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There are just five weeks left of the Premier League

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season, and plenty to pack into the power hour.

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The words of Shakespeare have inspired the Foxes.

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Will Craig now get the job permanently?

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Am I a better number to the number one? Am I a better number one the

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number two? These are questions I will ask myself but ultimately you

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can't do anything until the club decides.

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It's advantage Atletico in the Champions League,

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but which Premier League legend is Fernando Torres

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My father, the best player I have played with and I would pay to play

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with him again. What now for the Gunners

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after their dreadful Will Reading make a Royal

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appointment with the And he'll tell you who his pick

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is for the top gong this season. I think I will go for N'Golo Kante,

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Player of the Year, and Eden Hazard, player or players!

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And two beautiful voices in the studio, John Hartson

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No such thing as an Easter break in football.

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Seven games in the Premier League this afternoon.

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We'll have the team news from the early kick-off between Tottenham

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Some key relegation struggles this afternoon.

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We'll be live at Watford against Swansea to hear from Motty,

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and we'll be at the Stadium of Light later as well.

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Tomorrow sees West Brom at home to Liverpool,

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and Manchester United against Chelsea at Old Trafford

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We'll start with last season's Champions, Leicester,

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away to Crystal Palace this afternoon and only 1-0

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down to Atletico Madrid going into next week's second leg.

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Craig Shakepeare has been speaking to Linda O'Brien.

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Claudio Ranieri is gone but far from forgotten, and a man who was

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Ranieri's assistant has stepped up to take temporary charge of the

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team, Craig Shakespeare. Jamie Vardy, clean through, 1-0,

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Leicester! Fantastic strike from Danny Drinkwater! Leicester City

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look like a completely different team tonight and they are out of the

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bottom three. Crisis? What crisis? The first game against Liverpool, it

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was vitally important that we got back to winning ways and the players

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started feeling good about themselves because they came under a

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lot of pressure in that game and had to deal with a lot but the first

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game was massively important for everybody's confidence. Confidence

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is a massive thing in football. Also's dominance continued with a

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goal by Craig Shakespeare. Shakespeare! Those days at West

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Brom, Walsall and alike prepared you well? When I started off, I never

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had any great plans to be a manager, although I wanted to do the best I

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could in the job I was given. Sometimes you have to be the right

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place at the right time. I understand that but I think if you

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work away, it is important to keep up to speed with your courses. That

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is not the be all end all. We know that. But I think they have stood me

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in good stead. If I can just talk to you about Nigel Pearson, a difficult

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was it for you to stay without him? It was a shock at the time but I was

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an employee of the football club and I was told they wanted me to say --

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to stay. I won't deny the first couple of weeks were hard because I

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was not sure what is happening but of course, the rest is history in

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terms of staying on and being part of winning the Premier League. In

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football, you have do have high expectations. I think you have to be

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realistic as well. I think that is important. But you must go into

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every game being competitive and trying to win and that is the most

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important thing. Shakespeare says he was not the man who unseated

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Ranieri. We never had any falling out. I'm quite comfortable, as I've

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said before, in my conscience. Do you get in anyway frustrated it is

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two months down the line, you are winning all these games and we are

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still harking back? You don't have do ask the questions! I only answer

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them if I'm asked. All those questions, again, are they

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frustrating? They can be. Palace at the weekend, coming up against your

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big friend. Yes, haven't spoken to him for a while but I have to say it

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was a thoroughly enjoyable time working with England, although it

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was shorter than I expected. I got to know Sam in that short time.

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Nothing surprised me in terms of what he has done in the Premiership,

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his history there is for all to see. Sam has got them going at the

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moment. Zaha plays it back to Benteke! 2-1, Crystal Palace and

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Antonio Conte's team beaten for the first time at home since September.

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We know it is a different challenge to the games we've had in the past

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but we are going in there in a rich vein of form, bar the Everton game,

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in the Premier League. We go in full of confidence. Craig Shakespeare's

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Leicester Revolution continues. You look as though you've grown into the

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role. I can't imagine you want to give up at the end of the season?

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The role of the remit was until the end of the season. Then it gives me

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a chance as a person to reflect on my own performances. Am I a better

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number two done number one? A better number one by number two? These are

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questions I will ask myself but ultimately, I can't do anything

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until the club decides so we will sit down at the end of the season,

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that is what I've been told, and see where we go from there.

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He says he has not changed that much. John, the difference is, they

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are scoring a lot more goals per game, 2.5 average now, when it was

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one in the games under Ranieri. He has made a difference. Of course he

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has. You know, he has got them through the Sevilla tie, into the

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quarterfinals of the Champions League. They are still very much in

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the Champions League tie because it is only 1-0, I know lots of people

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don't give them a chance but whatever he has done, it has worked.

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You have do think, does he deserve the job? What more can he do? He has

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got them winning, that is the bottom line isn't it? He has got Jamie

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Vardy playing again which makes a massive difference. He starts

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scoring, you start winning games, momentum, confidence, whatever you

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want to call it, he's done a really good job. I think the lack of an

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away goal against Atletico Madrid will be massive in the second leg

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but the fact they've got there is an achievement in itself. Interesting

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on the prickly subject of his relationship with Ranieri. Ranieri

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would not name names when he spoke earlier in the week and Craig

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Shakespeare answered but did not want to talk about it. Does it

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matter? Know, obviously it matters more to Ranieri because he's not

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there any more. But seriously, it does not matter. The problem is, I

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think Craig Shakespeare surmises that everyone is looking at him,

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thinking, "Was it you who knifed the former manager?" I don't think it

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was, I don't know it was but he can manage the team which is what he's

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doing and it is quite clever from the club because they can have a

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look around anyway and CU is available and make their own

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decision on the next manager. To reiterate about the Champions League

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army don't give them much of a chance. I think Atletico will score.

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They create a bit of an atmosphere at the King Power and you never know

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what can happen. Will probably be without Wes Morgan. And Robert Huth.

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That could be a big factor. Not only that, I'm desperate for them to win

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and get through but Atletico Madrid RME machine and they can defence in

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their lives. We know that is the way they play, on the counterattack and

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in Antoine Griezmann and even Torres, they get goals. More from

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them in a moment. We also saw the situation with Borussia Dortmund on

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Tuesday, the good news is Marc Bartra is recovering well. He spoke

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of the pain and panic and not knowing what was happening. I'm sure

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you saw Neary sat in's post-match interview and he said it was only

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during the second half that he started thinking about football. --

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Neary sat in's post-match. Why did they play the game, then? It is

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ludicrous and I've been in that position before with title, with

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Liverpool, when they made us play. -- with Heysel, where they made us

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play. 31 people died and you don't want to play. It is the fixtures,

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teams have domestic finals. Does not matter, but the final back. That is

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what Uefa will say but I agree. The players can't get over such a scare

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within 24 hours. Here is one for you and I've got to be careful what I

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said that if someone had died, would they be playing football? Totally

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not. What is the difference? Borussia Dortmund are in

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Monaco next Wednesday. By then, we'll know if Leicester

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have made the last four. One of the men they have

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to stop at the King Power is Atletico Madrid's Fernando

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Torres. He's been speaking to

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Juliette Ferrington. I think the Atletico fans know this

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is a special time in the history of the club. I saw Atletico from the

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outside and I knew they have regained the hunger and the passion.

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I was a kid and I went to the stadium to watch the team. It is

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what I saw. I think with passion, playing together, aggressive, you

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know, sometimes you don't play well but he win the games because you

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want to and everyone works hard. This is Atletico. When you are able

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to convince all of the players, this way, you can beat anyone, what is

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happening right now happens. You've got Antoine Griezmann. What is so

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special about him? We have a few key players and he is one of them. Of

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course we need him and his inspiration in the big games.

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Antoine Griezmann comes forward, left footed! Great strike. He's

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attracting a lot of Premier League interest as well. Did you see him

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eventually moving over there? I hope not. I hope he can stay with us

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forever. But that is normal, when some young players become one of the

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best in the world, everyone wants to sign them. Other teams cannot offer

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what Atletico is offering you right now. There is no reason to leave.

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Torres beats Tal Ben Haim and scores! His first goal for

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Liverpool! And it guarantees him hero status for life! It is ten

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years since you joined Liverpool. What memories do you have of your

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time at Anfield? Only good ones. It is a special place for me. It is

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always going to be like that. I felt like I was at home there. I played

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probably the best football of my career there. I still follow

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Liverpool, and my son was born there. Liverpool, for me, is part of

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my life, part of my career, part of my heart. I only have good words for

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them. Can I ask you about your partnership with Steven Gerrard? He

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was everything I need on the pitch all together in one player. I was a

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big fan of him before I went to Liverpool. But playing with him was

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much better than I was expecting. It was amazing. By far the best player

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I ever played with. I would pay to play with him again. When you were

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on your flight from Liverpool to London, when you signed to Chelsea,

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you said you just felt empty. Yeah, because I left behind me a very good

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three and a half years. You know, the situation was different because

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when Rafa Benitez left, and Alonso left, and all the promises that the

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owners made to the team were not true. We were not building a team to

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win. And that was the reality. I wanted to be the best and I needed

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to go to a team who would give me the tools to become the best. I

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needed to find my own way. And maybe it was not probably the best period

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of the year, in January but you know, sometimes you can't choose

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when you are going to move. But then, I had a very good three and a

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half years at Chelsea despite what everyone thinks. I also have very

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good memories there. Chelsea gave me the opportunity to win trophies. I

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won the Champions League and the Europa League and the FA Cup. I was

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happy to make it. Willian will beat Stephen Jordan that and Torres is

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away. Fernando Torres, who has never scored against his former club, can

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feed Willian, and Liverpool's title challenge the rails. That game in

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2014 when Steven Gerrard slipped, unfortunately, so close to the

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title, you could have scored, couldn't you, really, in that game?

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I had a team-mate next to me in a better position. But surely you

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could have scored? It was there! I felt so story for Steven Gerrard

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because we had chances to win the Premier League Liverpool, it was so

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close and I know how important it was for Liverpool to win the Premier

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League after so many years. It was so unfair for Steven because they

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deserve to win the prem league and in that one second, everything

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changed. How would you sum up Chelsea and Liverpool this season? I

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think Chelsea is a tough team, who play together, who run together, a

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very difficult team to play against and this is what Chelsea fans like.

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It will be a miracle if they don't win the Premier League. And I think

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Liverpool, again are in a situation that they have really good players,

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they play such good football, they have gaps during the season that

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they lose many points, and first place is far-away. But they have to

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be more consistent. They are in the way. I like what the manager is

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doing. The players they are signing are very good players and hopefully

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they can become a better team in the coming years and they can finally

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win the Premier League. And when you look back on your time in England,

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what were your happiest moments and biggest regrets? The only regret I

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have is not winning the Premier League in seven years but I have

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fantastic memories. Everything I went through in England was worth

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it. Fascinating interview and honest on

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the reasons for leaving Liverpool, talk about how devastated he felt

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when he left and talk about the owners not backing up promises. The

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two pretenders who came in, who had no money. Yeah, you know what, you

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actually forget how brilliant he was. Because they've had Suarez

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since. I am not saying he pales into insignificance and he doesn't and

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his goal record and the goals he scored and her to teams apart. He

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was absolutely brilliant. But I have to say, the ?50 million he got for a

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man with one knee was like sale of the century. It's worth pausing on

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what he said about Steven Gerrard, he said the best player he ever

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played with, bear in mind this is a man who won the biggest tournaments

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there are in football. Them as a pairing were almost telepathic.

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Gerrard would pick it up, he would just pick it and Torres was on the

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run. They were sensational together. I still feel he has a few goals in

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him. He is not as dynamic as he was and what we have seen. ?50 million

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at the time was good money for him. What do you think about Griezman? He

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is a world-class player. Manchester United seem desperate to get hold

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of. I think everybody would want to take him that can afford him. Do you

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think he will stay at Madrid? They're talking about the new

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ground. You know what, you look at the strikers, we were talking about

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this before, Aguero and Costa. I wouldn't be surprised if it's

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already done. Really? Yeah. Wouldn't be surprised if he is already sort

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of, his agents have had talks and there is a deal on the cards. That's

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how it normally happens with a big European player. OK. Whilst Atletico

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Whilst Atletico are bidding to reach their third

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Champions League final in four seasons, Arsenal are now in real

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danger of missing out on the competition for the first

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On Monday night, there was more disappointment at the Palace.

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It's a must-win game for Arsenal. Benteke roizs and wins a header.

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He slips and stumbles ap Townsend! It's Crystal Palace 1, Arsenal 0.

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To Benteke again. A chance! It's 2-0 to Crystal Palace! What a

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finish Cabaye. It's Townsend, will he get there

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ahead of the goalkeeper? He bundle it is to the ground and the referee

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points to the penalty spot. The crowd tonight will tell you if he

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scores! Crystal Palace 3, Arsenal 0. Arsenal looked lacking in ideas and

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penetration and largely toothless. Who was the relegation side today?

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Exactly. Crystal Palace are three points off the relegation zone,

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conceded 50 goals and that looked like it was us. I have loved it. I

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love to remember him as a great rather than what we have now.

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Whether you want him to stay or you don't want him to stay, when you are

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asked does he deserve a new contract, of course he doesn't. It's

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a miserable time for Arsenal fans. Let's talk about Palace. Two wins in

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a week against teams in the top six. It's a massive turnaround, they're

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more clinical as well now. They are. When you think when Sam Allardyce

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first went into the football club and we were talking off air earlier,

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the same thing happened at Sunderland. When Sam first went to

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Sunderland they didn't win, didn't have a great record but he has a

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look at it, sees what he has, has work with them and just turns things

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around. It's been a remarkable run of form that Palace have been on.

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Complete contrast to Swansea. Paul Clement comes in and they have the

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bounce. When Sam came in, I think first game was at Watford, they had

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a draw. Struggled to win. Now all of a sudden his methods and tactics are

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starting to work. They were great against Arsenal. Didn't take much to

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be fair. It was fully deserved and they played well. He has guys doing

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what they're paid to do. Zaha create crosses. Townsend, yeah, Cabaye is

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starting to look a player. Palace have the points in the bag. I think

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they've four of the top six in their last few games of the season.

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They've got the points on the board. You feel they're safe and

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comfortable? On 37? Yeah, I really do. 37 is enough, I really do. Is it

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37? Sorry, 34. Do you want my glasses! One more win they may need.

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When you play the top four, top four might be done. Might not be that

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much of a fixture. From Arsenal's point of view, some of the fans have

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been calling players cowards after that performance against Palace. Is

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that too strong? I think it is. I think there's been too many inept

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performances from the whole team. Losing ten-2 to Bayern Munich,

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losing silly goals, there doesn't look togetherness as a team, they're

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playings as individuals. Not getting players on contract. Sanchez. Arsene

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Wenger has been magnificent in his first, ten, 12 years, but no title

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for 13 years and too many performances that make the players

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look weak and I think it's time for him to go, personally. Every day

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when the club does not make a decision and it's the club who needs

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to make a decision, you are just diminishing his legacy. As one of

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the supporters came on and said, build a statue, he has been an

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absolutely, been a genius with that club. The crowd want Arsene Wenger

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to announce that he is going. So that they can give him a rapturous

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standing ovation. Six lap of honours with every game. He can go out as a

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hero, if you like. It may well be he goes out without being in the

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Champions League for the first time in his entire reign. It's an

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incredible record. Will they Finnish the top four? No. His record is

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fantastic which makes it worse. It's such - he is such a clever,

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intelligent man. It's as though he has not got a best mate who goes

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this might just be the time to go and you will be remembered by

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everybody, Manchester United fans, Tottenham fans, Chelsea, will go by

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the way how good was that guy? Across North London,

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the cockerel could soon be crowing. Since losing to Liverpool

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in February, six wins in a row have Another Harry Kane hat trick!

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Alli! Eriksen!

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They're on their way to a big win and three points.

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This is dangerous, it's Eriksen. It's deflected and Alli equalises.

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Son is in behind! And it's in!

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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

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disaster is welcomer poor taste and poor timing.

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Kelvin MacKenzie has consistently vilified the club and supports, now

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he has upset the everians and deserves -- Evertonians and deserves

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everything he gets. To the Championship,

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where there is only one game this afternoon,

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as all the other teams Fifth-placed Reading are away

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at Aston Villa and looking good for the play-offs,

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despite their 7-1 defeat Mark Clemmit has been

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testing his diplomatic skills. How are you? OK.

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How are you? Good, thank you. You are still smiling. Yeah, always.

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I mean, shall we, last weekend, are you over it, are you OK? Yeah, of

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course. It's one of those, you know, as a football player or a career in

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football you are going to get something like that. For me this

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year has been like brilliant. Especially the way how we want to

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play. It's not easy, start from the back as a goalkeeper, you know, we

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have a lot of, you know... That's what it's about! I have good news

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for you, we don't have the rights to the FL any more so we won't be able

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to show that. Fantastic. What happened?

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We had that one result, we can't get one result derail us, this week's

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been fine. In football you do learn to sulk for a day and try and forget

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about it and we move on. What's it like to have worked for the gaffer?

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It would be hard to put into words really how much he's done for the

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club. I mean, you know, in the summer there was, the club wasn't in

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a great position at all, there were players out of contracts, players

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leaving. He would be the main reason as to why we are doing well and I

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think all the players would say that.

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Bearing in mind all the goals you have got from Bournemouth two years

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ago and then didn't really work out in the Premier League, is this

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unfinished business for you? Of course it would be a dream for me to

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get promoted this season with Reading and try to have a go next

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season. As you know, still some games remaining and we have to work

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hard to make sure we are in the play-off and after you never know

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what can happen. There is a high profile Muslim, with all that's

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going on in the world, do you feel the need to be a figurehead to

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spread the message of tolerance, of integration? Do you see yourself

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like that? Of course it's really bad what we see around the world now,

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but as a Muslim player and to be especially in this country I am very

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happy. I always say that. The respect of the people, all the

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players, the managers, the staff, even the fans, you know, I don't

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have any problem. You have announced in a year's time you are going to

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finish the game so how are you feeling as your football career

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nears an end? I feel good to be fair, I think my position right now

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is really good because I am pushing for something could be amazing at

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the end of season and next season if we are in a Prem that will not

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change my mind and I will have last one and try to enjoy it as much as

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possible. You could look back on a huge 12 months in your life, and

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back into the Premier League would be the climax? With the national

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team it was undescribable, that would be hard to put into words. And

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then came back and we started doing well club-wise and it's been a good

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sort of ten months or so. If, touch wood, that was to happen, then yeah,

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the last 12 months would be something, hard to match, I think.

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We will talk about the rest of the teams in a moment.

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While we were watching that Spurs have scored twice against

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Bournemouth. Dembele and Son. They're picking up from where they

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left off last week against Watford. You don't like talking about

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fixtures as you made clear! I will ask him. I need to talk to somebody!

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5th place at the moment, if you look at their fixtures, playing a lot of

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sides at the other end of the table. They're not playing teams around

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them but playing sides fighting for their life. Hold on, what would you

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rather play if you need points? That's what I am asking you about. I

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just told you! Play teams down the bottom and the fact they've

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something to play for makes it easier for Reading. Three or four

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clubs fighting for the 6th spot, doesn't matter whether you are six

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or third, how many times do you see the 6th placed team go on to be

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promoted into the Premier League? So, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading,

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Fulham, Huddersfield have done enough, I think. Leeds, great point

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at Newcastle last night. They're all playing for that final place, that

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6th spot, if you like. Let's not talk about fixtures any more. I

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wanted to ask about the best sort of manager who you have seen in

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training, let's show this again. There is a good touch here. Not bad

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for a centre-half. Somebody told me he was strong once. Never mind that

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one. John Robertson was the best for me. Martin O'Neill's assistant. At

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Celtic. Twice European Cup winner. Unbelievable touch. Didn't really

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move within about ten yards. Unbelievable. He didn't move because

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he couldn't! Daglish. You have answered the only question I ever

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ask about the best is Kenny Daglish. Someone said he was frightening in

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training. That's really interesting Dan!

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Thank you. Let's talk about fixtures instead.

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Clem is in the Sports Centre, loosening up for Final Score.

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Let's start in the Championship, then.

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Brighton in the box seat and could start the party on Monday.

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Yeah, those two are really giving you some today! Huddersfield's late

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win yesterday against Preston, Leeds equaliser at Newcastle with

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Brighton's win at Wolves means Brighton have a four-point gap at

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the top of the Championship. Five games left but a much inferior goal

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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

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the other end of the table after Blackburn's surprise win at For rest

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yesterday, look at that cluster there. 18th down to 22nd, five teams

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separated by four points. Birmingham one of them. Zola turned on by the

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Birmingham fans yesterday after the draw at Rotherham. On Monday another

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mouth-watering draw is Blackburn against Bristol City. From a league

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one perspective, there is a couple of famous clubs going in different

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directions. Yeah, Bolton kicked off against Oldham, they need more wins.

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If they slip up today Sheffield United would be champions of league

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one. That would be the first manager since Ian Porterfield in 1980s to

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win two consecutive titles with wo different teams. Coventry down.

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Problems potentially only starting. The lease is up at the end of next

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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

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a derby yesterday. Just need another one at home to Newport on Monday and

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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,

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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

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Monday they'll be in the national league next season. Thank you very

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much. I think the fella behind you just

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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

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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

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Premiership, touch wood. Watford and Swansea, independenting Watford are

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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.

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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.

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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.

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# # I made it # I am the world's greatest

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# I am not a little bit of hope # When my back's against the ropes

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# The world's greatest. Might start a trend that. It worked, they won

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the final. 8-3.

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Paul Konchesky and Jamie O'Hara a couple of the big names in there.

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We leave you with the nominees for the PFA Player's Player of the Year.

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Costa to Hazard. Too strong. Chelsea fans rise! Into the box,

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Ibrahimovic might have got them back into the game.

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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

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again. Lukaku has four. Sanchez, magnificent!

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