:01:38. > :01:44.A classy, cinematic start to a Match Of The Day 2 with four
:01:44. > :01:48.different Premier League script to bring you. It was all action at
:01:48. > :01:58.White Hart Lane, and St Mary's was full of suspense. Anfield was
:01:58. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:05.animated, but we start at St James' Park. This one sells itself. The
:02:05. > :02:15.rumour is that Manchester United are struggling at the back. That's
:02:15. > :02:20.not good news when today, they are against Demba Ba. But Manchester
:02:20. > :02:24.United still pack a mighty punch, whichever combination Fergie plays
:02:24. > :02:31.whichever combination Fergie plays up front. At ringside, Jonathan
:02:31. > :02:35.Pearce. A day rich in promise of a
:02:35. > :02:45.swashbuckling, piratical plundering for the big hitters. In the absence
:02:45. > :02:46.
:02:46. > :02:49.of Coloccini and Taylor, Williamson, alongside Perch, could be hard
:02:49. > :02:55.pressed at the back for Newcastle. Five changes from the team which
:02:55. > :03:00.beat Bordeaux on Thursday. For Manchester United, De Gea keeps his
:03:00. > :03:06.place after a good performance in midweek in Europe. Evans is fit
:03:06. > :03:16.after his dead leg. Carrick, Kagawa and Welbeck are recalled to a
:03:16. > :03:16.
:03:16. > :04:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds
:04:15. > :04:21.down the road. It's a lovely sight, Williamson, and the goalkeeper had
:04:21. > :04:29.to save with his feet. Manchester United have started the game the
:04:29. > :04:38.strongest. United take the lead! To be honest, it has been coming since
:04:38. > :04:42.the kick-off. Jonny Evans! In A- game dominated before the kick-off
:04:42. > :04:52.by talk about the big scorers, and it is a centre-half who opens the
:04:52. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :04:58.scoring! He came from a long way out and easily lost his marker.
:04:58. > :05:07.Newcastle let him go. Manchester United are ahead. And they have
:05:08. > :05:17.started the game very well. Here we go again for Manchester United.
:05:17. > :05:26.Raphael! Newcastle simply cannot get into the game. Newcastle came
:05:26. > :05:29.into this game unbeaten in the last three meetings between the clubs.
:05:29. > :05:34.Manchester United beat them just a few days ago in the League Cup.
:05:34. > :05:41.Harper was in all sorts of problems against Welbeck and Son, that
:05:41. > :05:51.Welbeck simply cannot score. What a let-off for Steve Harper. The back-
:05:51. > :05:54.
:05:54. > :06:04.pass should have been easily alongside him, called Robin van
:06:04. > :06:05.
:06:06. > :06:10.Persie, but he decided not to use Manchester United's top scorer.
:06:10. > :06:20.Wayne Rooney is there spare man, between the lines, and that's a
:06:20. > :06:42.
:06:42. > :06:52.He is fuming about something right at the start of that move. And he
:06:52. > :06:54.
:06:54. > :07:01.was caught very badly. Rooney, who has not scored this season. He has
:07:01. > :07:08.10 in 18 games in his career against Newcastle. Wayne Rooney!
:07:08. > :07:17.Harper a atones for his earlier error. At the moment, Manchester
:07:17. > :07:22.United are playing arguably their best football of the season so far.
:07:22. > :07:28.And it is two! And it is the captain who got up from the back,
:07:28. > :07:36.Patrice Evra! It is his first goal in two years, his second in 3.5
:07:36. > :07:41.years. And Newcastle, at sixes and sevens. They simply cannot deal
:07:41. > :07:48.with Manchester United. He wanted it more, he got across his man, and
:07:48. > :07:54.Demba Ba should have done better. Jonas Gutierrez clearly saying, who
:07:54. > :08:04.is supposed to be picking up Evra? Well, he has let him go, and as a
:08:04. > :08:22.
:08:22. > :08:27.consequence, he scores. Both goals wide. He has been put into a more
:08:27. > :08:31.central position, Jonas Gutierrez, and Hatim Benaud offer has been put
:08:31. > :08:41.out on the left. Newcastle have changed their formation, and it
:08:41. > :08:49.
:08:49. > :08:59.nearly paid off. -- Hatem Ben Arfa. Some space now for sand on. But he
:08:59. > :09:13.
:09:13. > :09:22.working with Alan Pardew. Demba Ba, fouled by Carrick, who got the
:09:22. > :09:30.wrong side of him. Newcastle have not forced the Manchester United
:09:30. > :09:34.goalkeeper into a save. Maybe now. That was Cisse, whose shirt was
:09:34. > :09:44.being pulled by Patrice Evra, no question about it. How is that not
:09:44. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :10:00.goalkeeper came, but did not get there. Off the post and away. A
:10:00. > :10:07.corner kick his Newcastle's only reward. Looking to test the
:10:07. > :10:17.goalkeeper, who got nowhere near it. Was the whole of the ball over the
:10:17. > :10:21.
:10:21. > :10:27.line? De Gea had to make the save, and did. I think few teams could
:10:27. > :10:30.have resisted Manchester United in the opening 15 minutes. That was
:10:30. > :10:40.Ben Arfa, and Manchester United switched off, giving him too much
:10:40. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:53.time on the ball. Was this over the line? Well, even there, it is
:10:53. > :11:15.
:11:15. > :11:25.if he meant it, it was brilliant. Van Persie was at the far post.
:11:25. > :11:25.
:11:25. > :11:29.Harper saying, Newcastle did not press the ball. When Rooney found
:11:29. > :11:36.Cleverley, did he really expect this would happen? Looking at it,
:11:36. > :11:41.he may have gone for it, in which case it was a magnificent strike.
:11:41. > :11:51.Tom Cleverley, his second senior goal for Manchester United, his
:11:51. > :12:26.
:12:26. > :12:33.the Roy Hodgson Tube story, has the ball? It is put out of play by
:12:34. > :12:42.Valencia. Van Persie and Cabaye were running together, and van
:12:42. > :12:50.Persie pushes out an arm. The Frenchman, furious. The game has
:12:50. > :12:57.long been won by Manchester United. They simply could not afford to
:12:57. > :13:01.give Manchester United a two-goal lead within the first 20 minutes.
:13:01. > :13:06.Newcastle United had a lot of possession after that. They might
:13:06. > :13:11.have been given a goal, but Cisse's effort was declared not to have
:13:11. > :13:16.crossed the line. It was Tom Cleverley who wrapped up the
:13:16. > :13:20.Cleverley who wrapped up the victory. Everyone speaking about
:13:20. > :13:25.all of the strikers, but it was two defenders who got the opening goals.
:13:25. > :13:29.Yes, and they have only scored twice in their career. You take it,
:13:29. > :13:35.because winning big games like this is important. It is not easy coming
:13:35. > :13:40.to Newcastle. They make you work. We handled most of the aerial stuff
:13:40. > :13:43.that was thrown at us, Ferdinand and Evans were terrific. I was
:13:43. > :13:49.pleased with the result, and for most of the game, with the
:13:49. > :13:54.performance. The two goals, I was furious, but after that, I thought
:13:54. > :13:57.we did all right, we were terrific. We perhaps could have got a goal
:13:57. > :14:03.ourselves. We came out for the second half in a great frame of
:14:03. > :14:13.mind. We had a great opportunity to score. I looked at the video, and
:14:13. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:19.certainly, the hall macro ball was not over the line. Did you mean it?
:14:19. > :14:24.Yes, well, you can see that I had looked up and just seen Harper off
:14:24. > :14:30.his line of it. Whether somebody gets up and heads it, or whether it
:14:30. > :14:33.goes straight in. I suppose it is a good finish. And you scored against
:14:33. > :14:37.them in the League Cup as well. I wish we could play them every
:14:37. > :14:45.week. But generally, I feel like I am getting into goalscoring
:14:45. > :14:55.positions. I do not think he tried a shot, I think it was a cross, but
:14:55. > :15:14.
:15:14. > :15:17.They have gone and, thinking, we're not great defensively and we will
:15:17. > :15:23.really go with them and that is exactly what Manchester United dead
:15:23. > :15:28.and they must be applauded but in that first 15 minutes, this was the
:15:28. > :15:38.first goal. It was great from Manchester United's point of view.
:15:38. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:47.But Williamson, the centre-back, saying he isn't my man. You deal
:15:48. > :15:54.with that. He just goes past 10 and he is in. Newcastle, that was a
:15:54. > :15:59.poor goal. But look at Patrice Evra, that was a good run. He was
:15:59. > :16:03.determined not to get picked up. Manchester United, does first 15
:16:03. > :16:13.minutes, those two goals, they were excellent. If you just saw the
:16:13. > :16:16.
:16:16. > :16:24.score line in the paper, I suppose 3 - 0 might look great. We don't
:16:24. > :16:31.have goal-line technology. We have to make do with you two. That is a
:16:31. > :16:35.point of conjecture. Papiss Cisse gets that and I thought it wasn't.
:16:35. > :16:40.The all thought that was then but you know what, you kind of think it
:16:40. > :16:46.was in from there, but he is a World Cup referee assistant and he
:16:46. > :16:52.said no, and he was right, there it is. Unless he is 100% certain, you
:16:52. > :16:57.cannot give it. The argument is, why on earth are we sat you never
:16:57. > :17:04.the -- nearly every single week, saying, where is it? Other sports
:17:04. > :17:08.look at this. They laugh at us. It is a billion-pound business. It is
:17:08. > :17:14.great in many ways, but with that, that is hopeless. If just do it,
:17:14. > :17:20.what is the problem? They are laughing out loud! Laughing at you
:17:20. > :17:26.and me! Nobody laughs at me! Newcastle did play their part but
:17:26. > :17:31.even as United went into that second half, they were just -- just
:17:31. > :17:35.very in control? Everybody knows that Man United have struggled for
:17:36. > :17:39.clean sheets. They had to deal with Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba, very
:17:39. > :17:43.physical players and we saw that they dealt with the headers well
:17:43. > :17:45.and they competed very well and they are dealing with two guys who
:17:45. > :17:50.are very good physically and good at holding the ball up and running
:17:50. > :17:56.in behind. They had to deal with the physicality of the game, first
:17:56. > :18:02.and foremost. Making sure that he is doing that and clearing the
:18:02. > :18:05.lines. Jonny Evans was also big and strong and powerful and again,
:18:05. > :18:10.doing the defensive work first. He wins another header but the main
:18:10. > :18:14.thing was he had his team mates around in doing their bit. And Tom
:18:14. > :18:17.Cleverley worked hard to make sure that nothing came from that. That
:18:17. > :18:21.is something I could see right through the game, Wayne Rooney,
:18:21. > :18:26.tracking back, not even his man, he went past three players to make
:18:26. > :18:30.that challenge. That was the focus of their play. Working in bunches
:18:30. > :18:35.and Wayne Rooney gets back and Tom Cleverley gets back and they have
:18:35. > :18:38.done that for all the game. They invite that ball in but look how
:18:38. > :18:42.quickly they get back and they have the quality to break quickly and
:18:42. > :18:49.Wayne Rooney is looking for Danny Welbeck. That was the quality they
:18:49. > :18:53.showed throughout the game. They took the sting out of the game and
:18:53. > :18:58.when playing away from home like the Sports Direct arena, they must
:18:58. > :19:02.make sure they have to get hold of that. And they launch another
:19:02. > :19:06.attack and they did that consistently with power. They
:19:06. > :19:11.treated that today like it was a Champions' League game, away from
:19:11. > :19:15.home, don't do anything stupid, when we get the ball, we will play.
:19:15. > :19:18.Newcastle at home are a real handful. Wayne Grady was brilliant
:19:18. > :19:27.today and he would have been proud of that finish from Tom Cleverley,
:19:27. > :19:32.but did he mean that? I am sorry, I am not having it! Really not. The
:19:32. > :19:40.ball in from Wayne Rooney, that little look. He could not have put
:19:40. > :19:45.that in a better place. This is the first one, this is the one common
:19:45. > :19:53.out. He is looking for Van Persie, he isn't looking at the goal at
:19:53. > :19:59.that particular time. And it goes in. I would have said I meant that,
:19:59. > :20:04.too, even if I did not. We are not let readers but that will not stop
:20:04. > :20:10.us. We don't have the budget, but after he scores the goal, look at
:20:10. > :20:20.this. We think... Well, Jason Roberts, thinks, he says, no way
:20:20. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:29.did I mean that! He yes! We have got you! A you sure?! Three out of
:20:29. > :20:35.four games, controversy, Alan Pardew has been talking about this,
:20:35. > :20:38.and it is Van Persie who has history against Newcastle. He does.
:20:38. > :20:47.With Arsenal previously I remember that incident at one stage last
:20:47. > :20:50.year. He flat palms in just a little bit. I don't know if that
:20:50. > :20:55.was something that happened previously. Perhaps a previous
:20:55. > :20:59.encounter. I would not think he was in trouble, just a little bit
:20:59. > :21:05.naughty. But to look at on Monday morning but some things might be of
:21:05. > :21:07.interest. Match of the Day 3 will be online and on the Red Button
:21:07. > :21:11.from tomorrow morning with more football chatter and for a good
:21:11. > :21:14.reason, he will find out later, there is a People's quiz and Match
:21:14. > :21:18.of the Day 2 is on the iPlayer if you want to relive anything,
:21:18. > :21:24.especially Goal of the Month and B are not on next week, international
:21:24. > :21:28.week. Later tonight, there is live NFL, the New York Jets against the
:21:28. > :21:33.unbeaten Houston Texans on the Red Button and the BBC Sport website
:21:33. > :21:38.from 1:30am this morning. To the capital city and again between two
:21:38. > :21:43.of the youngest managers in the Barclays Premier League. On paper,
:21:43. > :21:46.it is a backer, Aston Villa has only one win in the last 12 league
:21:46. > :21:55.visit to White Hart Lane but Paul Lambert's men can draw inspiration
:21:55. > :21:58.from their hosts, who broke their long Old Trafford ducked last week.
:21:58. > :22:02.Spurs looked like a top unit following that victory in
:22:03. > :22:06.Manchester. If only they could stop leaking goals at home. Aston Villa
:22:07. > :22:12.will hope for something with the returning Darren Bent sure to
:22:12. > :22:21.figure. A record of just three league wins in the last 25 outings
:22:21. > :22:25.simply has to improve. Watching this, Simon Brotherton. Andre-
:22:25. > :22:29.Villas Boas has made a big call by dropping in Brad Friedel in favour
:22:29. > :22:37.of Hugo Lloris, the French international who makes his Premier
:22:37. > :22:43.League debut. His presence in goals brings to an end to consecutive
:22:43. > :22:47.starts from Brad Friedel, who has not missed since 2004. It is the
:22:47. > :22:51.only change to the side that won at Old Trafford last week. Aston Villa
:22:51. > :22:54.are unchanged following the draw with West Bromwich Albion last week,
:22:54. > :22:59.meaning Darren Bent, who secured a point after coming off the bench
:22:59. > :23:09.last week, is among the substitutes once again with Christian Benteke
:23:09. > :23:16.
:23:16. > :23:20.was a great chance for Jermaine Defoe. The flag has gone up on the
:23:20. > :23:30.far side so it would not have counted. Really threatening the
:23:30. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:52.Aston Villa goal. Jermain Defoe back was completely on the wrong
:23:52. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:08.That is twice in the opening six minutes that Tottenham were just
:24:08. > :24:16.one inch away from taking the lead. There is a subdued atmosphere ahead
:24:16. > :24:22.of the game and since it has started, actually. That was not a
:24:22. > :24:28.great idea. Aston Villa have been awarded the throw in. Neil's
:24:28. > :24:36.Warbrick would suggest that Gareth Bale was guilty of simulation. He
:24:36. > :24:46.did not touch him. He should be booked by the referee for that.
:24:46. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:54.Beaten by dense it. It did not quite run for Dempsey. Away comes
:24:54. > :25:01.Gabriel Agbonlahor. Racing forward. Christian Benteke, he has acres of
:25:01. > :25:08.space on the right. And Christian Benteke forcing a save from Hugo
:25:08. > :25:18.Lloris. Here is the only real save that the new Gold Cup or -- new
:25:18. > :25:30.
:25:30. > :25:35.goalkeeper has had to make so far. Defoe, he has been in great form
:25:35. > :25:45.this season. Unable to add to his four Premier League goals this time,
:25:45. > :25:51.
:25:51. > :25:56.a chance for Christian Benteke. In the end, it was rather a straight
:25:56. > :26:01.forward for Hugo Lloris. Early promising signs from Aston Villa in
:26:01. > :26:11.the second half. That was a good shooting opportunity. Paul Lambert
:26:11. > :26:18.
:26:18. > :26:21.in search of his first away win as was aimed at Gareth Bale. In
:26:21. > :26:25.towards Christian Benteke! He should have scored. What a chance
:26:25. > :26:29.for Aston Villa. I doubt there will be many more as good as that
:26:29. > :26:34.between now and the final whistle. Hugo Lloris was lucky to get away
:26:34. > :26:39.with that. It was in the general direction of Gareth Bale. Quickly
:26:39. > :26:43.intercepted. Christian Benteke with the free header. He could not died
:26:43. > :26:53.at home. Aston Villa, just on whisker away from taking the lead,
:26:53. > :26:54.
:26:54. > :27:04.here. Jermaine Defoe. Gareth Bale is ahead of him. Tottenham, so
:27:04. > :27:30.
:27:31. > :27:34.close to going ahead. The shot just Gabriel Agbonlahor with the
:27:34. > :27:41.clearance, that results in a Tottenham corner. Gareth Bale will
:27:41. > :27:46.take this one. That was a good touch from Jermaine Defoe and it is
:27:47. > :27:51.in! Tottenham ahead. 12 minutes into the second half, Steven
:27:51. > :27:55.Caulker at the far post, as the corner came over, in from Gareth
:27:55. > :28:01.Bale, Jermaine Defoe with the shot. It strikes Steven Caulker on his
:28:01. > :28:05.hail and because the ball was going wide, that will be his. An
:28:05. > :28:11.unorthodox first-ever goal for Tottenham Hotspur for Steven
:28:11. > :28:16.Caulker. And they lead 1 - 0. Just one win from their opening six
:28:16. > :28:26.matches. Five points from six games. Paul Lambert has got options on the
:28:26. > :28:45.
:28:45. > :28:51.It is only one way traffic, now. Nearly midway through the second
:28:51. > :28:58.half. Darren Bent beaten in the air by Steven Caulker. Gareth Bale.
:28:58. > :29:07.Some space. And Falkland Dead Sea. Tottenham carrying a real threat,
:29:07. > :29:11.Aaron Lennon. 2 - 0! He finds the bottom corner. And Aston Villa will
:29:11. > :29:15.have to dig very deeply if they are to get anything, here. Three-
:29:16. > :29:21.quarters of the way through the game and Tottenham heading for a
:29:21. > :29:27.4th straight league win. Aaron Lennon, he has threatened
:29:27. > :29:37.throughout the afternoon. He finds the bottom corner. The first goal
:29:37. > :29:47.
:29:47. > :29:51.in nine months. And one that Tottenham in the space of 10
:29:51. > :29:58.minutes in this second half. Tottenham shouting for handball,
:29:58. > :30:07.but they will not get it. It struck him right on the shoulder. There is
:30:07. > :30:13.no way the poem -- referee would give a penalty for that. Aston
:30:13. > :30:23.Villa have got four victories in 20 Premier League visits before today.
:30:23. > :30:24.
:30:24. > :30:34.Oh, that was a great chance for a third goal. Clint Dempsey knows it.
:30:34. > :30:53.
:30:53. > :31:01.Lennon, having swapped wings with at in the penalty area. Bennett has
:31:01. > :31:06.had a bit of a problem here after that challenge. Villa have already
:31:06. > :31:16.made their three substitutions. The structure has been called for
:31:16. > :31:18.
:31:18. > :31:23.straightaway. Let's have a look at it again. Villa will have to play
:31:23. > :31:33.the final 13 minutes with 10 players. Let us hope it is not as
:31:33. > :31:36.
:31:36. > :31:46.serious as it looks. Tottenham, totally in control of this. That
:31:46. > :32:10.
:32:10. > :32:14.was Gareth Bale. Keeping Brad Not a great game at White Hart Lane
:32:14. > :32:22.this afternoon, by any stretch, but Tottenham were the of all three
:32:22. > :32:28.points. I think it was the best home performance so far. We were
:32:28. > :32:38.very consistent throughout the match. We played with great
:32:38. > :32:40.
:32:40. > :32:48.intensity. Extremely happy. The players have put in an immense
:32:48. > :32:57.physical effort. I thought we were well in the game. They'll really
:32:57. > :33:03.good side, no doubt about it, but I thought the pivotal moment was the
:33:03. > :33:08.header. How is Jo Bennett? He is OK, he has got a bit of a gash on his
:33:08. > :33:15.leg. But we have got the international break now, so
:33:15. > :33:19.hopefully he will be back. I was fortunate, that it went into the
:33:19. > :33:28.back of the net, but it is my first Premiership goal like, so I am
:33:28. > :33:33.delighted. How did Brad Friedel take it? Obviously, he was
:33:33. > :33:41.disappointed, but he is a great professional, he ended up accepting
:33:41. > :33:49.the decision. I am sure that he will be back on the team as soon as
:33:49. > :33:54.possible. Sandro and Dembele were amazing again. We have talk about
:33:54. > :34:01.that a lot. Second best start for a Premier League season for Spurs,
:34:01. > :34:05.and they seem to have clicked. they have got great pace in their
:34:05. > :34:10.attacks. But Aston Villa were tracking back, doubling up, really
:34:10. > :34:15.well, especially in the first half. It was a feature of their game. You
:34:15. > :34:19.have to work extra hard to get back to counter the pace of Tottenham on
:34:19. > :34:23.the wings. Here, in the second half, they are still doing the same job,
:34:23. > :34:28.but starting to get a bit deeper, and Tottenham are getting a bit
:34:28. > :34:33.more joy at penning them back. Now, it is even harder, because they are
:34:33. > :34:37.getting tired, they cannot get back and double up. Lennon is able to
:34:37. > :34:44.start hurting them. This time, he gets it again, and he really
:34:44. > :34:47.punishes them. It is really hard to stop that kind of quality, when
:34:47. > :34:55.they are getting the ball consistently. Here, fuller macro
:34:55. > :34:59.getting tired, and Spurs show what they are good at. I think with
:34:59. > :35:03.Tottenham, and her agree with all of that, but what they will miss
:35:03. > :35:07.over the course of the season will be Van der Vaart, just something a
:35:07. > :35:12.little bit different, when the game is really tight, someone who drops
:35:13. > :35:18.off and picks the ball up. Apart from that, they are up there.
:35:18. > :35:22.the subject of the word drop, Paul Lambert does not drop players, he
:35:22. > :35:32.just wrests them, but Darren Bent, splinters in the backside again.
:35:32. > :35:34.
:35:34. > :35:38.Well, he came on and scored against West Brom last week. Today, he
:35:38. > :35:43.played the other striker up front on his own, and this was a
:35:43. > :35:48.fantastic chance. You have got to hit the target. But away from home,
:35:48. > :35:52.he might work a bit harder, he might run the channel's better. But
:35:52. > :36:02.if you want a goal, you would rather have Bent. It is one of
:36:02. > :36:06.
:36:06. > :36:11.those things. Probably a mixture of the two would be great. If you had
:36:11. > :36:15.missed that, would you be up night with it? You would be. It is not
:36:15. > :36:19.that he had to make any particular movement to get away from anybody,
:36:19. > :36:25.it is virtually a free header. He knows that chances like that, you
:36:25. > :36:32.have to put them away. More important, it was at 0-0, it was
:36:32. > :36:39.massive. Controversy of the day - it seems diving, it does not really
:36:39. > :36:43.matter who you play for, where you are from, we can find it wherever
:36:43. > :36:48.we look. Yes, but there is a bit of the funny side to this. He nicked
:36:48. > :36:53.the ball away, and you think, my goodness, what have the goalkeeper
:36:53. > :36:59.done? The answer is, absolutely nothing. He was a million miles
:36:59. > :37:09.away. What is that all about? Great dive. At least he got his kicks
:37:09. > :37:13.dirty. We should not really enough. But he is laughing. The referee is
:37:14. > :37:19.in the wrong place when he goes for that. We were all watching it, from
:37:19. > :37:28.the camera angle we had, we all said, what has the goalkeeper done?
:37:28. > :37:33.We did, but you have got to see the lighter side of football sometimes.
:37:33. > :37:43.All the action from yesterday, and highlights of the Liverpool-Stoke
:37:43. > :37:52.
:37:52. > :37:57.match to come, but now,, we are of 10 points already -- 10 goals
:37:57. > :38:02.already, but they let in six in one game against Arsenal. Fulham are
:38:02. > :38:08.deadly in attack, with 13 goals already this season. Only
:38:08. > :38:18.Manchester United have scored more. Fulham have won three and lost
:38:18. > :38:22.
:38:22. > :38:28.Trulli. -- three. Southampton have been conceding plenty of goals so
:38:28. > :38:32.far, an average of three per game. That is unsustainable at any level.
:38:32. > :38:40.More of the same today would set the alarm bells ringing.
:38:40. > :38:47.Southampton are not helped by an injury to the Uruguayan guest on
:38:47. > :38:53.Ramires. Daniel Fox is back in defence. It is 10 years since
:38:53. > :38:59.Fulham last lost to Southampton. Alex Kacaniklic comes in on the
:38:59. > :39:04.left of midfield. It is a fixture which the Southampton manager,
:39:04. > :39:14.Nigel Adkins, must have heard down in his diary as one from which they
:39:14. > :39:26.
:39:26. > :39:36.need to take something. That is a Magnussen got his head on it. It
:39:36. > :39:37.
:39:37. > :39:47.has gone behind for a corner. It is in! Southampton are in front
:39:47. > :39:50.
:39:50. > :40:00.through Fonte! Less than four minutes played! First in the
:40:00. > :40:02.
:40:02. > :40:08.Premier League for Joe's a Fonte. - - Jose. It might have come off his
:40:08. > :40:18.shoulder, but you do not see too many Southampton fans complaining.
:40:18. > :40:34.
:40:34. > :40:42.good ball. Lambert! Unlucky. Excellent combination between
:40:42. > :40:52.Lallana, Rodriguez and Lambert. Hangeland was appealing for offside,
:40:52. > :40:53.
:40:53. > :41:03.but it was he who was playing him onside. Seven years ago, it was
:41:03. > :41:30.
:41:30. > :41:40.them have got a man on the back post, and he has kept it out! It is
:41:40. > :41:41.
:41:42. > :41:49.another corner. It was Riether who blocked from Puncheon. That is why
:41:49. > :41:55.you put a defender on the back post. In comes the corner. The goalkeeper
:41:55. > :42:00.goes down, and that will not count. That is interesting. Jason Puncheon
:42:00. > :42:07.momentarily thought he had scored. How much contact was there? Oh, my
:42:07. > :42:14.goodness me. Well, I would suggest that any player other than a
:42:14. > :42:19.goalkeeper would be laughed at if he claimed a foul for that. Ten-
:42:19. > :42:29.year is in age separates the two of them. One of them played for Bayern
:42:29. > :42:31.
:42:31. > :42:37.Munich, one of them played for Tranmere rivers. Adam Lallana! Not
:42:37. > :42:41.much of an angle, and it was just behind Davis. Mark Schwarzer raises
:42:41. > :42:48.his hand in apology. Fulham are giving Southampton plenty of
:42:48. > :42:53.encouragement today. If it is not Hangeland, it is Schwarzer. Half-
:42:53. > :43:03.time approaching. Fulham will be looking for an improvement, that's
:43:03. > :43:10.
:43:10. > :43:17.found its way to Lambert! Schwarzer makes the save. Damien Duff has
:43:17. > :43:22.gone down and got himself a free kick. Lambert had lots of room. He
:43:22. > :43:26.just tried to go for power to the near post. It was a comfortable
:43:26. > :43:36.save for the goalkeeper. He would have been unhappy to be beaten at
:43:36. > :43:45.
:43:45. > :43:55.the near post. John Arne Riise... Rodallega was on the edge of the
:43:55. > :44:26.
:44:26. > :44:36.He was very aggressive. And off the post! Hooked out by it may you
:44:36. > :44:38.
:44:38. > :44:48.should have. -- Yoshida. That is as close as full-on have come to a
:44:48. > :44:56.
:44:56. > :45:05.goal. Still forward. Hugo Rodallega. Amazing save! Brilliant stuff! And
:45:05. > :45:11.there is at hand ball as they came back in. Well, you can argue about
:45:11. > :45:21.the possibility of a hand ball but not about the quality of the Save
:45:21. > :45:38.
:45:38. > :45:43.Richardson. Driven by d8 macro. Own goal! -- d8 macro. It is one - 1.
:45:43. > :45:53.As you can see, the shot was definitely going wide. That is an
:45:53. > :45:57.
:45:57. > :46:01.own goal. But the second own goal. This season. And the third that
:46:01. > :46:11.Southampton have scored this season. Who needs to win more? Looking at
:46:11. > :46:12.
:46:12. > :46:18.the league table, you would suggest that it is Southampton. They are
:46:18. > :46:28.queuing up! Frazer Richardson! It is in! And Fulham might just have
:46:28. > :46:32.
:46:32. > :46:39.nicked it! Lovely ball. He found Sascha Riether. With just 2.5
:46:39. > :46:45.minutes left to play. It was definitely onside. That was a very
:46:45. > :46:54.good finish from Kieran Richardson. That double deflection on the way
:46:54. > :47:04.in. Slightly wrong-footed. That is a goal from Richardson. His first
:47:04. > :47:21.
:47:21. > :47:31.for Fulham. Was Ecott? Morgan Schneiderlin is caught. Red shirts
:47:31. > :47:31.
:47:31. > :47:41.aplenty in the box. And it has gone and! They have done it! D6 macro.
:47:41. > :47:50.
:47:50. > :47:55.It is 2 - 2. -- Fonte! Mark Schwarzer could not get down. Two
:47:55. > :48:03.goals, one at the start and one right at the end. Southampton are
:48:03. > :48:13.level. Deep breath then, we have taken a point in the Barclays
:48:13. > :48:14.
:48:14. > :48:16.Those two goals from the set play, it is pleasing to get the point but
:48:16. > :48:22.disappointing by the second half performance, far too much was from
:48:22. > :48:28.the open field position. We did not do anywhere near as much in the
:48:28. > :48:30.second half. In the second half, we played the football from the back
:48:31. > :48:40.four to the midfield and we put them under pressure and we score
:48:41. > :48:42.
:48:42. > :48:46.goals and that is exactly what we did. It is very disappointing.
:48:46. > :48:50.goals, are you disappointed that in the end you have come away having
:48:50. > :49:00.to settle for one.? Very disappointed, I would have
:49:00. > :49:01.
:49:01. > :49:05.preferred the clean sheet. To be fair. For me, two goals, we had a
:49:05. > :49:10.point and in the end, we have to take the point and learn from that
:49:10. > :49:14.because we cannot keep making these mistakes. The equalised from a
:49:14. > :49:21.free-kick. Just one second before they were awarded that, there was a
:49:21. > :49:26.similar challenge. You cannot say something in England because they
:49:26. > :49:31.will keep my mouth shut. That was a foul for us. It was a free kick,
:49:31. > :49:36.everything would have been fine. And it is even worse two seconds
:49:36. > :49:39.later. I am very pleased that you saw that as well. They always say,
:49:39. > :49:49.I am not going to say anything and immediately say something straight
:49:49. > :49:59.after. I would not be betting on any no scores from Southampton.
:49:59. > :50:03.
:50:03. > :50:07.score goals. The thing about that is, they have no fear going forward.
:50:07. > :50:12.The movement is excellent and they have players who will get their
:50:12. > :50:16.heads up in certain positions so it isn't a great worry. And I think
:50:16. > :50:21.they have surprised a lot of people, people like Paul Lambert are
:50:21. > :50:26.surprised and everyone has got, not sure, can you score goals? Don't
:50:27. > :50:30.know. In the Premiership? He can. And Alan Lallana is also a very
:50:30. > :50:37.good player. He knows what he has got in terms of the team going
:50:37. > :50:41.forward. They are definitely going to create chances and they have
:50:41. > :50:46.gone into the Premiership with that same ethos. It is refreshing to
:50:46. > :50:52.think that they think they shelled out score the competition. It might
:50:52. > :50:58.leave them open at the back and it does. They have conceded 20 goals.
:50:58. > :51:02.20 conceded already. Fulham also deserve credit? Not for the first
:51:02. > :51:08.half, they were well full. In the second half, I don't know what was
:51:08. > :51:14.said at half-time, this was their only chance in the first half. But
:51:14. > :51:20.that purely was down to Southampton, and the problem is, in terms of
:51:20. > :51:25.defence, they just seemed to knock off and it isn't only the team as a
:51:25. > :51:29.whole, it is also individuals doing that at certain moments. I mean,
:51:29. > :51:34.they are absolutely all over the players on too many occasions and
:51:34. > :51:38.until you can get that certainty from the team, defensively, for
:51:38. > :51:42.Nigel Atkins, he must go into games and think, I have got no idea what
:51:42. > :51:48.is going to happen. We know we're going forward but defensively, it
:51:48. > :51:53.just does not happen and in the end, the fallen man gets on to it, and
:51:53. > :51:59.for a long time, Southampton were such a better team. But balls like
:51:59. > :52:02.that... Teams are not having to work that hard. To get in behind
:52:02. > :52:10.Southampton and also to create chances and ultimately, to score
:52:10. > :52:14.goals. Looking at Fulham, traditionally, what is the average
:52:14. > :52:23.age that a player would have to start looking at retirement at?
:52:23. > :52:33.Over 30. These days? It changes. we need to re-evaluate that because
:52:33. > :52:38.the average age in full-on was over 30. In your situation, 34? And you
:52:38. > :52:43.are fit and you still have got pace. We are living longer. What is the
:52:43. > :52:47.average lifespan of a footballer? It has increased. Differences in
:52:47. > :52:50.diet and the way we go about things but the experience of Fulham has
:52:50. > :52:54.help them stay in the game and that is something that they have brought
:52:54. > :53:00.in as they have got an older, they have an older squad but older
:53:00. > :53:03.players are allowed to stay in the game. It did not start Burley well
:53:03. > :53:08.but in the second half, they kept themselves into the game and got
:53:08. > :53:14.themselves back. Clever players who played international football, they
:53:14. > :53:16.get to about 30 years old and retired from international football.
:53:16. > :53:20.If you play eight international games a year plus all that
:53:20. > :53:25.travelling, they think they might get another one or two extra years
:53:25. > :53:33.on their contract. He you try telling a Northern Ireland fan that
:53:33. > :53:36.that is clever. We will go without. Tens of goals still to come and
:53:37. > :53:46.Beatles fans should stay with us until the very end but now at
:53:47. > :53:54.
:53:54. > :53:58.Liverpool. 53 years ago. Macmillan was Prime Minister, the first mini
:53:58. > :54:04.rolled off the production line and Elvis was the King and the Borgias
:54:04. > :54:08.beat the Reds in Division Two. Today was the 50th top-flight
:54:08. > :54:11.meeting between the two teams at Anfield and first up to break their
:54:11. > :54:16.duck, they made to overcome a side still buzzing after thrashing
:54:16. > :54:21.Norwich last weekend. But the battlers are not in bad shape,
:54:21. > :54:29.having brushed Swansea aside last time around. Watching in colour was
:54:29. > :54:34.Alistair Mann... 1959 Bosnia Bill Shankly began to turn Liverpool
:54:34. > :54:39.into what he called a bastion of invincibility. What would he make
:54:39. > :54:44.of their current home record of just two league wins in Anfield in
:54:44. > :54:47.2012, that is probably unrepeatable. If they are to win number three,
:54:47. > :54:51.Luis Suarez will have played a significant role and he has already
:54:51. > :54:56.scored more than half of their goals this season. Seven more
:54:56. > :55:00.colleagues were resting from the starting 11, who lost on Thursday.
:55:00. > :55:05.Peter Crouch will make his 9th attempt to score a Premier League
:55:05. > :55:09.goal against Liverpool since he left in 2008, Charlie Adam is
:55:09. > :55:17.another ex employee involved today. Michael Owen has been ruled out by
:55:17. > :55:22.a training-ground injury. When you look at the bench of Stoke City,
:55:22. > :55:32.they have a much stronger line-up than they have ever had. Luis
:55:32. > :55:34.
:55:34. > :55:43.Suarez has gone down from that challenge by Robert Huth. Michael
:55:43. > :55:48.Kightly, that was a good ball. Luis Suarez is OK, meanwhile. I think it
:55:48. > :55:53.was pointing to a mark on her stomach by the stands. Robert Huth.
:55:53. > :56:02.He goes down with the studs on his stomach. Whether that was
:56:02. > :56:07.deliberate is something only he himself will know. And he has set
:56:07. > :56:12.at too short. And he was blocked by Pepe Reina. That was a gift from
:56:12. > :56:22.Nuri Sahin. Liverpool's reluctance to hit anything from the dead-ball
:56:22. > :56:27.situation nearly cost them. There is no reason at Stoke should come
:56:27. > :56:32.here with anything other than a positive approach. They finished
:56:32. > :56:42.11th, Twelfth, 13th and 14th since they were promoted. The challenge
:56:42. > :56:45.
:56:45. > :56:51.is to get that top 10 finish. Nuri Sahin. Bin towards Luis Suarez.
:56:51. > :56:54.Getting beyond Cameron. He went back at 10 at has gotten around him
:56:54. > :57:01.for a third time. I think that was going towards the corner of the
:57:01. > :57:11.goal, actually. He did well, at least one is. He seems to have
:57:11. > :57:13.
:57:13. > :57:18.taken on Cameron once too often. Sterling got in the way of that.
:57:18. > :57:23.Three teenagers in the starting 11 today. As they were with Norwich
:57:23. > :57:32.last weekend. Pepe Reina has given that ball away. That little chap
:57:33. > :57:36.was dealt with, well. The philosophy of Liverpool under
:57:36. > :57:39.Bridgen Rogers is they should this batch of -- is that they should
:57:39. > :57:44.play at the back and to give that to the Stoke player and it bounced
:57:44. > :57:50.into the possession of Michael Kightly and his first shot was
:57:50. > :57:55.blind for the goal. Pepe Reina atoned for his error. He doesn't
:57:55. > :57:59.want to become the first Liverpool manager to suffer three straight
:57:59. > :58:06.home league defeats. Manchester United have recently triumphed
:58:06. > :58:12.recently. Luis Suarez. This is in shooting range and what a shot it
:58:13. > :58:16.was! And that was an excellent stop from Asmir Begovic. You cannot
:58:16. > :58:20.leave that amount of time and room for Steven Gerrard, because you
:58:20. > :58:30.know he can hit them accurately and that was swinging towards the
:58:30. > :58:34.
:58:34. > :58:42.corner. And Asmir Begovic did well. That was an optimistic attempt.
:58:42. > :58:46.Back again. And towards Daniel Agger. Just beyond the post. He did
:58:46. > :58:51.well, there. His first shot was blocked and then that clever little
:58:51. > :59:01.poke into the area. Daniel anger on this stretch, he just likes the
:59:01. > :59:10.
:59:10. > :59:19.outside of the post. As close as we Sterling has done well. Here's
:59:19. > :59:26.Suarez. Steven Gerrard! Well, he never quite looked settled, and he
:59:26. > :59:36.just drag it a couple of metres beyond the post. Sterling really
:59:36. > :00:06.
:00:06. > :00:16.boxing them in. Glen Johnson! Good save by Begovic, who was able to
:00:16. > :00:30.
:00:30. > :00:36.keep it within his possession. It and Steven Gerrard has possessed it
:00:36. > :00:46.throughout his career, the weighted pass. Johnson was the latest
:00:46. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :01:05.beneficiary, and perhaps he ought it, and what an opportunity this is
:01:05. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:15.for Stoke. Walters and Wisdom have stayed down. Two Liverpool players
:01:15. > :01:25.converged, neither of them got to it, and Kightly was unable to pick
:01:25. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:42.going! All the way! Oh, unlucky! That would have been fabulous.
:01:42. > :01:48.Initially, he lets the ball do the work for him, losing Nzonzi. The
:01:48. > :01:53.tricky feat, weaving his magic, up until the very last moment, when it
:01:53. > :02:03.slides off the side of his boot. Otherwise, it would have been a
:02:03. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:23.has hit the outside of the post. It all came about because of Agger's
:02:23. > :02:33.ambition. He kept on going, I don't think he intended to pick out
:02:33. > :02:36.
:02:36. > :02:46.Sterling, but Sterling hit it first this is a game which Liverpool
:02:46. > :03:13.
:03:13. > :03:23.challenge was half a second before Sterling. Steven Gerrard is
:03:23. > :03:26.
:03:26. > :03:32.frustrated I think with himself, not Sterling. Suarez, well, there
:03:32. > :03:38.was never an angle to score. Only a player like Suarez would have tried
:03:38. > :03:47.to score from that position. And you could say, only a player like
:03:47. > :03:54.Suarez might have scored. But not on that occasion. Sterling... Still
:03:54. > :04:00.going. Great play. And then he was caught by Whitehead. Now, white had
:04:00. > :04:07.will get himself booked. Such a lovely player to watch, Raheem
:04:07. > :04:12.Sterling. If he is doing this at 17, what on earth is he going to be
:04:12. > :04:22.like in two or three years' time? Into the last minute. Martin
:04:22. > :04:27.
:04:27. > :04:33.looked as though it was going to drift out for a goal-kick, but
:04:33. > :04:43.Martin Skrtel had other ideas, and Suarez could not quite reach it. Is
:04:43. > :04:45.
:04:45. > :04:48.that the last opportunity for Liverpool? It just brushed the post.
:04:48. > :04:52.Still a first victory here at Still a first victory here at
:04:52. > :04:58.Anfield in the Premier League eludes Brendan Rodgers. That was
:04:58. > :05:02.our first clean sheet. We have made mistakes in other games, but today,
:05:02. > :05:08.we made no mistakes, we were just unfortunate we could not get the
:05:08. > :05:13.final ball. Charlie Adam will be disappointed he did not take that
:05:13. > :05:20.opportunity early on. Sterling was up to ride the challenge is very
:05:20. > :05:25.well indeed. Yes, for a 17-year-old, he has been fantastic. It was a
:05:25. > :05:29.really good test for them, playing against proper men today. They
:05:29. > :05:35.created enough, they showed enough courage on the ball. We just could
:05:35. > :05:40.not find the final pass in the area. Two players got booked, saying that
:05:40. > :05:45.they were deserving of that? No, we were disappointed with the amount
:05:45. > :05:49.of bookings we got. We were disappointed one or two of the
:05:49. > :05:55.Liverpool players were not booked. I thought Suarez today, again,
:05:55. > :05:59.there have been banging the drum about people who fall over, and the
:05:59. > :06:03.one in the second half, it is an embarrassment. Decisions are made
:06:03. > :06:08.on the Monday by the FA. They should be looking at this, give him
:06:08. > :06:16.three games, and he will stop falling over. He puts enormous
:06:16. > :06:26.pressure on the referee. Let's get straight to that. If you are
:06:26. > :06:30.
:06:30. > :06:35.Brendan Rodgers, you might say, his reputation precedes him. Definitely
:06:35. > :06:39.two sides to that story. He had a running battle with Huth all
:06:39. > :06:43.through the game. This was a particularly strong challenge. You
:06:43. > :06:47.would like to think he has not seen him, but he has definitely stamped
:06:47. > :06:51.on him. You do not want to see this on the football pitch. There is no
:06:51. > :06:56.doubt that he has collected. Liverpool will say, he has been
:06:56. > :07:00.treated badly, and he did not get a free kick or anything. He has
:07:00. > :07:04.actually marked him. It was definitely not a dive. But as the
:07:05. > :07:13.game develops, the two of them start to leave a bitter on each
:07:13. > :07:18.other. Yes, it is like anything, the problem is, for me, today, the
:07:18. > :07:21.referee, no bias or anything, he should have dealt with Huth in that
:07:21. > :07:27.very first tackle, and then he would not have been able to make
:07:27. > :07:32.that tackle. We would all agree with Tony Pulis that this is
:07:32. > :07:40.laughable, and we did laugh, when we were watching it. I don't know
:07:40. > :07:47.what it is. But it is the whole thing with him. Some people
:07:47. > :07:53.actually thing now with Suarez, it is boy cries wolf. Now, as a
:07:53. > :08:03.referee, looking at Suarez in the box and thinking, did he or didn't
:08:03. > :08:07.he? As the game gets faster, how much of it is guesswork from the
:08:07. > :08:14.referee, and how much do you think some decisions are based on
:08:14. > :08:18.reputations? I think referees are human beings, and they will have
:08:18. > :08:21.perceptions about players. One thing I would say is, there is a
:08:22. > :08:25.difference between going down when you have a challenge than it is to
:08:25. > :08:29.actually go down when no-one touches you. I think that is what
:08:29. > :08:34.we want to get out of the game. Players are going to anticipate
:08:34. > :08:39.challenges and go down. I think you have to say, our referees are as
:08:39. > :08:43.good, if not better, than in any other league. From their point of
:08:43. > :08:53.view, and we have seen it today, with the goal which was and, at
:08:53. > :08:54.
:08:54. > :09:02.Newcastle, if you're not 100% certain, you cannot give it. Three
:09:02. > :09:05.of the best players in the Premier League doing these dives today, and
:09:05. > :09:11.as for Stoke, we get bored talking about them, because they deserve
:09:11. > :09:17.what they get. They do. They have even got themselves into Europe.
:09:17. > :09:19.They are very difficult to play against. But for me this has for me
:09:19. > :09:28.against. But for me this has for me being a major problem for Liverpool
:09:28. > :09:32.for a long time. Liverpool do not, one enough occasions, get lots of
:09:32. > :09:41.people into the penalty area. Look at all the Stoke players. Where are
:09:41. > :09:49.the Liverpool players? I get what Brendan Rodgers is trying to do. On
:09:49. > :09:55.this occasion, they just make the wrong decision. The boys Sterling
:09:55. > :09:59.has made the wrong decision. But that for me is a problem. You can
:09:59. > :10:06.have a passing game, but you have got to get people into the penalty
:10:06. > :10:10.area. Otherwise, you're trying to thread the ball through the eye of
:10:10. > :10:16.the needle, and it becomes too easy to defend against. This time, they
:10:16. > :10:22.get round the back, but nobody was in there. That's where you score
:10:22. > :10:28.your goals. But at the start of the season for Stoke, hats off to Tony
:10:28. > :10:32.Pulis. An absolutely bona fide Premier League side. The best thing
:10:32. > :10:37.about them, from the point of view of the manager, they very rarely
:10:37. > :10:44.change. And that is good enough to change. And that is good enough to
:10:44. > :10:54.keep them in the League, which is an achievement. Roberts is ready to
:10:54. > :10:57.
:10:57. > :11:03.cause controversy with his choice of Goal of the Month. First,
:11:03. > :11:08.yesterday's action. Wigan took on high-flying Everton. West Ham had
:11:08. > :11:11.their work cut out against Arsenal. And West Brom have a 100% home
:11:11. > :11:21.record so far, and they were record so far, and they were
:11:21. > :11:22.
:11:22. > :11:27.welcoming appeal. -- they were welcoming QPR. Shane Long...
:11:27. > :11:37.Chasing into the channels, and that is a good ball in. That is a
:11:37. > :11:37.
:11:37. > :11:42.magnificent opening goal! Good run by James Morrison, and it's
:11:42. > :11:51.another! Another individual mistake has cost Queens Park Rangers, and
:11:51. > :11:56.the bottom club are in real trouble, following that second goal from
:11:56. > :12:05.Zoltan Gera. Queens Park Rangers are back in the game! Taken on the
:12:05. > :12:13.chest by Adel Taarabt, and that is a very, very good,. Mulumbu 0 to
:12:13. > :12:23.Morrison. Good football. Mulumbu is the score. And that was the best
:12:23. > :12:26.
:12:26. > :12:32.move of the game. Granero! Oh, what a lovely goal. Queens Park Rangers'
:12:32. > :12:42.best player on the day has scored a delightful goal. One last attack.
:12:42. > :12:50.
:12:51. > :12:56.It is loose! Oh, it is over! Hoisted over the bar by Bosingwa!
:12:56. > :13:06.He has done really well, and Diame has scored! That is a brilliant
:13:06. > :13:06.
:13:06. > :13:12.goal. It is Mohamed Diame's first for West Ham. Here's Olivier Giroud,
:13:12. > :13:17.and Arsenal are well stocked in attack. Podolski... And there is
:13:17. > :13:26.the equaliser, and at last, Giroud has scored for Arsenal in the
:13:26. > :13:36.Premier League. That is a lovely piece of play by Cazorla. And here
:13:36. > :13:41.comes Walcott. Arsenal have taken the lead! Theo Walcott has put
:13:41. > :13:48.Arsenal into the lead for the first time in the game. Cazorla! Oh, I
:13:48. > :13:55.say! The little man has produced a goal which will surely clinch the
:13:55. > :14:05.game. Santi Cazorla is going to be nothing short of an Arsenal
:14:05. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:44.restart! Making progress in the middle. What a finish! Could this
:14:44. > :14:54.be, that was Franco Di Santo. Nikica Jelavic. He went down too
:14:54. > :14:58.
:14:58. > :15:02.easily that time. If he thinks he was pushed. Another one down.
:15:02. > :15:11.Leighton Baines to take this against his old club. He usually
:15:11. > :15:20.has a day die from the spot. -- dead alive. He scores. An English
:15:20. > :15:27.man who knows how to take a penalty. The first game, the 100% on records,
:15:27. > :15:33.Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, the fortress of the Hawthorns. 100%.
:15:33. > :15:37.And they have beaten Liverpool. They beat Everton at them everybody
:15:37. > :15:46.knows they have done a great job with Steve Clarke. If it was a
:15:46. > :15:53.tough job to get. We all looked at this and Scott, and not quite sure,
:15:53. > :15:58.absolutely found stochastic -- outstanding so far. The board backs
:15:58. > :16:05.Mark Hughes 100% and they say he is the right man although he is the
:16:05. > :16:08.favourite to go first at the moment. No wins away yet. Not even a draw.
:16:08. > :16:12.He will be disappointed and that will be hurting and that will mean
:16:12. > :16:17.that the team will be working hard to get things right. They will be
:16:17. > :16:20.doing a lot of defensive work because that is what he does and
:16:20. > :16:30.when you are shipping goals like that, you don't have a chance to
:16:30. > :16:36.play. Exam at West Ham. 11 points from seven. -- Big Sam. He is a
:16:36. > :16:41.good motivator. And to get someone like Andy Carroll, to get those
:16:41. > :16:48.performances. He is in a good position to start this year. Did he
:16:48. > :16:52.drive you well? Did he get the best out of Jason Roberts? At times. The
:16:52. > :16:57.best thing is he has got this way of playing I'm going about it. It
:16:57. > :17:04.is effective and that is the way it has been for a number of years.
:17:04. > :17:10.have enjoyed some West Ham games. The three clubs that came up, the
:17:10. > :17:15.world and his wife would have gone for the best chance, West Ham,
:17:15. > :17:23.because of the manager. Absolutely. Now the rest, starting with the
:17:23. > :17:27.league leaders going into and coming out of this weekend. Hard to
:17:27. > :17:31.know what you'll get with Swansea and Reading and yesterday we were
:17:31. > :17:35.treated to a very unpredictable game at the Liberty. Back in
:17:35. > :17:39.Manchester it was a tale of two unbeaten sides with Manchester City
:17:39. > :17:43.showing why they are the champions of England. And the champions of
:17:43. > :17:53.Europe remain unbeaten in the Premier League as they take on
:17:53. > :17:53.
:17:53. > :18:01.Norwich. John Terry not looking terribly comfortable in the penalty
:18:01. > :18:10.area. There could be a chance. Norwich City are ahead! What a turn
:18:10. > :18:17.up at Stamford Bridge! Here comes Chelsea. Branislav Ivanovic.
:18:17. > :18:22.Fernando Torres! 1 - 1. And that lead lasted for less than four
:18:22. > :18:31.minutes. No. 6 of the season for Fernando Torres. John Ruddy was not
:18:31. > :18:40.about to reach that. Towards Fernando Torres. Away by Martin.
:18:40. > :18:47.Fernando Torres going for this. Frank Lampard - 2-1! This could
:18:47. > :18:52.open up for Chelsea. Fernando Torres. Still with Juan Mata.
:18:52. > :19:00.Beautifully done. That was a sensational goal. Chelsea walked
:19:00. > :19:10.that in and they made it look so, so easy. Players of real quality.
:19:10. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :19:25.Oscar. Looking for Fernando Torres. And finding Branislav Ivanovic. He
:19:25. > :19:34.scores! And what a strike. It never looked set up for a left-footer.
:19:34. > :19:44.But Aleksandar Kolarov is just so capable. That was a lovely ball.
:19:44. > :19:44.
:19:44. > :19:54.Carlos Cuellar scores. James Milner is on this. And it is three. That
:19:54. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :20:06.little deflection. It skimmed the top of Craig Gardner's head. Pavel
:20:06. > :20:09.
:20:09. > :20:17.Pogrebnyak made the run. Would you believe it? Blocked by Williams.
:20:17. > :20:27.Hunt! 2 - 0. Extraordinary. Two efforts on goal and two goals for
:20:27. > :20:34.Reading in the first half. Pablo Hernandez again. Wayne Routledge.
:20:34. > :20:44.Surely this time? At last, for Swansea. His 5th Premier League
:20:44. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:53.goal. Miguel Michu. Wayne Routledge! 2 - 2. Wayne Routledge.
:20:53. > :20:57.He gets the equaliser. We know the cliche, 2 - 0 up, it finishes 2 - 2.
:20:57. > :21:01.That feels like to feed but listening to the manager talking
:21:01. > :21:06.afterwards, and not sure he share that. He seemed quite happy with
:21:06. > :21:09.one point. I am sure the players would have been got it? Really
:21:09. > :21:13.disappointed in the dressing room but the amount of chances that
:21:13. > :21:17.Swansea created, it was probably fair. But we felt that we could
:21:17. > :21:26.hold on and take the points. Something we did regularly last
:21:26. > :21:30.season. Sam and sparky, what about Brian? He is laid back. He trusts
:21:30. > :21:33.the players and that means the success that we have got. We will
:21:33. > :21:38.continue to do the things that we believe to be right to stay in this
:21:38. > :21:43.position. He is so slick, not saying anything that will get him
:21:43. > :21:48.in trouble in the training ground. Man City, we have seen more of what
:21:48. > :21:55.we have come to expect from them as they start moving through the gears.
:21:55. > :22:00.If you watched all of that game, we had David Silva, the better players,
:22:00. > :22:06.they played yesterday and some of them were not very good. But they
:22:06. > :22:11.just hate that at the right time. The unbeaten record gone for
:22:11. > :22:21.Sunderland. And there is a fab four finish after Jason Roberts handles
:22:21. > :22:48.
:22:48. > :22:58.the pressure of September's Goal of Wonderful strike. From a world-
:22:58. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds
:23:49. > :23:59.That is what they have signed. A the run from Demba Ba. Beautiful!
:23:59. > :24:33.
:24:33. > :24:43.succeeded. Fantastic finish! Back in the team, backed with the goal.
:24:43. > :24:55.
:24:55. > :25:05.And for the first time this - 1 immediately. And that was two
:25:05. > :25:06.
:25:06. > :25:16.goals in one minute and that was The one that stood out. Just
:25:16. > :25:18.
:25:18. > :25:28.confirm that. Ben Afa. That was a fantastic strike. That ball would
:25:28. > :25:28.
:25:28. > :25:33.still be travelling now. Over the shoulder. Why haven't you pick
:25:33. > :25:41.that? He scored the second goal which came off hand and I guess
:25:41. > :25:47.that happens. Yes... I thought better of that. For me, definitely
:25:47. > :25:54.that one. That was a grudge! The Beatles will sing us out after a
:25:54. > :25:57.recap of this busy day in the Premiership. United boxing
:25:57. > :26:05.Cleverley at St James's Park with Newcastle out for the count after
:26:05. > :26:10.10 minutes. Speed demons Spurs had this 2 - 0 win against Aston Villa.
:26:10. > :26:15.The Saints Go marching In and Out and in and out again, that was a
:26:15. > :26:22.roller-coaster again with Fulham. And Luis Suarez Stokes fires as the
:26:22. > :26:25.Potteries leave Anfield with a precious point. The table... Six at
:26:25. > :26:28.the top 71 this weekend with Everton making do with one point,
:26:28. > :26:33.meaning the Manchester clubs moved hand-in-hand above them. Not much
:26:33. > :26:36.to report elsewhere. At the bottom, one point for the St Paul's and
:26:36. > :26:40.above Reading near the bottom with the three basement clubs still
:26:40. > :26:44.awaiting their first win this season. The alternative table this
:26:44. > :26:50.weekend is about set-pieces. Percentage of goals conceded from
:26:50. > :26:53.set-pieces. All the stats are accurate but we're not trying to
:26:53. > :26:57.make a sweeping statement, just taking a sideways view at things.
:26:57. > :27:00.City are weakest at the back so far when the ball goes dead, but maybe
:27:00. > :27:04.a surprise to see Stoke City, so good at scoring at set-pieces, also
:27:04. > :27:07.in the top three at conceding them. But they won't care as they've only
:27:07. > :27:10.let in a meagre five goals this season, only one behind Chelsea.
:27:10. > :27:13.It's all much of a muchness mid- table, but a look down at the
:27:13. > :27:17.bottom and only one team remain unbreached from dead ball
:27:17. > :27:20.situations, despite being top of last week's foul count. All three
:27:20. > :27:23.promoted clubs are in the bottom five, and something also for Mark
:27:23. > :27:30.Hughes to smile about, three worst defensive records so far, but well
:27:30. > :27:33.on top of the set-pieces. In the spirit of one BBC, we depart with a
:27:33. > :27:36.nod towards BBC Two last night and its brilliant documentary on the
:27:36. > :27:40.Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film. You can catch it on the iPlayer all