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There are just five weeks left of the Premier League | :00:40. | :00:41. | |
season, and plenty to pack into the power hour. | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
The words of Shakespeare have inspired the Foxes. | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
Will Craig now get the job permanently? | :00:50. | :00:57. | |
Am I a better number to the number one? Am I a better number one the | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
number two? These are questions I will ask myself but ultimately you | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
can't do anything until the club decides. | :01:07. | :01:07. | |
It's advantage Atletico in the Champions League, | :01:08. | :01:08. | |
but which Premier League legend is Fernando Torres | :01:09. | :01:10. | |
My father, the best player I have played with and I would pay to play | :01:11. | :01:19. | |
with him again. What now for the Gunners | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
after their dreadful Will Reading make a Royal | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
appointment with the And he'll tell you who his pick | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
is for the top gong this season. I think I will go for N'Golo Kante, | :01:27. | :01:41. | |
Player of the Year, and Eden Hazard, player or players! | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
And two beautiful voices in the studio, John Hartson | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
No such thing as an Easter break in football. | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
Seven games in the Premier League this afternoon. | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
We'll have the team news from the early kick-off between Tottenham | :01:58. | :01:59. | |
Some key relegation struggles this afternoon. | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
We'll be live at Watford against Swansea to hear from Motty, | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
and we'll be at the Stadium of Light later as well. | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
Tomorrow sees West Brom at home to Liverpool, | :02:10. | :02:11. | |
and Manchester United against Chelsea at Old Trafford | :02:12. | :02:13. | |
We'll start with last season's Champions, Leicester, | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
away to Crystal Palace this afternoon and only 1-0 | :02:18. | :02:20. | |
down to Atletico Madrid going into next week's second leg. | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
Craig Shakepeare has been speaking to Linda O'Brien. | :02:25. | :02:34. | |
Claudio Ranieri is gone but far from forgotten, and a man who was | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
Ranieri's assistant has stepped up to take temporary charge of the | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
team, Craig Shakespeare. Jamie Vardy, clean through, 1-0, | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
Leicester! Fantastic strike from Danny Drinkwater! Leicester City | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
look like a completely different team tonight and they are out of the | :02:54. | :03:01. | |
bottom three. Crisis? What crisis? The first game against Liverpool, it | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
was vitally important that we got back to winning ways and the players | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
started feeling good about themselves because they came under a | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
lot of pressure in that game and had to deal with a lot but the first | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
game was massively important for everybody's confidence. Confidence | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
is a massive thing in football. Also's dominance continued with a | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
goal by Craig Shakespeare. Shakespeare! Those days at West | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
Brom, Walsall and alike prepared you well? When I started off, I never | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
had any great plans to be a manager, although I wanted to do the best I | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
could in the job I was given. Sometimes you have to be the right | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
place at the right time. I understand that but I think if you | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
work away, it is important to keep up to speed with your courses. That | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
is not the be all end all. We know that. But I think they have stood me | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
in good stead. If I can just talk to you about Nigel Pearson, a difficult | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
was it for you to stay without him? It was a shock at the time but I was | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
an employee of the football club and I was told they wanted me to say -- | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
to stay. I won't deny the first couple of weeks were hard because I | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
was not sure what is happening but of course, the rest is history in | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
terms of staying on and being part of winning the Premier League. In | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
football, you have do have high expectations. I think you have to be | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
realistic as well. I think that is important. But you must go into | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
every game being competitive and trying to win and that is the most | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
important thing. Shakespeare says he was not the man who unseated | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
Ranieri. We never had any falling out. I'm quite comfortable, as I've | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
said before, in my conscience. Do you get in anyway frustrated it is | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
two months down the line, you are winning all these games and we are | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
still harking back? You don't have do ask the questions! I only answer | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
them if I'm asked. All those questions, again, are they | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
frustrating? They can be. Palace at the weekend, coming up against your | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
big friend. Yes, haven't spoken to him for a while but I have to say it | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
was a thoroughly enjoyable time working with England, although it | :05:03. | :05:05. | |
was shorter than I expected. I got to know Sam in that short time. | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
Nothing surprised me in terms of what he has done in the Premiership, | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
his history there is for all to see. Sam has got them going at the | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
moment. Zaha plays it back to Benteke! 2-1, Crystal Palace and | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
Antonio Conte's team beaten for the first time at home since September. | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
We know it is a different challenge to the games we've had in the past | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
but we are going in there in a rich vein of form, bar the Everton game, | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
in the Premier League. We go in full of confidence. Craig Shakespeare's | :05:36. | :05:43. | |
Leicester Revolution continues. You look as though you've grown into the | :05:44. | :05:46. | |
role. I can't imagine you want to give up at the end of the season? | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
The role of the remit was until the end of the season. Then it gives me | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
a chance as a person to reflect on my own performances. Am I a better | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
number two done number one? A better number one by number two? These are | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
questions I will ask myself but ultimately, I can't do anything | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
until the club decides so we will sit down at the end of the season, | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
that is what I've been told, and see where we go from there. | :06:13. | :06:13. | |
He says he has not changed that much. John, the difference is, they | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
are scoring a lot more goals per game, 2.5 average now, when it was | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
one in the games under Ranieri. He has made a difference. Of course he | :06:25. | :06:31. | |
has. You know, he has got them through the Sevilla tie, into the | :06:32. | :06:33. | |
quarterfinals of the Champions League. They are still very much in | :06:34. | :06:37. | |
the Champions League tie because it is only 1-0, I know lots of people | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
don't give them a chance but whatever he has done, it has worked. | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
You have do think, does he deserve the job? What more can he do? He has | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
got them winning, that is the bottom line isn't it? He has got Jamie | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
Vardy playing again which makes a massive difference. He starts | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
scoring, you start winning games, momentum, confidence, whatever you | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
want to call it, he's done a really good job. I think the lack of an | :07:05. | :07:12. | |
away goal against Atletico Madrid will be massive in the second leg | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
but the fact they've got there is an achievement in itself. Interesting | :07:16. | :07:18. | |
on the prickly subject of his relationship with Ranieri. Ranieri | :07:19. | :07:21. | |
would not name names when he spoke earlier in the week and Craig | :07:22. | :07:23. | |
Shakespeare answered but did not want to talk about it. Does it | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
matter? Know, obviously it matters more to Ranieri because he's not | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
there any more. But seriously, it does not matter. The problem is, I | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
think Craig Shakespeare surmises that everyone is looking at him, | :07:37. | :07:43. | |
thinking, "Was it you who knifed the former manager?" I don't think it | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
was, I don't know it was but he can manage the team which is what he's | :07:48. | :07:50. | |
doing and it is quite clever from the club because they can have a | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
look around anyway and CU is available and make their own | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
decision on the next manager. To reiterate about the Champions League | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
army don't give them much of a chance. I think Atletico will score. | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
They create a bit of an atmosphere at the King Power and you never know | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
what can happen. Will probably be without Wes Morgan. And Robert Huth. | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
That could be a big factor. Not only that, I'm desperate for them to win | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
and get through but Atletico Madrid RME machine and they can defence in | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
their lives. We know that is the way they play, on the counterattack and | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
in Antoine Griezmann and even Torres, they get goals. More from | :08:30. | :08:36. | |
them in a moment. We also saw the situation with Borussia Dortmund on | :08:37. | :08:40. | |
Tuesday, the good news is Marc Bartra is recovering well. He spoke | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
of the pain and panic and not knowing what was happening. I'm sure | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
you saw Neary sat in's post-match interview and he said it was only | :08:48. | :08:50. | |
during the second half that he started thinking about football. -- | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
Neary sat in's post-match. Why did they play the game, then? It is | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
ludicrous and I've been in that position before with title, with | :09:01. | :09:03. | |
Liverpool, when they made us play. -- with Heysel, where they made us | :09:04. | :09:10. | |
play. 31 people died and you don't want to play. It is the fixtures, | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
teams have domestic finals. Does not matter, but the final back. That is | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
what Uefa will say but I agree. The players can't get over such a scare | :09:23. | :09:25. | |
within 24 hours. Here is one for you and I've got to be careful what I | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
said that if someone had died, would they be playing football? Totally | :09:31. | :09:31. | |
not. What is the difference? Borussia Dortmund are in | :09:32. | :09:33. | |
Monaco next Wednesday. By then, we'll know if Leicester | :09:34. | :09:35. | |
have made the last four. One of the men they have | :09:36. | :09:37. | |
to stop at the King Power is Atletico Madrid's Fernando | :09:38. | :09:40. | |
Torres. He's been speaking to | :09:41. | :09:42. | |
Juliette Ferrington. I think the Atletico fans know this | :09:43. | :09:55. | |
is a special time in the history of the club. I saw Atletico from the | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
outside and I knew they have regained the hunger and the passion. | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
I was a kid and I went to the stadium to watch the team. It is | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
what I saw. I think with passion, playing together, aggressive, you | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
know, sometimes you don't play well but he win the games because you | :10:18. | :10:21. | |
want to and everyone works hard. This is Atletico. When you are able | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
to convince all of the players, this way, you can beat anyone, what is | :10:26. | :10:32. | |
happening right now happens. You've got Antoine Griezmann. What is so | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
special about him? We have a few key players and he is one of them. Of | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
course we need him and his inspiration in the big games. | :10:41. | :10:42. | |
Antoine Griezmann comes forward, left footed! Great strike. He's | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
attracting a lot of Premier League interest as well. Did you see him | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
eventually moving over there? I hope not. I hope he can stay with us | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
forever. But that is normal, when some young players become one of the | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
best in the world, everyone wants to sign them. Other teams cannot offer | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
what Atletico is offering you right now. There is no reason to leave. | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
Torres beats Tal Ben Haim and scores! His first goal for | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
Liverpool! And it guarantees him hero status for life! It is ten | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
years since you joined Liverpool. What memories do you have of your | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
time at Anfield? Only good ones. It is a special place for me. It is | :11:29. | :11:33. | |
always going to be like that. I felt like I was at home there. I played | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
probably the best football of my career there. I still follow | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
Liverpool, and my son was born there. Liverpool, for me, is part of | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
my life, part of my career, part of my heart. I only have good words for | :11:46. | :11:52. | |
them. Can I ask you about your partnership with Steven Gerrard? He | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
was everything I need on the pitch all together in one player. I was a | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
big fan of him before I went to Liverpool. But playing with him was | :12:01. | :12:03. | |
much better than I was expecting. It was amazing. By far the best player | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
I ever played with. I would pay to play with him again. When you were | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
on your flight from Liverpool to London, when you signed to Chelsea, | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
you said you just felt empty. Yeah, because I left behind me a very good | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
three and a half years. You know, the situation was different because | :12:25. | :12:31. | |
when Rafa Benitez left, and Alonso left, and all the promises that the | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
owners made to the team were not true. We were not building a team to | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
win. And that was the reality. I wanted to be the best and I needed | :12:43. | :12:46. | |
to go to a team who would give me the tools to become the best. I | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
needed to find my own way. And maybe it was not probably the best period | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
of the year, in January but you know, sometimes you can't choose | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
when you are going to move. But then, I had a very good three and a | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
half years at Chelsea despite what everyone thinks. I also have very | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
good memories there. Chelsea gave me the opportunity to win trophies. I | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
won the Champions League and the Europa League and the FA Cup. I was | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
happy to make it. Willian will beat Stephen Jordan that and Torres is | :13:21. | :13:23. | |
away. Fernando Torres, who has never scored against his former club, can | :13:24. | :13:29. | |
feed Willian, and Liverpool's title challenge the rails. That game in | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
2014 when Steven Gerrard slipped, unfortunately, so close to the | :13:35. | :13:36. | |
title, you could have scored, couldn't you, really, in that game? | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
I had a team-mate next to me in a better position. But surely you | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
could have scored? It was there! I felt so story for Steven Gerrard | :13:48. | :13:50. | |
because we had chances to win the Premier League Liverpool, it was so | :13:51. | :13:53. | |
close and I know how important it was for Liverpool to win the Premier | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
League after so many years. It was so unfair for Steven because they | :13:58. | :14:05. | |
deserve to win the prem league and in that one second, everything | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
changed. How would you sum up Chelsea and Liverpool this season? I | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
think Chelsea is a tough team, who play together, who run together, a | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
very difficult team to play against and this is what Chelsea fans like. | :14:18. | :14:20. | |
It will be a miracle if they don't win the Premier League. And I think | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
Liverpool, again are in a situation that they have really good players, | :14:26. | :14:28. | |
they play such good football, they have gaps during the season that | :14:29. | :14:32. | |
they lose many points, and first place is far-away. But they have to | :14:33. | :14:38. | |
be more consistent. They are in the way. I like what the manager is | :14:39. | :14:42. | |
doing. The players they are signing are very good players and hopefully | :14:43. | :14:47. | |
they can become a better team in the coming years and they can finally | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
win the Premier League. And when you look back on your time in England, | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
what were your happiest moments and biggest regrets? The only regret I | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
have is not winning the Premier League in seven years but I have | :14:59. | :15:02. | |
fantastic memories. Everything I went through in England was worth | :15:03. | :15:04. | |
it. Fascinating interview and honest on | :15:05. | :15:13. | |
the reasons for leaving Liverpool, talk about how devastated he felt | :15:14. | :15:17. | |
when he left and talk about the owners not backing up promises. The | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
two pretenders who came in, who had no money. Yeah, you know what, you | :15:23. | :15:27. | |
actually forget how brilliant he was. Because they've had Suarez | :15:28. | :15:34. | |
since. I am not saying he pales into insignificance and he doesn't and | :15:35. | :15:37. | |
his goal record and the goals he scored and her to teams apart. He | :15:38. | :15:40. | |
was absolutely brilliant. But I have to say, the ?50 million he got for a | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
man with one knee was like sale of the century. It's worth pausing on | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
what he said about Steven Gerrard, he said the best player he ever | :15:50. | :15:53. | |
played with, bear in mind this is a man who won the biggest tournaments | :15:54. | :16:03. | |
there are in football. Them as a pairing were almost telepathic. | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
Gerrard would pick it up, he would just pick it and Torres was on the | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
run. They were sensational together. I still feel he has a few goals in | :16:12. | :16:18. | |
him. He is not as dynamic as he was and what we have seen. ?50 million | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
at the time was good money for him. What do you think about Griezman? He | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
is a world-class player. Manchester United seem desperate to get hold | :16:31. | :16:33. | |
of. I think everybody would want to take him that can afford him. Do you | :16:34. | :16:39. | |
think he will stay at Madrid? They're talking about the new | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
ground. You know what, you look at the strikers, we were talking about | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
this before, Aguero and Costa. I wouldn't be surprised if it's | :16:52. | :16:56. | |
already done. Really? Yeah. Wouldn't be surprised if he is already sort | :16:57. | :16:59. | |
of, his agents have had talks and there is a deal on the cards. That's | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
how it normally happens with a big European player. OK. Whilst Atletico | :17:04. | :17:11. | |
Whilst Atletico are bidding to reach their third | :17:12. | :17:12. | |
Champions League final in four seasons, Arsenal are now in real | :17:13. | :17:12. | |
danger of missing out on the competition for the first | :17:13. | :17:14. | |
On Monday night, there was more disappointment at the Palace. | :17:15. | :17:26. | |
It's a must-win game for Arsenal. Benteke roizs and wins a header. | :17:27. | :17:43. | |
He slips and stumbles ap Townsend! It's Crystal Palace 1, Arsenal 0. | :17:44. | :17:51. | |
To Benteke again. A chance! It's 2-0 to Crystal Palace! What a | :17:52. | :18:13. | |
finish Cabaye. It's Townsend, will he get there | :18:14. | :18:16. | |
ahead of the goalkeeper? He bundle it is to the ground and the referee | :18:17. | :18:19. | |
points to the penalty spot. The crowd tonight will tell you if he | :18:20. | :18:28. | |
scores! Crystal Palace 3, Arsenal 0. Arsenal looked lacking in ideas and | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
penetration and largely toothless. Who was the relegation side today? | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
Exactly. Crystal Palace are three points off the relegation zone, | :18:42. | :18:44. | |
conceded 50 goals and that looked like it was us. I have loved it. I | :18:45. | :18:51. | |
love to remember him as a great rather than what we have now. | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
Whether you want him to stay or you don't want him to stay, when you are | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
asked does he deserve a new contract, of course he doesn't. It's | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
a miserable time for Arsenal fans. Let's talk about Palace. Two wins in | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
a week against teams in the top six. It's a massive turnaround, they're | :19:12. | :19:15. | |
more clinical as well now. They are. When you think when Sam Allardyce | :19:16. | :19:18. | |
first went into the football club and we were talking off air earlier, | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
the same thing happened at Sunderland. When Sam first went to | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
Sunderland they didn't win, didn't have a great record but he has a | :19:27. | :19:30. | |
look at it, sees what he has, has work with them and just turns things | :19:31. | :19:33. | |
around. It's been a remarkable run of form that Palace have been on. | :19:34. | :19:39. | |
Complete contrast to Swansea. Paul Clement comes in and they have the | :19:40. | :19:42. | |
bounce. When Sam came in, I think first game was at Watford, they had | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
a draw. Struggled to win. Now all of a sudden his methods and tactics are | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
starting to work. They were great against Arsenal. Didn't take much to | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
be fair. It was fully deserved and they played well. He has guys doing | :19:58. | :20:04. | |
what they're paid to do. Zaha create crosses. Townsend, yeah, Cabaye is | :20:05. | :20:09. | |
starting to look a player. Palace have the points in the bag. I think | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
they've four of the top six in their last few games of the season. | :20:14. | :20:16. | |
They've got the points on the board. You feel they're safe and | :20:17. | :20:20. | |
comfortable? On 37? Yeah, I really do. 37 is enough, I really do. Is it | :20:21. | :20:27. | |
37? Sorry, 34. Do you want my glasses! One more win they may need. | :20:28. | :20:34. | |
When you play the top four, top four might be done. Might not be that | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
much of a fixture. From Arsenal's point of view, some of the fans have | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
been calling players cowards after that performance against Palace. Is | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
that too strong? I think it is. I think there's been too many inept | :20:47. | :20:55. | |
performances from the whole team. Losing ten-2 to Bayern Munich, | :20:56. | :21:06. | |
losing silly goals, there doesn't look togetherness as a team, they're | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
playings as individuals. Not getting players on contract. Sanchez. Arsene | :21:12. | :21:16. | |
Wenger has been magnificent in his first, ten, 12 years, but no title | :21:17. | :21:23. | |
for 13 years and too many performances that make the players | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
look weak and I think it's time for him to go, personally. Every day | :21:29. | :21:31. | |
when the club does not make a decision and it's the club who needs | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
to make a decision, you are just diminishing his legacy. As one of | :21:37. | :21:41. | |
the supporters came on and said, build a statue, he has been an | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
absolutely, been a genius with that club. The crowd want Arsene Wenger | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
to announce that he is going. So that they can give him a rapturous | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
standing ovation. Six lap of honours with every game. He can go out as a | :21:56. | :21:59. | |
hero, if you like. It may well be he goes out without being in the | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
Champions League for the first time in his entire reign. It's an | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
incredible record. Will they Finnish the top four? No. His record is | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
fantastic which makes it worse. It's such - he is such a clever, | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
intelligent man. It's as though he has not got a best mate who goes | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
this might just be the time to go and you will be remembered by | :22:21. | :22:23. | |
everybody, Manchester United fans, Tottenham fans, Chelsea, will go by | :22:24. | :22:25. | |
the way how good was that guy? Across North London, | :22:26. | :22:33. | |
the cockerel could soon be crowing. Since losing to Liverpool | :22:34. | :22:33. | |
in February, six wins in a row have Another Harry Kane hat trick! | :22:34. | :23:00. | |
Alli! Eriksen! | :23:01. | :23:08. | |
They're on their way to a big win and three points. | :23:09. | :23:15. | |
This is dangerous, it's Eriksen. It's deflected and Alli equalises. | :23:16. | :23:17. | |
Son is in behind! And it's in! | :23:18. | :23:27. | |
Eriksen, 3-1! Oh, what a goal, Alli! What a goal, | :23:28. | :23:35. | |
what a season, what a player. Son absolutely buried it. Tottenham | :23:36. | :23:36. | |
emphatic winners today. They're at home to Bournemouth this | :23:37. | :23:46. | |
lunchtime and Jonathan Pearce The big Spurs team news, Harry | :23:47. | :23:55. | |
Kane's return is perfectly timed to increase the pressure on Chelsea at | :23:56. | :23:58. | |
the top and fire Spurs to a 14th consecutive home win in all | :23:59. | :24:07. | |
competitions. Their best one in 30 years. Bournemouth looking for a | :24:08. | :24:17. | |
first away win in 2017 and a first against Spurs in 60 years, making | :24:18. | :24:30. | |
one change. Stanislas is back. And Mings back from a ban is on the | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
bench. Harry Kane back in the line-up, they've not really | :24:36. | :24:38. | |
struggled without him. They haven't. I watched them last weekend against | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
Watford and they were absolutely mesmerising at times. Son was | :24:45. | :24:48. | |
outstanding. Eriksen on the other side. Trippier not playing today, | :24:49. | :24:56. | |
kAI Walker is back in, but Trippier when he gets forward hardly wastes a | :24:57. | :24:59. | |
ball and delivers crosses with great quality. We saw another great | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
performance from Alli last week. His manager thinks he should be on the | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
PFA players list. Totally agree, he should be in the top six. | :25:11. | :25:14. | |
Unbelievable. It's his second season so he has not had a second season | :25:15. | :25:17. | |
syndrome, if anything he has got better. He can be anything he wants. | :25:18. | :25:21. | |
He is that good, that lad. That's the Tottenham point of view. This is | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
a game you were at last week, John. How good can he be? He is good at | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
the moment. One of the best in the world. He is still very young. He is | :25:32. | :25:37. | |
mobile. Great feet. Great in the air. He scores goals. He has | :25:38. | :25:44. | |
everything. Is there a better player of his age across Europe? I am | :25:45. | :25:47. | |
struggling to think of one. That's high praise. That's the Tottenham | :25:48. | :25:58. | |
point of view. From Bournemouth's perspective Mings is back after a | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
ban. Josh King has scored plenty of goals recently and against teams at | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
the top. He is a good player. He is quick. Looking to run in behind | :26:07. | :26:10. | |
defences. Lots of goals in him. I think Bournemouth recently they've | :26:11. | :26:14. | |
taken points at Liverpool. They've taken points off Manchester United. | :26:15. | :26:17. | |
Southampton. So, you know, I think they'll be all right, Bournemouth. | :26:18. | :26:20. | |
Josh King playing particularly well at the moment. Reaction to that game | :26:21. | :26:23. | |
this afternoon. Jacqui Oatley in the chair, | :26:24. | :26:27. | |
with Danny Mills and Kevin Kilbane. Then at 10.20pm, it's | :26:28. | :26:30. | |
the debut of Frank Lampard Gary and Alan Shearer | :26:31. | :26:32. | |
will show him the ropes. And after us today, it's Day 1 | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
of the Snooker World Championships. Jason gets the pleasure of spending | :26:37. | :26:39. | |
the next fortnight in Sheffield. You have made it this far. Don't | :26:40. | :26:52. | |
leave it to chance. Leave it all on the pitch. No holding back. No half | :26:53. | :27:02. | |
measures. No guts, no glory. The FA Cup semifinal, Chelsea versus | :27:03. | :27:04. | |
Tottenham next Saturday live on BBC One. | :27:05. | :27:07. | |
We shall be live at Wembley next Saturday. | :27:08. | :27:09. | |
Still to come today, we have a former Chelsea favourite | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
And we're with a Reading team who would love to be at Wembley | :27:15. | :27:19. | |
Before that semifinal next Saturday, Conte's Chelsea have a visit | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
to Old Trafford tomorrow afternoon, in the final instalment of a trilogy | :27:26. | :27:28. | |
which has pitted Jose Mourinho against his former club. | :27:29. | :27:37. | |
We were all guilty of our phenomenal season with the Premier League and | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
the League Cup and we were all guilty of our second season, in the | :27:44. | :27:48. | |
second season only one went home. Wonderful goal by Eden Hazard! | :27:49. | :28:04. | |
4-0. Defeat is becoming humiliation. Manchester United down to ten. | :28:05. | :28:41. | |
It's Chelsea's game. Chelsea 1, United 0. You say that, for me it's | :28:42. | :28:49. | |
just a game. One more game. Conte certainly got the upper hand | :28:50. | :28:52. | |
at the moment. Manchester United in 5th, John. Four points off the top | :28:53. | :28:55. | |
four. Do you think it's a concentration on | :28:56. | :29:00. | |
the Europa League for them to get into the Champions League? I think | :29:01. | :29:04. | |
people have been saying about this question, but it's got to be Europa | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
League because you win a Cup. Secondly, you qualify for the | :29:10. | :29:13. | |
Champions League. I think they've got really tough fixtures still to | :29:14. | :29:16. | |
come in the Premier League, the likes of a visit to Arsenal. City, I | :29:17. | :29:22. | |
think. City. Chelsea. So, I think he will target the Europa League. But, | :29:23. | :29:29. | |
there is still good teams in the likes of Lyon, Ajax, so competition | :29:30. | :29:32. | |
still to come for them. It's home draws that have done them in. Five | :29:33. | :29:36. | |
of six home games have been drawn in this year so far. There is lots of | :29:37. | :29:38. | |
points which traditionally Manchester United would pick up in | :29:39. | :29:41. | |
that position. Old Trafford is not the nightmare it used to be for | :29:42. | :29:45. | |
visiting teams. It used to be, if you got a corner, you did a lap of | :29:46. | :29:53. | |
honour. It is just not the same. With losing that fear factor that's | :29:54. | :29:56. | |
why they've got obviously some of the poor draws, shall we say. Yes, | :29:57. | :30:00. | |
they've created chances but the Manchester United of old would have | :30:01. | :30:04. | |
won all of those games. They take on Chelsea this weekend. Look at | :30:05. | :30:07. | |
Chelsea' remaining games. It's different pressure when you go for | :30:08. | :30:11. | |
the title. But in the reverse fixtures for these seven teams | :30:12. | :30:15. | |
they've won them all this season and won on aggregate 16-1. Does that | :30:16. | :30:19. | |
tell you they are going to stroll to the title? | :30:20. | :30:24. | |
They are the best team. We witnessed it twice this season, Manchester | :30:25. | :30:30. | |
City the other week at home, did not play particularly well and won, big | :30:31. | :30:33. | |
difference, and then they had three games at Christmas time when they | :30:34. | :30:39. | |
won 1-0 on three occasions which were all very tight and did not play | :30:40. | :30:42. | |
well. That is how you win the league. We talk about fixtures all | :30:43. | :30:45. | |
the time, why do we bring them up? Crystal Palace in the last week have | :30:46. | :30:50. | |
beaten Chelsea and Arsenal, two of the teams in the top five. | :30:51. | :30:54. | |
Sometimes, lesser teams play better, they get up for playing the bigger | :30:55. | :30:57. | |
sides. I don't think fixtures make a difference. Not now, John, we've got | :30:58. | :31:04. | |
to talk about something else! That is why do the best league and I | :31:05. | :31:07. | |
think someone like wild yell has realised how difficult it is in this | :31:08. | :31:12. | |
league because it -- I think someone like Wadia has realised how | :31:13. | :31:16. | |
difficult it is because you can't go to Crystal Palace and win 4-0 like | :31:17. | :31:20. | |
you can go to a lesser team in La Liga and roll them over. I want to | :31:21. | :31:24. | |
talk about something about Ajax, would you touched on, the average | :31:25. | :31:28. | |
age of the team again shall go was 22 with four teenagers in the | :31:29. | :31:31. | |
starting line-up and this is a staggering statistic, it is now 1650 | :31:32. | :31:37. | |
consecutive matches they have played having at least one academy graduate | :31:38. | :31:43. | |
in the side, going all the way back to 1982. Phenomenal. Absolutely | :31:44. | :31:47. | |
phenomenal. It is a great plan because you bring them through and | :31:48. | :31:51. | |
they get coached by former world-class players. Edwin van | :31:52. | :31:56. | |
Bazaar, Marc Overmars. Dennis Bergkamp, in those positions, you | :31:57. | :31:58. | |
are polishing the diamonds all the time and eventually they go for 20, | :31:59. | :32:02. | |
30, 40 million euros and it starts again, amazing way to run a club. | :32:03. | :32:06. | |
Time to talk Chelsea and who better to give his views on the league | :32:07. | :32:09. | |
leaders than than their former striker, Didier Drogba? | :32:10. | :32:11. | |
He's about to become a player-owner of Pheonix Rising | :32:12. | :32:13. | |
Oh, magnificent! What a goal by Didier Drogba. Oh, Didier Drogba! | :32:14. | :32:29. | |
Lovely to see you again, beautiful day at Chelsea Harbour, you are back | :32:30. | :32:32. | |
near the club you won all those titles, FA Cup 's and famously the | :32:33. | :32:36. | |
Champions League as well. How do you look back on your time at Chelsea? I | :32:37. | :32:40. | |
can see a massive smile across your face! Yeah, because this is where we | :32:41. | :32:45. | |
used to stay the night before the games. We had a lot of lunches here | :32:46. | :32:51. | |
and dinners, great moments, great moments. What have you made the | :32:52. | :32:55. | |
clubs you used to play for this season? It is good see them back at | :32:56. | :33:00. | |
the level we expect them to be, you know. It looks like we will be | :33:01. | :33:06. | |
champions again. I can't wait for Chelsea to play in the Champions | :33:07. | :33:10. | |
League next year. Bearing in mind how well they are playing this year | :33:11. | :33:15. | |
with virtually the same team, what happened last year? You know, I | :33:16. | :33:18. | |
think they just had a bad season, you know. As players, we are | :33:19. | :33:22. | |
responsible for everything. It is easy to blame the manager because it | :33:23. | :33:26. | |
is easier to get rid of one person and 22. Do you think it hurt him? -- | :33:27. | :33:33. | |
to get rid of one person than 22. It hurt him because he loves Chelsea, | :33:34. | :33:39. | |
yes. Can he recover? He is strong and powerful and will recover. Let's | :33:40. | :33:44. | |
talk about the new Chelsea and Antonio Conte. Is it all down to the | :33:45. | :33:48. | |
change to three at the back? What has he brought to the team? I think | :33:49. | :33:53. | |
it is down to the tactical change and also down to his mentality. You | :33:54. | :33:58. | |
know, you can see him on the bench, the way he is working, it is a | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
combination of everything. Having a bad season last year, having a lot | :34:04. | :34:07. | |
to prove, like, for example, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, what they are | :34:08. | :34:11. | |
actually doing now is playing at the level we want them to be at every | :34:12. | :34:15. | |
time. It is fantastic to watch them play. Whenever you interview a | :34:16. | :34:19. | |
Chelsea player this season and you mention N'Golo Kante, a smile comes | :34:20. | :34:22. | |
on their face because they appreciate the job he does for the | :34:23. | :34:27. | |
team. If you had to vote for Player of the Year, would you give it to | :34:28. | :34:32. | |
him ahead of some unlike Hazard? -- someone like Hazard? Eden won't be | :34:33. | :34:40. | |
happy because he's my man. I think N'Golo Kante, because we don't speak | :34:41. | :34:43. | |
a lot about these kind of players and I would go for County, Player of | :34:44. | :34:48. | |
the Year, and Eden Hazard, player of players. -- I would go for N'Golo | :34:49. | :34:53. | |
Kante, Player of the Year. Covering all the bases. Let's talk about your | :34:54. | :34:58. | |
man, Eden Hazard. How good is he and how good could he be? Could he be on | :34:59. | :35:03. | |
the level with the likes of Messi and Ronaldo? Right now, he's at 75, | :35:04. | :35:10. | |
80% of his talent. That is quite scary for the opposition! But that's | :35:11. | :35:15. | |
the reality. I take it you want him to stay at Chelsea? I think it is | :35:16. | :35:21. | |
important for Chelsea to keep their best players. If you want to win the | :35:22. | :35:24. | |
Champions League again, you have to keep your best players. There is one | :35:25. | :35:28. | |
striker I wanted to talk to about, a young man, 23 years old, Romelu | :35:29. | :35:36. | |
Lukaku. Now... Yes? Roberto Martinez, his international boss who | :35:37. | :35:39. | |
used to be the boss at Everton, recently said he could be the best | :35:40. | :35:44. | |
number nine in the world. Is he right? When you look at the | :35:45. | :35:48. | |
statistics, and his age, and the way he is progressing, I think he could | :35:49. | :35:55. | |
be right. There's a rumour that you are meant to be brokering this deal | :35:56. | :36:02. | |
to get him back to Chelsea. Me? Have you not read that? Listen, if that | :36:03. | :36:06. | |
was the case, he would have been back at Chelsea a long time ago! The | :36:07. | :36:12. | |
power of Drogba! It's not the power of Drogba, it is just the fact I | :36:13. | :36:18. | |
know he loves Chelsea and the club needs people who feel something for | :36:19. | :36:24. | |
the club. And he does. And more than that, he wants to prove that he can | :36:25. | :36:29. | |
make it, you know. I would be happy to see him again in a Chelsea shirt, | :36:30. | :36:34. | |
but you know, I don't decide for him. Nobody will decide for him. I | :36:35. | :36:38. | |
think he already knows what he wants to do. | :36:39. | :36:40. | |
We wish him all the best on the move to America. Talking about the PFA | :36:41. | :36:47. | |
Player of the Year, Drogba said he would go for N'Golo Kante just over | :36:48. | :36:49. | |
Eden Hazard but where would your vote go if you had one? Ibrahimovic | :36:50. | :36:56. | |
for me, personally, because of his age, a lot of people doubted the | :36:57. | :36:59. | |
signing but he's come back with 28 goals. Not just the goals but the | :37:00. | :37:04. | |
assists as well, his presence around the football club. I think young | :37:05. | :37:07. | |
players would have learned from him. My vote would be going to Zlatan. It | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
has to come from the team who are going to win the league, genuinely, | :37:14. | :37:17. | |
by definition. As good as N'Golo Kante has been, he is more of a | :37:18. | :37:21. | |
destructive player. I think Eden Hazard has been sensational, he just | :37:22. | :37:26. | |
keeps winning games for them. How good is that? Talking about another | :37:27. | :37:29. | |
man on the list, Romelu Lukaku. Drogba says he is keen to get him a | :37:30. | :37:34. | |
move back to Chelsea at some stage. His future is a massive decision and | :37:35. | :37:40. | |
something Everton need to sort out. Yes, if he wants to stay and I think | :37:41. | :37:44. | |
Ronald Koeman wants players who want to play for Everton. He's been there | :37:45. | :37:48. | |
three years, scored over 20 goals in his previous three seasons. They | :37:49. | :37:51. | |
won't want to lose him. They will offer him a king 's ransom, as much | :37:52. | :37:56. | |
as they can physically pay. It is whether or not Lukaku wants to be | :37:57. | :38:00. | |
there. Ronald Koeman will want players in his team that want to | :38:01. | :38:04. | |
play for the football club. I wonder if they can do a deal, like | :38:05. | :38:09. | |
Liverpool bid with Suarez, saying, "Give us one more year so we can get | :38:10. | :38:14. | |
someone else in as well in that year, then you can go"? To allow | :38:15. | :38:20. | |
them to rebuild. I know you like your statistics. Not! There's one | :38:21. | :38:25. | |
regarding Manchester City and Claudio Bravo, the last seven shots | :38:26. | :38:29. | |
he has had have all led to goals. I know he's only played a few games in | :38:30. | :38:32. | |
the last three months but he has not made a save in the Premier League | :38:33. | :38:36. | |
since the 2nd of January. But he's great with a ball at his feet. He | :38:37. | :38:41. | |
does not want to get his hands dirty and the ball hurts a bit. The worst | :38:42. | :38:46. | |
save percentage in the Premier League. ?17 million. I don't know | :38:47. | :38:51. | |
why you are even asking me the question. That is probably the end | :38:52. | :38:56. | |
of that discussion. Going back to the other end of the table. It seems | :38:57. | :39:02. | |
like Hull or Swansea will go down with Middlesbrough or Swansea this | :39:03. | :39:06. | |
season. Swansea had a great start of the Paul Clement and we will pick up | :39:07. | :39:10. | |
with Watford this weekend and John Motson is that Vicarage Road. I know | :39:11. | :39:15. | |
you have the sheepskin on. Disappointing to see it when I think | :39:16. | :39:18. | |
it is, but surely it's the last time you wearing it this season? | :39:19. | :39:22. | |
It's going into storage, but actually, I'm taking it to a lady | :39:23. | :39:31. | |
who will make me one for next season so stand by. I always like my | :39:32. | :39:35. | |
statistics and Swansea have never finished lower than 12 in their six | :39:36. | :39:39. | |
seasons in the Premier League. They are treading new Waters. When you | :39:40. | :39:43. | |
think about it, several clubs have looked towards a survival package | :39:44. | :39:47. | |
this season by changing their manager. I'm thinking of Sam | :39:48. | :39:50. | |
Allardyce at Palace, Craig Shakespeare at Leicester, Marco | :39:51. | :39:55. | |
Silver at Hull and when Paul Clement first arrived, you may remember the | :39:56. | :39:58. | |
away win at Liverpool. It rather looked as though he might work the | :39:59. | :40:02. | |
magic down at the Liberty Stadium but since then, Swansea have rather | :40:03. | :40:06. | |
fallen off the perch, or bearing in mind they are the Swans, stopped | :40:07. | :40:10. | |
swimming. They have only taken one point from their last five games. | :40:11. | :40:14. | |
I'm afraid that is relegation form. They are in the bottom three. I saw | :40:15. | :40:19. | |
them play at West Ham last Saturday, a dull game, West Ham were desperate | :40:20. | :40:23. | |
but Swansea did not look to me like a team who were on the brink of a | :40:24. | :40:28. | |
revival. They have really got to get something out of this game today at | :40:29. | :40:34. | |
Vicarage Road. What about the Watford perspective? They are safe, | :40:35. | :40:38. | |
37 points, top half of the table but will it be enough to keep Walter | :40:39. | :40:43. | |
Mazzarri in the job? Good question because the pot so family have run | :40:44. | :40:47. | |
this club successfully, it might be said, on a diet of chop and change. | :40:48. | :40:56. | |
-- the Pozzo family have run the club. Slavisa Jokanovic took them to | :40:57. | :41:00. | |
the Premier League, who is now manager of Fulham, and he might get | :41:01. | :41:03. | |
back to the Premier League. Quique Sanchez Flores came in and kept them | :41:04. | :41:06. | |
in the Premier League and then they axed him. I'm not sure that is going | :41:07. | :41:10. | |
to happen to Walter Mazzarri but there is concern about the club that | :41:11. | :41:14. | |
he has not managed to master English yet. Having said that, what about | :41:15. | :41:18. | |
when Pochettino came to Southampton? He had an interpreter with him for | :41:19. | :41:22. | |
nearly two years. Bear in mind also that of the 18 players that I expect | :41:23. | :41:29. | |
to be on duty for Watford today, there are 14 different | :41:30. | :41:32. | |
nationalities. What do they say in the dressing room? I will have to | :41:33. | :41:35. | |
ask Troy Deeney when I see him later. But one thing is for certain | :41:36. | :41:39. | |
about today, in the 72nd minute of the game, this ground will break out | :41:40. | :41:43. | |
into applause all around the stadium because they still want to register, | :41:44. | :41:49. | |
if that is the right word, the memory of Graham Taylor. The stand | :41:50. | :41:54. | |
behind me is named after him and I am also able to reveal, although it | :41:55. | :41:57. | |
has already been announced, but I want to tell you that Graham's wife | :41:58. | :42:02. | |
Rita is here again today and on the 29th of July, Watford fans already | :42:03. | :42:05. | |
have it in their diaries, there will be a memorial match here between | :42:06. | :42:09. | |
Watford and Aston Villa, the two clubs who Graham Taylor achieved so | :42:10. | :42:12. | |
much with. That is what I'm looking forward to by the way. While I go | :42:13. | :42:18. | |
and take my coat off, I'm going to get a ticket for the match. | :42:19. | :42:20. | |
Brilliant stuff, thanks for that, John. | :42:21. | :42:25. | |
Let's look at Swansea's next few fixtures. The Arendse is back this | :42:26. | :42:31. | |
weekend. I know you've been a great admirer, not just of his style but | :42:32. | :42:34. | |
the way Paul Clement used in the early games. That's right, he got | :42:35. | :42:40. | |
two goals away at Liverpool. A focal point for them. I think Sigurdsson | :42:41. | :42:43. | |
likes to play around the corner, and have someone he can hit, someone who | :42:44. | :42:48. | |
will get hold of the ball for him. The wide players know they can put | :42:49. | :42:51. | |
the ball in the box. If Arendse is not heading for goal, he is stopping | :42:52. | :42:55. | |
defenders from getting a good header out. I would like to see them get | :42:56. | :42:59. | |
something today. One win in seven, they need to stop the rot, even if | :43:00. | :43:06. | |
they come away with a point from Watford, just take a bit of momentum | :43:07. | :43:09. | |
into the home game next week against Stoke. The penultimate game of the | :43:10. | :43:12. | |
season as away at Sunderland to take on West Ham today. Leon Osman is | :43:13. | :43:16. | |
that the Stadium Of Light, covering the game for five live. | :43:17. | :43:22. | |
Nice to talk to you. I know you know David Moyes well and it's been a | :43:23. | :43:28. | |
difficult few weeks for the Sunderland manager. It has. | :43:29. | :43:32. | |
Sunderland are really struggling, not only to win games but score | :43:33. | :43:35. | |
goals. They are under severe pressure to try to remain in a | :43:36. | :43:38. | |
Premier League. It looks to everybody outside the city of | :43:39. | :43:42. | |
Sunderland that they are down but Sunderland have not given up hope. | :43:43. | :43:47. | |
Quite a few of your former Everton team-mates there, Jack Rodwell, | :43:48. | :43:50. | |
Darron Gibson and Steven Pienaar. Whatever happens to Sunderland, it's | :43:51. | :43:54. | |
going to be quite a big rebuilding programme in the summer. Absolutely, | :43:55. | :43:58. | |
there will have to be. Sunderland looked like they are going down. You | :43:59. | :44:02. | |
will have players like Jermain Defoe and Jordan Pickford, the goalkeeper, | :44:03. | :44:05. | |
who will be hot property for someone. It will be depending which | :44:06. | :44:11. | |
players they can keep, moving forward, as you have stated, he has | :44:12. | :44:14. | |
got players he knows like Rodwell and Gibson and he will want to keep | :44:15. | :44:17. | |
them because he knows what they are capable of doing. I want to ask you | :44:18. | :44:21. | |
about another former team-mate, Ross Barkley, who's been in the headlines | :44:22. | :44:24. | |
a lot this week for different reasons, was punched in a Liverpool | :44:25. | :44:29. | |
bar. We know the club want to sign him on a changed contract. We have | :44:30. | :44:37. | |
talked about Romelu Lukaku here. How important is it that they sought out | :44:38. | :44:39. | |
Ross Barkley's future at Everton? It is important, I think Ronald Koeman | :44:40. | :44:42. | |
is right in what he is saying, they are offering him a new contract and | :44:43. | :44:45. | |
it will be on the table to sign and they want to keep him but it does | :44:46. | :44:50. | |
not look likely, if that happens, Everton will not be held captive and | :44:51. | :44:53. | |
they will get money for him that is the way it looks like it might be | :44:54. | :44:57. | |
going. He's been the subject of some garbage in the paper this week, | :44:58. | :45:01. | |
Kelvin MacKenzie's column as been reported to Merseyside Police and I | :45:02. | :45:04. | |
understand Everton have banned the Sun today as well and he has been | :45:05. | :45:08. | |
suspended by the paper. A pretty strong response from both those in | :45:09. | :45:11. | |
Liverpool and outside it to the column this week. It is and | :45:12. | :45:17. | |
justifiably so. Liverpool in general have had a long-term problem with | :45:18. | :45:23. | |
the Sun newspaper. This is just going to antagonise the situation | :45:24. | :45:27. | |
further. Good to talk to you. We will listen to you later. Of course, | :45:28. | :45:32. | |
all this coming this week on the 28th anniversary of the Hillsborough | :45:33. | :45:35. | |
disaster is welcomer poor taste and poor timing. | :45:36. | :45:42. | |
Kelvin MacKenzie has consistently vilified the club and supports, now | :45:43. | :45:49. | |
he has upset the everians and deserves -- Evertonians and deserves | :45:50. | :45:51. | |
everything he gets. To the Championship, | :45:52. | :45:56. | |
where there is only one game this afternoon, | :45:57. | :45:58. | |
as all the other teams Fifth-placed Reading are away | :45:59. | :46:00. | |
at Aston Villa and looking good for the play-offs, | :46:01. | :46:03. | |
despite their 7-1 defeat Mark Clemmit has been | :46:04. | :46:05. | |
testing his diplomatic skills. How are you? OK. | :46:06. | :46:13. | |
How are you? Good, thank you. You are still smiling. Yeah, always. | :46:14. | :46:33. | |
I mean, shall we, last weekend, are you over it, are you OK? Yeah, of | :46:34. | :46:40. | |
course. It's one of those, you know, as a football player or a career in | :46:41. | :46:43. | |
football you are going to get something like that. For me this | :46:44. | :46:47. | |
year has been like brilliant. Especially the way how we want to | :46:48. | :46:52. | |
play. It's not easy, start from the back as a goalkeeper, you know, we | :46:53. | :47:02. | |
have a lot of, you know... That's what it's about! I have good news | :47:03. | :47:06. | |
for you, we don't have the rights to the FL any more so we won't be able | :47:07. | :47:09. | |
to show that. Fantastic. What happened? | :47:10. | :47:17. | |
We had that one result, we can't get one result derail us, this week's | :47:18. | :47:22. | |
been fine. In football you do learn to sulk for a day and try and forget | :47:23. | :47:26. | |
about it and we move on. What's it like to have worked for the gaffer? | :47:27. | :47:32. | |
It would be hard to put into words really how much he's done for the | :47:33. | :47:37. | |
club. I mean, you know, in the summer there was, the club wasn't in | :47:38. | :47:41. | |
a great position at all, there were players out of contracts, players | :47:42. | :47:44. | |
leaving. He would be the main reason as to why we are doing well and I | :47:45. | :47:47. | |
think all the players would say that. | :47:48. | :47:54. | |
Bearing in mind all the goals you have got from Bournemouth two years | :47:55. | :47:57. | |
ago and then didn't really work out in the Premier League, is this | :47:58. | :48:00. | |
unfinished business for you? Of course it would be a dream for me to | :48:01. | :48:06. | |
get promoted this season with Reading and try to have a go next | :48:07. | :48:10. | |
season. As you know, still some games remaining and we have to work | :48:11. | :48:14. | |
hard to make sure we are in the play-off and after you never know | :48:15. | :48:20. | |
what can happen. There is a high profile Muslim, with all that's | :48:21. | :48:24. | |
going on in the world, do you feel the need to be a figurehead to | :48:25. | :48:29. | |
spread the message of tolerance, of integration? Do you see yourself | :48:30. | :48:34. | |
like that? Of course it's really bad what we see around the world now, | :48:35. | :48:40. | |
but as a Muslim player and to be especially in this country I am very | :48:41. | :48:44. | |
happy. I always say that. The respect of the people, all the | :48:45. | :48:47. | |
players, the managers, the staff, even the fans, you know, I don't | :48:48. | :48:52. | |
have any problem. You have announced in a year's time you are going to | :48:53. | :48:57. | |
finish the game so how are you feeling as your football career | :48:58. | :49:00. | |
nears an end? I feel good to be fair, I think my position right now | :49:01. | :49:04. | |
is really good because I am pushing for something could be amazing at | :49:05. | :49:10. | |
the end of season and next season if we are in a Prem that will not | :49:11. | :49:16. | |
change my mind and I will have last one and try to enjoy it as much as | :49:17. | :49:21. | |
possible. You could look back on a huge 12 months in your life, and | :49:22. | :49:24. | |
back into the Premier League would be the climax? With the national | :49:25. | :49:27. | |
team it was undescribable, that would be hard to put into words. And | :49:28. | :49:34. | |
then came back and we started doing well club-wise and it's been a good | :49:35. | :49:39. | |
sort of ten months or so. If, touch wood, that was to happen, then yeah, | :49:40. | :49:44. | |
the last 12 months would be something, hard to match, I think. | :49:45. | :49:50. | |
We will talk about the rest of the teams in a moment. | :49:51. | :49:55. | |
While we were watching that Spurs have scored twice against | :49:56. | :49:58. | |
Bournemouth. Dembele and Son. They're picking up from where they | :49:59. | :50:03. | |
left off last week against Watford. You don't like talking about | :50:04. | :50:07. | |
fixtures as you made clear! I will ask him. I need to talk to somebody! | :50:08. | :50:13. | |
5th place at the moment, if you look at their fixtures, playing a lot of | :50:14. | :50:17. | |
sides at the other end of the table. They're not playing teams around | :50:18. | :50:20. | |
them but playing sides fighting for their life. Hold on, what would you | :50:21. | :50:24. | |
rather play if you need points? That's what I am asking you about. I | :50:25. | :50:29. | |
just told you! Play teams down the bottom and the fact they've | :50:30. | :50:32. | |
something to play for makes it easier for Reading. Three or four | :50:33. | :50:37. | |
clubs fighting for the 6th spot, doesn't matter whether you are six | :50:38. | :50:40. | |
or third, how many times do you see the 6th placed team go on to be | :50:41. | :50:45. | |
promoted into the Premier League? So, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading, | :50:46. | :50:50. | |
Fulham, Huddersfield have done enough, I think. Leeds, great point | :50:51. | :50:53. | |
at Newcastle last night. They're all playing for that final place, that | :50:54. | :50:58. | |
6th spot, if you like. Let's not talk about fixtures any more. I | :50:59. | :51:04. | |
wanted to ask about the best sort of manager who you have seen in | :51:05. | :51:10. | |
training, let's show this again. There is a good touch here. Not bad | :51:11. | :51:15. | |
for a centre-half. Somebody told me he was strong once. Never mind that | :51:16. | :51:20. | |
one. John Robertson was the best for me. Martin O'Neill's assistant. At | :51:21. | :51:28. | |
Celtic. Twice European Cup winner. Unbelievable touch. Didn't really | :51:29. | :51:32. | |
move within about ten yards. Unbelievable. He didn't move because | :51:33. | :51:40. | |
he couldn't! Daglish. You have answered the only question I ever | :51:41. | :51:46. | |
ask about the best is Kenny Daglish. Someone said he was frightening in | :51:47. | :51:53. | |
training. That's really interesting Dan! | :51:54. | :51:58. | |
Thank you. Let's talk about fixtures instead. | :51:59. | :52:00. | |
Clem is in the Sports Centre, loosening up for Final Score. | :52:01. | :52:02. | |
Let's start in the Championship, then. | :52:03. | :52:06. | |
Brighton in the box seat and could start the party on Monday. | :52:07. | :52:10. | |
Yeah, those two are really giving you some today! Huddersfield's late | :52:11. | :52:18. | |
win yesterday against Preston, Leeds equaliser at Newcastle with | :52:19. | :52:21. | |
Brighton's win at Wolves means Brighton have a four-point gap at | :52:22. | :52:27. | |
the top of the Championship. Five games left but a much inferior goal | :52:28. | :52:32. | |
difference. If Brighton beat Wigan on Monday and Brighton have the best | :52:33. | :52:36. | |
home form in Europe, then they are there or thereabouts in the Premier | :52:37. | :52:43. | |
League. What a transformation. Six years ago, left league one at the | :52:44. | :52:52. | |
same time, and Chris Huyton has been the catalyst for me. He has taken | :52:53. | :52:56. | |
them from relegation fodder into a Premier League team in waiting. At | :52:57. | :53:02. | |
the other end of the table after Blackburn's surprise win at For rest | :53:03. | :53:05. | |
yesterday, look at that cluster there. 18th down to 22nd, five teams | :53:06. | :53:11. | |
separated by four points. Birmingham one of them. Zola turned on by the | :53:12. | :53:18. | |
Birmingham fans yesterday after the draw at Rotherham. On Monday another | :53:19. | :53:23. | |
mouth-watering draw is Blackburn against Bristol City. From a league | :53:24. | :53:28. | |
one perspective, there is a couple of famous clubs going in different | :53:29. | :53:32. | |
directions. Yeah, Bolton kicked off against Oldham, they need more wins. | :53:33. | :53:37. | |
If they slip up today Sheffield United would be champions of league | :53:38. | :53:41. | |
one. That would be the first manager since Ian Porterfield in 1980s to | :53:42. | :53:49. | |
win two consecutive titles with wo different teams. Coventry down. | :53:50. | :53:59. | |
Problems potentially only starting. The lease is up at the end of next | :54:00. | :54:04. | |
season, where will it end for them? On Monday, Coventry could be | :54:05. | :54:09. | |
replaced from league two promotion candidates, Plymouth got a point in | :54:10. | :54:13. | |
a derby yesterday. Just need another one at home to Newport on Monday and | :54:14. | :54:18. | |
they'll be in the third tier. Newport fighting for their lives at | :54:19. | :54:22. | |
the bottom of the EFL. Hoping to escape after three consecutive wins, | :54:23. | :54:26. | |
no chance, though for Leyton Orient, their owner has gone missing. Nobody | :54:27. | :54:30. | |
has seen him for several weeks. Staff and players haven't been paid | :54:31. | :54:34. | |
since the end of February. If they don't beat Hartlepool on Easter | :54:35. | :54:37. | |
Monday they'll be in the national league next season. Thank you very | :54:38. | :54:38. | |
much. I think the fella behind you just | :54:39. | :54:43. | |
got a text to say he is on telly! He looks very interested. I bet he wish | :54:44. | :54:46. | |
he had dressed up! So, Newcastle on the verge | :54:47. | :54:49. | |
of promotion and two of their more famous fans, | :54:50. | :54:52. | |
Sting and his son, Joe Sumner, are currently on tour, | :54:53. | :54:54. | |
but instead of Walking On The Moon, # Roxanne, you don't have to put on | :54:55. | :55:12. | |
the red light... Last trophy we won was 1969. Bobby was the captain, he | :55:13. | :55:19. | |
is still my hero. It was fantastic. We need to win another trophy. | :55:20. | :55:23. | |
Footballers all seem much older than me and now they seem like my | :55:24. | :55:31. | |
children. Two highlights were me 5-nil against Manchester United and | :55:32. | :55:35. | |
Champions League Barcelona. The Keegan era, when we had the great | :55:36. | :55:45. | |
players, Ferdinand, Shearer. I like Rafa. I think he stayed because of | :55:46. | :55:49. | |
the support. Newcastle has amazing support. Emotional support. I think | :55:50. | :55:54. | |
being Spanish he would feel that. Let's see what he does in the | :55:55. | :56:02. | |
Premiership, touch wood. Watford and Swansea, independenting Watford are | :56:03. | :56:05. | |
looking good. I think the swans will take a dive. I am feeling sorry are | :56:06. | :56:08. | |
to David Moyes at the moment. I would like Sunderland to get a draw | :56:09. | :56:12. | |
at least with West Ham, let's say 1-1. | :56:13. | :56:19. | |
I think West Brom will score one but won't stop the Klop at the Kop. 1-3, | :56:20. | :56:28. | |
Liverpool. You can see all their predictions on the website taking on | :56:29. | :56:34. | |
Lawro. Something beautiful I want to finish the programme with... Can't | :56:35. | :56:39. | |
be us two! On the theme of music, what did you listen to before a | :56:40. | :56:44. | |
game? Chris Rea. That's how we won the European Cup in Rome. The Road | :56:45. | :56:51. | |
to Hell. A it of U2, the lads were big fans of them and Bono. Ever take | :56:52. | :57:05. | |
part in a pregame karaoke? I like a bit of karaoke, I am Welsh. | :57:06. | :57:08. | |
This is how the Billericay Town of the Ryman League prepared | :57:09. | :57:11. | |
An R Kelly karaoke session, led by the owner Glen Tamplin. | :57:12. | :57:24. | |
# # I made it # I am the world's greatest | :57:25. | :57:32. | |
# I am not a little bit of hope # When my back's against the ropes | :57:33. | :57:41. | |
# The world's greatest. Might start a trend that. It worked, they won | :57:42. | :57:46. | |
the final. 8-3. | :57:47. | :57:49. | |
Paul Konchesky and Jamie O'Hara a couple of the big names in there. | :57:50. | :57:52. | |
We leave you with the nominees for the PFA Player's Player of the Year. | :57:53. | :58:02. | |
Costa to Hazard. Too strong. Chelsea fans rise! Into the box, | :58:03. | :58:33. | |
Ibrahimovic might have got them back into the game. | :58:34. | :58:38. | |
What a special strike. It is the man for all positions. He | :58:39. | :58:40. | |
covers them all. Lukaku is in again. He has scored | :58:41. | :59:00. | |
again. Lukaku has four. Sanchez, magnificent! | :59:01. | :59:05. |