:00:59. > :01:02.Hello, everybody. Match of the Day 2 is here to place a full stop on
:01:02. > :01:06.your weekend of football. And we're playing the numbers game tonight.
:01:06. > :01:12.Two games from today. One new manager. 21 goals from yesterday.
:01:12. > :01:15.And a special look at 125 years of Arsenal.
:01:15. > :01:18.With me in the studio, an armoury of Arsenal legends. The most capped
:01:18. > :01:27.Gunner ever, David O'Leary. And the most attractive, Lee Dixon!
:01:27. > :01:33.Going head to head were Stoke against high-flying Spurs at the
:01:33. > :01:36.Britannia. Will Martin O'Neill remove the
:01:36. > :01:43.darkness at the Stadium of Light? His Sunderland side faced fellow
:01:43. > :01:50.strugglers Blackburn. Also, with Arsenal celebrating
:01:50. > :01:53.their 125th birthday yesterday, we gatecrashed the party.
:01:53. > :01:56.And, with over 1,300 Arsenal appearances between the three of us
:01:56. > :02:06.in the studio, we'll balance the books by starting with Spurs, and
:02:06. > :02:06.
:02:06. > :02:12.their tough away trip to the One thing about Stoke, you know
:02:12. > :02:17.what you are going to get, a set piece examination. Nine of their 14
:02:17. > :02:23.goals have come from those very situations. And record signing
:02:23. > :02:28.Peter Crouch has more than played his part since his move. 3 lead to
:02:28. > :02:33.goals so far from him and he would love to add to that tally today.
:02:33. > :02:40.But Harry and company hadn't done so badly since he left, they have
:02:40. > :02:50.turned into genuine title contender needs -- winning 10 out of their
:02:50. > :02:57.
:02:57. > :03:03.Tottenham make it 12 league games unbeaten it will be their best run
:03:03. > :03:09.since 1984. Tony Pulis has orchestrated draws against
:03:09. > :03:10.Manchester United and Chelsea. A victory against Liverpool, and a
:03:11. > :03:20.carving Cup win against Harry Redknapp.
:03:20. > :03:26.A Woodgate is at right back. In the absence of Wilkinson. Peter Crouch
:03:26. > :03:30.and Etherington also face their old side.
:03:30. > :03:40.Tottenham make only one change. Gareth Bale has been passed fit to
:03:40. > :03:52.
:03:52. > :04:02.play. Woodgate who makes 65 games for
:04:02. > :04:11.
:04:11. > :04:19.opened up the scoring in the opening seconds. Against his old
:04:19. > :04:29.team. He scored two goals in his 3 1/2 years at Spurs. Foiled by Brad
:04:29. > :04:58.
:04:58. > :05:03.chasing Tottenham are behind. The cross by Shotton was deflected.
:05:03. > :05:07.They should have dealt with it better than that. Etherington
:05:07. > :05:17.followed it up. They thought it might have been hand ball by Peter
:05:17. > :05:18.
:05:18. > :05:28.Crouch. Peter Crouch played such a leading role. They had a very good
:05:28. > :05:56.
:05:56. > :06:06.dipping late. It took a good save Shotton has done so well on the
:06:06. > :06:13.
:06:13. > :06:23.against his old club, this is becoming a habit for Etherington
:06:23. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:34.against Spurs. Again, undone in the air. Etherington coming in, around
:06:34. > :06:56.
:06:56. > :07:06.the back. He looked it in -- looped then retreated. That is a corner.
:07:06. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:33.Seven minutes into the second half. Kyle Walker, a real danger for
:07:33. > :07:43.stoat. It just went wide. It bounced off Woodgate, Stoke got
:07:43. > :07:43.
:07:43. > :07:53.lucky. Spurs are pouring it on now. The corner taken short. Man down
:07:53. > :07:53.
:07:53. > :07:59.very late, it is a penalty! Whelan, the offender. You can see there is
:07:59. > :08:04.where the contact was, one of the Sinn. Minimal contact but it is the
:08:04. > :08:14.way Luka Modric went down belatedly that has angered Stoke. Penalty
:08:14. > :08:35.
:08:35. > :08:44.for the 8th time. -- scores. Very Parker coming into the line.
:08:44. > :08:54.Splendid goalkeeping. He pushed it away. Spurs are dominating now.
:08:54. > :09:02.Luka Modric with the corner kick. A bit of push and shove between
:09:02. > :09:12.Adebayor and Robert Huth. Spurs claiming Kaboul was pulled back by
:09:12. > :09:46.
:09:46. > :09:54.stretched. Gareth Bale. Adebayor. Luka Modric. Scott Parker was in
:09:54. > :10:04.space. Luka Modric went for goal. Sound goalkeeping again. Dipping
:10:04. > :10:12.
:10:12. > :10:22.late, good goalkeeping. Luka Modric The keeper didn't get it, Kaboul,
:10:22. > :10:31.
:10:31. > :10:36.away from the line. Adebayor has to at that. Wilson playing him on?
:10:36. > :10:43.Look at that for a pass by Luka Modric into the box. The keeper
:10:43. > :10:53.couldn't hold it. Tottenham thought it might have hit the elbow of
:10:53. > :10:56.
:10:57. > :11:06.Shawcross. And it looked like that Deflected from Woodgate. A corner
:11:07. > :11:17.
:11:17. > :11:26.kick. Pushing hard for an equaliser Another Tottenham appeal for a
:11:26. > :11:30.penalty. Defoe ran straight to the referee. Was that hand ball? It
:11:30. > :11:36.bounced on his knee. Hit him on the arms, I don't in the referee could
:11:36. > :11:46.have given that. Tottenham look such a better team in the second
:11:46. > :12:02.
:12:02. > :12:12.half. England fans hope that he card, the first one was for dissent,
:12:12. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:27.the second one was innocuous, just There is not much in that at all.
:12:27. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :12:48.that is terrific goalkeeping. Shawcross, coming away from goal,
:12:48. > :12:58.turning a very good head on to the target. It came at Friedel like a
:12:58. > :12:58.
:12:58. > :13:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:13:44. > :13:54.Tottenham Hotspur, saved them. Why haven't got enough time. It is
:13:54. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:02.their first defeat since the Another win for Stoke and another
:14:02. > :14:06.lesson in the art of the set-piece. The Potters are now up to 8th place,
:14:06. > :14:10.following this win. It is arguably their best of the season. As for
:14:11. > :14:15.Spurs, this was their first defeat since August. But Harry was not
:14:15. > :14:21.happy with some key decisions that went against them. In the end, it
:14:21. > :14:25.was Stoke's date. The first 25 minutes I thought we did well. When
:14:25. > :14:28.you play against a top team, they will have periods where they
:14:28. > :14:32.dominate the ball. Then you know they will create chances. We need a
:14:32. > :14:36.little bit of luck, as everybody does against the top three or four
:14:36. > :14:41.sites. We got some at times, but you can't take credit away from the
:14:41. > :14:45.players. Their effort, their commitment. They really deserve to
:14:46. > :14:50.come up with something today. Adebayor was maybe two yards onside,
:14:50. > :14:55.you know? How the linesman can't see that, when the ball was played.
:14:55. > :15:00.There was a blatant handball on the line. It came across the goal, got
:15:00. > :15:05.rattled back in. Two and balls in the second half. The referee has
:15:05. > :15:10.missed both of them, unfortunately. But that is how it goes. First half,
:15:10. > :15:14.we didn't play well and they played well. We battered them in the
:15:14. > :15:18.second half. You did get some luck with some of the decisions that
:15:18. > :15:23.went your way, do you understand why Harry feels aggrieved? Don't
:15:23. > :15:26.get me involved with referees! There was a lot of pressure and it
:15:26. > :15:31.was about how we defended as a team. I thought we did that brilliantly.
:15:31. > :15:36.We got ourselves running into the ground and it was a great result.
:15:36. > :15:40.great game for the neutrals. Stokes started off fantastically well.
:15:40. > :15:44.Hungry. Stoke at their best. They hadn't been like that for a while.
:15:44. > :15:49.They hustled and you need to do that. What Harry will be
:15:49. > :15:53.disappointed about is that I think they knew how Stoke would come out
:15:53. > :15:58.from the start. They will have trained, Dunn set plays. Harry
:15:58. > :16:01.would have expected his big players, the big centre half's, to go and
:16:01. > :16:04.sort out the first ball and dominate that department. Half-time,
:16:04. > :16:10.they deserve to be up because they played well. Tottenham were
:16:10. > :16:16.disappointing. He won't be the only manager to go there and get done.
:16:16. > :16:21.You could argue that a yardstick to all teams seasons is how they do at
:16:21. > :16:23.the reputation -- Britannia? Stoke have this reputation, and they do
:16:23. > :16:33.get the ball forward and put teams under pressure. But they've got
:16:33. > :16:36.
:16:36. > :16:42.areas. Shawcross should do better. Straight away, panic in the
:16:42. > :16:47.Tottenham defence. Another throw-in comes in. It is about how they play.
:16:47. > :16:52.Here, you would normally put it back to the goalkeeper, kick it
:16:52. > :16:58.upfield. But they try to play from the back. Wilson, good bit of skill.
:16:58. > :17:03.He passes it out to Etherington, he is away. Eddington gets the ball,
:17:03. > :17:13.takes Walker on. He is a tricky play and he gets his shot away.
:17:13. > :17:13.
:17:13. > :17:17.Defensively, they are tight. They are tight. A little bit kamikaze.
:17:17. > :17:21.But strikers are lazy coming out and you can usually catch them
:17:21. > :17:26.offside. You have all got to be in June. It is very dangerous. But how
:17:26. > :17:31.hungry they are. That is how Stoke were in the first half. They really
:17:31. > :17:38.wanted to get at Tottenham. Any time a Tottenham player was on the
:17:38. > :17:43.ball, a few players were Normally when you close down Spurs
:17:43. > :17:47.players, they have enough skill to get around. But a little bit tardy
:17:47. > :17:57.in the first half? I thought they started really poorly. Very sloppy
:17:57. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:03.here. The Stoke midfield, not really putting pressure on. Modric
:18:03. > :18:08.can just knocked the ball. But he over hits it. Not like him. Parker,
:18:08. > :18:12.five-yard pass, out of play. Not good enough. The ball in the box,
:18:12. > :18:21.should be defending better. Look at that space. Playing Stoke, you know
:18:21. > :18:25.that it is going to drop into the box. Etherington get it away. Then
:18:25. > :18:35.they started getting bored, some great balls into the box. Walker,
:18:35. > :18:38.
:18:38. > :18:43.Scott Parker, a great save from Sorensen. This is when Tottenham
:18:43. > :18:47.really came back into it. Adebayor, great angle. You think, they have a
:18:47. > :18:55.great chance because he is capable of putting this into the net. It is
:18:55. > :18:59.Second half, he changed it because he had the players that suited it.
:18:59. > :19:02.He pushed two full-backs much further up. They got a lot more of
:19:02. > :19:07.the play and they started dominating it. The passing game
:19:07. > :19:12.came into it. They were bit unlucky with some of the decisions. I am
:19:12. > :19:16.sure that Stoke have sat, two or three points down in the game
:19:16. > :19:26.because of what a referee has done. They say it evens itself out. But a
:19:26. > :19:29.
:19:29. > :19:33.The first goal from Peter Crouch, that is handball. How the linesman
:19:33. > :19:40.didn't see that, I don't know. referee was in a great position as
:19:40. > :19:48.well. You don't get to see him, but he is in a good position. Foul, no
:19:48. > :19:53.doubt about that. Foul on Gallas? Possibly. There is the first one as
:19:53. > :19:58.it comes out. Is this off his head? No, handball on the line from
:19:58. > :20:08.Shawcross. It goes out to the far side of Vieri and comes back in.
:20:08. > :20:10.
:20:10. > :20:17.Luck at the Stoke player on the Adebayor is offside. It comes to
:20:17. > :20:21.him. These are the decisions that went against him. Harry will be
:20:21. > :20:24.distraught. Chris Foy probably got this one right. He got three or
:20:24. > :20:33.four wrong. I think he got the sending off wrong. He got booked
:20:33. > :20:38.for dissent. The second one, I Were the second yellow card had
:20:38. > :20:43.been a yellow card if he hadn't been booked before? Should referees
:20:43. > :20:47.have to think about it a little bit more when they are going off?
:20:47. > :20:51.point. I don't think what he did, the second offence, I don't think
:20:51. > :20:54.that deserves a second card that will take you off. You've got to
:20:54. > :21:01.have common sense, otherwise there will be nobody on the pitch. Things
:21:01. > :21:11.are about to get a little steamy. Tal-gate. Well spotted. Take us
:21:11. > :21:11.
:21:11. > :21:17.through this. -- towel-gate. They took them off the ball boys. So he
:21:17. > :21:20.has something so on into his shirt. You can see it. It is almost like a
:21:20. > :21:26.stitched into how all. Is it illegal? I don't know, but it is
:21:26. > :21:36.clever. You heard it here first. Before we head on, let's pause for
:21:36. > :21:41.
:21:41. > :21:46.If you haven't seen it, it is in- depth football chat and forensic
:21:46. > :21:52.insight. If you have, you know that is a lie! Don't forget that Match
:21:52. > :21:58.of the Day 2 is available on BBCi player all season. Next week, Match
:21:58. > :22:03.of the Day 2 is back at 10 o'clock on BBC Two. QPR and Manchester
:22:03. > :22:06.United, Villa, Liverpool, Spurs and Sunderland and Manchester City and
:22:06. > :22:10.Arsenal. Still to come, a trip down memory
:22:11. > :22:15.lane for Arsenal fans on the weekend of their 125th birthday and
:22:15. > :22:20.all the action from yesterday. Now to the north-east, as Sunderland
:22:20. > :22:24.fans turned out in force to welcome a bespectacled, slightly nerdy
:22:24. > :22:27.Northern Irishman. You cannot go wrong with one of them. Kids my age
:22:27. > :22:32.were choosing the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United. I
:22:32. > :22:36.took Sunderland. Self confessed support a Martin O'Neill comes to
:22:36. > :22:38.the Stadium of Light and Sunderland fans cannot believe it. He is the
:22:38. > :22:43.number one man who they hope will bring back happier days. But
:22:44. > :22:49.another defeat last week indicates the tough job that he has. What
:22:49. > :22:55.Steve Kean would give for such adulation from Blackburn fans. Even
:22:55. > :23:01.a Yakubu inspired win last week didn't stop the Dubois, as feelings
:23:01. > :23:11.were made it clear about the manager and the owners. -- B boo-
:23:11. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:15.gone on a long time. Finally it is the right time for Martin O'Neill
:23:15. > :23:20.and Sunderland to be pronounced manager and club. The honeymoon?
:23:20. > :23:25.Well, it is meant to start immediately. A surprise starting
:23:25. > :23:29.his first Sunderland team, Connor Wickham. He has recovered from a
:23:29. > :23:39.knee problem earlier than expected and is in for the injured Nicklas
:23:39. > :24:07.
:24:07. > :24:12.Bendtner. Also a first start since Sunderland. It was deflected over
:24:12. > :24:22.the top. Good work from Sessegnon. There were groans from around the
:24:22. > :24:32.ground, many thought that he had already. Like he has never been
:24:32. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:45.away, right back into managerial taken down? Yakubu thought so,
:24:45. > :24:55.Peter Walton didn't. He got his eye on the ball, he had to get there
:24:55. > :25:07.
:25:07. > :25:17.then he followed him. It was a poor touch that caused the problem for
:25:17. > :25:24.
:25:24. > :25:31.Larsson. He came in with studs Deflected and it is in! Vukcevic.
:25:31. > :25:36.They have barely had the ball in the Sunderland box. Now they have.
:25:36. > :25:41.Simon Vukcevic has his first goal for Blackburn. Suspicion of
:25:41. > :25:49.offside? In line must be the verdict. He was quicker to it than
:25:49. > :25:59.any Sunderland defender. A pretty understated celebration, but it
:25:59. > :26:11.
:26:11. > :26:18.save by Paul Robinson. That looked, for all the world, like Sunderland
:26:18. > :26:22.were going to be ready. Josh Lowe made a mess of it. On a plate for
:26:22. > :26:32.Richardson, but the big figure of Paul Robinson was there in a flash.
:26:32. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:48.Not yet, Martin, you can't hop It will not going for Sunderland
:26:48. > :26:54.yet. It will not go in for Richardson. An important
:26:54. > :27:04.intervention. How Steve Kean would want to get the sort of acclaim
:27:04. > :27:04.
:27:04. > :27:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:27:48. > :27:58.that Sunderland fans had given Steve Bruce. Plenty of possession,
:27:58. > :28:12.
:28:12. > :28:16.not enough goals. Not enough He got the verdict and he got the
:28:16. > :28:21.free kick for Sunderland, as the ball goes into his net. Has he got
:28:21. > :28:27.lucky? Sambo was seemingly oblivious. He has his back to it
:28:27. > :28:37.and the eye on the ball. I don't think he backed into the key battle.
:28:37. > :28:52.
:28:52. > :28:59.good factor that was right to run this field? -- right around. He was
:28:59. > :29:06.caught late. A great tackle from Colback. But that one was not.
:29:06. > :29:12.Larsson struck it pretty well but not on target. If anything, he got
:29:12. > :29:17.just a little bit too much car or on that. Martin O'Neill trying to
:29:17. > :29:27.figure out a way through. It is all very busy but there is no end
:29:27. > :29:36.
:29:36. > :29:46.for Blackburn. Not just accidental. That is now three. The yellow card
:29:46. > :29:57.
:29:57. > :30:02.with macro was not quite certain it was clearing his crossbar. A fair
:30:02. > :30:12.bet to say Steve Kean prefers being away from home than Ewood Park at
:30:12. > :30:32.
:30:32. > :30:42.Robinson kept it out. -- and on the pressure, Blackburn
:30:42. > :30:45.
:30:45. > :30:55.continued to absorb it all -- continue to pile on the pressure.
:30:55. > :31:17.
:31:17. > :31:22.Larsson, saved by Robinson. An battled for it. McLean shot, it was
:31:22. > :31:27.smothered, and it is over the crossbar as Sessegnon tried
:31:27. > :31:33.something different. Blackburn are looking a little more likely to
:31:33. > :31:37.score. That would have been special. Blackburn are minutes away from
:31:37. > :31:47.recording back to back Premier League victories for the first time
:31:47. > :32:01.
:32:01. > :32:11.Vaughan! His first goal for Sunderland will be one to savour
:32:11. > :32:21.for him, that couldn't have been any crisper. Into the corner at
:32:21. > :32:31.
:32:31. > :32:41.some speed. Look at the reaction. biased Blackburn eyes, could claim
:32:41. > :32:58.
:32:58. > :33:08.Formica was guilty. Martin O'Neill is just directing operations. He is
:33:08. > :33:17.
:33:17. > :33:21.absolute beauty! Sunderland have turned it around. Their
:33:21. > :33:29.celebrations tell part of the story, you should see what is happening in
:33:29. > :33:37.the dugout. Robinson was caught out. Over the top of the wall, as
:33:37. > :33:43.precise as any free kick comes. Larsson was then -- the Villa and a
:33:43. > :33:53.week ago when he missed. Now, the perfect start for Martin O'Neill
:33:53. > :33:59.
:33:59. > :34:03.Welcome back, a superhero return to football. It looked bleak for the
:34:03. > :34:08.Black cats for much of the match. A perfect start for the new man. As
:34:08. > :34:11.for Blackburn, another bad day. Their 9th defeat in a troubled
:34:11. > :34:16.season. He looked like you had never been
:34:16. > :34:21.away and you looked like you enjoyed it. I enjoyed the
:34:21. > :34:27.equalising goal and the winning goal immensely. The rest of it, you
:34:27. > :34:32.call that enjoyment? A fantastic equaliser, the place lifted. For
:34:32. > :34:36.Larsson to get the winning goal. Her I bet it's the first time you
:34:36. > :34:43.have heard the place like that? I've played here last season and I
:34:43. > :34:49.knew the atmosphere was good. Today, it was definitely you could feel it.
:34:49. > :34:55.We feel very disappointed, we had a good goal, the second goal. There
:34:55. > :35:02.was a foul given against Samba when Westwood came down. We are puzzled
:35:02. > :35:07.about that. There will be talked about managing expectations.
:35:07. > :35:14.Expectation and hope is what keeps us going. Absolute the right, the
:35:14. > :35:21.crowd were behind the team. What an amazing feeling. Of course we made
:35:21. > :35:30.a couple of misplaced passes. The occasional frustration, but overall,
:35:30. > :35:40.it was very positive from every one today. An early goal from Blackburn.
:35:40. > :35:41.
:35:41. > :35:50.It was so much attack against chances, Sunderland, but they could
:35:50. > :35:56.not put the ball in the net. Lowe had a nightmare. A good save.
:35:56. > :36:01.little later, the ball went to him again, just past the post. A great
:36:01. > :36:11.save by Robinson. They didn't get the quality balls into the box,
:36:11. > :36:16.
:36:16. > :36:22.letting defenders get back. A wasted ball. They made
:36:22. > :36:32.substitutions, that was a good thing. Ji Dong-Won and McLean. He
:36:32. > :36:40.lifted the whole ground. Larsson got the shot away. It led to that,
:36:40. > :36:46.a wonder goal. It is like your own struggle headed it down for you.
:36:46. > :36:50.Watch Robinson. His defenders go in front of him, he cannot see it.
:36:50. > :36:58.poor header but a great strike. A silly free kick to give away. When
:36:58. > :37:08.you have got Larsson, in the dying seconds. Personally, there was
:37:08. > :37:10.
:37:10. > :37:16.another shot, I thought Sunderland Blackburn were denied a goal.
:37:16. > :37:22.I think that was a legitimate goal. The way the second half went, it
:37:22. > :37:26.was an attack free defence. Blackburn it sat deeper in their
:37:26. > :37:33.own box and Sunderland got stronger. At the end of the game, they
:37:33. > :37:39.deserved it. Blackburn fans did have much to cheer about. Something
:37:39. > :37:49.positive for Blackburn? Samba. I have seen him a few times playing.
:37:49. > :37:52.
:37:52. > :38:01.Every time I have seen him, big heading, he was fantastic. He has
:38:01. > :38:11.this knack of heading the ball away. If Blackburn have a chance of
:38:11. > :38:23.
:38:23. > :38:30.staying, they need to keep this lad. The physical side of his game, he
:38:30. > :38:35.is a centre half who wants to headed away. A real contrast on and
:38:35. > :38:39.off the pitch. A team resurgence, the crowd alive again, a new
:38:39. > :38:44.manager. Martin O'Neill has made a huge difference, what are your
:38:44. > :38:54.thoughts on the man himself? It is great he is back in the game. You
:38:54. > :38:59.can see after 16 months, he is relaxed. Typical Martin! They are
:38:59. > :39:06.passionate fans, they want to be excited again. He is the man to do
:39:06. > :39:10.that. It is a job he really wanted. They have moved out of the bottom
:39:10. > :39:16.three and I don't think you will see them there again. In the 16
:39:16. > :39:26.months he has been out, where does that energy go when he is at home?
:39:26. > :39:30.
:39:30. > :39:36.I should mention for Blackburn, worrying injuries, Salgado, Givet.
:39:36. > :39:46.They haven't got the biggest squad in the world. Losing two, three.
:39:46. > :39:49.
:39:49. > :39:55.They were unlucky. They were restricted. I thought they made
:39:55. > :40:03.life very easy for Sunderland in the second half. They brought the
:40:03. > :40:07.goals on. Thank you. That's the highlights of today's
:40:07. > :40:10.games. But Match of the Day 2 is bigger and longer than ever before,
:40:10. > :40:14.so we can bring you even more football. Yesterday, as Arsenal
:40:14. > :40:24.celebrated 125 years, Kevin Day was the uninvited guest at the party,
:40:24. > :40:39.
:40:39. > :40:49.And we start with a few words from 6p for leather and bases. Factory
:40:49. > :40:52.
:40:52. > :40:59.hardened arms. A century and a quarter Ford, battles ahead. From
:40:59. > :41:04.those first heavy steps, men would become gods. Once upon a time, some
:41:04. > :41:10.tough factory workers in south London set up a football team. They
:41:10. > :41:15.thought they would try their luck north of the river. Before finally
:41:15. > :41:20.moving here. And the rest as they say it is magnificent history.
:41:20. > :41:25.Every player in that first team donated 6p to buy the football.
:41:25. > :41:29.Which is why a sixpenny piece is used for the toss up today. I am
:41:29. > :41:34.going to make this the greatest club in the world. Herbert Chapman
:41:34. > :41:38.was as good as his word, he introduced shirt numbers,
:41:38. > :41:48.revolutionised tactics and for a time in the 30s, the club dominated
:41:48. > :41:57.
:41:57. > :42:07.football. That was when men were Adams, where is that pose from?
:42:07. > :42:10.
:42:11. > :42:13.Thierry Henry, once scored 30 four- A fundamental cog in the greatest
:42:13. > :42:19.offence the club has produced? I hope he didn't read that, it will
:42:19. > :42:26.go to his head. We have a laugh. Don't we just? Where is your
:42:26. > :42:30.statue? I don't know, they haven't made it. Well, they have, but the
:42:30. > :42:35.arm keeps popping down. When you lie in this dressing room, do you
:42:35. > :42:39.miss it? He's over there, putting the kit out, you start to get the
:42:39. > :42:43.feeling of pre-match. That is probably the thing you miss the
:42:43. > :42:48.most of all. This nervousness. Somebody in your family was
:42:48. > :42:51.responsible for those colours? great, great grandfather was
:42:51. > :42:55.responsible for bringing the red- and-white kit from Nottingham
:42:55. > :43:01.Forest. It is because of your great, great grandfather that Arsenal are
:43:01. > :43:11.wearing red shirts? Absolutely. am going to meet some legends. They
:43:11. > :43:21.keep them under special room It's like trying to keep kittens in
:43:21. > :43:23.
:43:23. > :43:27.You are looking the sharpest legend. The thing is, I've got to go and do
:43:28. > :43:32.a radio show. This is my motorbike gear. You've done all right by
:43:32. > :43:42.yourself? Since you left Palace? would say to Palace fans, don't
:43:42. > :43:42.
:43:42. > :44:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:44:43. > :44:51.hate because it went OK. Let's hand watching the game must be wondering
:44:51. > :45:01.where a goal was going to come from. Van Persie! He's got it! Great ball
:45:01. > :45:06.
:45:06. > :45:12.pass. Goodness me, look at that for technical stop right across a
:45:12. > :45:19.stationary goalkeeper. -- Look at that for technique. Right across a
:45:19. > :45:22.stationary goalkeeper. Fellaini! The youngster has had a chance to
:45:22. > :45:26.shoot, what a name Conor McAleny could have made for himself.
:45:26. > :45:31.We have been talking to some legends of the past, here's one for
:45:31. > :45:36.the future. Joe Wilson, a traditional Arsenal score, 1-0 to
:45:36. > :45:40.the Arsenal. He seems to be coming up with the goods this year. Not
:45:40. > :45:48.just this year, I am sure one year he will have his own statue. He has
:45:48. > :45:53.Here were the Arsenal Legends For You? My favourite player of all
:45:53. > :45:57.time is Dennis Bergkamp. Him, Robert Pires, the invincible so.
:45:57. > :46:01.That year, the way they went through the season. How are you
:46:01. > :46:06.feeling? I'm feeling good. Hopefully I will be back as soon as
:46:06. > :46:10.possible. How nice to end with a word from Arsenal's future. Here is
:46:10. > :46:14.to another 125 years of glorious football.
:46:14. > :46:18.I'm not sure Spurs fans would agree with that. But it was a massive day
:46:18. > :46:24.at the Emirates. You were both involved. Tell me what it was like.
:46:24. > :46:33.It was a great day. When they do things, they do it right. Some of
:46:33. > :46:38.my memory is, Dickov offering me a drink. That is once every 125
:46:38. > :46:42.years! I never thought I would see in the directors' box someone with
:46:42. > :46:45.what Ian Wright had on being allowed in. The best thing for me
:46:45. > :46:50.was meeting all of the old guys. Yoof-speak on the phone now and
:46:50. > :46:56.again. But to -- you speak on the phone now and again, but to see
:46:56. > :47:01.them. The build-up beforehand, the way we went out onto the pitch, the
:47:01. > :47:07.reception, the way the game was set up. Even down to a great friend of
:47:07. > :47:15.ours, David Ross Castle -- David Rocastle, he was there representing
:47:15. > :47:20.them. They span generations. Chapman, who I did know a huge
:47:20. > :47:24.amount about, I was reading about him. He was known as the shrewdest
:47:24. > :47:29.operator in the transfer market in the 20s. He signed David Jack, in
:47:29. > :47:33.the official Arsenal 50 top players of all time. He reportedly tipped
:47:33. > :47:39.the barman to pounds to get the Bolton Wanderers directors drunk so
:47:39. > :47:44.he could get them cheaper. It still goes on like that, but it is �2
:47:44. > :47:47.million. You have been at loggerheads, work he by reason see
:47:47. > :47:50.Arsenal all-time 11? It was really difficult. We had to agree.
:47:50. > :48:00.Everybody will have their opinion at home. We think we have nearly
:48:00. > :48:02.
:48:02. > :48:07.In my opinion, nobody is better than Pat Jennings. I was going for
:48:07. > :48:11.David Seaman. Even though I played with David, to me, Pat Jennings was
:48:11. > :48:17.the best. We mentioned David Rocastle, George Armstrong. Bless
:48:17. > :48:22.them, they are not here any more. We picked one of those, you can't
:48:22. > :48:27.fit them all on the pitch. Brady is as good a midfield player as I have
:48:28. > :48:31.seen anywhere. I think Vieira has a chance as well. It has to be said,
:48:31. > :48:38.Pat Rice was definitely the best player in that position. All-time
:48:38. > :48:42.moment for Arsenal. Was it hard for you to agree? At Anfield.
:48:42. > :48:47.doesn't get any better than that. The last kick of the last game at
:48:47. > :48:52.the end of the season. You will not enjoy this bit. Michael Thomas, in
:48:52. > :48:57.case you want to know. Fantasy stuff. You had to go to such a
:48:57. > :49:04.great club, dominating for so long, and go and beat them by two clean
:49:04. > :49:09.goals. You get the winner in injury time. Fairy-tale stuff. A very
:49:09. > :49:15.special day for a special club. Bless him. He was young, quiet,
:49:15. > :49:19.unassuming. You want to take that make-up off. Six more games run
:49:19. > :49:29.yesterday. For everyone out at their Christmas parties last night,
:49:29. > :49:34.
:49:34. > :49:37.off he went to bed after the X Lambert's men. They managed to
:49:37. > :49:41.score four, despite being denied a penalty midway through the first
:49:41. > :49:51.half. The officials did give Norwich a helping hand soon after,
:49:51. > :49:52.
:49:52. > :49:55.awarding a cornet for this. Free header! Finally, in. Norwich have
:49:56. > :50:01.the breakthrough. It looked as though it was Hoolahan with the
:50:01. > :50:09.final touch. It was scrappy Anne Dudley. But Norwich will not worry
:50:09. > :50:19.about that. -- Scratby and ugly. Demba Ba! Newcastle are back on
:50:19. > :50:21.
:50:22. > :50:28.terms. Back in again towards Grant Holt. Norwich are in front again.
:50:29. > :50:38.That inadvertently came all the way through to profits. Morison. --
:50:39. > :50:46.
:50:46. > :50:55.Martin. And he is off. Newcastle's a day goes from bad to worse. Demba
:50:55. > :51:01.Ba, down the middle. Demba Ba for Newcastle! 3-2. Bradley Johnson
:51:01. > :51:10.with a free kick. An inviting one. Grant Holt scores his second.
:51:11. > :51:18.the Hawthorns to lift them out of the bottom three, at least for a
:51:18. > :51:22.day. Brunt will hit it. Of the bath. I think it got the merest of
:51:23. > :51:26.touches from the fingers of Al Habsi. The visitors were unlucky
:51:26. > :51:30.not to be awarded a spot-kick after David Jones was bundled over in the
:51:30. > :51:40.box, especially when you see that West Brom were awarded a free kick
:51:40. > :51:41.
:51:41. > :51:51.by a bit of hand-holding. Reid! So nonchalant. And yet exquisite. A
:51:51. > :51:59.
:51:59. > :52:09.his 46th shot of the season. At last, his first goal. Tracks worn
:52:09. > :52:24.
:52:25. > :52:29.away, goes the other. Was he Scharner hit it over. Dorrans was
:52:29. > :52:37.booked late on for diving. You can make your own mind up. Needless to
:52:37. > :52:42.say, Roy Hodgson was not happy. Villa's first away win of the
:52:42. > :52:48.season made it 12 defeats from 15 for bottom side Bolton away from
:52:48. > :52:54.home, who were unlucky not to fall behind early after Petrov's mess.
:52:54. > :53:04.Stand-in keeper Brad Kazan denied Chris Eagles. Shay Given sealed his
:53:04. > :53:07.
:53:07. > :53:11.approval with a kiss. Decent chance! Marc Albrighton. Petrov,
:53:11. > :53:21.the deflection carries a 10. Sturley and Pat drop, for Aston
:53:21. > :53:28.
:53:28. > :53:36.Villa. Brad Guzan was on hand again. But he couldn't stop everything.
:53:36. > :53:40.Bolton are back in it, Ivan Klasnic. It could open up for Aston Villa.
:53:40. > :53:45.Petrov has done really well. Darren Bent command wide. He is still
:53:45. > :53:48.wondering how it didn't end up in the back of the net. Michel Vorm
:53:48. > :53:53.again produced heroics in the Swansea goal, as Brendan Rodgers's
:53:53. > :54:03.side kept up their impressive home form, albeit with a little help
:54:03. > :54:08.
:54:08. > :54:14.foot. It was sufficient to take it into the back of the net. Great
:54:14. > :54:18.save! What a save from Michel Vorm. After this, the Michel Vorm show
:54:18. > :54:23.really started. He saved from Dempsey, before watching John Arne
:54:23. > :54:28.Riise's free kick go wide. Andy Johnson was the next to be
:54:28. > :54:35.frustrated. August Deane hit the post as the Swans looked to double
:54:35. > :54:39.their lead. -- Augustine. A combination of Danny Graham and
:54:39. > :54:44.Mark Gower should have gone better. But it wasn't long before we got
:54:44. > :54:54.some more Michel Vorm magic. He got away from Routledge. He goes down
:54:54. > :54:57.
:54:57. > :55:02.taken himself out of the six-yard box and he has been yellow-carded
:55:02. > :55:12.for slowing the process down. But Michel Vorm has been terrific since
:55:12. > :55:18.
:55:18. > :55:23.That is the killer. Danny Graham. Swansea are back to winning ways.
:55:23. > :55:27.Once again, Luis Suarez grab the headlines as a dominant Liverpool
:55:27. > :55:32.took all three points at Anfield. The Uruguayan took centre stage
:55:32. > :55:38.from the off. His header was held by Radek Cerny. He twice flashed
:55:38. > :55:42.the ball across the goal, but nobody could apply the finish.
:55:42. > :55:48.Lovely ball by Dirk Kuyt. He's onside, Maxi Rodriguez. Good save
:55:48. > :55:58.by Radek Cerny. Suarez is off after the loose ball. The Rangers keeper
:55:58. > :56:05.
:56:05. > :56:15.kept out Suarez. But he didn't have A decent ball, 1-0. Luis Suarez. 69
:56:15. > :56:23.
:56:23. > :56:27.deny Maxi Rodriguez. QPR came into it later on. Fowler and claimed a
:56:27. > :56:33.penalty. At the other end, Shaun Wright-Phillips almost scored a
:56:33. > :56:37.cracking own goal. A bad week for Manchester United after their
:56:37. > :56:46.Champions League exit. But they ended on a high. Wayne Rooney found
:56:46. > :56:54.his goalscoring boots. Nani onside, and scores. 1-0 to Manchester
:56:54. > :57:00.United. Rooney arrives. That is the end of his scoring drought. He has
:57:00. > :57:07.looked in the mood since the first whistle. Rooney, Johnson ahead of
:57:07. > :57:11.him. He nearly crept past Hennessey. Jarvis. We know he can take on
:57:11. > :57:18.Smalling on the outside. He does well. Fletcher's headache gives
:57:18. > :57:28.Wolves a goal. It's right at the start of the second half. Space
:57:28. > :57:49.
:57:49. > :57:59.opens up. Balenciaga, head down and Jones, Macheda got in there. Still
:57:59. > :57:59.
:57:59. > :58:05.4-1. They could have had five or He was very special. He can be a
:58:05. > :58:09.very special player. �16 million, I think? No-brainer. If a player that
:58:09. > :58:14.could go on and BA financed -- by just United legend, fantastic
:58:14. > :58:18.player. Big game tomorrow, commentary on BBC 5 Live? Massive
:58:18. > :58:22.game for Chelsea. If they want to be contenders, they got to win. Man
:58:22. > :58:27.City can get over their Champions League defeat. Thank you for coming
:58:27. > :58:37.in. A real pleasure. A look at the table. Before that, all of today's
:58:37. > :58:38.
:58:38. > :58:45.Martin leaves Keane smarting as he makes a winning start. The Black
:58:45. > :58:52.Cats beat Blackburn at the Late, Late Show. And Stokey-dokey, as
:58:52. > :58:54.Tony Pulis beats Harry's high- fliers. If Chelsea beat Manchester
:58:54. > :59:00.fliers. If Chelsea beat Manchester City tomorrow, they will move above
:59:00. > :59:03.them into third. Still, after victory over Spurs, go to 8th. At
:59:03. > :59:08.the other end, Sunderland are out of the bottom three after that
:59:08. > :59:16.victory. The Black Cats and as extinct. Rovers remain 19th, four
:59:16. > :59:26.As Martin O'Neill began life as the manager of the team he supported as
:59:26. > :59:42.
:59:42. > :59:52.a boy. And they say romance is David Vaughan! What a goal! He is
:59:52. > :59:53.