20/11/2011 Match of the Day 2

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On Match Of The Day Two! Chelsea from London! Facing Liverpool! A

team from Liverpool! It is Andre Villas-Boas and his boys. Lampard,

Petr Cech, John Terry. Against Pepe Reina, Luis Suarez, and blue versus

read. Also tonight! The Hitman. The fit man. And this man. Are you

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sitting comfortably? It's time! Match Of The Day Two is here. As is

Bolton's Kevin Davies and Lee Dixon, with Ricky Hatton on the way later.

Let's get straight to the action, as we always do. These two have had

recent slip up. Chelsea have lost two out of the last three and the

Reds have gone three out of the last four. Last season, Liverpool

did the double with the damage done by two players now owned by Chelsea.

A goal by Meireles was a difference in London, but since Fernando

Torres's arrival, it has gone very blue. 25 years ago, Kenny Dalglish

scored the goal that secured his title as Liverpool boss, but this

fixture than this in recent times. The 29th meeting in seven years.

The 30th in the Carling Cup final comes in nine days' time. However

often they clash, the edge is never dull 1 Chelsea take on Liverpool. -

- when Chelsea take on Liverpool. Meireles and Fernando Torres, the

pair that Chelsea took from Liverpool, on the bench. The man

that replaced Fernando Torres has also left out. Andrew Carroll is a

substitute for Liverpool. Maxi Rodriguez starts a league game for

the first time this season. If Chelsea win, they go level on

points with Newcastle. If Liverpool win, they go level on points with

Chelsea. There is as much to play players and manager wearing black

armbands as a mark of respect for the six year-old son of their

goalkeeper Brad Jones, who lost his run from Frank Lampard and he was

appreciated by the Stamford Bridge crowd. Great atmosphere here today.

The biggest danger was from Juan Mata. Nicely worked and not

terribly well defended. The cat Daniel Agger tried to counter

strength with strength, but the referee said that he was fouling

Didier Drogba. Perhaps Lucas did not help by putting his foot in.

Good position. More than 10 yards in their opinion. Didier Drogba

went for it. Brilliant! I thought it was in and so did 30,000 other

people. How close was that? The Liverpool keeper was not the only

Liverpool are now, but it was Pepe Liverpool are in front at Stamford

Bridge. Chelsea turn and look at John Obi Mikel. Chelsea 0,

Liverpool 1. Chelsea only have themselves to blame. Charlie Adam

did well and then it was intricate, nice stuff, one-touch, on a plate.

1-0. No foul, said the officials. Luis Suarez, Craig Bellamy, Maxi

Rodriguez, golf. The Argentine has hardly put his boots on this season

and he made it look like child's play. The Scottish smile beams at

Skrtel made contact, and maybe with his hand. I wonder if this is one

of Chelsea's clearest opportunities knocked off Martin Skrtel, possibly

Daniel Sturridge off the back post for Chelsea! The substitution pays

off at Chelsea are level. -- and Chelsea are level. A simple finish

4th Daniel Sturridge, just as it spell of sustained Chelsea pressure.

Liverpool asking the question, was Daniel Sturridge offside? Daniel

Sturridge had a little glance towards the referee's assistant

himself before the celebrations began. It is one all at Stamford

Chelsea press home their advantage in terms of the momentum of the

game. Didier Drogba will deliver it. Hoping to find one of those five.

It is a great ball! Pepe Reina got a brilliant save. Fantastic

delivery from Didier Drogba. Pepe Reina got so Pat from John Terry,

that is how good that save was. -- got patted by John Terry. Great

delivery from Didier Drogba. An even better save. What a gulf in

He might have seen it late. It came into quickly. -- too quickly. A

glorious opportunity for Florent Malouda. I am absolutely certain

that it was not an attempt at a cross. I don't know if you have

played Pol Pot pirate with your children, but you could do that

with Andre Villas-Boas. The -- pop up pirate. Dirk Kuyt puts it wide.

A great opportunity. Lovely play by Jordan Henderson. He beat Ashley

Cole and John Terry. Liverpool could very easily have put

scores! Liverpool RN front! -- Glen Johnson for Liverpool! Liverpool

are in front! Liverpool are in front of Chelsea. Against the run

of play in the second half, when Chelsea have dominated for long

periods. This is a terrific goal. Good run, a great ball by Charlie

Adam, lovely nutmeg 1 Ashley Cole, and a composed finish by Glen

Bridge and remain unbeaten for two months. Glen Johnson gave them the

for the third time in four games. Wonderful result and a very good

performance. You cannot get a wonderful result without a very

good performance. I think it was a fantastic performance from the

players. They played really well in the first half. We got the goal and

in the second half they put us under more pressure than in the

first half. It is hard scoring against your old club. You took

your goal brilliantly. I have always been confident with my left

foot. I only have one thing on my mind when I got there. A fantastic

goal. I don't think too many people could begrudge us three points.

has been a tough baptism for Andre Villas-Boas. Worryingly for the

Blues, they have suffered back-to- back home league defeats for the

first time since Roman Abramovich took over the club in 2003. At the

moment it is looking bad for us. It is not the brightest of starts, it

is the worst for quite some time. But you have to have the belief and

we have to focus on what we are doing. Things in the Premiership

will get more difficult for us. We have to be fair, and say it. Not

impossible but a little bit difficult. We have to trust the

December fixtures. Above all we have to find the belief again to

fight for this. He will have grey hair by Christmas. It was not

technically brilliant but it was absorbing from start to finish.

think Liverpool had a huge half. They pressed Chelsea really high up

the pitch, made them try and pass through them, it gave them

difficult options and played really well. In the second half, Chelsea

got back into it and put them under pressure. Overall, I think

Liverpool deserve to win. Three losses in four games now for

Chelsea. Where do they go from here? At home of their form has

been poor. There is big trouble. There were holes at the back and

they did not look shout at the front. Liverpool deserved the point.

They may not be Manchester City on paper in terms of talent, but they

have the passion and commitment and work rate, 100%. I think Kenny

Dalglish has the game plan. It was not in ones and twos, they played

as a pack and it was very difficult for Chelsea. Even when they were up

against it in the second half, they got the goal because they stuck in.

We saw it from the first whistle. Especially here, at Juan Mata has

no time on the ball. A nice bit of interplay. This throw-in to Didier

Drogba, he is surrounded by three players, at backed up by another

two. He has nowhere to go. Chelsea could not get past them. Better

passes to get on goal. Dirk Kuyt is not on his own. Ashley Cole thinks

that he is away but Craig Bellamy is backing him up again. Glen

Johnson here, comfortable on the ball, not enough pressure. And nice

little pass through. A better pass from Luis Suarez. This was all in

the first half. And they get their reward. Charlie Adams. Great piece

of play between Craig Bellamy and Luis Suarez. I don't know the

official statistics, but don't quote runs 17 million miles per

game, I think. -- Dirk Kuyt. What did you think of jealousy? They did

not look sharp up front. -- Chelsea. More alarming for me is at the back.

From a defensive point of few, if you are going to play the game the

right way at the back, firstly you have to be in the right position,

that is paramount. Then it is all about decision-making, whether you

go cloves or not. And then communication between players. Here,

bad pass, John Terry would normally clean everybody out. That decision

from him and all of a sudden Luis Suarez is away. Liverpool are on

the attack yet again. Talking about decision-making. John Obi Mikel,

loads of space, his decision is to pass it. Charlie Adam can see that

happening. If he closes in down, what does he do with the ball if he

gets it? Bad decision by the goalkeeper. Charlie Adam does close

down the ball. All of a sudden, at Liverpool on the attack. And they

finish with the goal. And here, Ashley Cole and John Terry good.

Luis Suarez should be marked. Look at what he does. I have no idea

what he is doing and what is going through his head. He just turns

round and into the goal. In the end to get back. John Terry, decision-

making. For me, he should be on the cover, going behind David Luiz. He

does win it, but then he is out of position. And this is the goal.

Decision-making, communication. Two centre-halves standing next to each

other because they did not communicate. All of a sudden that

gap between John Terry and Ashley Cole is too far. He needs to come

over. David Lewis needs to get back into position and he does not.

Ashley Cole should do better. John Terry should be closer to the ball.

In the end he goes back on the line because he is out of position.

Overall, John Terry is a good defender and no mistake, but he has

players around that put him in an indecisive position and he is

making mistakes. Would he be better in midfield? Going forward he is

spectacular. We have said that before. The further from the gold

the better, defensively. He does not make the right decisions and

puts people in a quandary about what to do. Charlie Adam was Key

For Blackpool. He sees to a -- seems to be growing into his boots

tackles, good player. Yes, there have been questions asked of him,

whether he could play at such a big club, but he has got everything.

Breaking Chelsea's attacks up. I don't think there is a better left

foot in the Premier League. This pass. We played them only a run in

the season, and you cannot afford to give a player like that, of that

quality, so much time on the ball. And I think Glen Johnson has

benefited from playing at left-back a bit last season.

interestingly, Carole macro and Torres were on the bench, and it

was Daniel Sturridge who came on. He has scored more for Chelsea than

Torres and Anelka put together. You played with him at Bolton,

Sturridge, you must miss him at Bolton? Yes, we do. He came in and

for me, he has got everything. I think he probably felt aggrieved he

was not starting today. Like you say, he's scoring goals. I think he

could be a key player for them. You could tell he was not too happy

about not playing. He's only a young boy, but I think he could be

a key player. You need to get him on the ball. You need to get him in

one against one situations, because he has got pace, and he's a really

good finisher. What about Andre Villas-Boas, where is he sitting

tonight? I think he's under pressure, because the team is not

performing in loss of departments. He had a decent start, creeping up

on the two Manchester clubs, but all of a sudden, their form has

dropped off, training pitch, that is where the workers to be done.

much more to come, Ricky Hatton on the way, after a quick look at the

website from tomorrow morning. Match Of The Day 2, next Sunday,

has Swansea against Aston Villa and Liverpool versus Manchester City.

Unmissable, I would say. Tennis fans, you can watch the ATP World

Tour finals all next week on the BBC, every afternoon we have got

the best matches. Tomorrow it is Andy Murray, join Sue Barker for

that one. When we asked Ricky Hatton, take us to the Manchester

City-Newcastle game yesterday, he not only said yes, but he opened

his house to us. Kevin Day went to take a look. Two genuine Premier

League contenders are going toe-to- toe this afternoon. Watching it

will be a man who is no stranger to the old toe-to-toe himself. He

loves it football so much, he has already seen again today. His son

was playing in a local match. But now it is time for the main bout,

his beloved Man City against his beloved Man City against

He is a useful player, your blood. He's not bad, I don't know where he

gets it from. I was hopeless when I played football. Thank God he has

gone nowhere near boxing yet. I'm diehard Manchester City, for an

through. But when I was actually fighting, I was always supported by

Man City fans and Man United fans. Although it is a little bit of

banter, I'm still very proud of the support Man United fans give me.

When it comes to Derby Day, it is a different matter. Were they

supportive after the 6-1? I went for a drink in Manchester, I made a

big mistake, it was a big Man United pub. The landlord says, what

are you doing coming in here, are you taking the Mick? I said, I will

not mention the game. I said, six pints of lager, and take one for

yourself. You have got a TV in your swimming pool room. And I have got

the Manchester City crest. And you have got a Man City pool table. Are

you allowed to play on it? I have never been great at pool, but now

City are doing well, I have even started putting some balls. Did you

feel you were representing Manchester? Yes, my family, my

friends. I'm not saying I will be remembered as the greatest, far

from it, but some down there has ever been a British fighter who has

had a following like me. I would like to think the fans supported me

because I was one of them. At least I can say, I was beaten by the

absolute best. I have always been a big fan of Only Fools and horses.

That's my passion wagon. Can you drive us to the ground? It hasn't

got MOT or anything. You take your life into your hands when you go

round the corner in this thing. have travelled here with a couple

of Geordie mates of yours. It got quieter and quieter as we got

towards the ground. They were quite loud on the way down, I don't think

they will be so loud on the way Ricky, we will see you at half-time.

Jonathan Pearce is our ringside commentator for this heavyweight

commentator for this heavyweight bout. Balotelli! Tim Krul saves.

Demba Ba! Splendid goalkeeping by don't think you can defend that

close to your own goal with your arm up and expect to get away with

it. Balotelli... He has been in such a lethal form, and he gets

his shot away! So, a great first half, and Ricky Hatton shared his

thoughts with some Man City fans. First 45 minutes, what did you

think? Brilliant, obviously, 2-0 up at half-time. I was just starting

to sweat a little bit, before Balotelli got the penalty. We have

got so many class players nowadays, all over the pitch, five minutes,

and we can be two or three goals up. We are, what made you going to

boxing, rather than football? that's a penalty. Micah Richards

has caused Newcastle all sorts of problems, all day long. Sergio

Aguero takes the penalty, and likely to sing? They will sing the

Man City song. We score when we want. We are Man City, we will

score when we want action I hope we are the champions now, otherwise I

will go right one. Thanks for that, Ricky, much appreciated. It proves,

all these footballers in their private bars and their blacked-out

windows, there's no such thing as famous. Man of the people. And what

he's watching right now is a team which, even if you play well

against them, it counts for little, because Newcastle did play well.

They did, but Man City at the moment have got so many options.

When Sue Key in a team where one or two players have a day off, then

other people come and step into those gaps. They can hit you from

anywhere. Kevin, you have played all of the top teams - how do you

rate Manchester City, are they the team to beat? I think so,

everybody's chasing them. We played them early on at the Reebok. We got

them back to 3-2. You will get chances against them, they're not

invincible, but they have got some great firepower up front, it is

amazing. The game they play us at Reebok, last year, they might not

have won that game. Again, when they went down to QPR. That is the

scary thing about them this year, they're winning those types of

games as well. But they're going to miss Toure for the African Cup of

Nations. Yes, he is a big miss, but the squad they have got, I think

they can cover all positions. you spend your Saturday night out

on the town, Match Of The Day 2 is your Sunday night saviour. We will

have all of the goals and key incidents from the previous day in

the Barclays Premier League. And we start tonight with an extraordinary

game between the bottom two. Blackburn were late arriving at the

DW Stadium, and they left it late to leave with a share of the points.

Is it going to go in from Yakubu? Yes, it is. Victor Moses went down

after this challenge from Pedersen, start at the DW Stadium. Time for

our regular round-up feature, which show a challenge deemed worthy of a

yellow card, this time David Dunn... You know the drill. Caldwell clucks

and and surprise, surprise, David decided he was Dunn, so he fouled

again. And it is a second yellow card. As usual, the Blackburn fans

and their banner. It was love at first sight, you know. This is one

for Sue Barker and Question of Sport. Junior Hoilett! Does Yakubu

actually take this corner kick? He does not touch the ball, that

surely cannot stand! Pedersen took the corner - to himself! Wigan

should still be in front, there is no way that Yakubu has taken that

corner. Jones drives it in, what a save from Robinson, what an

outstanding stop from the Blackburn rivers goalkeeper. -- Rovers. Last

few seconds, Blackburn have to score. Robinson... Penalty!

Blackburn Rovers have a penalty. Paul Robinson, bending down for the

header, the FT was high from James change. Their fans decided to march

to the ground. But they picked up three points. Fellaini conceded a

penalty after fouling David Edwards. Stephen Hunt! And Hunt puts Wolves

ahead. Jagielka! Cometh the hour, a corner. Cahill thinks he was

in. -- Cahill. This was the second penalty. Leighton Baines gave

Everton the lead, and Goodison Park erupts. A point did not do much for

either team at the Stadium of Light, Westwood again proved his worth by

saving from Chris Baird. Mark Schwarzer saved the points right at

Hawthorns, but it was Albion who came out on top. Gary Cahill went

close with this header. Is he offside, Jerome Thomas? I don't

think he is. And West Brom have taken the lead. Was he level or was

he just off? Well, it is one of those. Roy Hodgson was not too

happy with the penalty given for Klasnic puts it right in the corner,

and Bolton are level. Shane Long! We have to show all the goals, but

I have to say, you had a face of stone. Bolton cannot get going this

season... Yes, the three games that we have won, QPR, first game, 4-0,

Wigan, 3-1, and then 5-0, Stoke. The performance was not anywhere

near those levels which we got to against Stoke, yesterday, which was

disappointing. Like a lot of teams in the bottom half, we are

struggling for form. It is still very tight. I'm confident we can

get up the table. What are the expectations within the camp this

season? Obviously, we wanted to try and improve on last season. After

the semi-final last season, we fell away a bit. We want to try and

improve on last season, and we feel we could be a top 10 clubs. The

fixtures have been harsh for us, at the start of the season, but some

of our performances were not good enough. When you have got those

kind of fixtures, it can affect your confidence and morale. And you

have got all of them coming round again just after Christmas. You had

better get a few point before then. We have got some good games coming

up against teams in and around us. At least you did not lose to a goal

again. I know that corner. He did not even touch it. You do have to

touch it. I can't believe the Wigan players did not appeal more than

they did. Maybe they thought that he touched it. It was bizarre.

did not really complain. I think they thought it was touched as well.

They did not complain. They looked stunned. Sometimes these things

happen in games. Maybe if somebody had gone to the referee, he could

have asked the linesman. Video replay, got to bring their own. --

bring them in. Not much to celebrate yesterday, but a

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 54 seconds

milestone as Kevin celebrated his Just some moments, Kevin. Can we

start with the old chestnut? You have committed more fouls than any

other player of in the Premier League, but you are one of the most

foul. Are you doing the retaliation? Are they? I think it

is a bit of both! You like to mix it up. You are born within two

weeks of May. I know that I like taking a nap in the afternoon. How

are you doing? Is it season by season? I feel great. I have been

very fortunate in terms of my health. Recovery takes a bit longer.

But I trained as hard as I can with the boys every day. I try to get up

and lead by example. I feel great and I will keep playing as long as

I can. I am sure one of the proudest moments for your career

was running out for England against Montenegro. The oldest player to be

capped since 1950. Would you like to break your own modern-day

record? Do you harbour ambitions of the second cap? When I got the

first one, I think it was the highlight of my career. The hard

years of grafting. I loved every minute of it, from being down there

to coming on and playing. I was disappointed not to get the call to

go and play against France in the friendly. Maybe get a bit longer

out there and show them what I can do. I am grateful for that cap. It

is not a great feeling being sat on one. I would like to have made a

career of it, but I did not. I have enjoyed my player. Lots of players

have not got one. And at 34 I did not think it would ever come.

lot of players have got too many! This is not Newsnight, and you can

avoid the question if you want, but what is this all about? I believe

these may be yours. Do you own donkey's? Yes, we have got a couple.

We have got some spare land. We were down the local farm with the

kids and there were some youngsters there and we decided to snap them

up. I thought it was Tony Adams! did not say that! Now we start in

Five goals and a few incidents. Joey Barton was lucky enough to

concede a penalty after this from Jermaine Pennant. Jonathan Walters

soon made up for it. Jonathan Walters! Stoke City in

That is a brilliant goal! It is finished off by Luke Young. That

was brilliantly worked by Queens Park Rangers. Joey Barton delivers.

Punched away. And it hits the back post. Eidur Marcussen again! --

Heidar Helguson again! Shaun Wright-Phillips of the post. Heidar

Helguson offside. No hat-trick just yet. Shaun Wright-Phillips on the

stretch and you can see that Heidar Shawcross. Stoke City went looking

for an equaliser and Joey Barton nearly gave them it. Another foul

in the area. Arsenal conjured up a comeback to

make it five wins in a row thanks to you-know-who. Robin van Persie

darting this way and that. Three red shirts in the area. It is off

the line. Superb defensive play by Russell Martin. Marc Tierney

looking for the run of Steve Morrison. He will chase all day.

Steve Morrison has done really well! 1-0-Norwich! A bad goal for

Arsenal to concede but Steve Morrison's persistence plays off.

Arsenal went in search of an equaliser. Russell Martin mopped up.

Robin van Persie looking for Theo Walcott. The space to get up and

running again against Marc Tierney. Excellent play by Theo Walcott.

Robin van Persie and it is one all. The goal had been coming.

repeated his heroics before the comeback was finally complete.

Martin. Was he just catching the advantage? A real threat. Robin van

Persie for Arsenal! 2-1. You cannot give van Persie the ball in that

sort of position and expect to get away with it. An impressive Theo

Walcott fancied getting into the action but his shot hit the bar.

Swansea's unbeaten home record came to an end, but at least it was

against the champions. Javier Valencia to Jones. Of the post. One

lucky. -- unlucky. You said on national television

that the table does not live. Will all three of the promoted teams

stay up? I would say no. Yes! Thanks for coming in, Kevin! Just

one headline from today and what the story it was.

The Reds reigned at Stamford Bridge thanks to Glen Johnson. Misery for

Andre Villas-Boas. That winner moves Liverpool up to 6th above

Arsenal. Chelsea are 4th, 12 points behind City. Spurs can go third