:01:17. > :01:27.ED LEIGH: Torres put Chelsea ahead told! It is Chelsea's victory!
:01:27. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:54.A soulful, northern start to the programme. I am joined by two
:01:54. > :01:58.Scotsman, Alan Hansen and Pat Nevin. The game at White Hart Lane was
:01:58. > :02:02.only given the go-ahead one hour before kick-off, and that is where
:02:02. > :02:07.we're heading first. Manchester United are looking unstoppable. Not
:02:07. > :02:13.even close to their best, but they have amassed more points at this
:02:13. > :02:16.stage of the season than ever before. A 13th Premier League
:02:16. > :02:21.triumph for Alex Ferguson is looking on the cards, although they
:02:21. > :02:26.can be beaten. In September, it was Gareth Bale who was unstoppable.
:02:26. > :02:30.Tottenham got their first league victory at Old Trafford in 23 years.
:02:30. > :02:34.It has been 12 years since they beat United at White Hart Lane, but
:02:34. > :02:40.you sense that spurs will be confident of burying another
:02:40. > :02:50.statistic. So, can spurs do their first league double over Manchester
:02:50. > :02:58.
:02:58. > :03:08.United since 1990, or will that centre circle, the pitch at White
:03:08. > :03:12.Hart Lane was passed fit for play, just over an hour before kick-off.
:03:12. > :03:22.Scott Parker starts for the first time this campaign, with Sandro
:03:22. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:32.having undergone knee surgery in games. United make one change from
:03:32. > :03:36.their victory against Liverpool last weekend. Ashley Young is
:03:36. > :03:46.injured, and Phil Jones comes in. Wayne Rooney is among the
:03:46. > :03:50.
:03:50. > :03:59.I got the impression that Manchester United were very keen to
:03:59. > :04:09.play the game. That's a lovely ball. Spurs will want to get learn an
:04:09. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:22.isolated against Patrice Evra. Brilliant crossfield ball. That was
:04:22. > :04:32.very close. Did not make it count anyway. Manchester United trying to
:04:32. > :04:41.
:04:41. > :04:51.middle... Comes back to the far post, van Persie! 1-0! The old Top
:04:51. > :05:01.Guns cause against Spurs at White Hart Lane. -- scores. Spurs were
:05:01. > :05:04.
:05:04. > :05:09.perplexed. Van Persie with the finish. 25 minutes gone. The goal
:05:09. > :05:19.perhaps slightly against the run of play. He is a scoring machine. 11
:05:19. > :05:19.
:05:19. > :05:27.in his last 11, 51 in his last 59. 132 in 163, and so it goes on. Most
:05:27. > :05:32.crucially, it is the first of the afternoon. Manchester United have
:05:32. > :05:38.won all 14 league games this season to date when Robin van Persie has
:05:38. > :05:45.scored. If they can get the ball out to Aaron Lennon... But again,
:05:45. > :05:52.he was isolated, Tottenham were a bit slow in getting it wide. Defoe
:05:52. > :05:56.on half term... And De Gea was perhaps a little bit late getting
:05:56. > :06:06.down? He did well in the end, but I don't think he expected it to come
:06:06. > :06:11.
:06:11. > :06:21.claiming offside against Aaron Lennon. But the flag has stayed
:06:21. > :06:23.
:06:23. > :06:29.down... Gareth Bale! Saved by the legs of De Gea. That's the closest
:06:29. > :06:37.Tottenham have come. Manchester United have stopped Gareth Bale
:06:38. > :06:47.down the flanks, but from a central position, he got the shot away. It
:06:48. > :07:01.
:07:01. > :07:05.Hugo Lloris with the save. Welbeck had a chance to pull it back,
:07:05. > :07:15.blocked by the goalkeeper. The ground staff have done a fantastic
:07:15. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:31.job here today to get the game moment, the goals are not coming
:07:31. > :07:38.for Jermaine Defoe. Just one in his last seven games. More than 200 in
:07:38. > :07:48.his career now, for the England international striker. 132 of those
:07:48. > :08:09.
:08:09. > :08:19.done by Carrick. Half chance for Danny Welbeck. Good first time ball
:08:19. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :09:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:09:11. > :09:17.with a goal for Tottenham. Dempsey! Saved brilliantly by a De Gea. A-
:09:17. > :09:27.game, he stuck out a big boot and got away. Again, it was
:09:27. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:44.unconventional. But it was the referee. Tom Cleverley,
:09:44. > :09:54.dwelling on the ball, and Tottenham have it back. Great atmosphere at
:09:54. > :10:02.
:10:02. > :10:12.Aaron Lennon appeared to be checked off the ball. Very strong second-
:10:12. > :10:28.
:10:28. > :10:32.for Kagawa. He drew the challenge, and Manchester United feel that
:10:33. > :10:41.should have been a penalty. If you go by first reactions, I did not
:10:41. > :10:44.think it was a penalty. I'm not sure from that angle, though. I
:10:44. > :10:48.thought initially it was the challenge from Caulker which pushed
:10:48. > :10:58.the ball out. But it wasn't. I think that should have been a
:10:58. > :11:09.
:11:09. > :11:19.have been handball. It hit Rio as he was turning away. Lovely save by
:11:19. > :11:48.
:11:48. > :11:55.was with him. Manchester United challenge by Rio Ferdinand. He
:11:55. > :12:05.saved his side there. Quick recovery. Just the slightest
:12:05. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:19.hesitation by Defoe, as he looked Valencia. Dembele follows up.
:12:19. > :12:25.Manchester United are on the back foot, with five minutes to go.
:12:25. > :12:29.Gareth Bale, deflected! I think that's Rio Ferdinand again. I think
:12:29. > :12:39.for the second time in this second half, Rio Ferdinand has saved
:12:39. > :13:02.
:13:02. > :13:07.post... They have equalised!, er, Dempsey! For the first time in the
:13:07. > :13:16.game, Manchester United switched off on their right-hand side, and
:13:16. > :13:19.they paid the penalty. Spurs will say they richly deserved it. They
:13:19. > :13:27.have worked so hard in this second half to get back into the game, and
:13:27. > :13:32.finally, they have levelled it up. The goalkeeper came, but Dempsey
:13:32. > :13:38.was on hand to turn it in. The goalkeeper was under great pressure,
:13:38. > :13:42.it has to be said. His defenders did not greatly protect him from
:13:43. > :13:52.the challenge by Caulker, and Dempsey put it in. He has equalised
:13:52. > :13:59.with virtually the last kick of the Describe how you felt when that
:13:59. > :14:08.equalising goal went in? Big relief, most of us felt. We search -- we
:14:08. > :14:13.deserved to win, in my opinion. We had big chances. We had a couple of
:14:13. > :14:18.very good opportunities. So, very happy to get the result in this way.
:14:18. > :14:26.Obviously it is just a draw, but a deserved draw. How important was
:14:26. > :14:36.the decision of that did not go your way? No way was Wayne going to
:14:36. > :14:44.
:14:44. > :14:54.give that. Disappointing. You remember these things, because they
:14:54. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :15:01.are important games. That was an important game today. Before the
:15:01. > :15:06.game, we would have taken a point. We knew it was a tough game. The
:15:06. > :15:12.way the team has been playing this year, as the game went on, probably
:15:12. > :15:22.a bit disappointed. We have a lot of belief in ourselves. We knew the
:15:22. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:36.crosses were causing problems. Any time you get four points against
:15:36. > :15:42.United, you have done well. The draw about right, Alan? Yeah,
:15:42. > :15:47.about right. It was a funny game to watch. All the way through the game,
:15:47. > :15:52.you look and you see Ferdinand and Vidic and Carrick being excellent.
:15:52. > :15:56.But Van Persie gets the goal. But in reality, if you look at the
:15:56. > :16:01.chances, Tottenham were the better side. They deserved the draw, but
:16:01. > :16:09.there was a big moment with the Rooney penalty kick. If he gets a
:16:09. > :16:13.penalty kick, the game is over. and games in the office. You go
:16:13. > :16:17.first, Ireland. And then we will try and keep Alex Ferguson out of
:16:17. > :16:27.the building. You and I think it was as clear-cut as it is going to
:16:27. > :16:43.
:16:43. > :16:53.reactions. What Rooney's left leg. From the referee's position, he
:16:53. > :16:55.
:16:55. > :16:59.kicks the opponent. He is running. Yes, I know, but that is not the
:16:59. > :17:06.referee can see. The referee is behind, and all he can see is this
:17:06. > :17:11.left leg coming and kicking off. Rooney goes straight to the
:17:11. > :17:19.assistant referee, and Alex Ferguson has a dig at the assistant
:17:19. > :17:22.referee. It was snowing. Maybe the referee could not see caulker in
:17:22. > :17:29.the snow in the white top, committing to the challenge,
:17:29. > :17:35.missing the ball and grubbing up Wayne Rooney. -- tripping up Wayne
:17:35. > :17:38.Rooney. From the referee's position, it looks like he kicked him. From
:17:38. > :17:48.the other angle, the assistant referee should probably give a
:17:48. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:56.You are not getting a Christmas card from Sir Alex! I know what you
:17:56. > :18:00.are both about to say. Let's talk about United. There was a great
:18:01. > :18:06.stat this week - 22 games in, more points than they ever had in the
:18:06. > :18:11.top flight ever. Yet still, week-in, week-out, talk in people's offices
:18:11. > :18:16.is, this player is a weak link, that player is a weak link. Well,
:18:16. > :18:20.the goalkeeper is freer with the ball in the box. They say you
:18:21. > :18:30.should play to your strengths. From a Tottenham perspective, they will
:18:31. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:47.And that was a great save. And an even better one from don't see. But
:18:47. > :18:53.when you go to the corner kicks, you need Bell playing into the area
:18:53. > :19:03.where Defoe is. Manchester United deal with it really well all
:19:03. > :19:12.
:19:12. > :19:22.afternoon. Not a problem for the Manchester United defence. You can
:19:22. > :19:23.
:19:23. > :19:32.see where they should be exploiting the frailty. The minute you see
:19:32. > :19:38.that, you think, put them under pressure. This was feeble. It is a
:19:38. > :19:40.big decision draw Alex Ferguson. Does he stick with that goalkeeper?
:19:40. > :19:46.It is the one position you don't want to be chopping and changing,
:19:46. > :19:54.but he definitely has a weakness. The two Superstars were lining up
:19:54. > :20:03.against each other. How did they fared? Two absolute Superstars. Van
:20:03. > :20:07.Persie is the hit man. He was absolutely lethal today. So he goes
:20:07. > :20:17.and celebrates, and it is up to Gareth Bale to try and break
:20:17. > :20:29.
:20:29. > :20:33.It does not matter who it is, it could be Kagawa or Carrick or Jones,
:20:33. > :20:36.it does not matter, they just push him out of the way of danger.
:20:36. > :20:41.Eventually in the first half, he thinks, I have had enough of this,
:20:41. > :20:51.and stars going to the other side. But then there is an imbalance in
:20:51. > :20:53.
:20:53. > :20:58.And it works an absolute treat. As a world-class player, people say
:20:58. > :21:08.you can't stop him. Well, maybe one guy can't stop him, but a group
:21:08. > :21:18.working together can stop him. A volunteer is on message as well. --
:21:18. > :21:28.
:21:28. > :21:31.There was no doubt for me that Tottenham were the better side.
:21:31. > :21:39.Structurally and organisationally, Manchester United were fantastic.
:21:39. > :21:46.No, we are going to move on. It takes a real man to say if I was
:21:46. > :21:51.wrong on the penalty. From the referee's position... Of he was
:21:52. > :21:56.wrong on the penalty. We are off now to West London. Stamford Bridge
:21:56. > :22:01.was also a blank did in bad weather, but both teams went into this one
:22:01. > :22:11.red hot. There was a time in Premier League are history when
:22:11. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:16.Chelsea just could not beat Arsenal. No matter how hard they tried. Then
:22:16. > :22:20.Didier Drogba arrived and the tables began to turn. Didier Drogba
:22:20. > :22:29.has turned the match around single- handed! And last season's match at
:22:29. > :22:35.the Bridge was a classic. Arsenal back on top. Robin Van Persie, a
:22:36. > :22:45.hat-trick! Until September, this season at the Emirates. So today,
:22:46. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :22:58.flown the nest. Time for someone else to dominate. Good that Mandy
:22:59. > :23:02.Fernando Torres, a scorer in September, but he has not scored in
:23:02. > :23:12.six charity appearances. He was elected today ahead of Demba Ba,
:23:12. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:23:56. > :24:06.who has had two goals against score, and maybe should have hit
:24:06. > :24:10.
:24:10. > :24:14.the target. He was onside. Cech was helpless. That was the sort of
:24:14. > :24:19.chance that Arsenal away to Chelsea have to take. Notes are already
:24:19. > :24:22.being taken. He has to have broad shoulders and be a tough Kuqi to
:24:22. > :24:32.take the sort of stick he has been getting from Chelsea fans. Must be
:24:32. > :24:44.
:24:44. > :24:50.marvellous Mata goal. Arsenal could have taken the lead. Chelsea have.
:24:50. > :24:53.Arsene Wenger is angry that the free kick has not been given for
:24:53. > :24:58.Ramires in the middle of the pitch. Chelsea will not care about that.
:24:58. > :25:08.Juan Mata have a run of six games without a goal. That is why Wenger
:25:08. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:21.is angry. You can see why. Both went in strongly. Coquelin was trod
:25:21. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :25:30.on by Ramires. Juan Mata has scored 14 goals this season. Two of those
:25:30. > :25:40.have come against Arsenal. Chelsea have the lead on this and every day
:25:40. > :26:03.
:26:03. > :26:13.in west London. -- on this at snowy Roman is at home. Been to the club
:26:13. > :26:53.
:26:53. > :26:59.Szczesny could not take the chance. Wojciech Szczesny? Yellow card, I
:26:59. > :27:02.think. Yellow card, it is. For a moment, it looked as though Martin
:27:02. > :27:12.Atkinson was going back into his dogged again. The problems are
:27:12. > :27:15.
:27:15. > :27:24.enough for Arsenal as it is. We know if that Frank Lampard does not
:27:24. > :27:29.lead to many penalty chances go begging. No mistake at all. Six
:27:29. > :27:36.goals in his last nine games. A goal in each of the last five
:27:36. > :27:42.weekends. Chelsea 2, Arsenal 0. Leaving the club or not, LA Galaxy
:27:42. > :27:46.or wherever he may go, he is not going to go quietly. Another game,
:27:46. > :27:56.another goal for Frank Lampard, Chelsea in control of this London
:27:56. > :27:59.derby. For does this tell us why Szczesny was not sent off? It was
:27:59. > :28:09.not an obvious goalscoring opportunity. But it seemed
:28:09. > :28:26.
:28:26. > :28:35.goalscorers will conjure something up between them. Oh, dear. Chelsea
:28:35. > :28:43.have had a very good afternoon. For Fernando Torres, it has been
:28:43. > :28:49.business as usual over recent weeks. I get the feeling Arsenal's players
:28:49. > :28:56.are not in their manager's good books. Freezing day like this, and
:28:56. > :29:06.look how early they have been sent back out. Looks a little busier
:29:06. > :29:12.right from the start of the second half. Cole thinks he got the ball
:29:12. > :29:22.squarely and cleanly. But the angle of the challenge is taken into
:29:22. > :29:26.
:29:26. > :29:36.Mertesacker is not the player you would select for that chance to
:29:36. > :29:46.
:29:46. > :29:56.noise of unrest from the Chelsea fans. That's two wake-up calls for
:29:56. > :29:57.
:29:57. > :30:07.Chelsea now. On Wednesday night, of course, there were 2-0 up against
:30:07. > :30:13.
:30:13. > :30:20.could not get a hold of it. He needed to really thrust out those
:30:20. > :30:30.neck muscles and plant it in towards the goal. Ivanovic is
:30:30. > :30:33.
:30:33. > :30:40.making it that little bit harder. Walcott goes past Cole, and again.
:30:40. > :30:49.If don't you digging out the ball. Great appreciation of Ashley Cole's
:30:49. > :30:54.part in that from the crowd. Walcott! That's a brilliant finish.
:30:54. > :31:04.Arsenal far from finished in this game! He does like it when he gets
:31:04. > :31:11.
:31:11. > :31:16.to run through the middle. Is bang in line. He was a scorer in
:31:16. > :31:26.Arsenal's 5-3 victory here last season. At one stage, the scoreline
:31:26. > :31:37.
:31:37. > :31:43.challenge when the goal went in. Torres gets to his feet, and he has
:31:43. > :31:52.got the pace to outstrip Vermaelen! Unfortunately he has not got the
:31:52. > :32:01.touch to finish the job. He used to have, every time. He puts the
:32:01. > :32:07.burners on - great to see... And then that. What does that mean?
:32:07. > :32:15.Squeeze, press, do anything, just make sure you hold on to the points.
:32:15. > :32:25.If ever Fernando Torres needed a ball on a plate, it was then. 10
:32:25. > :32:25.
:32:25. > :32:35.minutes to go, and it will be Torres or off, Ba on. There are
:32:35. > :32:39.
:32:39. > :32:43.applause for the shift that Torres has put in. Demba Ba is onside.
:32:43. > :32:53.Szczesny has come a long way out, and Ba has beaten him! That could
:32:53. > :32:55.
:32:55. > :33:05.be huge from Vermaelen. There is chuntering in the Chelsea ranks,
:33:05. > :33:18.
:33:18. > :33:26.but it would have been gnashing of Cahill just preserved all three
:33:26. > :33:36.points? Sagna has gone to the near post. It has come out to Santi
:33:36. > :33:47.
:33:47. > :33:55.Cazorla. Bertrand made sure he roof of the net! That was the
:33:55. > :33:58.chance. Petr Cech was the coolest cat in the ground. He knew where it
:33:58. > :34:04.cat in the ground. He knew where it was going. And we know where the
:34:04. > :34:08.points are going now. It is good at the end for the fans. In the first
:34:08. > :34:12.half we were on top of them, controlling the game. In the second
:34:12. > :34:19.half they were pushing and pushing, we played counter-attack. We could
:34:19. > :34:23.not finish the game with the chances we had. I felt it was a
:34:23. > :34:29.free kick on Coquelin for the first goal, and I am not convinced at all
:34:29. > :34:33.that it was a penalty for the second one. It seems that Chelsea
:34:33. > :34:41.thought it could have been another red card. But for you, not even a
:34:41. > :34:47.penalty? You can understand that, but I do not think it was a penalty.
:34:47. > :34:52.Do you think Ramires just went down too easy? I have been told by
:34:52. > :34:57.people watching on television that it was not a penalty. If you
:34:57. > :35:04.analyse the penalty, the foul on the 'keeper, then maybe it is a red
:35:04. > :35:09.card. I think we deserved to win against a very good team. We did
:35:09. > :35:15.really well. Credit to our players doubled you came out for the second
:35:15. > :35:22.half very early, was that deliberate? No, we came out when
:35:22. > :35:25.the bell went, and Chelsea did not do that. We made some changes at
:35:25. > :35:31.half-time, and I believe we came out with a different attitude, and
:35:31. > :35:35.much more initiative. We knew we had to improve our performance at
:35:35. > :35:41.home, because the last four or five games here at Stamford Bridge, we
:35:41. > :35:49.did not do enough. It was a victory for us, so I think today was really
:35:49. > :35:55.important, because of that. As is often the case with these big
:35:55. > :36:04.games, decisions to discuss, both centering around Chelsea's goals.
:36:04. > :36:07.Thankfully you two agree. That's highly unusual! Let's have a look
:36:07. > :36:12.highly unusual! Let's have a look at them. Asked nor were very
:36:13. > :36:19.unlucky with the two decisions. referee was in a great position,
:36:19. > :36:24.but that is a foul. And this one, we completely agree with, he has
:36:24. > :36:31.just fallen over, no more than that. I don't think he has dived, his
:36:31. > :36:35.foot has just given way. Dubious. But having said that, Arsenal were
:36:35. > :36:40.so bad in the first half, it was totally unacceptable, it was a
:36:41. > :36:45.disgrace. It was a baffling first half. You get the team sheet and
:36:45. > :36:48.you assume certain things, but it was unpredictable. They played so
:36:48. > :36:52.poorly against Manchester City last weekend, that you were expecting
:36:52. > :36:55.them to come out on fire, especially when you look at the
:36:55. > :37:00.Chelsea line-up. You would expect them to get into their faces, but
:37:00. > :37:10.it was the opposite. Time and time again, Chelsea were hustling and
:37:10. > :37:10.
:37:10. > :37:17.harrying, and Chelsea were always on the attack. They've regain
:37:17. > :37:22.possession so easily. This time, it goes wide to Cazorla, but
:37:22. > :37:31.eventually, they take it off him again. The worrying thing was that
:37:31. > :37:35.when Chelsea were attacking, they were doing so in numbers. Diaby was
:37:35. > :37:42.complaining about something. He has a look around, but he was hustled
:37:42. > :37:48.by Ramires, and it ends up with the penalty kick. I think these two
:37:48. > :37:56.clips will sum it up. I don't think this was a penalty kick, but this
:37:56. > :38:02.was the way Chelsea passed. You can see the three players in the
:38:02. > :38:12.picture. So then, Arsenal go back to Mertesacker. Watch Vermaelen
:38:12. > :38:13.
:38:13. > :38:19.here, he is saying, help us out. On the other hand, when Chelsea have
:38:19. > :38:23.got the ball, they are free to turn and move on to the attack. Arsenal
:38:23. > :38:27.were so bad that when they started playing, there was too much to do.
:38:27. > :38:33.If you were and are has not have come looking at the first half,
:38:33. > :38:38.such a huge game, it means so much to the Arsenal fans, and our
:38:38. > :38:44.producer, an Arsenal fan, wants to know why Arsenal would need a
:38:44. > :38:49.rocket at half-time. A friend of mine said to me at half-time, are
:38:49. > :38:53.we allowed to tackle? From the start of the first half, it was an
:38:53. > :39:03.absolute mess. Just as Alan was saying, they did not get close. But
:39:03. > :39:07.
:39:07. > :39:11.he had every right to be furious in that first half. Every time the
:39:11. > :39:16.past is made, look how much space they have got around them. Jack
:39:17. > :39:21.Wilshere goes, I am going to chase down, but nobody comes with him. He
:39:21. > :39:27.is saying, excuse me, is anybody going to give us a bit of a hand
:39:27. > :39:35.here? Same again here. Again, Jack Wilshere saying, why is nobody
:39:35. > :39:39.helping? There is no effort. Again, he is shouting at them, boys, is
:39:39. > :39:45.anybody going to have half an effort? That's five times in the
:39:45. > :39:53.same move. And this went on for the entire first half. It was a mess.
:39:53. > :40:00.Theo Walcott, he is quick, we know that. But here, he does not go with
:40:00. > :40:09.Azpilicueta. He leaves his mate, thank you owner, two on one. -- his
:40:09. > :40:15.mate, Cazorla. In the second half, they get close, and will have a
:40:15. > :40:21.sudden they have got some space up front. And when you do that, that's
:40:21. > :40:24.when you get space. Had they done that in the first half, there is
:40:24. > :40:29.every chance that Arsenal could have won that game. Having said
:40:29. > :40:37.that, Chelsea were very good in the first half. When you're struggling,
:40:37. > :40:41.you have got to do more as a team, individually and collectively.
:40:41. > :40:45.all think we know better than the managers, win, 99% of the time, the
:40:45. > :40:49.manager is probably right, but you were screaming for Chelsea to
:40:49. > :40:55.change it up in the second half. But it does not come with Rafa
:40:55. > :41:00.Benitez that often go for 70 minutes. You two her seen lots of
:41:00. > :41:05.Liverpool. This comes up to Thomas. He actually work hard, but it was
:41:05. > :41:10.not happening for him. It was not sticking. That was actually a poor
:41:10. > :41:15.touch. But we see a shadow of the ghost of Fernando there for a
:41:15. > :41:21.moment. Followed by another bad touch. At this point Chelsea fans
:41:21. > :41:25.are getting miffed, because this is powder-puff stuff. By the time
:41:25. > :41:35.Demba Ba comes on, Arsenal might have equalised. What a difference
:41:35. > :41:36.
:41:36. > :41:40.he made. And he cost �7.5 million. It doesn't matter if you cost 7.5
:41:40. > :41:46.million or 50 million. If you are the better player, on the better
:41:46. > :41:51.form, every fan once you on that pitch. It allows everybody to push
:41:51. > :41:58.up behind him, and that was not happening with Fernando. He has to
:41:58. > :42:04.be stronger. He is new, he is hungry, you have got to consider
:42:04. > :42:08.starting him, haven't you? Well, he has scored a lot of goals.
:42:08. > :42:11.attributes are that he holds it up better than to was, he is stronger
:42:12. > :42:21.than Therese, and he is better than to was, and he has scored more
:42:21. > :42:31.goals. -- better than Torres. Match of the day three is available on
:42:31. > :42:38.
:42:38. > :42:45.new manager taking charge for the first time, and we have got
:42:45. > :42:51.commentary on Five Live Sport. It is also the second leg of the
:42:51. > :42:59.is also the second leg of the Capital One Cup semi-finals. So, a
:42:59. > :43:09.busy week of football. You can keep up-to-date with it all on the BBC
:43:09. > :43:10.
:43:10. > :43:15.Sport cage and. It is free to download. It is well worth getting.
:43:15. > :43:21.Let us catch up on what happened on Saturday. Football fans do not get
:43:21. > :43:26.enough credit, so let's put at right. In Arctic conditions, they
:43:26. > :43:30.made some epic journeys yesterday - Norwich to Liverpool, Staffordshire
:43:30. > :43:36.down to South Wales. But it is tough if you see your side blown
:43:36. > :43:41.away. Special mention to the 1,000 Reading fans, who follow a team
:43:41. > :43:51.with the worst away record in the country. For them at least, the
:43:51. > :43:59.
:43:59. > :44:09.journey was well worthwhile up to important goal! How they have
:44:09. > :44:17.
:44:17. > :44:27.touch of the game since coming off the bench, has scored his first
:44:27. > :44:39.
:44:39. > :44:44.goal in the Premier League away Reading into the lead! They have
:44:44. > :44:47.overturned Newcastle's slender advantage. Reading, the team with
:44:47. > :44:57.the worst away record in England, could well be heading for a
:44:57. > :45:16.
:45:16. > :45:20.valuable three points with 13 Jordan Henderson. Liverpool needed
:45:20. > :45:30.something special to break the deadlock, and he has just provided
:45:30. > :45:31.
:45:31. > :45:36.it. A lovely dummy from Sturridge. Suarez is on side. 2-0, Liverpool!
:45:36. > :45:40.He scores against Norwich again. We are talking about them again. Goal
:45:40. > :45:50.number 20 of the season for Luis Suarez. And Liverpool doubled their
:45:50. > :46:02.
:46:02. > :46:08.lead. Greta 0, Liverpool! Go -- 3-0, Liverpool. Of Daniel Sturridge's
:46:08. > :46:18.first experience at Anfield is marked with Drury. Giggs miles from
:46:18. > :46:23.
:46:23. > :46:28.Daniel Sturridge. -- big smiles from Daniel Sturridge. 4-0! Steven
:46:28. > :46:38.Gerrard is in on the act. That puts into bed once and for all, and
:46:38. > :46:51.
:46:51. > :47:01.Liverpool 5, Norwich 0. A day to remember for Liverpool, one
:47:01. > :47:14.
:47:14. > :47:18.lovely finish by the Swansea full- back. It has brought the Swansea
:47:18. > :47:28.crowd to their feet. Davies has broken the deadlock, and it is his
:47:28. > :47:32.first goal of the season. Begovic was over a long way. Jonathan De
:47:32. > :47:42.Guzman spotted that, and he has curled it majestically into the top
:47:42. > :47:51.
:47:51. > :47:57.goal! That has to be one of the team goals of the season. A slide
:47:57. > :48:04.rule finish has handed Swansea City three points. Two goals to the
:48:04. > :48:09.Dutchman, and Swansea Chris Addy -- Swansea City's crowd are ecstatic.
:48:10. > :48:14.Good effort, headed in by Michael Owen, who was unmarked. And Stoke
:48:14. > :48:18.City have a consolation. It is his first goal in Stoke City colours. I
:48:18. > :48:28.am sure he would have preferred it were in different circumstances to
:48:28. > :48:29.
:48:29. > :48:32.You wanted to talk about back heels and tackles. Let's have a look.
:48:32. > :48:38.used to be called very unfashionable. Now they are
:48:38. > :48:48.everywhere. Back heels are very useful. They created a huge amount
:48:48. > :48:49.
:48:49. > :48:53.capable of doing it, but you have to have a good understanding
:48:53. > :49:02.between each other. You have to have a great awareness of what is
:49:02. > :49:06.around you. This was the best goal of the weekend. Need Little back
:49:06. > :49:12.heel, the only way you are going to develop some space. In the dark
:49:12. > :49:16.days, they used to say it was only for fancy dancing. It is probably
:49:16. > :49:26.safe to say that Alan Hansen has never used their backheel in his
:49:26. > :49:29.
:49:30. > :49:37.life. I used to drag it back to myself on many an occasion. That,
:49:37. > :49:43.to me, the referee sees it and does not do anything. That is a yellow
:49:43. > :49:51.card. This was the tackle from last week that I said was the perfect
:49:52. > :49:58.tackle. And then Wayne Rooney tackled Caulker, and should have
:49:58. > :50:03.been sent off. Four games unaccounted for, and all
:50:03. > :50:07.of them important. It is around this time you can get
:50:07. > :50:11.to cut adrift at the end of the Barclays Premier League. Whether
:50:11. > :50:16.you are chasing a title-winning machine, dropping like a stone
:50:17. > :50:21.already fighting for survival. City, Fulham, Villa, Wigan, Sunderland,
:50:21. > :50:25.West Ham and QPR were all try to keep calm yesterday, but there was
:50:25. > :50:35.a real tension in the cold January air, and tension makes for great
:50:35. > :50:39.
:50:39. > :50:44.football entertainment. Great goal! A Christian Benteke
:50:44. > :50:54.opens the scoring with a brilliant strike. That is a stunner from the
:50:54. > :50:58.
:50:59. > :51:08.big Belgian. Great work from Agbonlahor! Super finish, too.
:51:09. > :51:18.
:51:18. > :51:28.Aston Villa, two. A goal that they made look so easy to score. Picked
:51:28. > :51:36.the spot, put the ball in it. Albion back in it. And it is in!
:51:36. > :51:46.Albion have turned it round. Back from 2-0 down to 2-2. Peter
:51:46. > :51:52.
:51:52. > :52:00.Odemwingie scores. Perfectly placed to score the equaliser. Odemwingie
:52:00. > :52:10.has put the ball into the net quite brilliantly. He could have scored
:52:10. > :52:22.
:52:22. > :52:27.has made a sensational start for Queen's Park Rangers! 13 1/2
:52:27. > :52:37.minutes into his debut, Remy shows why they paid all that money for
:52:37. > :52:37.
:52:37. > :53:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:53:22. > :53:27.head of Kevin Nolan. Will London West Ham! It is 1-1. Joe Cole, back
:53:27. > :53:37.with his first club, opens his account the second time round. 68
:53:37. > :54:03.
:54:03. > :54:10.minutes gone. West Ham 1, Queens penalty for charging with the arm
:54:10. > :54:20.from the wall. Gardner levelled the scores with the ease, sending out a
:54:20. > :54:24.
:54:24. > :54:34.Al Habsi the wrong way. Fletcher scores on the rebound! This game
:54:34. > :54:38.
:54:38. > :54:48.has turned around in three minutes. Fletcher has done it again. Loves
:54:48. > :54:57.
:54:57. > :55:07.playing against Wigan. Has he put The first goal in English football
:55:07. > :55:24.
:55:24. > :55:34.for the man on loan from Manchester 95 seconds, that didn't take long!
:55:34. > :55:38.
:55:38. > :55:42.Manchester City 1, Fulham 0. His David Silva in again? He is!
:55:42. > :55:47.Beautiful goal. That should set lid. Despite a pretty uninspiring game
:55:47. > :55:51.for Manchester City, David Silva doubles the lead.
:55:51. > :55:56.Of all those games, QPR have a particular stat connected with
:55:56. > :56:01.their defence. It roughly 8 1/2 hours of football, two goals
:56:01. > :56:10.conceded. There were the three goals lost against Liverpool where
:56:10. > :56:16.they were dreadful. In their last three matches, five point is
:56:16. > :56:23.absolutely fantastic. It gives them impetus to go forward. They could
:56:23. > :56:29.still beat the drop. Man City at home next week. Last chance, Pat.
:56:29. > :56:34.Do you want to flip flop on the Rooney and say it was a penalty?
:56:34. > :56:41.The referee can't give it from that position. Rooney kicked him.
:56:41. > :56:45.Iraq tomorrow's headlines today. Dempsey makes peace with the Spurs
:56:45. > :56:48.fans. Everything all-white eventually for Tottenham, as they
:56:48. > :56:52.grab a lake draw against the league leaders.
:56:52. > :57:02.Arsenal set adrift as Chelsea's first half blizzard was enough for
:57:02. > :57:02.
:57:02. > :58:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:58:31. > :58:34.a 2-1 win for the European An eventful weekend of Premier
:58:35. > :58:38.League football, but there was definitely something missing. The