:01:02. > :01:06.There are 20 teams in the Barkley Premier League and they're all of
:01:06. > :01:10.equally him on Match Of The Day two but today we concentrate on a brace
:01:10. > :01:20.of matches that may have a massive influence as to where we send a
:01:20. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:48.taxi for this baby on May 13th. -- Thanks for choosing us this Sunday,
:01:48. > :01:52.as we get straight down to business, in the company of two men who grew
:01:52. > :01:55.up supporting opposite sides of Manchester. The date ended up the
:01:55. > :02:00.roads and began up the Etihad, which is where we take you straight
:02:00. > :02:03.away. Head teacher Roberto Mancini must be pleased with his pupils as
:02:03. > :02:07.they are top of the class, winning ten out of ten at home. The
:02:07. > :02:11.question is can they go to 11th heaven today? They will be in
:02:11. > :02:17.confident mood of maintaining perfection especially after beating
:02:17. > :02:21.Wigan and walloping Spurs in August. Dzeko led the rout, scoring four.
:02:21. > :02:25.Spurs have lost just once since then and just twice on their
:02:25. > :02:28.travels so with six out of ten awayday mins, the Head Master Harry
:02:28. > :02:32.will be happy but he knows if they are to lift the title they can't
:02:32. > :02:37.drop points like they did last week against Molde and they must take
:02:37. > :02:47.something from games like this. -- against Wolves. Our star pupil is
:02:47. > :02:49.
:02:49. > :02:56.stars yet, the hardest exams are to come. Richards has passed one test
:02:56. > :03:03.this week, he is back to fitness. He captains the team today.
:03:03. > :03:08.Zabaleta drops to the bench, where he is joined by Balotelli. Adebayor
:03:08. > :03:12.can't play for Spurs today, so Defoe is into start. He scored the
:03:12. > :03:18.last four Times t has. King is also win for his first appearances
:03:18. > :03:28.before Christmas. 19, drawn two, that is but score when they have
:03:28. > :03:54.
:03:54. > :03:59.each other's way. Silva did brilliantly. It seemed as though
:03:59. > :04:04.Dzeko wasn't the best bet to get ready to hit this and it did indeed
:04:04. > :04:14.deflect off him. Aguero thought that the ball was hit -- his to put
:04:14. > :04:36.
:04:36. > :04:41.City a corner and he gets every Manchester City fan in the ground
:04:41. > :04:45.to his or her feet. It is just what Manchester City supporters have
:04:45. > :04:55.become accustomed to saying from Richards. Fantastic Dawn Keeping
:04:55. > :05:16.
:05:17. > :05:21.Assou-Ekotto with the block, it does come off his what right arm,
:05:21. > :05:31.it is difficult to tell if the arm was raised deliberately to block
:05:31. > :05:38.
:05:38. > :05:44.the ball, or whether it's just hit that is from Nasri. Manchester City
:05:45. > :05:47.have broken through. We have had to wait a while for the first moment
:05:47. > :05:54.of real table-topping quality in the game but goodness me, we have
:05:54. > :05:58.got it now. Brilliantly timed, on- site and then a thumping finish
:05:58. > :06:03.from the former Arsenal man, who just seems to love playing and
:06:03. > :06:12.scoring against Spurs. Silva with yet another assist in the Premier
:06:12. > :06:16.League to his name. Nasri's 4th goal for Manchester City makes it
:06:16. > :06:21.City one, Spurs' nil. The reaction from the manager suggests about
:06:21. > :06:31.time too. He has upset Harry Redknapp and Tottenham Hotspur
:06:31. > :06:47.
:06:47. > :06:57.made -- he nearly made another one. All of a sudden is -- it is as if a
:06:57. > :07:02.
:07:03. > :07:09.light has come on with Manchester They are raising the roof at the
:07:09. > :07:12.Etihad Stadium now. Two goals with barely three minutes between them.
:07:12. > :07:18.They will -- Bale tried to head it away, there is a little touch from
:07:18. > :07:25.Dzeko, then it is part Lescott, may be part Parker. Lescott will say it
:07:25. > :07:35.is his goal. It is Manchester City two, Tottenham Hotspur nil. His
:07:35. > :07:42.
:07:43. > :07:52.first goal in the Premier League confidence from every player in
:07:53. > :08:05.
:08:05. > :08:13.not out of it yet. You don't present Jermain Defoe with that
:08:13. > :08:20.sort of present. Savic looks bewildered. He missed judges it and
:08:20. > :08:30.does not react quickly, he seems to stop. -- misjudges. Hart timed his
:08:30. > :08:35.
:08:35. > :08:45.amazing second half this has become. Even the City manager is smiling,
:08:45. > :09:09.
:09:09. > :09:19.he can't believe that has just to. And Spurs have come back from
:09:19. > :09:23.the dead this afternoon. From two- nil to 2-2, Spurs'' fighting
:09:23. > :09:28.qualities have been shown in abundance. They are going full tilt
:09:28. > :09:35.at the title. It is Lennon to Bale and a quite brilliant hit of the
:09:35. > :09:40.football. It is not hit hard. It is not absolutely whacked. It is
:09:40. > :09:46.delicately and precisely and with real style put over Hart into the
:09:46. > :09:56.corner. It is Manchester City two, Tottenham Hotspur two one that is
:09:56. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:06.one of the second halves of the season. -- and that is one of the
:10:06. > :10:19.
:10:19. > :10:29.-- Kaboul. He gets Lescott's arm, doesn't it? I am not sure that was
:10:29. > :10:38.
:10:38. > :10:44.Assou-Ekotto and Assou-Ekotto was rolling around. It is a yellow card
:10:44. > :10:51.for Balotelli. I don't know if there was any doubt about free kick
:10:52. > :11:01.and fowl, I think you will always right. It is a poor, clumsy tackle.
:11:02. > :11:11.
:11:11. > :11:14.and the referee has to stop it. Balotelli clasps his hands together,
:11:14. > :11:24.pleading innocence, I think everybody knows it was purely
:11:24. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:32.Parker. But look at that, look at that. I don't think that's a
:11:32. > :11:36.natural landing position at all. I think Balotelli realised
:11:36. > :11:41.straightaway, that is why he was concerned about Parker's welfare.
:11:41. > :11:45.What a shame Patrick Vieira can only sit and watch these days. No
:11:45. > :11:55.comeback for him, he insists. He would have loved this second half
:11:55. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:20.chance for Spurs to win it. A quick break, two on one, Lescott did the
:12:20. > :12:24.right thing. He did not dive in and it is Euro 96 all over again,
:12:24. > :12:34.Gascoigne for England, agonisingly close to it. It looked as though he
:12:34. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:48.should have got there. Harry awkwardly, and Howard Webb point to
:12:48. > :12:53.the spot. Manchester City have a chance to win it. Seconds of the
:12:53. > :12:57.game remaining. It is Balotelli bringing it down, King goes in, the
:12:57. > :13:07.legs are in a tangle and the referee has a clear view. Balotelli
:13:07. > :13:17.
:13:17. > :13:21.cool is the now? He is super-cool. It is Manchester this -- it is
:13:21. > :13:25.Manchester City three, Tottenham Hotspur two. Defoe could have won
:13:25. > :13:35.it for Spurs just moments ago but it is now Balotelli who has won the
:13:35. > :13:35.
:13:35. > :13:39.day for City. He rolls it home. City are extending their lead on
:13:39. > :13:44.Spurs to eight. And as David Platt punches the air and Joe Hart turns
:13:44. > :13:47.away to join in with the fans' celebrations, Roberto Mancini just
:13:48. > :13:52.years with a few more instructions to his players and tells them that
:13:52. > :13:59.whatever happens they must hold on to what they have now got, three
:13:59. > :14:06.more points. It is all over, incredible drama at the Etihad
:14:06. > :14:11.Stadium. Mario Balotelli has won the game. He has made sure that
:14:11. > :14:17.Manchester City take one giant step towards winning the Premier League
:14:17. > :14:27.title. Even with so many games to go, this could be such an important
:14:27. > :14:30.
:14:30. > :14:35.moment. It is Manchester City three, a last-minute winner from the spot.
:14:36. > :14:39.-- For many that four goals. Breathtaking stuff with added
:14:40. > :14:44.controversy. Should the match- winner Balotelli have been sent
:14:44. > :14:48.off? Let the debate begin. In the second half, probably by virtue of
:14:48. > :14:52.the goals we got, it became more open and the dramatic last couple
:14:52. > :14:56.of minutes, from the position where we thought we have lost it, we had
:14:56. > :15:00.the counter-attack and there is a penalty in the last minute and
:15:00. > :15:03.Mario has that ability to be able to put it away, so it was a good
:15:03. > :15:10.player to be have concentrating on that, even though the way the game
:15:10. > :15:16.had gone,... Harry, losing always hurt, does it
:15:16. > :15:21.hurt that bit more losing like that? Yes, for sure. We looked like
:15:21. > :15:25.the team to win the game at that stage, and then a long, hopeful but
:15:25. > :15:28.Forward, a bit of the melee and the penalty came from that. That Bude.
:15:28. > :15:32.We had a great chance to win it before that.
:15:32. > :15:36.You can't keep him out of it, did you had any doubt he would score
:15:36. > :15:44.that penalty? He is perfect for that situation, he has so much
:15:44. > :15:46.confidence, probably the best penalty-taker I have seen. Joe Hart
:15:46. > :15:50.never seems to have saved any in training.
:15:50. > :15:54.They was a collision and a bit of a going on with Scott Parker.
:15:54. > :15:58.Somebody just mentioned it to me, I haven't seen it on video and I
:15:58. > :16:02.didn't see anything during the game. If people have got an issue with it,
:16:02. > :16:07.I am sure it will be taken up, but live, I never saw anything about
:16:07. > :16:11.couldn't comment until I see. there an issue with the player who
:16:11. > :16:15.won had scored the penalty for City? Yes, he has kicked Scott
:16:15. > :16:19.Parker in the head, purposely. He has back-heeled him in the head.
:16:19. > :16:25.Wide you go and kick someone in the head when they are laying on the
:16:25. > :16:28.floor that why do you? It is not the first time he has done it.
:16:29. > :16:32.we continue to win and get the point, we will be hard to beat but
:16:32. > :16:35.we know the teams in and around there will continue to win, so a
:16:35. > :16:39.lot of twists and turns. A big victory today but it doesn't do
:16:39. > :16:42.anything other than put a little bit more daylight between us, but
:16:42. > :16:48.we have to concentrate on the next games.
:16:48. > :16:52.It was terrible for 55 minutes but the last 35 made it all worthwhile.
:16:52. > :16:58.Absolute the, the first half was mundane, no pace or intensity and -
:16:58. > :17:02.- absolutely. A very little shot on target. And then it exploded into
:17:02. > :17:07.life, four goals in nine minutes and then the finish was as good as
:17:07. > :17:13.any you will see, either side could have won it. Another Sunday
:17:13. > :17:16.together, Lee, and another conversation about Mario Balotelli.
:17:16. > :17:21.He is an entertainer for all sorts of reasons. He is in the news again
:17:21. > :17:27.for the finish but he gets a yellow card early on in the game and it
:17:27. > :17:34.was kind of "Is something else coming?" and it was virtually
:17:34. > :17:40.everything. No complaints over the yellow card. A foul on a Salakhov
:17:40. > :17:46.too. He has a little complained but the referee was right -- Benoit
:17:46. > :17:50.Assou-Ekotto. And then there was this. There was a falling over,
:17:50. > :17:55.shall we say. He stands on his hand with his left leg, John stand and
:17:55. > :18:00.that is the incident where people are saying it, did he try and stand
:18:00. > :18:04.on his head. If you see his left leg lift off the ground, I think
:18:04. > :18:10.you have to give him the benefit of the dead, he is not looking at the
:18:10. > :18:13.player. In -- of the doubt. And then he is brought down for the
:18:13. > :18:18.penalty and how cool is this? think we should have another look
:18:18. > :18:22.at that. I am checking that you are saying he didn't stamp on him.
:18:22. > :18:26.don't know but I'm saying that there is reason to believe because
:18:26. > :18:33.he is off balance, and he puts his leg down... I think he stamps on
:18:33. > :18:38.him. He is not looking at, but when you hit the ground, you don't stamp.
:18:39. > :18:42.There is a definitive stamp their. The reason why he does a stamp is
:18:42. > :18:47.if you look at his left leg it, it is off the ground when his right
:18:47. > :18:51.leg it comes down. I know it looks bad that bad and he might well have
:18:51. > :18:57.done, but I'm saying nobody could possibly tell -- I know it looks
:18:57. > :19:00.bad. The referee is six yards away, he should have given him a red card.
:19:00. > :19:04.That wasn't the only incident you spotted, one we are not talking
:19:04. > :19:09.about as much. I think Joleon Lescott is very lucky to get away
:19:09. > :19:19.with this. There is a coming together, we see the elbow on
:19:19. > :19:21.
:19:21. > :19:28.newness Kaboul. He is off. He has hit him. 2-2 at the time, it might
:19:28. > :19:34.have changed the game totally. are you sure he wasn't just off
:19:34. > :19:40.balance? The one to make excuses? don't know. I think give him the
:19:41. > :19:46.benefit of the dead. He was a lawyer in a reserve -- former life.
:19:46. > :19:53.What was beyond doubt was that Spurs needed a gift from Manchester
:19:53. > :19:57.City to get back into it and they got one. City went to 2-0 up and
:19:57. > :20:01.you thought there was no way back, but in the defender misjudges the
:20:01. > :20:09.flight, Jermain Defoe does ready well and they were back in the game.
:20:09. > :20:15.Dead and buried at 2-0 and then at this fantastic goal. And then he
:20:15. > :20:18.sets often at pace. A So Close, and then the penalty kick. It is a
:20:18. > :20:23.massive three points for Manchester City. And a big blow for Tottenham,
:20:23. > :20:28.because they would be a -- could have won that game. Yaya Toure and
:20:28. > :20:32.Carlo Tory were warming up before the game on a big screen. -- Kolo
:20:32. > :20:36.Toure for a. They are going to miss them, but people have to step up.
:20:36. > :20:41.This is the beauty of strength in depth, people can come in and play
:20:41. > :20:47.well but also, the man of the match James Milner, he was fantastic. Not
:20:47. > :20:52.only protecting the back four, he played just in front... This is a
:20:52. > :20:56.tackle on Gareth Bale. It is simple but very effective, because City
:20:56. > :21:05.are on the attack, Sergio Aguero comes in and it is deflected for a
:21:05. > :21:08.corner. And another one on a Luka Modric, who was very disappointing,
:21:08. > :21:13.because... And they are in possession. The beauty of
:21:13. > :21:18.protection in front of the back four, he can pass it as well. He is
:21:18. > :21:22.playing it nice and simple. This is a nice little trick here, turns the
:21:22. > :21:27.corner and plays it into David Silva. Again, nice and simple. But
:21:27. > :21:32.when it comes to quality passing it, he can produce it as well. He spots
:21:32. > :21:36.the run of Micah Richards. Inch- perfect pass inside Gareth Bale.
:21:36. > :21:40.And what about this for tracking. You have got James Milner and
:21:40. > :21:45.Gareth Bale there. When Joleon Lescott wins this, he is entitled
:21:45. > :21:49.to go the other way, but he keeps on going, and that is a phenomenal
:21:49. > :21:53.tackle on Gareth Bale. A great performance and it is great to have
:21:53. > :21:57.players who can come in and not only do well but play fantastically.
:21:57. > :22:03.It is amazing how much of that had like a Richard said and the good
:22:03. > :22:07.work he did today. He is back from the world -- will do this. -- how
:22:07. > :22:14.much of that had Micah Richards in. He is better than anybody at right-
:22:14. > :22:18.back. As for Spurs, 150 million if you want Gareth Bale. Tottenham
:22:18. > :22:22.played really poorly first half and I think what part them, if Gareth
:22:22. > :22:26.Bale plays well, they play well. Where he normally plays, left, he
:22:26. > :22:31.has been drifting inside over the last few weeks and today he drifted
:22:31. > :22:35.into much, sometimes in the middle, sometimes to the right. This is
:22:35. > :22:43.what he is best that, going down that left side, a brilliant ball
:22:43. > :22:47.into the box. At best that. This time, when he finally gets the ball
:22:47. > :22:54.again, normally Gareth Bale would be outside and with it into the box,
:22:54. > :22:59.and he goes inside again. This time, down the right wing, no real player
:22:59. > :23:03.on the left unless the fullback has got forward. The ball gets switched
:23:03. > :23:07.eventually to this left side, Benoit Assou-Ekotto on his own, if
:23:08. > :23:12.you don't want him there, you want Gareth Bale attacking that space.
:23:12. > :23:16.This time, he picks it on the halfway line, he is not wide left.
:23:16. > :23:23.There is the other three, very narrow, and they lose the ball and
:23:23. > :23:28.City Army attack. In the second half, he played more on the left,
:23:28. > :23:34.attacking at Micah Richards, a fantastic across into the box. 150
:23:34. > :23:38.million for him, maybe 100 million if he keeps scoring goals like this.
:23:38. > :23:42.He starts the move, edge of the box and he had just missed one before
:23:42. > :23:45.this when he fell over. He didn't follow the this time. I think the
:23:45. > :23:50.way he played today didn't suit Tottenham, they need him down the
:23:50. > :23:52.left-hand side. When you are going down the Champs -- for a
:23:52. > :23:58.Championship, you have a defining period and the Tottenham, the last
:23:58. > :24:02.week was. At home to Wolves and away to Man City, one point out of
:24:02. > :24:05.six and they are out of the Championship race. They cut the
:24:05. > :24:08.figure of a team that had just after the FA Cup final. I think
:24:08. > :24:14.they know the importance of those two games and this from that is
:24:14. > :24:17.coming up, games against Manchester United, Liverpool. To be fair,
:24:17. > :24:21.Tottenham have done remarkably well, they are a great team, a great
:24:21. > :24:26.they are a great team, a great squad of players, a great manager.
:24:26. > :24:29.And it Actual fact, they have had a great season. You would say to them,
:24:29. > :24:35.the manager and the players at the start of the season, you will
:24:35. > :24:40.finish third, you would fight their hand-off. That bite their hand off.
:24:40. > :24:43.But when you have a chance that the Championship, you are massively
:24:43. > :24:48.disappointed to have attended a week. And the victims to have done
:24:48. > :24:52.it and won it before, they bounce back. -- the big teams who have
:24:52. > :24:57.done it. But Harry will build -- will feel they are demoralised a
:24:57. > :25:01.tomorrow. Even with a good run in that fixture, at they are not going
:25:01. > :25:06.to win them all, are you saying that is it for Spurs? I think it
:25:06. > :25:12.was a big game for them to lose. Yes or no? I didn't think they
:25:12. > :25:16.could win the league before, but I don't especially now. Maybe that
:25:16. > :25:23.would look better in slow motion. He was off balance. Before we head
:25:23. > :25:25.said, more football coming off a -- said, more football coming off a --
:25:25. > :25:33.more football coming up in the BBC. You can catch up with your local
:25:33. > :25:39.Football League clubs every Monday at 11:05pm. On Tuesday, a place in
:25:39. > :25:43.the Carling Cup final is at stake. Alan Hansen is live in the Welsh
:25:43. > :25:48.capital at 7:30pm on BBC Two. On Wednesday, highlights of the other
:25:48. > :25:53.second leg of the semi-finals, Liverpool against Manchester City.
:25:53. > :25:57.Still to come the Bard, all 27 goals from yesterday but now to the
:25:57. > :26:01.Emirates -- come tonight. With United walking down the tunnel
:26:01. > :26:05.known that City had somehow got the job done against Spurs, Arsenal
:26:05. > :26:09.were buoyed by all of the teams around them dropping points on
:26:09. > :26:14.Saturday. Arsenal, though, must be trembling at the thought of facing
:26:14. > :26:19.United, with Fergie's flyers relishing the prospect of smashing
:26:19. > :26:24.they gun as again. Five months ago, they scored eight against Arsene
:26:24. > :26:28.Wenger's boys and a match which rewrote the record books. Sinstadt
:26:28. > :26:33.humiliation, Arsenal have hit back Baxter the goals of Robin van
:26:33. > :26:37.Persie but back-to-back defeats have had them. United are still
:26:37. > :26:43.many people's title favourite and after defeats to Blackburn and
:26:43. > :26:46.Newcastle, they eased past Bolton last week. Paul Scholes was on the
:26:47. > :26:54.scoresheet, Anders on the bench today, but Thierry Henry is not
:26:54. > :27:00.come back out with a car Fischer -- and he is on the bench. Steve
:27:00. > :27:05.Wilson is your commentator. In every way, this is Match of the
:27:05. > :27:11.Day 2. How well the first game affected the outcome of this? --
:27:11. > :27:17.how well. Paul Balotelli's penalty to not look like a turning point in
:27:17. > :27:19.the title, they need to win -- 4. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain makes his
:27:19. > :27:26.first Premier League start for Arsenal. Preferred to Andrey
:27:26. > :27:33.Arshavin. Thomas the May Limb starts and Thomas Lisicki is back -
:27:33. > :27:37.- Thomas Vermaelen. Ryan Giggs retakes the mantle of elder
:27:37. > :27:40.statesman as Paul Scholes as on the bench. Rio Ferdinand is injured but
:27:41. > :27:50.Chris Smalling and Phil Jones return. United have won seven and
:27:51. > :28:17.
:28:17. > :28:21.lost only one of their last nine what a start is nearly was. He
:28:22. > :28:31.picked Phil Jones's pocket and charged at the United defence. And
:28:32. > :28:42.
:28:42. > :28:50.Walcott put it in and Chris Smalling can clear. Phil Jones
:28:50. > :28:54.looks like he is not going to be able to continue. It is as he tries
:28:54. > :29:04.to turn, Theo Walcott accelerated away from him and Jones just
:29:04. > :29:22.
:29:23. > :29:32.Manchester United are getting Manchester United and also to
:29:33. > :30:12.
:30:12. > :30:22.through the gears, cranking up the Good pressure from Manchester
:30:22. > :30:41.
:30:41. > :30:51.United. Giggs in behind, tried to has caught the eye in the first 25
:30:51. > :30:51.
:30:51. > :31:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:31:37. > :31:47.on the edge of the 18-yard box, Nani tried to curl it into the far
:31:47. > :32:09.
:32:09. > :32:13.post but Djourou is the most Manchester United are in front. A
:32:13. > :32:20.brilliant ball and Valencia from close range simply had to put it in
:32:20. > :32:29.the back of the Arsenal net. It has been coming. It is a fabulous Paul
:32:29. > :32:38.Ince cannot onside. -- it is a fabulous ball in, onside. Giggs
:32:38. > :32:40.judge the past, Valencia got inside Vermaelen. In stoppage time at the
:32:40. > :32:50.end of the first half Manchester United half -- Manchester United
:32:50. > :33:12.
:33:12. > :33:19.for the people to miss a sitter, Robin van Persie and Smalling gets
:33:19. > :33:23.away with it. A terrible time to slip, Rosicky on to it, van Persie
:33:23. > :33:33.there, can you believe that Robin van Persie has put that right? He
:33:33. > :33:46.
:33:46. > :33:50.Everything right and told a shot. Lindegaard is furious with those in
:33:50. > :33:56.front of him. A got -- Oxlade- Chamberlain again at the heart of
:33:56. > :34:06.almost everything could that Arsenal has done. -- everything
:34:06. > :34:15.
:34:15. > :34:25.Mike Dean says it wasn't. Watch for his hands here. You can see why
:34:25. > :34:35.
:34:35. > :34:41.is only just wide. A bit of good fortune in the way it went from
:34:42. > :34:51.Koscielny to Oxlade-Chamberlain, but he is so close with the shot.
:34:52. > :34:52.
:34:52. > :36:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:36:29. > :36:33.Mertesacker. That might have brilliant goal. Robin van Persie
:36:33. > :36:39.makes amends. Seconds after Koscielny's brilliant piece of
:36:39. > :36:45.defending. Look at this on Rafael, and from inside their own penalty
:36:45. > :36:55.area, Arsenal, in the space of two or three passes, and four or five
:36:55. > :37:04.
:37:04. > :37:08.go. All to play for a game. Arsenal are going to make a change. Oxlade-
:37:08. > :37:14.Chamberlain is coming off and Arshavin is coming on. That is not
:37:14. > :37:22.a popular decision with the Arsenal fans. Oxlade-Chamberlain has been
:37:22. > :37:28.terrific. Well, a substitution greeted with dissent by the Arsenal
:37:28. > :37:33.fans, who shake their heads and do not understand why Alex Oxlade-
:37:33. > :37:37.Chamberlain, who has been invented, sharp, bright, and positive from
:37:37. > :37:42.the off, has been taken off and replaced by Arshavin, who
:37:42. > :37:52.occasionally is none of the above. And that just might be van Persie's
:37:52. > :38:08.
:38:08. > :38:18.Welbeck and that might win it for Manchester United -- to the back of
:38:18. > :38:23.
:38:23. > :38:32.the net. Welbeck with the goal. glides past the Russian here. Then
:38:32. > :38:41.it is an intricate touch, a great stuff. 2-1 to Manchester United.
:38:41. > :38:51.Arsenal have it all to do it again. Manchester United back in the box
:38:51. > :38:59.
:38:59. > :39:09.Smalling got a touch on it and almost got it away from the
:39:09. > :39:32.
:39:32. > :39:36.Evans makes it clear where it hit away from Arsene Wenger.
:39:36. > :39:38.Another great game and United stay in touch with their league
:39:39. > :39:42.neighbours thanks to Welbeck's winner. Van Persie scored his
:39:42. > :39:45.customary goal but it was not enough, with some of the fans
:39:45. > :39:49.berating the manager who made a tactical change which subsequently
:39:49. > :39:52.didn't work out. In the first half I don't remember
:39:52. > :39:57.your goalkeeper having a save to make and the second half was an
:39:57. > :40:01.extraordinary it, open game, end to end stuff? Yes, Arsenal were
:40:01. > :40:05.motivated at half-time and they came out really aggressive and
:40:06. > :40:08.determined and made a real game and from what you are saying from the
:40:08. > :40:13.first half when it could have been three or four goals up, it turned
:40:13. > :40:17.into a real battle and it was and ten. You could hear and see that
:40:17. > :40:21.some Arsenal fans did not agree with that the decision to take off
:40:21. > :40:27.Oxlade-Chamberlain. Well, they do not need to agree, you can
:40:27. > :40:30.understand that, you know. I don't think, I don't know how many
:40:30. > :40:34.thousands of substitutions in my life, not everybody agrees every
:40:34. > :40:38.time with it. Can you explain it to them, because he played
:40:38. > :40:45.terrifically well, especially in the first half? I make decisions, I
:40:45. > :40:48.stand up for them and that is it. was enjoying the game but it is the
:40:48. > :40:53.boss's decision and a respect his decision. He has been a quality
:40:53. > :40:56.manager for many years. He is the top manager and the Quality man so
:40:56. > :41:00.I respect his decision. I have been looking forward to my chance and I
:41:00. > :41:02.was glad to say I got that today and overall I was quite pleased
:41:02. > :41:08.with my performance but I was disappointed with the final resort.
:41:08. > :41:12.Do you feel it is now between City and United? I think it is going to
:41:12. > :41:15.be hard for both of them to collapse, I would have to say that.
:41:15. > :41:19.It was a defeat -- a disappointing result for Spurs today, they
:41:19. > :41:23.deserve better. At the moment we have a few points clear of our
:41:23. > :41:28.rivals, both of us, and we have to keep on their coat tails, that is
:41:28. > :41:35.all we need to do. Typical Manchester United, it is 3:15pm,
:41:35. > :41:40.you are warming up before the game and you hear news of 2-2 and that
:41:40. > :41:48.happens -- and it happens, a last- minute goal. Have you been in that
:41:48. > :41:51.Yes, a few times, normally it was Manchester United when we were
:41:51. > :41:55.going for the Championship but sometimes it works in your favour
:41:55. > :41:59.to live in Europe. If you hear your rival has dropped a couple of
:41:59. > :42:02.points you can go yes, let's get stuck into this game but sometimes
:42:03. > :42:07.you can going to it we are all right and we will win this game but
:42:07. > :42:11.today, man -- United, it focused their mind. They were playing
:42:11. > :42:14.catch-up against City. They have to win and they did win in the end.
:42:15. > :42:19.That dressing room, United's dressing room, would have been
:42:19. > :42:24.fired up to the hilt, to say we still have to play our best game to
:42:24. > :42:27.be a very good competitive Arsenal team at home, where they have a
:42:27. > :42:30.decent record, but in the end United got the winner and it was a
:42:30. > :42:35.great game of football especially in the second half. It could have
:42:35. > :42:39.gone either way but United deserved it. In the dressing room it was the
:42:39. > :42:49.players who were in their tracksuits to make the difference.
:42:49. > :42:51.
:42:51. > :42:58.Arshavin. The supporters were not enamoured with it. Neither was the
:42:58. > :43:04.captain, who has done -- who has gone, no, no. On 76 minutes
:43:04. > :43:09.Ferguson brings on Park, takes on - - takes off Rafael. For the goal
:43:09. > :43:13.the two of them meet up, Arshavin and Valencia. The male and did not
:43:13. > :43:18.cover himself in glory because he gives Arshavin no cover whatsoever
:43:18. > :43:27.but this has never been at tackled -- Vermaelen. It ends up in the
:43:27. > :43:31.back of the net. The old boy does it again. I think it was a really
:43:31. > :43:35.strange decision about point of the game because they had just got back
:43:35. > :43:39.into it, Oxlade-Chamberlain was playing well, he was creating
:43:39. > :43:43.chances and all the sudden he took him off. He might have had a knock,
:43:43. > :43:46.injured, but he did not look it to me. If you look back over the
:43:46. > :43:53.results between Arsenal and Manchester United in recent years,
:43:53. > :43:57.I hear Wenger and Fergie are friends but they would be. I think
:43:57. > :44:03.what Alex does, especially when he goes to the Emirates, he'd sit back
:44:03. > :44:07.and sits on the break and tries to capitalise. -- capitalise on any
:44:08. > :44:12.Arsenal defensive frailties. They just attack, they are attacking the
:44:13. > :44:18.right areas and as I say, if you have any frailties whatsoever, this
:44:18. > :44:24.is a joke, the way they try to defend this. Nobody is picking up,
:44:24. > :44:28.nobody is closing down quickly, the same with Valencia here. Into Giggs,
:44:28. > :44:36.cut to ribbons. At this stage you think it is only a matter of time.
:44:36. > :44:41.They go the other side and jury was all over the place. Nani comes in
:44:41. > :44:46.there, it is a ball that has gone 40 yards, should do better. Then it
:44:46. > :44:53.is Evra's turned, he picks it up, plays it. He goes round the corner
:44:53. > :44:58.for the next one and he should do better. Then Giggs eventually for
:44:58. > :45:02.the goal comes in that side and this is a new concept of defending,
:45:02. > :45:09.I can't get my head round it, way you put your arms behind your back.
:45:09. > :45:14.You can't when you do that. It is in the back of the net and to be
:45:14. > :45:18.fair and just United should have been three, four, five up at half-
:45:18. > :45:23.time. I thought Arsenal did well to get back in it but it should have
:45:23. > :45:27.been dead and buried. They have some decent players, but you can't
:45:27. > :45:30.win anything when you have got individuals, you have to be a team.
:45:30. > :45:34.Their team mentality when they haven't got the ball is not good
:45:34. > :45:37.enough. They have had some decent results here and there but to
:45:37. > :45:47.challenge at the top in the top four, you have to be organised when
:45:47. > :45:51.
:45:51. > :45:53.you haven't got the ball and they that aside, there's a young lad
:45:53. > :45:56.making his four Premier League debut and as far as they go, this
:45:56. > :46:02.is near the top of the trade. did really well, I have seen him
:46:02. > :46:07.play in the Champions League and he has flitted in and out. This is an
:46:07. > :46:11.early on, showing his intention straight from the kick-off. He is
:46:11. > :46:17.predominantly right-footed, he played on the left-hand side. Great
:46:17. > :46:21.little touches, can I get at Patrice Evra, not scared at him,
:46:21. > :46:26.great a little ball in. Arsenal are not getting enough men in the box.
:46:26. > :46:33.He chases after it, and his first thought is can I take him on? He
:46:33. > :46:38.has got a little trick, sets up Theo Walcott. This time on the left,
:46:38. > :46:44.he gets the ball and he Sox players are over, because of his pace and
:46:44. > :46:49.his right foot, United players are conscious of it -- he Pauls players
:46:49. > :46:54.over. Allows him to get a shot away. That is the key thing to a decent
:46:54. > :46:58.winner, affecting the game. He has a bit of bite in him, willing to
:46:58. > :47:03.tackle, and he ends up getting shot away here, he could have been a
:47:03. > :47:09.hero with this one. And he set van Persie up for the goal, a fantastic
:47:09. > :47:13.first touch. Right-footed, you would expect the best way is to go
:47:13. > :47:19.down the left but he knows he's going to cut in on his right foot,
:47:19. > :47:24.which creates the space for van Persie to run into. And it set up a
:47:24. > :47:28.brilliant goal. So there are positive. The spirit and the second
:47:28. > :47:34.half, Oxlade-Chamberlain's performance but overall, that was a
:47:34. > :47:38.little light in a dark place. Unlike some of the other Arsenal
:47:38. > :47:44.youngsters, he is very strong, Beady Eye legs. Yes, it will be
:47:44. > :47:49.interesting to see how he develops. -- big legs. Theo Walcott showed
:47:49. > :47:52.that sort of impact when he first got in but went off the boil.
:47:52. > :47:58.are run a run of three consecutive defeats, they are going to struggle
:47:58. > :48:03.to get into the Champions League. If they don't, it is a long... It
:48:03. > :48:07.is a lowly place next season. van Persie disgruntled because of
:48:07. > :48:11.the substitution, he has a new contract to sign, there is
:48:11. > :48:14.definitely unrest. Let's have a look at the race for the title now
:48:15. > :48:18.we have seen both Manchester clubs win. Still three points between
:48:18. > :48:24.them and on the face of it, you would rather have Manchester City's
:48:24. > :48:28.fixtures. We have said before, there is nothing easy. It has been
:48:28. > :48:33.easy for the top teams to go anywhere and get beaten but you
:48:33. > :48:37.would take City's fixtures. Man United have Chelsea away, Liverpool
:48:37. > :48:45.at home, Norwich away and Tottenham away at a defining time of the
:48:45. > :48:48.season. We always talk about the course and distant. If you look at
:48:48. > :48:53.the top three sides this season, Manchester United have played by
:48:53. > :48:58.far the worst of the three sight and yet they are still in there.
:48:58. > :49:02.Last season, they were woeful away from home and they want the chance
:49:02. > :49:05.-- the fire at -- they won the title and got to the final of the
:49:05. > :49:10.Champions League. It is because they have been there before and how
:49:10. > :49:13.bright in the mix. City are looking over their shoulder and United will
:49:13. > :49:18.be there to the end. Prove that you shouldn't take anything for granted
:49:18. > :49:26.is coming up soon. That proved. First there reminder that Sport
:49:26. > :49:32.Relief in her bath first a reminder that Sport Relief is coming. --
:49:32. > :49:37.first a reminder. 2012, the year Sport gets serious. Sport Relief is
:49:37. > :49:41.back and it is part -- your chance to be part of the UK's biggish year
:49:41. > :49:46.of sport. We want the whole country to get active and raised a load of
:49:46. > :49:50.cash. You can help the world's poorest countries by doing the
:49:50. > :49:58.Sport Relief march on March 25th. We want one million people to take
:49:58. > :50:04.part. Why can't I be the front? is a horse. And you can buy these
:50:04. > :50:08.lovely socks to help or one of these T-shirts. There will be jaw-
:50:08. > :50:12.dropping celebrity challenges leading up to an unmissable light-
:50:12. > :50:18.entertainment kicking of the Sport Relief we can. However you decide
:50:18. > :50:23.to do it, go the extra mile for Sport Relief. Go to the website. I
:50:23. > :50:29.think that went all right. The Sport Relief Mile, he will be
:50:29. > :50:33.your other half? That stuff, and so much for -- good
:50:33. > :50:39.stuff and so much more to tell you about. The World Bowls
:50:39. > :50:48.Championships start tomorrow. We are now and -- on air all week from
:50:48. > :50:52.1pm. And American football, highlights from the AFC and NFC
:50:52. > :50:56.Championship so games. It is the Raiders, the Patriots and the 49
:50:56. > :50:58.ers. Let's get back to the old
:50:58. > :51:07.association football and to a brilliant Saturday of Premier
:51:07. > :51:12.League action, with great goals in abundance.
:51:12. > :51:16.It was a glorious return of Robbie Keane, but Karl Henry was certainly
:51:17. > :51:24.not Mick McCarthy's pressures. Gary Gardner almost scored in the
:51:24. > :51:28.opening minute but villain didn't have to wait long. The -- below.
:51:28. > :51:35.What is the referee going to get? A penalty, Christophe Berra armed
:51:35. > :51:40.Darren Bent. I don't think the referee had any choice. -- on. If
:51:40. > :51:48.Darren Bent scores, which he does, it is his 99th Premier League goal.
:51:48. > :51:54.Aston Villa are 1-0 up. Fletcher has made his run. Michael
:51:54. > :51:59.Kightly on to his left, what a great finish. Super goal. He meant
:51:59. > :52:03.every inch of that. He took that brilliantly.
:52:04. > :52:08.Michael Kightly's cracker started a seat at the Aston Villa goal and
:52:08. > :52:14.eventually Wolves read the report with a little help from the
:52:14. > :52:24.official -- and reaped the rewards. Michael Kightly can take the corner.
:52:24. > :52:25.
:52:25. > :52:30.It is Ian! Edwards! 2-1 Wolves -- it is in. Cushioned it down to
:52:30. > :52:34.Robbie to hit -- Robbie Keane on the turn, what a great goal. A
:52:34. > :52:40.minimum of celebration, a minimum of back lift but a devastating
:52:40. > :52:46.finish. It all turned sour for Wolves. Emmanuel Frimpong's bravery
:52:46. > :52:53.saw him spend time in hospital with an eye injury. That was before Karl
:52:53. > :52:59.Henry's moment of madness earned him a red card. Lovely ball in.
:52:59. > :53:04.Clearing header by Johnson. Robbie Keane! He has done it! Fantastic
:53:04. > :53:10.finish. He has scored again against his former club and he might well
:53:10. > :53:16.have won this game for Alex McLeish and Aston Villa. Only inches away
:53:16. > :53:21.from a hat-trick to remember. A trilogy of blockbusting strikes
:53:21. > :53:26.at Loftus Road made this game a thriller, as Mark Hughes's QPR
:53:26. > :53:31.showed a real chemistry and left Wigan bottom-of-the-table. Wigan
:53:31. > :53:35.should have taken the lead, whilst Ali Al Habsi showed off his
:53:35. > :53:40.reflexes that the other end. Sadly, so did James McCarthy from the
:53:40. > :53:49.resulting corner. Can Heidar Helguson add to his eight goals
:53:49. > :53:58.this season? Yes, he can. It just. Akos Buzsaky has tested Al-Habsi
:53:58. > :54:03.already. What a goal! A stunning strike from Akos Buzsaky. Despair
:54:03. > :54:07.for Wigan, it is his first goal since April. Buzsaky was a
:54:07. > :54:14.fingertip away from another blockbuster, before Hugo Rodallega
:54:14. > :54:18.tried his hand at the other end. Rodallega! Another tremendous hit.
:54:19. > :54:25.Clean strike, Paddy Kenny didn't move. That is the piece of quality
:54:25. > :54:30.that Wigan needed, game back on. Heider Helgusson then went down and
:54:30. > :54:36.got up to have his penalty saved by Al-Habsi. And then saw his snapshot
:54:36. > :54:42.go the wrong side of the upright. Tommy Smith is square. Tommy Smith!
:54:42. > :54:48.He has surely won it for Queens Park Rangers now.
:54:48. > :54:54.It was a naughty hand and a good week that saw the points shared at
:54:54. > :55:04.Blackburn. Leighton Baines wasn't the right place to keep Blackburn
:55:04. > :55:09.out early on. Donovan. Marouane Fellaini. 10 K L! He scores for the
:55:09. > :55:15.first time in over a year -- Tim Cahill. Paul Robinson appealing for
:55:15. > :55:24.a handball and it was, it was the right arm of Fellaini. David
:55:24. > :55:30.Goodwillie... Off the post. Pedersen's free kick. Tim Howard
:55:30. > :55:34.completed this debt, Tim Cahill is our malign but Blackburn had an
:55:34. > :55:42.equaliser -- completely missed it. David Goodwillie. Tim Cahill could
:55:42. > :55:49.not clear. Leighton Baines are the dangerous ball and off the crossbar.
:55:49. > :55:54.When there would work wasn't coming to Rovers's rescue, Paul Robinson
:55:54. > :55:58.and former care were on hand to get the point. -- Formiga.
:55:58. > :56:03.Bolton have only lost once in 2012 and they are out of the bottom
:56:03. > :56:07.three at the blasting three past the Liverpool events that was Gone
:56:07. > :56:13.With the wind at a blustery Reebok Stadium. Mark Davies allowed to go
:56:13. > :56:21.all the way and Bolton lead. Shocking defending by Liverpool.
:56:22. > :56:26.That night's handiwork was adjudged as accidental by the referee.
:56:26. > :56:32.was adjudged to be going on to the ball. You have seen them given.
:56:32. > :56:37.Nigel Reo-Coker! It is at 2-02 Bolton Wanderers.
:56:37. > :56:44.Good header by Charlie Adam. On by Andy Carroll. Craig Bellamy is in
:56:44. > :56:50.on goal. Liverpool are back in the game. Bellamy was also trying to
:56:50. > :56:54.influence the game at the break and Reo Coker had to be restrained.
:56:54. > :57:04.is aimed long. The header comes back to Steinsson. What a finish
:57:04. > :57:11.that is. Absolutely magnificent. 3- Daniel Agger allowed to, long way
:57:11. > :57:14.and he will like a shot. What a good effort. -- allowed to come.
:57:14. > :57:20.Nothing official at the top of the table and nothing foreshore at the
:57:20. > :57:25.bottom either. Bolton, one defeat in four, some progress there. QPR,
:57:25. > :57:29.one win in the Cup, two wins on the trot, and Blackburn have taken
:57:29. > :57:37.points of Liverpool, United, Fulham and Everton since Christmas. It is
:57:37. > :57:42.not over yet. For Wigan, their toughest yet. They are getting cast
:57:42. > :57:52.adrift, no win in seven. 12 more goals to catch up on,
:57:52. > :57:57.
:57:57. > :58:01.starting with a magnificent seven The home side were lucky to have 0
:58:01. > :58:06.at half-time and will well worth five at the end. Clint Dempsey has
:58:07. > :58:12.his first ball of dollars but Fabio Capello may well be interested in
:58:12. > :58:18.David Stockdale, who kept Newcastle at bay until best... Danny Guthrie!
:58:18. > :58:23.It is a great shot. A generous decision by the referee handed
:58:23. > :58:27.Fulham our way back in. Danny Murphy slots it away and Fulham are
:58:27. > :58:34.level six minutes into the second half. Buoyed by their good fortune,
:58:34. > :58:43.fault -- Fulham pressed on, including one player in particular.
:58:43. > :58:53.This is Bobby Zamora. Dempsey! 2-1 Fulham. Clint Dempsey!
:58:53. > :58:58.Heroes Zamora, he has got Dempsey in again. It is 3-1 -- here is.
:58:58. > :59:03.Dempsey again, looking for Johnson. Johnson is through, and he has gone
:59:03. > :59:11.down. Another penalty. What is the referee going to do with the
:59:11. > :59:18.goalkeeper? It is yellow. Two in a row on Johnson and the referee
:59:18. > :59:28.wasn't standing for that. Bobby Zamora. It is a 4-1. Extraordinary
:59:28. > :59:39.
:59:39. > :59:45.scores. -- tricks his way inside. There goes Dempsey again. Is he
:59:45. > :59:50.going to get a hat-trick? He has done it, he has done it for the
:59:51. > :59:55.second time in a matter of weeks. story with a couple of late twists
:59:55. > :00:02.but it was Dorrans who stole the show. Although Morrison set the
:00:02. > :00:06.tone as did Sorensen in keeping his shot out, until... Here is Morrison,
:00:06. > :00:12.he has hit one from range and he has got another one. Sorensen can't
:00:12. > :00:17.hold it. West Brom lead. It just moves very late and Sorensen can't
:00:17. > :00:24.keep it out. Sorensen couldn't but the Post could, as Morrison looked
:00:24. > :00:30.for his second. Walters was given a chance to level from the spot.
:00:30. > :00:37.Against Foster and Foster stops him. And Morrison went close again to
:00:37. > :00:44.adding a second but beware Stoke and the set pieces. Jerome! It is a
:00:44. > :00:48.significant goal. It eludes Ben Foster and delights Tony Pulis.
:00:48. > :00:56.Stoppage time, free kick to West Brom. Straight into the corner of
:00:56. > :01:04.the goal. Sorensen believes it should perhaps be offside. Well, he
:01:04. > :01:08.is onside, isn't it? It wasn't an offside player. A great point for
:01:08. > :01:12.the Canaries as Torres continues to fire more blanks than an entire
:01:12. > :01:15.season of the 18. Holt proved more than a handful for Chelsea but
:01:15. > :01:22.could not find the target but at least Torres brought the best out
:01:22. > :01:27.of Ruddy. It is deflected for Torres and he has put it wide. By
:01:27. > :01:33.have got to say that Torres in red would have put that into the net
:01:33. > :01:38.first. Ruddy was still inspired to earn Norwich their first clean so -
:01:38. > :01:41.- clean sheet of the season. O'Neill has quickly turned the
:01:41. > :01:46.Stadium of Light into a fortress while Swansea still can't find
:01:46. > :01:51.their swagger away from home. Both sides had chances to take the lead
:01:51. > :02:01.but while Larsson kept his composure, Sinclair's went a cop --
:02:01. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:13.that is from Szczesny on. -- Sessegnon. A finish of pure
:02:13. > :02:17.artistry. Sunderland pushed on for second, Sessegnon and Wickham found
:02:17. > :02:27.the wrong side of the post. While Sinclair was still trying to find
:02:27. > :02:30.
:02:30. > :02:35.the shot on goal. Wattage goal but it's come absolutely outstanding
:02:35. > :02:42.goal from Gardner -- what a goal that is, absolutely outstanding
:02:42. > :02:46.goal from Gardner. The substitute makes it two-nil. The goal of the
:02:46. > :02:50.weekend more difficult than goal of the month. Van Persie. Absolutely
:02:50. > :02:56.fantastic. It was a great Manchester United move, a great
:02:56. > :03:00.tackle, then this is fast, free- flowing, direct, great movement.
:03:00. > :03:07.Chamberlain cuts inside van Persie, a great move their and a fantastic
:03:07. > :03:15.finish. Lee? I am going for this lad, Bale, a poor first half but
:03:15. > :03:22.when he can do that, absolutely wonderful goal. A wonderful strike.
:03:22. > :03:28.Sensational goal. You did that so much better than Colin would have.
:03:28. > :03:37.At least I went for a proper one. Before we go, let's have a pre-
:03:37. > :03:44.emptive strike on tomorrow's Mario stamps his authority. City's
:03:44. > :03:54.title hopes remain spot on. Man United state well in touch
:03:54. > :03:55.
:03:55. > :04:05.sensitive Danny Boy's winner. Here with Tottenham eight points behind
:04:05. > :04:15.the leaders. At the bottom, two. Separate 16th and 19th place. Here
:04:15. > :04:17.
:04:17. > :04:26.My five-year-old doppelganger caught on camera at Craven Cottage.
:04:26. > :04:35.QPR fans choose a bad day to go sunbathing. Robbie Keane makes an
:04:36. > :04:44.unsteady start as Villa return. Dustin Hoffman smuggles Hedgcock
:04:44. > :04:51.into match. -- Hedgcock. Bad news for this man, Harry signs secret
:04:51. > :04:56.deal with Manchester City. So that is just about it on what has been a
:04:56. > :05:06.top class weekend of Premier League football, with Sunday's final score
:05:06. > :05:08.
:05:08. > :05:13.reading Manchester two, London nil. What a finish that is from Nasri.
:05:13. > :05:23.Eight is in for two-nil. Jermain Defoe into an empty net, Spurs not
:05:23. > :05:31.
:05:31. > :05:41.That was the chance for Spurs to win it. Balotelli, who has won the
:05:41. > :05:43.