the luck in the world. He has already admitted he is hoping

the Reds can do him a favour. One man who had very different ideas on

that is Liverpool twice Captain James Milner. The top five is still

a possibility and it looks like an exciting end to the season for his

team. We cut up with him recently to chat about life in Merseyside.

I used to play cricket. I would like to take that up again when I am

retired. Very much what you see on the TV. He doesn't act the same way

in front of the cameras and then be different with us. He can get angry

when we need a kick up the bum. He loves his job. He wants to help us

as much as he can from the sidelines. When it's someone's

birthday, we have to sing happy birthday in every language we have

on the squad. That's quite a few. We get to know each other's languages.

We've got plenty of tricks. Attacking and defensively, he's very

good. Enjoyment is my number one,

especially at this age. You don't have to worry about results. Working

hard if you want to do anything well, whether it's football whatever

you want to do in your life. You have to work hard to get anywhere.

Big thanks to James. There is still time before we go for this week's

dreamer five aside. We've only got one of the biggest names in sport

right now to tell you his top picks. Hi, this is Andy Josh were --

Anthony Joshua. In goal would be Johar. He is a good's number one so

I've got to give him the place. Moving on to defence, I would choose

the real Madrid defender. He is a beast. My first midfielder would be

Yaya Toure A. I know the guy is a beast and he comes to handle

business. Alongside him, I would have myself. The three beasts

holding it down. My storeman at the top, the one and only Troy Dini.

Watford player, that's my hometown. He will definitely be on form.

Squaring up to Yaya Toure and Anthony Joshua in midfield? They are

too absolute giants! I'm not sure I fancy my chances. Nice one, Anthony.

That's it for today. Enjoy the weekend that he action and I will

see you back your same time next week. Have a good weekend!