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That's absolutely brilliant. Oh, this is getting better and better.

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Chance for Ronaldo! History boys indeed. They have won the cup, they

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have won the cup... And it is a hat-trick. He has done it. He has

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done it! Welcome to the last Football Focus of 2016. It has been

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a turbulent year but we have seen some spectacular action along the

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way and we are not done yes. Middlesbrough's latest Brazilian on

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a family Christmas. A thousand things on my head, like how will be

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the reaction. I think it will be nice. Liverpool against Manchester

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City in the top four. We have King Kenny on Klopp. He is back in the

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goals, we see Alli on thousand hand shake. -- how to hand shake. We are

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on the frosty training pitches of Yorkshire as Barnsley continue to

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defy the odds in the Championship. We will enjoy it while we are

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winning and not panic when we are losing. And all the goals and

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sackings that make the festive season so special. And who better to

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see the year out than with these two. For some reason wearing ties.

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Trevor and Mark. Didn't get the memo. Thank you. If you're losing

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track of days, we all are. The latest round of fixtures were last

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night with Hull against Everton and there are seven matches today. We

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are live at Burnley who play Sunderland. And Leicester try to end

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their slide. At the top, Chelsea are threatening to run away with it. And

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second against third in the later game as Liverpool welcome Manchester

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City to Anfield. We will start at Old Trafford and familiar

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surroundings for old boy Fabio, now of Middlesbrough. His twin Rafael

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has been keeping him company over Christmas and they have been

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speaking us to. Christmas means everything. It means family. Wins we

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are kids we have been with all the family together. I get him just a

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hat... Maybe... Put a hat on. I buy him a jumper. That is all. You have

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come from Lyon to spend time in Middlesbrough. What was your first

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Teesside Christmas like. People say, why don't you go to Brazil, you have

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eleven days, I'm happy being here with my brother. It is a bit cold,

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but I enjoy home at home and I play some cards with my brother. I get to

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know a bit of the city as well. It was good. I bring him training as

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well, make some jokes with the boys. He trained as well. Nobody knows.

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Goal! How much did you know about the Brazilian players who have come

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before you? I know Juninho. Emerson as well. I watched another one, I

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watched him when I was young. When I arrived people always speak about

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the Brazilians. A plane is reported to have crashed in Columbia. Players

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from a Brazilian team were among the people on board. How hard has it

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been, I know you had two friends on board the plane, one sadly died and

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one survived. Now, I imagine it is still on both of your minds. I'm

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happy to see the people who help Chapecoense. The club show how

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humans should be like this when even helps each other. You see people

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from Europe, from Asia, from every where in the world together to try

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to help Chapecoense. You can see the connection in every one can help

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each other. I remember everything. Me and my brother, even when we

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arrived when we were kids. It will be hurtful to play there again. Two

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Brazilian teenagers arriving in Manchester, quite intimidating

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arriving at a club like that? At the start it was. It was the hardest

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league in the world. It was even worse we have the help of Manchester

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United and we have been there before and we stay a bit, a little while,

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to get used to to everything. I think it worked. I think the players

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helped, because we are 17 and we just arrive and United just come to

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the final Champions League and win the Champions League against

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Chelsea. So big names like Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez, everyone, it is a bit

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intimidating a boy 17 years old. How did a role did Sir Alex Ferguson

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play in the settling in period. He helped us a lot. He helped my family

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when I arrived. His wife sent flowers to my mum. I don't forget

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that. He is a gentleman. There is no words to speak about him. You

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haven't played there since you left the club, will it be strange do you

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think? It is hard. I try to stop like and I go... Think about my head

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what's going to be. A thousand things in my head, how they are

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going to react and how I will react. I think it will be nice. It is

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incredible, because I can watch the game, the first game I will be there

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to watch. You have to decide who you will support? Well, I love

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Manchester United and all the support... But... I will support my

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brother and I want him to win. I think I will be supporting

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Middlesbrough! It is the right answer to keep the family going.

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Fabio is only 26 and he is part of a Middlesbrough back line, the way

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they play, they have got a good defence. Yes, of the teams the I

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have seen, they're the most disciplined. Special think middle

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three. They -- especially the middle three. They sit in position and that

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is why they're difficult to play. They leave Negredo up front. But you

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could close your eyes and watch them and those seven are all in position.

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That is saying something with West Brom and Burnley. He knows

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Manchester United well and Manchester United fans have a new

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hero who will try to break down that defence, Mkhitaryan, I know it was

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offside, but he has flourished since being left out at the start of

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season. I would like to have seen him flourish at the start of the

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season. What an amazing player. So much creativity. So much imagination

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to even think of that. But to have the skills to execute it as well. It

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was offside, but what a finish. I think him in the team, they're going

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to be on fire. He has set off a reaction and they have got a

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position for Pogba, Carrick's in this and Zlatan up front and martial

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and they look a different side. In the last two months, you know

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statistics big up a big part of football, look what he has done

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since the start of November, Ibrahimovic. Eight goals. He is

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adding a lot to that Manchester United front line. He is. I think he

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spearheaded it and has been an inspiration. The way he plays, he

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always had so much confidence, now the rest of the team seem like they

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have confidence. Mourinho seems to have got the right starting eleven

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and formation and they seem like they have a good future. What I like

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about Ibrahimovic, when he plays with the younger players and they

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try and find him with a pass and it doesn't happen, he never says a word

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or goe unlucky. You touched on Michael Carrick, you have been a fan

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of his work and it is like professionals like Carrick. What

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does he bring to this side? He brings security. If Pogba can go and

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start to flourish, but I think Carrick has been a big reason for

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that, because he sits back, just guards that back four and says,

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enjoy yourself Paul. And he knows Carrick will probably not tackle,

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but he will intercept a pass to stop it going forward and he has that

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ability to slide passes that most people don't see. He passes the ball

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to you where you want it, not where he wants to. He must say, listen, be

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aware of him not looking at you, because the ball could land at your

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feet. He is that good he can pick that pass and if you're thinking he

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is playing there, you will get an unpleasant surprise. They will need

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that. Middlesbrough will be difficult to break down. You have to

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pull them down. This Manchester United team are divorced and

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different from the team that started the season. Fabio talked of the

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influence of Sir Alex Ferguson it is his 76th birthday. For Fabio? He is

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doing well. Now some of the Premier League action starting with last

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night's match with Hull were desperate to win against Everton.

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Martin Fisher reports. It will drop and be scored by

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Dawson. What a season he is having in front of the goal. That is his

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fourth of the season. Three of which have come in the Premier League.

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Barry is free to left. They're queueing up. Coalman with the header

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against the post. Thumped away by Maguire. Maybe some luck turning

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Hull's way. Everton have an equaliser. Lukaku leads the Everton

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celebrations. How much fault at the door of David Marshall for this goal

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I wonder? Good challenge by Bardsley. Mir

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Mirallas can bring it clear. Deflected and Marshall helped it on

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to the bar. Marshall got his angles right. Snodgrass might have a crack

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from here. It will be the Scot and it is against the frame of the bar

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and then hooked wide by Diomande. We are talking inches. Good

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anticipation by Maguire. And on he goes. A push in the back maybe by

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Baines. Snodgrass for Hull. And this time he

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finds the net! If at first you don't succeed, try, try again! And Robert

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Snodgrass comes up with the goods for Hull. Fabulous technique.

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Lukaku couldn't get to it, Bardsley does and Everton are level. Bardsley

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unmarked at the far side. Final score 2-2. That result leaves the

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table looking like this. Hull move off the bottom, at least

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until Swansea play Bournemouth later. The Ross Barkley debate, he

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has been criticised by the manager and some fans, he is not a young man

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now, he is 23. What does he need to move from where he is to becoming a

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recognised great player? Consistency. That is what it is

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about. Everyone knows his potential. We have been hearing about that for

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years. In the position he plays for Everton, he should dominate more

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games and at the moment not quite done it. But he has the right

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manager. At first he was, it is he is going to Manchester City for 50

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million. It is rubbish and for everyone that age it is not easy for

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it not to turn your headches. Snodgrass has been brilliant for

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Hull and they added another year to the contract of six players.

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Including him. That was his sighter. He has real quality. You have seen

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the first hit the bar and it was stunning. That was so close. The

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second he has put it inside. Beautiful technique. Not many

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players can do this. If you're a forward, forget about going for

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goal, corners and free kicks, if you know that quality is coming in, you

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must be excited thinking we have a free kick. Let's go and you are

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going expecting the ball to go in the right area.

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If they are going to stay up they've got to hang onto him. I think you'll

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find they need to start winning if they want to stay up. All right,

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there we go. In amongst the festive fun it's been a miserable Christmas

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for the men in charge at Crystal Palace and Swansea.

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No team in the entire football league has had a worse record in

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2016 than Crystal Palace. Dave won just six matches this calendar year.

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Crystal Palace have sacked manager Alan Pardew. Sam Allardyce has

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agreed a two and a half year contract to try to get Crystal

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Palace out of this mess. I hope I can bring some joy, particularly

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over Christmas and New Year. It is a point for Sam Allardyce in his first

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game as Crystal Palace manager. Did you enjoy the cut and thrust of a

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match situation again? I've never enjoyed a game in my life as a

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manager so I am not going to start now. Bob Bradley says his future

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could depend on what happens today. We are our own worst enemy. No

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matter how we start again we seem to find a way to get down. More misery

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for Bob Bradley. We are in such a rut. In the Premier League you pay

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the price. Huge boos ringing out. Swansea City have sacked Bob

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Bradley. It was a big punt, it was always going to be a big ask to keep

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Swansea up. STUDIO: 85 days in charge, no transfer window, if there

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was a button with the word panic on it, Swansea have pressed it. It

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doesn't seem to pan out. I don't know what the club and owners are

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doing. To get rid of Guidolin and bring in somebody with no experience

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of the Premier League with no transfer window, I cannot understand

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it. This probably goes back 18 months. This club, when they got in

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the Premier League, they were so well run, well organised. Will use

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to talk about it. Absolutely. The standard for many clubs promoted,

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buying clubs they could make better, so on and replace. What they've done

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in the last 18 months I don't know. At once they sold Ashley Williams at

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the start the season, and we get his age and we that Everton paid good

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money, but he was the dressing room, the leader and organiser and

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absolutely everything. Since that day it has all come tumbling down.

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And Ayew got the opening goal. The things that annoys fans, things like

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the story about Joe Allen they could have signed him, apparently he was

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looking at houses in Swansea, then he goes to Stoke. Going back to

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Ayew, that was always going to happen, Centre forward going back to

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his old club, always going to score. For Joe Allen to be scratching

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around thinking, is it going to happen, and waiting and waiting and

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taking Stoke on the back burner because he had to. Listen, he's a

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Swansea lad, he loves Wales, and sure he would have loved to have

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gone back there. For them not to get their ducks in order is a joke. What

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we don't know, Stoke might have given him more money. But just

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looking at the managers, I would take Gary row it in a heartbeat

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straightaway, I cannot believe he was sacked at Birmingham City, it

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was a disgrace. What he did at Burton with no money, what he did at

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Birmingham with no money. It looks like Swansea might get relegated,

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and who better than Gary Rowett? He knows the division, give him more

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money, they have a chance of coming back. I liked the analogy about this

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one getting their ducks in a row. What about Crystal Palace? Big Sam

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starts with a draw and they know what they are getting. I heard

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somebody say when he got the job, he will avoid relegation. He'll be

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halfway up the league because they have got players in place. He's

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great in the January transfer window as everybody knows. And I think this

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is the easiest job he's had. In terms of joining a relegation

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threatened team this is the easiest job he's had. To reiterate, Palace

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are guaranteed to stay in the Premier League? Correct. And if it

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doesn't happen, Trevor said it. OK. Allardyce's old team Sunderland were

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dealt a blow with the news that Jordan Pickford picked up a serious

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injury in the 3-1 defeat to Manchester United on Boxing Day. We

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can show you where it happened, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goal, a clash

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with his own player on his knee. Went down at the time and could be

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out for some period of time, too. The first game he will miss is

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against Burnley at Turf Moor today. We can get the latest from there.

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Hello. The interesting thing for Sunderland is that they probably

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already had the longest injury list of any team in the Premier League

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anyway. So the last thing they needed was an absentee as

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significant as Jordan Pickford. But at least they've got Vito Mannone,

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who himself was injured, lost his place when he got back fit because

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Pickford was playing so well, so at least they have a ready-made

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replacement. The number of absent players is only going to get worse

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because the Africa cup of Nations gets underway in a few weeks' time

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and they will lose three more players on January two, and they are

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still trying to negotiate to see whether those players will be

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available for the Liverpool game. But that three players to add to the

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three or four, including Pickford, who will be out for a minimum of the

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next two months or so. They are stretched to the limit. The

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substitutes, the bench at Old Trafford, there were three or four

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young players who rarely had an appearance between them other than

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in the League Cup. So he has got a lot of problems, David Moyes, in

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terms of just literally getting people out on to the park. Now, if

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that's not depressing enough, they have already been conversations that

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have taken place saying they have not got many funds available in

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January to supplement what they've got. One or two of their players,

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Jermain Defoe most significantly, linked with a move away. Sounds like

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such a depressing end to the season but I can give Sunderland fans want

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little piece of news. They were ahead of where they were this time

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one year ago, albeit Sam Allardyce had just been put in charge and

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started to turn things around. Burnley can move nine points clear

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today. Even though Jeff Hendrick is suspended, you have to say things

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are going well for them. Thank you. Those rumours about players coming

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in and out, Jordan Pickford is one David Moyes was thinking about

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selling to get more money in because he is so highly rated. I don't think

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David Moyes wants to sell him. But you know what I mean. I think the

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owners lost interest in the club. Pretty certain if he had a decent

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offer he would sell. So why is he going to spend money in the

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meantime? Add that to the injuries and you are in a bit of a mass. The

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only thing is, where there is hope, there is Defoe, he might just get

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you enough goals. I know the world and his wife would want to take on

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but I don't see him leaving Sunderland. And you can follow that

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match on final score this afternoon. Trevor pulling a double shift for

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that today. Alex Bruce also joining Jason Timmis Judeo.

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Time for some more goals. On Tuesday Liverpool tried to keep some

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pressure on Chelsea at the top as they took on Stoke at Anfield.

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COMMENTATOR: Liverpool all in red, Stoke all in sky blue. And it's into

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the net exclamation marks Stoke have taken the lead! Jon Walters has put

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them in front. Blocked by the goalkeeper. I did not have the

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feeling, that's it. Goodness, cleared off the line. He is now

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inside the penalty area. Plays it back. Into the net! And Liverpool

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have equalised. Liverpool still on the attack. And into the net, and

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Liverpool, having been a goal down 90 seconds before half-time, are now

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2-1 in front. Plays it in, and inches wide of the post. Henderson

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takes it up. And it's 3-1 Liverpool. And Liverpool now have the 2-goal

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cushion, 15 minutes into the second half. The third goal was fantastic.

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A Christmas present. And Shawcross plays it back, Sturridge is in

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there. 4-1. Horrendous mistake. Daniel Sturridge has been on the

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field and minute and scored certainly the winning goal for

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Liverpool. 4-1. The hundreds that has been scored since you have been

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here. 100? I have to say I cannot remember all of them. Maybe they'll

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have make the DVD of it. To STUDIO: I think you might have missed the

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Christmas rush for that DVD, it's all about streaming these days.

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Stoke are at Stamford Bridge today and we will be there shortly.

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Klopp's men face Manchester City and Lawro has been to see what one of

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Liverpool 's finest thinks. Kenny Dalglish was the best player I ever

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played with. COMMENTATOR: Yes! Kenny Dalglish. He could run. He had a big

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fat bottom. And I tell you something, he was a genius.

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Dalglish! What a goal. Make goals, create goals. And put in by

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Lawrenson! He was three or four passes ahead of everybody.

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Best player I think ever to play for Liverpool. Once more, sorry Mark.

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Jesus, he can't even get the clap right. Liverpool at the moment going

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well. That are going really well since Jurgen Klopp has come in, the

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whole atmosphere the 14 months he has been there is fantastic. It has

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come back. A bit of Shanks in there? I know everybody has to label him.

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Label him as Jurgen. He is his own man. It was different when Shanks

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was there, when we went in afterwards we were lucky, we just

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filled in a hole that somebody left, but he's had to start further back

:27:14.:27:19.

than us. It does feel very much like it used to be. Stevie G has come

:27:20.:27:27.

back and stopped playing, do you envisage a role for him at the club?

:27:28.:27:32.

I think he has aspirations to get into football, maybe wants to go

:27:33.:27:38.

slowly and then get a managerial position. If he's got the appetite

:27:39.:27:42.

there will be roles for him at the club, even if it's at the academy.

:27:43.:27:46.

He's a true and assassin to the football club. But the will decide

:27:47.:27:53.

that. Looking back, the other thing, how difficult was it going from

:27:54.:27:56.

player to manage a? Is the best part. The managerial site... I just

:27:57.:28:01.

loved playing. You know yourself what the terrible

:28:02.:28:11.

place the dressing room is for a wind-up, you know what is coming.

:28:12.:28:19.

You are going to get it. Aye. I remember Joe Fagan said it was the

:28:20.:28:24.

hardest job in the world. You've got people to help you but you still

:28:25.:28:28.

feel a little isolated at times. The players were dirty and, they just

:28:29.:28:36.

went along with it. And Rush is on the far side. Is this very? It is.

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Liverpool and their manager Kenny Dalglish have become only the third

:28:45.:28:47.

team to win the marvellous double in the same season. It was in a

:28:48.:28:52.

believable season. To turn that around a little bit too year ago,

:28:53.:28:55.

when you were manager first time, how important was it to win the

:28:56.:29:02.

first trophy -- to turn it round to Jurgen Klopp. Trophies are important

:29:03.:29:07.

for the supporters. When we won this and got that. He is not far away

:29:08.:29:15.

from a trophy. He knows he's good at his job, everybody who supports

:29:16.:29:18.

Liverpool knows he's good at his job. He is fantastic for the

:29:19.:29:21.

football club and I think the football club is a great fit for

:29:22.:29:25.

him. Fortunately they have each other.

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STUDIO: A ringing endorsement from Kenny Dalglish. Obviously these two

:29:34.:29:39.

managers know each other's well from the Bundesliga. You just hope,

:29:40.:29:45.

sometimes these big games have let us down, will we see a classic here?

:29:46.:29:49.

The Manchester United game was typical of what you are saying. But

:29:50.:29:54.

both these managers, it's not about defending, it's about entertaining,

:29:55.:29:58.

playing expansive football and going for the jugular. Whoever turns up to

:29:59.:30:00.

night and is better in the final third will win the game. Adam

:30:01.:30:06.

Lallana we have talked about on a fewer occasions, but why is he

:30:07.:30:10.

thriving so much under Jurgen Klopp? The next or neighbour has probably

:30:11.:30:15.

helped. Yeah, yeah, he brings his milk in for him. He's probably the

:30:16.:30:18.

fittest he has ever been and not just him but the whole Liverpool

:30:19.:30:22.

squad. I think he's the fittest of the fittest as well. Now you've got

:30:23.:30:26.

an end product, you've got goals, assists. He's obviously full of

:30:27.:30:31.

confidence. There might be an argument he might be the best player

:30:32.:30:36.

around at the moment from August through to December, not too many

:30:37.:30:38.

would be better I would have thought. camaraderie, He has been

:30:39.:30:43.

improving year after year since he started in the Premier League. I

:30:44.:30:47.

think the Southampton fans, I'm not talking about the fans that watch

:30:48.:30:51.

the first teem, but people who watched him play youth football have

:30:52.:30:54.

been waiting for this to happen. They know he has had more in the

:30:55.:31:01.

locker. He is starting to do that consistently. He is the player that

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Liverpool thought they had bought. When he came he didn't feature much.

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If Jurgen Klopp has matched him well, what about the Daniel

:31:15.:31:22.

Sturridge situation? Better. He is a fantastic talent, but he has not won

:31:23.:31:26.

the crowd over. Not like, looking at Mane he has been there two minutes

:31:27.:31:31.

and they love him. Daniel's not captivated the Anfield faithful. But

:31:32.:31:34.

now he has found his role, he is coming off the bench and having an

:31:35.:31:39.

impact and he is not spitting the dummy out or saying I'm not playing.

:31:40.:31:44.

He is coming in, playing his part and being positive and Jurgen Klopp

:31:45.:31:48.

has done a great job with him. In the term manager you have got to

:31:49.:31:52.

manage, that what is he has done with Sturridge and he doesn't get

:31:53.:31:57.

any best starting eleven and he is saying, until the day comes when I

:31:58.:32:04.

know I can rely on you over a period of weeks and months, you're not

:32:05.:32:08.

going to start. But what a fantastic weapon for 20 minutes at the end. I

:32:09.:32:13.

think Daniel is improving. He is pressing. When he is good enough at

:32:14.:32:20.

doing that, he will play. What about City today? Aguero is back he has

:32:21.:32:28.

played havoc with people's fantasy teams. I had him as captain. What

:32:29.:32:33.

about Yaya Toure, is that a big decision to play him? I think he

:32:34.:32:41.

does. With his, the size of him he has that physical presence. If

:32:42.:32:44.

someone, we all know Liverpool will press, if the ball comes to Yaya

:32:45.:32:52.

Toure and he is pressed he won't panic, he is six foot four and he

:32:53.:32:57.

will pass it when he is ready. Give him some cake and send him out! Dear

:32:58.:33:04.

me! Can anyone catch Chelsea. It is more than three months since they

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lost a Premier League game and the records keep coming. Chelsea pleased

:33:09.:33:15.

to see the back of September. Can he get the shot away? Chelsea take the

:33:16.:33:20.

lead. Comfortable victory for Chelsea. Antonio Conte on top. Not

:33:21.:33:27.

in their wildest dreams did Chelsea think it would be so easy. Brilliant

:33:28.:33:34.

goal from Diego Costa. Magnificent, monumental master class by Chelsea.

:33:35.:33:41.

His sixth successive Premier League win for Antonio Conte's Chelsea.

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Moses scores. A difficult match. And an important victory. Chelsea have

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turned it around. What a second half performance this has been. Chelsea

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going for that ninth league win in a row. Sensational goal. Brilliant

:33:56.:34:03.

play from Diego Costa. Fabregas... Brilliantly well taken. That is far

:34:04.:34:11.

too simple a goal. Brilliantly put away by Pedro. It is 12 in a row.

:34:12.:34:17.

They are good. A club record 12 wins in a row and Stoke visitors today.

:34:18.:34:27.

Motty is there for us. Hello Mr Motson. It is all right, I'm a bit

:34:28.:34:34.

nervous, the last time I was on, I had Mark Lawrenson complaining about

:34:35.:34:41.

his coat. As he has tone an excel -- done an excellent interview with

:34:42.:34:45.

Kenny Dalglish, I will soften him up. I some people thought I

:34:46.:34:49.

exaggerated Chelsea's quality in that game. But from what has

:34:50.:34:53.

happened, I may have been justified, but we won't get into that too much,

:34:54.:34:59.

because today if they win their 13th game in a row, they have equalled

:35:00.:35:04.

the record in the Premier League in the same season. Arsenal went into

:35:05.:35:09.

14, but that included a match at the start of the season after. Diego

:35:10.:35:14.

Costa and Kante are back from suspension. Pedro is out. And

:35:15.:35:19.

talking of suspensions, this is the last day that you can get your fifth

:35:20.:35:24.

yellow card and miss a game. And that means that Luiz in particular

:35:25.:35:29.

is walking on a tightrope. He is on four. If he gets booked, he will not

:35:30.:35:39.

play in the big match at White Hart Lane. That is maybe by John Terry is

:35:40.:35:46.

back in the squad. For Stoke, Mark Hughes, he knows Chelsea Re well,

:35:47.:35:50.

but they don't have a good record at Stamford Bridge. No, neither does

:35:51.:35:56.

he. Two draws and nine defeats in eleven visits as a manager. Although

:35:57.:36:00.

Mark did play if you remember in the Chelsea team that won the FA Cup

:36:01.:36:06.

back in 1997. I can't believe by the way that is 20 years ago. Stoke's

:36:07.:36:11.

record is not great here. You have shown their defeat at Liverpool and

:36:12.:36:17.

talked about Joe Allen. The person I would match is Charlie Adam. It was

:36:18.:36:22.

here where he scored that goal from the centre circle two years ago. One

:36:23.:36:27.

of the most memorable goals in Premier League history. You would

:36:28.:36:34.

like me to finish with a mystic statistic! Here is one for you, in

:36:35.:36:41.

Chelsea's 12 match winning run, only one opponent has scored against

:36:42.:36:46.

them. Work that one out. Who is he? There you go. What are you asking us

:36:47.:36:56.

for? He has dropped a bomb there. To go back to what Motty said, for the

:36:57.:37:02.

wins, Arsenal got 14 in a row when you add in one at the start of

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season. But they're brilliant to watch. Yes, organised, disciplined,

:37:07.:37:13.

but then when they go and attack, the tempo they do and the quality,

:37:14.:37:18.

it is good to watch. I think they have got a system that suits the

:37:19.:37:24.

players. I think, this is why they have a chance, they can play

:37:25.:37:29.

relatively poorly and win. What difference does when you have an

:37:30.:37:36.

individual like Hazard, who arguably playing better than two years ago

:37:37.:37:42.

when he was Player of the Year. The thing about him, he plays more

:37:43.:37:47.

inside, as does Pedro, to allow the wing-backs to get further forward.

:37:48.:37:52.

Once you come and play inside, Trevor will know, you come inside

:37:53.:37:55.

and the pitch is bigger. Completely bigger. But he has been fantastic.

:37:56.:38:03.

Eyes with the penalty. That is confidence. He is playing the game

:38:04.:38:08.

in third gear. He is enjoying his football. I agree, he is probably

:38:09.:38:13.

better than two years ago. He understand what is the Premier

:38:14.:38:17.

League is about and when he is going to going to be expected to get a

:38:18.:38:20.

whack and how to ride the challenges and he may not have got that in

:38:21.:38:25.

France. I think he has matured as a player. Sometimes when you have had

:38:26.:38:30.

disappointment, which last season for Chelsea was a disappointment,

:38:31.:38:34.

listen, you come back and you get all your full strengths and you

:38:35.:38:38.

playing to the top of your ability, it feels a lot better. But they have

:38:39.:38:45.

not won the league yet. Half way. Maybe we are getting carried away.

:38:46.:38:50.

Yes. They can win games when they don't play well. Whether they play

:38:51.:38:54.

well or not, they're not conceding a lot and that is important. Talking

:38:55.:39:01.

of winning runs, we must mention The New Saints in Wales. They beat Cefn

:39:02.:39:14.

-- - Cefn Druids to beat the record of Ajax from the 1970s. Chelsea have

:39:15.:39:24.

away to go and they're at White Hart Lane on Wednesday to face Tottenham

:39:25.:39:26.

who beat Southampton in midweek. A curling free kick and van Dijk

:39:27.:39:42.

scores for Southampton. His third goal of the campaign. What a poor

:39:43.:39:54.

start for Tottenham. Sissoko's cross and Alli's header. 18 minutes gone

:39:55.:40:02.

and it is 1-1. J Eriksen with the corner and it is in. A flying

:40:03.:40:08.

header. It is one of their own. It is Harry Kane. He has fed in and

:40:09.:40:16.

rode the challenge and stuck it wide. It will be a penalty. A red

:40:17.:40:25.

card. The referee waited a long time before sending Redmond off. That is

:40:26.:40:32.

harsh. Oh! Over the bar. Looks down at the spot. Eriksen with a lovely

:40:33.:40:43.

ball. Left-footed and gives Spurs the points with five and a half

:40:44.:40:51.

minutes to go, they go 3-1 up. Can this be another one? It is. Another

:40:52.:41:01.

fine finish by Alli. Forster beaten. The Southampton fans are leaving.

:41:02.:41:11.

Raise You worked it out. One player scored against them. Christian

:41:12.:41:16.

Eriksen, the other goal was in the Manchester City game was an own goal

:41:17.:41:26.

by Cahill. He Googled it. Ring Motson. Those were goals 15 and 16

:41:27.:41:34.

for Alli after just 50 appearances for the Tottenham first team. So we

:41:35.:41:39.

went to find out what makes him tick.

:41:40.:41:57.

Your king of the nutmegs, why do you love them so much? I don't know.

:41:58.:42:04.

Growing up I played a lot in the streets and nutmegs were sort of a

:42:05.:42:09.

big part of that. People got nutmegged, you got to punch them in

:42:10.:42:15.

the arm. A dead arm. So I think I kept it in my game. You do secret

:42:16.:42:21.

nutmegs as well. That would really wiped me up. I have to do it when

:42:22.:42:28.

they're not not. I liked the one on England. You know. Eric Dier, you

:42:29.:42:42.

have a bromance, this love affair. How did you become friends what,

:42:43.:42:47.

cemented that love? Well I joined and he was one of the first people I

:42:48.:42:53.

connected with. He was always talking and we started playing

:42:54.:42:57.

midfield together. I thought, what is this guy doing? . It is another

:42:58.:43:06.

genius move by the manager. You're so mean to him sometimes. Yeah he is

:43:07.:43:12.

like my big brother and I have to wind him up. He said today I looked

:43:13.:43:17.

like I was going to school. But it you love each other? Yes we do, love

:43:18.:43:22.

is a strong word, but we like each other. You have a special hand shake

:43:23.:43:28.

you do. I have a lot of hand shakes. How did this start? I don't know.

:43:29.:43:34.

Can we do a special football focus hand shake? Mine is Sonny's is like

:43:35.:43:41.

this and like this and like this. Like paper. Rock, paper scissors.

:43:42.:43:59.

And like this and then that. Fine. Can this be another one? It is.

:44:00.:44:04.

Another fine finish by Alli. There is a lot of kids look up to you and

:44:05.:44:09.

you're still young yourself. Do you feel any pressure that there are

:44:10.:44:13.

nine and ten-year-olds who have their name on your back and want to

:44:14.:44:18.

be you? No, I enjoy it. It is a thing that comes with the job and

:44:19.:44:23.

something I thrive on. I'm still 20, but I accept the responsibilities I

:44:24.:44:26.

have now in this position. I'm grateful for everything I have got.

:44:27.:44:30.

And I have got to carry on and hopefully make them happy. Where are

:44:31.:44:35.

you going to be in five years time do you think? Five years? When you

:44:36.:44:41.

think about how much happened in one year. But just to be the best player

:44:42.:44:49.

can I, I know it is a cliche, you can't look too far into the future.

:44:50.:44:53.

I have just signed a new contract and my only focus is Tottenham.

:44:54.:44:59.

STUDIO: Spurs fans might worry about him saying "At the minute". But look

:45:00.:45:12.

how he compared to some of the greats of the Premier League.

:45:13.:45:15.

Sensational, especially when you look at the names he has been put up

:45:16.:45:21.

alongside. For me he is an absolute gazelle of an athlete, he's got

:45:22.:45:25.

great technique. One of the biggest thing is he's got going for him,

:45:26.:45:29.

he's got that experience of playing 100 games plus in the lower

:45:30.:45:32.

divisions which puts him in a different sphere at the moment. The

:45:33.:45:36.

experience he's got, he feels comfortable what he's doing at

:45:37.:45:40.

Tottenham, and I think he will go from strength to strength. When you

:45:41.:45:44.

look at what he has done in a year since leaving MK Dons, it's

:45:45.:45:47.

frightening to think where he might be in five. The thing I like about

:45:48.:45:52.

him beside the obvious, he's edgy. You don't mind that? I love it.

:45:53.:45:58.

He'll put his foot in, you can whack him, he'll whack you back. For me

:45:59.:46:02.

all the top players have had that and have got that. Healthy for Spurs

:46:03.:46:06.

as well to be spreading the goals around. I want to show you the goal

:46:07.:46:14.

celebration from Dele Alli's second against Southampton. Look at the guy

:46:15.:46:18.

we've highlighted in the background, read double clap celebration.

:46:19.:46:27.

Wonderful to see. You might be in pain but throw the clutches in the

:46:28.:46:33.

air. I hope the insurance claim doesn't go against him now. I

:46:34.:46:39.

remember Christian Benteke got a lot of grief for his penalty against

:46:40.:46:47.

Crystal Palace. This is a full ledgering of a penalty. Don't you

:46:48.:46:50.

think this was all he was ever going to do? Completely smash it. Since

:46:51.:46:56.

October he had not been scoring. And he said he had been thinking about

:46:57.:46:59.

it too much. He is a smash of a ball. Good record. Great record. He

:47:00.:47:05.

got dropped, he looked himself in the mirror and said I've not been

:47:06.:47:10.

doing it, I need to up my tempo and performance. He's gone on the bench,

:47:11.:47:13.

come back, got his goal and I'm sure he'll be flying now. This time last

:47:14.:47:20.

season Tottenham went toe to toe with Leicester at the top of the

:47:21.:47:23.

league. A year makes a big difference. Some fall for the

:47:24.:47:31.

champions, how far will they drop? Another game without a goal for

:47:32.:47:37.

Jamie Vardy. Beaten at home in the Premier League for the first time

:47:38.:47:45.

for almost 14 months. And Leicester edging ever nearer the bottom three.

:47:46.:47:49.

We have to stay together as we did last season when everything was

:47:50.:47:52.

right. Riyad Mahrez! Another successful

:47:53.:48:03.

Claudio Ranieri and Leicester. Desire, resilience, skill and drive.

:48:04.:48:07.

What a save by Schmeichel. He has done it! Jamie Vardy for

:48:08.:48:22.

Leicester. Champions from the championship in one season? Surely

:48:23.:48:28.

not. Good afternoon. A match which Claudio Ranieri says is must win,

:48:29.:48:33.

already. Yeah, I think he's just trying to alert people to the fact

:48:34.:48:37.

that Leicester City potentially could sleepwalk into a full-blown

:48:38.:48:41.

relegation battle. They've got a 3-point cushion at the moment but

:48:42.:48:44.

with games coming thick and fast at this time of year dependent on

:48:45.:48:48.

results, things could change very quickly. We've only rarely seen

:48:49.:48:52.

printers of what Leicester City are capable of, notably recently the 4-2

:48:53.:48:57.

victory over Manchester City. Overall things are not going

:48:58.:49:00.

terribly well and perhaps not the happiest of ships at the moment.

:49:01.:49:04.

With Riyad Mahrez been dropped the other day, the manager clearly

:49:05.:49:07.

coming out afterwards and saying he once more from the player. Leicester

:49:08.:49:12.

should have enough to get out of the situation they are in or to make

:49:13.:49:15.

sure they are safe, of course everyone says that. But the reality

:49:16.:49:19.

is they are where they are because they are losing too many matches. If

:49:20.:49:26.

they win today it would take them on to 20 points, only halfway towards

:49:27.:49:30.

what is supposedly that magic safety line of 40 points. He needs to speak

:49:31.:49:39.

to Slaven Bilic to find out what a difference a win makes. Absolutely,

:49:40.:49:42.

West Ham had been following a similar path to Leicester City,

:49:43.:49:46.

decidedly underwhelming. They managed to get a 2-2 draw and won

:49:47.:49:50.

their last three games and suddenly the world looks a different place to

:49:51.:49:55.

West Ham. When they beat Hull they did not play well. A Man of the

:49:56.:50:02.

Match that day was the post. It did save them on more than one occasion.

:50:03.:50:06.

But they got the job done. One other thing I would say about West Ham, in

:50:07.:50:10.

the last month they've got Andy Carroll fit again and he has been

:50:11.:50:14.

starting up front for the past few games and I just think that gives

:50:15.:50:17.

them an added focal point when they are pushing forward. So I think his

:50:18.:50:22.

presence has helped. The key now and the difficult bit perhaps based on

:50:23.:50:27.

past evidence is keeping him fit. A problem for many managers over the

:50:28.:50:31.

years. We'll talk about Andy Carroll in a moment. The decision to drop

:50:32.:50:36.

Riyad Mahrez, how considerable is that when you think about what a

:50:37.:50:40.

great player he was for them? It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter

:50:41.:50:43.

what you've done in the past, it's what you are doing in the present.

:50:44.:50:46.

That's the whole thing about football. This time last year we

:50:47.:50:49.

were all debating whether Leicester City could win the league and we all

:50:50.:50:53.

said they couldn't. Now we are saying, could they be relegated. We

:50:54.:50:58.

all say no they can't, but they could. It's such, nation of many

:50:59.:51:01.

different things. They are so easy to score against. One or two have

:51:02.:51:09.

got nice big fat contracts and while they shouldn't you might take your

:51:10.:51:13.

eye off the ball a bit, literally. And I think, is there any Leicester

:51:14.:51:18.

City player playing at the moment who is performing to the same

:51:19.:51:21.

standard as he was last year? I think the answer to that would be

:51:22.:51:26.

no. I have to agree, and you look at the goal they conceded against

:51:27.:51:30.

Everton, ridiculous. That is just switching off as a defender or as

:51:31.:51:34.

defenders, not concentrating while you are attacking, ball watching.

:51:35.:51:38.

That never happened to Morgan last year. These are just fundamental

:51:39.:51:41.

defending errors that would never happen last year and have started

:51:42.:51:46.

creeping into Leicester City's game. If they continue that, not doing the

:51:47.:51:50.

basics well, they are going to be in trouble. No doubt in my mind they

:51:51.:51:55.

will be in the relegation dogfight. And add that to the fact they were

:51:56.:51:58.

scoring goals out of nothing last year and that's not the same again.

:51:59.:52:02.

Looking at that about Riyad Mahrez, laughing on the bench, that does not

:52:03.:52:07.

sit well with me. So good last season, but him laughing on the

:52:08.:52:10.

bench when he's not playing, it doesn't sit well with me. Andy

:52:11.:52:15.

Carroll will be off the bench. And he does make a difference to any

:52:16.:52:20.

team he plays in. I've listened to some sound bites from his team-mates

:52:21.:52:24.

saying he is really back, fit, and enjoying his football. And listen,

:52:25.:52:28.

when you've got him up there, he can put a quality delivery into the box.

:52:29.:52:33.

Seen him score with the left foot. But if you put anything in the air

:52:34.:52:37.

he is a bully and he will dominate. All their good players are back,

:52:38.:52:44.

aren't they? They've got Payet, Ayew, Antonio, no ball, Cresswell,

:52:45.:52:50.

they are starting to look like a good side. And they take on

:52:51.:52:55.

Manchester City in Pep Guardiola's first-ever FA Cup tie.

:52:56.:53:10.

Aston Villa moved up to ninth in the championship on Thursday, drawing

:53:11.:53:16.

with Leeds, jumping above Barnsley, who play Birmingham City this

:53:17.:53:20.

afternoon. The Tykes have been enjoying a great run under Paul

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Higginbotham. A man born in the town, been a season ticket holder,

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player, now the head coach. We paid him a visit.

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Art you pinching yourself? First cup since 1912, promotion, 2016? I don't

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think about it until you get asked about it or somebody throws a

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statistic about the year and things like that. It's been all right. I

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don't know, I think everybody must be the same, if you sit back and

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think about that you are not thinking about your job. To go from

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the cusp of League 1 relegation zone to the cusp of the championship

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play-offs, you must see the journey? Yeah. And in all honesty I had to

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sort of remind myself of that at some point. You start expecting too

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much. It's their team and we just set the standards and push them to

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be as good as they can be. One of the big things about success is you

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have to get them to buy in. They have to believe in what they are

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doing. One thing that can do that is results. So what you are telling

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them to do is working. Just ride that wave and get them to do it even

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more. How about dealing with the powers on top? Is that a challenge

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you enjoy? One thing I have got with the owner at Barnsley, we both

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Barnsley people. Yeah, we get in rows because why wouldn't you? But

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we are comfortable doing that and as soon as we walk out the door we have

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both got the best interests of Barnsley at heart and we fight tooth

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and nail to make it happen. Are you very different to the person who was

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development manager at assisting the first-team? You are probably better

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asking them. I wouldn't be doing my job unless I did. I've never done

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this before, right? Ask a player about the gaffer with the gaffer

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actually there. What I want to know is, has he changed much since he

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took the top job, is he a different person? No, but I would say one

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thing, last year his Christmas dinner was from Tesco, this year it

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is from Marks Spencer, so he's gone up. Is that right? You got off

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lightly there, mate, didn't you? You used to come with your grandad?

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Yeah. Where were you watching? In the old, probably where it is

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disguised by the post, there, front row. So this club runs through your

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veins? If you support a club, you support a club, don't you? Every

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club I was at, the kit man's job was to give me the Barnsley score when I

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came in. Barnsley potential contenders maybe for the play-offs

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this time round with your ambition? We'll see where we end up. The one

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thing that has abused me is a lot of questions, the question is, I wonder

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where they come from -- amused me. Nothing will change, we try to win

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the next game in front of us. Form can go up and down into the results

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so we'll enjoy it while we are winning and we are not planning on

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losing. Listen, congratulations. It's been a fantastic 2016. Thank

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you STUDIO: Ardsley play Birmingham later. Brighton against Cardiff was

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postponed because of fog and they donated all the prepared foods to

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inherit must shelter. -- homeless shelter. Last time Barnsley did the

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double over Birmingham City was 1946, Norman Wrington, there he is,

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was goalkeeper. He passed away at the age of 93 this week. He had also

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been assistant manager, groundsman, kit man, among many other roles at

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the club. They will wear black armbands. Before he died he was told

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he had been awarded the British Empire medal in the new years

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Honours list. There was a day when every club had a Norman Rimington,

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and a lot of them turn into key men. They are the heartbeat of the

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football club, the most important thing. If you are the manager, you

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ask the kit man because he knows everything that is going on. Thank

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you very much, that is it from us this week. We shall be live at

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Barrow OFC from midday next Saturday gearing up for the FA Cup. We'll

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leave you with some memories of these past 12 months. From all of

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us, goodbye. Kane. What a goal! Payet, it's his

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moment! Sensational from Diego Costa. It's magnificent! The 20th

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anniversary of taking charge at the club, and a huge smile is worn on

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the face of Arsene Wenger. England out of the European Championship.

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Robson Khanna, what a goal. Fantastic Mr Fox. Ooh! What stunner!

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What a beauty! From Jordan Henderson. It's there! What a

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turnaround. Zlatan Ibrahimovic! A goal good enough to win a title.

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Leicester City are the Premier

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