:00:16. > :00:27.Oh, it's absolutely brilliant! This is getting better and better. It
:00:28. > :00:36.goes to Cristiano Ronaldo! The history boys indeed. They have won
:00:37. > :00:45.the cup. And it is a hat-trick! He has done it! Blue is the colour of
:00:46. > :00:59.the Premier League winners again. It's just 307 days since the Italian
:01:00. > :01:07.took over a Chelsea side who finished 10th
:01:08. > :01:09.in the Premier League last season. All the action and celebrations
:01:10. > :01:20.as Chelsea made history At the other end big Sam
:01:21. > :01:33.is facing his Waterloo. He is hardly talking things down.
:01:34. > :01:38.The whole future in terms of how it is going to progress, this football
:01:39. > :01:39.club, is dependent on the next two games and getting safe.
:01:40. > :01:45.But Palace will have to get past this fellow.
:01:46. > :01:52.A trip down memory lane, Garth says a heartfelt goodbye.
:01:53. > :01:57.Steph set her sights on Wembley glory.
:01:58. > :02:02.Now it is all about going back next step and getting our hands on the
:02:03. > :02:10.How is he doing this year? Is he winning?
:02:11. > :02:14.Primed for punditry, Mark Lawrenson is alongside
:02:15. > :02:18.Martin Keown with eight league titles between them.
:02:19. > :02:22.What did you tell him? Nothing? I am winning!
:02:23. > :02:27.That start with West Brom versus Chelsea.
:02:28. > :02:29.Antonio Conte's table toppers went there and knowing they
:02:30. > :02:45.We have got to win, we have got to see it, signed, sealed and delivered
:02:46. > :02:49.tonight. What brings you here tonight? Something happening? We are
:02:50. > :02:55.going to stop them getting the Championship. I have a girlfriend in
:02:56. > :03:02.the south of France, but I flew back. Tonight we are winning the
:03:03. > :03:07.Premier League. We will never leave the game before the end, but if we
:03:08. > :03:08.are two or three down before the end I will go, I cannot watch them
:03:09. > :03:17.celebrate. West Brom will be forgiven for
:03:18. > :03:21.feeling like guests in their own house because this is all about
:03:22. > :03:32.Chelsea. One more win for the Premier League title. It is Albion
:03:33. > :03:35.who get the Friday night action started in an atmosphere at the
:03:36. > :03:41.Hawthorns that feels more like Stamford Bridge. Chelsea taking over
:03:42. > :03:45.this little part of the West Midlands tonight. It has been
:03:46. > :03:52.reported that some Chelsea supporters have paid thousands.
:03:53. > :03:57.Albion fashioned the first chance of the game and forced a save from
:03:58. > :04:01.Thibault Courtois. They nearly silenced the blue hordes. Fabregas
:04:02. > :04:28.went for goal. Moses! That was a super save by Ben
:04:29. > :04:32.Foster. Really smart reactions. That went through the legs of Maclean.
:04:33. > :04:40.The goalkeeper could not have been expecting that.
:04:41. > :04:47.Eden Hazard pulled back. It was very nearly an own goal. Almost
:04:48. > :04:57.calamitous for West Bromwich Albion's men at the back.
:04:58. > :05:12.Livermore has acres of space and he plays it in, but it is wide.
:05:13. > :05:17.Batshuayi is about to play for the 18th time. Every one of those has
:05:18. > :05:20.been a substitute. Just the one goal against Watford. It came 70 minutes
:05:21. > :05:42.after he took the field. Azpilicueta! And it is turned in by
:05:43. > :05:50.Batshuayi. Chelsea have managed to find a way through. It is so close
:05:51. > :05:57.now. The biggest Chelsea celebration of the season. Chris Brunt couldn't
:05:58. > :06:05.stop Azpilicueta from keeping the ball moving. A ball into the middle
:06:06. > :06:08.and Batshuayi, a bit part player for Chelsea all season, might just have
:06:09. > :06:21.scored the goal that wins them the Premier League. Blue is the colour
:06:22. > :06:28.of the Premier League winners again. A more familiar name again as
:06:29. > :06:32.Chelsea win it for the fifth time. And an Italian who has masterminded
:06:33. > :06:41.things again. All hail Antonio Conte. Three seasons, three titles
:06:42. > :06:49.with Juventus, more than one with Chelsea. Missed the 100%. Chelsea
:06:50. > :06:55.champions with two games to spare. Antonio, how important was it to do
:06:56. > :06:58.it tonight? It was important because when you have the possibility to
:06:59. > :07:09.kill the league and to win, you must do this. The players did a great
:07:10. > :07:17.job. They showed me great professionalism and they showed me a
:07:18. > :07:23.real commitment, a great workrate. We started the season with a lot of
:07:24. > :07:29.problems, but I think in the problems we found the right way to
:07:30. > :07:34.be stronger. It feels amazing, it feels a special moment. We said you
:07:35. > :07:39.have to grab opportunities in football with both hands and we had
:07:40. > :07:45.to do that today. I can't wait to get back into the changing room. I
:07:46. > :07:49.thought we deserved it. Over the course of the season we have worked
:07:50. > :07:53.very hard and we have been the better team. There is something
:07:54. > :07:58.about this trophy that I know is special. Six teams can easily win
:07:59. > :08:02.this league. It is the most competitive and difficult to win and
:08:03. > :08:06.to be able to do it two times in three years with Chelsea is
:08:07. > :08:11.fantastic, I am very proud. He celebrated with the fans, do you
:08:12. > :08:19.feel like a fan? Yes, after a strong season like this, but I repeat it
:08:20. > :08:25.was not easy. I think it it's right to celebrate. At 1.I really thought
:08:26. > :08:30.it was not going to be our night because we had our chances and they
:08:31. > :08:35.were not happening. But football is fantastic.
:08:36. > :08:43.He managed not to swear in that one. Football is fantastic when you win.
:08:44. > :08:48.This was the Chelsea dressing room afterwards. Understandably delighted
:08:49. > :08:53.after a long but a brilliant season. Let's deal with the game first of
:08:54. > :08:57.all last night. I am sure Antonio Conte and the Chelsea players knew
:08:58. > :09:00.that going to West Brom Tony Pulis always makes it difficult and they
:09:01. > :09:06.did that and they really restricted the space. Where the likes of Eden
:09:07. > :09:10.Hazard and Pedro operates in the game. It is a professional thing and
:09:11. > :09:13.everyone in the country is watching the game and thinking Chelsea are
:09:14. > :09:20.going there to win. If you are a West Brom play where cash player,
:09:21. > :09:27.you say over my dead body. You are going to make it difficult and they
:09:28. > :09:35.did. They played a 1-9- one formation. It is almost back six at
:09:36. > :09:38.one stage. So it was extremely difficult for Chelsea to play them
:09:39. > :09:44.down. But they would have expected that, Martin? For sure and that is
:09:45. > :09:47.always the challenge. They are so much better than everyone else in
:09:48. > :09:52.the Premier League and West Brom is very difficult with Tony Pulis plane
:09:53. > :09:57.that system. But this is what Antonio Conte is about, making those
:09:58. > :10:01.changes, and every player has a major part. Batshuayi but the
:10:02. > :10:05.all-important goal. It was down to numbers, they flooded people
:10:06. > :10:10.forward. Williams provided the cross. It is a scrappy goal to
:10:11. > :10:14.score, but it is down to the numbers. Azpilicueta is playing
:10:15. > :10:15.centre halves. The other centre-half, Gary Cahill, has a
:10:16. > :10:27.shot. Then Azpilicueta gets on the end of
:10:28. > :10:32.it and it is a tap in. Antonio Conte has been immense. Batshuayi is a
:10:33. > :10:37.perfect example of having that squad to win the title because he has not
:10:38. > :10:43.played much. No stars in the season. Not only that, when he came on a
:10:44. > :10:46.couple of times, remember when Diego Costa was unavailable and we thought
:10:47. > :10:51.he would bring on Batshuayi. He did not even play him. It is almost like
:10:52. > :10:58.saying, I do not think you are good enough. They have all played their
:10:59. > :11:03.part. They have used minimum amount of players. That was against
:11:04. > :11:10.Watford. That is the reaction when people like Batshuayi come in. I
:11:11. > :11:13.think he left Nemanja Matic out on a couple of occasions and that is the
:11:14. > :11:19.reaction you have to have if you are going to win the league. Fabregas
:11:20. > :11:25.coming off the bench. Ten assists. He has taken Eden Hazard off the
:11:26. > :11:34.pitch. Let's take him of an use the tactics to win the match. Nobody
:11:35. > :11:37.spotted the dummy in Chelsea. They are playing completely differently
:11:38. > :11:41.to a year ago. We will have a look at the comparison in a minute.
:11:42. > :11:45.Batshuayi has done incredibly well to come on in that situation. He
:11:46. > :11:48.scored the goal that He scored the goal
:11:49. > :11:50.that Seals the deal. So a great week for Chelsea and it
:11:51. > :12:04.comes at the end of an extraordinary Chelsea producing football of the
:12:05. > :12:08.highest quality. Individuals are taking responsibility. They are
:12:09. > :12:13.relentless, I cannot see a weakness. They have a will to win and they are
:12:14. > :12:14.champions. There are days in the Premier League when you see
:12:15. > :12:34.champions in the making. Short from Gary Cahill. He does the
:12:35. > :12:40.job. A sensational goal! It is three. The club that had dished out
:12:41. > :12:49.a few nightmares in recent years, but the boot is on the other foot
:12:50. > :12:57.today. In my mind I thought this team could play with 42 four. We
:12:58. > :13:02.tried it a lot. I thought we could find this new system. If you lose
:13:03. > :13:08.like you lose against Arsenal, you need to change something. And he did
:13:09. > :13:14.that and they won an when you win people start to believe in it and
:13:15. > :13:22.from there they built up. Eden Hazard! A great goal. A wonderful
:13:23. > :13:35.goal by Eden Hazard. After Arsenal we changed the system and it was
:13:36. > :13:39.much better. I think of real beauty. I do not want to be like Lionel
:13:40. > :13:45.Messi, I just want to be like me and be the best. We have seen countless
:13:46. > :13:48.times this season defending in numbers and breaking quickly and
:13:49. > :13:52.they are so clinical, they have so much quality going forward and they
:13:53. > :13:56.score a lot of goals as well. When you look at the Chelsea system you
:13:57. > :14:02.see how so well they are linked when they have the ball, but they have
:14:03. > :14:07.the ability to go back into a very secure shape. Diego Costa is still
:14:08. > :14:13.there. It is a goal! Diego Costa, and that's the 13th consecutive win
:14:14. > :14:24.surely. The major story in the papers is
:14:25. > :14:29.about this man. A potential move to China. Diego Costa left at home
:14:30. > :14:32.after a row. Suddenly he falls out with his manager and he has brought
:14:33. > :14:39.him to heal and he will come back quietly with an apology. He was very
:14:40. > :14:44.clever in saying to Diego Costa, go away and sort your head out. Think
:14:45. > :14:47.about the possibilities of your future. At the moment it is here at
:14:48. > :14:53.the club and we need to win this title.
:14:54. > :15:03.Diego Costa! The man they said who was heading to China. I see him
:15:04. > :15:10.every day and I see his commitment. His behaviour is very involved in
:15:11. > :15:15.the team. He loves this club. Chelsea fans rise to Eden Hazard.
:15:16. > :15:19.Into the box, brilliant. A total winning display by Chelsea.
:15:20. > :15:26.The most important thing for me is to build a team. Every single player
:15:27. > :15:31.must put their talent into the team. The manager brought the whole team
:15:32. > :15:40.together. You have to push for it. Not everyday you can become a league
:15:41. > :15:50.champions. What a fantastic goal by Pedro! And it's turned in by
:15:51. > :15:56.Batshuayi! Chelsea win for the fifth time. All hail Antonio Conte. It was
:15:57. > :16:04.just a matter of time but it came quick. This was the first year, but
:16:05. > :16:15.he did well. Pre-match meals of knots, bottles of prisoner Coke,
:16:16. > :16:19.attention to detail. -- bottles of Prosecco. Whatever way you look at
:16:20. > :16:24.it Conte has had a big impact on the club. He was playing a back four and
:16:25. > :16:28.it was almost like he didn't understand the role as well as a
:16:29. > :16:33.back three. He changed it to three and everyone thought he must gone
:16:34. > :16:41.mad. From then on it was a 13 game run they went on. He understands the
:16:42. > :16:45.role of every player. At two more wins they'll be 34 the season which
:16:46. > :16:50.is quite remarkable. Maybe next season they could go unbeaten.
:16:51. > :16:55.They'll keep pushing the bar. He inherited a squad of players who had
:16:56. > :17:02.almost fallen out of love with game. Look what they've done ever since.
:17:03. > :17:05.They've been a settled side. If you look at the number of changes he's
:17:06. > :17:11.made compared to some of the other sides in a top six, 38 changes to
:17:12. > :17:17.that starting line-up for Chelsea. Man city 112 at the other end of
:17:18. > :17:21.things. It's one of those things. I always believed, what's a team this
:17:22. > :17:26.week? Pick your best team. If you are trying to win the best leagues,
:17:27. > :17:31.you can't mess around with your team that much. You seriously can't. They
:17:32. > :17:35.found a way to play. If you'd said the start of the season when we were
:17:36. > :17:39.sat here in the first programme that Victor Moses would be outstanding
:17:40. > :17:44.playing for Chelsea and win the Premier League medal yet have gone,
:17:45. > :17:48.see you later. Yet have said there's no chance. Particularly right
:17:49. > :17:52.wingback. That's what I'm trying to say. You can see how well he's done
:17:53. > :17:56.with all of them. There's been a lot of lot of analysis of at the back
:17:57. > :18:02.three. He said after the Arsenal game, we are only a good team on
:18:03. > :18:08.paper, it's time to be good on the pitch. What you like is the
:18:09. > :18:11.attention to detail. In fact he's the only manager who is used all
:18:12. > :18:16.three substitutes in every game in the Premier League. Definitely. They
:18:17. > :18:21.say football is a numbers game and he definitely gets the maximum from
:18:22. > :18:28.every player. Makes you feel a part of the squad. Uses the substitutes
:18:29. > :18:32.to win matches. We are looking at Alonso, Eden Hazard has come in and
:18:33. > :18:37.done well again. There are so many possibilities with the system they
:18:38. > :18:42.play. I can't remember anyone else winning it with a back three, it is
:18:43. > :18:47.quite unique. You talked about the 13 games on the trot and part of
:18:48. > :18:52.that was the 1-0 wins back-to-back and that's the steel of champions.
:18:53. > :18:56.When you look back over the season, these are the games that win it. You
:18:57. > :19:01.may be don't play particularly well, that was very late at home against
:19:02. > :19:06.West Brom. This was away at Sunderland and Martin mentioned
:19:07. > :19:11.about Fabregas coming in and out of the team. They were distinctly
:19:12. > :19:15.ordinary, Chelsea, but managed to win. That's the difference. You
:19:16. > :19:19.bring the subs on and managed to win the game, they won the games when
:19:20. > :19:24.they weren't playing well. There will be people shouting at the TV
:19:25. > :19:27.this morning, saying, hold on a minute, they've not played in
:19:28. > :19:32.Europe. They played six games fewer than Spurs and have been fortunate
:19:33. > :19:37.with injuries. Last season they finished tenth. Can you understand
:19:38. > :19:40.the frustration from others asked Mark Pochettino and the Spurs
:19:41. > :19:47.players don't have two approaches themselves. It will have to go for
:19:48. > :19:51.another year. Chelsea have been so good. It doesn't matter, the best
:19:52. > :19:55.team have won the league. All the talk before Everton's game
:19:56. > :19:57.with Watford surrounded the future of Ross Barkley with manager
:19:58. > :20:00.Ronald Koeman giving the 23-year-old a week to sign a new contract
:20:01. > :20:02.or he would be sold. And it was Barkley who then scored
:20:03. > :20:06.the only goal of the game and Goodison Park and he was given
:20:07. > :20:09.a standing ovation when he was substituted by Koeman
:20:10. > :20:11.with ten minutes to go. After the game Koeman
:20:12. > :20:13.reiterated his demand for the England international
:20:14. > :20:30.to quickly commit his Everybody knows the quality of the
:20:31. > :20:35.player. OK, it's not up to the club, it's not up to the manager, it's up
:20:36. > :20:40.to the player. Still we hope that he will sign that contract. If not, OK,
:20:41. > :20:46.he will search for another place. But you like the opportunity to make
:20:47. > :20:50.a focal point of your team again? Yes, because we offered Ross is a
:20:51. > :20:55.really good contract. You need to sign it or you don't sign it. It's
:20:56. > :21:01.unusual to conduct things so publicly. I think it's good. He
:21:02. > :21:05.might disagree with it. They are saying, there is your contract, what
:21:06. > :21:09.are you doing? As a manager of a club, I need to try and move this
:21:10. > :21:15.forward but I need to know or are you with us or are you leaving us?
:21:16. > :21:17.It's a really simple question. It's not about personalities, it's
:21:18. > :21:22.actually about the business side of football which is massive now.
:21:23. > :21:27.Listen, the manager left Southampton very quickly himself. But he needs
:21:28. > :21:32.to know what direction they are going in this season and Barkley is
:21:33. > :21:39.a top player and he needs to sign him. Where would he go? He can come
:21:40. > :21:42.to Preston if he wants! LAUGHTER They are talking about Spurs and
:21:43. > :21:46.that can be the anyplace but he needs to make a decision quickly.
:21:47. > :21:49.On we go to the rest of the weekend, then.
:21:50. > :21:55.We will also be live to Sunderland as Swansea head to the north-east.
:21:56. > :21:59.But time now to talk about the race for those final Champions League
:22:00. > :22:01.places starting at the Etihad where Manchester City and Leicester
:22:02. > :22:10.We can bring you the team News on this one. Talking about team
:22:11. > :22:16.changes, the first time Pep Guardiola has named an unchanged
:22:17. > :22:22.side in the Premier League. Aguero back on the bench. Two changes for
:22:23. > :22:33.Leicester as Chilwell starts left back and King replaces Drinkwater.
:22:34. > :22:37.When you look at man city, they look pretty good to finish in the top
:22:38. > :22:43.four. I surprised they haven't challenged for the title this
:22:44. > :22:46.season? Lack of consistency. Pep Guardiola doesn't know his
:22:47. > :22:51.formation, doesn't know the players he wants to use. I feel that he is
:22:52. > :22:56.less pragmatic in his management and he's more artistic. It's going to
:22:57. > :23:01.take longer and they are starting to per a bit now. Next year I expect
:23:02. > :23:08.them to be major challenges. They will spend big in the summer and
:23:09. > :23:13.take Chelsea on. He messed around with the defence from so many
:23:14. > :23:17.different occasions. Personnel change. Since Christmas they've done
:23:18. > :23:20.really, really well but I am surprised they are where they are. I
:23:21. > :23:24.think he's made of mistakes but I think he knows that. Will see what
:23:25. > :23:28.Manchester City do over the summer and next as well.
:23:29. > :23:31.Arsenal kept their hopes of a top four place alive with a 2-0
:23:32. > :23:34.Alexis Sanchez became only the fifth Arsenal player to reach 20
:23:35. > :23:36.Premier League goals with this brilliant effort before
:23:37. > :23:44.Olivier Giroud made sure of the victory late on.
:23:45. > :23:53.Sanchez involved with the ball across for Ramsey to find Giroud.
:23:54. > :23:59.But is his 14th goal of the season. Martin, if Arsenal finish top four,
:24:00. > :24:04.and win the FA Cup, is that a good season? Not bad. I think Arsenal
:24:05. > :24:09.fans are getting a bit fed up. They want to have true champions. As a
:24:10. > :24:12.club again. That's the goal for Arsene Wenger. There's so much
:24:13. > :24:19.speculation going on around the club is he going to stay. The important
:24:20. > :24:23.thing is that Sanchez and Ozil do well at the club. Sanchez has
:24:24. > :24:27.started to perform. For too long they haven't done that. Lets have a
:24:28. > :24:31.look at them. We talk a lot about them and the way they bring other
:24:32. > :24:36.players in. They've been crucial to all the good stuff Arsenal have done
:24:37. > :24:41.this season. I feel this new system doesn't help Ozil. A lot of people
:24:42. > :24:47.are criticising him. But Sanchez, you can't dispute that they pivotal
:24:48. > :24:51.at the moment to the creativity Arsene Wenger needs in the Arsenal
:24:52. > :24:55.team. It would be a backward step to lose them. If he's overindulged the
:24:56. > :25:01.players and acted in a spoilt manner it could be time to cut loose. If
:25:02. > :25:06.you look at Arsenal and say, discuss them, you'd say more questions than
:25:07. > :25:12.answers. What happened to Ozil and Sanchez and most of all the manager?
:25:13. > :25:17.Makes Liverpool's game this weekend look really interesting. I think
:25:18. > :25:21.Liverpool need to win both games to guarantee full. I just have a
:25:22. > :25:25.feeling that Arsenal will win all three including Stoke away which is
:25:26. > :25:30.difficult. Stoke hasn't been a good game for Arsenal. If they can win I
:25:31. > :25:34.think Arsenal will fancy it. If I asked you to name a team to get the
:25:35. > :25:40.fourth would you say Arsenal? Not at the moment. Man city are in that
:25:41. > :25:44.seat. Liverpool. I think that's clear!
:25:45. > :25:45.With Middlesborough joining Sunderland in the Championship
:25:46. > :25:48.following that defeat to Chelsea on Monday night, tomorrow's game
:25:49. > :25:50.between Crystal Palace and Hull will go a long way
:25:51. > :25:52.to deciding who fills that final relegation place.
:25:53. > :25:54.Palace need just one point to secure Premier League survival.
:25:55. > :26:04.Ivan Gaskell has been to see if big Sam has a plan.
:26:05. > :26:26.COMMENTATOR: A miserable afternoon for Crystal Palace. Sam, a huge
:26:27. > :26:38.match this weekend against your rivals Hull. How are you sleeping? A
:26:39. > :26:42.little uneasy. I think that we've just lost the principles of why we
:26:43. > :26:48.clawed our way up to such a difficult position on the basis that
:26:49. > :26:57.our defensive mentality was so good. But we actually pulled off some
:26:58. > :27:01.fantastic results against the top five, six teams that wasn't
:27:02. > :27:05.expected. Because defensively we were so sound. We've lost that
:27:06. > :27:08.resilience and maybe a bit of complacency. But certainly the
:27:09. > :27:13.injury process has caused us these problems. You put them both together
:27:14. > :27:18.and results have slipped away to three defeats on the trot. No goals
:27:19. > :27:23.and back into a nervous disposition going into the last two games. The
:27:24. > :27:28.only thing I can say to the players is you've worked so hard, lads, to
:27:29. > :27:34.put your own destiny in your own hands, which it still is. Make sure
:27:35. > :27:40.you get it right on Sunday. This club has an FA Cup final this time
:27:41. > :27:45.last year, how does this game compare? Much, much bigger. I think
:27:46. > :27:49.the whole future of the football club in terms of how it will
:27:50. > :27:55.progress is dependent on the next two games and getting safe. If it
:27:56. > :28:03.doesn't then it falls into cutbacks, into redundancy, into cutting across
:28:04. > :28:09.the board at every level and then fighting to try and get back. If you
:28:10. > :28:14.look at the record of teams bouncing back, it's not very good. Take us
:28:15. > :28:20.inside the dressing room if you can in the hour before kick-off on
:28:21. > :28:26.Sunday. I won't be there. Most of the staff won't be there. We'll have
:28:27. > :28:29.done our work before we get there. I don't like all this screaming and
:28:30. > :28:34.shouting in the dressing room. We don't need all that. Do the warm up,
:28:35. > :28:41.get the players ready. The odd visit to the toilet, a bit more maybe than
:28:42. > :28:45.normal. What about you? I won't be too bad I don't think. This week
:28:46. > :28:49.planning the team, getting it ready to play, and then the decisions I
:28:50. > :28:52.make for the game is going on to try and help the team over the line will
:28:53. > :28:59.be critical. For me to use that experience, hopefully I don't need
:29:00. > :29:05.to do too much. Hopefully the players will do it for me. If I need
:29:06. > :29:09.to do it be brave enough to. You were once relegated with Notts
:29:10. > :29:13.County. You've never been relegated from the top flight. How personally
:29:14. > :29:19.would you take it if that were to happen now? It's more important to
:29:20. > :29:23.me about the club than about myself. But obviously when you been doing it
:29:24. > :29:28.as long as I have you don't want a blemish on your record. As tough as
:29:29. > :29:35.these jobs are, and as many people have said, one day, Sam, you'll take
:29:36. > :29:39.on too much. Whatever happens on Sunday we still have Man United
:29:40. > :29:43.away. There's still a chance if it goes horribly wrong on Sunday. But
:29:44. > :29:57.I'm betting the players won't allow that to happen. He has been in this
:29:58. > :30:04.sort of position before. Fireman Sam is often in this perilous position.
:30:05. > :30:08.Do you think Palace thought they were safe? I'd be surprised with Sam
:30:09. > :30:10.in charge, because as you rightly say he's been there before. What's
:30:11. > :30:21.gone wrong? The thing about big Sam, when he
:30:22. > :30:27.went to Sunderland, everybody thought they would win games, but
:30:28. > :30:31.they did not, they really struggled. The same with Palace as well. But at
:30:32. > :30:35.the moment they just looked like they are going to concede in every
:30:36. > :30:41.game. If you only need one point at home against Hull. I was at the
:30:42. > :30:46.Burnley match and there were a lot of nerves around the place. Their
:30:47. > :30:52.home record is not great at all. There were two breakaway goals at
:30:53. > :31:05.the end. When you lose 5-0 at city then the question, that comes in.
:31:06. > :31:08.Some were saying he will not go to the dressing room beforehand and
:31:09. > :31:15.bang heads together. He should not need to. So the preparation is done
:31:16. > :31:21.during the week. That is the whole thing and if anything, you go in an
:31:22. > :31:25.hour before and talk to the players and say, this is the way we are and
:31:26. > :31:29.get on with it, but you leave them to their own thoughts and let them
:31:30. > :31:34.warm up etc. The most important thing for a manager is if you have
:31:35. > :31:37.got the prep right, if you have not you have got 15 minutes at half-time
:31:38. > :31:42.to change it and in the second tab when you make substitutions. Palace
:31:43. > :31:47.need to be brave, it is in their hands, do not be frightened of it.
:31:48. > :31:52.You are in the same group with a team that could take it all away,
:31:53. > :31:59.but if it goes wrong for them, it goes to another game and even then
:32:00. > :32:04.they play Manchester United. They are in the Europa League. The other
:32:05. > :32:09.thing today is what do Hull do? They really need to win. You have done
:32:10. > :32:12.that very nicely. I read the script! Victory for Palace could relegate
:32:13. > :32:17.visitors Hull who are looking to bounce back from defeat
:32:18. > :32:19.to Sunderland last week. Damian Johnson caught
:32:20. > :32:34.up with their keeper. Hollywood. A brilliant save by
:32:35. > :32:42.Jakupovic. A brilliant save by Jakupovic. Have you got Sunderland
:32:43. > :32:50.and that defeat last weekend out of your system? Not yet. After a losing
:32:51. > :32:57.game and cannot forget, especially this game. This game was for us very
:32:58. > :33:02.important. We lost 2-0 and we have another chance to show that this was
:33:03. > :33:05.only a bad day for us. Did last weekend, though experience of it
:33:06. > :33:14.then your belief that Hull can stay up? I think if we win both games, we
:33:15. > :33:20.will have a good chance to stay. Palace first, how do you view it? It
:33:21. > :33:29.is a massive game for both teams. They have to win and we have to win
:33:30. > :33:38.so... It is going to be a good day and hopefully better for us. We have
:33:39. > :33:43.had to wait patiently for your chance to become number one here.
:33:44. > :33:51.What was that like? The first 18 months, two years, was not easy for
:33:52. > :33:55.me. Jakupovic, the third choice goalkeeper at Hull City is coming on
:33:56. > :34:03.for an unexpected appearance here. I knew a chance was going to come and
:34:04. > :34:11.the gaffer was going to trust me. Do you appreciate it more because it
:34:12. > :34:15.was a difficult road to travel? I thought there was an easier way, but
:34:16. > :34:20.this five years as a person I am stronger now. The fans here love
:34:21. > :34:26.you, you are a cult figure. How do you feel about that? Yes, a lot of
:34:27. > :34:33.people tell me that. I am just doing my job. Sometimes I am a bit crazy,
:34:34. > :34:41.but that is me, I like to celebrate with every goal, my saves. Sometimes
:34:42. > :34:51.I say to myself, you have to change this. When I am watching in the
:34:52. > :34:55.evening the highlights I go with my little daughter in another room and
:34:56. > :35:04.my wife is watching and she is laughing. Yes, it is fun, but you
:35:05. > :35:13.can't change. Now we are here we are two more games left and I know what
:35:14. > :35:15.everybody is saying, one goal down with ten points and blah, blah. I
:35:16. > :35:31.want to prove everybody wrong. He seems like a lovely guy. He has
:35:32. > :35:37.made a bit of a difference. I am going to ask you the question, how
:35:38. > :35:41.do Hull approach this? Last week they seemed to be in a good position
:35:42. > :35:51.with a great home record and now it has switched around. Yes, Swansea
:35:52. > :35:56.beat Everton. You do not want to let Palace score and they will you are
:35:57. > :36:00.really starting to chase the game. I think they play in periods. You look
:36:01. > :36:03.at what Palace have got and made sure you do not concede and as the
:36:04. > :36:09.game goes on, you have got to change. There is so much riding on
:36:10. > :36:14.it, it is about how you handle the tension and the pressure. It will be
:36:15. > :36:18.the biggest game of his life and everybody wants to be part of the
:36:19. > :36:23.Premier League party. That is what you identify with as a person. The
:36:24. > :36:27.whole thing about Hull is they seriously messed up the start of the
:36:28. > :36:32.season in terms of recruitment. Would that not make it an believable
:36:33. > :36:36.if they stayed up? They sold Snodgrass and Livermore and yet they
:36:37. > :36:50.could still stay up. My answer is yes. Lucas never gets a mention and
:36:51. > :36:59.he is a fantastic player in there. The wire. One after another, but the
:37:00. > :37:01.Paul Clement Storey and both managers doing well to keep their
:37:02. > :37:05.managers doing well to keep their teams up.
:37:06. > :37:07.So to the third team in danger of the drop.
:37:08. > :37:10.Swansea jumped over Hull last weekend with a vital win
:37:11. > :37:14.They're at Sunderland today, and Steve Wilson is our man
:37:15. > :37:22.Good afternoon, a lovely gesture from the Swansea players as well,
:37:23. > :37:28.not only playing for the travel of the fans, but the lunch vouchers as
:37:29. > :37:32.well. Do you know how many are travelling? 3000 Swansea fans are
:37:33. > :37:37.coming here today and all of their tickets have been paid for by the
:37:38. > :37:42.Swansea players and it will cost about ?75,000. Each Swansea
:37:43. > :37:46.supporter is being given a luncheon voucher and ?1 of those lunch
:37:47. > :37:52.vouchers is going to the Bradley's fight fund. Bradley will be here
:37:53. > :37:56.today, the young man who has captured everybody's Hearts. That is
:37:57. > :38:00.the plan, but he is very unwell at the moment and we are hoping he will
:38:01. > :38:06.be here today. They will play that by ear. It is a great gesture and
:38:07. > :38:10.Leon Brittan was the inspiration behind raising that money to get the
:38:11. > :38:16.Swansea fans here. It was his idea and he has been the man going around
:38:17. > :38:21.with the collecting part. They will be showing DVDs of how important it
:38:22. > :38:26.is to stay in the Premier League. We were talking about the importance of
:38:27. > :38:29.the next two games for Hull. From Swansea's point of view, how do you
:38:30. > :38:36.think Paul Clement will approach this? He will approach it to win. I
:38:37. > :38:40.was at the game against Everton last week and Hull played first. He made
:38:41. > :38:44.the point that come what may, whatever Hull did against
:38:45. > :38:49.Sunderland, Swansea had to beat Everton, and he is approaching this
:38:50. > :38:52.in the same way. Swansea play first today and Hull play Palace tomorrow.
:38:53. > :38:57.He is approaching this game as a match they have two win. Sunderland
:38:58. > :39:01.relegated and Paul Clement made the point that in a way his players have
:39:02. > :39:05.had a warning shot because Sunderland won at Hull and they know
:39:06. > :39:09.Sunderland will be playing with a certain freedom that they have not
:39:10. > :39:15.been able to borrow a few weeks. This is not a given for Swansea by
:39:16. > :39:19.any means. If Swansea stay up, it would be a great achievement for
:39:20. > :39:22.Paul Clement. The club will have had three full-time managers for one
:39:23. > :39:29.season and actually stay in the Premier League. Players get
:39:30. > :39:34.slaughtered for all sorts of things, but for 75 grand to pay for the
:39:35. > :39:38.supporters, I am trying to work out how big the collection ball is!
:39:39. > :39:40.trying to work out how big the collection ball is!
:39:41. > :39:42.Martin is putting in a double shift today.
:39:43. > :39:45.He'll be casting his eye over the afternoon games on Final Score
:39:46. > :39:49.Alan Shearer and Ian Wright make up the pundit panel for MOTD tonight.
:39:50. > :39:52.The power of Eurovision pushes them on to BBC 2
:39:53. > :40:05.About 200 million is expected to watch Eurovision.
:40:06. > :40:08.There is a record crowd for a women's FA Cup final expected
:40:09. > :40:10.at Wembley later today where Steph Houghton n
:40:11. > :40:12.will lead Manchester City out against Birmingham.
:40:13. > :40:23.The England captain has been speaking to Sue Smith.
:40:24. > :40:31.In terms of your career achievements, where does leading
:40:32. > :40:35.Manchester City out at Wembley rank? You always dream of Wembley and
:40:36. > :40:39.captaining your side and ever since I have joined the club it is about
:40:40. > :40:44.winning the FA Cup and we are one step closer. It definitely stands
:40:45. > :40:48.out for the things I have achieved so far. What does it mean to have
:40:49. > :40:52.reached the final? This is what we have been trying to reach ever since
:40:53. > :40:56.I have got here. We have been knocked out in a semifinal in the
:40:57. > :40:59.last three years and it is disappointing because you get so
:41:00. > :41:03.close to being at Wembley, but that was one of the focus is, to get to
:41:04. > :41:09.Wembley, and we have done that and it is about the next step in getting
:41:10. > :41:12.our hands on the trophy. Few imagined yourself yet walking up the
:41:13. > :41:18.steps and getting your hands on the trophy? You do imagine it because I
:41:19. > :41:22.love winning the FA Cup with Arsenal, but I have been on the
:41:23. > :41:26.disappointing side of losing it with Leeds. I have got to keep my feet on
:41:27. > :41:31.the floor and not think about that moment of lifting the trophy, but it
:41:32. > :41:41.does give you goose bumps when people mention in it to you and it
:41:42. > :41:46.is exciting. She could not score again, could she? Yes, she could.
:41:47. > :41:51.This is incredible. What an Olympic Games Steph Houghton is having. You
:41:52. > :41:54.have played at Wembley before and scored at Wembley, what will you be
:41:55. > :41:59.telling your team-mates about playing at the National Stadium? You
:42:00. > :42:03.have got to enjoy it. Not many people get a chance to play at
:42:04. > :42:07.Wembley and we have got a massive opportunity to show how good we are
:42:08. > :42:12.as a team and there is a trophy at the end of it. It will not be easy
:42:13. > :42:16.because Birmingham is a tough team to play. They will be up for the
:42:17. > :42:20.whole occasion as well. We have got to keep our feet on the floor and do
:42:21. > :42:29.everything we have done over the last few years. Who are the players
:42:30. > :42:35.to watch? I think Connie Lloyd without a doubt. She won the World
:42:36. > :42:41.Cup with the USA and she has a physical presence and she can score
:42:42. > :42:47.important goals. Oh, what a go! She has a hat-trick. Jill Scott is our
:42:48. > :42:52.engine and she gets up and down the pitch and makes things tick. Lucy
:42:53. > :42:55.has been outstanding in the last few seasons and is rightly one of the
:42:56. > :43:00.best in the world. There are too many to pick out, but we have got a
:43:01. > :43:07.very good squad with a lot of very good individuals as well.
:43:08. > :43:09.And Sue is at Wembley this afternoon alongside Jonathan Pearce
:43:10. > :43:12.where somewhere between 30 and 40,000 are expected today.
:43:13. > :43:24.They haven't painted the lines yet. Yes, Wembley is buzzing on a big
:43:25. > :43:28.occasion. You have to walk out of the tube station and it captures
:43:29. > :43:33.your imagination. This is so crucial for the women's game it is at
:43:34. > :43:36.Wembley again. And the fact the crowd is getting bigger and better
:43:37. > :43:41.and it shows the growth and development of the women's game. As
:43:42. > :43:45.a young boy and girl growing up your dream is to play cup finals and at
:43:46. > :43:50.Wembley and that is what these girls will be doing and the atmosphere
:43:51. > :43:53.will be better last year. She has been talking to them or outside, it
:43:54. > :44:00.is a wonder I can get the word in edgeways! In terms of the game,
:44:01. > :44:03.Manchester City come into this the overwhelming favourite is taking on
:44:04. > :44:08.a Birmingham side they have already beaten in the Continental cup this
:44:09. > :44:13.season as well. Yes, but they drew 1-1 a few days ago and Birmingham
:44:14. > :44:22.played very well that day and they have got good players. White has
:44:23. > :44:27.joined them this season. They have got some very good players. And
:44:28. > :44:30.their route to the final has been difficult and they had to play
:44:31. > :44:36.Chelsea and Arsenal and the fact that they have drawn with them. They
:44:37. > :44:40.are underdogs but they have got good players. Now they have a management
:44:41. > :44:44.system in place which has given them a real belief they can go out and
:44:45. > :44:48.win any game and it is important to have that belief and they have
:44:49. > :44:52.recruited very well. Ellen White is a key player, but they will make it
:44:53. > :44:59.difficult for Manchester City and they will be solid at the back. They
:45:00. > :45:03.do not score many goals, Birmingham, but Manchester City do and they have
:45:04. > :45:04.got some superstars and when they play at their best, it will be
:45:05. > :45:10.difficult for Birmingham. And you can see live coverage
:45:11. > :45:12.from Wembley this evening Wembley will be a temporary home
:45:13. > :45:17.for Tottenham next season, Spurs play their final game
:45:18. > :45:19.at White Hart Lane against Garth Crooks has been
:45:20. > :45:35.taking a look back. Stam they're the finest team in
:45:36. > :45:41.Great Britain and one of the best in the world. It was underneath this
:45:42. > :45:46.lamp post that in September 1882 a group of young members of the
:45:47. > :45:54.Tottenham Hotspur Cricket club looked for a dash of style and
:45:55. > :46:02.called themselves Tottenham Hotspur. So many great players have played
:46:03. > :46:07.here at White Hart Lane. But it was Danny Blanchflower who said the game
:46:08. > :46:13.is about glory. We've got to keep to this tradition of being a really
:46:14. > :46:24.good footballing outfit. There is no one who epitomises Tottenham Hotspur
:46:25. > :46:28.FC better than this man. This was my part of the dressing room. This was
:46:29. > :46:33.where I sat and it brings back amazing memories. I remember the
:46:34. > :46:37.first time I put on a Tottenham Hotspur shirt, and thinking that I'd
:46:38. > :46:41.joined something very special. It was all about the history. When
:46:42. > :46:46.you're at a club like Tottenham they expect you to win all the time. I
:46:47. > :46:51.was always envious of Steve Archibald because they had this
:46:52. > :46:55.wonderful chance. I'm looking forward to them singing that song
:46:56. > :47:07.again, just hear that. That would for me. Archibald scored his 22nd of
:47:08. > :47:11.the season! Bill Nicholson, Keith Birkenshaw, Terry Venables, Harry
:47:12. > :47:17.Redknapp, and of course Mauricio Pochettino. And this wonderful old
:47:18. > :47:21.stadium had so many of those European glory nights. I was in this
:47:22. > :47:28.seat when Tony Parkes made that save. CHEERING
:47:29. > :47:41.There have been some fantastic goals scored here he's done it again!
:47:42. > :47:51.Imagine being a fan here and watching some of the players who
:47:52. > :48:04.graced this pitch. # Hallelujah
:48:05. > :48:11.# # White Hart Lane will always be the
:48:12. > :48:22.home of Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs will go marching on.
:48:23. > :48:31.That goal from Hoddle is just brilliant. I'm sure you too must
:48:32. > :48:41.have some fond memories of the place. I lived in digs near the
:48:42. > :48:46.ground and my landlord was a massive fan of Tottenham. We'd go and watch
:48:47. > :48:50.the games, I remember going there as a young central defender with Tony
:48:51. > :48:57.Adams to watch. Gillespie was playing on the day. So there was a
:48:58. > :49:01.massive rivalry between Arsenal and Tottenham. Them losing their
:49:02. > :49:07.stadium, it's so close, pretty well on the same footprint. They will go
:49:08. > :49:13.on to better things now. I have a great picture at home that involves
:49:14. > :49:17.my father. He made his debut for Preston North End. There's three
:49:18. > :49:23.guys on the photograph and my dad is in the middle and either side is Sir
:49:24. > :49:26.Tom Finney and Sir Alf Ramsey. A few years ago the old programme editor
:49:27. > :49:31.of Tottenham found it in a drawer and sent it to me. It's a fantastic
:49:32. > :49:34.picture to have. It has been a special place for Spurs fans over
:49:35. > :49:42.the year. But they've got to move on and next season they will play their
:49:43. > :49:46.home games at Wembley. It will be tough. If you look at the quality of
:49:47. > :49:51.opposition they played this season, do you think they will be OK at
:49:52. > :49:55.Wembley? I think it will have a detrimental effect on their
:49:56. > :50:00.performances. It doesn't feel like a home game and it's not their home.
:50:01. > :50:03.They will be there for two seasons. They've got to turn it round,
:50:04. > :50:09.they've had practised this year in the Champions League and it hasn't
:50:10. > :50:16.looked good for them. I think it's definitely one season. It might make
:50:17. > :50:20.the other side play better because it's at Wembley. They wanted all
:50:21. > :50:24.that money and wealth to go into the Champions League but actually we
:50:25. > :50:31.didn't do anything in the Champions League. That final game will be
:50:32. > :50:34.against Manchester United who are focusing on the Europa League final.
:50:35. > :50:39.This summer will be interesting for them. I know Paul Pogba move is
:50:40. > :50:44.being investigated for how much money the agent got but also Wayne
:50:45. > :50:48.Rooney will be interesting. I think he'll go. In relation to the
:50:49. > :50:55.transfer market, I think they'll kick on again. Listen, the manager
:50:56. > :51:03.might win two competitions, quite possibly win two competitions. He's
:51:04. > :51:08.had a good season. Your first season as manager and you win two cups? I
:51:09. > :51:12.think he's done well but for Wayne Rooney now, surely he needs to go
:51:13. > :51:20.somewhere else. He needs to play. He's been too nice about it, where's
:51:21. > :51:24.the anger? He's only 31. He needs a pep talk from you!
:51:25. > :51:26.From the Champions League to the Championship play-offs,
:51:27. > :51:29.the team with the "M" word this season are Fulham, who overhauled
:51:30. > :51:31.Leeds in the closing stages to seal sixth spot.
:51:32. > :51:34.They face Reading in this weekend's semifinal first leg and Mark Clemmit
:51:35. > :51:35.has been talking momentum with midfielder and
:51:36. > :51:48.Where did this role come from? Your 11 points adrift of leaders that the
:51:49. > :51:52.last international break and suddenly 19 from the last 24 points
:51:53. > :51:58.available. And your five points clear of them. Was there a click
:51:59. > :52:04.point? I don't know, I think we've been brilliant since the New Year. I
:52:05. > :52:07.think might equalise against Leeds was a click point. I think it was a
:52:08. > :52:12.big turning point. If they got three points against tick-macro against us
:52:13. > :52:18.that night we wouldn't be able to catch up. Can it be a four and a
:52:19. > :52:23.too, can it be two banks of three, can it be a five under one? I don't
:52:24. > :52:31.know what it is, everything interchanges with me. It's very
:52:32. > :52:39.un-championship like. I want a sentence that describes full.
:52:40. > :52:43.Extremely attacking and quite open. At the back! LAUGHTER You seemed a
:52:44. > :52:49.bit reluctant to put that bit on the end! Is that a concern? You can't
:52:50. > :52:56.have one without the other. We are the highest scorers in the league
:52:57. > :53:01.but you have to bring them forward. There will be times when we are
:53:02. > :53:06.short at the back. But that's what's worked for us and our players. Tell
:53:07. > :53:12.me about the gaffer. He looks quite stern and fierce. He frightens me.
:53:13. > :53:17.He's got a presence when he walks in a room. He's got that face, stone
:53:18. > :53:24.cold killer sometimes. He's been brilliant since he came in. He made
:53:25. > :53:28.me captain which the type of player I am in the championship is quite
:53:29. > :53:33.rare. I've tried to repay the faith he has shown in me. I think I been
:53:34. > :53:39.able to do that this season. Today it is exactly seven years the day
:53:40. > :53:46.you last set foot in the Premier League, Hull Liverpool. Yeah, it's
:53:47. > :53:52.crazy. Did you expect it to take this long to get another crack at
:53:53. > :53:55.it? I thought it would be within a couple of years. When you've got
:53:56. > :54:01.these play-offs impending, is it like you're coming up to three games
:54:02. > :54:13.potentially that are life changing? It is life changing. It's life to
:54:14. > :54:16.defining. I find it frightening that our team... What we've done is
:54:17. > :54:21.brilliant. We've got the feel-good factor back at full. When we are out
:54:22. > :54:26.there I don't feel like we're ever going to lose but if we can deliver
:54:27. > :54:32.that at the weekend is another thing. We'll attack, attack, attack.
:54:33. > :54:35.He's a great season. Dropped from the Leeds Academy for only being
:54:36. > :54:45.five foot one and he's gone on to have great success. He's gone on to
:54:46. > :54:49.grow! It never works out that simply in the play-offs. Know, and he's
:54:50. > :54:55.just said there that they want to attack. That's what they'll have to
:54:56. > :55:00.do. Be positive. The games are massive, it's over ?150 million for
:55:01. > :55:06.them to go up. These games couldn't be bigger. My son has been dreading
:55:07. > :55:09.watching some of play-off games with Brian McDermott. The nerves grab
:55:10. > :55:19.you. It's about handling the occasions. I've seen all full -- all
:55:20. > :55:23.four. Along the best. It's whether they can hold their nerve. They are
:55:24. > :55:30.a great system. Tom Cairney has been outstanding for them. It's eight
:55:31. > :55:33.toss of a coin. You just never know. Huddersfield Sheffield Wednesday are
:55:34. > :55:38.the other ones. They are the only ones to reach the play-offs with a
:55:39. > :55:40.negative goal difference since Brighton in 1991.
:55:41. > :55:43.In Scotland it was first against second last night
:55:44. > :55:45.and champions Celtic's unbeaten run continued with a 3-1
:55:46. > :56:03.Interestingly, all four of those goals, three foot felt Aberdeen's
:56:04. > :56:10.consolation goal were all scored in the first 12 minutes of the game.
:56:11. > :56:13.Celtic now have 100 points, 99 goals and have two games left to negotiate
:56:14. > :56:16.a full league season without defeat. Hibernian are already
:56:17. > :56:18.celebrating a league win, much to the delight of Sir Andy Murray,
:56:19. > :56:21.who also has a bit We caught up with the Wimbledon
:56:22. > :56:35.Champion at Queen's Club to deliver When I was younger I played a lot. I
:56:36. > :56:40.played five-a-side football when I was at home. Normally at least once
:56:41. > :56:46.a week until I was in my early to mid 20s. Then I stopped. I was
:56:47. > :56:51.having problems with my back. When I finish my tennis I'll start playing
:56:52. > :56:57.again. They just got promoted back into the top league after a few
:56:58. > :57:05.years of struggle. So that's great. Neil Lennon has done a good job.
:57:06. > :57:10.Hopefully they can stay up there next season and build from that.
:57:11. > :57:13.Scottish football isn't shown when I'm in the States so I've been
:57:14. > :57:18.following the Premier League for years now. I've always enjoyed
:57:19. > :57:26.watching Arsenal play, I like the way they play football. I'm hoping
:57:27. > :57:34.that Arsenal win that one. Obviously still fighting to get into the top
:57:35. > :57:48.four. So hopefully... I'll go for Arsenal 2-0. Palace to win that one.
:57:49. > :57:53.I think Palace 2-0. Benteke brace. It's going to be a tight match. I'm
:57:54. > :58:00.going to take a draw although both teams will probably need a win. 1-1.
:58:01. > :58:03.A Benteke brace would go down very nicely for my fantasy league team.
:58:04. > :58:05.All Sir Andy Murray's predictions are on the website.
:58:06. > :58:08.We'll be back next week, but time now to celebrate
:58:09. > :58:44.COMMENTATOR: What a save by Thibaut Courtois. Cahill! Victor Moses!
:58:45. > :58:52.Alonso, it's in. Kante finds a way. Brilliant play from Diego Costa. A
:58:53. > :58:56.goal to savour. Blue is the colour of the Premier League winners again.