:00:57. > :01:03.There is a bonus Match of the Day 2 tonight, the only Premier League
:01:03. > :01:12.came off the weekend featuring two of the division's purists,
:01:12. > :01:17.Liverpool and Swansea City. Swansea City are led by one of the world's
:01:17. > :01:21.finest players from the 1980s, schooled at Juventus, Madrid and
:01:21. > :01:26.Barcelona. Michael Laudrup now teaches the beautiful game in South
:01:26. > :01:31.Wales. His predecessor is now the manager of Liverpool. Brendan
:01:31. > :01:36.Rodgers has taken his footballing principles to Anfield's renowned
:01:36. > :01:40.boot room. Both teams sit in mid- table and of playing for European
:01:40. > :01:49.football next season. So a new chapter in their history or in
:01:49. > :01:55.return to the stage of their Swansea have never won a league
:01:55. > :01:59.match at Anfield, although they did beat the Reds 3-1 here in the
:01:59. > :02:05.capital cop on route to their first major Wembley final, which takes
:02:05. > :02:10.place next Sunday -- the capital Cup. Liverpool are two points
:02:10. > :02:13.behind Swansea and desperately need the points after a damaging defeat
:02:13. > :02:17.to West Brom last Monday. So the stakes are desperately high in this
:02:17. > :02:21.match. This is one of the most famous tunnels in world football,
:02:21. > :02:25.both sides are ready to go and will be led out by Steven Gerrard and
:02:25. > :02:35.Garry Monk. That's join your commentary team of Michael Owen and
:02:35. > :02:38.
:02:38. > :02:41.Merseyside 8 and a half months ago, who would have thought his new team
:02:41. > :02:51.would be out -- behind his old one when they met today. He is looking
:02:51. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :02:57.ahead of a Swansea's Cup final. He is able to recall Daniel Sturridge,
:02:57. > :03:02.who has number course in-form games. And a fall from in the game if for
:03:02. > :03:06.another -- a full Premier League debut for another player in
:03:06. > :03:15.Coutinho. He Swansea make several changes from the team that beat
:03:15. > :03:25.Queen's Park Rangers. Roland Lamah get a full debut, as this Itay
:03:25. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:33.Shechter. Captain Ashley Williams are you expecting, particularly
:03:33. > :03:37.given the team news? I am surprised that Swansea have made seven
:03:37. > :03:43.changes. With the cup final thing a week away, I thought they would go
:03:43. > :03:47.a little bit stronger than this. Liverpool look strong, they are
:03:47. > :03:50.kicking into the Kop end, which they don't particularly like in the
:03:50. > :04:00.first half, but they have a fully fit squad and I am expecting a good
:04:00. > :04:00.
:04:00. > :04:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:04:57. > :05:02.the Brazilian on his first start Liverpool, fantastic corner from
:05:02. > :05:06.Steven Gerrard. He picked out Stewart Downing and unfortunately
:05:06. > :05:13.he couldn't quite get his feet in the right position and ended up
:05:13. > :05:16.miscuing. Michael Laudrup at Anfield, he may well have been a
:05:16. > :05:19.player at one stage, as an Eighteen-year-old his proposed move
:05:19. > :05:29.to Liverpool fell through and he went to Italy to play for Juventus
:05:29. > :05:35.
:05:35. > :05:39.Luis Suarez and Sturridge. It was great one-touch play down the
:05:39. > :05:47.right-hand side, a little laid off by Sturridge and a great strike but
:05:47. > :05:51.straight down the keeper's throat. As ever, Liverpool hoping for a --
:05:51. > :05:55.an early goal to settle them down, something that never arrived
:05:55. > :06:00.against West Brom. I watched that game and I thought Liverpool played
:06:00. > :06:03.pretty well. They were desperately unlucky to lose. West Brom hit them
:06:03. > :06:13.on the counter and the statistics on that game were pretty
:06:13. > :06:17.
:06:17. > :06:27.right place at the right time. Agger was really wanting to go and
:06:27. > :06:42.
:06:42. > :06:48.tackle but as he is in the box, he the Belgian international on his
:06:48. > :06:52.full debut. Howard Webb wasn't interested. Our first reaction is
:06:52. > :06:58.it was ball to hand, if anything. I think it is very difficult to give
:06:58. > :07:08.a penalty for that. His arms are close to his body, they are not
:07:08. > :07:23.
:07:23. > :07:28.Luis Suarez. It's dropped perfectly for him. When its crops of your
:07:28. > :07:32.chest like that, or you have got to do is hit it clean and you have
:07:32. > :07:35.top-spin from where the ball is dropping. Unfortunately, he hit it
:07:35. > :07:45.a little too hard and it didn't have time for the top-spin to take
:07:45. > :08:01.
:08:01. > :08:05.six-yard said, big chance. Massive chance. Downing does great, cuts on
:08:05. > :08:10.to his right foot, not his strongest for it, but what a ball
:08:10. > :08:15.and that is a huge chance for someone of his calibre. This is
:08:15. > :08:21.where Liverpool has to be patient. We have seen this situation so many
:08:21. > :08:26.times at home this season. It is a trait of Liverpool Football Club,
:08:26. > :08:30.patience is key. The manager brings it up all the time. And I think
:08:30. > :08:35.this crowd I used to teams coming here and sticking men behind the
:08:35. > :08:39.ball. Whether it is the last bit or the first miniature score, you have
:08:39. > :08:49.to keep their patients. -- the last minute for the first minute that
:08:49. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :09:01.seconds That Was and Liverpool are left again wondering how they are
:09:01. > :09:06.not in front. A great for by Luis Suarez, Daniel Sturridge cuts
:09:06. > :09:10.inside and you think he is going to score. Is it a penalty? Hard to
:09:10. > :09:20.tell, but Coutinho has a great chance to make a flying start to
:09:20. > :09:48.
:09:48. > :09:53.his Liverpool career and it misses And he has given it, the referee's
:09:53. > :09:57.assistant, Mike Mullarkey on the near side. It wasn't Howard Webb.
:09:57. > :10:01.The defender a little bit clumsy, pushing like that gives Luis Suarez
:10:01. > :10:11.the opportunity to go down and you would have to say there is a bit of
:10:11. > :10:21.
:10:21. > :10:31.season but he hasn't saved that one. -- penalties. Steven Gerrard spores,
:10:31. > :10:33.
:10:33. > :10:37.deadlock broken and Liverpool are in front with Steven Gerrard's 8th
:10:37. > :10:40.goal of the season. I have been in that position where you have
:10:40. > :10:50.Mitchell previous penalty and there is no joy in scoring, it is pure
:10:50. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :11:01.relief. -- you have missed your for swans Lee and it remains 1-0. -
:11:01. > :11:11.- Swansea. Oceans of space down his right hand side for Liverpool. Vorm
:11:11. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:27.came out and made a great job of that was a golden one.
:11:28. > :11:37.goalkeeper does really well, narrows the angle and Sturridge
:11:38. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:49.of their last 17 matches, get the second half under way. No changes
:11:49. > :11:54.
:11:54. > :12:00.for Liverpool debut with a goal inside 20 seconds of the second
:12:00. > :12:05.half -- Marks. A dream start for Liverpool at the start of the
:12:05. > :12:13.second period. You wouldn't believe it, 30 seconds farm and Swansea
:12:13. > :12:18.have left them three on two. He cuts inside, not something you
:12:18. > :12:25.would associate with him, strength and power in his shot, but it went
:12:25. > :12:28.straight through Vorm. The 20-year- old Brazilian international who
:12:28. > :12:35.made his debut as a substitute against West Bromwich Albion, in
:12:35. > :12:45.from the start and he is in with a goal. And it is a long way back for
:12:45. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:16.He has arrived from Inter Milan and it is fair to say he is not lacking
:13:16. > :13:24.in confidence. He certainly isn't, fantastic confidence to nearly get
:13:24. > :13:34.the flick into the back post. A great run across the box, he really
:13:34. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :13:53.does remind me of Aimar, a young Started and finished by Jose
:13:53. > :13:58.Enrique. He scores his second Premier League goal for Liverpool
:13:58. > :14:04.and makes it 3-0. This has got to be one of the goals of the season,
:14:05. > :14:10.what a touch by Luis Suarez. Pass, pass, pass and a great finish.
:14:10. > :14:15.Position and passing, that Cole had everything, absolutely fantastic. -
:14:15. > :14:20.- that goal. And what a finish from a man not known for goalscoring. In
:14:20. > :14:25.his time in the top flight with Newcastle and Liverpool, his second
:14:25. > :14:29.ever Premier League strike. It is one he will remember. It might just
:14:29. > :14:33.be damage limitation now ahead of Wembley. This is the best part of
:14:33. > :14:43.being a professional footballer, three-nil up and the exhibition
:14:43. > :14:52.
:14:52. > :14:57.Eight goals in ten Premier League games for Luis Suarez. His 23rd of
:14:58. > :15:01.the season, and Liverpool are out of sight. Exhibition stuff now from
:15:01. > :15:05.Liverpool. Great ball in, great tough from Suarez. You think he is
:15:05. > :15:12.going to pass it into Sturridge, but no, he fancies a bit of the
:15:12. > :15:22.action today. Dummies to shoot and it is a fantastic left foot. Great
:15:22. > :15:34.
:15:34. > :15:38.Sturridge. Straight at Vorm, and Suarez, and Bartley in the way.
:15:38. > :15:43.Desperate defending from Swansea to keep the score line down. Great
:15:43. > :15:49.play from Liverpool. Sturridge did fantasticly well to bring the pass
:15:49. > :15:54.down on his chest. Perfect first touch and hit it early, hit it down,
:15:54. > :15:58.Suarez has come up, tried to finish off the rebound but great defending
:15:58. > :16:01.from Swansea. He will be pleased to see his team not take their foot
:16:01. > :16:05.off the pedal. I think Liverpool need that. They have not scored
:16:05. > :16:09.enough goals in general this season. Once you have a team on the rack
:16:09. > :16:19.like Liverpool have Swansea today, you need to press home that
:16:19. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :16:36.would have been, denied by the legs of Vorm. Ka are carving Swansea to
:16:36. > :16:49.
:16:49. > :16:52.pieces. Great one two, very hard to time has given that, handball
:16:52. > :16:57.against Routledge, it is Liverpool's second penalty of the
:16:57. > :17:02.day.. It had so much time to check the flight of the ball, and, yeah,
:17:02. > :17:07.it is a penalty. Routledge not normally used to defending in them
:17:07. > :17:13.positions and he has his arm in the air. It hits his arm unfortunately.
:17:13. > :17:16.There is no other decision but to give Liverpool a penalty. They have
:17:16. > :17:24.only had two penalties all season until today. Now they have two in
:17:24. > :17:31.one day. Can Daniel Sturridge do it, to make it 5-0 Liverpool? He most
:17:31. > :17:35.certainly can. With his fifth goal for the club already. Liverpool 5,
:17:35. > :17:40.Swansea 0.. He has made a great impact at the club since he has
:17:40. > :17:42.been here, he gives Liverpool something they haven't got. Four
:17:42. > :17:47.goals in five Premier League games for Daniel Sturridge, that is what
:17:47. > :17:52.you call having an impact straight away. Couldn't have gone better for
:17:52. > :17:57.him. I couldn't have. Immediately his first game he looked sharp,
:17:57. > :18:01.lively, always threatening and he has give the Swansea defenders a
:18:01. > :18:11.run round today. He is so direct. He is skilful. He has been a great
:18:11. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:23.and liver pool's sixth. You can see confidence coursing through the
:18:23. > :18:31.players now. Fantastic evident again by Sturridge. Every time they
:18:31. > :18:33.get the ball they look like scoring. get the ball they look like scoring.
:18:33. > :18:37.He has had a cracking game today. Jamie Carragher has joined myself
:18:37. > :18:42.and Michael. That was a complete performance. It was, it was, to be
:18:42. > :18:45.fair to Swansea, they have had a great season, and, left a few of
:18:45. > :18:50.the big names on the bench for next week. We had a job to do and we
:18:50. > :18:53.have done it. You have had more shots than any other side that the
:18:53. > :18:58.top teams in Europe. You had more than any other team in a Premier
:18:58. > :19:03.League game this season and you scored more goals in 2013 than any
:19:03. > :19:07.other Premier League side which shows the attacking options you
:19:07. > :19:10.have. It durbgsz since sturg Daniel Sturridge has come in he has made a
:19:10. > :19:16.big difference to us, he is unavailable for Europe that, is a
:19:16. > :19:20.bit of a blow for us, but at the moment, he looks dangerous as
:19:20. > :19:26.anything in the league. Hope that bodes well for the future, we have
:19:26. > :19:31.had decent strikers in the past. Maybe not as good as these two. But
:19:31. > :19:35.we have had a tradition of desend strikers. And five different
:19:35. > :19:39.goalscorer, how important is that for confidence? It is for the lads
:19:39. > :19:43.who score. That has been a problem for u scoring goals over the last
:19:43. > :19:47.few year, you normally have had Lewis or Steve Gerrard getting
:19:47. > :19:52.goals so it is nice to spread them round. A great day for Liverpool.
:19:52. > :19:56.But for a much changed Swansea this was their heaviest defeat in the
:19:56. > :20:00.Premier League. Not great preparation for the Cup Final next
:20:00. > :20:09.weekend. After Michael Laudrup spoke with us. It was a nightmare.
:20:09. > :20:14.I think we got slaughtered in there. First half, we were still in the
:20:14. > :20:20.game. To give away three goals like that in ten minute, it was, "yes",
:20:20. > :20:25.it was awful. But, well, we just have to say sorry, to the fans who
:20:25. > :20:29.have travelled and first of all, I am the one responsible, because I
:20:29. > :20:34.picked the team. Talking about the team, you made seven changes today,
:20:34. > :20:39.was that a deliberate thing with Wembley in mind or did you want to
:20:39. > :20:42.freshen it up? Only in a couple of positions I wanted to leave them
:20:42. > :20:48.out. We made four or five, or six or seven changes in the last two or
:20:48. > :20:51.three months and still being been competitive today. We could have
:20:51. > :20:55.lost 10-0, so we are all to blame, first of all the manager, that is
:20:55. > :21:00.me, and then the players as well, because if you are not competitive
:21:00. > :21:06.at the level you can lose to everybody. Thank you for joining us,
:21:06. > :21:10.was that as complete as performance as you have had? No, we have played
:21:10. > :21:17.well in a lot of our games. Today was going to be a tough game for us
:21:17. > :21:21.on the back of our midweek games on moond Thursday, but that was a big
:21:21. > :21:25.credit the players, their application and mentality was
:21:25. > :21:28.outstanding. We were going to the game with looking to keep a clean
:21:28. > :21:32.sheet. That was important for us, because we haven't defended as well
:21:32. > :21:37.in the last four games as we wanted to. But defensively we were strong
:21:37. > :21:42.as a team, and the flow in attack was good. I was impressed with
:21:42. > :21:47.Daniel Sturridge in particular. What type of different dipension
:21:47. > :21:51.does his offer the team? It is that one that gives the team a bit of
:21:51. > :21:57.pace on the shoulder. What we have been looking for that type of
:21:57. > :22:01.strike e really, Suarez has been brilliant but he plays in little
:22:01. > :22:06.pockets and gap, Daniel has real pace and power and he can do both.
:22:06. > :22:10.He spins off the shoulder. And he is hungry to score a goal. Which is
:22:11. > :22:16.important for us. Do you feel happy with the attacking options at your
:22:16. > :22:20.disposal? Yes, we want to be better. We have a lot of work to do. I
:22:20. > :22:27.liken ourselves to a marathon run er runner, we are coming round the
:22:27. > :22:32.corner to the finishing line and then we trip up. How is were boar -
:22:32. > :22:36.- Fabio Borini, that was a blood- curdling scream enwhen he went down.
:22:36. > :22:40.He will probably be out for the season. He dislocated his other
:22:40. > :22:45.shoulder at Chelsea and he has done the left one this time, so it looks
:22:45. > :22:49.like he will be out for the rest of the season. Also join us Stuart
:22:49. > :22:54.Downing, that was a very impressive performance.. It was a good win for
:22:54. > :23:01.us, we scored good goal, especially, we scored at a Times Square in the
:23:01. > :23:06.second half. I think the manager is quite pleased with it. We.
:23:06. > :23:11.normally see you on the wing. Does that position change when you are
:23:11. > :23:17.out there or how do you find it being a left footer. Sometimes it
:23:17. > :23:20.is an advantage you get shots off, if you can use your right foot that
:23:21. > :23:25.helps. I was playing with Glen Johnson, I like playing with him
:23:25. > :23:29.down that side. I am enjoying it. Do you feel as happy and confident
:23:29. > :23:34.as any time in your career? I am enjoying it. We have been playing
:23:34. > :23:37.well, and my form has been good. So I am happy. I have been asked to
:23:37. > :23:43.get a few goals toward the end of the season. Is he the kind of
:23:43. > :23:47.manager that makes you believe? he is hard on player, I at the
:23:47. > :23:50.start of the season when I had my own, obviously personal stuff with
:23:50. > :23:55.him, but I got on with it, got my head down f you play well he will
:23:55. > :23:58.put you in the team. That is all you can ask for. So Michael. We
:23:58. > :24:01.have heard from everyone. Brendan Rodgers wants to focus on the clean
:24:01. > :24:04.sheet but you are looking further up the field, as far as Liverpool
:24:04. > :24:10.were concerned. They were sensational that final third this
:24:10. > :24:14.afternoon. That is right. Typical manager, they are all wanting to
:24:14. > :24:17.appraise the defenders, there is no question, it was about the
:24:17. > :24:21.attacking threat. I thought stur was magnificent. The amount of
:24:21. > :24:26.times he's was running in behind the Swansea defence and causing
:24:26. > :24:30.problem, and not only that but leaving space for Downing, Suarez,
:24:30. > :24:34.it was a great performance. easiest thing to do is say Suarez
:24:34. > :24:39.pulled all the strengs but you are saying he is able do that because
:24:39. > :24:43.Sturridge creates the space for him. That is right. I takes two to tango.
:24:43. > :24:49.Sturridge was play tong shoulder of the Swansea defence. Bounce you
:24:49. > :24:54.start doing that you start dragging their men back to the tpwoel. If
:24:54. > :24:57.you ask Suarez he will be delighted he has a partner that is willing to
:24:57. > :25:03.run in behind to give Suarez a space an we know how good he is
:25:03. > :25:06.when he has that space. When we talk about movement. Is that
:25:06. > :25:11.something that you will work on in training or is that something that
:25:11. > :25:15.just happens naturally? A bit of both. Some people have just got a
:25:15. > :25:20.football brain, and will be able to work it out, work where their pal
:25:21. > :25:23.is, what space he is about to leave, some people need to work on it,
:25:23. > :25:27.someone like Coutinho coming into the squad for the first time, into
:25:27. > :25:31.the starting line up, I mean I am sure there will be a few of the
:25:31. > :25:34.players wondering where he was going to pop up, crop up, how to
:25:34. > :25:38.play off him, but he did well in patches today, so I think it is a
:25:38. > :25:42.bit of suck and see, really, you will be learning on your feet and
:25:42. > :25:46.you will have that football brain to know where to go. Swansea have a
:25:46. > :25:51.Cup Final copping up. Michael Laudrup says they will be fine by
:25:51. > :25:56.Wednesday, does that make sense. does and it has to. You have to
:25:56. > :26:01.brush it under the carpet as quick as possible. I was surprised they
:26:01. > :26:04.made so many changes. Coming toe Anfield it is a tall enough order,
:26:04. > :26:08.any way, and to obviously make so many change, you can understand why
:26:08. > :26:12.he did it, but, you know, they haven't had a game for a workers
:26:12. > :26:16.and they haven't got a game until next week, so there is Flynn of
:26:16. > :26:20.time to rest and recover. But again, they are going to be going into the
:26:20. > :26:24.biggest game of their club's histrirk probably, next weekend,
:26:24. > :26:28.and you can -- history, and you can understand he wants everyone fit,
:26:28. > :26:34.fresh and raring to go. Thank you for your company. Let us take a
:26:34. > :26:38.look at the league table of before we leave you this evening. That
:26:38. > :26:41.result lifts Liverpool above Swansea into seventh place and
:26:41. > :26:46.keeps their dreams of European football alive for next season.
:26:46. > :26:52.Here is a whole load of football coming your way on the BBC. You
:26:52. > :26:55.have live commentary of the fifth round FA Cup tie tomorrow, the
:26:55. > :26:58.following evening Five Live will have Arsenal against Bayern Munich
:26:58. > :27:02.in the Champions League and next weekend, the Premier League resumes
:27:02. > :27:06.fully, so the BBC has its usual comprehensive service, Football
:27:06. > :27:10.Focus, then final score and Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2
:27:10. > :27:15.back at 10.25 next Sunday, followed by highlights of Swansea against
:27:15. > :27:18.Bradford in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley. So, that is it
:27:18. > :27:22.from us here at Anfield, we are two-third of the way through the
:27:22. > :27:32.season now, plenty of excitement still to come, plenty of excitement
:27:32. > :27:47.
:27:47. > :27:55.just. The very first goal of his career. What a goal. Out goes Mark
:27:55. > :28:05.Hughes and Harry Redknapp is confirmed at the new manager.
:28:05. > :28:07.
:28:07. > :28:13.Chelsea have sacked their manager Roberto di Matteo. Manchester
:28:13. > :28:23.United are ahead. It is Michu for 2-06789 it is stunning. Robin van
:28:23. > :28:27.
:28:27. > :28:32.Persie to strike. 3-0 Aston Villa. Ramirez. Hernandez right on the
:28:32. > :28:36.90th minute. That is a penalty. No, he is still going. How about that!