:01:22. > :01:25.Match Of The Day 2's Sunday game is steeped in history, featuring two
:01:25. > :01:29.founding members of the Football League formed here on the wind
:01:29. > :01:34.swept streets of the West Midlands in the 1870s. They both came
:01:34. > :01:43.together within a year of each other. One born here, on sacred
:01:43. > :01:49.ground. Johnny Dixon receives the trophy. The other founded by
:01:49. > :01:59.working class industrialists. Long over a century later, and the
:01:59. > :02:02.
:02:02. > :02:06.sparks are still flying. West Brom began this weekend in the top four
:02:06. > :02:09.of the Barclays Premier League and Steve Clarke brought his team to
:02:09. > :02:15.Villa Park full of confidence. His shift from one seat in the dugout
:02:15. > :02:19.to the other is looking inspired. His switch from assistant manager
:02:19. > :02:24.to gaffer, as Jose Mourinho said is nothing short of incredible.
:02:24. > :02:28.Lambert almost's view from the home dugout is slightly less rosy. If
:02:28. > :02:34.truth be told it's at way form that's really done them. A sense
:02:34. > :02:37.that things were steadily improving, last weekend they were drubbed by
:02:37. > :02:41.Southampton. From where I'm sitting, it's way too early in the season to
:02:41. > :02:47.make sweeping statements about either team. Sit back and enjoy
:02:47. > :02:51.with Simon Brotherton. It may not have quite the intensity
:02:51. > :02:55.of Villa Birmingham or Albion against Wolves, but make no mistake
:02:55. > :03:05.this is a proper derby match with a 127-year history between two clubs
:03:05. > :03:05.
:03:05. > :04:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:04:03. > :04:09.end of the field here. It's come three minutes in. Good delivery
:04:09. > :04:13.from Agbonlahor. McAuley able to just turn it away
:04:13. > :04:23.in front of the Villa striker. Villa trying to build for the
:04:23. > :04:23.
:04:23. > :05:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:05:04. > :05:10.Shayne long. that go wide of the post.
:05:10. > :05:20.Could easily be 1-0 to the visitors. Albion keen to keep the flow of the
:05:20. > :05:35.
:05:35. > :05:41.attempted to cross into the box. He's still arguing saying it should
:05:41. > :05:51.be a penalty kick. It did strike Albrighton on the arm.
:05:51. > :06:07.
:06:07. > :06:12.On the referee's blind side. But from Olsson. Benteke was lurking
:06:12. > :06:16.nearby. Couple of decent balls into the
:06:16. > :06:23.centre by Agbonlahor in the opening quarter of an hour.
:06:23. > :06:26.See the England manager taking the game in here, Roy hodgeson.
:06:26. > :06:36.Villa's home form has been really poor over the last year or so.
:06:36. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:54.Three wins from their last 17 here A firecracker of a shot.
:06:54. > :07:10.
:07:10. > :07:13.He really caught that one. Chris Brunt has a problem. If
:07:13. > :07:18.that's a hamstring, that's his afternoon done. Steve Clarke I'm
:07:18. > :07:28.pretty sure will have to make a change here. Yeah, West Brom's
:07:28. > :07:53.
:07:53. > :07:57.captain knows, I think it's a too much to do in the first half
:07:57. > :08:02.the West Bromich Albion goalkeeper. But when he's been needed, he's
:08:02. > :08:12.been there. For the second time in the opening 45 minutes, Ben Foster
:08:12. > :08:40.
:08:40. > :08:46.options. But he only had one thing in his mind. He did well to get
:08:47. > :08:50.hold of the ball. He didn't shoot there, kept going, kept going and
:08:50. > :09:00.Holman alongside him screamed in vain for a pass.
:09:00. > :09:22.
:09:22. > :09:32.It won't koupbtd. The flag went up before Long headed it into the net.
:09:32. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :10:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:10:12. > :10:17.Long, 1-0 West Bromich Albion! Just A Minute or two after having a goal
:10:18. > :10:22.disallowed. There was no doubt about this one. 51 minutes played
:10:22. > :10:27.and it's Shane Long who puts Albion ahead in the West Midlands derby.
:10:27. > :10:34.Morison making the run. Villa claiming he was offside as the ball
:10:34. > :10:44.was played forward. Long wasn't though.
:10:44. > :11:22.
:11:22. > :11:32.the season. Now we do have a game Villa trying to build up a head of
:11:32. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:47.steam as we head towards the last Off the bench he came and into the
:11:47. > :11:53.net went the ball. Ten minutes to go. All square in this West
:11:53. > :12:01.Midlands derby. What a final ten minutes we could have now. The
:12:01. > :12:10.initial shot deflected away. Darren Bent found the gap and produced the
:12:10. > :12:14.equaliser for Villa. Darren Bent's 150th league goal. -- goal in
:12:14. > :12:24.English football. 12 minutes after coming off the bench he finds the
:12:24. > :12:33.
:12:33. > :12:43.I'm sure that just clipped the Villa player.
:12:43. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :13:26.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:13:26. > :13:36.enough to turn the game totally in the 90.
:13:36. > :13:36.
:13:37. > :13:43.I think he handled it. That was a cracking pass to Lukaku, who may
:13:43. > :13:48.have been just about onside. Good have been just about onside. Good
:13:48. > :13:53.stop by Guzan though. Paul, what's the overall verdict, is a point
:13:53. > :13:59.reasonable enough? We had 120 minutes of the night there, I guess,
:13:59. > :14:04.a really good side. It was a big point for us. I'm really happy we
:14:04. > :14:07.kept on going. It's easy to get your heads down when you go a goal
:14:07. > :14:11.down in a derby team. You know when it's only 1-0, you're away from
:14:11. > :14:16.home, you know the box will go in the box and they're going to get
:14:16. > :14:19.set plays. The unfortunate thing for us was probably the only that
:14:19. > :14:23.we didn't get a good clearance on the ball, it bobbled around in the
:14:23. > :14:27.box and Darren Bent did what he does, popped up with a goal.
:14:27. > :14:32.don't think Darren has anything to prove to myself or the outside
:14:32. > :14:35.world. He's a proven goal scorer. For this given game, this was the
:14:35. > :14:41.right team. You looked the more likely team particularly in the
:14:41. > :14:44.first half. A couple of shots why - - from yourself as well. I was
:14:44. > :14:50.running to the corner flag celebrating after second one, but
:14:50. > :14:54.he pulled off a great save. All credit to him. Unlucky for me.
:14:54. > :14:58.halftime I was disappointed with the first half, the header. I
:14:58. > :15:04.should have done better. The rest of the game I wanted to put it
:15:04. > :15:08.right. Great ball in. The start has been pleasing. We've said that all
:15:08. > :15:12.along. We're not carried away with anything. Maybe it's a measure of
:15:12. > :15:14.how far we've come as a club, because we're going away with Villa
:15:15. > :15:23.Park with a point, which is difficult. We all feel a bit
:15:23. > :15:28.Watching again, Pat Nevin and Steve Kean read. At the training ground a
:15:28. > :15:33.point would have seemed good, but going 1-0 up, does it feel less for
:15:33. > :15:37.filling on the way home? A little bit. Before the game we would have
:15:37. > :15:40.been delighted with a point, but to concede with 10 minutes to go is
:15:40. > :15:44.disappointing. But it is an away game, a Derby, Villa had a great
:15:44. > :15:50.result in the week so they were confident. On the whole we have to
:15:50. > :15:55.be pleased. Lucky your hamstring is better because the guy who took
:15:55. > :15:57.your place, he goes down with a knee injury and Chris Brunt goes
:15:58. > :16:03.down with a hamstring, so the manager is using it for injuries
:16:03. > :16:07.rather than tactics with the substitution. He came on at right-
:16:07. > :16:10.back and he's really a centre half, but he did a great job. If you
:16:11. > :16:17.consider the good start we have had, it's important we don't get too
:16:17. > :16:23.many injuries. We started the programme at the Black Country
:16:23. > :16:27.Museum. He was a traditional Ford's performance from Shane Long today.
:16:27. > :16:32.He worked his socks off from the start to the end. In the best sense
:16:33. > :16:40.of the word, he was a pest, from start to finish. He gets into the
:16:40. > :16:44.If he is on his own a lot of the time, and he has missed a chance,
:16:44. > :16:49.and he does not get his head down, but he always wants to play over
:16:49. > :16:56.the shoulder. If this ball reaches it he will always be the one to go.
:16:56. > :17:00.He's always ready to go. Half a yard offside, and if you work
:17:00. > :17:04.between those positions, you only have to get it right once. Keep on
:17:04. > :17:08.doing it, because you only have to get it wants. This is classic.
:17:08. > :17:12.Side-on, getting through. I don't think any of the defenders will
:17:12. > :17:18.catch him if the ball goes through so he makes it difficult for them.
:17:18. > :17:25.Once again, half a yard offside if anything. And the finish isn't that
:17:26. > :17:32.bad. Look at this or the pace. He has given him for two yards, but
:17:32. > :17:38.he's on his own and look here. With his head down. Busting a gut and he
:17:38. > :17:40.gets a bit of luck there, but fantastic work. We have to say
:17:40. > :17:44.something about the run from something about the run from
:17:44. > :17:49.midfield for James Morrison. In the second half we came more into it.
:17:49. > :17:57.James Morrison, impressive in the second half, a great ball from
:17:57. > :18:01.Sultan Guerra. And Shane Long is breaking his neck to get the gold.
:18:01. > :18:06.-- de Gaulle. Tell me about Steve Clarke because people turn their
:18:06. > :18:13.nose up went people are insistent and move into the dug-out, but you
:18:13. > :18:17.have to go back to the late 70s. -- starts like this. Is he there every
:18:17. > :18:20.day on the training ground and really involved? We call him more
:18:20. > :18:26.of a head coach. That seems to be the fashionable thing to say these
:18:26. > :18:30.days. But we seem to have continued what we have done for the last
:18:30. > :18:40.couple of years. This year we seem to be keeping its solid at the back.
:18:40. > :18:43.At the same time, the gaffer has given us a licence to go forward..
:18:43. > :18:50.To be create competition and that is what has happened with Aston
:18:50. > :18:55.Villa. Renewed Darren Bent was on the bench, but what of -- we knew
:18:55. > :19:00.Darren Bent was on the bench. Decision-making is important to get
:19:00. > :19:04.Decision-making is important to get right. He has to get into that area.
:19:04. > :19:10.That is where Darren Bent would have been, and he doesn't get there.
:19:10. > :19:14.But, well done, because he learned. He is hanging around in the right
:19:15. > :19:18.place, but he is where he should be. Key works really hard this time and
:19:18. > :19:21.gets the chance, but it is the decision-making when you get there.
:19:21. > :19:28.One-on-one with the goalkeeper and you have to go for that. The
:19:28. > :19:32.decision is poor. Now, parted your team made. Decision-making again. -
:19:33. > :19:38.- pass it to your team mate. He is running into traffic with two
:19:38. > :19:42.players and the goalkeeper in front. But he is still try to do the right
:19:42. > :19:47.thing and getting the right area but the confidence is coming there.
:19:47. > :19:51.A thin air shot, and the fans are already feeling they want Darren
:19:51. > :19:56.Bent, and a minute later, he walks on the pitch. And watch this strike.
:19:56. > :20:02.How do you get 10 yards of space in a box. That is how you do it. You
:20:02. > :20:07.go backwards. Go where the defendant's aunt. Look at his hands.
:20:07. > :20:13.Give me the ball. Give it me here. He's only been on 20 minutes and
:20:13. > :20:17.that is a top striker. He knows his strayed -- trade. But then take a
:20:17. > :20:27.showed enough for me. But I think Villa fans were thinking they
:20:27. > :20:30.Been with us you were looking at Aston Villa as well differently
:20:30. > :20:37.than when you're in the squad. Where is the quality you in the
:20:37. > :20:41.Aston Villa squad? Brent Holman was a live wire. He had three or four
:20:41. > :20:45.shots. Ben Foster made a couple of great saves. But they have a number
:20:45. > :20:47.of young players coming through. It's an exciting time for Villa.
:20:47. > :20:51.Aynho has been a difficult start but there are so many young players
:20:51. > :20:54.coming through and it has to be an exciting time for the fans to get
:20:54. > :20:58.behind the young players and there's no reason why they cannot
:20:58. > :21:04.have another good season. Right, goals from yesterday on the way,
:21:04. > :21:10.plus a musical lending to tonight's show, but first a little look ahead.
:21:10. > :21:15.Match of the Day three is available on line for a more relaxed look
:21:15. > :21:22.over the weekend's action. And we rate these season tickets for no
:21:22. > :21:32.particular reason. Match of the Day is -- Match of the Day 2 is on
:21:32. > :21:33.
:21:33. > :21:38.And there is live NFL as the Dallas Cowboys take on the Chicago Bears.
:21:38. > :21:46.And highlights of the final of the Ryder Cup follows Match Of The Day
:21:46. > :21:54.two. To yesterday's game. All with expectations of silverware this
:21:54. > :21:57.season, or four teams. -- or four. After last weekend's clash at
:21:58. > :22:01.Anfield, the Barclays Premier League ended the month with some
:22:01. > :22:05.more mighty matches. And yet another London derby with Arsenal
:22:05. > :22:15.hosting leaders Chelsea, while Spurs went to Old Trafford seeking
:22:15. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:34.into the penalty area. Deflected Ian! He gives Spurs the lead. 90
:22:34. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :23:05.thought he was pushed down. They all appealed in red. And he showed
:23:05. > :23:13.
:23:13. > :23:23.has been poor. -- his shirt has is a beautiful cross and a fine
:23:23. > :23:26.
:23:26. > :23:36.Ferdinand. Through to Gareth Bale! Parried away, but Dempsey taps in!
:23:36. > :23:44.
:23:44. > :23:54.Spurs have their two-goal advantage goals. Is the offside? I think he
:23:54. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:02.is in line. What a game we are Brad fit -- Brad Friedel grasping
:24:02. > :24:12.thin air. And now Tottenham Hotspur can celebrate. They have done it,
:24:12. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:34.Arsenal with an eye on Terry coming in, but it was Torres who got the
:24:34. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:04.1-1. Clever build-up by Arsenal, lead! No authority at the back for
:25:04. > :25:14.Arsenal. To Arsenal defenders might have made further contact. The last
:25:14. > :25:26.
:25:26. > :25:30.one was Khashoggi. De -- Trisha We have a former Chelsea player of
:25:30. > :25:35.the year with us. Has the start of the season surprised even you?
:25:35. > :25:45.You're usually optimistic. usually am, but he has surprised me.
:25:45. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:49.I thought the change in personnel and system. That is the thing that
:25:49. > :25:54.surprised me. We see players playing behind him and we know that
:25:54. > :25:58.Mata will do that and Hazard. Torres was in getting that sort of
:25:58. > :26:02.service last season. I don't think at any point last season he was
:26:02. > :26:12.playing that badly. His confidence when doubt, but give him chances of
:26:12. > :26:13.
:26:13. > :26:16.half chances, I've never worried All he needed was quality players
:26:16. > :26:21.to find him. He has got that now and Chelsea have a chance this
:26:21. > :26:25.season, more than I gave them at the start. A lot of top players on
:26:25. > :26:31.show. Who do you hate coming up against the most on a Saturday or
:26:31. > :26:35.Sunday? I would have to go for Gareth Bale. We saw a clip of him
:26:36. > :26:39.in full flow. He really is as quick in the flesh as he looks on telly.
:26:39. > :26:42.We played against him this season and it was a difficult afternoon.
:26:42. > :26:48.When you're in defence you hope you have the right midfield or helping
:26:48. > :26:53.your out and doubling up because sometimes if you have space in
:26:54. > :27:02.behind you there is sometimes very little you can do. Failing that, a
:27:02. > :27:05.little ball of the shirt. Defeat for Arsenal's men, but Arsenal's
:27:05. > :27:07.ladies are the Superleague champions today. Warm
:27:07. > :27:17.congratulations to the Arsenal Ladies as we go back to the action,
:27:17. > :27:20.
:27:20. > :27:23.and every other game from yesterday I know it means less matches on a
:27:23. > :27:26.Sunday for much of the day to the wheel of a 3 o'clock kick-off on a
:27:26. > :27:30.Saturday -- Match of the Day 2. This weekend Bellis six of them,
:27:30. > :27:35.some good old-fashioned ones like Norwich against Liverpool, and
:27:35. > :27:39.Everton versus Southampton. All that was missing was the sound of
:27:39. > :27:44.rattles, the waving of knitted scarves, but we did find a retro
:27:44. > :27:54.flat cap. We start at Craven Cottage as Fulham entertained the
:27:54. > :28:01.
:28:01. > :28:11.pointed to the penalty spot. The only question was the contact.
:28:11. > :28:24.
:28:24. > :28:27.Manchester City nil. No debate equaliser. It is a terrific stop by
:28:28. > :28:37.Schwarz are, but there's no preventing it from falling into the
:28:38. > :28:44.
:28:44. > :28:54.his first touch. Edin Dzeko, he's been on the pitch about 50 seconds.
:28:54. > :29:06.
:29:06. > :29:16.And just might have won this game headed home by a gas on Ramires. --
:29:16. > :29:16.
:29:16. > :29:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:29:58. > :30:08.Sahin. Luis Suarez! What a start for Liverpool, just over a minute
:30:08. > :30:24.
:30:24. > :30:34.almost walked in, and indeed they do. Sahin, his first goal in the
:30:34. > :31:06.
:31:06. > :31:13.hat tribgdz at Carrow Road two carries it home.
:31:13. > :31:23.It's five for Liverpool! What a sobering afternoon for Chris
:31:23. > :31:46.
:31:46. > :31:51.but it's too late to make any lead.
:31:51. > :32:01.It's a welcome return for Jimmy Kebe. Demba Ba, and it's 1-1
:32:01. > :32:08.
:32:08. > :32:18.immediately! Two goals in a minute. It's Hunt.
:32:18. > :32:22.
:32:22. > :32:32.marking was shocking. Reading are arguing with the referee down here.
:32:32. > :32:41.
:32:41. > :32:51.They're saying was it off Demba Crouch! Unchallenged, unmarked,
:32:51. > :33:31.
:33:31. > :33:41.Could Stoke already have an that to Gomez. He caught the
:33:41. > :33:54.
:33:54. > :33:58.defender. It's a straight red card. this season in the Premier League
:33:58. > :34:04.and Steven Fletcher, the new hero of the Stadium of Light puts the
:34:04. > :34:08.black cats in fropt. black cats in fropt.
:34:08. > :34:14.-- front. It has to be said Pat Nevin's odd at the best of times,
:34:15. > :34:19.but when you came in today with the theory about Filani, but Stephen
:34:19. > :34:22.confirmed it. Not many people would spot it. Some people are left
:34:22. > :34:26.footed, some are right, some like their head, some play with their
:34:26. > :34:32.chest. All the way thu this season I've noticed it. Almost every time
:34:32. > :34:37.the ball comes to him, he takes it on his chest. He's brilliant at it.
:34:37. > :34:43.The last thing in the world you think of there is take it on the
:34:43. > :34:47.chest. You take the header. I asked David Moyes about it, he's passing
:34:47. > :34:50.with his chest. In most of those clips as well, what you're not
:34:50. > :34:54.seing is a player screening in front. As a fullback I would like
:34:55. > :35:00.to see the midfielder screening to stop that. He chest today twice in
:35:00. > :35:03.a row. It's stunning, but very difficult to stop. Why does he do
:35:03. > :35:07.it? David Moyes said he has an addiction to it. But no, it's very
:35:07. > :35:11.hard to get round him. He's bet wer his chest than anyone else he's
:35:12. > :35:17.come across. Keep an eye on it when you watch Everton. I would go for
:35:17. > :35:20.15 a game. People will hopefully tune into Match Of The Day 3 where
:35:21. > :35:25.we talk about more. Reading through your career so far, you've had
:35:26. > :35:31.injuries along the way. You've had to prove people wrong, fight back.
:35:31. > :35:35.I've had a few major injuries as have been well documented. A couple
:35:35. > :35:39.on my knee. But I've always had the desire to get back fit. It's all I
:35:39. > :35:43.wanted to do. I want to play fitd, get fit sorry and prove people
:35:44. > :35:46.wrong as well. You mention that there, even the international
:35:46. > :35:51.manager doubting whether I could get back playing at that level.
:35:51. > :35:54.It's nice to be here and continue playing in the Premier League.
:35:55. > :35:58.us a mash up date there on the hamstring. You've been moving
:35:58. > :36:02.quickly today, next week back? Seeing a couple of injuries today I
:36:02. > :36:05.might have to trim a bit of time off it. Hopefully as soon as
:36:05. > :36:09.possible. Don't want to put a date on it. But it's going well. Thank
:36:09. > :36:17.you very much guys. Big finish now, beginning with the reminder of
:36:17. > :36:23.today's main football story: West Brom take the long road to one
:36:23. > :36:33.point as Darren Bent comes off the bench to bend the Baggies out of
:36:33. > :36:55.
:36:55. > :37:00.bench to bend the Baggies out of The alternative table is the unfair
:37:00. > :37:10.game. Every team needs bite to their bark. Some may put in more
:37:10. > :37:26.
:37:26. > :37:29.leg work and make more tackles in What would Roy Keane think of
:37:29. > :37:34.Manchester United's position? Swansea have committed the most
:37:34. > :37:37.fouls in any one game, 23 against Everton. The Toffies only
:37:37. > :37:39.transgressed twice against Southampton on Saturday. That's the
:37:39. > :37:46.best behaved 90 minutes so far this season.
:37:46. > :37:49.We're back next week with four games, including Newcastle /
:37:49. > :37:55.Manchester United. We leave you with a tribute to two men who
:37:55. > :38:05.passed away this week Andy Williams and John Bond. One football
:38:05. > :38:11.
:38:11. > :38:16.character who struck the right note # I love you, baby
:38:16. > :38:21.# And if it's quite all right # I need you, baby
:38:21. > :38:31.# To warm the lonely nights # I love you, baby
:38:31. > :38:33.