:01:01. > :01:07.What a day, what drama, what excitement. It is all lies on the
:01:07. > :01:12.capital, a match that promises to be a real crack at -- Cracker.
:01:12. > :01:22.again, it is Liverpool that takes centre-stage. Manchester main claim
:01:22. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :01:54.Three big matches involving teams from three of England's great
:01:54. > :01:58.footballing cities on tonight's Match of the Day 2, watched by Alan
:01:58. > :02:03.Hansen and Michael Owen. We start around the corner with the
:02:03. > :02:09.Manchester derby, as the local rivalry reaches 1968 levels, due in
:02:09. > :02:15.part to last May's dramatic finale. Surely Sir Alex Ferguson has pulled
:02:15. > :02:19.out perhaps the greatest of all of the club's Premier League titles.
:02:19. > :02:24.As it stands, it is not enough for Manchester City to call themselves
:02:24. > :02:34.champions. It has finished and they still don't know if they have won
:02:34. > :02:41.it. It is Sergio Aguero! Manchester City had snatched it! In the most
:02:41. > :02:51.incredible way possible. Devastation. Manchester City are
:02:51. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:06.goes on into theirs. Time to look to the future, because this new era
:03:06. > :03:12.of Manchester rivalry has only just begun. Many of this morning's
:03:12. > :03:16.headlines told us of the Balotelli gamble and so it has proved. New
:03:16. > :03:20.Father Mario Balotelli starts in a City side that also features David
:03:20. > :03:23.Silva, fit after hamstring injury, and Gael Clichy, who has missed the
:03:23. > :03:26.last three games with an ankle problem.
:03:26. > :03:31.Antonio Valencia has been at the same number of matches but returns
:03:31. > :03:36.to give Manchester United some extra weight, up whereas Tom
:03:36. > :03:46.Cleverley has proved his fitness after any injury sustained on
:03:46. > :04:11.
:04:11. > :04:14.free kick. Balotelli is getting involved somewhat needlessly.
:04:14. > :04:20.Ferdinand is drawing attention to Gael Clichy's tackle, the referee
:04:20. > :04:30.saw nothing wrong with that. He has been very meticulous about the way
:04:30. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:43.Mario. He didn't hit it brilliantly well, but it's nearly found a way
:04:43. > :04:52.
:04:52. > :04:56.through, David de Gea had to get it looked like the ball had beaten
:04:56. > :05:06.him. Just enough check on the pass from David Silva to allow the ball
:05:06. > :05:15.
:05:15. > :05:25.back. Balotelli wasn't ready or forward. They have been doing that
:05:25. > :05:28.
:05:28. > :05:33.shot is into the corner of the goal! Wayne Rooney opens the
:05:34. > :05:43.scoring, that was brilliantly done. Exactly where Joe Hart was not able
:05:44. > :05:46.
:05:46. > :05:51.to reach it. They could break. That is superb. The defenders wrong-
:05:51. > :05:56.footed, Joe Hart rooted to the spot. I wonder if he meant to hit it just
:05:56. > :06:02.like that, but the end result will do him just right. It is not clean,
:06:02. > :06:12.but it is precise and it is City 0, United 1. One chance, one goal for
:06:12. > :06:17.
:06:17. > :06:23.change. A Captain's arms and -- armband is passed on to Pablo
:06:23. > :06:33.Zabaleta, a big blow for Manchester City. Two in short space of time, a
:06:33. > :06:42.
:06:42. > :06:48.United goal and now losing their work, just couldn't finish it off
:06:48. > :06:58.by beating David de Gea. Tenacity mixed with trickery. They shot in
:06:58. > :07:17.
:07:17. > :07:23.the end was just too tame. -- the United. His finishing is on fire
:07:23. > :07:28.this afternoon. Roberto Mancini looks shell-shocked. The ground is
:07:29. > :07:34.in shock, because it is the Rooney show right now. 28 minutes, he has
:07:34. > :07:40.taken his total of Premier League goals from 148 to the milestone of
:07:40. > :07:45.150. Nastasic could only stand and stare. Too quick for Toure and once
:07:45. > :07:55.again, it is the accuracy of the finish that is too much for Joe
:07:55. > :08:08.
:08:08. > :08:13.Hart. Manchester City 0, Manchester the sort of opening they have got
:08:14. > :08:23.to make the most of. Lovely football in the build up. He is
:08:24. > :08:36.
:08:36. > :08:40.got a bit of the back heel. But you could see his studs screed his knee.
:08:40. > :08:44.That was Roberto Mancini's reaction to Mario Balotelli this controlling
:08:44. > :08:49.the ball right in front of him. He was handily positioned near the
:08:49. > :08:53.touchline, a short walk for him. It has not quite come off today and he
:08:53. > :09:03.is straight down the trouble. Just a cursory glance to the bench. --
:09:03. > :09:15.
:09:15. > :09:21.straight down the tunnel. On comes Hart beaten, Ashley Young is
:09:21. > :09:28.offside. It is not 3-0, not yet anyway. The United cheers are cut
:09:28. > :09:31.short by that flat. What about that from Robin van Persie? Wayne Rooney
:09:32. > :09:36.has scored two, van Persie is so close to scoring the best of the
:09:36. > :09:46.lot. And was Ashley Young offside when van Persie struck the ball?
:09:46. > :09:53.
:09:53. > :10:00.That was tight. I would venture to Manchester City had needed? Tevez!
:10:00. > :10:06.David Silva! Two superb stops by David de Gea. Tevez took Tori a! It
:10:06. > :10:13.is in this time! Now the fight back is on. -- Tevez to Yaya Toure. The
:10:13. > :10:17.big man finally beats David de Gea. And United are controversially
:10:17. > :10:27.denied a third that would have wondered, Manchester City at the
:10:27. > :10:29.
:10:29. > :10:39.4th time of asking our right back keeps out Tevez, he keeps out David
:10:39. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:03.Silva. But he can't stop Yaya Toure more accurate with that. It came at
:11:03. > :11:13.him in a flash but it is the sort of flash that he puts away. He is
:11:13. > :11:29.
:11:29. > :11:35.Tom Cruise. I could joke about think it hit a chunk of the
:11:35. > :11:38.goalkeeper to. He knew nothing about it but it is a vital save. A
:11:38. > :11:43.brilliant ball from Samir Nasri and he kept his cool. David de Gea just
:11:43. > :11:53.got under way, standing Vic, not gambling. His shoulder to the
:11:53. > :12:23.
:12:23. > :12:28.to Zabaleta! -- with the corner. It is a thumping strike 4 2-2! That
:12:28. > :12:34.nice hasn't been heard here since the final day of last season. --
:12:34. > :12:44.noise. That is a controlled hit if ever you have seen one. Kept it low,
:12:44. > :12:54.drilled at home. Manchester City 2, Manchester United 2. The Derby has
:12:54. > :13:02.
:13:02. > :13:12.the moment Manchester City won the League at Manchester United's
:13:12. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:23.Can we have a final twist going back the United Way? Rafael was
:13:23. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:50.and Joe Hart can't get their! And United have won it. Robin van
:13:50. > :13:50.
:13:50. > :13:55.Persie! At the very, very end! Zabaleta's goal was in vain. The
:13:55. > :14:00.Manchester derby that has had the lot, and it looks like it has had
:14:00. > :14:07.at the end a deflected United winner. It is of Samir Nasri on the
:14:07. > :14:15.end of the war, it is away from Joe Hart and inside the post. And it is
:14:15. > :14:18.City 2, United 3, in Fergie time. And Rio Ferdinand was hit by a
:14:18. > :14:24.flying object as he ran towards the United fans to celebrate the goal.
:14:24. > :14:29.It didn't come from the United fans, the repercussions of that that.
:14:29. > :14:30.Which you have been livid if you Which you have been livid if you
:14:30. > :14:35.hadn't won that game? I think so, I think we would have been
:14:35. > :14:38.disappointed because we played ever so well. We had good chances, and
:14:38. > :14:42.instead of being three-nil in front when the goal was chalked off from
:14:42. > :14:46.Ashley Young, which was clearly onside, they have gone up the park
:14:46. > :14:49.and scored, so you think it is a kick in the teeth. If you consider
:14:49. > :14:53.everything that happened in the game, it would have been
:14:53. > :14:57.disappointing for us to leave and drop a point. We won the
:14:57. > :15:00.Championship with the last ball last year. I think we should be
:15:01. > :15:09.disappointed because we were so close this game. We played very
:15:09. > :15:15.well. I think that the game, we can say we played a good one.
:15:15. > :15:20.disappointed because we lost. Probably the most important game
:15:20. > :15:24.against United and now we have -- are six points behind, but we have
:15:24. > :15:28.to be positive and keep our heads up, there is a long way to go and
:15:28. > :15:35.we have done everything to win that game. I think under Sir Alex, we
:15:35. > :15:40.never know when we are beaten and will keep going to the end. It is
:15:40. > :15:42.not -- the number of games we have one in injury time. We saw Rio
:15:42. > :15:47.Ferdinand with blood pouring from his head after an unfortunate
:15:47. > :15:52.incident. We could do without that, a great game with two great sides,
:15:53. > :16:01.you could do without that. As far as I am concerned today, I'm going
:16:01. > :16:06.to dismiss it from my mind, because We will deal with the ugly, but
:16:06. > :16:10.only after the beautiful, which is what that game was. It was special,
:16:10. > :16:14.it was unmissable, you could not take your eyes off it. Classic
:16:14. > :16:18.tactics for Manchester United, away from home. Hit them on the break
:16:18. > :16:23.with devastating effect. In that respect, Wayne Rooney was the best
:16:23. > :16:26.player on a pitch by a mile, for that period. Manchester City made a
:16:26. > :16:30.change, bringing Tevez on for Balotelli, and for the next 30
:16:30. > :16:39.minutes, they were sensational. The quality of the football was
:16:39. > :16:44.unsurpassed, it was that good. ending was right up there with any
:16:44. > :16:51.we have seen. Was a fantastic game. I admire the manager for picking
:16:51. > :16:54.such an attacking team. They won there last year. I don't think they
:16:55. > :17:00.had a shot on target last year, which would have hurt the manager.
:17:00. > :17:03.To go there with such an attacking team today, that half-an-hour
:17:03. > :17:13.before half-time was as good as you will see. It was fantastic
:17:13. > :17:16.attacking play. For the neutral, it was breathtaking, it really was.
:17:16. > :17:20.was breathtaking, it really was. And let's have a look at the winner.
:17:20. > :17:24.There is debate about whether Joe Hart was at fault, but initially,
:17:24. > :17:28.Clichy should have gone back to the goalkeeper. He gets caught by
:17:28. > :17:35.Welbeck, then it is played to Raphael, coming down the right-hand
:17:35. > :17:39.side. Tevez comes across, again, conjecture, did he make contact?
:17:39. > :17:45.You can just see the bottom of his left foot just gets caught. And
:17:45. > :17:52.then, Joe Hart is in charge of the wall, and the wall is in charge of
:17:52. > :17:56.that side. Yes, the first thing you have got to say is nursery. It is
:17:57. > :18:06.supposed to be three. You concede Tevez moving over to Mark Rooney,
:18:07. > :18:12.
:18:12. > :18:17.and nursery, there might as well be two in the wall. -- Nasri. But his
:18:17. > :18:21.-- it is Joe Hart's side, he should be saving that. This was Ashley
:18:21. > :18:25.Young, he was clearly onside, and the game should have effectively
:18:26. > :18:31.been over. But Manchester City came back into it, and the quality of
:18:31. > :18:34.the football, for the last 30 minutes, was breathtaking. I think
:18:34. > :18:39.every blue in Manchester was screaming the substitution which
:18:39. > :18:46.needed to be made, and it made a huge difference I think a lot of
:18:46. > :18:51.people were surprised that Tevez did not start. We get bogged down
:18:51. > :18:56.sometimes in talking about tactics and formations, but sometimes, just
:18:56. > :18:59.somebody with real enthusiasm, who is going to get the crowd on the
:18:59. > :19:04.edge of their seat, can be worth their weight in gold. Straightaway,
:19:04. > :19:12.he was involved in the game, doing things at pace. That was a cracking
:19:12. > :19:19.shot. Eventually, he lays the ball off to Yaya Toure. But the weight
:19:19. > :19:26.of pass was perfect. Again, he loses the ball, but just look at
:19:26. > :19:30.him chasing. I know he has been sat there for half a game stewing, but
:19:30. > :19:35.a little thing like that gets the fans inspired, and inspires the
:19:35. > :19:40.rest of the team as well. Here he is, not just playing short, but
:19:41. > :19:46.running into the gaps as well. He is so strong. Again, he is just
:19:46. > :19:53.buzzing everywhere. It gets the crowd going. Here we are again,
:19:53. > :19:57.getting another corner. This is a great piece of play. Ferdinand has
:19:57. > :20:03.probably got him where he wants, but he starts peeling off, gets
:20:03. > :20:11.into Rio's blind-spot, and now, he is in control. Rio cannot see where
:20:11. > :20:17.he is. A lot of talk about diving this weekend, but that one with
:20:17. > :20:22.Patrice Evra, he has done really well to stay on his feet. Two or
:20:22. > :20:26.three times as well. Absolutely. You mentioned van Persie after the
:20:26. > :20:30.game, and I was expecting you to look at the final goal, but you
:20:30. > :20:35.picked out a different reason why he impressed you today. Manchester
:20:35. > :20:38.United have been having problems from set plays, it has been well-
:20:38. > :20:43.documented, and if you look at the game as a whole, the guy that
:20:43. > :20:47.cleared it more than any other player was the star centre forward.
:20:47. > :20:55.This is what Ferguson is all about, having a team doesn't everybody
:20:55. > :21:05.contributes. Brilliant header there just at the near post. The next one,
:21:05. > :21:07.
:21:08. > :21:12.he heads a to way. And the last one, probably his best header. But what
:21:13. > :21:21.you love about him is, once again, he is always looking to be involved,
:21:21. > :21:27.and he will keep going and going. The other debutant, the Manchester
:21:27. > :21:32.City defender, had a poor afternoon. When Raphael crosses this one, you
:21:32. > :21:36.would say there is no way he should get past him. But look how close
:21:36. > :21:40.the ball is to him when it goes past him. But he cannot get back
:21:40. > :21:44.because of the weight is on his left side. If you analyse the game,
:21:44. > :21:48.to me, City had the better players, but Manchester United were the
:21:48. > :21:53.better team. Let's stay with the incident with Rio Ferdinand.
:21:53. > :22:00.Michael, you were saying, it is not isolated at the moment, there are
:22:00. > :22:04.coins being thrown at various players, especially at corners.
:22:04. > :22:08.Exactly, and it is important to point out, it is Manchester City
:22:08. > :22:12.today, but it has been other teams over the last few weeks. It is
:22:12. > :22:16.being seen more and more. You see it a little bit on the continent.
:22:17. > :22:26.When I used to play in Madrid, it was all the time, near the side of
:22:27. > :22:31.
:22:31. > :22:36.the pitch. But this is just awful. Well done, Joe Hart, there. It is a
:22:36. > :22:39.problem with society, really. It is not one or two people. Michael is
:22:39. > :22:43.right, everything has got a bit more niggly. You have got to
:22:43. > :22:47.eradicate these problems. But it should not detract from a wonderful
:22:47. > :22:52.afternoon of football. And that season, City did the double over
:22:52. > :22:56.United, which is what decided the title. Will it be the same this
:22:56. > :23:01.year? It might come down to who wins the head-to-head, and
:23:01. > :23:06.Manchester United have just gone in front. Now, we had to Merseyside,
:23:06. > :23:10.and it is a numbers game, between blue and white. Just three points
:23:11. > :23:17.separate these two clubs. Everton are unbeaten in their last 11 at
:23:17. > :23:23.Goodison. But David Moyes' team has drawn too often, seven out of the
:23:23. > :23:27.last nine, which has allowed inform spurs to leapfrog them in the table.
:23:27. > :23:32.They have won three on the spin. But Everton will be a tough test,
:23:32. > :23:40.with spurs not having one at Goodison Park since 2007. Also,
:23:40. > :23:45.they have kept just one clean sheet on the road. But all of these
:23:45. > :23:55.statistics, while interesting, will likely have no bearing once the
:23:55. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:04.with Tottenham in the summer. As it is, he is facing his seventh
:24:04. > :24:10.different spurs manager. -- David Moyes. Both of them are casting a
:24:10. > :24:16.realistic eye towards the top four. Steven Pienaar lines up against the
:24:16. > :24:22.club he joined, and then left, to return to Goodison Park. Spurs are
:24:22. > :24:32.withoutm bail for just the second time in the league this season.
:24:32. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:09.Michael Dawson is also missing and that was a decent strike from
:25:09. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:20.Dembele, although it was straight important challenge by Seamus
:25:20. > :25:26.Coleman. Gibson for Everton, that is an excellent ball. Jelavic!
:25:26. > :25:36.Brilliant goalkeeping by Lloris. He was quickly off his line. No hint
:25:36. > :25:40.of offside. He read what Jelavic was going to do. It was a hugely
:25:40. > :25:50.important interception with his left hand. When he was the Chelsea
:25:50. > :26:00.
:26:00. > :26:03.manager, he lost here, and 23 days skipper, at full stretch. But if
:26:03. > :26:13.Mirallas had put more pace on the delivery, Gallas was not getting
:26:13. > :26:17.
:26:17. > :26:27.Arsenal were the last team to win here, back in March. 11 games in
:26:27. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:34.into the penalty area! He had a go himself. Perhaps it was not the
:26:34. > :26:44.option which two or three of his teammates thought he was going to
:26:44. > :26:51.
:26:51. > :27:01.we seen Leon Osman open his body in that kind of situation inside the
:27:01. > :27:14.
:27:14. > :27:19.penalty area? Caulker was in the for the foul by Sandro. Are we to
:27:19. > :27:24.see a dramatic start to the second half? Not surprisingly, Leighton
:27:25. > :27:28.Baines takes it, straight against the wall. Then it hit Steven
:27:28. > :27:38.Naismith and went wide of the target. The substitute did not know
:27:38. > :27:55.
:27:55. > :28:05.too much about this. Perhaps he was fouled just as he went to
:28:05. > :28:06.
:28:06. > :28:10.should. It might take a piece of brilliance to break the deadlock.
:28:10. > :28:16.Vertonghen! That was not too far away. That was travelling. It had
:28:16. > :28:26.to be well watched by Tim Howard. It was moving in the air. It was a
:28:26. > :28:51.
:28:52. > :28:57.Osman! He could not keep it down. Spurs could easily have been
:28:57. > :29:07.punished there. Leighton Baines had so much time and space. He picked
:29:07. > :29:16.
:29:16. > :29:26.out Osman, who tried to side-foot Looked away by Dempsey. Leon Osman!
:29:26. > :29:37.
:29:37. > :29:47.Premier League goals already this season. When called upon, Lloris
:29:47. > :30:00.
:30:00. > :30:04.Dempsey, from nowhere, to give Tottenham the lead! One American
:30:04. > :30:10.International beats another. And Tottenham are in front. There did
:30:10. > :30:20.not appear to be any danger, but it was a quick turn and shot, which
:30:20. > :30:24.
:30:24. > :30:28.deceived Tim Howard, and went into the road last season on their way
:30:28. > :30:38.to 4th. If they closed this out, they will have had 15 points away
:30:38. > :30:47.
:30:48. > :30:54.from the Icelandic international. He was a whisker away from his
:30:54. > :31:04.first Spurs Premier League goal. It was dipping, but just not quite
:31:04. > :31:26.
:31:26. > :31:32.didn't it? The man who left Everton for Spurs and came back to Goodison
:31:32. > :31:41.scores against his former club. Just on the 90 minute mark, with
:31:41. > :31:45.the equaliser. It is another late Everton goal. For once, a much
:31:45. > :31:50.better delivery from Coleman and Pienaar timed his run to perfection.
:31:50. > :31:54.He guided a header past Hugo Lloris and into the bottom corner. He will
:31:54. > :32:01.certainly enjoy that moment. Everyone inside Goodison certainly
:32:01. > :32:11.did. And there are four more minutes of time to add on. He
:32:11. > :32:25.
:32:25. > :32:32.the blue of Everton. Vellios. Jelavic! Two goals in a minute,
:32:32. > :32:36.what a turn around forever turned! Nikita yellow vetch -- Jelavic, who
:32:36. > :32:46.scored the winner in this fixture last season with his very first
:32:46. > :32:53.
:32:53. > :32:59.Everton goal has surely repeated it, or Jelavic is definitely onside
:32:59. > :33:02.and the instinctive finish. Just one goal in his last eight Premier
:33:02. > :33:08.League games, in the right place at the right time, we have lift-off at
:33:08. > :33:13.Goodison. Just look at the reaction from David Moyes. They are heading
:33:13. > :33:18.into the top four. Andre Villas- Boas will not be able to believe
:33:18. > :33:28.the last 90 seconds of football. Yet his team quite simply do not
:33:28. > :33:32.
:33:32. > :33:37.is going to be the match-winner gets a standing ovation. A huge
:33:37. > :33:41.smile from his manager, just look what it means on the Everton bench.
:33:41. > :33:44.They knew the importance of today. It is against one of those clubs
:33:44. > :33:47.who, like Everton, have real top who, like Everton, have real top
:33:47. > :33:51.four aspirations. When she got the equaliser, you
:33:51. > :33:56.could feel the momentum for the winning goal -- once you. I thought
:33:56. > :33:59.that once we got the goal, the crowd, when the 4th official put
:33:59. > :34:03.four minutes on the board, the crowd thought it was here for us
:34:03. > :34:07.and we would go on and have a go. You could hear the noise the
:34:07. > :34:09.Goodison fans were making. It gets really loud here, especially when
:34:09. > :34:13.you are doing well and it is towards the end of the game and
:34:13. > :34:19.they sucked the ball in for the second goal. A great finish in the
:34:19. > :34:22.end by Jelavic, we are absolutely delighted. It is difficult to come
:34:22. > :34:26.to Goodison after playing in midweek, but we did ever so well,
:34:26. > :34:29.the players did ever so well physically and mentally to cope
:34:29. > :34:34.with it and they deserve a little bit better.
:34:34. > :34:39.Allen, if the Manchester derby has a bearing on the final positions,
:34:39. > :34:45.so does that -- Allen. After the day, Everton did really well, they
:34:45. > :34:50.kept on going and they have lost -- drawn games they should have won
:34:50. > :34:52.conceivably and it is difficult to get points on the board. They are a
:34:52. > :34:59.great side, they have kept confidence in the manager and
:34:59. > :35:04.supporters. Neville is injured at the moment, but everyone is almost
:35:04. > :35:07.fighting fit and they have class all over the park. They are a very
:35:07. > :35:12.strong team. I certainly think they are very strong down the left, with
:35:12. > :35:14.Leighton Baines and Pienaar. Every time I watch them play, they are a
:35:14. > :35:18.handful for anyone, but today it handful for anyone, but today it
:35:18. > :35:22.was then the right hand side where I thought they did best. Seamus
:35:22. > :35:29.Coleman was really impressive for me today. Gibson was spraying
:35:29. > :35:34.passes left right and centre and he was just so energetic, full of
:35:34. > :35:38.energy, up and down the right side all the time. And they caused
:35:38. > :35:42.Tottenham problems. Virtually every attack that they had came down that
:35:42. > :35:48.right side. Another great all, he could have done better with the
:35:48. > :35:53.cross. -- ball. They also gave Gibson too much time. I played with
:35:53. > :35:56.him at Man United, he has got great vision and a great shot and the
:35:56. > :36:00.last thing you wanted do is give him time. Every ball seemed to be
:36:00. > :36:04.causing them troubles down the right. If the final pass had been
:36:04. > :36:10.better, they might have scored before they did. But eventually it
:36:10. > :36:15.did come, a lovely floated pass and a great header. And the roles were
:36:15. > :36:20.reversed here, Coleman to Gibson, he knocks at Cross in Hand this is
:36:20. > :36:22.just pure instinct. You cannot teach that, being in the right
:36:22. > :36:26.teach that, being in the right place in the right time is what
:36:26. > :36:30.Jelavic has got. It was a great goal, to be fair. That is a
:36:30. > :36:34.familiar sight from last season. A familiar sight for this season for
:36:34. > :36:37.Spurs, leading -- leaking goals. Spurs, leading -- leaking goals.
:36:37. > :36:41.you are up with three or four minutes to go, you tend to go deep.
:36:41. > :36:46.You don't even know you are doing it. Look at them here, so many
:36:46. > :36:51.mistakes. This is the goalkeeper's for all day long, but it is a poor
:36:51. > :36:54.clearance, and a poor header. And then finally, I don't know if the
:36:54. > :37:00.keeper should get this Pienaar header, I think he should they be
:37:00. > :37:07.savoured. So it is three mistakes. -- I think he should save it. And
:37:07. > :37:14.at the end, they are far too deep. But Jelavic beat the offside trap
:37:14. > :37:19.and it is a fantastic finish. And as I say, Everton, you look at that
:37:19. > :37:21.there and you think, they are real there and you think, they are real
:37:21. > :37:26.team. He has gone to his manager, everybody on the bench, and you
:37:26. > :37:30.have a sense that it could be their year. Such together this. It is
:37:30. > :37:33.brilliant, that is what it is all about. Just like us. All of the
:37:33. > :37:39.goals and dives from yesterday on the way after the third Sunday game
:37:39. > :37:43.from Upton Park, as West Ham that Liverpool, each missing apart.
:37:43. > :37:47.Rule 7.2 in section 5 of the Premier League handbook means Andy
:37:47. > :37:50.Carroll cannot play against Liverpool. He is also on one leg at
:37:50. > :37:53.the moment, so if West Ham are going to win this one, they will
:37:53. > :37:57.have to do it without their on-loan striker. Still, they will be
:37:57. > :38:00.confident as they are decent at home. Just ask Chelsea how good the
:38:00. > :38:04.Hammers can be, with Big Sam's words ringing in their areas.
:38:04. > :38:09.Liverpool will want to come out of the blocks quickly as a slow start
:38:09. > :38:14.cost them on their recent trip to London. Brendan Rodgers's team last
:38:14. > :38:17.week showed plenty of attacking intent, 19 goals on -- shots on
:38:17. > :38:21.goal against Southampton. But just as West Ham are missing Andy
:38:21. > :38:30.as West Ham are missing Andy Carroll, the Reds finisher supreme
:38:30. > :38:33.make. Then, West Ham were bottom and heading down and now with the
:38:33. > :38:38.Olympic Stadium seemingly on the horizon, they are one win away from
:38:38. > :38:42.the top six and Liverpool could be the second big-name scalp in a row
:38:42. > :38:46.after beating the European champions last weekend. Sam
:38:46. > :38:50.Allardyce brought on both Mohamed Diame and Matt Taylor at half-time
:38:50. > :38:53.last week ahead of a stirring comeback against Chelsea and but
:38:53. > :38:58.start today. Andy Carroll is injured, but would have been
:38:58. > :39:02.ineligible anyway. Liverpool, without Luis Suarez, who is
:39:02. > :39:07.suspended, have no other senior strikers available, so Jonjo
:39:07. > :39:11.Shelvey moves for the forward. -- further forward. Steven Gerrard
:39:11. > :39:21.returns after illness and Stewart Downing makes only his 4th league
:39:21. > :39:43.
:39:43. > :39:53.easily have taken it beyond Pepe rain. It almost squeezed in of
:39:53. > :40:07.
:40:07. > :40:11.Johnson! Muted celebration against his former club, but it is the
:40:11. > :40:18.third time in a row that he has scored against them. What a
:40:18. > :40:26.blockbuster. West Ham 0, Liverpool 1. But who saw this one coming? A
:40:26. > :40:36.cracking goal from Glen Johnson. There was no stopping that one.
:40:36. > :40:36.
:40:36. > :40:46.What a start for Brendan Rodgers's They have had plenty of ball in the
:40:46. > :40:54.
:40:54. > :41:04.They have had plenty of ball in the And Raheem Sterling so close to
:41:04. > :41:07.
:41:07. > :41:17.early change. Jose Enrique is the player coming off. Joe Cole on to
:41:17. > :41:41.
:41:42. > :41:49.has been given, it is a penalty. Handball by Joe Allen. West Ham had
:41:49. > :41:52.a penalty and a route back into the match potentially. Agger's header
:41:52. > :42:02.away, and the ball striking Joe Allen from no more than about two
:42:02. > :42:10.
:42:10. > :42:13.now the stadium really comes to life. Not the hardest struck
:42:13. > :42:21.penalty you will ever see, but so difficult to say when it is as
:42:21. > :42:25.perfectly placed as that, and it brings West Ham level. -- save. The
:42:25. > :42:29.referee had a great view, it is so close to Joe Allen as it was
:42:29. > :42:39.walloped in his general direction. Almost impossible to do anything
:42:39. > :43:05.
:43:05. > :43:12.ahead. I wonder whether that was an own goal off Steven Gerrard. Just
:43:12. > :43:22.as last week, they fell behind, and now they are ahead. Short and quick
:43:22. > :43:26.
:43:26. > :43:31.it is an own goal off Steven Gerrard. Definitely. And with two
:43:31. > :43:41.minutes to go until half-time, West Ham United are leading. He will
:43:41. > :44:15.
:44:15. > :44:20.take them the filly, however they have a truly given West Ham's
:44:20. > :44:30.goalkeeper much work to do in the second half. But they kept him on
:44:30. > :44:40.
:44:40. > :44:47.his toes there. And Jaaskelainen and that was not a bad one! Jonjo
:44:47. > :44:57.Shelvey was in there with the header. Downing put that cross
:44:57. > :44:58.
:44:58. > :45:04.right on Shelvey's head. 20 minutes to go. Oh, Diame's hamstring has
:45:04. > :45:11.gone. Just like that. Diame, who suffered a dead leg right at the
:45:11. > :45:15.beginning of a second half, now clearly has a hamstring injury. He
:45:15. > :45:25.has had a very positive influence on proceedings from West Ham
:45:25. > :45:26.
:45:26. > :45:34.United's point of view. Raheem Sterling... He has done well. And
:45:34. > :45:39.Liverpool are level! Joe Cole! And just like Glen Johnson in the first
:45:39. > :45:46.half, a muted celebration, back at the club where it all began for Joe
:45:47. > :45:54.Cole. Liverpool are level with 15 minutes to go. Sweetly struck. The
:45:54. > :46:01.two old boys coming back to haunt their former club today. And it is
:46:01. > :46:11.all to play for here in the closing stages. What a final 14 minutes
:46:11. > :46:20.
:46:20. > :46:27.we're going to have here now. Jordan Henderson running into space.
:46:27. > :46:37.Chance to cross. Jonjo Shelvey! And Liverpool have the lead! Who needs
:46:37. > :46:40.
:46:40. > :46:46.Luis Suarez?! Great work by Henderson, and Shelvey, sliding in,
:46:46. > :46:53.and the spin of the ball taking it over Jaaskelainen's head. And
:46:53. > :46:59.Liverpool lead for the second time in the match. Collins was the
:46:59. > :47:09.defender, who made the challenge. Might this go down as an own goal?
:47:09. > :47:16.
:47:17. > :47:26.I have got a feeling it might have come off Collins. Jonjo Shelvey has
:47:26. > :47:36.got away from the defender... No penalty given by Lee Probert.
:47:36. > :47:43.
:47:43. > :47:49.Shelvey had quite a tussle with today. We had to show different
:47:49. > :47:53.characteristics. The first 20-25 minutes, we were outstanding. We
:47:53. > :47:56.were unfortunate to concede the penalty. The last 20 minutes of the
:47:56. > :48:00.first half, we did not get on the ball quite as much. It clearly
:48:00. > :48:07.struck his arm, but when it is that close to you, it is almost
:48:07. > :48:10.impossible to get out of the way, isn't it? I do not know what Joe
:48:10. > :48:14.can do to avoid that. I did not think the referee was going to give
:48:14. > :48:22.it, but then the noise from the crowd may be made him change his
:48:23. > :48:28.mind. But certainly, it was a very harsh decision. The referees tend
:48:28. > :48:34.to give penalties when the player's arm is up these days, so I was not
:48:34. > :48:39.surprised when it was given. In our industry, we think it is welcome,
:48:39. > :48:43.but we see it more and more often. And we deserved to get back into
:48:43. > :48:48.the game, and I think we deserve to be in front at half-time. The
:48:48. > :48:54.disappointment was that we did not continue the second half like we
:48:54. > :48:57.finished the first. Steady progress, being made? Liverpool will be
:48:57. > :49:01.judged by unbelievable standards, because of what the club has
:49:02. > :49:05.achieved in the past, but our fans know where we are at the moment.
:49:05. > :49:09.They understand what the manager is trying to do, and how he wants us
:49:09. > :49:16.to play, and building the club from the bottom up again. For me, he is
:49:16. > :49:19.doing a great job. West Ham first of all, and so many times over the
:49:19. > :49:24.last few weeks, this player has been highlighted, and they were
:49:24. > :49:27.unlucky to lose him in the middle of the game. Yes, Diame was
:49:27. > :49:31.exceptional last week against Chelsea, and they were leading when
:49:31. > :49:40.they lost in today. But it was a fantastic result for Liverpool.
:49:40. > :49:44.is never going to work, no Luis Suarez, and Liverpool win! That is
:49:44. > :49:48.what everybody thought. He has certainly been carrying the burden.
:49:48. > :49:57.His first goal was pure individual brilliance. It is a pure strike,
:49:57. > :50:01.you can see the ball hardly rotates in the air. This is a training
:50:01. > :50:06.ground goal. Every day in training, teams will work on this. Player
:50:06. > :50:13.comes out into the space, third man when it, lay it off, into the space
:50:13. > :50:16.he has created. It is very hard to mark. And again, what they needed
:50:16. > :50:20.today was runners from midfield. It did not have a natural goalscorer
:50:20. > :50:25.up there. Shelvey played really up there. Shelvey played really
:50:25. > :50:29.well, but they needed runners from midfield. And they got that here.
:50:29. > :50:38.That highlighted space is always a dangerous place to defend. If you
:50:38. > :50:46.stick it in there, anything can happen. No chance without Suarez.
:50:47. > :50:51.Carrying on from what he just said, Johnson against Jarvis was a key
:50:51. > :50:56.battle. It was. Glen Johnson, arguably Liverpool's best player
:50:56. > :51:00.this season, if you take Suarez out of the equation. Today, he was
:51:00. > :51:04.great going forward. He is up against Jarvis, and Jarvis does not
:51:04. > :51:09.get anywhere near him. This is a phenomenal hit. But when Glen
:51:09. > :51:17.Johnson went forward, at times, Jarvis have the space and freedom
:51:17. > :51:19.to go and attack. On this occasion, he is left up against Joe Allen,
:51:19. > :51:24.and he goes past him with consummate ease. That could have
:51:24. > :51:30.been really dangerous. Every time Glen Johnson went forward, he had
:51:30. > :51:37.Jarvis on toast, however. His ball was from Downing. Glen Johnson just
:51:37. > :51:40.cuts inside him, and sets up Raheem Sterling. That was so close. But on
:51:40. > :51:49.the other hand, as soon as Glen Johnson went forward, and the ball
:51:49. > :51:56.got cut out, Jarvis again gets left up against Joe Allen. Glen Johnson
:51:56. > :52:00.does really well to get back, but he leaves Joe Allen with Jarvis.
:52:01. > :52:05.You can see how easy it is for Jarvis to go past Joe Allen.
:52:05. > :52:08.Against the better sides, you might not be so lucky. Another word a
:52:08. > :52:14.West Ham, because it is worth stressing where they were this time
:52:14. > :52:20.last year. Last week, beating Chelsea, so many reasons to be
:52:20. > :52:27.positive. Absolutely. Not only the position in the Lee and the points
:52:27. > :52:35.they have won, but also the way they have played. -- in the league.
:52:35. > :52:39.I think Big Sam has won over the fans. That's the Liverpool form
:52:39. > :52:43.table for the last of eight games, following their worst start in 100
:52:43. > :52:48.years. There is reasons to be very optimistic for Liverpool fans,
:52:48. > :52:50.without getting carried away. without getting carried away.
:52:50. > :52:54.Absolutely, the next four or five games are eminently winnable. They
:52:54. > :52:58.are not that far away from fourth spot, Champions League. It might be
:52:58. > :53:05.a dream, but if they can get a centre-forward in January, reach
:53:05. > :53:09.for the stars. Is that the key, Michael? Yes, you would think two,
:53:09. > :53:13.really. They have got one recognised striker, so you would
:53:13. > :53:20.think they would want two. But who knows what money they have got to
:53:20. > :53:25.spend? At least one. Do you see, as a centre-forward, greedy. More
:53:25. > :53:35.goals on the way, plus tonight, we promise a finish worth waiting for.
:53:35. > :53:54.
:53:54. > :54:03.semi-finals and the final will be shown live on the BBC. Chelsea
:54:03. > :54:06.enter the fray on Thursday morning. The coverage starts with the South
:54:06. > :54:16.American champions against the African champions, on Wednesday
:54:16. > :54:29.
:54:29. > :54:38.morning. The final will be live on all three of the League Cup
:54:38. > :54:46.quarter-finals. Now, yesterday, and six games are full of incident. We
:54:46. > :54:49.have split them in half. You do not have to look hard to see it -
:54:49. > :54:53.tension written all over the Premier League. Smiles were scarce
:54:53. > :54:58.yesterday before kick-off. At the Emirates, Arsene Wenger looked
:54:58. > :55:03.desperate for a win. Even the Baggies were less bouncy, having
:55:03. > :55:08.lost two in a row. That the Stadium of Light, two more managers feeling
:55:08. > :55:14.under pressure. And on the south coast, the Saints and Reading, both
:55:14. > :55:22.in the bottom three, and you do not want to be there at Christmas. Not
:55:22. > :55:30.all of these fans would be smiling on the way home. Now, jack
:55:30. > :55:35.Wilshere... Oh, it is a penalty! It is a penalty to Arsenal. It is
:55:35. > :55:43.actually Steven Reid who makes the challenge. Cazorla goes down. Was
:55:43. > :55:53.it a soft one? Was the contact? I am not entirely sure. And Arsenal
:55:53. > :55:54.
:55:54. > :55:57.lead! Arsene Wenger's team find a breakthrough. There is an appeal
:55:57. > :56:06.for handball, but instead, the referee has given Arsenal the free
:56:06. > :56:12.kick. It was Mertesacker. Well, that is on the arm, isn't it?
:56:12. > :56:20.Cazorla, they have got two on that side. Oxlade-Chamberlain has still
:56:20. > :56:27.got it, and it is a penalty! Oxlade-Chamberlain brought down,
:56:27. > :56:34.but was there a foul by MARK COX: Chamberlain -- by Oxlade-
:56:34. > :56:43.Chamberlain before that on Popov? I thought there was. He scores
:56:43. > :56:53.again, and he has gone down the middle again. Victor Moses, looking
:56:53. > :56:54.
:56:54. > :56:58.for Eden Hazard. Torres! Brilliant finish! Torres is rediscovering his
:56:59. > :57:08.form, and the smile is back on his face. Into double figures this
:57:09. > :57:17.
:57:17. > :57:27.season. Cole looks for Remy rose. - - looks for Ramires. And Chelsea
:57:27. > :57:46.
:57:46. > :57:51.Chelsea! Chelsea are heading for a handsome win, and Torres had a huge
:57:51. > :57:57.hand in it again. Off the woodwork, and Mata follows up. The two
:57:57. > :58:07.Spaniards have got 21 goals between them this season. Connor Wickham
:58:07. > :58:25.
:58:25. > :58:29.didn't, so Jay Tabb goes alone. He might get a second chance here. I
:58:29. > :58:37.think Jack Cork has got very, very lucky there. That has to be a
:58:37. > :58:41.penalty. Towards the back post! It is not going to stand. Jason
:58:41. > :58:46.Puncheon momentarily thought he had scored. The referee says he has not.
:58:46. > :58:56.If it was for the push, then Yoshida could argue that he only
:58:56. > :58:56.
:58:56. > :59:06.collided with the defender because Federici pushed him into him.
:59:06. > :59:06.
:59:06. > :59:14.Chancier, off the post! -- chance here. Jason Puncheon, can he
:59:14. > :59:23.finish? Yes, he can. Jason Puncheon with the goal. Lambert beautifully
:59:23. > :59:30.in to Nathaniel Clyne, and on to Jason Puncheon. Southampton lead.
:59:30. > :59:35.He is decent. Let's move on to a simple question - fourth place, who
:59:35. > :59:40.do you favour at the moment, but have you? I would probably go for
:59:40. > :59:44.Arsenal. I think the three clubs in contention would be Arsenal,
:59:44. > :59:46.Tottenham and Everton, if you're being realistic. Liverpool could
:59:46. > :59:53.come into the equation, but they would have to have a really good
:59:53. > :59:57.win. I would probably go for Arsenal. What about yourself latent
:59:57. > :00:02.I think it will go to Merseyside. I think Liverpool on a decent run,
:00:02. > :00:10.and whoever they get in January, I'm sure Weber get someone, that
:00:10. > :00:18.could just tip it their way. -- they will get someone. Who is most
:00:18. > :00:23.likely out of Arsenal and Tottenham? Arsenal. On we go, three
:00:23. > :00:33.more matches, involving teams whose first objective this season is to
:00:33. > :00:34.
:00:34. > :00:40.of points we are told all but guarantees premier-league football
:00:40. > :00:46.the following season. So obviously for Harry and winless QPR, they
:00:46. > :00:52.have a mind in decline. Wigan will want to avoid a similar run of
:00:52. > :00:57.results in spring. Villa were left biting their nails last May. And
:00:57. > :01:03.finally Swansea and Norwich, 47. Siege at the end of last season. Up
:01:03. > :01:13.to spit them then, still is that -- 47 points each at the end of last
:01:13. > :01:17.
:01:17. > :01:27.season, tough to split them and front. It is his first goal for the
:01:27. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:42.Canaries since his move from It is his third goal for Norwich
:01:42. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:47.Grant Holt! Unbelievable for Norwich City and their supporters,
:01:47. > :01:50.their third goal here means that they are now surely heading for all
:01:50. > :01:56.three points, unless there is a comeback of miraculous proportions
:01:56. > :02:06.in the second half. Driven in and Michu! Is that the
:02:06. > :02:16.
:02:16. > :02:20.goal that can signal a Swansea come De Guzman! It is 3-2. Nathan Dyer
:02:20. > :02:26.with a speculative cross and that is a crisp volley. It means that
:02:26. > :02:32.Swansea are right back in this game. De Guzman with the delivery for
:02:32. > :02:39.Swansea, Williams gets his head to read. Shechter puts it in but it
:02:39. > :02:44.will not can. Howard Webb blew his whistle for a foul on Mark Bunn.
:02:44. > :02:48.Snodgrass! He scored from a free kick in a very similar position at
:02:48. > :02:54.Southampton in Norwich's last away game.
:02:54. > :03:04.He goes mad! Mark Bunn does not get there and Michu with the goal. --
:03:04. > :03:10.
:03:10. > :03:20.challenging in the air and fire being by James McCarthy. -- fired
:03:20. > :03:22.
:03:22. > :03:27.in. The slight deflection off Jamie Ryan Nelsen, and the captain
:03:27. > :03:37.delivers just when required. And Ryan Nelsen here completely
:03:37. > :03:44.
:03:44. > :03:50.Allen and beer. -- Stephane M'Bia. And there is Cisse! How important
:03:50. > :03:59.could that Golby? -- goal be? They are queuing up for
:03:59. > :04:02.their centre, back towards McCarthy. And there is the equaliser.
:04:02. > :04:12.Beausejour picking out McCarthy, unchecked inside the area. It is a
:04:12. > :04:20.
:04:20. > :04:26.Christian Benteke E. Agbonlahor. Terrific block by Shawcross. Not
:04:26. > :04:36.far wide from Barry Bannan. Stoke City have spent most of the
:04:36. > :04:37.
:04:37. > :04:43.Kenwynne Jones and some of his colleagues unhappy with the follow
:04:43. > :04:47.through By Ciaran Clark -- the foul was given as the Villa's way.
:04:47. > :04:56.No fell for the challenge by Glenn Whelan. The referee has let a lot
:04:56. > :05:06.go this afternoon -- foul. Shotton was caught late by Erik Levi. --
:05:06. > :05:06.
:05:06. > :05:13.himself into the first yellow card of the day.
:05:13. > :05:17.Fabian Delph. Caught by Shotton. He has been booked and Ryan Shotton is
:05:17. > :05:21.sent off. Some of the challenges we have seen today have merited a
:05:21. > :05:27.yellow card, that didn't. The shot and is sent off.
:05:27. > :05:29.Let's refer back to something we showed people earlier, that showed
:05:30. > :05:33.Liverpool's turned in form. We Liverpool's turned in form. We
:05:33. > :05:37.should say that Stoke are above them and also the mighty Norwich
:05:37. > :05:42.City over the last eight games. is fantastic, and what it does is
:05:42. > :05:46.it gives teams at the bottom part because when Norwich lost four at
:05:46. > :05:48.home to Chelsea and five awake at Arsenal the next week, I thought
:05:48. > :05:51.they were down, but the they were down, but the
:05:51. > :05:54.transformation has been remarkable. They are winning and playing with
:05:54. > :05:59.style. I don't like to ask about relegation, it is a negative
:05:59. > :06:05.question, but I astute he would fish fork from top. Who will finish
:06:05. > :06:11.4th from bottom and just survive -- I asked you who would finish 4-4
:06:11. > :06:18.from top. Wigan. That is scandalous, Hugh Astley five minutes ago and I
:06:18. > :06:22.said Wigan. Says someone else -- you asked me. OK, QPR. You have
:06:22. > :06:26.changed your mind because he tells you to? I am going with Wigan, I
:06:26. > :06:30.think they will finish 4th bottom. Another reason I am saying that is
:06:30. > :06:34.because they would go down. I will ask that question again next week
:06:34. > :06:42.and get a straight answer. A big finish, starting with tomorrow's
:06:42. > :06:46.Read rules the day in Manchester, with van Persie providing the
:06:46. > :06:50.match-winner. -- red. Jelavic makes it in stoppage time
:06:50. > :06:55.as Everton's Late Show gets them a win over Spurs.
:06:55. > :06:58.And Liverpool on the up, they do win without the Luis Suarez, away
:06:58. > :07:02.win without the Luis Suarez, away to West Ham.
:07:02. > :07:06.Let's show the tables. Manchester United extend their lead to six
:07:06. > :07:11.points, and they have still not drawn up this season. Second-placed
:07:11. > :07:15.City have drawn six games. Everton jump up to 4th after that win
:07:15. > :07:20.against Spurs. QPR are still rooted to the bottom where Sunderland have
:07:20. > :07:24.now have slipped into the relegation zone. The alternative
:07:24. > :07:28.table is topical, first goals scored. It is cold comfort for the
:07:28. > :07:32.team at the top. Tottenham have scored first 12 times in 16 games,
:07:32. > :07:36.but they are also experts at letting their lead slip late on. If
:07:36. > :07:40.the ref blew his whistle at 80 minutes, Spurs would be top of the
:07:40. > :07:46.Premier League and it is worth noting that Aston Villa are in for.
:07:46. > :07:49.So it is all about doing the business over the full 90, as
:07:49. > :07:50.exemplified by Sir Alex Ferguson's men, second from bottom in this
:07:50. > :07:54.men, second from bottom in this league but romping away with the
:07:54. > :07:58.real thing. With Uefa announcing that she wrote
:07:58. > :08:01.2020 will be held across the entire Continent and goal-line technology
:08:01. > :08:05.will be used at the upcoming World Club Championship, with a cut