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It is brilliant. This is getting better and better. Ronaldo! History

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boys indeed. They have won the cup, they have won the cup. He's done it.

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He has done it. Good afternoon, welcome to Football Focus. Arsenal

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maybe struggling forfeit centre-backs, but I have two, Mark

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Lawrenson and Martin Keown. This what is is on the way. Friday night

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lights, but would the stars shine bright on Mourinho's debut. It is

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our m ambition to win the league. Derby boss Nigel Pearson.

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Circumstances have been out of work were not something that I

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particularly... Enjoyed. But they are, that is life. The weekend's

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football started last night. I was at Old Trafford for Friday night

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football. Jose Mourinho took charge of his first competitive home game

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as Manchester United manager. Southampton were the visitors. The

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hum and buzz of the first home game of the season is always special. But

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for Manchester United fans, tonight might be even more so. New issue out

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today. The Theatre of Dreams lived up to its name for the wrong reasons

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last season. The snooze-inducing matches the stuff of nightmares for

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the faithful. Manchester United run out of ideas. Another goalless day

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for Manchester United. The most boring football I have seen at Old

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Trafford. Quiet, boring. I'm so glad Louis van Gaal is gone and I'm

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looking forward to the new season. Nay say a change is as a good as a

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rest. And United have made the most of both this summer. Rooney and a

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wonderful strike from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Puts match United 3-0

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up. Tonight sees the return of Paul Pogba, four years after he left

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Manchester United, the world record ?89 million signing will have a bit

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more expectation on his shoulders than the last time he stepped out at

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Old Trafford. He has a presence, because of his if I seek. Fizz eke.

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I think he is more of an attacking player than a defensive player. I

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think he will bring a vision to create goals and score goals, and

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that is what we need from last season. The fans have high standards

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and expect silverware won the United way. Jose Mourinho will hope that

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his side have that Friday feeling and start as they mean to go against

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Southampton tonight. It has been some years since a play

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we are the tag of the world's most ex-pin sieve has been at --

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expensive has been at a British club. Ibrahimovic. There is nothing

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much gravity can do to stop Ibrahimovic from getting the attempt

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away. Rooney will keep this in. Curled in and Ibrahimovic! 1-0

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Manchester United. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in the Community

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Shield. Scored on the opening day at Bournemouth and scores on his home

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debut against Southampton. Ibrahimovic's flying start

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continues. Surely it is a trip. Yes, penalty.

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Manchester United have a penalty. Ibrahimovic counting the Community

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Shield, already has three goals for Manchester United. Make that four!

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Three points for De Jose Mourinho. Two goals for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. On

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his home debut. Difficult to be better than we are in this point.

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Two matches, six points, 5-1 in goal difference. Pogba got his first

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start. Not the best first touch, but he grew into the game. It shows the

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penalty of the player. The first touch was bad and counterattack and

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free kick and opportunity for the opponent. Not affected. Such ego,

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such personality, so much comfortable. I came here to win. It

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is what I always wanted. United is a top club. A great team. And we have

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to win. Get used to win and just carry on like this. There was such

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anticipation. With Pogba, there were plenty of good touches. Anyone who

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had watched him play for Juventus last year, forget about the Euros,

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because he was playing in a strange position. If you watch him for

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Juventus, he was just sensational. Manchester United need big stars

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like him and Ibrahimovic as well. And they have made a really good

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start. Albeit, I think they have played two teams I think will be in

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the bottom half of the league. But you see what Mourinho's done. He has

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Shaw back, that is a bonus and the centre-backs who looked good. Pogba

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in the middle and Ibrahimovic up front. Through the spine of the

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team, they have started well and they look really strong. He has

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changed the mood, almost over night. That fortress of Old Trafford, the

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atmosphere seemed to change, the tempo of their play, Louis van Gaal

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was criticised a lot for it being too, he was almost monotonous. Now

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it is the Manchester United of Old Trafford. They have got to keep that

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going. It is port, you have got to excite the supporters. It is in the

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DNA. The signings they made and the start they have made it good for

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them. If anyone would upstage Pogba, it would be Ibrahimovic. He took the

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penalty as well. That would have been Wayne Rooney's job last season.

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It would. What has impressed me is the goals he is scoring with his

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head. He is powerful. He has come up, that is a bit of a changing of

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the guard. I'm in town. He is a machine when it comes to winning

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trophies and scoring goals. That has raised the bar and it is good for

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the youngsters. So much height in Manchester United's team. I remember

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being in a corridor at Preston of all places when they played Arsenal

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in the FA Cup. I don't know if you were playing, Martin, and Vieira and

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the rest were playing and it was a team of giants. It has a big

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advantage. Then people would look at Vieira and say, how big are these

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guys. And when you're big and you can play. Even Fellaini is pulling

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the strings for Manchester United. Southampton didn't play poorly last

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night, perhaps lacked some cutting edge. Never looked like scoring, did

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they? They lacked a bit up front. But United had to play last night.

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Yes, they did, but I think the problem is that there are going to

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be a lot of teams that will struggle to score goals. You would Manchester

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United the first two games to have won. Which they have done. And they

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keep losing players, Southampton, another couple out of the door. They

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have to now regenerate all the time. They are playing quite well. But it

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is scoring the goals. Long needs to chip in. Now here are the remaining

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fixtures. Trevor sin Sinclair has been to have

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a look around at West Ham's new ground. Stoke host Manchester City

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in the early kick off. Stoke won this fixture 2-0 last season. Joe

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Allen makes his first start, replacing Shaqiri in the only change

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from last weekend. For City, Navas is in for Nolito.

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For the third successive game it is Caballero in goal in place of Joe

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Hart. Martin, what do you make of this saga surrounding the

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goalkeeping situation and how Joe Hart has been treated by Pep

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Guardiola. Suddenly your world has changed. He was No 1 under the

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previous manager. A new manager comes in, he can't play out from the

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back as well as Caballero. That is the life of a footballer. It changes

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in the plink of an eye. -- blink of an eye. There is talk of Everton. It

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might be good too try to improve his game. As long as the manager has a

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plan and says we can develop him. But he has been a long time in the

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game. He has been ten years there now. You have to feel he won't

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start. It is tough for Joe Hart. He is a far better keeper than

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Caballero. But Caballero won't be starting in a couple of weeks when

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they sign Bravo. But listen, Joe Hart will just want to play

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football. If I were the Liverpool manager, I would be knocking on the

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door. Let him go out on loan? Yes please! There will be a massive

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queue of teams to take him. He is a very good keeper. Not great at the

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Euros. It happens. But all day long. What do you make of City under Pepe.

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They were not firing on cylinders last week, but a big result big

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week. Penalty missed. They hit the car three times. They could have won

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10-0. It is early days for Manchester City. He wants the

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full-backs to come into midfield and let them play. Which is good.

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Whether you can do that in the Premier League for a while I am not

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sure. I think he will improve the players. I think he will get it

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right. But at the moment, we are all looking and thinking, so far, so

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good. He is a strong belief of how he wants to play. Seeing central

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defenders coming out with the ball, Kolarov was ending up with a shot on

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goal. I think if he could, he would have every player who is a midfield

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player playing in every position and the goalkeeper. It would be

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interesting to see if that wins through. There is a balance needed

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to be successful in this league. Interesting today, because

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Sunderland at home, right, Steaua Bucharest away. Today is a

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different. If they can play like they did in midweek, we will say,

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maybe he has something there. That is the early kick off. Last season's

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top two meet in the late kick off. But it has been an inauspicious

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start for Arsenal and Leicester. There is not just discontent from

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the Arsenal fans, it is just plain booing. Why go into a season and

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kiss goodbye to the first few months. Arsene Wenger is starting

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the campaign on the back foot. I focus on my job and do what I think

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is right. I think I have shown in 20 years, it doesn't work too badly. We

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have to address our defensive weaknesses from last week. And try

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and analyse what happened and to check our injuries, because we had

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two difficult injuries. Leicester lost as well, the first game of the

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season. It will be already a game with big tension. They failed in

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their first game. Will Claudio Ranieri have concerns over the way

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they have kicked off their title defence? He will be concerned. There

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is always nervousness at the start. The player I'm most concerned about

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for Arsenal is Vardy, because all that attention around him. Arsenal

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wanted him. They made that clear. Maybe he could be the play hear the

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would be up for this most. I didn't see the fire in his belly last week.

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I expect Vardy to turn up in this one. That will be an outstanding

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game. And Arsenal were interested in Mahrez. He was honest saying if

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Madrid or Barcelona were coming in, you have got to go. They were not,

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so he signed a new contract. We have been in this position of having won

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the league, the next season it is tough. Because everybody wants to

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beat you. Even more so with shall I say without risking the upset of

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Leicester fans, little Leicester, in comparison to the big teams, it will

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be a tough season. Tough match for both teams. Your former club,

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Arsenal, we seem to have this conversation a lot. Summer signings.

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Each season. Frustrations. Arsenal haven't done business early. Let's

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see what comes back, maybe Ozil and Giroud. Talk of Sanchez playing down

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the middle. The game with Liverpool was a shock for the Arsenal fans.

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There was a lot of discontents and it is one where I feel they need too

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get behind the team. If this is to be Arsene Wenger's last season, we

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don't know. But get behind the team. Liverpool were outstanding. The

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central defenders are inexperienced. You look at what they spent,

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Manchester City spending 47 million. Money needs to be spent. Amaze id

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Koscielny didn't start. On Monday, Antonio Conte got off to a winning

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start for Chelsea. But they left it late against West Ham.

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Cesar Azpilicueta was bundled over. Right footed and roof of the net

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puts Chelsea ahead. Oh that is a nasty one and he is on a yellow.

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Comes back to Collins and he slammed in the equaliser. To Costa, edge of

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the D. Turns and shoots and surely wins it for Chelsea. Conte danced

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down the touchline and screamed and yelled. That was Monday, tomorrow

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West Ham play their first Premier League game at the former Olympic

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stadium and Trevor Sinclair has been to take a look at their new digs.

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West Ham United - five happy years I spent at this great club. Such

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history, such a unique set of fans. This season, marks a change for the

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Hammers, a new start at London stadium. Fresh hope and ambition to

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rise back among the elite and experience the glory of yesteryear.

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Hurst, what a good goal. First thing that I realised when I came here was

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the sheer vastness, it is enormous. For me, almost it feels like

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Wembley. It is that grand and that big. Sinclair, good try by Sinclair.

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My playing days, it was 35,000, always full, the fans would be

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literally breathing on you as you ran down the wing. It was quite

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intimidating for the opposition. As an opposition player, I'm going to

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think I'm up for this. I am not sure West Ham want that. How are you,

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welcome to London stadium. Thank you. Before we start, I have noticed

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there is not one photo of me. I'm a bit upset. Well I will have an

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urgent inquiry and see where we can put you. I think that toilet has

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space on the wall. Stunning stadium, I was at Manchester United stadium

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at the Boleyn ground and I I have never heard an atmosphere like that.

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Can that replicate that? It has taken six years to deliver the

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stadium. People thought it would never happen. At types that included

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me. It is one of proudest things that I have done. The way the roof

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has been designed to capture the noise and atmosphere and the way the

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seats come up close to the pitch. It is different to the Boleyn. But it

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is equally as special. You look at Manchester City and what they did in

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2003. I made the move from West Ham to Manchester City and they moved

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into the common wealth stadium. Maybe they have a picture of you.

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Within ten years, Manchester City have won the league. Is that

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something West Ham are going to try and replicate. It is our ambition to

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win the league. That is what we are here for. Everything we achieve is

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done by those players on the pitch and that is why it is important to

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attract the best talent and retain the best talent and build the best

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talent. You can have the best stadium in the world, if you don't

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have the best team, you haven't done your job properly. West Ham was

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always supported by working class. How important is to make them feel

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welcome? It is essential to take our past into the future and not forget

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the things that make West Ham special. This stadium offers a

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different kind of future, a new future, I hope a better future and

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that is why we are pleased to be here. Wow. Not quite the same as the

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dustbins we got ice baths in. How that is a large. I remember watching

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Usain Bolt warming up in London before he won the 100 metres. Now it

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is part of West Ham Stadium. It is pleasing to see the 52,000 season

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take holders that have bought tickets and you see the words, built

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together and the names inscribed on the wall. They are taking the fans

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with them and it is pleasing to see. A magnificent new stadium. But Karen

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Brady setting out our ambitions. What sort of statement of intent

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does this have for West Ham. It was almost the deal of the krntry to

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find themselves -- century to find themselves in a new stadium. It is

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important from the Emirates when Arsenal moved, making it home.

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Bringing that successes makes it a home. But the players, it is a

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partnership and they're good at putting things together and buying

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the right players. They were magnificent last year and just

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missed the top four. They started the season a bit rocky and of course

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Europe in midweek. Payet is key and Carroll to turn up and start to

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play. Saw them play Monday, it wasn't fantastic against Chelsea. So

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improvements to be made. But the club is moving in the right

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direction. It will be a great atmosphere. Now to White Hart Lane.

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Tottenham play Palace today. Guy, Spurs will hope to build on that

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performance against Everton? Yes you will notice the big hole in White

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Hart Lane, because building has started on the new stadium that

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Spurs will have. In two years they have have a new stadium next door.

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The Northumberland Park project has started. On the field, yes, Spurs

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performed better in the second half than in the first at Goodison. That

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was due in part to the intro-Dux for Vincent -- introduction for Vincent

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Janssen. He partnered Harry Kane. So he may start and Spurs would go with

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two up front. That would mean sacrificing one player. I wonder if

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it is the sway Spurs do start. They had a slow start last season. And

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Mauricio Pochettino has spoken of his team not being quite ready and

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need more rest. His players have a heavy workload. We may not see the

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real Spurs for a new weeks. For Palace, Benteke in? Yes a big

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statement and it needed to happen. 27 million rising to 32. A record

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deal. Alan Pardew will have a smile back on his face, because he was

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perturbed at losing players. Only two wins from the last 22 Premier

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League games tells its own story. Something needs to change. He is a

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big one. He should play a big part for them. Connor Whickham doesn't

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get the number of goals needed to make Palace a force. Benteke didn't

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have a great time at Liverpool, but he may be more suited to Palace. But

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he won't play today. Palace will hope they can catch Spurs cold.

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Thank you. You can follow that game on final score this afternoon.

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Why do you think finding a good atmosphere within a squad, within a

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team is so elusive and difficult? For many? If a player, we have

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eleven, you know, eleven can play at the befwining. Ginning. If you're 12

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or 13, the players know it is OK. It is not forever. You will be in the

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starting line up if they're good enough. Do you explain why players

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are left out. . They can ask me on Sunday. If they asked before it

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would show lack of respect for the game. The most important thing is

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the game. Being involved is important, but I won't change my

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decision. The problem is with the talk. The troouft would be you're

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not good enough. -- troouft. I don't want to say this. But it is clear.

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-- truth. The players say what do I have to change. That is a good talk.

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So OK. If you're not in, you should be disappointed. But not too

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disappointed. It is life and you cannot remember the few games you

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didn't make in your career. I was never left out. That is good. No

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talent, no skills, but never left out. Gary getting some home truth

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fwrs s from Jurgen Klopp. We must reflect on some sad news with the

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death of Dalyan Atkinson at the age of 48. He started in Suffolk in

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1985, moving to Sheffield Wednesday and home to Aston Villa at the start

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of the 90s. He scored some famous goals. Match of the Day's first

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Premier League goal of the season against Wimbledon in October 1992. I

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is a great run. Wh about the finish? That is not bad either. A master

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piece from Dalian Atkinson. Along with the opening goal at Wembley in

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the League Cup victory over Manchester United in 1994.

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And choose the evening, Aston Villa fans paid their respects before and

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during their home game against Huddersfield, I minute's applause

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beginning in the tenth minute, corresponding with the numbers he

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will run his shirt during his four years at Villa Park. Our deepest

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sympathies go out to all of his friends and family. Martin, you

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played against him. What was he like as a footballer? Quite formidable.

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He and Dean Saunders played as twin strikers, so much pace. You saw it

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therein that goal. It is sad it has ended for him in this way. When he

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came out of the game, he struggled with life after football. It is a

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battle for lots of people. The PFA helped him through difficult times.

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It is a tragedy. Aston Villa travel to Derby County today, one of the

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favourites for promotion to the Premier League. Our reporter has

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been to see Nigel Pearson, who is rebuilding his career in the

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championship after being sacked by Leicester. Good to have you back.

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How did you spend your time away? It was a break I did not plan for. I

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certainly would not have expected to be out as long as I was. There we

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are. An interesting year in many ways. Not always enjoyable. I found

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some aspects of it quite difficult. I have not been out of work for a

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while, and the circumstances of being out of work were not something

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I particularly enjoyed. That is life. At the time when you were

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digesting the aftermath of leaving Leicester, they became the big issue

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in time. How did you view events at the King Power Stadium? In a very

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detached way. On a personal level, that does not mean it was

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particularly easy for people around me, my family in particular. I am

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actually very pleased, delighted for the players and the staff. They have

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gone on and achieve something bad, really, in the modern game, is

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impossible. Do you feel any sense of connection, win the trophy went up,

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pride in what they achieved? Pride, yes, connection on a personal level,

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in terms of knowing them. Once you are no longer a part of something,

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you're no longer of it. They probably did not realise how hard

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you work by those events, that it took you long time to process it. It

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did because it came as a big shock. Some people would say, maybe you

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should not be shocked, but it came as a shock. A lot off a shock. I am

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talking about it now, and really, it is something I am not overly fussed

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about talking about to be honest with you. It is a situation that has

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been dealt with over a period of time by myself. We have moved on.

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What were you looking for a new club? A job which genuinely

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interested me and lots of different levels. There is lots of potential.

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We just need to make sure we do the hard work in terms of producing a

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side that is capable of making the step we are looking to make. It is

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never easy. Darby, Aston Villa, early in the season. Talk about the

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Premier League fixture in the Championship? I have been asked that

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already, looking like a Premier League fixture. Both clubs will hope

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it will be in the near future. How close were you to being in the

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opposite technical area this weekend? No comment. It did not

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quite happen. For whatever reason. There was no crossover. No crossover

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between the Aston Villa and Derby situation. The negotiations that

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when Don went on. It did not happen and this opportunity came along. I

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am delighted to be here. It is great to have you back. Cheers. You can

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see it still hurts Nigel Pearson. Would you expected not to hurt? Of

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course it will hurt. It was his former team that he generally

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amassed and assembled that won the league. It is the greatest story in

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the history of the Premier League, Leicester wing. His problem at

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Derby, he missed out on the play-offs last season. One of the

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major issues at football clubs for managers is not just managing the

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players, you have also got to manage the way. Let him manage. If I was

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the owner of Derby, let him manage the club. He has Chris Powell

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alongside him. Thank you very much for joining us. That is all from me

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today. Dan Walker will be back next week at midday. If you have missed

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any of today's sure, it is available on the iPlayer from midnight

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tonight. We will leave you with some of this week's predictions. Goodbye.

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It is Sunderland against Middlesbrough. Do you consider this

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a Derby? It is not the Derby. Your Derby as Hartlepool, Darlington.

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Sunderland, the chicken Deborah fans, when they know they are going

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to get beat, the general attitude is, we are not interested. I am so

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confident. You have not got the chance. Let's get the score

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prediction. Do not look. One, two, three. It is going to be a tough one

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for Liverpool. Burnley is an ASCII grown to visit. Liverpool will

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prevail. The match no one wants to

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