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Regis taking it well

on the chest and a lovely piece

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of control by Regis.

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Oh, what a great shot!

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Oh, one of the goals

of the season, Cyrille Regis.

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That was 1982's Goal of the Season -

just one of the many

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memorable moments

that Cyrille Regis provided us

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with over the years.

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We'll offer our own tribute

in the next hour, and Jermaine Jenas

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and Kevin Kilbane will be amongst

those reflecting on his

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remarkable legacy.

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We also have all this

on the way for you.

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Can Paul Lambert save Stoke City?

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The man himself is in no doubt.

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None whatsoever. As I told you right

now, none whatsoever.

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Christian Eriksen wants

some Spurs silverware.

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If we are lucky enough to get a

trophy, a few more...

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Valencia new boy Francis Coquelin

on Arsenal's January sales.

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Obviously if they let Sanchez go,

they will need to strengthen the

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team.

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And ahead of the Edinburgh derby,

Craig Levein talks Hearts' revival.

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I felt it was partly my

responsibility the club was weird

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was, and I felt a real need to try

and help them to fix it.

That's all

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to come.

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All Premier League players will wear

black armbands in memory

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of Cyrille Regis today.

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We'll have team news

from the Amex shortly.

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We'll also be live at

Turf Moor, the King Power

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and the London Stadium.

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Sam Allardyce takes charge

of his 1000th game as a manager

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when Everton face West Brom,

and Arsenal set to be

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Alexi Sanchez-less when

they take on Palace -

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more on that soon.

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At tea time, the no-longer

invincible leaders host Newcastle.

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Tomorrow sees Spurs

travel to Southampton.

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And Swansea's match with a red-hot

Liverpool rounds things

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off on Monday night.

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Last Monday we brought the news that

Stoke City had appointed

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Paul Lambert as their new manager.

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Paul Lambert as their new manager.

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Later that night, he

watched his new side

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from the stands at Old Trafford.

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COMMENTATOR:

Stoke have taken six

points off Manchester United since

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Jose Mourinho's appointment. They

very often raise their game against

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today's opponents. Paul Lambert is

watching tonight before he takes

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control. Loads of space for Antonio

Valencia, his left foot, into the

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back of the net!

Manchester United score. And already

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he has to see how his team perform

being behind in the game. The

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Manchester United goal is leading a

charmed life here, attempt from

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Choupo-Moting. 2-0 to Manchester

United! Anthony Martial. Brilliant

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saved by David de Gea! Anthony

Martial know into the box, could

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have been a handball from Lukaku.

It's a goal for Romelu Lukaku. Job

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done by Jose Mourinho's team. And it

is no buck to the trend that has

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seen Stoke in the relegation zone.

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is no buck to the trend that has

seen Stoke in the relegation zone.

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Thank you to all those shouting at

their television and these two have

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been shouting as well.

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So a 13th defeat of

the season for Stoke.

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It's a big task for the new man.

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Paul Lambert has been

talking to Mark Clemmit.

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How are you?

Good.

Beautiful. Are

you

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you cold?

No.

You have slightly more hair than

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me. I have seen how well you have

worked.

Is this a chat up line?

Are

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you ready to immerse yourself right

back in this torture chamber again?

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It does things with people.

Yes, but

I think it is great. It is what I

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have done for all my days, really,

and it is great. I never thought I

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would get the opportunity,

especially with the Premier League

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club. If you are a manager, you have

been in there, but to survive in the

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Premiership... Did I think this

chance would come? No. When you

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didn't think you would get a chance

in the Premier League? No.

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I think those images of view, on

Match of the Day. It must be

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horrendous pressure.

You become somebody you're not,

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really, when you stand on that

technical area and things are really

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going against you and the fans are

calling for you to go, the banners

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up, and no matter what you have done

in your own career, it is all over

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place at times. The stress on your

brain, thinking how can I win again?

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You try to shift it, think of

something else to do, go to 3-4

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systems, five systems. You're

confusing yourself, confusing the

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players...

A solution to join

something around, to survive.

That

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is what you're trying to do.

COMMENTATOR:

Not a great start to

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the New Year for Mark Hughes, and

you can see what the supporters

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think of it.

Charlie, have the

players self analysed what hasn't

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happened so far this season?

Of

course you do. Especially when you

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lose a manager, individually and

collectively you need to know the

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reasons why. Let's be honest, and

brutally honest, we have not been

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good enough, not reaching the levels

we have reached in previous seasons

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and unfortunately the manager

carries the can for the whole club.

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I have been through what Mark went

through and I know exactly what it

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is like. Something different,

whatever it was going to be, either

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me or somebody else, they needed

something different. I good nucleus

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of football this year.

Paul Lambert

is the new Stoke City manager,

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signing a two and a half year

contract.

You just have to... You

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got a call to see come in and chat

and the deal was done very quickly?

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Yes. I knew it was great club, the

Premier League there as well, and a

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real talented group here. It never

entered my frame of mind, OK, one

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manager has turned it down and so

has another, but...

Do you have to

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earn your stripes when you go in

there? Do you have to get your tone

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just right?

I think you need to lay

down the law, really. OK, this is

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what we are playing, this is what we

want to do, what to achieve. I know

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the way we want to play, the system

we want to play and what we want to

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try and do, and I have it obviously

planned out, but what the game plan

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will be on Saturday... It is just a

matter of trying to choose the right

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team to win a game. 15 games are

like 15 cup finals I think that we

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need to win. What I have seen so

far, there are more than capable of

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winning.

No doubt in your mind that

Stoke City will be saved this

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season?

None whatsoever, as I talk

to you right now.

He is absolutely

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clear he does not expect you to get

relegated this season. Is that an

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ethos is shared by the squad?

Of

course, if you look at the talent we

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have. And talent alone does not win

you games, it is hard work that wins

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games. We win or lose as a group but

for most importance is we get back

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to winning days. If we don't,

everybody knows what will happen.

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The game is about winning and I

don't think that should never be

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taken away from it. You have to win

games, no matter what.

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STUDIO: Confidence both from the

manager and Charlie Adam there.

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Other managers linked with it,

Martin O'Neill, Quique Flores, but

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what an opportunity for Paul

Lambert, Kevin?

A big opportunity

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for him after what happened with

Wolves and Villa, so not last

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chance, but he certainly... And he

has the pedigree. He had success

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with what he did at Norwich.

Has to

learn from his mistakes as well.

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Yes, particularly at Villa, where he

had a high budget and a lot of

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players and it didn't work out for

him. Going in into similar

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circumstances at Stoke, big budget,

big players on big wages, and he

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needs to get them all together

quickly.

It is quite obvious what he

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needs to do. They concede more goals

than anyone in the top five leagues

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in Europe. He needs to shore them

up.

Weirdly, the invested in two

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defensive players in the summer,

Kurt Zouma... But when you look at

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them defensively, especially against

Manchester United on Monday night, I

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thought it was a team issue. I think

that is pretty poor from the

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left-back personally. The young lad,

give him the benefit of the doubt,

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he will learn from that, being shown

down the line, but it is not just

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individuals. They need to be harder

to beat, Stoke. They seem a little

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too easy to play against, and this

came in particular, you can set here

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and rave about Manchester United and

I fought they were brilliant and

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don't want to take anything away

from that, but it also looked really

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easy. People playing in third gear.

You think that is why he made that

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comment in the interview about

laying down the law? An interesting

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tactic.

It is a fine line. They have had a

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pretty low season in terms of morale

at Stoke, a lot of pressure on the

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manager, Mark Hughes, and the

players, and I think there needs to

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be and not in terms of positivity

and I am sure he will bring that

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under the training pitch but

obviously the next group of games we

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have seen just there are vital, that

they get not only draws but also

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some wins.

Look at the three goals

they conceded there. Historically,

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how many bodies did Stoke get back

into position? Throwing themselves

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in front of the ball. They just

didn't have anyone doing that. They

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had more than enough bodies back in

position and it was easy for United

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to score.

Perhaps a new manager can

make that subtle change. What about

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Huddersfield? Talking about the big

period for Stoke, but crucial for

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them as well. They can't slow down

and be petrified of relegation.

They

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are only four point ahead of Stoke

and what a difference it will make

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to Stoke if they win the game, but

you think, yes, of wins, it is a

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vital period for them. If they are

conceding like the Adebayor, they

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will be in trouble.

We are all in

our little summer shorts. Shall we

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see how cold it was for this one...

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Manchester United saw

off Stoke on Monday.

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Today, they are at Burnley.

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Jonathan Pearce will be commentating

on this one for Match of the Day.

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Give an update is not just on the

hat, but on what we know about

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Alexis Sanchez?

And getting ready

for rush. With my geographic ability

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no doubt I will end up in Siberia,

and if I end up there, it is for

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sure that I will be taking Kilbane

with me. Alexis Sanchez said goodbye

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to the Arsenal players last night,

and we think the deal will be done

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in the next 24 hours. Mkhitaryan's

deal will be done separately. Very

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differently because of the fees and

agents involved, but he should be an

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Arsenal player again in the next two

days. He said his goodbyes to the

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Manchester United players yesterday

I gather as well. Arsenal's next

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plan will be to confirm the deal

with Aubameyang who was left out of

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the Borussia Dortmund squad for the

last game, but I think all those

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details will be confirmed on Monday.

Thank you. Just to give our viewers

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one last lingering look at your hat.

If you can stay down the camera,

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beautiful. The Phil Davy Crockett!

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-- The full Davy Crockett!

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Well, like Manchester United,

Chelsea are intent on securing

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their top four position,

but it was FA Cup action

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for the Blues on Wednesday night

as the Canaries came to town.

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It was all about

reviewing the reviews.

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COMMENTATOR:

Fourth in the Premier

League meets 13th in the

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Championship and we will have a

result tonight. Danny Drinkwater

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going for goal, slamming the

crossbar. Just off the top of the

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bar! He finds the back of the net,

Batshuayi! It is in! They have

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equalised, right at the end of the

game. Lewis has

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equalised, right at the end of the

game. Lewis has got it! Norwich City

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will be looking forward to the next

30 minutes. Entered Bakayoko,

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brilliant play. Goes down inside the

box and the referee does not give

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the penalty, given the other way. No

sign at the moment...

We think it is

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a clear obvious penalty.

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a clear obvious penalty.

Challenged

by Pedro. Already booked and he will

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be sent off. Morato, under pressure,

goes down, no penalty, a free kick

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and Morato gets the yellow card

within his face. Norwich City have

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taken the champions Chelsea to

penalties. Norwich City, saved! By

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the Argentinian! Hazard strokes at

home! Finally, Chelsea prevail.

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So Chelsea squeak through,

but no Pedro or Morata

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for them today at Brighton,

and Simon Brotherton has

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rest of the team news.

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Plenty of team used to get through

here, six changes for Chelsea from

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Wednesday night, although Caballero

stays in goal because Thibaut

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Courtois has turned an ankle in

training. Still no Fabregas Gary

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Cahill with injury. Andreas

Christensen and Antonio Rudiger

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replace David Luiz and Ethan Ampadu

at the back. N'Golo Kante returns in

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place of Danny Drinkwater in

midfield. Both regular wingback

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scumbag into the team, Marcos Alonso

on the left, Victor Moses on the

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right and Eden Hazard starts in

place of Pedro further forward.

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Write and make five changes as they

go to a back three, Conor Goldson

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coming in, Markus Suttner and

Schelotto the wingbacks, Solly March

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starting and the attack is led by

Tomer Hemed with Glenn Murray

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dropped to the bench, as if

Izquierdo.

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We will look through those sites,

Chelsea with a couple of changes,

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Batshuayi upfront and Ross Barkley

on the bench. I wanted to talk to

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you about VAR because it has been a

hot topic. We mulled weave onto the

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game later. Antonio Conte has voiced

some concerns. You were at the game.

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What I find surprising is that Mike

Jones, who was the man watching it,

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did not seem to watch it from the

right angle, the Willian incident,

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or at the right speed to make a

decision.

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or at the right speed to make a

decision.

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It seems Mike Jones having to

operate the system on his own is not

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the way

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operate the system on his own is not

the way forward. It feels like they

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may need a professional operator to

keep up with the speed of being able

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to make the decision and give them

enough angle to make the right

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decision. Obviously, I did the

commentary on the day and I felt it

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was clear as day it was a penalty.

The fact that they did not seem to

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review it. You know, it was not

clear to anyone in the stadium that

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we have reviewed it and we are still

saying we don't think it is a

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penalty which would have infuriated

people even more. That was really

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confusing side of things. I think we

have to be careful because it is

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still in a trial phase and you don't

want to start destroying it because

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I think it will be good for the game

eventually. But when things like

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that happen, it really knocks you

for six. I suppose that is the

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problem.

And it is annoying because

the technology is there and we saw

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it the previous night at the King

Power when Kelechi Iheanacho's

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second goal was rightly given.

It

was and I thought he was offside

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initially and it was a good decision

but once it was reviewed, it was

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Nathan Pond's trailing leg that kept

Iheanacho onside. I think it was

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done in under 70 seconds and I

thought Jon Moss is did brilliantly,

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bided his time, waited and he did

not even go to the site to review it

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himself he was told from up above it

was clearly on-site and gave the

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goal, it was handled perfectly and

brilliantly and there was tension in

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the stadium around it but I thought

it was brilliantly handled and

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worked so well and that man Jon Moss

handle did brilliantly. No

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complaints at the King Power on

Tuesday but I was watching the game

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on Wednesday night when Jermaine was

commentating and Jermaine had it

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within two replays, two or three,

maximum, he knew it was a

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maximum, he knew it was a penalty

and that was why we were watching

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it, going "It's a penalty, why

hasn't it been given?"

We should not

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moan to much because it is for games

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hasn't it been given?"

We should not

moan to much because it is for games

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in and it will get better. A quick

word on Peter Grant potentially

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cajoled the question mark they gone

to review.

Don't get me wrong, I

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thought it was a weird one when I

woke up and heard about it! It seems

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Antonio Conte wants a plan B. He has

highlighted taller players to fit

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the mould.

Andy Carroll, Peter

Crouch.

I've played with Peter

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Crouch and for me, he's as good as

it gets when it comes to plan B.

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It's not a long-term situation, big

contract anything. I'm sure it will

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be short-term, for Antonio Conte to

have another option in the next few

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months.

Let's look at the Brighton

team.

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Five changes today, and I was going

to ask you, Kevin change to this is

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more personal, do they bring someone

in and last night they signed Jurgen

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Locaydia, £14 million, not available

today but is it the right time of

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the season to have a change?

I think

Chris Hughton has recognised they

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need a freshen up, like we said

about Huddersfield earlier, they are

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in a position where it is tipping

one way or another. What does he do?

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He's gone out and signed striker

because they need goals, they are

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solid and difficult to play against,

they don't concede too many but now

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suddenly they are in a position by

signing of striker where they have

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more firepower.

These are the set

pieces they conceded against West

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Brom last weekend.

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That's one of eight games today.

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Tomorrow's sole offering sees

Southampton face Spurs.

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Christian Eriksen has been a key man

for Tottenham again this season

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and he sat down this week

with Karthi Gnanasegaram.

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Christian Eriksen!

It's in!

Absolutely brilliant goal from

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Eriksen!

Christian Eriksen! That was

smashed in.

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Eriksen!

Christian Eriksen! That was

smashed in.

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You already know 2018 will be

exciting of the pitch.

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Congratulations to you and Sabrina.

You have spoken to Harry Kane who's

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had a new baby as well.

Of course,

we spoke to a lot of people who had

0:20:250:20:29

babies, trying to learn stuff from

them and see what they do but you

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what to do it in your own way as

well and you don't know what it is

0:20:320:20:35

before it is so there's not much to

ask.

A big year on the pitch as

0:20:350:20:39

well, a World

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well, a World Cup year for you, nine

goals in nine games for Denmark in

0:20:490:20:51

2017 including a hat-trick against

Ireland to get to Russia. For you,

0:20:510:20:54

what does it mean to play in a World

Cup again?

It will be very special

0:20:540:20:57

and a big difference compared to the

first time when I played one or two

0:20:570:21:00

games before I went to the World Cup

so it was a bit of a quick one. I

0:21:000:21:04

was a young guy trying to keep my

level up to the highest level and

0:21:040:21:06

now I'm there is so for me

personally, and for the team, it

0:21:060:21:09

will be a different experience going

there. Now I'm 26 and I'm looking

0:21:090:21:12

forward to it.

You were not the

youngest boy at the 2010 World Cup

0:21:120:21:16

at the time. There was a lot of

pressure then. You're now the

0:21:160:21:20

talisman for Denmark. What is the

pressure like now and how do you

0:21:200:21:24

cope with it?

The pressure back then

was more open, to show yourself to

0:21:240:21:28

the world and to everyone that you

can play. Now it is about keeping

0:21:280:21:33

the ability and being an important

man for the team, like you said, and

0:21:330:21:36

for the country. It is two different

stories, from one who just came to

0:21:360:21:42

watch and now you are one who can't

even believe it has been eight years

0:21:420:21:45

since the last time. It has gone

quick.

Eriksen! It is in. Harry

0:21:450:21:51

Kane. Son Square, 2-0. Great goal.

4-0. Son Heung-min. Harry Kane has

0:21:510:21:57

done it!

Great game at the weekend.

It will be different compared to the

0:21:570:22:04

first one because they probably

don't want to get beaten as big as

0:22:040:22:07

they did last time so it will be a

different game to watch.

You had

0:22:070:22:12

such a good run of form that that

was after what was not a great

0:22:120:22:16

November. Has anything switched over

in his last period?

Not really, even

0:22:160:22:21

the big games in November, we always

had a lot of shots, created a lot of

0:22:210:22:26

chances but we didn't score. Now it

is the difference, the ball goes in

0:22:260:22:30

the goal a bit easier, the game is a

bit more open and it gives us a bit

0:22:300:22:35

more confidence going into the game

that we know we will score two or

0:22:350:22:38

three. That is just is. You go on

some good games and bad games and

0:22:380:22:42

you are trying to keep the good

memories on top of everything and

0:22:420:22:45

really just keep improving when you

do it. Like I said, we are on a good

0:22:450:22:49

run but it is only the start. It

will be a long one.

With a group of

0:22:490:22:53

players that quite clearly from

watching get on very well, is their

0:22:530:22:57

role so the idea you want to win a

trophy together?

I think every team

0:22:570:23:02

has it. Every team wants to win

something. Some of them are lucky

0:23:020:23:05

enough to get a trophy or a few

more. Of course, we have not had

0:23:050:23:09

anything at Spurs. It will be new

for us to be in that position. We

0:23:090:23:13

have been close, lost a final of

course but getting there will be a

0:23:130:23:19

big step for us and I'm sure we will

keep the level up that we did the

0:23:190:23:22

last three seasons and hopefully be

a trophy again, yes.

0:23:220:23:28

A big year in store for Christian

Eriksen on and off the pitch. He

0:23:280:23:33

dropped the T bomb, trophy, there.

This site had a blip around

0:23:330:23:36

November, really good over Christmas

and New Year but unless they win

0:23:360:23:40

some silverware, will everyone

always said they were good but what

0:23:400:23:42

did they win?

They will do, simple

as that. That is getting thrown at

0:23:420:23:48

them on a daily basis even now. They

are that good as the team, the

0:23:480:23:52

manager is fantastic and there is

just this one thing everyone is

0:23:520:23:56

waiting for. Individually, they

could all come you know,

0:23:560:23:58

waiting for. Individually, they

could all come you know, we have

0:23:580:23:59

seen with Kyle Walker, looks like he

will go to Manchester City and win

0:23:590:24:03

another trophy, they have started to

put in the performances as we saw

0:24:030:24:06

last week against Everton, they were

phenomenal in this game but I think

0:24:060:24:11

the most important thing that is in

these players' mind is they have

0:24:110:24:14

been together for so long now, they

want to win something together. It's

0:24:140:24:19

going off on your own to bigger

clubs in winning silverware which

0:24:190:24:22

they are all capable of doing but

doing it together with this manager

0:24:220:24:25

in this moment, when they all feel

they deserve it is what will be

0:24:250:24:28

really special.

But how long can it

last? That is the question.

They

0:24:280:24:34

will lose players, I suppose, which

is part of the issue and the longer

0:24:340:24:37

you go without a trophy, the more

pressure it puts on you. But they

0:24:370:24:40

are good enough to cross the line. I

suppose they need a bit of luck

0:24:400:24:45

along the way to get themselves into

another final oral final.

New

0:24:450:24:49

stadium on the Wes Welker exciting

times for Spurs but everyone is

0:24:490:24:53

crying out for the silverware. In

Southampton this weekend, no wins in

0:24:530:24:58

ten. We have got relative positions

after this number of games in the

0:24:580:25:03

last six seasons. Most times we say

they sell their best players but the

0:25:030:25:06

model works. Could this be the

season that it fails them?

I've been

0:25:060:25:11

to watch Southampton a few times

this season and it's becoming a bit

0:25:110:25:15

lifeless, watching them. There's no

sort of excitement watching them

0:25:150:25:19

like there has been in the past and

that is where, if you asked the

0:25:190:25:22

question, do you feel as though the

model can continue, it always seems

0:25:220:25:25

it will come to an end eventually.

That is just doable.

You can't keep

0:25:250:25:29

doing it.

How sustainable is it?

That is the thing. Personally,

0:25:290:25:34

watching them, I think they will be

in trouble to the end of the season

0:25:340:25:40

because I feel as though there is no

spark watching them. They are going

0:25:400:25:43

to Spurs tomorrow, Spurs are playing

against a side where you feel they

0:25:430:25:45

could go there and hurt them badly

with the players they have got. I

0:25:450:25:48

worry for Southampton.

0:25:480:25:50

Well, if Southampton and Spurs can

tomorrow produce anything half

0:25:520:25:54

as good as the game at Anfield last

Sunday, then Match of the Day 2

0:25:540:26:01

This could be an epic game of

attack, attack, attack. Good run by

0:26:010:26:07

Oxlade-Chamberlain, goes for it and

scores! Liverpool lead! Leroy Sane

0:26:070:26:12

scores! Great equaliser from

Manchester City. Delph! Flicks the

0:26:120:26:19

bar. Firmino, no foul! It is

curling! It is in! Mane! He's hit

0:26:190:26:25

the post. A let off for City. Mane.

This time, he scores! Listened to

0:26:250:26:33

the noise! Mo Salah, does he go for

it? He does and he has scored!

0:26:330:26:41

Anfield is shaking. Manchester City

are rocking. Aguero, beautifully

0:26:410:26:50

played, gun began, good block,

Bernardo Silva scores for Manchester

0:26:500:26:53

City. 4-2. Gunn began, dangerous,

goal! 4-3. If Manchester City get

0:26:530:27:00

out of here unbeaten, it will be

practically miraculous. Manchester

0:27:000:27:05

City free kick. This is going to be

interesting. Kevin De Bruyne's bull

0:27:050:27:12

in! The flag was up anyway. City are

beaten for the first time in the

0:27:120:27:17

Premier League this season. Their

dirty game league unbeaten run has

0:27:170:27:21

come to an end. -- 30 game.

That was

a proper game of

0:27:210:27:27

come to an end. -- 30 game.

That was

a proper game of football. Do you

0:27:270:27:30

think, people have talked about

Manchester City losing for the first

0:27:300:27:32

time

0:27:320:27:33

Manchester City losing for the first

time and have Liverpool fan some

0:27:330:27:34

frailties or was it one of those

games when everything that could

0:27:340:27:37

have gone wrong for Manchester City

did?

I think Liverpool can do this

0:27:370:27:41

to anyone in Europe when they are at

it and the stadium has that type of

0:27:410:27:47

atmosphere, anyone could rock up to

Anfield and ship for goals. Yes,

0:27:470:27:51

City makes some big mistakes which

we have not seen this year but let's

0:27:510:27:55

not forget, Liverpool still had to

score four to win a game at home and

0:27:550:27:59

it nearly still didn't quite go

their way. It's one of the best

0:27:590:28:01

games of football I've seen in a

long time. I absolutely loved it but

0:28:010:28:05

it felt like a one-off to me. City

still showed so much character and

0:28:050:28:10

spirit to get into it even after big

mistakes from Ederson, just like

0:28:100:28:14

that. But Liverpool, what a

performance. Like I said, they will

0:28:140:28:18

do that to anyone, I really believe

it.

Mo Salah scores again. Klopp has

0:28:180:28:24

confirmed Loris Karius as his number

one so does that mean he will not

0:28:240:28:28

strengthen in that position and

stick by him?

He clearly needs to.

0:28:280:28:33

Either goalkeeper, you can't be

convinced by. Personally, I think

0:28:330:28:37

this is a mistake, a good strike

from Leroy Sane but I think it's a

0:28:370:28:41

mistake. This has happened regularly

with Liverpool. They were so

0:28:410:28:44

dominant in the first half, they

could have been two or three up and

0:28:440:28:47

a goalkeeping error has allowed City

back. In the first ten or 15 minutes

0:28:470:28:52

of the second half before Liverpool

got the second, City were on top so

0:28:520:28:56

the mistake can Kostyuk and it is

continuously happening. He's not

0:28:560:29:04

been convinced with Mignolet, Loris

Karius has not been convincing

0:29:040:29:06

cities gone there. I think it is the

key area Liverpool need to

0:29:060:29:08

strengthen now and if they do, they

can seriously content neck season.

0:29:080:29:13

They are formidable. City host

Newcastle in the late game. We keep

0:29:130:29:16

on having the same conversation

about Newcastle. The manager wants

0:29:160:29:20

to strengthen but the club cannot

seem to get the sale over the line,

0:29:200:29:23

they are holding out for a better

deal at both ends up things. If they

0:29:230:29:27

don't sort

0:29:270:29:28

deal at both ends up things. If they

don't sort this out in January, and

0:29:280:29:30

Benitez does not get the players he

is talking about. Could this then

0:29:300:29:35

badly?

Triggered. I can't remember

the last Newcastle were the Premier

0:29:350:29:41

League and did not have any issues.

It's ridiculous, there's always

0:29:410:29:43

something going on. The issue is as

a player when you want to join an

0:29:430:29:47

amazing club like Newcastle, one of

the big things you want is the

0:29:470:29:50

assurance Rafa Benitez will be there

to help continue your career in the

0:29:500:29:54

right direction, as well as joining

a fantastic football club. But

0:29:540:29:57

right direction, as well as joining

a fantastic football club. But there

0:29:570:29:57

no assurances Benitez will be their

past the summer with what is going

0:29:570:30:01

on right now, the uncertainty of

being able to strengthen and bring

0:30:010:30:04

in players and they desperately need

to. Dropping points to Swansea last

0:30:040:30:09

week, it said a lot to me. It is a

worrying sign. They had to win this

0:30:090:30:14

game. The fact they didn't was a

terrible result. Yes, they got back

0:30:140:30:19

into it but at the same time, they

need goals and they need to be

0:30:190:30:23

stronger at the back. They need more

to stay in this league. As it

0:30:230:30:28

stands, for me, I've said before, I

think it will be an unbelievable

0:30:280:30:32

result if they manage to even stay

in the Premier League this year.

0:30:320:30:36

Well, Liverpool were amongst

a number of clubs taking part this

0:30:390:30:41

week in the launch of Super Movers.

0:30:410:30:43

Heard about that one?

0:30:430:30:49

The BBC and the Premier League have

made it their mission to help

0:30:490:30:52

primary leak children move more.

Superstars like this...

And this,

0:30:520:31:02

will be joining forces to energise

young kids and help kids get moving,

0:31:020:31:10

to the Super Movers beat.

0:31:100:31:12

Well worth checking out.

0:31:120:31:13

Time for another type of mover now

in Francis Coquelin,

0:31:130:31:16

who has swapped north London

for the sunshine of Spain.

0:31:160:31:23

I have been here only a week now but

I am settling in very well, all the

0:31:260:31:30

people are very nice. There was

interest from Valencia in the summer

0:31:300:31:35

and I think I will try to get my

place back at Arsenal, but that

0:31:350:31:41

didn't happen so in the January

window when I heard they were still

0:31:410:31:45

interested it was a good opportunity

for me to enjoy my football and,

0:31:450:31:48

here and try to do something.

The league is different in England,

0:31:480:31:55

you know, a bit more physical. The

way the top teams try to play, but

0:31:550:32:01

it is quite physical as well. Here

you have physical abilities as well

0:32:010:32:08

but technically I think that La Liga

is superb, and that all the teams

0:32:080:32:13

can play. It all a lot to Arsenal

Football Club, they raised me as a

0:32:130:32:18

footballer but as a man as

0:32:180:32:24

footballer but as a man as well -- I

owe a lot to Arsenal Football Club.

0:32:240:32:26

To the manager as well, he raised

me. And I am at Valencia to write a

0:32:260:32:31

new chapter of my life.

Theo Walcott

has left and Alexis Sanchez is the

0:32:310:32:38

big move, possibly going to

Manchester United.

Heard a lot of

0:32:380:32:40

things in the dressing room but I

don't really know where they come

0:32:400:32:43

from. He is someone who is always

keen to work. I don't think the

0:32:430:32:49

squad is the problem, it is just the

uncertainty around him.

0:32:490:32:58

I don't think it a crisis. Obviously

they need a couple of results to get

0:32:580:33:03

going again obviously if Alexis

Sanchez goes, they will need to

0:33:030:33:07

strengthen the team, and for the

fans as well, because they demand

0:33:070:33:12

obviously a competitive team.

They will be upset if no one comes

0:33:120:33:17

in in the transfer market for

Sanchez.

Is Wenger the right person

0:33:170:33:22

to see the club through this?

People

tend to forget what he has done for

0:33:220:33:29

the club. The frustration, I think

everyone needs to stand by him. He's

0:33:290:33:32

the manager of the club and I think

everyone has to be him. Because that

0:33:320:33:36

is the only way the results will

turn around.

0:33:360:33:40

STUDIO: Surprised he left Arsenal.

He did a good job?

0:33:400:33:46

I'm not surprised he left. I thought

a couple of years ago he was doing a

0:33:460:33:49

really good job and everyone was

talking about this guy, solid

0:33:490:33:53

midfield, love the tackle, and I

think this year, and the second half

0:33:530:33:58

of last year, I felt the Arsenal

fans turned on him a little bit.

0:33:580:34:02

Yes, he had some poor performances,

and I think the sending off at White

0:34:020:34:05

Hart Lane was one of the big ones,

but at the same time, younger

0:34:050:34:09

player, stick with him. Help build

him up, maybe. I know me and Kevin

0:34:090:34:16

firmly believe he is better than

Elneny, so have they let him down a

0:34:160:34:22

little? I just think of it Arsenal

fans turned on him and it had a

0:34:220:34:27

knock-on effect on his performances.

Another man who has left Arsenal,

0:34:270:34:30

Theo Walcott. Off to Everton. I

don't know if you saw the press

0:34:300:34:37

Conference, but speaking with great

confidence, enjoyed being with big

0:34:370:34:39

Sam Allardyce there as well. Right

move for him at the rate he

0:34:390:34:43

Ministry?

I thought he was great in

the press Conference, spoke

0:34:430:34:47

brilliantly, obviously got it to

have left Arsenal the way it is. I

0:34:470:34:51

think it is perhaps two years behind

when he should have gone because

0:34:510:34:57

almost in those last two, three

years, he has gone a bit stale and

0:34:570:35:00

some players need that moves to

reignite their career. I think it is

0:35:000:35:03

a great move for Everton. They

desperately need pace and don't have

0:35:030:35:06

a lot upfront. I think he will be

that player they can bring in to

0:35:060:35:09

make those runs that Gylfi

Sigurdsson Wayne Rooney can pick him

0:35:090:35:13

out, so I think there's a good move

from their point of view. I look at

0:35:130:35:18

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and I think

Theo Walcott is thinking, hang on,

0:35:180:35:21

he left and all of a sudden he's

producing this form at Liverpool. I

0:35:210:35:24

want a piece of that. I want to go

and get better. And I think that

0:35:240:35:28

will happen now years gone.

Chelsea

have already scored against

0:35:280:35:32

Brighton, by the way, Hazard scoring

for Chelsea. Talking about players

0:35:320:35:41

coming in, Aubameyang, an

interesting one. Is that the right

0:35:410:35:44

sort of move for Arsenal? Because

the fans need something this

0:35:440:35:48

January.

I think so. We definitely

haven't seen the best of Mkhitaryan,

0:35:480:35:54

at Borussia Dortmund, always linked

up with Aubameyang and hurt teams in

0:35:540:35:57

Europe. I think what hearts Arsenal

the most is sending one of their

0:35:570:36:01

stars to a rival, but I think it

will appease them, if they can bring

0:36:010:36:06

in Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan, I

think it is a step in the right

0:36:060:36:09

direction, to appease them. And also

perhaps adapting their style a bit,

0:36:090:36:13

going forward and be more creative.

And they take on Palace today. The

0:36:130:36:19

statistics around them are

ludicrous. There start of the season

0:36:190:36:23

and they are now 12th and they have

only lost three of the last 16. What

0:36:230:36:27

a job he has done.

You have to

admire him. He is not trying to play

0:36:270:36:34

anything up, post much, just plays

it cool, not pulling his own

0:36:340:36:37

trumpet. Says we have a long way to

go, just playing it cool, that is

0:36:370:36:42

his ethos and it has been great to

see -- post match.

OK.

0:36:420:36:48

Bournemouth buoyant after beating

Arsenal and then, a midweek FA Cup

0:36:480:36:51

exit at the hands of Wigan.

0:36:510:36:52

They got off to a bad start

when the Wigan skipper Sam Morsy

0:36:520:36:55

slotted home after Will Grigg's

effort was saved.

0:36:550:36:57

The League 1 leaders

doubled their advantage

0:36:570:36:59

in the second half.

0:36:590:37:00

Substitute Dan Burn converting

Max Power's cross.

0:37:000:37:02

In off the bar, and three minutes

later it was all over,

0:37:020:37:05

when this well-directed header

from Callum Elder

0:37:050:37:06

made it 3-0.

0:37:060:37:07

How about that for are perfectly

aimed header?

0:37:070:37:09

Paul Cook's side will now face

West Ham in the fourth round.

0:37:090:37:16

So it could have been

West Ham and Bournemouth

0:37:160:37:18

in the FA Cup next Saturday.

0:37:180:37:21

It is West Ham and Bournemouth in

the Premier League this afternoon.

0:37:210:37:24

Steve Bower is there for us.

0:37:240:37:27

Apart from comparing notes on Wigan,

an aborted game for both sides?

Yes,

0:37:270:37:32

you're right. Both have had a

resurgence -- an important game for

0:37:320:37:39

both sides. Speaking about Crystal

Palace, but West Ham have something

0:37:390:37:43

similar. They picked up three points

from 24 and in the last 24 they

0:37:430:37:46

suddenly have 15 on the board and it

led to David Moyes yesterday

0:37:460:37:50

speaking about five more wins to get

to that magical 40 point mark. Real

0:37:500:37:55

momentum suddenly about West Ham. He

has brought that organisation which

0:37:550:37:58

we knew he would do and he has goals

at the other end. Marko Arnautovic

0:37:580:38:02

is a big reason for that, six

0:38:020:38:09

is a big reason for that, six goals

in his last seven games, linking up

0:38:120:38:13

with Manuel Lanzini. Only losing one

of their last eight at home and

0:38:130:38:16

suddenly there is a different

feeling in the stadium. This fixture

0:38:160:38:18

of course open the Premier League at

the London stadium, which they won

0:38:180:38:21

one of his era. For these teams,

suddenly of results go their way

0:38:210:38:23

they could find themselves in the

top half of the table

0:38:230:38:26

psychologically by the end of this

evening. Speaking psychologically,

0:38:260:38:30

Bournemouth, yes, after that FA Cup,

Eddie Howe making eight changes, but

0:38:300:38:35

what a lift and a shot in the arm

for them to beat Arsenal at home.

0:38:350:38:40

Since I saw them lose heavily at the

Etihad Stadium, what a change, they

0:38:400:38:46

have a chance to keep that going.

These two are separated by just one

0:38:460:38:49

point. A landmark day for Eddie Howe

as well, his 100th Premier League

0:38:490:38:54

game, the youngest Premier League

manager to reach that landmark. I

0:38:540:38:58

will let you there think about the

other two.

Brighton are 2-0 down to

0:38:580:39:12

Chelsea, Willian getting the second.

0:39:120:39:13

More from Steve

on Final Score later.

0:39:130:39:15

Dion Dublin and Alex Scott will be

across all the 3 o'clocks

0:39:150:39:18

with Eilidh Barbour.

0:39:180:39:19

Jermaine is back tonight

with Alan Shearer

0:39:190:39:20

and Gary on Match of the Day.

0:39:200:39:22

MOTD2 extra tomorrow

with Southampton

0:39:220:39:23

and Spurs to look forward to.

0:39:230:39:25

And Mark Chapman will complete

the weekend at 10:30pm tomorrow.

0:39:250:39:27

Last Saturday, West Brom

won their first league match

0:39:270:39:32

since August, but any joy

was quickly tempered

0:39:320:39:35

by the news on Monday

morning that their former striker

0:39:350:39:38

Cyrille Regis had died suddenly

at the age of 59.

0:39:380:39:40

Albion fan Adrian Chiles looks back

on his life and legacy.

0:39:400:39:47

He was just a leader, a trailblazer.

Very dignified.

Cyrille was a lovely

0:39:470:39:57

guy, a gentleman.

God must be short

of strikers, and he has chosen the

0:39:570:40:02

right one.

The man who did so much

to change British football was

0:40:020:40:07

actually born in French Guyana.

Raised in West London, he trained as

0:40:070:40:12

an electrician after leaving school

but in 1977 his talent caught the

0:40:120:40:17

eye of West Brom and suddenly a new

career and a new era in British

0:40:170:40:20

football sparked into life.

COMMENTATOR:

Superb! Cyrille Regis

0:40:200:40:28

has come from semiprofessional

football, and he has blasted his way

0:40:280:40:33

into the scene at the top.

He played

with a certain freedom, because he

0:40:330:40:38

came from non-league. A wonderful

centre forward. He played with a

0:40:380:40:43

smile on his face.

He could bring

people into play quite comfortably,

0:40:430:40:49

make runs, scorer goals from all

sorts of places, spectacular goals.

0:40:490:40:53

A real powerful runner. A number

nine that most clubs now play with

0:40:530:40:59

more than a lot of money for, but a

team player that had real good

0:40:590:41:04

individual qualities that could

create something and of course we

0:41:040:41:07

remember some of the wonderful

individual goals he scored.

0:41:070:41:11

COMMENTATOR:

What a great shot! One

of the goals of the season, Cyrille

0:41:110:41:16

Regis!

As the goal Lewin Dooley Max

Lowe in far uglier things flew down

0:41:160:41:25

from the terraces. At a time when

not many black players played

0:41:250:41:29

football, he was the target of vile

relentless racist abuse.

I was

0:41:290:41:35

listening on the TV, and obviously I

didn't know what was going on but

0:41:350:41:38

you could hear the monkey chants.

The aggravation we talked about in

0:41:380:41:49

the 70s and a diplomat, all the

racial aggravation, I never saw

0:41:490:41:53

Cyrille get angry. He just seemed to

show people his ability -- in the

0:41:530:41:58

70s and 80s.

If you can apply your

trade on a football pitch well

0:41:580:42:03

getting abused, nonstop, you are

bigger man than me because I

0:42:030:42:08

probably would have reacted. That is

what makes them different, what

0:42:080:42:13

makes Cyrille different.

His bride

defied prejudiced the matter how

0:42:130:42:18

extreme.

I got picked to play for

England. A letter came through the

0:42:180:42:22

post, and I got a letter saying if

you ever step foot on this Wembley

0:42:220:42:26

pitch you will get one of these in

your knees. We showed it to the

0:42:260:42:30

boys. It wasn't going to stop me.

A

death threat shrugged off with the

0:42:300:42:35

same ease he would see off a

defender's challenge. He would

0:42:350:42:41

eventually get the silverware his

career deserved, with Coventry in

0:42:410:42:45

1987, the FA Cup. But his impact in

football can't simply be measured in

0:42:450:42:49

goals or trophies. His greatest

triumph was what came afterwards,

0:42:490:42:55

inspiring and paving the way for the

next generation.

I remember my uncle

0:42:550:42:59

Cyrille, everyone so proud of what

he was doing and the Strachey was

0:42:590:43:02

making not just for himself and our

family but for black people in

0:43:020:43:07

England -- the strides that he was

making. Sign without the strength of

0:43:070:43:11

character he had, people like me

would not have had the opportunity.

0:43:110:43:17

--

yes, without the strength of

character he had.

We will try and

0:43:170:43:20

take on what he has taught us and

inspire the next generation of

0:43:200:43:27

footballers, black, white, orange,

we don't care.

Cyrille Regis open

0:43:270:43:31

and closed mind and in the process

open the door to a new era for

0:43:310:43:37

others. His legacy will be seen on

football pitches up and down the

0:43:370:43:42

country on this and every weekend.

He was an inspiration, an icon, a

0:43:420:43:46

hero and a friend, and society, as

much as football, should forever be

0:43:460:43:51

grateful to them.

0:43:510:43:55

much as football, should

forever be grateful to him.

0:43:550:43:59

What a man. So sad he has gone.

People paying tribute not just

0:43:590:44:04

there, but throughout the week, of

what an inspiration he has been to

0:44:040:44:08

so many players, whatever

generation.

Yes, and I think it was

0:44:080:44:12

put well better by those players,

Brian Deane and so on, about exactly

0:44:120:44:17

what Cyrille brought to the game. In

my house he was like a god. I

0:44:170:44:22

obviously didn't really get to see

much of his era but my parents, my

0:44:220:44:28

mum and my dad, the always

emphasised to me what Cyrille

0:44:280:44:33

brought to the game to allow me to

go and enjoy the game, basically,

0:44:330:44:37

that I loved, with freedom, because

that is what I got. I suppose what

0:44:370:44:43

he went through as an experience was

far beyond that but it was the level

0:44:430:44:47

of class he did it with, and that

was just one side. What an

0:44:470:44:50

unbelievable football player as

well. Seriously sad day, and I think

0:44:500:44:54

you can see how emotional the people

that were closer to him are.

I find

0:44:540:44:59

it amazing. What was alluded to the,

the skill of the abuse he received,

0:44:590:45:05

and yet not react to that, and sort

of kill them with kindness, that is

0:45:050:45:09

the mark of the man, isn't it?

Which

is not an easy thing to do.

When

0:45:090:45:15

people hate and are viable, the

things through the post, not only to

0:45:150:45:20

kind of kill them with kindness but

to show I think the level of

0:45:200:45:24

bravery, to step into that type of

arena, face that type of adversity

0:45:240:45:28

head on and deal with it, I mean,

that is why everybody else behind,

0:45:280:45:35

following Cyrille, says, OK, they

can get a bullet through the post

0:45:350:45:39

and step on that pitch in an England

shirt I step out and do myself proud

0:45:390:45:43

as well. Unbelievable.

0:45:430:45:48

You came across at West Brom?

He was

my coach said two years. I signed

0:45:480:45:52

for West Brom as a record signing

and it was a bit of a burden on my

0:45:520:45:56

shoulders at the time. I struggled

initially to adapt and adjust.

0:45:560:46:01

Cyrille was there alongside me. You

spoke about a burden, it might have

0:46:010:46:04

been a burden on me but what I was

feeling was nothing compared to what

0:46:040:46:08

Cyrille felt when he played himself.

He used to put his arm around me,

0:46:080:46:13

honestly, firstly, his smile was the

most infectious smile you could ever

0:46:130:46:16

imagine. Just when he used to chat

to you in a calm way, you would come

0:46:160:46:21

away from Cyrille feeling ten feet

tall, we just knew him as Big C, he

0:46:210:46:28

was a great character and

personality but what he meant to

0:46:280:46:31

Midlands football in general, and

particularly West Brom, wherever we

0:46:310:46:35

would go or travel to, they did not

want to see us, the modern-day

0:46:350:46:38

birds, they wanted to speak to

Cyrille and listen to his stories.

0:46:380:46:43

Having all those rivals and be loved

by everybody.

How we could play for

0:46:430:46:47

Wolves and West Brom and be loved by

both, I don't know, Coventry and

0:46:470:46:50

Aston Villa but I can't speak highly

enough for what he did to me from a

0:46:500:46:54

personal view. He was not a black

coach to me, he was just a coach,

0:46:540:46:57

that is all. He was great around the

place, an amazing character.

We saw

0:46:570:47:01

Chris Hughton in the piece and this

was the minute's applause before

0:47:010:47:05

Brighton and Chelsea today, and it

will happen at every game and the

0:47:050:47:08

players will wear black armbands.

Thank you for your beautiful

0:47:080:47:11

tributes, both, I know he knew

inspired you and you knew him Wright

0:47:110:47:15

Chu-Young gripper germane. -- knew

him in your young career, germane.

0:47:150:47:21

John Motson is at the King Power

Stadium today for Leicester's

0:47:210:47:24

match with Watford.

0:47:240:47:25

I know you, dated lots on Cyrille

Regis write your career. It's been a

0:47:250:47:28

tough week in Kaboul. What are your

particular memories of him?

Not just

0:47:280:47:32

the memories of Cyrille, it is what

they had to put up with in the 70s

0:47:320:47:38

and 80s, the black players, when I

was commentating. I won't go into

0:47:380:47:43

detail but things were thrown, said

enchanted, terrible abuse. I was

0:47:430:47:46

once on a plane with the England

team when John Barnes had scored a

0:47:460:47:49

great goal and there was a far right

group of people on the plane who

0:47:490:47:52

were shouting down the aisles,

"England only won 1-0 because we're

0:47:520:47:58

not counting your goal". That was

the kind of level it went to. This

0:47:580:48:04

was the era Cyrille Regis came into

along with Laurie Cunningham and

0:48:040:48:08

Brendon Batson, the three degrees,

as Ron Atkinson christen them at

0:48:080:48:11

West Brom and that was a fine team,

by the way. But Cyrille presented a

0:48:110:48:18

lot of other players, Clyde Best at

West Ham, one of the first place to

0:48:180:48:22

receive series of abuse but Cyrille

brought dignity and decency --

0:48:220:48:27

decency to it as well as brilliant

football. I can't top Adrian Chiles'

0:48:270:48:33

words on his fine career, it was

magnificent. I have to say, having

0:48:330:48:37

thought about it this way, I think

he was probably a pioneer, a

0:48:370:48:41

vanguard in a movement which saw the

black community, and we are not just

0:48:410:48:45

talking football, by the way, get

the state is they deserved in the

0:48:450:48:49

70s and 80s. It was a social issue

and he was right at the heart of it.

0:48:490:48:55

I am at Leicester this morning,

dang, and you won't mind me saying

0:48:550:48:58

we have had a great hero passing in

the week here, too, Rodney Fearn,

0:48:580:49:05

played in the 1969 cup final for

Leicester City against Manchester

0:49:050:49:09

City. He passed away at the age of

69 so in addition to the sentiment

0:49:090:49:14

that will be coming Cyrille Regis'

way today, there will be a lot of

0:49:140:49:19

people here at Leicester, the Foxes

will remember a very fine player,

0:49:190:49:26

Rodney Fearn.

Thanks, John. Briefly

on today, there will be a minute's

0:49:260:49:32

applause today as well before the

game. For Watford, only five points

0:49:320:49:36

in their last 30 and it seems to

have unravelled a bit since the boss

0:49:360:49:39

was linked with the Everton job.

I

think you are absolutely spot on.

0:49:390:49:44

Let me tell you about Watford. They

have a habit of changing the couch

0:49:440:49:48

every year. When he came in, Marco

Silva, OK, he had been at Hull City,

0:49:480:49:55

I don't think that was the greatest

achievement in the world, to be

0:49:550:49:58

honest but Watford appointed him and

he won the first three away games

0:49:580:50:02

and everybody went, "Oh, we have got

a good coach here", and he spoke

0:50:020:50:07

English which the previous coach

didn't and they were pleased with

0:50:070:50:10

that. Then suddenly, along come

Everton. Do you know what I been?

0:50:100:50:15

Whether you blame Marco Silva for

this or not, I don't know but it was

0:50:150:50:18

a destruction. And Watford's form

became more inconsistent after that

0:50:180:50:24

incident. Now it is not for me to

say what will happen. Watford may

0:50:240:50:29

well get on a run which he badly

needs by the way, to get out of this

0:50:290:50:34

terrible one in ten record they have

got at the moment in the Premier

0:50:340:50:38

League. But I certainly think he

could do with winning a few games

0:50:380:50:43

because the family, the Pozzo family

are great owners, they stay in the

0:50:430:50:49

Premier League and change the

manager again and again so he has

0:50:490:50:51

got to be careful but it would help

if Richarlison, the Brazilian who

0:50:510:50:55

everybody says they want to sign,

would get a goal, he has not scored

0:50:550:50:59

since November, by the way. Anyway,

just to say finally, Dan, I thought

0:50:590:51:04

the tribute to Cyrille Regis was

most appropriate and most deserved

0:51:040:51:07

and I shall be joining in the minute

of appreciation which will happen

0:51:070:51:12

here along with all the other

Premier League grounds today.

John,

0:51:120:51:17

wise words as ever. Great to hear.

0:51:170:51:19

Well, Leicester and Watford can both

look forward to FA Cup

0:51:190:51:22

action next weekend.

0:51:220:51:23

Our coverage of the fourth

round begins on Friday night.

0:51:230:51:26

Huish Park sees League 2 Yeovil

welcome Manchester United.

0:51:260:51:28

Jermaine Jenas will be there!

0:51:280:51:30

On Saturday, Focus will

come from Notts County

0:51:300:51:32

ahead of their tie with Swansea.

0:51:320:51:33

Highlights of all the day's

action later that night.

0:51:330:51:35

And there's another live match

0:51:350:51:36

for you on Sunday afternoon,

as Cardiff take on Manchester City.

0:51:360:51:39

It's the fourth round of the Cup

in Scotland this weekend,

0:51:390:51:42

and the big tie tomorrow sees Hearts

host their Edinburgh

0:51:420:51:44

rivals Hibernian.

0:51:440:51:45

In the home dugout will be

Craig Levein, who's been reflecting

0:51:450:51:48

with Rob Maclean on a turbulent few

years at Tynecastle.

0:51:480:51:54

There's a new stand and a new

sparkle at Tynecastle but it is

0:52:000:52:04

probably worth reminding ourselves

about the dark days of financial

0:52:040:52:06

crisis for Hearts.

Yeah, I think the

supporters are very much aware of

0:52:060:52:12

the recent history. I believe they

were one day away from closing the

0:52:120:52:16

doors.

It's a great story because

the bands effectively saved the club

0:52:160:52:20

but they needed direction, supplied

by the woman who is affectionately

0:52:200:52:25

known now as the queen of Hearts,

Ann Budge.

She has managed to build

0:52:250:52:32

the bridges that were burned down in

the latter years of the previous

0:52:320:52:36

administration. She is very unique.

I've never dealt with anybody else

0:52:360:52:39

like her in football. She does not

always look at what is the best for

0:52:390:52:43

her. She thinks about mainly what is

best for Scottish football I think

0:52:430:52:48

which is quite refreshing.

She

brought you back into the club. It's

0:52:480:52:51

not a job for you because the club

clearly has a big place in your

0:52:510:52:53

heart.

Coming back to Tynecastle has

been a huge help. I'm excited by Ann

0:52:530:53:00

Budge's enthusiasm. It is three and

a half years now I have been back

0:53:000:53:05

here. I have been really pleased

with the way things have gone in

0:53:050:53:08

general.

You had great success with

your first young head coach in

0:53:080:53:14

Robbie Nielson, who is now at MK

Dons. Does Ian Cathro go down as a

0:53:140:53:18

failure?

I don't like to use that

word because you are talking about

0:53:180:53:24

people and I think he's a very good

coach. I think he will be a very

0:53:240:53:28

good coach at another club. But I

think this was a bit too early for

0:53:280:53:32

him.

Is it a strange situation now

that the director of football is

0:53:320:53:37

also the head coach?

I have been a

manager and director of football

0:53:370:53:42

before Adam Dundee United so it is

not alien to me. After Ian left, I

0:53:420:53:46

felt that it was partly my

responsibility that the club was

0:53:460:53:50

where it was and I felt a real need

to try to help and fix it.

Harry

0:53:500:53:56

Cochrane! The invincible 's are in

big trouble at Tynecastle.

Were even

0:53:560:54:07

new surprised at Hearts 4-0 Celtic

and the ending of that unbeaten

0:54:070:54:11

domestic run for Brendan Rodgers and

his team?

It had to end! It was not

0:54:110:54:17

going to last forever. A lot of

circumstances went our way that day.

0:54:170:54:20

The stadium itself, with the new

stand, makes it feel even smaller.

0:54:200:54:24

Everything is right on top of you

and it is so intimidating at times.

0:54:240:54:27

I said beforehand, and I will say

again, it will be a long old time

0:54:270:54:32

before anybody manages to do

something like that again in

0:54:320:54:35

Scottish football.

You are looking

forward and hoping for a good result

0:54:350:54:38

in the Scottish Cup against Hibs and

Hearts have not had a win against

0:54:380:54:43

your Edinburgh rivals in the last

nine, I don't think.

Absolutely,

0:54:430:54:46

yeah! I mean, in my long career of

playing for Hearts and managing them

0:54:460:54:53

previously, I can count on one hand

I think the time we have lost

0:54:530:54:57

matches do Hibs said this is quite

alien. Such a buzz going into it.

0:54:570:55:03

I've never seen a match that just

goes health leather for 90 minutes

0:55:030:55:06

like this one does. -- Hell for

leather. The players find extra

0:55:060:55:10

energy from somewhere. The last game

at Tynecastle was a whirlwind for me

0:55:100:55:14

and I expect this one will be the

same.

0:55:140:55:18

Great to see them moving in the

right direction. Highlights of that

0:55:180:55:22

on BBC One Scotland or night. We are

currently on BBC Two Scotland

0:55:220:55:26

because it is St Mirren against

Aberdeen in the cup and Aberdeen

0:55:260:55:28

approaching half-time, leading the

game 3-1. Craig Levein we know is a

0:55:280:55:34

former Scotland manager. It seems

they are a bit closer to knowing who

0:55:340:55:37

the next got manager will be. Seems

to tick all the boxes, Michael

0:55:370:55:41

O'Neill lives in Edinburgh, he

sorted out the severance package

0:55:410:55:43

with Northern Ireland and has been

in talks with the SFA so it seems to

0:55:430:55:46

be a matter of time.

They targeted

him almost immediately after the

0:55:460:55:51

switch to the game that took

Northern Ireland at and I should

0:55:510:55:53

have taken into the World Cup in

many respects. -- that should have

0:55:530:55:57

taken them. It is a huge blow for

the FA in Northern Ireland but as

0:55:570:56:01

you say, just with family, living in

Edinburgh, it might make sense

0:56:010:56:05

logistically for him. But again, a

huge blow for Northern Ireland.

0:56:050:56:08

They've got a big rebuilding job to

go through.

Michael O'Neill

0:56:080:56:12

potentially new Scotland manager.

Wales seem to have found their man

0:56:120:56:16

in Ryan Giggs. I don't know if you

saw his press Conference this week,

0:56:160:56:19

almost quite defensive because

there's been some criticism of the

0:56:190:56:22

fact he was not always present as

Wales player and now he's trying to

0:56:220:56:26

lead the team to a major

championship. Can you understand

0:56:260:56:29

some of that?

It is always going to

be thrown at him and I suppose that

0:56:290:56:34

is the issue. People will talk about

the inexperience of it being his

0:56:340:56:38

first managerial job. I personally

think it is the perfect job you

0:56:380:56:44

don't have to deal with Sony other

things that you do at club level,

0:56:440:56:46

agents, fees, all of those

complications like budget. He can

0:56:460:56:49

watch the players that he needs and

go and watch them in depth and get

0:56:490:56:56

exactly what he wants. I think it is

a good appointment, I really do but

0:56:560:56:59

it will be interesting to see how he

gets on. Hopefully all that stuff

0:56:590:57:02

will go away.

We must also send our

best wishes to Plymouth's Brian

0:57:020:57:09

Entwistle, 24-year-old defender who

had surgery for testicular cancer,

0:57:090:57:13

Ryan, we wish you the best with your

recovery.

0:57:130:57:16

That's all for today.

0:57:160:57:17

Thanks very much to

Jermaine and Kevin.

0:57:170:57:19

Remember we're back at 12 next

Saturday, live from Notts County.

0:57:190:57:22

We'll

leave you with the predictions

0:57:220:57:23

of Pete Wentz from US band

Fall Out Boy, whose new album

0:57:230:57:26

Mania is out now.

0:57:260:57:27

And apart from being an ace of bass,

he also co-owns US soccer team

0:57:270:57:30

Phoenix Rising with Didier Drogba.

0:57:300:57:32

Or should that be Dro-egba?

0:57:320:57:33

Goodbye.

0:57:330:57:34

# I need to come down

0:57:340:57:38

# An-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-nother

day goes by

0:57:380:57:42

# So hold me tight

0:57:420:57:45

# Hold me tight, or don't...#

0:57:450:57:48

I only really follow football super

hard-core during the World Cup.

0:57:480:57:52

But maybe not this World Cup!

0:57:520:57:55

Sometimes late at night, I'll watch,

like, YouTubes of, like, Messi,

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like, where he just goes down

the whole field and just, like,

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embarrasses everybody or whatever.

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It's kind of like mesmerising

to watch that kind of thing.

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When I was little, it was Alexi from

the US team and now it is Tim

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Howard. I love him.

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Myself, Diplo and a few

others own a soccer team

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in Phoenix, Arizona.

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But yeah, we've got Dro-egba,

who plays as a player owner as well,

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which is pretty cool.

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I think that that's an interesting

way to own a team, to be

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like the guy who is,

like, "I can literally change

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the fate of the team".

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Burnley?

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Yeah.

Burnley.

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I knew that one.

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2-0.

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Everton, 1-0, in penalty kicks!

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LAUGHTER.

That is so stupid to say!

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