24/02/2018 Football Focus

It is absolutely brilliant.

This is

getting better and better.

A chance

for Cristiano Ronaldo.

History boys indeed.

History boys indeed.

A hat-trick!

The biggest Chelsea celebration of

the season.

Ladies and gentlemen we are in the

thick of the awards season but never

mind the Bastos, the Oscars, all the

stars are out in force for the a

list this week.

It is winning, that is what I always

wanted to do.

He has done it again.

It is a dream for me to win the

Premier League here.

When you say football, you mean

soccer?

Definitely football focus. We also

hear from the Brighton goalkeeper

Matt Ryan and Clem visits from.

Plenty to talk about with these

couple of A listers. Cable -- Kevin

Qaboun and Paul Clement. These are

your Premier League fixtures this

weekend and today is a big day at

the bottom. Newcastle make a 700

mile round trip to Bournemouth.

Brighton host Swansea and it is West

Brom against Huddersfield at the

Hawthorns. Mourinho and can't meet

at Old Trafford tomorrow and there's

also the League Cup final at Wembley

between Arsenal and Manchester City.

But with start with the man who has

spent half his life scoring goals at

the top level. We sent former

team-mate Kevin Gill banned for a

glimpse into territory. What is it

like being Wayne Rooney?

Quite

boring. Putting the kids to bed.

Then training the next day.

He has

done it again!

I'll just want to congratulate you

on your new baby boy.

How are you

feeling question great. A new

addition to the family. And another

boy. It is great, the other lads

have enjoyed having him around the

last few days.

And just settling

back down now. How do you feel when

they watch you play for Everton, is

it important to you?

Very important,

growing up I was an Everton fan

going to the games with my dad.

Always something I wanted to do to

let my kids see me play for Everton

and in the future going to games

with them as well. It is a big part

of my life and always has been. And

great to be back here and for the

kids to be able to watch me play.

What do they say to you after games

when they have watched you?

Just my

eldest, really, if I do not play

well or whatever he reminds you. He

is clued in now? Onto everything in

football, obsessed with it. So if

you do not have a good game he is

the first to tell me.

Do you feel

less pressure coming back to Everton

because you're in a unique

situation, how you burst onto the

scene, you left, now you have come

back.

More or less pressure? In the

summer when I left Manchester United

it would be easy for me to go

abroad, to go to China or else. See

out the last few years of my career

earning money. That is just not me,

I need that pressure, that desire to

play. It been lost if I've chosen

the other option. So to come back to

Everton, there was no more pressure

on me than anywhere else. I almost

wanted to prove myself again. To the

Everton fans and help the club move

forward and when trophies. It was

the perfect fit for me and hopefully

we can do that in the next couple of

years. The start of the season, the

fixtures were tough. But as a group

of players, I just do not think we

applied ourselves in the right way

during the games. Why do you think

that was? I don't know, it was

tough, it was my first few games

back and it was tough to put your

finger on why that was happening. We

had to get it together quick. We got

better results and if we can sort

out the away form, a couple of

points off seventh place has got to

be realistically the goal for the

season.

What can you achieve over

however long you have left playing?

Everton for too many years has been

a club that has been finishing

sixth, seventh. What hits home, when

you see Leicester winning the

Premier League, which they deserved,

but Everton is a much bigger club

than Leicester. And Everton has to

move forward and I want to be part

of that. We have owners in place

willing to back the club and I think

Everton can be a major force in

English football again. And

hopefully I can be here to see that

happening.

Wayne Rooney has done it

again! Given the amount of games you

played do have a field there has to

be some time in your head when you

think I cannot necessarily do that

any more.

Obviously that time will

come, I am an honest player, if I

feel I'm not good enough to play

then I would not put myself in the

position to keep trying. If I'm not

good enough to blame the team that

will be would be the time when I

probably would finish playing. I'm

not going to be explosive player I

was. And of course my game will have

to change. I think the best role for

me and for the team is me playing in

the middle of the pitch. I think it

is the best for me and also will

benefit the team.

What is it that

motivates you every day to continue

to play at the level your act?

It is

winning, but I've always wanted to

do obviously as a 16-year-old when I

came through, I'm playing to win. I

want to try to help Everton move

forward as a club and hopefully I

can be part of that.

He speaks

really well. 208 Premier League

goals and counting. You turned up at

Everton the season after he had

burst onto the scene. You had a chat

again this week. How have you seen

him develop over that long time?

It

is how mature and he is now, of

course that happens in life but the

pressure and scrutiny he has been

under through his whole playing

career. It was almost a bit of a

buzz for me when I first went to

Everton to be playing with this

superstar. Everyone was talking

about him. Exactly, and it was a

name that David Moyes mentioned to

me as soon as I came through the

door, wait until you see him

training, his attitude. Of course he

had everything. Look at the calibre

of the goals he scored his workrate,

everything. That class and skill he

possesses. But the way he has mature

it has been the most impressive

thing given the scrutiny he has

always been under.

If you are an

opposition manager playing against a

team with Wayne Rooney in it.

Midfield these days. Would you be

more concerned now of seeing him in

that position?

He's a different type

of player to where he was aged 16,

17, where he was leading the line is

number nine. He playing in the

position is now, off the striker or

midfield and that is where he sees

his strengths. And some managers see

him being more influential in a

slightly deeper position. Because as

you get older you lose that dynamic

pace.

Well Wayne Rooney in his

assessment of what Everton have did

this season, it has been a strange

season. How do you assess where they

are at the moment?

Clearly they had

a difficult start and in quite a bit

of trouble at the bottom of the

league, then they made a change and

they have that period where they

could not find the manager. The

results were up and down in that

period and then Sam came in. Got

some great results early on. Now it

is about pushing onto the end of the

season and having a really good top

half finish.

I think they're

targeting seven and realistically

that is where they're at. It is

about the next couple of seasons

trying to push on from there.

What

about him as an individual, you have

known him for a long time. Many

people have been impressed with him

recently as a pundit. He could do

that if he wanted to but he seems to

have a passion to be involved in

day-to-day basis in football.

Could

he be a coach? I can see that with

him, he has a love for Everton, what

it means to him. You could see him

may be progressing into some kind of

coaching capacity straightaway. And

then who's to say could not manage

the club and future years. He is

definitely mature enough, he has a

lot to learn and certainly the

intricacies of coaching management.

But he's now at the stage where he

could go to that level.

You think he

could make that jump? You have seen

this in your managerial career, it

is their only a small portion of

players that can make that step into

being a successful manager?

The

first thing is you really need to

want to do it and you have to have

that drive and determination to put

in the hours to ultimately make a

change in your career. Because

managing and coaching is not

playing, it is very different. But

he has a great head start because of

all the experience he's had. 16

years old, up until now. You end up

thinking he is older than he is but

he is 32, good years ahead of him.

He has mature incredibly. Made some

mistakes along the way as we all

have. But he has a lot to offer now

and I'm sure in the future as well.

Well they take on Watford this

weekend. And we switched to the

other side of Merseyside and the

player who looks like the best 30

odd million you could ever spent.

Simon Crabtree has been to see Mo

Salah. One man meant -- went to mow.

Mohamed Salah, he is through and

scores brilliantly! He finds the

back of the net! Mo Salah has done

it again!

Mo Salah has scored for

Liverpool full stop every game the

goal for Mo Salah.

So far so good

this season. What has changed to

bring this fantastic Mo Salah?

You

know for a long time I tried every

day to improve myself. And I think

that has worked every year if you

see my goals and everything I did

the last four or five years, every

year is better than the year before.

Has Jurgen Klopp had an influence as

well?

Of course, since I came here

he change something in me. More than

in any other club. But now the

difference between me and five years

ago, everything has changed.

Mentally and physically and

everything. I'm trying to improve

every day. I like to play in the

Premier League, I like the Premier

League a lot. And now I'm playing

here and enjoying my football.

here and enjoying my football.

Does

he go for it? He scores and

Manchester City are surely going to

be beaten here at Anfield today.

When I was younger I used to go for

the half hours from my village to

play in Cairo and come back. It was

not easy. I suffered a lot for that.

I used to leave school, nine o'clock

in the morning and did not go back

until 930 in the evening. The day

after the same. I gave football all

my life. I only think about

football. That is what is in my mind

all the time. I work hard every day

in the gym. I sleep good, ie it

good. You know, I try to be

professional. -- ie eat good.

Bellerin, and Mo Salah away for

Liverpool. Can he finished this

time? Liverpool three, Arsenal will.

With this kind of quality they make

things easier for me, they helped me

a lot. I'm enjoying my moment here

and enjoying playing football for

this club.

What can Liverpool

achieved between now and the end of

the season, at least 12 more

matches. Champions League as well,

what are you thinking?

In football

anything can happen, you never know

what is going to happen. But if you

do not have a dream, if you do not

sacrifice and work hard to achieve

something, you will never get it. So

we will work hard for the Champions

League to do something special. I

came here to win titles. I came here

to help the club win titles. I know

everyone here works hard to win

something for the club, for the

fans, for ourselves. It is my dream

to win the Premier League, honestly.

I want to win it with this club.

Ito about being very careful of what

he eats, but we have got some

footage of him in a chippy! In his

defence, it was an advert for

Egyptian TV, I doubt he went home

with a battered sausage, but really

enjoying his football at the moment,

and some of the statistics, he

averages a goal or assist every 64

minutes in Aprilia league game at

Anfield this season. I mean, to play

against, he must be terrifying.

Peas

got a fantastic scoring record,

playing in a great front three at

the moment - dangerous in all

positions. But he has

the moment - dangerous in all

positions. But he has got pace,

power, technically strong, and I

think what I like about him as well,

the way he interviews, and I bumped

into him once in London, this

season. He has got a great

temperament, really nice young man.

It is a nice story, with the

difficulties he had at Chelsea, he

went away, reinvented himself,

comeback here, one of the best

players in the league.

Was it in a

fish and chip shop in London?! He

talks, Kevin, about winning trophies

with Liverpool, and he has taken a

bit of flak for that, but it shows

the desire - not just personal

desire to be the best he can be, but

to achieve things with that side.

Hwyl fawr off title winning and a

trophy winning team are they? --

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they have got a real chance

because of that front three. What he

has brought to the side,

has brought to the side, they didn't

have an option for people who could

double in tight situations. When

sides are deep against them, he has

got the ability to beat them.

sides are deep against them, he has

got the ability to beat them.

Liverpool have got a chance to go

all the way in that competition.

You

have played against the best teams

this season, how good are Liverpool

in comparison to Manchester City,

United and the others?

It is a good

question, because Tottenham have got

good front players as well. As a

three, manual are the best, very

close to Man City. --

close to Man City. -- Man United.

Klopp has to take credit for the way

he has deployed Salah. Sometimes you

can end up deep against the

opposition full-backs, but they

press very high and they win the

ball is high up the pitch, so they

are in a position to score. It is a

fabulous record for a player who is

not a striker.

On to West Ham, the

25th anniversary of the death of

Bobby Moore, a commemoratives mural

has been unveiled at the London

Stadium today, there it is for you,

and they are taking on Liverpool

today. In terms of the current crop,

Arnautovic, Hernandez, David Moyes

has turned things around, and many

people thought it wouldn't work out.

Certainly Arnautovic started this

season, was not quite added, and I

think Hernandez has scored two in

his last two, hasn't he? He is

getting the best out of

his last two, hasn't he? He is

getting the best out of the most

creative players. Always a difficult

thing to do in football, but

Arnautovic has been the standout

performer, just seeing how he has

grown in confidence, now we are

seeing him as the player we know he

is. All of a sudden, he is getting

the best out of those players, and

going to Liverpool today, Anfield

will be difficult. I think we know

going to Liverpool today, Anfield

will be difficult. I think we know

that. They may have to play a

different style today, but you can

rely on them to get you in the game

when you are up against it.

Let's

turn our attention to the lunchtime

kick-off in the Premier League,

under way shortly at the King Power,

where Steve Bower will be watching

Leicester take on second bottom

Stoke, the worst away record in the

division.

division. Let's find out what is

happening with the teams.

Stoke have

it? They did only six points away

from the potteries, and this is a

far from straightforward task to try

to improve that form, Leicester have

lost only twice here since Claude

Puel succeeded Craig Shakespeare in

October. There have been chinks of

light for the visitors since Paul

Lambert's arrival, five points from

12, one more than the previous 24

under Mark Hughes, but today they

have to stop Jamie Vardy scoring for

the sixth match in a row. The lesser

team shows two changes from their FA

Cup victory over Sheffield United,

Marc Albrighton and Matty James

start, as does Riyad Mahrez.

Interesting news from Stoke, three

changes in all, Ryan Shawcross and

Darren Fletcher are out, Erik

Pieters is on the bench, so a full

Premier League debut for the Greek

international Kosta Stafylidis, and

recalls for Martins Indi and

Cameron. 18-year-old striker

Campbell, son of Kevin, who scored

17 goals for the undo 23s so far

this season. -- under-23s.

Thank

you, looks like lovely weather

today. Stoke were denied last time

out by a last-minute penalty stop by

Maty Ryan, the Aussie has become a

key factor in their survival plan,

and Mark Schwarzer has been to the

south coast to collar his

compatriot.

Ryan has made an exceptional save!

Good save by Ryan!

Good save by Ryan!

Maty, thank you

for having it had with us, how are

you finding life on the south coast?

Pretty good, away from football it

is very pleasant, everyone refers to

it as a little London down here,

always things going on, enjoyable

place to live.

Have you brought your

surfboard?!

To be fair, it gets a

bit of a swell when the wind is

going, but the rocky beaches is

enough to turn me off and stay

inside!

The first six games of the

season were probably the toughest

for you. How did you deal with that?

Obviously, past experience is that

you make mistakes and you have to

deal with it, but if you show a

little bit of weakness or you can't

handle that sort of adversity and

whatnot, perhaps it is not the sport

for you. When you made a mistake, it

is all about how you bounce back and

respond.

It seems to have coincided

with Tim Krul arriving, I was at the

game at Newcastle at home, and all

the talk was that he would play

ahead of you. Did that galvanise

you, make you more determined to

perform well? That was your best

game up to that point.

Unfortunately, as you know, only one

of us can play, but whenever there

is competition. Some it lifts a

player's performance, obviously him

coming in, I guess it started me off

on that little run where perhaps I

got a few good performances under my

belt, started to grow, and I have

been Brighton's number one bit

better.

The Stoke game was probably

the highest point for you at

Brighton?

It was a bit of a funny

game to be honest, I didn't really

have much to do the whole game.

There was not shot on target from

Shaqiri, which was frustrating for a

goalkeeper, and then that crazy last

five minutes happened.

Mat Ryan, can

he keep it out?! He can, and on the

rebound he cannot finish! What

drama!

Obviously, saving a penalty

is close to the pinnacle moment for

any goalkeeper, very nice that I

could contribute in that moment.

All

about momentum, undefeated in three

games, is it the point of the season

where you might look back and think,

that is where it began?

Definitely,

I guess our relegation rivals at the

moment, if they beat us today, they

would go to the same points as us.

Focusing on the positives, we are

into the quarterfinal of the FA Cup

as well, so trying to ride that wave

at the minute, and we have got

another massive game this weekend

against Swansea, and we are under no

illusion that it is just because we

are at home, views will come. You

touched on it already, the momentum,

Swansea coming unbeaten, Liverpool

and Arsenal at home, and hopefully

we can do what is needed to get

three points.

So the World Cup in

Russia, what are the expectations

going into this World Cup?

We are

under no illusion that we will have

to play the three biggest games of

our lives if we want to progress in

the tournament. I wouldn't be a

footballer is, you know, I wasn't

confident in my personal ability and

the team that I was playing for,

that we can be competitive, but

saying it and doing it are two

different things. It will be up to

us at crunch time, you know, go and

walk the walk.

Brighton are one of

11 teams, have a look at this,

involved in a fascinating battle at

the bottom.

Kevin, from a Brighton point of

view, they are on a bad run, but

unbeaten in five, which is a really

good time to get a bit of

solidarity, isn't it?

It is, and

with Mat Ryan, we talked about his

defensive record, sorry, stopping

sides scoring. I will get it out for

you, don't worry! The defensive

record is excellent, you look at

Duncan and Duffy in front of him, as

a back four, very well organised.

Chris Hughton has done a great job

from the structure of the side and

how they stop side scoring against

them. It might be about how little

they concede whether they stay up.

Only teams in the top seven have

conceded fewer goals than Brighton.

When you look at Swansea now, how do

you reflect on your time there? Is

it still a frustration to you? That

he didn't get more of a chance?

I

look at it in a number of different

ways. First of all, my period last

season when I went in, the team was

on 12 points, difficult situation,

you know, we picked up some great

results, and in the end maintained

our position in the Premier League,

so a very special time. This season,

start of this season, it was clearly

more frustrating. You know, the club

itself, this is the third relegation

battle that it has been in, and that

takes its toll on everybody.

Sometimes, when you change the

manager, the players get an

opportunity to hit the reset button

and go again. You know, the team has

picked up some really good results,

you know, particularly the result

against Liverpool and Arsenal at

home. And belief has come back into

the side, and they are very much

playing with confidence.

You touched

on last season, just to drill down

into those statistics, you won four

of your first six games in charge,

Manager of the Month in January,

February? And then short-listed for

Manager of the Season as well last

time round. This is what happened at

the end of last season, tremendous

effort, and yet, within a few months

at the start of the next season, you

are seen as not the right man to

take the club forward. I wonder how,

personally, you reflect on that, not

wanting it to damage your own loss

of the anti-thoughts you have of

taking that into the next job you

are going to go for. -- and the

thoughts.

Yeah, of course, and this

is the life of a manager. I have had

seven clubs in nine years, this is

the life of the modern coach, modern

manager, that you will have an

opportunity somewhere for maybe a

year, 18 months, two years, and then

you will move onto the next place.

You have to, you know, of course,

when you lose your job, there is a

certain amount of hurt, but then you

go through a period when you look

back in a more logical way at things

that might have affected you, things

that you had control of, things you

didn't have control of, and you try

to take those things in a positive

way for experiences that you have in

the future. I mean, I had a great

experience at Swansea, I liked the

players a lot, the chairman, Huw

Jenkins, passionate fans, and I

really hope they do well - I have no

bad feeling about what happened

there, another experience in my

journey.

When you go in, you are

under so much pressure and scrutiny,

how you set the side up from the

defensive structure, yes, but you

had Gylfi Sigurdsson to provide

something different for you, you had

Jack Cork, big personalities and big

players, so was that the difference

from last season, that you have lost

big players and you couldn't replace

them with maybe players at that sort

of calibre to take you forward? Was

that the difference for you as well?

Maybe, it is always difficult to

say. If you knew the answers and

they were easy solutions, you do

them. Often in management, it is a

very complex situation, you are

dealing with a lot of different

moving parts. Clearly, Gylfi

Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente

were key players in the squad last

season. But they went, we got

replacements in - for different

reasons, some worked initially, some

of those didn't. When I look back at

the results, the actual results that

we had were very, very close. I

think eight games out of the 12, 11

or 12 that I lost would just by one

goal. The margins are so fine.

With

those margins in mind, I don't want

is a social media is to blame for

everything, but eight managers gone

in the Premier League already, does

the modern-day obsession with social

media contribute to somebody like

you and other managers losing their

jobs? Because clubs panicked?

I would like to think that owners

and chairmen are not affected by

that but the power of social media,

the media in general, it has an

effect on the fans and repercussions

that go through the football club.

In terms of my own position when I

first went to the club I did very

well but one thing, I did not think

I was the greatest manager and did

not get too excited. At the same

time I lost my job I do not all of a

sudden think I'm the worst manager.

That is how you're scene sometimes,

and it is the same with players

going from there today. It is

important to keep that middle ground

in these situations.

More about your

future later. But onto another

whopper at the foot of the table,

bottom side West Brom and 17th

placed Huddersfield. John Motson is

at the Hawthorns. Bring us up to

date, how are West Brom preparing

for this today?

Well the sun is

shining and I think the programme,

has he got a sense of humour or

sense of destiny? The front cover

today reflects the in 2005 when

Albion survived on the last day the

season, do you remember, with Bryan

Robson as manager. Some people here

think it could go down to the wire

again this season. Well you are fed

back to the last fortnight and it

has been turbulent at the Hawthorns.

Sackings at top level, chief

executive Gong, German gone.

Original chief executive Mark

Jenkins who had a good combination

with the old chairman, he is back

now. In addition to that upheaval

the Barcelona incident, I understand

that has been dealt with internally

now. Jonny Evans captain again

today. And then of course Alan

Pardew, his position. Having thought

about that and yesterday he said in

his press Conference, I have a bag

and a half packs. Albion might think

about making a change again, he has

only been here since November and do

they really want to go through the

whole process again, the Chinese

owners? Alan Pardew, his record here

is not great but look at the record

of West Brom over the last 12

months, not just Alan Pardew but

Tony Pulis as well. One win in 25 in

the Premier League and only three in

36. Almost a whole season. So you

could see the dilemma and understand

why this is more than just your

average six pointer. Huddersfield

themselves of course need points.

But this is West Brom desperately

needing to perform in front of their

own supporters today. I'm not a

geologist but people tell me that

the Hawthorns is the highest ground

above sea level in the whole of the

country. If that protects this clap

from fire and flood all well and

good. But I tell you what if they do

not win today there is nasty waters

of relegation is lapping around

their ankles.

Magnificent, thank you

very much. Geology, geography, facts

as well. Well if Huddersfield stay

up this season, with the players

they have, that could be one of the

great Premier League achievements.

Right up with the best and until a

few weeks ago, the last game against

Bournemouth, you are thinking

they're going to go again but

another great performance than

against Bournemouth and right back

in it. A huge game today. I feel

West Brom need to win today to stay

up.

And you can

see how it

unfolds.

You can see how it all unfolds

at the bottom over the course

of the afternoon on Final Score.

Big day of sport.

That's followed by the Calcutta Cup

clash at Murrayfield -

not to be missed.

Match of the Day will round

everything up at 10 30 tonight.

And after a couple of crackers last

weekend, there's more live FA Cup

football on Tuesday as Swansea

and Sheffield Wednesday fight it out

for a place in the Quarter Finals.

Before that Sunday's match

of the day features Tottenham's

trip to Crystal Palace,

and a rather enticing

one at Old Trafford.

Manchester United and Chelsea need

each other for the first time since

all that verbal jousting between the

managers.

Because I do not behave as

a cloud on the touchline I have lost

my passion? You do not have to act

crazy to have the passion.

Maybe he

was speaking about himself.

Yes I

made mistakes in the past. What ever

happened to me is to be suspended

from matches.

He was a little man in

the past, he is a little man in the

present and maybe he will be a

little man in the future.

Then he

insulted me for a second time. But

now I am content. And Premy content

means end of the story. This is not

a problem for the club, it is a

problem between me and him. I will

not forget this.

It was two draws in two very

different Champions League games for

these two. A late one from Lionel

Messi Fort Hood Chelsea while

Manchester United had David De Gea

to thank for their stalemate in

Seville. You have faced both those

men in the opposition dugout. They

both tried to play down that kind of

fiery debate they had a few weeks

ago. What are they like to go toe to

toe with?

For me it was a great

experience to go up against those

clubs and those managers. At Chelsea

when I worked in the Academy Jose

Mourinho was the manager and I got

to know him briefly and always

enjoyed watching his training.

Intrigued by him as a personality. A

couple of times I've come up against

Antonio and Chelsea. Both winners,

both very determined characters.

Antonio very passionate on the

sidelines. Jose Mourinho a little

bit calmer these days. A bit of a

war of words going on between them.

I'm going to the game tomorrow and

look forward to seeing the match of

course. I'm sure that will be quite

frosty.

A lot of talk as well about

Paul Pogba, ill last week, dropped

in midweek, Jose Mourinho says

players need to end his trust. Where

are Manchester United with Paul

Pogba at the minute?

Jose Mourinho

not have all -- not happy with the

role he has been playing, just look

at the substitutions against

Tottenham, Newcastle.

Fans could say

he has not been playing in the right

place.

I think with the way he has

come through he should be able to

play a disciplined role and play

from the base, midfield and

necessary for that I think he is

playing may be left of the three

midfield and sometimes I think

modern-day, with tactics you need to

adjust and play in a different way.

Maybe he needs to learn what Jose

Mourinho wants from him. But

whatever has happened between them,

and something has been broken

between them, and this needs to be

sorted quickly. Because it could go

on and on and then that fracture

that has happened is beyond repair.

If Paul Pogba was to star for

Manchester United, and again he was

great midweek and proved his worth

in recent games. 26 games for

Chelsea this season and half of them

as a substitute. But he can be a

matchwinner.

He was fantastic

against Barcelona the other night.

Scored a crucial goal. Looked strong

and powerful. In other games I've

seen before, he is a talent. I

remember him at Schachter Donetsk, a

matchwinner. I'm surprised looking

back those statistics that he has

not been a more regular starter in

team. Along with one of the others,

Pedro or Morata.

I think that is the

way to do it because Eden Hazard the

other night, he was not in the game

enough. Well Jose Mourinho got a bit

of grief this week. He would say his

style of football is not

appreciated. But does he have more

pressure put on him because of the

way that city are playing, the

number of goals Liverpool are

scoring. It might go through and be

successful but not, is that the

style of football thing cause

issues.

Possibly with Manchester

City doing so well just up the road

and playing such an attractive

style. Jose Mourinho has know-how,

he knows how to get the job done.

Inter, they went all the way and

took the trophy not playing very

attractive football.

Also tomorrow

the League Cup final at Wembley

between Manchester City and Arsenal.

A first outing for Pep Guardiola and

his side since that Wigan wobble.

Do Wigan have any chance of

achieving their goal tonight?

achieving their goal tonight? Away

we go.

we go. Will Grigg, he might not need

it! It is Fabian Delph, all kicking

off. The debate goes on between the

two managers. Nice little backheel.

City starting to wrap it up now.

Great goal in! Here is will Grigg.

He has scored! I do not believe it!

They have knocked out the best side

in the land. City, daydream of four

is no war.

That was a great game. And one of

the field story, Pep Guardiola has

been charged for wearing a political

message, specifically the yellow

ribbon, by the Football Association

Vostok he said in November that he

was wearing the ribbon to support

imprisoned politicians in his native

Catalonia. He has until a week on

Monday to respond. So looking for

his first trophy in English

football. You spent some time with

him week. How do they bounce back

from Wigan and look at this Cup

Final against Arsenal?

I'm sure they

will bounce back positively. That is

what you have to do after a tough

victory. They were competing in four

trophies and now it is down to

three, the focus will be on the

final. A great chance I think in the

Champions League. And in a dominant

position in the Premier League. So

pretty unravelled this week? It was

a pleasure for me to go in there and

see them training and spend a bit of

time with Pep Guardiola afterwards.

Someone I admire a lot. Going back

to last season, Arsenal beat

Manchester City in the semifinal.

Where do you think this game will be

one of lost. In terms of the games

city have lost this season,

Liverpool pressed them higher. What

to think Arsenal will do?

Arsenal

just change the system, going to

back three and now they're playing

recently with the back four. I think

playing, as they did the other

night, they could seriously

struggle. I think changes will come

in. Arsene Wenger does not

necessarily set his side up to

defend. At some time in the game

they will try to press, they have

quality in behind. But the way city

played, they did not change their

style of play going down to ten men.

I think they will have just a little

bit too much for them. If and when

Arsenal do go to press them.

On the

city side of things, spending time

with Pep Guardiola, they've already

won the league so no anticipation

for their side. But do they see the

Champions League is the real test of

whether they are one of the best

sides in Europe this season?

They're

fighting on all fronts and they did

that until the other night in the FA

Cup as well. The focus is not to

deliver that trophy on Sunday. A

great position in the Premier

League. In the Champions League they

have the ability, no question, to go

far. The form they are in, that

suggests they could go far. The

question would be about Manchester

City, can they go to the latter

stages and handle the big games

against the teams that had been

their year in and year out over the

past five or six seasons. Juventus,

Barcelona, Bayern Munich. That's a

different thing that they have not

really been through. And canny deal

with the mental side of the game.

Knowing the way to win. So Arsenal,

27 points behind Manchester City in

the league. So time to hear from the

former Manchester City man who left

the Etihad for Borussia Dortmund at

the start of the season. 17-year-old

Jadon Sancho has been telling Simon

Stone all about life in the

Bundesliga.

I know one thing for certain.

I know one thing for certain. Better

keep your eyes lurking.

I learnt in a good way, how to say

thank you. Are you enjoying life in

Dortmund? I love it, nice and

relaxed. It is what I wanted from

the start. Just to focus on

football. There's a real mix out

here. When I train I go home then

and just relax. Anything you miss?

My mum and her cooking.

In terms of coming to Dortmund, they

made a big statement in giving you

that number seven shirt. When did

they tell you they were going to

give you it?

On the day, you have

got number seven. I was like, yeah,

please. It shows the club as big

faith in me from the start. But the

number didn't really faze me, it was

just coming here and proving myself

to everyone.

What is the aim?

First

team, that is what I have wanted all

my life, playing in front of the

yellow wall, it is a dream come

true. I remember watching Dortmund

in the Champions League, seeing

everyone, now it is happening. It is

mad, you know?

You went to Watford,

then moving to Manchester, then

another country altogether. These

are major steps for a young person.

At first, it was difficult, when I

left home and I went to Watford. But

then I got used to it, because I

lived in digs, I got used to my

family not being there. I think that

has helped me Midge Ure. It is a

long journey I have been on. But

this is the sacrifice you have to

make to get here. You have got to do

what you have got to do.

what you have got to do.

The party

can begin now! Under 17 World Cup

for England!

When we won the World

Cup, I was not there due to them

calling me back, but it felt nice.

Everybody wants to play for their

country, that is one of the biggest

things if you play football. But

yeah, the group is really special,

the question now is will we keep

that up? It is down to us, really.

Have you thought, if I can stay in

the borough sea Dortmund side, there

is even an outside chance I could

end up at the World Cup?

Honestly, I

don't know! It is a big one

obviously, I would be

obviously, I would be honoured, I

would happily go to the World Cup if

they picked me, but I haven't

thought about it.

You see me very

happy person.

I am a happy person, I

just miss my mum's cooking

everybody

misses their mum's cooking! You have

seen a bit of him, he is some

talent.

I saw him play in the youth cup

semifinals against Stoke, and he is

an incredible talent, right side of

players on the left wing, all the

tricks of maybe an early Cristiano

Ronaldo, the ability to beat players

and go both ways. Yeah, certainly

one that City will be gutted to have

lost, but we will see how he

develops in Dortmund, certainly a

talent.

It is exciting, but quite a

few young players playing in Germany

at the moment, learning so much,

expanding their cultural horizons as

well. It can only be good for the

game, can't it?

Absolutely, and with

what England have done at under 17

and under 20 level, some of those

big talents going out to experience

football in Europe, it is a good

experience for them and the national

team moving forward.

Take us back to

a young de Bruyne, taking on the

number seven shirt, understanding

about the yellow wall. -- Kilbane.

I

didn't know anything about German

football, nothing about La Liga,

just Premier League football, so I

remember Brian Deane scoring for

Sheffield United! I wouldn't have a

clue about the yellow wall! It shows

the cultural changes, the young

players developing, watching all

European football, all European

leagues, they know everything about

the big clubs.

You spent plenty of

time abroad, do you think it is the

same for the managerial point of

view, you have so much more to draw

on when you get your next job in

football?

It gives you great

experience, widens your knowledge of

football across Europe. It is great

to see someone like that, very brave

and courageous to go and play in a

foreign country where the language

is different, the culture is

different, he will earn a commend

this amount and become a better

player, but he will develop a lot of

great life skills as well.

I'm sure

there's mum sends some food over as

well and Michael Neville has named

his first as England women's

manager. -- fill

manager. -- fill Phil Neville. Casey

Stoney will be joining his backroom

staff. England start their campaign

on Thursday against France.

on Thursday against France. We will

hear from the England camp next

week. Fulham are the form team in

the Championship, unbeaten in 11,

they have won seven in a row at

home. They are in the play-off spot

at the moment, and tonight they take

on Wolves. Time for a visit from

Clem.

Well, first things first, we are

talking you about 16 hours after the

final whistle, the draw at Ashton

Gate. Are you not tired out? Are you

not knackered? You have been in for

three or four hours already.

We're

pretty tired.

Just a Hazard of the

job, the boss is so meticulous, he

has got everything he wants to do

with you mapped out, it doesn't

matter what time you arrive home?

Yeah, we just cannot follow along

and do what we are told.

The look

you gave me suggested what I feel

looking at the gaffer, truly

terrified! He has got that look,

hasn't he?

Quite a cold look,

strict, I know what you mean.

It is

intense.

More intense than cold.

When you look at your team, what do

you see?

you see?

We are more confident, we

know but each other, we trust each

other more, we are more competitive

right now.

To think you will be

promoted this season?

I don't know,

I'm talking only about the next

game, I believe we can win against

Wolves, it is a fantastic test for

us. We will see where we finish with

the points.

the points.

27 points from the last

possible 33, it is a phenomenal

model.

Is that all we have?!

I

thought it was more, to be honest

with you! I think we go into every

match thinking, you know, I wouldn't

say unbeatable, but very close to

that. You know, confidence is key in

this division, and you put a few

good results together and it just

snowballs, and teams start to fear

you, and that is what we are

starting to achieve, talking about

relegation six pointer is, these are

all promotion six-pointers. We

usually thrive under pressure.

Everybody thrives under this

pressure? The dressing room is made

up of a mix of personalities, is it?

Of course, I think the next couple

of weeks, whether we can catch

second or not...

Do you think

automatic is a possibility?

It is

definitely a possibility, I don't

see why not, 27 out of 33, initial

space of time it is a possibility,

but in the next couple of weeks we

will literally know what the

situation is. So to have fresh legs

going into the end of the season,

which I don't think we had last

season at all, is key.

I was

distracted before my final question,

he was looking at his phone, he was

going to walk through the shot until

somebody told him! Are you OK? No

problem, you are all right, that is

great, fantastic! I want a sentence

or a word to define the feeling in

your dressing room.

Buzzing.

Confidence.

Fantastic. The only

thing you are not ready for is a

trip to London Fashion Week. I have

got to show you, with the best will

in the world, mate!

It is comfy!

Great to see you both.

Only acceptable in the club, socks

and sandals. What about that stare?!

Clem was frightened to death, he

wanted Dumoulin walk out of shot!

Terrifying. Are you working on your

managerial state?

You need to look

like that sometimes, keep them on

their toes!

I didn't realise you

spent so long at the Fulham academy.

Seven years.

They have timed their

run really well, I know they are

taking on the best side in the

division tonight, but you see them

as having a real chance of going up?

Absolutely, and that is the key, 13

games to go. If you can find the

momentum at the right time, you can

shoot out that lead. It is looking

like Wolves will go number one, then

one of the others, Aston Villa are

strong, experienced in Steve Bruce.

Derby are pushing, Cardiff, all

experienced sides. Fulham would be a

good bet, even if it is for the

play-offs.

I know you saw Wolves

last week, but we have to mention

Sunderland, one of your former

sides. A horrible start, in 1985

Wolves went from the top tier, the

bottom of the top tier, down, bottom

of the second tier, and Sunderland

could be the first time to do that

since Wolves.

It is not looking good

at all. Interesting seeing Chris

Coleman this week, he was talking

about the whole picture at the

football club, talking about Ellis

Short, what Ellis Short, maybe his

reluctance to really care about the

club, he said, look, we all care

about the club, but really the guy

at the helm, this is what he is

alluding to, this guy does not care

what is best for the club. It has

been one mess after another. What

Chris Coleman is suffering now, that

has gone from Simon Grayson, Martin

O'Neill, David Moyes, a lot of

managers before him.

Are you sure

you want to go back into

management?! Hearing all that! You

have put yourself through some

punishment. As soon as possible?

Weighing things up?

I am ready to

go, I have got energy and

enthusiasm. You know, I am just

waiting for the right opportunity.

Listen, great to have your the

programme, fascinating insights on

loads programmes. Kevin Connolly

always nice to spend the day with

you. We will be back on BBC One, and

we will be on the iPlayer if you

have just switched over from the

Olympics. We will leave you with

predictions from two of Hollywood's

finest, Allison Janney, not sure how

much she knows about football, and

Fulham van Margot Robbie. Thanks for

watching, so UNIX week. -- see you

next week.

When you say football,

you mean soccer?

Soccer!

Everyone has their own truth... I

play Tonya Harding.

I play her

mother.

It is a film about her life,

you see from the age of four to 44,

and everything that transpired in

1994, the incident!

We also judge on

presentation. Her life is messy,

corrugated, tragic, funny.

And it

has a great soundtrack! I pledge my

allegiance to Fulham, I want them to

win.

I'll say Brighton,

cos of the Aussie love.

2-0 to Brighton.

To Brighton, OK.

That score will be 4-4.

That will be an exciting game!

Oh, that is going to be a good game!

Manchester versus, um...

Chelsea.

I think I'm going to

go with Man United.

I am going to go with Arsenal all

the way, 3-2.

3-0?