FA Cup Semi-Final Special Football Focus

We are live at Wembley for the first of this season's FA Cup-semi finals

We should tell you there is quite a sombre tone this afternoon here at

the National Stadium following the sad news of the death of Ugo Ehiogu

yesterday at the age of just 44. The U23 coach at Spurs passed away after

suffering cardiac arrest at the club's training ground on Thursday.

Luca Toni what a great player he was and what he won but more importantly

he was kind, friendly, he was a thoroughly good man. -- we could

tell you what a great player. At 44, it puts the tragedy in perspective.

He would stand up in the dressing room and say his piece, he was a

strong character. Born in the east of London ego Ehiogu began his

football career at West Bromwich Albion but a move to Aston Villa

under Ron Atkinson at the age of 19 ensured his name in football

folklore. He was the big man, an imposing centre-half who helped

Villa to two the cup triumphs and wore the England shirt four times.

Mateta yellow Ugo Ehiogu scores for England. He liked a full-blooded

challenge, he was an old-fashioned player, he would head it, kick it,

tackle, Centre forwards didn't like playing against him. Fine tackle by

Ehiogu. In training Ron used to get so frustrated we couldn't score but

he didn't realise how good Ugo was and we try to explain to him, we are

trying, he is just brilliant. It was at Middlesbrough where his

partnership with the current England manager helped the club to the

League Cup again, Ugo's third. We managed a bit of success and treated

Middlesbrough fans to their first major trophy, a Uefa Cup run which

got us to the final. He finished his career with spells at Leeds, Rangers

and Sheffield United and after retiring moved into coaching with

the youth teams at Spurs. He was a very good player and a

very, very good human being. Martin Keown is alongside us outside

Wembley this afternoon and so is the former Spurs captain Gary Mabbutt.

Lovely to see you but terrible circumstances for not only Spurs but

for Ugo's friends and family. He had a massive impact at the club and

this has affected Tottenham this week. I'm sure as you can imagine

there has been a sombre atmosphere around the Spurs camp at the moment.

But the whole football world was shocked and saddened by the news

over the last 48 Hours stop those who knew who go well, the thing is I

was at the training ground with him a couple of weeks ago and we were

laughing and joking and I was saying to him he was looking fitter and

younger than he was when he was playing. It is difficult to

comprehend what has happened. Martin, you played with him at

England. What sort of person and player was he? He was a mount

another man, strong. He was very assuming away from football. He

would rock up alongside you, chat, he had strong views on football, he

loved football, he had gone into the game as well and it is such a shame

for Tottenham and it will have an effect on the players. They have

really got to get on with the show today. Something similar happened at

Arsenal when Geordie Armstrong, God rest his soul, it has a huge impact

and the medical team will have worked to keep him alive and this

tragic moment for the football club and the football family in general.

There were lovely stories and memories of Ugo yesterday, Gareth

Southgate played with him at Middlesbrough and Aston Villa, paid

a lovely tribute and Danny Murphy said he crunched him in a challenge

at Anfield and he said he went in to hurt him and leave a bit on him and

said, come on, Danny, why are you so angry, it's only a game. That is why

it is so important, after he stopped playing he had such an impact with

young players at Spurs. Yes, absolutely. Most people remember Ugo

for his performances with Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and for England

as well but there won't know much about the fact that over the last

few years he's been very instrumental in helping to put

Tottenham where we are today. We have a fantastic academy at

Tottenham and Ugo came in working with John McDermott, the academy

director, and has been nurturing, mentoring, all of those youngsters,

to get them through to first-team level. He has had a fantastic job

which will make him difficult to replace. He has or was being humble,

always a smile on his face, and for me he was a friend, he was a lovely

family man, a gentleman of the game. Lovely words, Gary, thank you. We

will see Gary Waite and Martin will be with us throughout. Our thoughts

are very much with Ugo's friends and family at this no doubt difficult

time. One of the players will wear black armbands for the semifinal

today and they will be a minute's applause before the game. We will be

live at Bournemouth later for Football Focus where one of his

former sides Middlesbrough take on Eddie Howe's side. As well as that

as well as reflections on Ugo egg yolk's life and career we have this

on the show for you as well. -- Ugo Ehiogu. Cesc Fabregas is out to make

dumb show he is still fabulous. What can I do? Ride? No, you just go out

in training and give you all to improve. We have from Mousa Dembele

with visions of glory. We're not going to hide it, we believe we can

win, we can do something. I am sure everybody is excited and dreaming of

winning the cup. The Seagulls are soaring, Glen

visits Chris Hughton on cloud nine. And back on the ground, a chance to

watch paint dry. Paul will -- all will be explained.

All of that look forward to today. As we see some of the fans arriving

already, it is nearly five hours before kick-off. Ten years since

Wembley reopened and maybe one of those you can see now will be the

20,000,000th visitor to come into the new stadium and they have quite

a game to look forward to. COMMENTATOR: Harry Kane for

Tottenham Hotspur, Son is in here, 2-0 Tottenham. It is Hazard! What a

goal by Eden Hazard! Fantastic goal that may break Tottenham hearts.

Wonderful strike by Christian Eriksen! Brilliant goal! Victor

Moses. Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham. And in by Dele Alli! Alli with the header,

2-0 to Tottenham. What a game to look forward to, a

London derby, the two best teams in the country, we will look at it

today with Martin and Ruud Gullit, also a cup winner with Chelsea 20

years ago, player-manager. What do you remember about that day? It was

a fantastic day. Wembley still is holy ground. It is different, of

course, and for me as a coach to win something at Wembley was a

highlight. Mice early start from Roberto Di Matteo that day, wasn't

it? It was very quick. It was a great day for the fans, especially

after they had waited a long time and the players played excellent.

And also, Martin, the potential for a double for one of these teams and

something that you at Arsenal knew a lot about. There is a lot on the

line here and it is almost like getting your immediate opponent in

the Premier League into the same room out there on Wembley turf to

prove who is the best team. That will be one hell of a battle here

today. It is difficult to call. Chelsea have been magnificent, they

are starting to fade, Tottenham looking irresistible. Can they do

it? It will be a cracker. Who will get a step closer to this later

today, as we talk about it through the programme, letters have a word

with Cesc Fabregas looking for his second FA Cup, 12 years after his

first. He's been talking to Caroline De Moraes. COMMENTATOR: He is so

aware, he is such a good player. Fabregas strikes it and he strikes

it beautifully! He has still got a wonderful eye for a pass. Fabregas.

Brilliantly taken. You came to the Premier League as a

teenager, which feels like a long time ago now. When you look back how

do you feel about everything that has happened? Well, I feel like it

was a long time ago, actually. I came as a boy and now everything has

changed in my life, in my personal life. But professionally I want to

keep growing. I want to keep getting better and I want to keep winning

trophies. You have recently become a dad again. Congratulations. Thank

you so much. How do you handle the life of a footballer and fatherhood?

When I didn't play well or we lost and things didn't go my way I used

to go home and not talk to anyone. And now you go home with the same

disappointment but then you see their faces and I have a different

perspective. It does help me a lot, the love I have for them. You've had

many things in your career. But how special is the FA Cup? Iwan it with

Arsenal 12 years ago. I remember I was very young and it gave me great

satisfaction, I was part of it, I played against Ronaldo, Scholes, Roy

Keane, it was a fantastic experience for me, I learned a lot in the FA

Cup and played a lot of games for Arsenal and Chelsea now and it's a

fantastic competition I would love to win again. What does it take to

get past this Spurs side? Spurs have grown a lot in recent years, they

are doing things very well in keeping their young players and

became in the last few years the battle between Spurs and us and it's

been fantastic and I enjoy playing against them because they are a

fantastic side, no one can deny that. But it's one game, two hours

of football that we have to try and be the best. In Wenger, Guardiola

and Mourinho, you have worked with the very best. How is Antonio Conte

different? He is completely different, completely different to

what I'm used to, to what I experienced in my career, another

philosophy, another type of football. I had to adapt like

everyone else to what he wants and that's it. I'm just trying to play

well when I have the chance and show him I deserve to play. How tough is

that? How do you deal with that as a professional? I like to play,

football is my life and it is still my life but I dealt with it in a way

that I didn't think I was capable of. He has spoken to me, he has been

honest, he has told me what he wants from me, the reasons why sometimes I

don't play. What can I do? Go home and cry? No, you just go to training

and give you all and give your best to improve and I will keep doing it

until he has no option but to put me on. In the dressing room do you guys

talk about the gap at the top? If you ask this to anyone they will say

no but actually we didn't have a good performance against Manchester

United and all we think about is to work hard and to be able to bounce

back and to have a great game against Spurs and be in the final.

That's the nature of what we have for this week. You have a big

birthday coming up. Do you plan on doing anything special? Two years

ago I won the Premier League two days before my birthday so that

could be a fantastic way to celebrate my 30th. My God, I don't

even want to say 30th! It is still young. I know but I started a long

time ago and it feels weird to say 30, but a long way to go, many years

for me to play. As you can see we have moved inside, absolutely

perfect conditions today for the FA Cup semifinal between Tottenham and

Spurs. It is just over four hours away. We are at pitch side. He could

play for another five or six seasons at 29 years old, we can see his

statistics now. How do you think he will judge and how do you judge him

at Chelsea this season? Look, he is a fantastic player on the ball, he

knows exactly the spaces where he has to play, the space where he has

to play, but without the ball he is not one of the best players. Is that

why he has only made nine starts in the Premier League? The year before

and Mourinho, the same thing, and why? He is a player that I say

cheats in defensive areas. What he does is he pretends to go for

pressing and he's always too late, and the others then have to go. Very

harsh! When the others have to go he is in a space on his own and the

defenders nicked the ball and he is free. He gets the ball and then he

does fabulous things with it. Like I said, on the ball he is fantastic,

but he is without the ball, and nowadays you need to have 11 players

who do their work overtime. I see already this year that he improved

already because in the games that he came in he did, he did try and do

pressure. Is not a guy who wants to tackle, he doesn't like that. He

wants to play. He has a special ability. In the Wenger days. You saw

him as a 16-year-old, didn't you? Yes, and when I met his mum and dad

and realised I was older than them I realised it was time to retire, he

was a great talent and Wenger took me aside to say I must come and

watch this kid, his passing and simplicity of his play was

outstanding, no doubt. Arsenal changed the way they played,

Bergkamp played off the front and they changed it to three up front to

accommodate Cesc Fabregas and they are not prepared to do that at

Chelsea. They have used him well as an impact player this season. When

you have to press the position you have to force something, he knows

where to put the ball, he is excellent in that. Here comes the

sun, it looks even better in the sunshine. Strange in England with

the sun! Don't come here and insult us! We have the same weather in

Holland! What do you think about the Chelsea side that use or lose at

Manchester United? Are theirs and concerns? You said earlier, what did

you say? Chelsea are faltering. I was surprised the manager with

Alonso being injured the changes he made caught him on the hop, there

was talk that Ahki will play in the wingback position. Cahill is also

unavailable. There could also have been an incident. Man United was

prepared unbelievably for it and Mourinho especially. He lost the

first game already at home against Chelsea and didn't want to lose this

game and also lost the FA Cup and also lost. I think he prepared his

team mentally. Especially to be physical. Already in the FA Cup they

were enormous, physical, especially on Hazard. In this game they are

playing at home and it can happen. You can lose against Manchester

United. This week the PFA Player of the Year is announced tomorrow, we

already have the PFA team of the year, here it is. Four players from

Chelsea, four players from Spurs, we will run through the team. It is a

fair reflection, only Mane, De Gea and Lukaku in there who are not

playing for the top two. Mane did unbelievably well to get in to think

he was at the African nations and is injured. Hard to argue and

distinguished for the players to be named by their fellow professionals

in this line-up. Something I never was able to achieve. We were second

placed. That is strange because you are a necessity in a team. Players

like him, you need. Without these, Bergkamp can't do the things that he

wanted to do. I was never named in it, I didn't take much notice. Not

even in consideration. Just go and win your trophies!

We see him working in the background regularly, but let's grab

a word with Karl Standley, who is head groundsman.

Rule show you some live painting. He is in motion. I know you're in full

concentration. What time we look this morning and two of you got

helping you to make sure the pitch is perfect? We were in for o'clock.

The team, an early start for us. We have a long weekend in the game

tomorrow as well. A massive amount of team work has gone into it this

week. Two corporate game last weekend. The boys have pulled it

around, little magicians. I love the way you're describing your team is

if you're a manager. We have been with them for 15 years. They're

fantastic. A great bunch. Do you feel the pressure on a day like

today. Millions of people will be watching. I know we are painting the

line. There has been criticism of the pitch here, but now it looks

glorious. Yes, everyone got their heads together and realised it was

not working with the pitch. We realised what we had to do, from

boardroom level down to the pitch itself. Now we have a hybrid page

within the system. Everyone has learned and the stadium has

developed over time. The FA rang us this week and said, would you like

to have a go at painting the line. I said no, mark my boss said yes. Talk

us through it. Put your feet mag on that side of the white line. The

front transfer roller has to be bang on the edge. There is no pressure.

There is millions watching. If I get this wrong, is there a way of

getting rid of this, to sort it out for later? No chance. Take your

time. No pressure. Stay on the string, Walker. Concentrate,

concentrate. I have gone away from the string. If you stop and bring it

back on, you will be all right. Otherwise we will have on the line

for the millions watching. I have straddled the line. You have said

that the pitch has improved. How much of it is authentic and how much

of it is synthetic these days? 3% of it is a synthetic strand that is

injected into the pitch. The pitch is coming into its eighth year. It

is 97% natural rye-grass. I did not really listen to your answer, I am

afraid. That is kicked out a little bit. That is fine. Can you give me

an assessment? It is pretty shocking. Do I make the team? We

will give you a couple of years, and maybe. It is not our bad go for a

first time. It is just like school, I am last to be picked. You do what

you do best. Sorry, that is all I can say. If you can repair that,

that would be lovely. Time to turn our attentions

to the Premier League. On Monday, Arsenal kept their slim

top four hopes alive with victory We are under way, Arsenal with three

at the back. Grant Leadbitter will let one go from long range. It moved

in the air. Sanchez, right footed, and Arsenal lead, 1-0. That is

absolutely brilliant. Stewart Downing will venture forward. He

cuts in on his left foot. Negredo is there. He equalises. Be denied by

Petr Cech. It is a real scramble and cleared away by Gabriel. Mesut Ozil

making a run through the middle. Brad Guzan was quickly away from his

goal line. Into the penalty area, Aaron Ramsey tees it up. Mesut Ozil,

and Arsenal are back in front. Three valuable points. It has finished 2-1

Arsenal at the Riverside. There are four games today,

all at 3 o'clock, including some key Middlesbrough travel to Bournemouth,

Hull are looking to continue their impressive home

form against Watford. We'll be live at Swansea

shortly, who are desparate There are also two matches

on Sunday, Burnley vs Manchester United and Liverpool vs

Crystal Palace. Middlesbrough start the day

second from bottom and six Simon Brotherton's

on the south coast. It is an emotional day for

Middlesbrough, a club with so many fond memories of Ugo Ehiogu. He will

be fondly remembered on the side. He had said in good years there, and

the highlight was winning the League Cup in 2004, where he was in the

heart of their defence alongside Gareth Southgate. The players today

will wear black armbands and we will have a minute supplies ahead of the

match in memory of him. The same procedure will apply for

Middlesbrough's next home match, against Sunderland on Wednesday. Not

looking great for Boro, hard to make a case of them of getting out of the

trouble they are in. They fell into the bottom three early last month,

but six months adrift and all the statistics point in the wrong

direction. They have only won four matches all season, they are the

only team in all divisions without a victory this year. One victory on

the road, last August. It will be difficult for them when you look at

the fixtures they have got coming up. Some hope, Bournemouth have been

patchy at home, and have conceded at least two goals in seven of the last

eight home matches. I think Eddie Howe's team will be OK, there are

seven points clear of the drops or maybe another victory would do it

for them. Bournemouth will be OK, but for Boro, it is starting to look

pretty bleak. More from Simon on much of the Day later on.

Middlesbrough are running out of games. Is it difficult for you to

make the case of them staying in the Premier League this season? They

surely will not do it. I believe it is Bournemouth that they play today.

Bournemouth are looking over their shoulders so they have to get a

result today. It is hotting up. Swansea Lee in trouble. Hull have

been remarkable recently. There is still a fight on, but today is

significant for Middlesbrough. Jack Wilshere has fractured his leg for

Bournemouth. He has gone back to Arsenal for rehabilitation.

How will we look back on the time at Bournemouth? Has it been a success

rent to play football? It was important for him to play, but he

always has these injuries, setbacks. The Premiership is hectic. Maybe he

forces himself too much to come back. He gets injured again. It is a

pity for him as a player and the club. It will curtail, it it will

bent what will potentially be one of our top players, player to take over

from Gerrard and Paul Scholes. It will not happen. You have to have a

liability from your body. His body is not capable of dealing with all

these games. The way he plays these games, lots of these injuries, he is

running close to opponents, he gets hit and he gets these injuries. If

we swing this camera around, if we come down to the far end, I know we

are doing this on the roof, there are

two officials from the FA investigating the painting of the

line. They're taking photographs. Hopefully there will not be a full

stewards enquiry. I do not want to be in too much trouble. It is not

very straight. There is a gap. There is an issue. We spoke about the

semifinal of the FA Cup, but you two played on this page in 1993, England

against Holland. Yes, he played quite well. It was like Ander

Herrera against Hazard. He never took me anywhere. I was playing left

back and I expected him to take me all over the pitch. He had a bandage

on his knee. It was like target practice, aiming for the knee when

he got the ball. At that stage, he was a top player. You are enjoying

each other's company today. It is nice to see. Yes, because we have

been battling, lots of fights, but always fear. That is what sport is

about. You had to be this close to him, because otherwise he would

destroy you. Your man marking him today. We have spoken about

Middlesbrough, what about Swansea? Swansea are in the bottom three

after a difficult six weeks where they've taken just one point

from a possible 18. Paul Clement has described today's

game against Stoke as the biggest Former Swansea striker Lee Trundle's

at the Liberty Stadium. The manager sees it as an absolute

massive game. Are you looking at this one today? Exactly the same. If

you look at the past four five games, we have said it will be must

win. Today, it definitely is. You're starting to run out of games. Lots

of talk about Fernando Llorente. Swansea are desperate to get in

scoring. Last week he was on the pitch for 80 minutes and only

sprinted for 20 metres. Is it about workrate for him or easy it is he

not that sort of player? Workrate is something you should have from the

start, it should come naturally. Ability comes after that. He is a

target man, he needs crosses in the box to make him work. Lately we have

not been doing that. If we want to get out of this situation, he will

be the main threat, but we need him to start scoring goals. You're a

legend there. As a fan, is it difficult to watch the team at times

like this? Very difficult, especially with the style of play

Swansea have been known for. It has been nice to watch, but this season

it has been frustrating. Performances have not been the best.

We find ourselves in this situation. It is not nice. We have been in

worse situations, one game away from being out of Football League. We

need to bring back that spirit today and get a home victory. I was going

to say enjoy the game, but I'm not sure you will be able to. I will

enjoy if we win. You can see if he is right.

You can follow all of today's Premier League games on Final Score,

which is on BBC Two from 4:30, and the red button from 2:50pm.

I'll be back for Match Of The Day at 10:20pm.

I will be with Kevin Kilbane Trevor Sinclair.

And Match Of The Day 2 on Sunday night has highlights of both

Liverpool vs Crystal Palace and Burnley vs Manchester United,

as well as the PFA Player Of The Year announcement.

Let's turn our attention back to this evening's FA Cup

Coverage on BBC One from 4:50 with Gary Lineker and the team.

Mousa Dembele has been crucial for Spurs this season.

The FA Cup trophy is very attractive. It has a rich history

between the trophy and this football club. Have you dared to dream about

winning this trophy? Of course. We're not going to hide it. We

believe we can win. We believe we can do something. I am sure

everybody is dreaming of winning the cup. Pochettino said he wished he

had had you as a younger player. What is your relationship like with

the manager? Very good. He speaks a lot with me. Overall, the way he

trains, the way he motivates people, it is something special. Everybody

recognises that is the biggest thing why we have so much success. He says

if you had me before, obviously, when I was younger. I know what he

means. He helped to show me my Leonard, that I can do more than I

did before, so it is something big for me. Have you taken time to get

to your true potential? For me, I do not think so. I think I am playing

better, but overall, it is easier to play the way we play now. We know

what to do. You are in a title race again for the second consecutive

year. How does this season compared to last season, what has changed?

Last year, the last few games, it is difficult to say what happened. This

year we are more focused. We believe in it as well. Even if everyone said

before, so many points, personally I do not try to think too much, how

many points, we just try to win a game. What is the situation with

Spurs playing at Wembley. They have not played their best there. Why is

that? I do not believe it is bad luck or it is not irrelevant. The

squads were not always the best, -- the scores were not always the best,

but we have enough quality to play on any pitch. I am not scared. You

go into the semifinal of the FA Cup. Joe C or league leaders and your

second. Do Chelsea have a psychological advantage? -- Chelsea

or league leaders. I do not believe this. They respect us. It will not

be easy for them. It is a game on its own. For me, personally, it has

nothing to do with that. Spurs have played Chelsea before and

it's an intense atmosphere and intense game. But it's important

that players remain disciplined, do you not agree? Of course, I think we

all learned personally as well from the game before as well. We were

very excited and wanted to win so badly. It's not going to be

different this time but now I think we are going to think much more, try

and concentrate much more on the game itself than what is around even

if people try and provoke you. We are experienced enough to know what

we have to do, the only thing is it's football and that's on the

pitch. This is Wembley Stadium, if you are just joining us this is

Football Focus, live on FA Cup semifinal day, we are in the belly

of the stadium where Mousa Dembele and the rest of the Spurs and

Chelsea players make their way onto the pitch. We like to show you

around, we change the livery and the pictures. We will have a look inside

there. Those Spurs fans watching will know this is not a favourite

stadium for Spurs, they've played in the new Wembley nine times and only

won twice. You can see our Football Focus paraphernalia, good morning,

lovely to see you. Hopefully you can see come on you Spurs has been

painted on the floor, lovely mood lighting, Ruud Gullit and Martin are

in position. Mauricio Pochettino described Mousa Dembele as a genius.

Do we underrate him in this country, do you think? It also depends on the

personality, he is a very quiet boy. When he was in Holland he could have

gone to Ajax and he didn't do it and he took step by Estec but now he is

on a highlight. Is a crucial part of the Tottenham team, we mentioned

their poor record here and in FA Cup semifinals. You've spoken a lot

about their mentality. Do you think they've got what it takes to turn

the record around and beat Chelsea? Without doubt a modest Tottenham

team is purring, north London rival as I was, we look with envy at what

Tottenham are about and may be going to accomplish. Dembele and Wanyama

in midfield, everyone wants to talk about Kante and the fact they almost

have 12 players, Chelsea but those two deserve a mention, they form the

platform and field, Dele Alli gets the credit and rightly so but they

have a very strong and powerful midfield. You mentioned Dele Alli, I

wonder what your thoughts are on him as we see a bit more of Dembele

inaction. Dembele, -- Dele Alli, he's a great footballer and he is

scoring goals, this is a good test of his maturity, isn't it? This is a

game by itself, of course. You only have one opportunity to do it. I

think he has it in him. He also has an naughtiness sometimes, even bad

boy. That is the good thing about him because he's do everything to

win the game and he's getting better. These Tottenham players need

to win a trophy, because that's the next step, and keep this group

together, there is a core of really strong English players, that's what

I like Eric Dier, Dele Alli, Walker, Rose, they have outstanding talents

in the team and a good mix and Dembele is important, talking about

his maturity now. This game last year in the Premier League against

Chelsea the fireworks went off and Tottenham players will remember that

but they go into the game in an intelligent fashion listening to the

interview. They do need a trophy, as you say.

Plenty more to come about the semifinals and also this still to

come on Football Focus. We hear from Manchester City's

American superstar Carli Lloyd. Chris Hughton reflects

on an historic week for Brighton. We'll discuss what the future

holds for John Terry. Spurs- Chelsea today, tomorrow

Arsenal against Manchester City and this competition this season, the FA

Cup, does constitute the last opportunity for Pep Guardiola and

Arsene Wenger to finish the season with something shiny. The FA Cup is

a very important game for me because it's the next game and because it's

an opportunity, as I just told you, to win a trophy this season. So, of

course, we are all fully focused on that. My future is Sunday. In the FA

Cup I want to show my players in their head how good they are, I said

many times they still do believe how good they are. They are fantastic

players and a fantastic team. Winning titles helps you a lot.

Winning helps winning more. I think it could be a very intense game with

two teams trying to go forward. It could be a very spectacular game.

Once the first goal is scored. So let's hope we score first. We have

made a quick dash because we've shown you the players' dressing

rooms over the years but I don't think we have showed you the

referees' place but this is where the match officials do their

business. We will come back to those bells later. You can see what Martin

Atkinson and his team will have, the programme, the fourth official's

board, supplier of chocolate, ball pressure gauge, safe for the

valuables. You will be pleased to hear they only take one bottle into

the shower. And have a look at this on the wall, Gary Lineker scoring

his first goal for England in 1985. What ever happened to him? The other

thing to show you with Martin Keown is this strange bell system. The

referee is in charge of calling everyone got changing rooms, players

corridor, ball girls and ball boys, and everyone to get them ready to go

onto the pitch. Ruud Gullit is in the Tottenham dressing room so if

you press ring all, you will hear the noise go off and we can see Ruud

Gullit and he will make his way here, we will see you in a moment.

Give him one more belt to make sure he turns up. He is on his way and he

will be here soon. Let's talk about Arsenal against Manchester City

tomorrow. From the Arsenal perspective how important is this

game and defensively, Arsenal have gone to a back three which they have

not played for a long time since you were there. It could be a defining

day because I think Guardiola is a fantastic tactician. If Arsenal play

three at the back, and I concede Sana Khan Sterling with their feet

planted firmly on the touchline what will Arsenal do with their

wingbacks, will Axley Chamberlin comeback? It is fascinating

tactically. Is the game starting? Where are your boots? You were

talking about Arsenal tactically. Stop getting distracted! He always

distracts me! It really is, it is a game where Arsenal could get taken

to the cleaners if they are not right tactically. Fascinating to see

if Arsene Wenger reverts back to his usual back four but in the middle of

the park is where Guardiola wants to get bodies around the ball, De

Bruyne and Silva, he almost creates a pitch within it pitch and that is

where Arsenal must boss the midfield. What was the back three

like when you were playing? Was at Steve Bould, you and Adams was Matt

Adams was in the middle and me and Steve Bould were running all over

the pitch. It was tricky, we played a four for many years, experienced

players, doing the walk through every Monday going through the

scenarios and problems and you need to know your stuff tactically from a

manager's pointedly and the players. What do you prefer? I prefer the

back four when it's done right and well drilled and get the distances

right between the lines. You played a lot better when you went back to a

back four. That was down to a young Nicolas Anelka. Tony was a

magnificent player and played with his heart on his sleeve, as you can

see. I am not sure what was thrown at me there. That was Tony going for

an early bath. I can't believe you acted like that because I don't

believe you have that in new. From a Manchester City perspective, it

would be important for Guardiola, I know he hates the question, but to

get a trophy in his first season to settle everything down. Of course,

he has the spotlight on him all season because of what he's achieved

in the past. He doesn't have the team he had in the past, not

Barcelona, not the best team in Germany. He has one of the best

teams in England and everybody is battling for trophies. That makes it

so hard for him. Of course, I like the way he plays. He finishes every

season with a trophy, you have to remember, so don't write him off.

No, I don't, he still has a chance, of course he doesn't want to hear it

all the time. But he is such a fantastic coach and the way he plays

is great. But this is England, England is different. You also drive

the wrong way and all these things. That's one too many! I wonder how

many times you can press this before it becomes annoying. You know what

we used to do, we would keep the opposition waiting, we wouldn't go

into the tunnel before the opposition would. All of these

little insights, you get all of that. Arsenal against Manchester

City is live on 5 live. Also highlights on Match of the Day 2.

There is also a huge game for Manchester City's women this week

who play Lyon in the semifinals of the Champions League and Sue Smith

has been speaking to the all all-star American Carli Lloyd.

These are all glorious moments and what isn't up here is all of the

hard moments that I had to go through, the struggles, the

obstacles, and those moments have helped me propel onto the biggest

stage. COMMENTATOR: What a goal, Carli

Lloyd has a hat-trick! It is crazy to think it was almost

two years ago and that was one of the best moments in my career,

scoring in the World Cup final was 13 years of training when nobody was

watching. When you prepare and prepare over and over again good

moments usually follow that. The Man City picture, how did that all come

about? It is funny because I was standing here in Manchester, I never

thought I would have the opportunity to do this in women's football. It

says a lot about the growth of the game, it says a lot about obviously

Man City really taking the time and effort to put into the women's team.

So, your football to-do list, on for the treble? Is that one of the main

reasons you came to Man City? Yes, they had done a great job of getting

the team into the quarterfinals of the Champions League and I think if

I can make a difference on the pitch that's fantastic, but I think off

the pitch I will have a massive difference as well. Looking at the

Champions League, you have the holders Lyon, do you think you will

take the game to them? It's not about the opponent, it's not about

any one particular player. Yes, Alex Morgan is on that team, but at the

end of the day I am competing against myself and we have to put

our foot to the pedal and take it to them and have the confidence and

belief that we can win. You mentioned Alex Morgan. She will be

up for a battle with Lucy Bronze down that side. How do you think

that will go? Lucy is a tough player, she's done really well and

I've been really impressed with her. It will be a tough battle but I

think there will be battles all over the pitch. At the end of the data we

just have to worry about us and what we do and what we control and we

will be OK. Are you still as hungry for success as ever? I am. There are

people out there who still look at my age and save two years at the

2019 World Cup she will be 36 but bring it on, people have doubted me

ever since I started with this team and make them eat their words, and I

will continue to do that but I still have a lot in me and I think my best

is yet to come. Highlights of that Champions League

semifinal, as well as the start of the Spring Series,

on The Women's Football Tina Daheley is joined by

Rachel Brown-Finnis and Alex Scott. They will no doubt discuss the

situation at Notts County ladies which has been developing over the

last few days. The Scottish Cup semi-finals take

place this weekend at Hampden Park. It is currently Hibernian 0-2

Aberdeen. You can follow that on the BBC sport website as well. It is

Rangers against Celtic tomorrow in the other one. We talked a bit about

Spurs' record in the FA Cup. Yes, they have won it eight times over

the years but if they lose today they would be the first team ever to

lose seven consecutive FA Cup semifinals. The last one they won

was 1991. The free kick is just left of centre. Is Paul Gascoigne going

to have a crack? Years. I say, brilliant. -- he is, you know. That

is schoolboy's on stuff. It has gone in. Gary Lineker. He got the final

touch. Smith. He has scored. The cross from

Nixon, Smith's head, and Arsenal have got what they desperately

needed, a goal before half-time. Lineker uses Samways by not using

him. Good choice. The scorers. David Seaman will be disappointed. It

seemed to go through his fingers. Campbell hit the woodwork. Paul

Merson. Just a whisker away. An example to any professional player,

Gary Mabbutt. He will bring his team back here for the final. That was a

truly amazing game. Spurs went on to win the final that year, beating

Nottingham Forest. Gary Mabbutt was the captain that season. I want to

rerun the Paul Gascoigne free kick again. Without you, it would not

have been remembered as one of the great FA Cup semifinal goals. As

Paul Gascoigne struck it, I ducked and managed to get out of the way.

Paul has got a great picture when he hated and me ducking, and the ball

going over my head. You are correct. Does that class as an assist? In

this day and age, it was only goals you were credited with. We have

spoken about the current Spurs side. That was a great team you play them.

This team need to win a trophy but what do you think of this current

crop of players? It is a fantastic group of players. The last couple of

seasons we have stepped up to the mark. Last year we push Leicester

all the way. In the last few games of the season, the lack of

experience showed. This year we have come into it and the extra

experience and maturity of players, and as the season has moved on, we

have got stronger. We are in the fantastic situation where our

confidence is high. We have a great run of games going. A straight

victories in a row. The momentum can hopefully carry us into the game

today. I cannot wait for the game to start, the two best teams in the

country. But the psychological effect this game could have for the

Premiership title, those last six games, could be massive. When I

mentioned that we were going to talk to about 1991, Martin said, make

sure you mention the other semifinals. What do you want to talk

about, Martin? 2001. What happened? I think Arsenal beat Tottenham. That

was at Old Trafford. It is the Wembley effect. We played here in

the Champions League and we did not enjoy it. Surely there is an

advantage. Eric Dier has played here are ten times for England and his

club. He will surely have an advantage over the Chelsea players?

For me, Wembley is always a one off, the moment you were looking for. If

you play here regularly, it takes the magic away. Spurs do not have a

good record at Wembley. We have shared the glory. That semifinal,

you went on to our final against Nottingham Forest. Des Walker scored

the own goal. You had a crushing moment when you scored the own goal

in the final, which is remembered for Coventry's amazing win. What is

it like watching this again? I do not want to dwell on this. I have

been lucky enough to have the joy and the despair of the FA Cup. It is

the only FA Cup final Spurs have lost. It was a great game of

football. We went into the lead, the equaliser, I scored per Tottenham,

2-1, they equalised again with a great header. The cries came into

the box, I tried to block it and it hit me on the need and looped over

Ray Clemence. We did everything to get back in the game but we could

not. Some nights you go to bed and you can run it in your mind like a

video tape, what happened in the past. The detail he has given us, it

has not left him. You have them? I had those moments, do not worry. You

can mention them if you want. A wise man once spoke about greeting

triumph and disaster and dealing with them the same. Thank you for

joining us. John Terry has won his fair share of trophies with Chelsea.

Today could be John Terry's last appearance at Wembley in the

It was announced this week that, after over

20-years at the club, Terry will leave Chelsea at the end of

Will he get some more silverware. A great tackle by John Terry.

And John Kerry gets his first senior goal.

It was, of course, five years ago that John Kerry was stood roundabout

year celebrating the FA Cup final. You can be Frank Lampard. There they

are, celebrating the trophy left. Ruud, how do you think John Terry

will have judged the timing of this announcement? It seems a little

strange? I think he has been a gentleman. He has been very

professional. Maybe he also had moments to think about his future as

well. It is strange to see, because John Terry is Chelsea. They all lots

to him. I am curious to see what is going to do. I hope, at least, in

the future that Chelsea will take him into the board, maybe as a

coach, or somebody important in the Chelsea organisation. He deserves

that. I think there will be a future for him. I will have to get the FA

Cup out of the shot. You just want to hold the cup. John Terry has to

choose well really goes next. He needs that protection in front of

him. For England? -- in England? I think so. Half the Premiership will

be interested. They want the leadership qualities in the group.

He has got to protect himself and in doing so, he will protect the team.

You cannot expose yourself when you're 38, when I went to Leicester

I experienced that, you do not want to be the quickest in the back four.

The producer is unhappy with me. They were saying, how dare you leave

the great Gary Mabbutt with a low point. He started like this, and at

the end, he was like this. I said, sorry, this is what they do. Gary,

we all love you. He ran away. The rough with the smooth. We will talk

about Brighton. Against Norwich City last night, Norwich City won 2-0 but

did not have a shot on target. Both goals were on goals from the

Brighton goalkeeper, David Stockdale. Mark Clemmit has been

speaking to Chris Hughton this week and concentrating on the positives.

Seagulls. 20 years ago, the club staring into the abyss, and now with

the seagulls can prepare for the big time. Here we are, the dream becomes

reality. How does that make you feel? Some of it is a relief, being

in the top two in the division very much for the whole of the season.

Expectation rises. As a manager, you have to get control of that. If

you're not able to control it, you might see a different atmosphere,

and the different atmosphere might see different results. Thankfully

for me, the players have been key to that as well. This is a great

opportunity for you. You have grafted for this, haven't you? Yes,

but as a manager and coach, you are no different to when you were a

player. You want to apply your trade at the best level possible. The

challenges are there. I am very much looking forward to the challenges of

playing against some wonderful players and wonderful clubs in the

best league. Do you in anyway fear going the Premier League? There has

to be a percentage of fear. There has to be. It gives you that bigger

desire to make sure you're prepared for it properly. I feel it is very

comfortable to have that element of fear going into the Premier League,

but that is only a small percentage. The bigger percentage is the

excitement of playing against some of the best players in the world.

Every single player should look forward to that. Bodnar. Lovely

finish. I do not see us making wholesale changes. We need to make

sure we give ourselves every opportunity to improve the squad,

but we also have to learn from teams that have gone up from the

Championship into the Premier League and have done well enough to stay

there another season or a couple of seasons. Even looking at Burnley,

who, having gone up the first time, came back down again. The land from

that and they have a stronger this season. There are really could be

something if you could stabilise the club in the top-flight? You will see

numerous clubs the drop out of the top flight. Their support base goes

down and do find it difficult to that back. This club went from one

ground to filling as 30,000 all-seater stadium on a regular

basis. The fans in front of us have stayed for a long time at the Amex

Stadium. They're chanting, we are in the Premier League. Is returning to

the Premier League unfinished business for you? I have not looked

at it that way. I am a better manager now than I was two years

ago, five years ago. What gives you that experience is different clubs

and different situations. I have had good times in management but

difficult times as well. You cannot be the manager you want to be

without having gone through difficult times. No, nothing to

prove, it is just a great opportunity again to manage at the

top level. Brighton and Hove Albion have conquered their mountain.

It has been an incredible story. You made your debut their? I did, back

in the day. Chris Hughton as well, he has been a Premier League manager

with Norwich City, Newcastle, he has now got there with Brighton. I hope

they trust him and keep him there. The team will flourish in the

Premier League. I have no doubt. Hibernian have got a goal back.

Aberdeen are leading 2-1. A quick word on Harry Redknapp, back in

management at Birmingham. Astonishing. The last time I spoke

to me was happy to spend his time in the south coast and now he is back

in the big time at Birmingham. The pressure is on to keep them up.

Non-league Lincoln, who reached the quarterfinals of the FA Cup

this season, will be promoted to League 2 with victory over

It is currently 1-1. Ruud, I will put you on the spot. You have

entertained us on Football Focus. Who will win today? Chelsea. They

have more wins against Spurs so they will win again. They are cheating,

Chelsea, because they have 12 players. N'Golo Kante is so good, I

think Chelsea will win. Thank you. Gary Lineker will be

back here at Wembley We leave you with another

tribute to Ugo Ehiogu, who tragically passed away yesterday

at the age of 44.