:00:58. > :01:01.Hello everybody. After finding out this evening that I was pipped to
:01:01. > :01:04.the England job by Roy Hodgson, I'll try to keep my chin up, as we
:01:04. > :01:07.offer up highlights from Sunday's two Barclays Premier League games
:01:07. > :01:11.for you, and we'll chuck in all 25 goals from yesterday as well. In
:01:11. > :01:15.the studio, the management is here. Stoke boss Tony Pulis, ex-player
:01:15. > :01:19.Dion Dublin, and fashionista Mark Lawrenson. Tottenham against
:01:19. > :01:28.Blackburn a little later, but first, we strut our stuff down at the
:01:28. > :01:32.Bridge for an all-London clash What a way, Josue. On Tuesday the
:01:32. > :01:35.enjoyed one of the greatest night in their history and Barcelona and
:01:35. > :01:39.reach the Champions League final. Despite having to play most of the
:01:39. > :01:44.match with ten men. John Terry was sent off after a moment of madness
:01:44. > :01:50.and will miss the big game in Munich, but he plays today. These
:01:50. > :01:53.teams met in October, QPR 1, 1-0, and John Terry was charged with
:01:53. > :01:59.making alleged racist comments towards Anton Ferdinand, a charge
:01:59. > :02:04.that he denies. The trial date has been set for 9th July. That
:02:04. > :02:09.incident hangs over the game today. Since then both sides have had
:02:09. > :02:19.contrasting seasons. Chelsea are in an FA Cup final and the Champions
:02:19. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:26.League final, but QPR are in their between John Terry and Anton
:02:26. > :02:32.Ferdinand, who both played today the Premier League have decided to
:02:32. > :02:37.cancel the pre-match ritual between both sides. For Josue, Cup finals
:02:37. > :02:41.can wait because the race for 4th place is not over yet. They must
:02:41. > :02:46.refocus after their victory and choose the, well as QPR must try to
:02:46. > :02:51.get every. They can get as they hover above the drop zone on goal
:02:51. > :03:01.difference. The Chelsea defence has a makeshift look with Ivanovitch
:03:01. > :03:02.
:03:02. > :03:06.this -- suspended. Paulo Ferreira Starks, as does Josie Bosingwa.
:03:06. > :03:16.John Terry is full of contrition in the match programme after his
:03:16. > :03:19.
:03:19. > :03:27.sending-off in the No camp. -- Nou Camp. Akos Buzsaky and Djibril
:03:27. > :03:31.Cisse both come in for QPR. Referee Howard Webb gets us under way.
:03:31. > :03:36.Chelsea looking for their first victory of the season against
:03:36. > :03:46.another team from the capital, having drawn five and lost two of
:03:46. > :04:12.
:04:12. > :04:22.their capital derby matches so far a fantastic start, Daniel Sturridge
:04:22. > :04:27.
:04:27. > :04:31.with the goal. 47 seconds on the clock. -- an early goal. Brilliant
:04:31. > :04:39.start for Chelsea, and Daniel Sturridge takes less than a minute
:04:39. > :04:44.to give Chelsea the lead. Chelsea's first attack of the Match leads to
:04:44. > :04:50.the opening goal, and what a start for Roberto Di Matteo and his side.
:04:50. > :04:55.There was a hint of offside. Frank Lampard is clearly offside as
:04:55. > :05:01.Daniel Sturridge shoots, but he is adjudged not to have been in the
:05:01. > :05:05.goalkeeper's line of vision, as he ducks his head out of the way. QPR
:05:05. > :05:15.have alternated between home victories and away defeats. If it
:05:15. > :05:30.
:05:30. > :05:37.follows that pattern they would first goal. And Frank Lampard! You
:05:37. > :05:44.double improvisation from Frank Lampard. -- beautiful improvisation.
:05:44. > :05:50.Paddy Kenny, back-pedalling, and just able to put that over the bar.
:05:50. > :05:56.Looks like it is going to be a busy afternoon. John Terry with the
:05:56. > :06:06.header, and it is 2-0. He cannot stay out of the headlines. John
:06:06. > :06:12.
:06:12. > :06:16.Terry with the gall for Chelsea. -- the goal. Queen's Park Rangers are
:06:16. > :06:21.in real trouble. It is a mixed bag of headlines that follow around
:06:21. > :06:25.Chelsea's cabin, but this will be one of the better ones. John Terry
:06:25. > :06:32.was quick to acknowledge in the programme notes that he had let the
:06:32. > :06:37.ball down getting sent off in the Champions League semi-final.
:06:37. > :06:47.Chelsea seemed unrecognisable under Roberto Di Matteo, from the bunch
:06:47. > :06:51.
:06:52. > :07:01.of players who were toiling under a move and he might finish it off,
:07:02. > :07:02.
:07:02. > :07:06.and he has. 3-0, in less than 20 minutes. Fernando Torres, his
:07:06. > :07:16.wonderful week continues. The scorer of that late goal in
:07:16. > :07:23.Barcelona there's one in front of the Chelsea faithful. -- gets one.
:07:23. > :07:27.Chelsea look out of sight. Three goals in 90 minutes. QPR are in
:07:27. > :07:33.danger of collecting no points, but their goal difference is going to
:07:33. > :07:43.take a real battering, if they are not careful. What this scoreline
:07:43. > :07:45.
:07:45. > :07:53.has is taking some of the tension out of the occasion. -- has done is
:07:53. > :07:59.taken some of the tension. And Fernando Torres makes it four! A
:07:59. > :08:09.calamity for QPR. Whilst the defensive inquest starts, Chelsea
:08:09. > :08:09.
:08:09. > :08:13.celebrate four goals in 20 minutes, at Fernando Torres has killed them.
:08:13. > :08:19.Nedum Onouha tries to nodded back to his goalkeeper, and it goes
:08:19. > :08:29.horribly wrong. -- tried to nod it. And Fernando Torres buried the
:08:29. > :08:36.
:08:36. > :08:42.chance. What an awful 25 minutes Park Rangers are creating that when
:08:42. > :08:50.problems. Torres is going to tease Anton Ferdinand. And Frank Lampard
:08:50. > :09:00.cannot quite turn it Hoult. It has been given as a goal-kick. -- turn
:09:00. > :09:03.
:09:03. > :09:13.it home. Frank Lampard almost get to half-time without suffering
:09:13. > :09:17.any more damage. Juan Mata gets away from Shaun Derry, Torres, who
:09:17. > :09:24.is on a track -- who is on a hat- trick, he will have to wait a bit
:09:24. > :09:34.longer. Juan Mata, the mischief- maker in cheap. Frank Lampard could
:09:34. > :09:36.
:09:36. > :09:44.not find a way through. -- in chief. Djibril Cisse, trying and failing
:09:44. > :09:52.to get things moving for QPR. Beautifully done. That could have
:09:52. > :10:02.been five, Ford Juan Mata, and he knows it. He was onside as the ball
:10:02. > :10:04.
:10:04. > :10:08.was played forward. What a chance. No foul given for Torres. Jamie
:10:09. > :10:15.Mackie for QPR, with a decent shot, which brought the best out of Petr
:10:15. > :10:25.Cech. He said that one more whistling towards the corner of the
:10:25. > :10:31.
:10:31. > :10:37.neck. -- sent that one whistling towards the corner of the net. QPR
:10:37. > :10:47.are still six goals better off than Bolton, despite the four goals
:10:47. > :10:49.
:10:49. > :10:59.scored by Josue. -- Chelsea. Torres looks at different player of a
:10:59. > :11:08.
:11:08. > :11:14.sudden. -- looks a different player, concise passing. And the flag stays
:11:14. > :11:24.down. Torres could be in your, and he is. A hat-trick for Fernando
:11:24. > :11:25.
:11:25. > :11:29.Torres. What a week for him! It is all smiles at Stamford Bridge. And
:11:29. > :11:35.this is a Fernando Torres Chelsea thought they were signing, for all
:11:35. > :11:42.that money. He delivered a big moment in Barcelona on Tuesday, and,
:11:42. > :11:46.clean through again, one side, he finishes the job. He scores
:11:46. > :11:56.Chelsea's first hat-trick since Frank Lampard netted three against
:11:56. > :12:19.
:12:19. > :12:23.Bolton Wanderers last October. top. Fernando Torres getting the
:12:23. > :12:28.nod, ahead of Didier Drogba, who grabbed the headlines with his
:12:28. > :12:37.winning goal in the first leg of that Champions League semi-final,
:12:37. > :12:47.just up in at the corner of the bench. Florent Malouda, makes it
:12:47. > :12:48.
:12:48. > :12:56.six. He could hardly miss. Florent Malouda has scored -- who scored in
:12:56. > :13:00.the semi-final against Tottenham recently, scores goal number Six
:13:00. > :13:10.for Chelsea in the slashing of QPR and the west London derby. Chelsea,
:13:10. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:21.and performances that that man there has been looking for, from
:13:21. > :13:26.his club. Djibril Cisse, and Queen's Park Rangers have a call
:13:26. > :13:31.back, a minor consolation on and off all afternoon. Nedum Onouha,
:13:31. > :13:36.persistent on this near side, and Djibril Cisse squeezes it
:13:36. > :13:46.underneath Petr Cech. Rangers, on the scoreboard at least. Djibril
:13:46. > :13:57.
:13:57. > :14:04.Cisse, with his 4th goal since his tremendous block by Nedum Onouha.
:14:04. > :14:08.Torres has been the star of the show here today. A stroll for
:14:08. > :14:12.Chelsea. They were singing in the rain and the first half, as the
:14:12. > :14:21.goals poured in. It took Chelsea just 48 seconds for that first goal
:14:21. > :14:28.and after that it was one-way traffic. Rangers were minging in
:14:28. > :14:35.the rain. They are still in danger of the drop. Did the early goals
:14:35. > :14:42.helped take away the pension of the derby match? He has, fortunately,
:14:43. > :14:49.to be, we did that and it really helped us. To be four down after 25
:14:49. > :14:59.minutes, we did try to get into the game but they were be able to pick
:14:59. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:07.us off, as we all were committed. - - all were committed -- over
:15:07. > :15:10.committed. What about Fernando Torres? We all know what he is
:15:10. > :15:20.capable of, but we have not seen much of it in a Chelsea shirt, but
:15:20. > :15:24.he got a hat-trick. The whole team played well. Juan Mata scored. But
:15:24. > :15:29.commander scored a hat-trick and I am very pleased for him. --
:15:29. > :15:35.Fernando Torres scored a hat-trick. Due that is a few enjoyed it
:15:35. > :15:41.yourself. You have had some tough times. Yes, from my first time in
:15:41. > :15:50.English football but within was really good, but then it was not
:15:50. > :15:55.like this. But the people have been very good, and I have had one year,
:15:55. > :16:00.here, under wet through a difficult period of time when things were not
:16:00. > :16:06.a right, but I did the only thing that you can do, and the goals has
:16:06. > :16:11.to come. We have got to get the job done and make sure that we are
:16:11. > :16:14.fundamentally better than they were today. We do that like we have done
:16:14. > :16:22.in recent home games then we will be fine but we have got to improve
:16:22. > :16:31.markedly on what we did today. the first minute, from the goal, we
:16:31. > :16:40.have confidence from the first goal and after Fernando Torres to the
:16:41. > :16:50.good job, I am very happy for him. And now I think we are still
:16:51. > :16:57.
:16:57. > :17:03.fighting for weeks, for poor Take me inside the mind of a new
:17:03. > :17:07.manager. When you went to Stoke in 2006, what is your first job?
:17:07. > :17:16.have defined out what is in the dressing room, what the players are
:17:16. > :17:20.like. Andree brought Roberto in, and it looks like the senior
:17:20. > :17:27.players are more settled and they are playing better than what they
:17:27. > :17:31.were. How do you get the balance between being their friend but also
:17:31. > :17:37.being the boss? They have started to win and confidence through the
:17:37. > :17:43.football club is very high. You talk about Roberto, he could end up
:17:43. > :17:49.winning the FA Cup, the Champions League, finishing in the top four.
:17:49. > :17:56.He could be Manager of the Year. And still not get the job, by the
:17:56. > :18:02.way. Things we did not think -- things we did not expect to happen
:18:02. > :18:07.in 2012. Tony Pulis agreeing to come on the programme at last.
:18:07. > :18:12.Fernando Torres scoring a hat-trick question marks the it was a rare
:18:12. > :18:22.one, and it has been rare for some time. He is enjoying his football
:18:22. > :18:25.now. He is used to the players now, and he is enjoying it. His movement
:18:25. > :18:34.and his body language has completely changed. He has the ball
:18:34. > :18:39.at his feet. A great run here. Look at Fernando Torres. His first
:18:39. > :18:44.feeling is, can I get into the box and a scoring position? The
:18:44. > :18:51.position of the full-backs was wrong, but this past was inch-
:18:51. > :19:01.perfect. Every time Juan Mata gets the ball, he looks for Fernando
:19:01. > :19:09.
:19:09. > :19:15.Torres. He puts it on a plate for But he is a working back and making
:19:15. > :19:24.things hard. It is a free kick, but did you see his reaction? Juan Mata,
:19:24. > :19:29.Fernando Torres again. Eye-contact, movement. I think it is Ferdinand,
:19:29. > :19:35.the first centre half, cannot see his run. He slips it into the far
:19:35. > :19:41.corner. This one again. Arm up in the air, pass it to me. I want to
:19:41. > :19:48.score again. That was the last block of the game. He played superb
:19:48. > :19:55.today. Looking through those clips, Juan Mata plays in a Fernando
:19:55. > :20:03.Torres? He has been their best player this year. You have looked
:20:03. > :20:10.at the same clips, but with a different perspective? Queen's Park
:20:10. > :20:15.strangers! They did play badly. They were great goals for Fernando
:20:15. > :20:21.Torres of course, but they were preventable. If you are the full-
:20:21. > :20:26.back, the danger is where he should go. But he does not work hard
:20:26. > :20:33.enough to get there. As a footballer, you know Fernando
:20:33. > :20:38.Torres has to go past the goalkeeper. Queen's Park Rangers
:20:38. > :20:44.were fine, no great problem, lots of bodies and everybody has a man,
:20:44. > :20:52.a lot of pressure on the ball and the player. To concede a goal from
:20:52. > :20:58.this angle. A bit mixed up with Paddy Kenny. This is Page one of
:20:58. > :21:04.the defender's manual. If you are the last man, you step up. They
:21:04. > :21:07.don't do it and the ball was played through and a Fernando Torres went
:21:07. > :21:11.through two Scots. Tony was a pleading with me not to show any of
:21:11. > :21:17.us, because they have them in the next game, but sorry. Queen's Park
:21:17. > :21:20.Rangers were looking like a Second Division team. I am surprised that
:21:20. > :21:25.Mark Hughes, they have good coaching staff but defensively
:21:25. > :21:31.today, I know they conceded two early goals, but they were off the
:21:31. > :21:36.pace. Tony, you look at that in a different way, you thought it was
:21:36. > :21:46.great defending? I am looking at the bench at Chelsea today with the
:21:46. > :21:52.games they have. Is that a sign their well played midweek and this
:21:52. > :21:58.11 might be close to the FA Cup final? Not necessarily. Newcastle
:21:58. > :22:04.at home, which is a massive game. At this stage of the season, you
:22:04. > :22:09.want massive games. You pick a team to win a match. I don't think you
:22:09. > :22:16.will think, at a high Flockton to death? You pick a team to win the
:22:16. > :22:21.games now. We will have a look at the bottom, and all the goals from
:22:21. > :22:27.yesterday. But let's get to the other Sunday fixture, yet again in
:22:27. > :22:31.London and affecting the top and bottom of the table. Spurs are
:22:31. > :22:35.seemingly in freefall, they have lost five out of mine, picking of
:22:35. > :22:40.just six points. If they don't stop the slide they will miss out on the
:22:40. > :22:46.Champions League. In March, it looked impossible, they were third
:22:46. > :22:51.and looking assured. They lost out to QPR, previous to that it was a
:22:51. > :22:55.home defeat to Norwich. It could be a season of what could have been.
:22:55. > :22:59.But Blackburn are in the most perilous position and could fall
:22:59. > :23:05.out of the Premier League. They just have three games to save their
:23:05. > :23:09.season. They beat the Canaries, but before that they lost five in a row.
:23:09. > :23:15.The heat has been on Steve Kean, and this could be another tough day
:23:15. > :23:21.at the office. Jonathan Pearce would the commentary.
:23:21. > :23:31.Speculation about a manager and players are leaving, Blackburn must
:23:31. > :23:56.
:23:56. > :24:00.clubs below in confidence. Tottenham Hotspur with one win in
:24:00. > :24:05.nine league games and Blackburn Rovers with five defeats in their
:24:05. > :24:09.last six in the Premier League. It Tottenham are sliding out of
:24:09. > :24:18.Champions League contention. Blackburn are in danger of sliding
:24:18. > :24:28.out of the Premier League completely. Tottenham start the
:24:28. > :24:31.
:24:31. > :24:41.game in six at the Chelsea's romp against Queen's Park Rangers. --
:24:41. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :25:03.but into the side netting. A bright start by toponym. -- Tottenham. A
:25:03. > :25:13.good chance. The manager has lived with pressure throughout this
:25:13. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:39.He started the game so well, the defensive poke carried the ball to
:25:39. > :25:49.him and he let rip with that. A terrific effort. Robinson was
:25:49. > :25:49.
:25:49. > :25:56.beaten. It would have been his first goal in a year. Tottenham
:25:56. > :26:06.haven't really open them up so far. One effort, from a range rocking
:26:06. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:30.And they are saying the ball wasn't over. Gareth Basle's efforts
:26:30. > :26:40.cleared off the line. It is way over the line. A lovely ball by
:26:40. > :26:43.
:26:43. > :26:53.Lennon. The defender was behind the line when he blocked from Van de
:26:53. > :26:54.
:26:54. > :27:04.Vaart. Blackburn are looking at the trapdoor. A good decision by the
:27:04. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:23.referee and an important goal from back-pedalling. Aaron Lennon! On to
:27:23. > :27:33.his left thoughts, always rising, but Tottenham have the pace and
:27:33. > :27:34.
:27:34. > :27:38.ability to cut through Blackburn Rovers system or stock what a 12
:27:38. > :27:48.Mons he has had, for so many reasons. It must have had an
:27:48. > :28:03.
:28:03. > :28:13.Lennon settles for the corner. Tottenham's third corner of the
:28:13. > :28:38.
:28:38. > :28:43.Blackburn switched off. It Adebayor was looking for Sandro. William
:28:43. > :28:51.Gallas was desperately unlucky. Spurs should be at least three
:28:51. > :29:01.goals ahead by now. It's hasn't been an expensive game with regards
:29:01. > :29:14.
:29:14. > :29:24.to the number of chances, but could not get away and as soon as
:29:24. > :29:34.
:29:34. > :29:43.he went wide, the chance became accuracy from a man who does not
:29:43. > :29:53.score enough goals perhaps. Only the 15 the Spurs in nearly 160
:29:53. > :30:06.
:30:06. > :30:14.move by Spurs, but a good finish. Fluent from the very start. Good,
:30:14. > :30:21.early passing, a bit of pace. The vision, he should have done better
:30:21. > :30:31.from there. They are not quite there at the moment, Tottenham. At
:30:31. > :30:32.
:30:32. > :30:42.times it has been so quiet, you can hear the individual shouts of the
:30:42. > :31:07.
:31:07. > :31:13.brilliant goal from the Young Player of the Year. Cow Walker --
:31:13. > :31:21.Kyle Walker. Absolutely terrific. Round the outside of the wall. Look
:31:21. > :31:25.how wide it started. That is fabulous. Blackburn Rovers look
:31:25. > :31:35.absolutely dumbfounded. It might have brushed of Scott Dann, on the
:31:35. > :31:39.
:31:39. > :31:43.way through. But it arced and dipped. It found the net. That is a
:31:43. > :31:47.magnificent free kick from a young player who has taken such great
:31:47. > :31:57.strides in the last 12 months, the Young Player of the Year, Kyle
:31:57. > :31:58.
:31:58. > :32:02.Walker. Blackburn Rovers have not had one shot at the Tottenham goal.
:32:02. > :32:09.A much-needed victory for Spurs, to put them back into the top four.
:32:09. > :32:14.The free kick from Kyle Walker, they were the match-winner. This
:32:15. > :32:17.was the 6th defeat in seven games for Blackburn, and even two degrees
:32:18. > :32:24.in the last three games might not save them. How disappointed are
:32:24. > :32:28.you? We came with a plan to keep van der Vaart and Adebayor quiet
:32:28. > :32:32.and I think we did that well, but we did not win the ball in the
:32:32. > :32:38.middle third of the pitch. We did not give decent service to the
:32:38. > :32:43.front two. The did not get our passes off quickly enough, and as a
:32:43. > :32:48.result it was always difficult to get out of her on happen. A thought
:32:48. > :32:50.we played ever so well. It was a good performance, the passing and
:32:50. > :32:54.movement in the first that was fantastic. We have been playing
:32:54. > :33:02.well but there is also have not been happening. Apart from at
:33:02. > :33:07.Norwich, we have been in great form. There are no easy games. We have
:33:07. > :33:11.got two hard games away from home, against Bolton and Aston Villa,
:33:11. > :33:18.then it difficult London derby with Fulham. Tough games. Newcastle
:33:18. > :33:26.played Josue. It is going to be interesting. -- Newcastle play
:33:26. > :33:31.Chelsea. I thought I would take a chance, he said, do you fancy it,
:33:31. > :33:34.and I stepped up and it was in the back of the net. A what a terrific
:33:34. > :33:38.12 months it has been. You could not have imagined it would happen
:33:38. > :33:46.like this. Yes, three years ago I was actually killed United playing
:33:46. > :33:52.there, so, who knows what can happen in football? -- I was at the
:33:52. > :33:56.Sheffield United. A do you still have believed? Of course we still
:33:56. > :34:06.have believed. We have been written off and we have bounced back, they
:34:06. > :34:10.need to beat Wigan Athletic. It will be a tight game. And Chelsea,
:34:10. > :34:20.we have got to get three points against Wigan Athletic, and charge
:34:20. > :34:25.on. It is difficult, Steve Kean can only work with what he has got. He
:34:25. > :34:31.has had a difficult year for a stop to who throw what he has been true,
:34:31. > :34:35.the abuse he has had, it has been amazing. He can only work with what
:34:35. > :34:39.he has caught. The players, I am not being disrespectful, but they
:34:39. > :34:49.should not be down there scrapping, he has not got world-class players,
:34:49. > :34:50.
:34:50. > :34:55.but he is getting the best out of What was at stake for both clubs -
:34:55. > :34:59.I was expecting more of a blood- and-thunder affair. Tottenham have
:34:59. > :35:03.caught more quality players than Blackburn have. I was surprised
:35:03. > :35:10.that Steve Kean changed it and played with a back five. What
:35:10. > :35:16.you're doing then is an isolating players on both sides. And it did
:35:16. > :35:22.not happen on the day. But he has been a credit to management, Steve
:35:22. > :35:28.Kean. He has been very resilient, he has get at it, and he will keep
:35:28. > :35:31.at it in the next two games. Sandro stood out for you for Spurs. He was
:35:31. > :35:38.sick in the modern sense of the work, and then the old-fashioned
:35:38. > :35:48.sense. Yes, everything that was good about Tottenham, he started it
:35:48. > :35:51.
:35:51. > :35:56.of Brocket down. -- or broke it down. He goes past players, three,
:35:56. > :36:04.four, five, typical Brazilian run, nothing comes of it but it is a
:36:04. > :36:10.typical Brazilian attitude. And he almost Scholes here. This is where
:36:10. > :36:14.he felt a little bit ill. We did not decide to show that! I and we
:36:14. > :36:19.know that he has got the strength on the physical side of his game,
:36:19. > :36:29.but what a pinpoint pass over to defeat of Aaron Lennon, the again
:36:29. > :36:33.
:36:33. > :36:39.was repaired. -- superb. Today, I thought he was absolutely superb.
:36:39. > :36:42.You like players like that, big and strong, with school. The has been
:36:42. > :36:50.held a little bit back, but he is a fantastic player, and he will get
:36:50. > :36:58.better. If you get a pat on the back from Joe Jordan, you know that
:36:58. > :37:06.you have been playing well! cannot dress this up. Blackburn did
:37:06. > :37:12.not have a shot on or off target. West Brom in 2004 was that the last
:37:12. > :37:15.team that happen with. I am feeling sorry for showing it. We have
:37:15. > :37:24.scrawled back through the 90 minutes for anything that we could
:37:24. > :37:28.show, and this summed up the performance from Blackburn. More
:37:28. > :37:33.quality year in a cross from Adebayor, and Tottenham could have
:37:33. > :37:38.scored from the only opportunity that Blackburn had. And when I say
:37:38. > :37:44.that it was an opportunity I am being extremely kind. They sat back,
:37:44. > :37:48.at 1-0, you think you might pinch a goal, but they never looked like it.
:37:48. > :37:54.Their supporters have got two games left and they are thinking, we have
:37:54. > :37:58.gone. They have nothing going forward. I have played in
:37:58. > :38:06.relegation teams. I have been in a relegation dogfight. You cannot
:38:06. > :38:11.approach the game like that, you will not get anything. What does
:38:11. > :38:14.have a look at the Swan, Kyle Walker, Young Player of the Year.
:38:14. > :38:23.As a manager, do you say that this is a touch of genius and there is
:38:23. > :38:29.nothing you can do about it? that is top drawer. To send the
:38:29. > :38:33.ball out, so far, and to bring it back in, and to beat the keeper of
:38:33. > :38:41.the quality of Paul Robinson from 25 yards, he is young Player of the
:38:41. > :38:50.Year for a reason. Top four, I am going to pass this one over to you,
:38:50. > :38:55.Tony. Newcastle have been fantastic this year. Alan Pardew has done a
:38:55. > :39:01.wonderful job. For us, as a football club, we tried to improve
:39:01. > :39:04.every year, to make that small step, and that is the important thing,
:39:04. > :39:10.financially, right through the four years in the Premiership, but
:39:10. > :39:14.Newcastle have been fantastic this year. If Josue did not finish in
:39:14. > :39:24.the top four and get in the European Cup, that changes
:39:24. > :39:24.
:39:24. > :39:31.everything. If you look at the fixtures. So the possibly going for
:39:31. > :39:37.the title. And Everton, away, David Moyes a positive team is as good as
:39:37. > :39:41.anybody in the league. I cannot see beyond Arsenal and Chelsea.
:39:41. > :39:47.Newcastle have got three of their hardest games of the season right
:39:47. > :39:53.at the end. Is that the way that you would like to see people
:39:53. > :40:00.talking about Stoke City, the way they are talking about Newcastle?
:40:00. > :40:08.We don't care what people say about us! We have got a set-up that works,
:40:08. > :40:11.and that will work, over a period of time. Looking at the relegation
:40:11. > :40:20.places, Wolverhampton Wanderers are already down. Blackburn seemed to
:40:20. > :40:24.be in trouble. That point at West Brom was a good one for Aston Villa.
:40:25. > :40:29.QPR have to beat Stoke City. I think that it might even go to goal
:40:29. > :40:35.difference on the last day. Blackburn, you fear for them, after
:40:35. > :40:41.today. Roy Hodgson has been approached and there will be an
:40:41. > :40:46.interview tomorrow in terms of them taking over former England boss. So,
:40:46. > :40:55.Harry Redknapp seems like he is staying put. This is a statement
:40:55. > :41:00.from David Bernstein, the FA We knew that there was a short list,
:41:00. > :41:02.it is hard to believe. I cannot believe that somebody has not
:41:02. > :41:07.spoken to Harry Redknapp unofficially to see if he would be
:41:07. > :41:10.interested. He is the best manager in terms of the English men that
:41:10. > :41:16.are available. Roy Hodgson might turn of the job down and it could
:41:16. > :41:19.be that he does a good job, but I think we all thought it was going
:41:19. > :41:26.to be Harry Redknapp. It might be the right time for Roy Hodgson to
:41:26. > :41:30.take it. I thought it was going to be Harry Redknapp. For a top job,
:41:30. > :41:34.you speak to different people, you put out that to those, I cannot
:41:34. > :41:40.believe that, unofficially, they have not spoken to Harry Redknapp.
:41:40. > :41:45.I thought he was going to get the job. Like most football people, I
:41:45. > :41:49.don't think there have been an occasion when everyone, the media,
:41:49. > :41:53.press, people in football, supporters, have unanimously got
:41:53. > :42:00.together and said Harry Redknapp is the man for the job and everyone
:42:00. > :42:04.has agreed. But Wilson has a lot of experience. He picks all the boxes
:42:04. > :42:08.of managing at international level, he has done a good job wherever he
:42:08. > :42:13.has been, he is a good coach, and I think he will fit the system with
:42:13. > :42:23.Stuart Pearce. Roy Hodgson looks like he is the right man for what
:42:23. > :42:25.
:42:25. > :42:31.the FA want. And his contract being up has got to be a factor. A yes,
:42:31. > :42:34.to get Harry Redknapp from Spurs would cost an absolute fortune.
:42:34. > :42:40.Willetts and, through his experience and what he has done
:42:40. > :42:44.with other teams, I think he has achieved a lot. And it is getting
:42:44. > :42:48.players onside. Get your players playing for you. Harry Redknapp is
:42:48. > :42:55.the best manager for doing that, religion has got to try and copy
:42:56. > :43:05.that. England going to the stomach as underdogs. A bit of perspective.
:43:06. > :43:07.
:43:08. > :43:10.-- goal into this tournament. might just work. I cannot believe
:43:10. > :43:20.that they and winter fall-out about money with Roy Hodgson not taking
:43:20. > :43:28.the job. And he is an England fan. If you are watching, Roy Hodgson,
:43:28. > :43:33.where the neutral coloured suit! We can bring you so much more. Prost,
:43:33. > :43:36.a few things to tell you about. Catch the final match of the day
:43:36. > :43:41.three on the season on the red button and on the website on
:43:41. > :43:46.tomorrow morning. It includes the end-of-year awards, and a quiz that
:43:46. > :43:49.needs an explanation whatsoever. Match Of the Day is back tomorrow
:43:49. > :43:55.to bring you all the drama from Manchester United against
:43:55. > :44:01.Manchester City. And a quick look ahead to Match of the Day 2. Next
:44:01. > :44:08.season to begin on Sunday 19th August. We want to see a warm
:44:08. > :44:14.welcome to Reading and to Southampton. And in four weeks, it
:44:15. > :44:22.is 5 Live's biggest ever outside broadcast. From the Britannia
:44:22. > :44:32.Stadium at stock. Lots of guests, and live music from Ash and the
:44:32. > :44:39.So we are truly next season already? They make me what month
:44:39. > :44:48.we're in. April. You have lost it. I would just sit in the House in a
:44:48. > :44:58.dark room and wait for the season to start again. Now, a look at the
:44:58. > :45:11.
:45:11. > :45:16.season so far for Stoke City with a # Tony Pulis, the manager of Stoke.
:45:16. > :45:21.A couple of signings, the future is bright, and he got promotion to the
:45:21. > :45:31.top like. He wears tracksuits and a baseball cap. If he wore a gold
:45:31. > :45:31.
:45:31. > :46:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 67 seconds
:46:38. > :46:47.chain, you could probably wrap! The Persie! Absolutely unmarked. Robin
:46:47. > :46:54.van Persie equaliser as Arsenal. A delightful goal. Robin van Persie
:46:54. > :47:00.behind the ball. Smash into Robert Huth. They are claiming handball,
:47:00. > :47:10.it certainly hit his arm. Probably should have been a free kick. I
:47:10. > :47:11.
:47:11. > :47:16.don't think it was a penalty. Was he pushed by we learn? There is a
:47:16. > :47:26.little bit of contact. It might have been a soft one, and nothing
:47:26. > :47:38.
:47:38. > :47:47.goes Stoke's way. Arsenal cannot believe it. What are you are
:47:47. > :47:56.watching is Arsene Wenger incensed. The world record attempt for the
:47:56. > :48:06.largest ever Arsene Wenger impression. I never disagree with
:48:06. > :48:07.
:48:07. > :48:12.Never at all. Norwich and Swansea, a lot of people said they would go
:48:12. > :48:20.down this season. They have done roughly what you did with Stoke
:48:20. > :48:26.when everyone wrote you off in 2006, 2007, happy memories? They write
:48:26. > :48:32.you off, we got beat 3-1 at Bolton and one bookmaker paid out we would
:48:32. > :48:36.be relegated. But Swansea and Norwich have done fantastic. It is
:48:36. > :48:42.good for the players, good for their clubs because they are both
:48:42. > :48:46.great clubs. You like to see under dogs doing well. You have built up
:48:46. > :48:51.since then and it culminated in European football. What A Group
:48:51. > :48:57.Stage it was. Two fantastic night, even though the result did not go
:48:57. > :49:02.the right way with Valencia. have played 56 games on Saturday.
:49:02. > :49:07.It has been a great experience, I wouldn't swap it for the world, to
:49:07. > :49:11.go out and play against European teams and Khojah against them. What
:49:11. > :49:16.I have learned and what the players have learned, they have enjoyed it
:49:16. > :49:22.enormously, but it does that take the strain. Home born, I don't
:49:22. > :49:27.think any of the top five or six clubs have won at your Stadium?
:49:27. > :49:31.Newcastle out, it is the first time we have done it in four years. We
:49:31. > :49:36.have got to the fore macro quarter- finals of all the major cup
:49:36. > :49:42.competitions. We have been to the final of the FA Cup. We have done
:49:42. > :49:47.smashing. What planning have you started the next season? A I have,
:49:47. > :49:53.but I have not told the chairman. Would that be a striker because you
:49:53. > :49:57.have not been banging them in the season? It is not just one position,
:49:57. > :50:01.we will look at the whole picture and see what we need as a group.
:50:01. > :50:07.Everything at the club has been built on us as a group and not
:50:07. > :50:14.individuals. It is the team that is very, very important. The work
:50:14. > :50:19.ethic and everything that goes, it is fantastic. Peter Crouch should
:50:19. > :50:24.go to the Euro competition, he is superb. I would be surprised if he
:50:24. > :50:28.does not go. A lot of positives. I have got to
:50:28. > :50:34.bring out the negatives, you're away form has not been good. Do you
:50:34. > :50:39.try to change the routine? We have been closer to getting results away
:50:39. > :50:45.from home, especially at the big sides this year, than we have ever
:50:45. > :50:49.done before. But we have travelled enormous distances in the Europa
:50:49. > :50:55.Lee competition. Every game we came back from, the next league game was
:50:55. > :51:04.an away game, which doesn't half take the strain. Sometimes come I
:51:04. > :51:12.will include the so -- the team I support in this, Manchester City
:51:12. > :51:17.was amazing and doing away be armed Arsene Wenger yesterday. I don't
:51:17. > :51:23.know who does it. They must be there at night thinking. I did not
:51:23. > :51:27.see it. I was watching the game. I will say this, all the time we have
:51:27. > :51:32.been in the Premiership, the fans have been fantastic. And if we did
:51:32. > :51:37.not have them behind us, we wouldn't be where we are now.
:51:37. > :51:42.some journalism, people criticise your style, so I would like you to
:51:42. > :51:50.look at this as an example and tell me how you keep producing boring
:51:50. > :51:55.football like this? What is going on? The goal of the season, 28,000
:51:55. > :52:01.people have just supported it. There was no quality to that or
:52:01. > :52:06.whatsoever! You should never have any one in the Euro. We played some
:52:06. > :52:11.good stuff at times. The players don't get the credit they deserve.
:52:11. > :52:16.We don't take any notice of outside criticism. If people want to
:52:16. > :52:23.criticise us, that is fine. We just get on with doing our job. Have you
:52:23. > :52:29.got a ticket for fighting talk's big day out? I have. He he is lying
:52:29. > :52:37.to you about that? Through my back teeth. He is not allowed in. No
:52:37. > :52:47.baseball caps allowed. 23 goals to show you from yesterday. We will
:52:47. > :52:50.
:52:50. > :52:56.begin with are one stop review at still fighting even though things
:52:56. > :53:04.did not get off to the best of starts for the visitors.
:53:04. > :53:14.Swansea kick off and playing in their white strip from like to left.
:53:14. > :53:42.
:53:42. > :53:52.have clipped Richard Steer month when Joe Allon release the shot her.
:53:52. > :54:14.
:54:14. > :54:24.Dyer taking on. Finding Graham, what a chance! Danny Graham, his
:54:24. > :54:33.
:54:33. > :54:43.the most extraordinary first half at the Liberty Stadium.
:54:43. > :55:10.
:55:10. > :55:16.Honest Kevin Doyle kept his feet to With Martin Jol unwell, Billy
:55:16. > :55:23.McKinley took charge of false and which would have left the big man
:55:23. > :55:31.as sick as a parrot with this performance will stop Jelavic hit
:55:31. > :55:36.it and now it is handball. It is a penalty. Jelavic sent the
:55:36. > :55:40.goalkeeper the wrong way and in the 7th minute, he has his 9th goal for
:55:40. > :55:50.his new club. The Croatian was denied by the
:55:50. > :55:59.
:55:59. > :56:04.woodwork to keep the score at 1-0, albeit briefly. Fellaini! 2-0! Them
:56:04. > :56:14.see! De deflection and it is tipped onto the bar brilliantly by Tim
:56:14. > :56:32.
:56:32. > :56:38.touches turns to goals. A Tim Cahill! Terrific goal.
:56:38. > :56:48.Norwich have had a tough time at bands of visiting South Americans.
:56:48. > :57:01.
:57:01. > :57:08.First Tevez, now Luis Suarez. Us 1- went for goal. Two their him, two
:57:08. > :57:18.for Liverpool. Terrific finish. Right into the bottom corner.
:57:18. > :57:19.
:57:20. > :57:24.The goalkeeper kept his eye in punching away from Bennett will
:57:24. > :57:32.stop Luis Suarez was chasing his hat-trick, but maybe he shouldn't
:57:32. > :57:41.be trying audacious efforts like this? Maybe he should Sol stop
:57:41. > :57:51.Suarez once for the chip! What a goal. Sensational from Luis Suarez.
:57:51. > :57:51.
:57:51. > :57:57.What a way to seal your hat-trick. Only one thing in his mind, and it
:57:57. > :58:02.was inch-perfect. The goalkeeper was running back and could not get
:58:02. > :58:08.there. A first Liverpool hat-trick and he will remember that for along
:58:08. > :58:12.time. The captain's performance earned
:58:12. > :58:16.Bolton a point at the Stadium of Light. But early on it looked like
:58:16. > :58:26.things were going against them with this decision. Things were about to
:58:26. > :58:30.
:58:30. > :58:40.get better very shortly. Kevin Davies! Bolton lead. It is Kevin
:58:40. > :59:06.
:59:06. > :59:15.Maclean. Brilliant, like a rocket. He takes his total of Sunderland
:59:15. > :59:25.goals to half a dozen. That might be the best of the lot.
:59:25. > :59:27.
:59:27. > :59:32.Kevin Davies caused another. Bolton are level. Bolton elite snitched
:59:32. > :59:40.all three points. The West Midlands Dhami Derby might
:59:40. > :59:44.have lacked goals but not drama. Both keepers played their part. But
:59:44. > :59:52.no one upstages a Mark Clattenburg. But you think this is a good shouts
:59:52. > :00:02.for a penalty, have a look at this one. Did that come off the arm? It
:00:02. > :00:02.
:00:02. > :00:08.is going towards goal and Hutton sticks his on out. The goalkeeper
:00:08. > :00:18.denies Aston Villa again. Thomas will go for goal himself. Tried to
:00:18. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :00:40.bend it in. Aston Villa putting Also and it's in the way. -- Olsson
:00:40. > :00:45.gets in the way. Shane Devine with the say - it did not cross the line.
:00:45. > :00:55.Six degrees on the bounce on Newcastle, with goals from Pat
:00:55. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:08.pieces, but at Wigan, they have not read the script. -- from Cisse.
:01:08. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:18.Moses makes it 1-0. Beausejour with the cross, and Victor Moses has
:01:18. > :01:28.bought goals. Shaun Maloney. 10 minutes to go on the first half.
:01:28. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:34.Shaun Maloney in behind Simpson, 3- 0! No, Franco di Santo with a
:01:35. > :01:44.little gap in front of them, and he has gone for it. Would you believe
:01:45. > :01:46.
:01:46. > :01:54.it? That was a beautiful chip. Great technique. Cute vision.
:01:54. > :02:00.Brilliant finish. It could easily have been five for Wigan with this
:02:00. > :02:10.effort from was his, then Cisse rallied Newcastle, but he did not
:02:10. > :02:15.
:02:15. > :02:21.score today, that is a goal drought to put up the second yellow for
:02:21. > :02:31.this. Wigan playing well and the pitch and getting the breaks. Cisse
:02:31. > :02:34.
:02:34. > :02:39.hits the post. Cudicini -- stop Conor Sammon from making it any
:02:39. > :02:44.worse for Newcastle, but that scoreline would have got to 66-1.
:02:44. > :02:52.You said goal of the season for Peter Crouch. Watching that, let's
:02:52. > :02:58.compare and contrast. That was absolutely brilliant. But Suarez
:02:58. > :03:04.yesterday, it is absolutely soaking wet, the quickest of looks up, and
:03:04. > :03:09.for the hat-trick. For better than Peter Crouch? Yes. If it is an
:03:09. > :03:18.easier skill than that of Peter Crouch. You are going to go for a
:03:18. > :03:28.Peter Crouch? A without a doubt. Tour King about goalscoring, and he
:03:28. > :03:34.
:03:34. > :03:43.goes with the defender -- talking as Rangers are routed. -- joy of
:03:43. > :03:46.six. And Blackburn Rovers leave White Hart Lane with nothing. Today
:03:46. > :03:49.it was Spurs who made a move commander back in 4th place on goal
:03:49. > :03:54.difference from Newcastle. Chelsea stay in 6th place after their
:03:54. > :04:04.victory today and at the bottom Blackburn and QPR did not do
:04:04. > :04:05.
:04:06. > :04:09.themselves any Sunday service, but That's it from Match Of The Day 2
:04:09. > :04:12.for this season, so a quick thank you to all of the staff who have
:04:12. > :04:15.laboured on the other side of the camera throughout the last nine