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Hello. Hope you're all well and ready for your Sunday night

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football fix. Live in the studio, two men who never get splinters in

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their backsides. Lee Dixon and QPR manager, Neil Warnock. And here's

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we've got for you over the next 70 minutes.

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Unbeaten Newcastle faced Tottenham at St James's - that's first.

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We've a tasty Midlands derby between West Brom and Wolves.

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There's stuttering Arsenal against struggling Sunderland.

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Plus, as always we'll have all the goals and incidents from yesterday.

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So off we go, starting in the north east for a battle between two of

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the Premier Leagues in form sides. Alan Pardew is a happy chap and

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just loves his new P and P. Ba and Best have scored seven goals

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between them in Newcastle's unbeaten start. Their form has been

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outstanding and more of the same will keep them up there where the

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air is clear. Spurs are also on a formidable run. Four victories over

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Wolves, Liverpool, Wigan and Arsenal have propelled Harry's hot

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shots up the table. Kyle Walker's winner against the Gunners last

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time was particularly special. They'll be hoping to register a

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famous five from five today. Calling this one is Guy Mowbray.

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Newcastle field the same team for started the last three league games.

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The back four has been the meanest defence of the season so far.

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Jermaine Defoe is on the bench and Emmanuel Adebayor has been passed

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Emmanuel Adebayor has been passed fit.

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Gutierrez has been on duty for Argentina. That has been given as a

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free kick. No real connection with the opposition player but it was

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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in out of the corner of his life. - into. Here is Gutierrez. Demba Ba

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was on his way down when the ball is a penalty. He seemed to take a

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while to think about it. Yes, it is a penalty. Tim Krul defending. Van

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Der Vaart to try to silence it. He has done that and Spurs have the

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lead at St James's Park. The penalty smashed in by a good Dutch

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man. He gives Spurs the lead. has come against the run of the

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general play by and large. Here is Gutierrez. He gets past Walker. And

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here is Demba Ba and it is in! It has just taken two minutes of the

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second half to draw level. Just the sort of response that Alan Pardew

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will have ordered. Gutierrez heard the call. Demba Ba scores again.

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Adebayor is on side and he has not missed by much at all. Taylor did

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well to close down the angle for the shot. Gabriel Obertan has gone

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for goal. Brad Friedel had it covered. The French man has never

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scored in the Premier League. He did not find the accuracy he needed.

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Defoe beaten by Tim Krul. Spotted the danger from very early on.

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Cheik Tiote. Simpson has to go back Defoe's finished! What a good one

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it was. He has not been on the field long. It is the first chance

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he has really had an Jermaine Defoe has put it away. He found Tim Krul

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in his way. There was no chance this time for the Newcastle keeper.

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Classic Defoe. Shola Ameobi kept his feet and kept the ball. Cheik

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Tiote is teed up to hit it and it is tipped over the bar by Brad

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Friedel. Brad Friedel was almost caught off guard. That was a good

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save. Defoe not ready for the return. Just another age, enough

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for a Newcastle free-kick. -- just a nudge. Ryan Taylor. The

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goalkeeper was ready for him. Ryan Taylor, this is the Shola Ameobi.

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What a goal! That is a Thumper from Shola Ameobi. And Newcastle are at

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level again. The 71st goal of his Newcastle United career. There

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cannot have been many stroke better than this. Good control. Realised

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there was not anything else on and just hit it. Super strike. And one

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of the greatest joy D's -- Geordies block by Tim Krul and another

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excellent reaction from Newcastle's Dutchman. A free-kick to Newcastle.

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Is that one foul too many committed by Luca Modric? It is. Stephen

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Taylor is waiting for it. Over it comes. Fabrizio Coloccini! Off

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balance and off-target. He'd just about got it took Ameobi. Didn't

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quite know where the posts where. Claims for hand ball. I think that

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would have been very harsh on Spurs. Gutierrez! And that will just about

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do it. A thrilling end to a thoroughly entertaining match.

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Newcastle United's two, topknot Newcastle United's two, topknot

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Spurs, two. -- Tottenham Hotspur's. Newcastle

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maintained their unbeaten record. Spurs again showed their quality

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but were denied a straight win. Once they scored, it looked like if

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there was going to be a more winner, it might be them. We did not finish

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them off when we could have done. We came in one - nil down but in

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the second half we created enough pressure to warrant a draw and

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perhaps even to have won it at the end. I was not happy with the first

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half. We did not keep the ball and I do not like that. I like us to

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play. In the second half we did much better. We started to run with

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the ball, created some fantastic positions. And Germaine came off

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the bench and took a great goal. There were complaints about the

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Spurs penalty. Do you still have them? The only disappointment was

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how long it took the referee. It created pressure. If you're not

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sure then you should not give it. You have to beat 100% sure and I do

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not think she was. But it was a penalty. And then Stephen tackled

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with the wrong leg which is not like him. 71 Newcastle goals. Was

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that one of the best? I think it will have to be. My memory is not

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that great! But coming off my left foot, that is certainly the best

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goal I have ever scored with my left foot. What Newcastle fans want

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is a team that is going to have the go. My teams have always been like

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that. I have set them up on the front foot. And in the end we were

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taking a few chances to try to win it. And so were Tottenham so it

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made from a great game. Surely a draw away for Spurs was a good

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Harry will be going home, and he will be going over all of those

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chances, which will not make it any easier. It is one of those games, I

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think at 2-1, he would have expected to win. But it is a

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difficult place, when the crowd get going, they never give up. After

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the first half, we were thinking how we were going to get any

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highlights out of it, but the second half was really good. Apart

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from the penalty in the first half, there was nothing really worth

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watching. Both teams were giving the ball away. Then we go into the

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second half, expecting more of the same, but it was end-to-end stuff.

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The story of the second half was substitutions, goals, chances. This

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is the equaliser from Demba Ba. Gets into the gap between full-back

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and centre back. Then we go right up to the other end, Adebayor gets

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a great chance. Then back to the other end, the shot comes in from

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Obertan. Then the substitutions. Harry was asked, was a genius? He

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said, if it was genius, I would have put him on from the start!

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He's as good as anybody in the He's as good as anybody in the

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division, when he finishes like that, Jermaine Defoe. What a free

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kick this is from Taylor. Another good save. And Shola Ameobi's goal,

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what a strike that is. And it is not over yet, back up the other end.

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Defoe, is he a bit greedy? No, any striker would have shot there. And

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then this was the last minute, chance for Coloccini. It could have

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been a penalty at the end, but I don't think it was. No, I know I

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have criticised referees, but Lee Probert had a very good game today.

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That was a big decision, and he got it right. There was plenty of

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tackles in that game, but he kept his card in his pocket. It is good

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that we haven't had to talk about decisions so far this weekend. Two

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games to go. You're the northerner down self, Alan Pardew is the

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southerner up north. How has he done? I think he has calmed the

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place down. The owners have taken a gamble on him, they wanted a big

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name. I think he has always been sold a bit short, at West Ham and

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definitely at Southampton. He has got a lot to prove, and he was not

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going to get a job like Newcastle, so he snapped their hands off. He's

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a very good manager, well-organised. Against us, we were unlucky not to

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beat them, but they hung in there. They do not know when they beat.

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has lost some really high-calibre players, but he has replaced them

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almost seamlessly. They all want to play for him, which is a good sign.

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It is not like it is harum-scarum stuff which we sometimes associate

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with Newcastle. So far, it has been solid. Today was the first day they

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have conceded more than one goal! Yes, you could look at the fixtures

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and say they have not been the most difficult so far. It is important

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to look at the next fixtures coming up. Certainly the next three are

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winnable for them. But then you look at the three after that. So,

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some tough games coming up, but a fantastic start. Alan Pardew will

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be more than happy. And they have got two strikers who are doing

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their job. Three! That is the difference with the Premier League,

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your strikers have got to score goals. Clubs coming up can struggle

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when they do not have enough of that. But Newcastle at the minute,

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they're all firing. That's why they're doing so well. He has

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hardly made a change at the back. The midfield have been steady, and

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The midfield have been steady, and the forwards are scoring goals.

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Decent goalkeeper as well. Much more still to come tonight. Not a

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week goes by without a good Derby in the Premier League. A win for

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either of these teams today would give them a massive shot in the arm.

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And if you know your history, West Brom and Wolves, one of the oldest

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derbies. They first met in 1883. John Motson was commentating, and

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Albion gain 4-2. This year, the Baggies have struggled, and have

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won just once. Wolves had two victories early on, but have lost

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victories early on, but have lost their last four. This is Jonathan

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Pearce. A black mood hangs over the Black Country derby, given the

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gloomy form of these two. West Brom have not won here in five months.

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If Wolves are defeated, it will be their worst top flight losing run

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since 1984. To stop the rot, West fired across the face of goal by

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Adam Hammill. Forces Foster into their. His shot was blocked by

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Berra. The flag has stayed down, 1- 0! In the eighth minute, West

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Bromwich Albion have drawn first blood in the big derby. And it is

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Chris Brunt celebrating his 150th league appearance for the club.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers looked for the flag which did not come. Jones

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made the run from the wide position. have defended that better. This is

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a bright start for Roy Hodgson's good effort. The summer signing

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from Reading, up against his former teammate Kevin Doyle today. So far,

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could not finish because Olsson was there. The defender made sure it

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must have moved in the air. But no- one was following up. Oh, it was

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deflected. It was a good stop. The young full-back Jones. But Shane

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Long is off down the other end. Wolverhampton Wanderers are badly

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stretched. Scharner arriving. Simon Scharner! It was floating

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afternoon. Really good front- Foster to deal with. It was Berra

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who has shot was deflected off the redundant formation, but an old

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fashioned 4-4-2 for West Brom today has caused Wolverhampton Wanderers

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all sorts of problems. This is where West Brom have looked so

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threatening. Shane Long claims he was fouled, the flag stayed down,

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and Johnson would have been the last defender. That was a big

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moment in the game. This is Ebanks- Blake in between the lines. Plays

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it in towards Adam Hammill, and that was a terrific save! Hammill

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took the shot early, and Foster and they are in a bit of trouble.

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Corner. He went down holding the outside of his right knee. He may

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have knocked it against Tchoyi as he went to make the challenge. That

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was just over from Long. It was a brave block from Ward. Olsson was

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claiming he was being blocked off by Berra, and he had a really good

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case. That's really brave defending. Why isn't that a penalty? I know

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the critics will say, if referees give penalties for that, they will

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be giving nine each game. Well, if opportunity. He cruised forward,

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West Brom were unaware of the danger. And he should have scored.

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That was set up for a big equaliser, heel to Odemwingie. 2-0! The

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victory surely his West Bromwich Albion's. Their first at The

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Hawthorns this season. Simon Jama was given too much room, he was

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allowed to come into the box, and once it was slipped through to

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Odemwingie, he was allowed to get the shot off, the man who had such

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a sparkling season last year Wolves get one here, who knows? The

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free kick was taken by O'Hara. That rights. It was their first home win

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of the season. Wolves had their of the season. Wolves had their

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chances but could not convert. I think I have just seen one of the

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best front running displays by any player in the Premier League this

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season, from Shane Long. Of course, I agree. His ability to hold the

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ball up, his pace, he caused lots of problems. I thought that he and

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Tchoyi in the first half were a constant thorn in the side of the

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Wolves defence. We must give Bulls credit, they started well, getting

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in behind our full-backs, but of course, that contributed to the

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quality of the game, because when we got the ball, we were dangerous.

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You have had to wait 11 months for a goal from open play. And you had

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to wait as the ball came into you. Yes, I saw it for a good few

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seconds before I got contact on it. But it was a good ball back in. I

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just concentrated on hitting the target. The chances that we had, we

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have to do better with. We got opened up by somebody getting

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behind us, and it is a great finish. The second one equally is a great

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finish, something from nothing. The And captain's example from Chris

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Brunt. The that is five defeats and from a managerial perspective, and

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the only place to be. In this league unless you're in the top

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four or five you are going to get some defeats on the bounce. But the

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team have improved every year. They have got some good players now.

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They just need to defend a little better. They need to just get up

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and go again because they have got some good players. It is hard

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against this side. They were led from the front. I thought that

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Wolves were unlucky. But they played some good stuff and

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contributed to an entertaining game. West Brom were tight at the back

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but Shane Long at the other end, for me he was outstanding. It is

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not a coincidence that nearly all the clips we are going to show now

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the clips we are going to show now involve him. Not great defending.

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Should not be allowed to get there. He goes and creates a chance for

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himself. Again here it falls to him. And all of a sudden he is on the

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edge of his own box. Brilliant running. Again, a long clearance

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down the line. He just knocked it past that defender. He picks up a

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great ball and just gets it wide. This is in the second half. He

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drives on. Bad defending a gain from walls. He brings it down, sets

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up a chance for Odemwingie. I thought his performance was superb

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upfront. Mick McCarthy there shaking a few hands. He has had a

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good game. He was at Reading last season, you would have played

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against him. I tried to sign him about three times! I offered a

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couple of million for him at one stage. But he is a very good player.

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You know what you're going to get. Anybody would have him and he is

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the type that you need. He is worth more than 2 million now! He knows

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what he is doing! But he is just a good lad. I thought make might have

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good lad. I thought make might have a go for him at one time. -- make.

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The chances they had would probably some of the best in the game,

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some of the best in the game, Wolves. Hamel gets a chance this

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time. It is just wide. And then Johnson, the centre-back, the

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equaliser. So they created a lot of chances. But five losses on the

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bounce tells its own story. You are the firebrand, is Mick McCarthy one

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manager you would not square up to? He was good to meet at Barnsley.

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But he is sensible, you know. I was with him on at their stay at a

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dinner. They lost Fletcher on Thursday and you do miss your main

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players. When you talk about goalscoring. Chances are he would

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goalscoring. Chances are he would goalscoring. Chances are he would

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goalscoring. Chances are he would have put one away.

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On we go, then. Arsenal have yet to win on Match Of The Day 2 this

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season. While Sunderland enjoyed their only victory of the campaign

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so far on a Sunday. Means absolutely nothing. But this does

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mean something. It is mid- October, and Arsenal on year at the bottom.

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The last time they failed to reach the top four was 1996. There was

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also a black cloud hanging over the Black cats. The Sunderland boss

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will want to see a positive will want to see a positive

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attitude to date. Van Persie uses the match programme to deny that he

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is considering leaving. Sebastian at last and it returns to Arsenal,

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and hero in his native Sweden having helped them qualifying for

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Euro 2012 as the best group runners up. Nicholas Bendtner it is not

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eligible for Sunderland as he is on loan for Arsenal. Howard Webb is

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the referee. And Sunderland get the match under way. And here is Van

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Persie. It is a chance - it is one - nil. Robert Van Persie for

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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Arsenal! What a start. And what a missed it! Robin Van Persie!

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Fabulous! So unlucky. What a lad off for Sunderland. And what a

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glorious piece of skill from the Van Persie. He deserved better than

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to see this come off the inside of the posts. A little bit of Dutch

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mastery. The real Arsenal have turned up to play today. Arsenal

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have not played like this in a long time. Van Persie again! Well, the

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build up was classic Arsenal. Rumours of their demise would

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appear to have been exaggerated. Arsenal have got away with that.

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Back into the hands of the goalkeeper. But the alarm bells

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were definitely ringing. No question that Stefan says in Jong

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was definitely onside. -- Sessegnon. Arteta's raises his left arm and

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catches Lee Cattermole. Bang on 30 minutes, it will it be bang on the

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bus and -- on the button from last and? It is! Sebastian Larsson,

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absolute quality. He comes by to bite the hand that used to feed him.

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He turns it Square, a fantastic save by one Czech Szczesny. This is

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a contender for the save of the season. Lee Cattermole cannot

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believe it. That is over the top. And that is a great chance for

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Theo Walcott running back to Ciaran Richardson. Nothing given. Is that

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handball? It bounced off Richardson's arm. But for me,

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Howard Webb from recalled that right. -- probably called that

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right. Attract full challenge. -- a

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too high. Van Persie - here is the chance. And mean you lay makes the

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player who frustrates as much as he delights. It only needed a finish

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and it would have been right up there with the best moments he has

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produced in a red and white shirt. Wes Brown has already had a yellow

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card. No punishment from Howard Webb beyond the award of the free-

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brilliant! Arsenal captain, twice Arsenal goalscorer today. And now

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figurehead, leader and star of the show. Two great free kick goals

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today. That one every bit as good as Seb Larsson's. And a yellow card

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for Robin van Persie for removing Mertesacker. Great turn from

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Wycombe. Offside, Ji Dong-Won. It was played into Connor Wickham, and

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Yossi Benayoun... Arshavin! Good save by Mignolet. That would have

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finished it. Arsenal seem like a one-man band at the moment. Van

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Persie again was the hero. Sunderland could easily have got

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something from the game, if it had something from the game, if it had

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not been for goalkeeper Szczesny. We had a great start, Sunderland

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scored with their first chance. Up to half-time, we were a bit wobbly.

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But the spirit in the team is exceptional. In the second half we

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came out and played in their half. It was a special free kick from van

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Persie, which got us the three points. We had an awful start, just

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like last week. But we showed a bit of character to get back into it.

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When you have the big chances, like we had just before half-time, to

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win at places like this, you need to take them. That has been the

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story so far, it has not been quite happening for us. But I'm sure we

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will turn it around. I thought it was a good save, but I suppose it

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was a poor finish, because you're supposed to score from three yards

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out. But it was Robin van Persie who changed the game and showed why

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he's probably the top striker in the Premier League. He is a special

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player, he showed that again today. There is no doubt about that. He is

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blessed at the moment. Touch wood with injuries. Nice to see a Arsene

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Wenger in a good mood for change. He has been getting it in the neck

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as a manager. Absolutely. I always think, be careful what you wish for.

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I was at the Emirates on Thursday. I think he deserves to get support

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for what he has done. You look at the players he has got, when you

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have got somebody like van Persie, you're not going to struggle for

:48:30.:48:34.

long. Quality players. He is top- drawer, no doubt about that, I

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don't know if he can play centre half, though! We were watching the

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game before the goals, and you were seeing some of the same problems?

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They were scintillating for the first 25, a nervous team needs to

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start quickly, and they certainly did that, with the goal after 29

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seconds or whatever. He knows where the space is. He's going to spin

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into this hole. Richards and's too far away from the centre-back,

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leaving the gap. He gets over and nearly makes the tackle. But it was

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a lovely bit of movement. Arsenal are in the ascendancy. Great

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football, a chance after chance, football, a chance after chance,

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this was probably the best one. But then they give a free kick away,

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and Larsson comes up with this. What a free kick that is. A little

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bit of nervousness sets in, it is 1-1 now. These are the old problems,

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giving the ball away, Sunderland can smell blood. This is probably

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save of the season so far. Stephane Sessegnon did brilliantly. That has

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won them at the game. You could say he should have done better with the

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header, but we will give the credit to the goalkeeper. Second half,

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Arsenal back on top again, magical run from Arshavin. And then the

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winner in the end from van Persie is world class. It is just

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perfection, no goalkeeper in the world would have saved that.

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Absolutely brilliant. And good news on that front as well, Arsenal fans

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will be hearing him say that it is laughable, all the talk about him

:50:40.:50:44.

moving house. He says it was up for sale already, he has bought a new

:50:44.:50:49.

house in London. Because he was class today. Arsene Wenger says, it

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is about honouring your contract and playing to the end of it. So he

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is still under contract, still playing brilliantly, he's blast, as

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Arsene Wenger says. I was lucky enough to play with Dennis Bergkamp,

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and van Persie is the closest I have seen to emulating the magic of

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Dennis Bergkamp. This is just fantastic. I think that's the best

:51:17.:51:24.

move and I have seen this season. He just knows where the centre-back

:51:24.:51:29.

doesn't want to go, he doesn't want to come out. So he just stands

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:51:39.:51:39.

there and draws him out. And this is the free kick. If you were a

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young boy, you would pay to see him. That's why this league is so good.

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From the Sunderland Point view, problems with strikers, he had Bent,

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then he had Asamoah Gyan. It is difficult, because strikers win you

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games. To replace Bent, no matter what money they got for it, how

:52:10.:52:15.

many more players they bought, you cannot replace the quality that

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Bent has got, no matter who you bring in. Not for a club like

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Sunderland. The top clubs can bring the very best in, you look at

:52:24.:52:30.

Aguero, and Suarez. But it is difficult for Sunderland to get

:52:30.:52:34.

somebody as good as Ben. And they have not replaced him. But in all

:52:34.:52:40.

fairness, Steve Bruce has planned it all week, you go to Arsenal, and

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you're losing after 29 seconds. It kills you as a manager. They have

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kills you as a manager. They have got some good players. Before we

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move on, let's pause for some With Neil Warnock being our special

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guest, we thought we would focus on QPR a bit more tonight. Yesterday

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they were at home to Blackburn, it was the latest chapter in their

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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Their first goal back in the big That nearly ended up in the back of

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the net. Heidar Helguson celebrates his 100th League goal in English

:54:53.:55:03.
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Joey Barton! It was so nearly in for a second goal. The stresses of

:55:06.:55:16.
:55:16.:55:18.

being a Premier League manager. Blackburn were behind for less than

:55:18.:55:28.
:55:28.:55:36.

Wright-Phillips! That's an illustration of the quality you can

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:55:46.:56:00.

Good save, Paddy Kennedy. QPR's Good save, Paddy Kennedy. QPR's

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goalkeeper really tested by Martin Olsson. What a season it has been

:56:05.:56:09.

common meal. Take me back to that first game of the season, you're

:56:09.:56:14.

the favourite with the bookies to get sacked. I had a tenner on that.

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I rang him to tell him! Half a week's wages for dissent. Was it an

:56:22.:56:29.

anxious place to be for you? think if the owners had come back

:56:29.:56:33.

in, I would have been the first one to get the sack. It was like a

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breath of fresh air for me. We lost that first game, 4-0, and Tony

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Fernandes started talking about players, who do you want? It has

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just been, you know, we have got a fighting chance now. They are all

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positive people, and that is how we should be. We have got a chance now.

:56:55.:57:00.

What would Premiership survival mean to QPR, given that the owners

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have deep pockets? Should QPR fans be dreaming of bigger things?

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said we had deep pockets last year and we did not spend anything. But

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the way Tony wants to do it, he wants us to stabilise the club in

:57:15.:57:19.

the Premier League and go forward. We're talking about academies, new

:57:19.:57:24.

stadiums and everything else. You look at all of the good clubs like

:57:24.:57:29.

Stoke City and Bolton, teams like that, you have got to stabilise

:57:29.:57:34.

yourself in the Premiership. You do not kid yourself and say, we want

:57:34.:57:37.

to be mid-table, you have got to stay in the division for the first

:57:37.:57:41.

year. It is all about getting better players, you're only as good

:57:41.:57:47.

as your players. What kind of owner is he? Is he in the dressing room?

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No. I speak to him two or three times a week, he's all over the

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world, but he's always trying to help me. He will be watching

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tonight. But that's good. We can talk and discuss where we want to

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be, that is all you can ask for as a manager. If you will get a new

:58:07.:58:10.

stadium, you might want to get rid of those moles. I was reading about

:58:10.:58:17.

your tactics and what you do in training. There was a few shocks

:58:17.:58:24.

this week with injuries, and problems with Adel Taarabt and

:58:24.:58:30.

Heidar Helguson. It was allegedly on a QPR fans' website. I will make

:58:31.:58:36.

sure they can all e-mail this guy, whoever he's, and tell him he is no

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longer a fan. Next three games will The next three games will test your

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mettle. We have Chelsea at home. I cannot see as getting more than

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seven points out of those next three games if I'm honest.

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Right, if you spend a Saturday night partaking in a tipple or

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busting a move on the dancefloor, you should take note that Sunday's

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Match Of The Day 2 is your friendly catch-up service. All the goals

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from Saturday guaranteed, and we start with the other two promoted

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clubs. After forgetting his shooting boots

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for the United game, Pilkington it showed the Canaries that he is a

:59:26.:59:34.

home bird, finishing up with a brace. Antony Pilkington! In the

:59:34.:59:38.

brace. Antony Pilkington! In the opening minutes. By Annette is

:59:38.:59:48.
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there. 2 - nil! And unbelievable have had in Norfolk to this match.

:00:04.:00:13.

This goal owes everything to the persistence of Scott Sinclair.

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Norwich were to restore their two goal lead in the second half.

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into the middle and turned in by Pilkington! The third goal of the

:00:28.:00:34.

season for Antony Pilkington. Norwich's third of the afternoon.

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Everton's record against Chelsea took a bashing at the Bridge, their

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first defeat to the Londoners since 2008. It has taken half an hour but

:00:51.:00:59.

Chelsea are in front! Lampard's free-kick. It is in and John Terry

:00:59.:01:08.

has made its two on the stroke of half-time. Evidence starting the

:01:08.:01:15.

second half on the front foot. And it has clipped the post. Didier

:01:15.:01:25.
:01:25.:01:40.

Drogba. Ramirez - 3-0! And he scorers - he has only been on the

:01:40.:01:44.

pitch for about 10 seconds and he has put the ball in the back of the

:01:44.:01:50.

Chelsea net. Happy days are back at Bolton after a tough start to the

:01:50.:02:00.
:02:00.:02:06.

season. A win over Wigan brought in it much needed points.

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A brilliant goal! Davies takes it from them comfortably. And Bolton

:02:20.:02:30.
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have the half-time advantage. Into the path of Reo-Coker. And it would

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not go in. Wigan's woes continued when a spot kick was conceded.

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:03:01.:03:03.

Habsi - his former team-mate, denies him. Is another mistake

:03:03.:03:10.

going to cost Wigan dearly? And it has.

:03:10.:03:15.

A routine victory for Tony's team at the Britannia, but it took a

:03:15.:03:25.
:03:25.:03:32.

while to get going. And the best chance of this first half.

:03:32.:03:37.

Danny Murphy was in the right place to stop Mark Wilson scoring the

:03:37.:03:47.
:03:47.:03:58.

open air. And at Fulham also went close. -- the opener. Turned in by

:03:58.:04:06.

Jonathan Walters, in the right place at the right time. Rory

:04:06.:04:15.

Delap! That was all too comfortable. Two undefeated teams met in

:04:15.:04:22.

Manchester but only one of them left. Villa have provided a scary

:04:22.:04:32.
:04:32.:04:35.

moment for the home faithful. Mario's slip led to a bit of banter.

:04:35.:04:44.

That made him a little bit upset. And then came the inevitable.

:04:44.:04:52.

Johnson delivers. And hooked in to the net by Balotelli. Brilliant

:04:52.:04:56.

improvisation. Balotelli instinctively know where the goal

:04:56.:05:06.
:05:06.:05:09.

was to put the ball in it. Kolo Toure finds Adam Johnson. And

:05:09.:05:13.

Johnson knocks the ball in. Manchester City have doubled their

:05:13.:05:21.

lead within 90 seconds of the restart. And City now have affair

:05:21.:05:31.
:05:31.:05:32.

it. And they surely have three points. Lashed in by 8 Stephen

:05:32.:05:42.
:05:42.:05:57.

was a magnificent pass. Milap! Brilliant! Absolutely fantastic.

:05:57.:06:04.

The atmosphere was as fiery as ever at Anfield. Two great Scots went

:06:04.:06:08.

into battle once again as did an England legend. But this one was on

:06:08.:06:18.
:06:18.:06:19.

the bench. Luis Suarez! The first big chance of that game. Liverpool

:06:19.:06:23.

thought that this was a penalty when the ball struck Johnny Evans

:06:23.:06:33.

arm. The referee thought differently. It is going to be a

:06:33.:06:43.
:06:43.:06:48.

caution for Rio Ferdinand. Suarez is upfront. The tumble was

:06:48.:06:55.

exaggerated, but there was contact. Rio Ferdinand likely to stay on.

:06:55.:07:05.
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Gerard it is - Steven Gerrard scorers. The deadlock is broken! 10

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minutes to go. Ind -- and it is in it! Despite the late equaliser,

:07:20.:07:30.
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Liverpool still had time to lay siege to the United goal. And

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Henderson came up short right at the death. There were several spats

:07:37.:07:43.

between Patrice Evra and Suarez throughout the game. After the game

:07:43.:07:48.

Patrice Evra accused Suarez of Patrice Evra accused Suarez of

:07:48.:07:51.

racism, which he denied. In a moment a look at the table,

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but first let's recap on today's headlines.

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Unbeaten Newcastle were over the toon, hitting back twice to draw

:07:58.:08:01.

with Spurs. The Baggies bagged the spoils in

:08:01.:08:11.
:08:11.:08:11.

the Black Country Derby, beating Wolves 2-0.

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And Van Persie was Robin Reliant as his double for the Gunners saw off

:08:14.:08:17.

the Black Cats. So the table sees City edge ahead

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of United. They meet next week. Chelsea are third and Newcastle

:08:28.:08:31.

stay a dizzy fourth. Spurs are sixth, with Arsenal back in the top

:08:31.:08:33.

10. At the other end, Blackburn are bottom and they share the

:08:33.:08:35.

relegation places with near- neighbours, Wigan and Bolton.

:08:35.:08:37.

Sunderland slip to 17th with Wolves just above them in 16th. That's

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your lot. Don't forget, a massive five game Match of the Day 2 at 10

:08:41.:08:42.

o'clock next Sunday, including that Manchester showdown. Tonight, as

:08:42.:08:45.

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