:00:58. > :01:04.They know the importance of the games in the run-up to Christmas.
:01:05. > :01:46.COMMENTATOR: Here in the Premier League, it is crunch time.
:01:47. > :01:53.The start of a new month and a frantic period of Premier League
:01:54. > :01:58.action, and another manager has lost his job. Martin Jol has been sacked
:01:59. > :02:02.today, just one of many things for Mark Lawrenson and Dion Dublin to
:02:03. > :02:03.discuss. Four games to bring you from today, starting at White Hart
:02:04. > :02:20.Lane. Tottenham and Manchester United come
:02:21. > :02:24.into this game in 11 and ten points respectively off the pace being set
:02:25. > :02:28.by Arsenal. Gareth Bale has scored as many goals for Real Madrid this
:02:29. > :02:32.season as Spurs have got in the Premier League, but there is little
:02:33. > :02:40.point in looking back, and a win today could change everything. Three
:02:41. > :02:45.changes for Spurs. Manchester United are fresh from putting five past
:02:46. > :02:50.Leverkusen. They also make three changes, with clever Li, Welbeck and
:02:51. > :02:58.Vidic coming back in. There is still no van Persie.
:02:59. > :03:08.Chiriches broke his Neo 's -- broke his nose against Newcastle, which is
:03:09. > :03:12.why he is wearing a transparent mask today. Heavy touch from Walker.
:03:13. > :03:21.Manchester United goal kick. Wasted by Tottenham. He said he is immune
:03:22. > :03:28.to criticism. Just as well, because he has been getting plenty.
:03:29. > :03:35.Lennon has worked some room here. His left foot has never been his
:03:36. > :03:38.favourite. He did not really get a lot behind that. Jermaine Defoe,
:03:39. > :03:51.consigned to the bench again. Vertonghen's ball in, away by Jonny
:03:52. > :03:56.Evans. Paulinho, as Jones let it drop, a lovely turn, and then a
:03:57. > :04:01.sliding challenge from Jonny Evans brings Tottenham a free kick in a
:04:02. > :04:05.very good position. Well, Phil Jones left this and allowed it to drop,
:04:06. > :04:11.and Paulinho was in a very good position indeed, and Jonny Evans had
:04:12. > :04:17.to foul him. But the mistake really was that of Phil Jones. De Gea seems
:04:18. > :04:28.happy to have four in his wall. It looks like Kyle Walker is going to
:04:29. > :04:35.go for power here. Into the net! Kyle Walker! It has gone right
:04:36. > :04:48.through a ragtag Manchester United wall. Tottenham celebrate. Huge
:04:49. > :04:52.relief for Andre Villas-Boas here. The wall jumped and the ball went
:04:53. > :05:04.right underneath the legs of Wayne Rooney. De Gea is entitled not to be
:05:05. > :05:11.happy. The 'keeper had very little time to adjust. It is still pretty
:05:12. > :05:15.much down the middle of the goal, but Tottenham are in front, and Kyle
:05:16. > :05:26.Walker has his first goal of the season.
:05:27. > :05:35.Valencia's ball in, that was not a bad idea. Soldado, lovely touch.
:05:36. > :05:45.Paulinho, can he get it to Soldado? It is a brilliant ball. Soldado! He
:05:46. > :05:52.misses. Could've been two. You might argue it should have been. Great
:05:53. > :05:56.Tottenham breakaway, beautiful touch by Soldado to start with. Paulinho,
:05:57. > :06:04.I thought he had waited too long, but it was perfect.
:06:05. > :06:15.Soldado lacked the composure to hit the target.
:06:16. > :06:24.Great run by Lennon, beautifully found. Saved by de Gea. Lennon looks
:06:25. > :06:28.for Paulinho, who had stood on the edge of the six yard box, and the
:06:29. > :06:38.ball rolled invitingly almost along the goal line. Will these misses be
:06:39. > :06:43.costly for Tottenham might have in -- for Tottenham? United are
:06:44. > :06:56.fortunate that they are only one behind. Rooney! Opportunist finish
:06:57. > :07:00.from Wayne Rooney! And Kyle Walker, who put Tottenham in front, turns
:07:01. > :07:05.away in despair, because he has put that right into the path of Wayne
:07:06. > :07:11.Rooney. And out of nothing, Manchester United have equalised. It
:07:12. > :07:17.is a crucial goal, on the back of two big chances for Tottenham.
:07:18. > :07:25.Walker inadvertently played it straight to Rooney. That is the
:07:26. > :07:34.price you pay if you do not take your chances. And Tottenham did not
:07:35. > :07:44.take two big ones. It is now one each.
:07:45. > :07:54.Phil Jones arriving. And very nearly sliding in was Wayne Rooney. This is
:07:55. > :07:58.what you mean when you talk about gambling, look at Rooney there. Just
:07:59. > :08:07.taking a chance that it might come his way, and it nearly did. Half of
:08:08. > :08:11.his six goals for Tottenham have been from the penalty spot, Soldado,
:08:12. > :08:19.and he will be looking to make amends from that miss in the first
:08:20. > :08:23.half. You have to go back 12 months for the last time Tottenham last
:08:24. > :08:31.three on the spin. Sandro! What a strike! Well, de Gea is wondering
:08:32. > :08:39.what it was that just flew past him! Tottenham are back in front.
:08:40. > :08:44.Well, very measured celebrations from those in the dugout and the
:08:45. > :08:50.boardroom. But Sandro has unleashed an absolute howitzer. It is only his
:08:51. > :08:54.third ever goal for Tottenham Hotspur. I would hazard a guess that
:08:55. > :09:03.the other two were not as good as that. That is a beauty. Well, who
:09:04. > :09:06.saw that coming from the foot of Sandro? Tottenham, back into the
:09:07. > :09:21.lead. Here is Soldado. Chadli once again.
:09:22. > :09:28.Kyle Walker is busting a gut to reach this. Very strong by Vidic,
:09:29. > :09:33.good challenge. Wayne Rooney for Manchester United, with 35 minutes
:09:34. > :09:40.to go. Hugo Lloris... Oh, it is a penalty. Hugo Lloris on well back.
:09:41. > :09:43.Penalty to Manchester United. Michael Dawson says that Hugo Lloris
:09:44. > :09:49.got the ball. They can protest all they like, Mike Dean is not going to
:09:50. > :09:57.change his mind. Well, it is the trailing foot which, on this replay,
:09:58. > :10:03.finds contact with the outstretched glove soft Hugo Lloris. It is
:10:04. > :10:12.Rooney's first penalty this season. And he scores. It is 2-2.
:10:13. > :10:15.Tottenham's lead lasted about three minutes. Wayne Rooney has equalised
:10:16. > :10:30.twice for Manchester United. Bobby Charlton, with the club record
:10:31. > :10:36.249 goals for Manchester United. Wayne Rooney is now on 207. The only
:10:37. > :10:47.other players to have gone higher than Wayne Rooney at the moment are
:10:48. > :10:53.Denis Law and Jack Browning. Kyle Walker trying to hold off Jonny
:10:54. > :11:27.Evans. That was so close for Townsend!
:11:28. > :11:33.It is a corner kick to Manchester United, which has left one or two
:11:34. > :11:37.Tottenham fans nonplussed, but it is a good decision, it came off the toe
:11:38. > :11:45.of Sandro. Is there time? Barely any. 35 seconds on my watch. Hugo
:11:46. > :11:54.Lloris did not get there. But he falls on it. That was a nervous
:11:55. > :11:59.moment for the goalkeeper. He came they do have to settle for a point
:12:00. > :12:05.each. It was a blockbuster of a game. Andre Villas-Boas and David
:12:06. > :12:09.Moyes come in either of them will be too happy, but neither, on
:12:10. > :12:15.reflection, will be too displeased. Sandro scored the pick of the goals.
:12:16. > :12:20.Terrific game. Due to the fact that we took a heavy defeat against
:12:21. > :12:24.City, it was a great response from the players, because they played
:12:25. > :12:33.with no fear, they played with rate desire, and it shows the unity that
:12:34. > :12:35.we have to go ahead. Tottenham were highly motivated, you could see
:12:36. > :12:40.that, by the level of their performance. But we were also. We
:12:41. > :12:45.wanted to build on our really good win in midweek. We kept at it.
:12:46. > :12:50.Obviously after taking the lead twice in the game, maybe we should
:12:51. > :12:54.have won it, but things happen in football, and you just have to keep
:12:55. > :12:59.going. We showed great character out there. What was your view on the
:13:00. > :13:04.penalty? Well, it is difficult. Obviously the referee does not see
:13:05. > :13:09.that Welbeck leaves his leg. The 'keeper has no intention to bring
:13:10. > :13:12.the player down. It is not the first time that we have penalties against
:13:13. > :13:19.Manchester United where players leave the leg to make contact. We
:13:20. > :13:24.have had a couple of drawers over the last few weeks. If we can turn
:13:25. > :13:27.them into victories, then we will be a lot closer. But we are doing the
:13:28. > :13:34.right things, I think we are gradually getting better. The
:13:35. > :13:41.pressure surrounding me this week I think was aggressive and agenda
:13:42. > :13:45.driven. I am very fortunate to have a great group of players who have
:13:46. > :13:50.responded in this manner to show the unity of the group. We sit with the
:13:51. > :13:56.possible at the of going into the semifinals of the League Cup, for a
:13:57. > :14:03.team which has not won a trophy for a long time. And we have qualified
:14:04. > :14:07.in Europe, with 15 points, so, this driven agenda is not correct, in my
:14:08. > :14:11.opinion. They have not had the best couple of weeks, but one man was
:14:12. > :14:19.very, very positive for them this afternoon.
:14:20. > :14:31.He is willing to work hard for the team, holding onto the ball, and
:14:32. > :14:38.keeping hold of the ball for Spurs, keeping them ticking over. He keeps
:14:39. > :14:45.hold of the ball, he loses it, and his first thought is, how come I win
:14:46. > :14:51.it back? The blogs Jonny Evans. This one, he has got options, he will go
:14:52. > :14:56.into an area down the right-hand side, where they have to against
:14:57. > :15:02.one. He finds the best option for his team. This is pure strength, to
:15:03. > :15:08.do this to Wayne Rooney, like he is not even their... Wayne Rooney is
:15:09. > :15:14.incredibly strong, but he gets his body across, and he keeps the ball.
:15:15. > :15:20.He tries to look to get a shot off. A year ago, the Guardian had him in
:15:21. > :15:24.the top 100 footballers in the world, but he has been a bit
:15:25. > :15:33.inconsistent since. That is the thing, it is end product, for a guy
:15:34. > :15:39.that has so much natural ability. You could not argue about Sandro's
:15:40. > :15:45.end product. He mishit one today. You are cruel! Tom Cleverley is in
:15:46. > :15:52.the right position, but he should stay close. Sandro moves it to his
:15:53. > :15:59.left foot, then he just strikes the ball. That is perfect. Just
:16:00. > :16:06.perfect, the goalkeeper has no chance. He thinks, I will never get
:16:07. > :16:11.there. Sandro will not hit a shot like that again this season. It
:16:12. > :16:16.started to war three feet outside the post. David Moyes talked about
:16:17. > :16:21.needing Wayne Rooney if Robin van Persie got injured, to play up top,
:16:22. > :16:27.which is what he did in the week, and he did it again. What are the
:16:28. > :16:33.advantages of the? With Wayne Rooney, when you give him a
:16:34. > :16:37.responsibility to lead the line and be the man that is going to make
:16:38. > :16:44.things happen for you offensively, he responds. At the moment, even
:16:45. > :16:48.before the game, I saw him shaking hands, smiling, looking like he
:16:49. > :16:53.would enjoy the game. He put himself in a position to receive the ball.
:16:54. > :16:59.The others play-off him. His enthusiasm, when you see your
:17:00. > :17:10.forwards on fire, the quality of past there, a bit of fade on the
:17:11. > :17:18.pass, and another one there. A bit of fade. His willingness, he wants
:17:19. > :17:25.to get in the box all the time. He wants to be everywhere. He ran 20 or
:17:26. > :17:33.30 yards to get into the box and he got himself a goal. He has got to be
:17:34. > :17:39.central to everything. As long as the rest of your players know that.
:17:40. > :17:47.When he drops a bit, Shinjuku, can go past him? You have got a licence,
:17:48. > :17:53.he sees things, we know with Wayne Rooney, when he is frustrated, he
:17:54. > :18:00.causes problems himself, but he has been nothing short of outstanding
:18:01. > :18:05.this season. Andre Villas-Boas said that a Manchester United player
:18:06. > :18:12.dangled a leg out so he was caught. I think it is a stonewall penalty, a
:18:13. > :18:16.great ball from Wayne Rooney. Danny Welbeck is trying to bring his left
:18:17. > :18:20.leg through to stay standing. The pace of the goalkeeper and the pace
:18:21. > :18:27.of Danny Welbeck coming together. I think it is a penalty as well. The
:18:28. > :18:32.slightest touch, it is a penalty, but Danny Welbeck has waited for the
:18:33. > :18:39.Dutch, which is nothing new. Is it a fair penalty? Yes. Definitely. The
:18:40. > :18:46.free kick, you have a problem with the Manchester United wall. I do not
:18:47. > :18:50.see why they jump. Another five yards further out, I can understand,
:18:51. > :18:56.but that is too easy a goal to concede, far too easy. You have both
:18:57. > :19:04.been involved. I have never been in a ball! You have organised them, so
:19:05. > :19:08.is there an area where you do jump and an area where you do not? You
:19:09. > :19:13.have got to know who is on the ball and what kind of a free kick taker
:19:14. > :19:22.he is. I would be in the line of the ball. The second man in the wall and
:19:23. > :19:28.the post. You go on tip toes. If you stand there and the guide takes a
:19:29. > :19:32.free kick and bends it into the top corner, well done. But to concede a
:19:33. > :19:39.goal like that... Further out, absolutely. Andre Villas-Boas seemed
:19:40. > :19:44.angry, talking about a gender is against him, he seems to be involved
:19:45. > :19:52.in an argument with the former Spurs chairman and one of the Daily
:19:53. > :19:57.Mail's football reporters, is he right to be angry at the treatment
:19:58. > :20:03.he has had over the last couple of weeks, given where Spurs are? Spurs
:20:04. > :20:11.have done fantastic. So he is right to be angry? I think so, he has a
:20:12. > :20:20.squad of players, Spurs are overachieving. Despite spending ?100
:20:21. > :20:26.million? Yes, teams around them are better, but they are still in the
:20:27. > :20:30.race. What are you pouting for? I think they are underachieving, and
:20:31. > :20:37.he needs to get on with it, they played well today, though. Next, the
:20:38. > :20:41.KC Stadium and a match played against the background of the home
:20:42. > :20:44.side's owner telling the fans in a Sunday newspaper that if they were
:20:45. > :20:54.protesting against any name change, they were hooligans.
:20:55. > :21:00.There was nothing sophisticated the last time these teams met, Hull City
:21:01. > :21:06.waved goodbye to the Premier League and Liverpool to Rafa Benitez. Much
:21:07. > :21:10.has changed since. Hull City face the ultimate test the day, to avoid
:21:11. > :21:16.a fifth defeat in six games. Two alterations by Steve Bruce, as he
:21:17. > :21:23.changes to three at the back. Income Alex Bruce and David Meyler. George
:21:24. > :21:28.Boyd drops to the bench. Daniel Sturridge is missing for Liverpool
:21:29. > :21:32.and will be out for between six and eight weeks. Felipe could see Neo is
:21:33. > :21:33.on the bench with an ankle problem, so Victor Moses and Raheem Sterling
:21:34. > :22:02.start, and Kolo Toure Ray comes in. Hull City's first corner of the
:22:03. > :22:08.game. This man has been in the headlines this morning. In an
:22:09. > :22:15.interview with a national Sunday newspaper, his response to the
:22:16. > :22:26.supporters being unhappy about the name change proposal.
:22:27. > :22:37.Curtis Davies, just wide. He scored here against Cardiff this season. It
:22:38. > :22:42.just think back in. He got her -- he got there ahead of Martin scuttle,
:22:43. > :22:51.but could not direct it towards the target.
:22:52. > :23:02.Away from Simon Mignolet, Jake Livermore begins the Hull City
:23:03. > :23:10.celebrations. Victor Moses gave it away. A lovely touch back to jake
:23:11. > :23:14.billable -- to Jake Livermore. No chance for Simon Mignolet. That
:23:15. > :23:18.might be the stroke of luck that Hull City required. Jake Livermore
:23:19. > :23:26.will claim his first Premier league goal, with a huge helping hand from
:23:27. > :23:28.Martin scuttle. And a huge jump in the air from Steve Bruce. 21 minutes
:23:29. > :23:42.gone. One clean sheet in ten games for his
:23:43. > :23:43.team, there is no doubt they can score goals, but they are conceding
:23:44. > :24:04.them. Curtis Davies felt that Jordan
:24:05. > :24:06.Henderson dived. It was his own header, he passed it to himself. He
:24:07. > :24:34.was very quick to the second ball. Steven Gerrard has found the back of
:24:35. > :24:42.the net, Liverpool are level. Steven Gerrard was his -- with his third of
:24:43. > :24:48.the season. Allan McGregor spent a long time organising the wall, and
:24:49. > :24:55.that was inch perfect. The goalkeeper nowhere near it. His last
:24:56. > :25:01.goal was his 100th in the Premier League, at Newcastle. That one is a
:25:02. > :25:10.welcome one for Liverpool to get them back level.
:25:11. > :25:13.His team have only scored more than once on one occasion this season,
:25:14. > :25:30.the 3-2 victory at Newcastle. Excellent work by Allan McGregor.
:25:31. > :25:37.Hull City survive. Allan McGregor was alert. It was a purposeful move
:25:38. > :25:53.from Liverpool, Victor Moses got something on it.
:25:54. > :26:07.Hull City in front again. David Meyler's first league goal of the
:26:08. > :26:11.season. That was not in the script. A direct ball in initially from Liam
:26:12. > :26:17.Rossini. Liverpool foreplay had dealt with it. But when it came back
:26:18. > :26:25.to David Meyler, what a smart finish. It has put them in front,
:26:26. > :26:35.with 17 minutes to go, at home to Liverpool.
:26:36. > :26:45.Nobody cares about the name at the moment. Hull City have never beaten
:26:46. > :26:51.Liverpool in there in Thai history. -- in their entire history. A
:26:52. > :27:00.Liverpool free kick. It was just too quick for him.
:27:01. > :27:07.It was a decent try, it had Allan McGregor scrambling. Just drifting
:27:08. > :27:25.wide of the right-hand post. It did not really have enough power
:27:26. > :27:26.to trouble Simon Mignolet. Liverpool almost threw it away once and for
:27:27. > :27:39.all. Curtis Davies has been immense in
:27:40. > :27:59.the Hull City backline. Deflected, and in. Again, off the
:28:00. > :28:05.defender, and Hull City can begin the celebrations now. Their first
:28:06. > :28:22.ever victory over Liverpool is complete. A famous day for Hull
:28:23. > :28:25.City. Credit to Yannick Sagbo. He took his time, he saw Tom
:28:26. > :28:31.Huddlestone arrived, and then he tried the audacious effort. I am not
:28:32. > :28:34.sure that was going in from Tom Huddlestone. But Hull City will not
:28:35. > :28:47.worry. Now he can relax and jump for joy.
:28:48. > :28:52.And so can they. Deafening noise inside the KC Stadium. It is a day
:28:53. > :29:03.to forget for Liverpool and Martin Skrtel.
:29:04. > :29:09.Elmohamady is onside, being chased by Henderson. It could be four. And
:29:10. > :29:21.it probably should have been. Neat build-up. Fantastic role in with a
:29:22. > :29:25.little bit more composure, it could have got even better for Hull City.
:29:26. > :29:29.He spent all week preparing for this, and his plan has been
:29:30. > :29:33.performed to perfection. For the first time in their history, Hull
:29:34. > :29:37.City have beaten Liverpool. They have upset the Premier League odds.
:29:38. > :29:43.Steve Bruce's team come with a performance to remember. And a huge
:29:44. > :29:48.lift to get back to winning ways, and they are positive headlines, for
:29:49. > :29:55.footballing reasons, that have been written by those Hull City players.
:29:56. > :29:59.It is always nice to turn over Liverpool, of course. But the big
:30:00. > :30:03.thing for me was the response. It was our first real disappointment
:30:04. > :30:07.last week at home to Crystal Palace, so it was a good game in that
:30:08. > :30:10.respect. I did not have to do much talking, apart from a few bits and
:30:11. > :30:14.pieces, they knew that they have to play well. We are bitterly
:30:15. > :30:18.disappointed with the result, of course. We made too many mistakes
:30:19. > :30:25.today, with and without the ball, to win the game. So, we were not
:30:26. > :30:31.anywhere near our best today, unfortunately. We knew we would have
:30:32. > :30:34.to set up solid, so, to win the Game 3-1 is great for us. To score three
:30:35. > :30:41.against a Liverpool side like that is great. We will all reflect
:30:42. > :30:47.together, find out where we can be better, and then go from there. When
:30:48. > :30:49.you bring a team from the Championship, a lot of them have not
:30:50. > :30:55.played at premiership level, and they are itching and dying to make a
:30:56. > :30:59.fist of it. Sometimes, when you get beat heavily, or you lose a game
:31:00. > :31:02.badly, it affects the confidence, so this gives them a bit of belief that
:31:03. > :31:12.we can compete at this level. Once we went 2-1 up, we had more belief.
:31:13. > :31:16.Is he claiming that last one? We want him to claim it because we want
:31:17. > :31:23.him to cut his hair! We will come onto that matter. This Hull line-up
:31:24. > :31:29.served them well in the Championship and it served them very well today.
:31:30. > :31:32.Yes, credit where it is due, I thought Hull were outstanding today,
:31:33. > :31:37.and you hear all the time about managers in training and
:31:38. > :31:41.everything, and setting up to play against the opposition, and they did
:31:42. > :31:47.it brilliantly today. As Steve Bruce just said, people who have come from
:31:48. > :31:53.the Championship, he has got lots of honest players, who know what their
:31:54. > :31:57.limitations are. Here, the one thing about them, when they did break
:31:58. > :32:01.forward, they passed the ball. They have got a lot of midfield players
:32:02. > :32:06.who are extremely comfortable on the ball. I think it is so important if
:32:07. > :32:11.you are going to play this way. Listen, take nothing away from Hull,
:32:12. > :32:15.but Liverpool were very, very poor today. But Hull put them under all
:32:16. > :32:19.sorts of pressure, and Liverpool, every single one of their players,
:32:20. > :32:24.gave the ball away, and they made some poor decisions, as opposed to
:32:25. > :32:27.Hull, who made some outstanding decisions, no doubt about it
:32:28. > :32:32.whatsoever. You get the ball, you come out and you play. You do not
:32:33. > :32:36.just hack it anywhere. There is definitely a plan. Also today, they
:32:37. > :32:42.are a couple of strikers missing, but it just worked. Here, at the
:32:43. > :32:46.end, Elmohamady should have done better. For your wingback to be
:32:47. > :32:52.doing that in the 90th minute shows great energy. Yes, but also,
:32:53. > :32:58.Liverpool, quite honestly, had given up a double you saw it in the link
:32:59. > :33:01.between the midfield and the strikers, but Huddlestone in
:33:02. > :33:06.particular but that game, for you? Yes, he did, and one reason he
:33:07. > :33:10.bosses the game, everything is really, really simple to him. If he
:33:11. > :33:15.only needs one touch, he takes one touch. He makes the ball here, and
:33:16. > :33:22.he did that on a number of occasions. It is just so simple Jack
:33:23. > :33:30.he has got this laconic, almost lazy style, but the great thing about
:33:31. > :33:34.him, he sees the bigger picture. Huddlestone passes the ball to you
:33:35. > :33:40.where you want it. Not where he wants to pass it, he actually gives
:33:41. > :33:46.it to you in all the right places. And it just keeps the team ticking
:33:47. > :33:49.over. It looks simple, but that is the great thing about football, when
:33:50. > :33:58.you make it simple, it is simple, it is easy. He always has time, doesn't
:33:59. > :34:02.he? Yes, and here's a big unit, and he is this is Kolo Toure, he goes
:34:03. > :34:08.down, I do not know what happened to him. We put a circle around
:34:09. > :34:13.Huddlestone, and we're waiting for the whistle. We are going, he is
:34:14. > :34:20.offside, three days! And then, Kolo Toure is backed up, so he has played
:34:21. > :34:24.him onside. Huddlestone, I was going to say sprinting, but that is being
:34:25. > :34:31.kind, he jogged up, and he gets the deflection. Not his goal, he does
:34:32. > :34:36.not need to get his hair cut. No, it has been given to scuttle. Steve
:34:37. > :34:42.Bruce has said, listen, I have got to have a conversation with the
:34:43. > :34:46.owner. -- to Martin Skrtel. What we cannot let happen, he says, is for
:34:47. > :34:50.it to fester. And in fairness, if you are a Hull supporter, you are
:34:51. > :34:54.miffed about what he said about changing the name. Protest before
:34:55. > :35:00.the game and after the game, but when your team plays, at home, you
:35:01. > :35:04.just give them 100%. And with performances like that, he might
:35:05. > :35:19.change his mind. Still to come tonight... Manchester City-Swansea.
:35:20. > :35:22.Chelsea-Southampton. The latest on Martin Jol's sacking, and all of
:35:23. > :35:37.yesterday's goals. And next, we go to the home of
:35:38. > :35:41.goals. Never mind a fortress, the Etihad has been a torture chamber
:35:42. > :35:47.for visiting teams this season. Six league matches played, 28 goals
:35:48. > :35:54.scored, only two of them by the visitors. No team is safe. Today,
:35:55. > :36:03.Swansea take up the challenge. They have lost their last seven at City.
:36:04. > :36:09.Your commentator, John Motson. Sergio Aguero has scored 12 goals in
:36:10. > :36:13.his last nine games. He has got 16 in all and he averages one game at
:36:14. > :36:20.the Etihad, where City have scored 41 in ten games this season. Joleon
:36:21. > :36:29.Lescott starts with Mr Sitch in Dutch -- with Nastasic injured.
:36:30. > :36:44.Swansea have injuries to Wilfried Bony and also to Michu. Can Swansea
:36:45. > :36:50.stop this pulsating home form of Manchester City? Yaya Toure, trying
:36:51. > :36:57.to get at wherever going early. Swansea have been caught out
:36:58. > :37:01.already! Look at Aguero. What form he is in. Pellegrini has been
:37:02. > :37:04.talking about him in the same breath as Lionel Messi. Well, he nearly
:37:05. > :37:10.caught Swansea cold in the first minute. Pellegrini knows that it is
:37:11. > :37:17.the away form which has been holding Manchester City back. Yaya Toure...
:37:18. > :37:24.They have got the bit between their teeth again, City. That is a foul,
:37:25. > :37:29.surely. Bought down by Canas. Lovely ball by Jesus Navas here, just
:37:30. > :37:34.tempting the defender to go in on the grading. Free kick Manchester
:37:35. > :37:49.City, just outside the area. -- to go in on Negredo. Negredo to take
:37:50. > :37:54.it... And he scores! Just on the eighth minute. And this guy can do
:37:55. > :38:05.no wrong at the moment. That is now eight in his last 74 Negredo. -- in
:38:06. > :38:09.his last seven for Negredo. There was not much the goalkeeper could do
:38:10. > :38:14.about that. I think he was slightly leaning to his left, if that was any
:38:15. > :38:19.sort of excuse at all. But it went right in the bottom corner from
:38:20. > :38:27.Alvaro Negredo, really living up to his reputation from Seville. And
:38:28. > :38:32.Manchester City score again at home. 27 now I'm home Premier League
:38:33. > :38:38.games. Jonathan de Guzman has got good support here, with six Swansea
:38:39. > :38:46.players in attack. It comes out to Jonjo Shelvey. Good hit by Jonjo
:38:47. > :38:52.Shelvey, and Pantilimon response. This was an important save, not just
:38:53. > :39:00.for Manchester City, but for Pantilimon, who is still being
:39:01. > :39:04.preferred to Joe Hart. Ben Davies, de Guzman onto Shelvey. He has
:39:05. > :39:12.another strike, and Pantilimon saves again. And immediately he berates
:39:13. > :39:18.his defence. I am not surprised, they laid off there. So, for the
:39:19. > :39:24.England goalkeeper, it is still a matter of wait and see. This is
:39:25. > :39:29.Alejandro Pozuelo for Swansea. He was not able to get that on to de
:39:30. > :39:34.Guzman, and Manchester City have broken away again here. Nasri is
:39:35. > :39:39.coming back across the pitch, then he turns and finds Clichy. Aguero
:39:40. > :39:50.waits in the middle, as does Negredo. Aguero! Locked at the near
:39:51. > :39:56.post by Gerhard Tremmel. The two strikers took up damaging positions,
:39:57. > :40:05.but it was Aguero who had the shot. Corner to Manchester City, to be
:40:06. > :40:13.taken by Nasri. Demichelis clips the bar! I thought that was going in. It
:40:14. > :40:27.beat the goalkeeper. Two City players almost got to the rebound.
:40:28. > :40:38.Here is Shelvey. And de Guzman! Jonathan de Guzman! And he has
:40:39. > :40:45.missed! Can you afford that at the Etihad?! A rueful smile on the face
:40:46. > :40:51.of Michael Laudrup. It was another brilliant Swansea move, superbly set
:40:52. > :40:57.up for Jonathan de Guzman and he just gets underneath the shot.
:40:58. > :41:01.Demichelis was left on his backside and I do not think the goalkeeper
:41:02. > :41:06.really had a chance. If he had kept it low, he would have scored. So far
:41:07. > :41:10.this season, Swansea have actually done better away than at home,
:41:11. > :41:15.winning three out of six, at West Brom, Crystal Palace and Fulham. Not
:41:16. > :41:25.having it all their own way today, Manchester City. Aguero! Side
:41:26. > :41:32.netting. Well, Swansea have not been caught out that often, but he did
:41:33. > :41:41.get away from the defender. He went around Tremmel, but in doing so,
:41:42. > :41:43.took the ball a bit too wide. What is Pellegrini going to say here?
:41:44. > :42:02.Perhaps he thinks they are too deep. Yaya Toure... Nasri! Manchester City
:42:03. > :42:07.score again. Samir Nasri the scorer, after a week in which he has
:42:08. > :42:10.admitted how disappointed he was with his form last season. But how
:42:11. > :42:21.much better he has been this time around. It was another one of those
:42:22. > :42:27.setups from the foot of Yaya Toure. He is so strong when he comes out
:42:28. > :42:31.like that from midfield. Ashley Williams sold himself a bit there.
:42:32. > :42:38.But anyway, Nasri scores, and Manchester City go two up in the
:42:39. > :42:45.58th minute. Samir Nasri, picking up his fourth Goal of the Season.
:42:46. > :42:49.Manchester City will be anxious to know how other teams have fared on
:42:50. > :42:55.this busy Sunday. In the meantime, they are conducting their own
:42:56. > :43:02.business here. Surely this time... No. Even the very best can miss
:43:03. > :43:07.them. Swansea were stretched again here. Navas with a little touch, and
:43:08. > :43:20.Aguero with the acrobatics. That could have sealed the game, but
:43:21. > :43:24.he got underneath it. One of the commentators here today is Brian
:43:25. > :43:27.Laudrup, the brother of Michael. Brian had a good spell at Chelsea, I
:43:28. > :43:29.remember, before he had an injury which more or less ended that
:43:30. > :43:50.particular dynasty. It is Samir Nasri again! Two for
:43:51. > :43:55.him. It was an even better ball than the one which appeared to be on at
:43:56. > :43:59.first. Nasri is having to refit time at the moment, and Pellegrini can
:44:00. > :44:02.now safely locked away the three points. Nobody has been more
:44:03. > :44:16.influential, particularly in this second half.
:44:17. > :44:35.77 minutes gone and Manchester City are three up.
:44:36. > :44:40.Aleksandar Kolarov has got a powerful left foot, and in that
:44:41. > :44:48.forward position, he is not afraid to use it. That was that for Michael
:44:49. > :44:52.Laudrup. Manchester City continue to dominate at home, which begs the
:44:53. > :45:03.question, why can't they do it away?
:45:04. > :45:10.It looked as though it was going in from here. Agonisingly close to what
:45:11. > :45:17.would have been a personal achievement.
:45:18. > :45:23.We are pleased because we won three points against a difficult team.
:45:24. > :45:29.They played very well in possession. We did not play well in the first
:45:30. > :45:37.half, but by the second, we scored three goals, and we had more clear
:45:38. > :45:46.chances. We played a very good first half. But these players that
:45:47. > :45:51.Manchester City have got, they just need a split second, they can turn
:45:52. > :45:57.the game around. It is strange to stand here to have lost three -
:45:58. > :46:01.zero, because we did so many things well.
:46:02. > :46:09.Just a couple of incidents where they let themselves down. They had a
:46:10. > :46:17.great chance just before half-time, from Jonathan De Guzman. They could
:46:18. > :46:20.have gone in at least level. You go to Manchester City, did you sit back
:46:21. > :46:25.and let them come at you, or do you have a go at them? They had a go,
:46:26. > :46:32.but they are missing the two men forward players. This did not help
:46:33. > :46:41.them. He is in no man's land with his position. Another step over...
:46:42. > :46:47.Would he have had a better view? Yes, and he would have saved it.
:46:48. > :46:54.Which is more important. This is Jonathan De Guzman. If you go to
:46:55. > :47:02.Manchester City and you do not score these, you are only going home with
:47:03. > :47:07.a defeat. They do not come very often, so you have got to take the
:47:08. > :47:12.chances. For all we can say Swansea did well in the first half, a couple
:47:13. > :47:18.of individual errors, Manchester City were imperious at times.
:47:19. > :47:27.Michael Laudrup knows, he would have got into their side. This is in the
:47:28. > :47:33.first ten or 15 seconds of the game. It is such a pace, it is almost
:47:34. > :47:38.impossible to deal with. It is what happened last week against
:47:39. > :47:43.Tottenham. When they decide to go, it is the charge of the light
:47:44. > :47:47.Brigade. All five of them. In the end, it is not a good ball from
:47:48. > :47:55.Jesus Navas, but the other thing is, you will keep going, because you
:47:56. > :47:59.know you will get the ball. Samir Nasri was outstanding today, along
:48:00. > :48:05.with Alvaro Negredo and Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero. Look at how many
:48:06. > :48:12.blue shirts are arriving. Very difficult to pick up. Some of the
:48:13. > :48:17.stuff they do, Yaya Toure, it is like a movable wardrobe. You cannot
:48:18. > :48:25.do anything about it. Fantastic feat for a big fan. Pablo Zabaleta arise
:48:26. > :48:31.his chip. Every time they go forward, there are so many options.
:48:32. > :48:36.Samir Nasri's first touch is outstanding. If Yaya Toure picks a
:48:37. > :48:46.pass, he will pick somebody who can finish. A wall like that... Pablo
:48:47. > :48:54.Zabaleta picks his head up, it looks so simple. That is the theme. I have
:48:55. > :49:00.a theory about Samir Nasri, when David Silva is in the team, it does
:49:01. > :49:05.not quite work. I just think sometimes, when David Silva is not
:49:06. > :49:09.playing, he takes on more responsibility, and he looks like
:49:10. > :49:14.the player they thought they had signed. If Samir Nasri goes inside,
:49:15. > :49:22.Alvaro Negredo goes to the left, or Gael Clichy goes beyond Jesus Navas.
:49:23. > :49:27.They can fill in for each other. Samir Nasri can drop off to let Yaya
:49:28. > :49:30.Toure go forward. They were all going forward in those incidents,
:49:31. > :49:36.but intelligently, covering the spaces, the ball will find one of
:49:37. > :49:47.them. Nice, simple side foot passing. Away from home this season,
:49:48. > :49:51.Southampton have one at Liverpool, one with Manchester United and been
:49:52. > :49:52.beaten at Arsenal. What would they get from their game at Stamford
:49:53. > :50:01.Bridge? John Terry makes his 400th Premier
:50:02. > :50:05.League appearance for Chelsea as they go into the first of nine games
:50:06. > :50:09.in December looking to bounce back from the defeat in the Champions
:50:10. > :50:17.League. Michael Essien gets his first league start since May 2012.
:50:18. > :50:24.Juan Mata a first start in a month. Samuel -- Fernando Torres comes in,
:50:25. > :50:28.as does Eden Hazard, as they protect an 11 year unbeaten home run against
:50:29. > :50:34.Southampton. Southampton dropped Rickie Lambert to the bench for the
:50:35. > :50:46.second time this season, with Daniel Osvaldo preferred. One other change,
:50:47. > :50:50.Dejan Lovren returns. Chelsea need as big a performance as they put in
:50:51. > :50:54.at West Ham last weekend in the Premier league. They do not want
:50:55. > :50:58.another nightmare performance similar to the one they putting in
:50:59. > :51:06.the Champions League. Would you believe it? Southampton have the
:51:07. > :51:11.lead in 14 seconds, unbelievable, Jay Rodriguez from an awful backpass
:51:12. > :51:18.from Michael Essien. Michael Essien has not played from the start for
:51:19. > :51:27.Chelsea in a league game since May 2012. At home to Blackburn Rovers.
:51:28. > :51:32.He showed real rustiness there. Careless, and a very assistant
:51:33. > :51:38.finish. For the third time this season, a Premier League player has
:51:39. > :51:43.scored officially after 13 seconds. Jesus Navas of Manchester City,
:51:44. > :51:46.Asmir Begovic of Stoke City, today it was Jay Rodriguez of Southampton,
:51:47. > :52:00.what a start. Morgan Schneiderlin thinks he made a
:52:01. > :52:06.meal of it. He was not tripped, it was a dive. Morgan Schneiderlin was
:52:07. > :52:09.right, Michael Essien gets booked. Michael Essien, shame on you. Shame
:52:10. > :52:38.on you. He was nowhere near him. Oscar has stayed down. Both teams
:52:39. > :52:42.will need to get the physiotherapists on. He kicked
:52:43. > :52:49.himself as he turned. He clipped his own heels. His ankle. Chelsea fans
:52:50. > :52:59.are getting a bit disgruntled. Dejan Lovren has been a rock at the
:53:00. > :53:18.back for Southampton. After borage saved. His position was
:53:19. > :53:25.a pitched range. He was momentarily behind the goal line. Chelsea have
:53:26. > :53:45.been forced into a substitution. A great save. Terrific goalkeeping,
:53:46. > :53:48.the man who had a nightmare at Arsenal last week. That was a
:53:49. > :54:08.splendid save. Southampton were good enough to get
:54:09. > :54:13.a draw at Old Trafford this season. This would be their best result of
:54:14. > :54:30.the campaign so far if they can hold this.
:54:31. > :54:39.The goalkeeper got there with quick reactions to thwart Frank Lampard.
:54:40. > :54:50.As sound as they pound today, after borage. A terrific save, and forced
:54:51. > :54:54.them, Gary Cahill from the rebound. The goalkeeper will look at his
:54:55. > :54:58.defenders and say, why did you not react to the second ball? He did
:54:59. > :55:04.brilliantly to keep it out initially. Branislav Ivanovic with
:55:05. > :55:12.the header, the goalkeeper pushed it out at close range. He could not get
:55:13. > :55:18.there. Branislav Ivanovic with the downward header, Demba Ba with the
:55:19. > :55:24.flick on. It hit the post. The goalkeeper could not recover. Gary K
:55:25. > :55:32.Hill was quickest to react, with the goalkeeper stuck in the net. Artur
:55:33. > :55:34.Boruc may have damaged a finger. Southampton forced to change the
:55:35. > :55:50.goalkeeper. Chelsea beginning to dominate for
:55:51. > :55:59.the first time in the game. Gary K Hill has pushed his man off.
:56:00. > :56:08.John Terry was there. John Terry with a celebration, and why not? His
:56:09. > :56:18.400th Premier league appearance for Chelsea. The flying header. He has
:56:19. > :56:25.played a captain's innings again. Look at his movement from when the
:56:26. > :56:34.ball goes out wide. Poor defending. I great header. Paulo Gazzaniga's
:56:35. > :56:38.first touch will be to bring the ball out of the net. Chelsea have
:56:39. > :56:45.turned the game on its head. Two goals in seven minutes, both from
:56:46. > :56:58.centre halves. Chelsea have looked much better with two upfront.
:56:59. > :57:11.How many chances do they need to put the game beyond Southampton? Chelsea
:57:12. > :57:20.have had nine second-half efforts, competitive Southampton. Daniel
:57:21. > :57:25.Osvaldo looked at it, and hooked it over. Has their moment come and
:57:26. > :57:48.gone? Ramires has been excellent in the
:57:49. > :57:55.second period. Chelsea have secured the victory. Dejan Lovren switched
:57:56. > :58:02.off in the Biddle. Demba Ba makes it three. In the 90th minute. A
:58:03. > :58:07.terrible start by Chelsea, who conceded after 13 seconds, but they
:58:08. > :58:13.have dominated the second half. Premier has been excellent
:58:14. > :58:21.throughout that period. Demba Ba made a real difference. He has made
:58:22. > :58:33.the victory safe for Chelsea. They John Loughran was caught lumbering.
:58:34. > :58:38.An important victory. Off he goes to his boy.
:58:39. > :58:46.That was a horrible start for you. This, but you have to be ready for
:58:47. > :58:57.everything, so it is important not to be panicking. It paid dividends
:58:58. > :59:03.with two strikers. You can be afraid to do it, because you have lots of
:59:04. > :59:10.midfielders. We were starting to create chances, so I think it was a
:59:11. > :59:14.deserved victory. Is it important to see how the players respond to the
:59:15. > :59:20.defeat? TRANSLATION: The players will bounce back positively, because
:59:21. > :59:25.we will continue playing in the way that we believe. We are playing
:59:26. > :59:33.against Chelsea, they have not lost here for ages. We conceded soft
:59:34. > :59:38.goals. I was pleased to get the first goal, it has been a while. I
:59:39. > :59:43.am glad to get the joke of my back, it and used to contributing with a
:59:44. > :59:52.view more, so hopefully that will happen. We were losing after a few
:59:53. > :00:01.seconds. From the mental point of view, it was a blow.
:00:02. > :00:09.to use the cliche, it was a game of two halves, brought about by Jose
:00:10. > :00:14.Mourinho's tactical substitution. Yes, Southampton set up very well,
:00:15. > :00:19.the formation was good. They do use long balls, which is foreign to
:00:20. > :00:23.Chelsea, really. They like to play little triangles. But if you watch
:00:24. > :00:28.the willingness to work from Southampton, they all want to go
:00:29. > :00:32.forward. The nearest person to the ball goes, and everybody else will
:00:33. > :00:38.follow. That is how they started the game. But you have all got to go.
:00:39. > :00:41.Yes, if one does not go, you will get picked off. They made Chelsea
:00:42. > :00:46.rushed their game. They were not comfortable on the ball in the first
:00:47. > :00:51.45 minutes. They made the Chelsea back four go back to the goalkeeper,
:00:52. > :00:57.two Petr Cech, and they made him launch it up the field, and they do
:00:58. > :01:00.not like to do that. They have not got big, strong centre forwards who
:01:01. > :01:07.like that. And they can press like that, because their defence is
:01:08. > :01:12.holding a high line? Yes, the back four is incredibly high, leaving the
:01:13. > :01:18.six people in front of them to go and work. And they do not score
:01:19. > :01:25.goals -- if they do not score goals while they are doing it, it is easy
:01:26. > :01:29.for them to get back into the game. They are now occupying both centre
:01:30. > :01:36.halves, Southampton. Ba was fantastic, after he came on. Torres
:01:37. > :01:39.started to have more space as soon as he had a strike partner. Look at
:01:40. > :01:47.the gap between the centre halves here. That should never happen.
:01:48. > :01:54.There was an area for Lampard and Ramires to get into. The two centre
:01:55. > :01:58.halves are in that zone, and they should never be there. At least one
:01:59. > :02:02.of them should be finding his way back towards a more central
:02:03. > :02:06.position, on to the toes of Ba. That is what you have got to do as a
:02:07. > :02:15.centre half. The change that Jose Mourinho made made a big difference
:02:16. > :02:19.to them winning the game. I thought Southampton were a bit naive. The
:02:20. > :02:26.full-backs were still bombing on. You are conscious of the fact that
:02:27. > :02:30.you are playing against a team which is doing this, you pull the
:02:31. > :02:35.full-backs in, you say to Luke Shaw, use it in there for a few minutes. I
:02:36. > :02:40.just thought they failed to do that a little bit. Is that a way that you
:02:41. > :02:45.can get out Southampton, or is it too easy to say that after just a
:02:46. > :02:48.single 45 minutes from Chelsea? If you are Aston Villa, do you think,
:02:49. > :02:54.on Wednesday night, maybe we will play two up? You can see how
:02:55. > :03:00.difficult it was, with Ba and Torres laying incredibly well together. If
:03:01. > :03:06.you do that, you have got to pull the full-backs in, like Lawro says.
:03:07. > :03:15.If you do not do that, they are left to onto, and you cannot do that with
:03:16. > :03:21.good players. -- two on two. I do not think Villa will play two --
:03:22. > :03:26.against Southampton. But sometimes you can change the way you play if
:03:27. > :03:32.you spot a weakness in the opposition. Possibly, but possibly
:03:33. > :03:35.more so, it is to stop people playing, rather than the other way
:03:36. > :03:39.around. One thing about all of these teams now, tomorrow morning they
:03:40. > :03:45.will all be in the video room, saying, if this happens again, this
:03:46. > :03:49.is what we do. You have got to have the personnel to be able to change
:03:50. > :03:54.it in your squad. And I think Chelsea have got that. Whether Villa
:03:55. > :03:59.have got it... One other line to come out of that game, Artur Boruc
:04:00. > :04:04.will be out for about six weeks with a broken hand. We have a Match of
:04:05. > :04:08.the Day for you on Wednesday night, because there is a full Premier
:04:09. > :04:12.League programme this week. Full against Spurs is one of those games,
:04:13. > :04:16.and Fulham will go into that game with a new manager, Martin Jol
:04:17. > :04:23.sacked this afternoon after yesterday's defeat at Upton Park.
:04:24. > :04:29.West Ham's goals came from Diame, Carlton Cole and Joe Cole. Sam
:04:30. > :04:35.Allardyce said that this was a massive game for them, and the West
:04:36. > :04:39.Ham players looked like it was a massive game. They were listening to
:04:40. > :04:43.him, no doubt about it. All of those Fulham players, if they can look at
:04:44. > :04:49.themselves in the mirror and say, I did my ultimate best for Martin Jol
:04:50. > :04:52.and my team, then I am sorry, there is probably about three or four of
:04:53. > :04:57.them. They knew he was under pressure. He even said, if he lost
:04:58. > :05:01.this game, he was probably going to lose his job. I am sorry, so many of
:05:02. > :05:05.those players let him down. We knew he was going to be sacked, it was a
:05:06. > :05:10.matter of time. Why did we know that? Because they have lost in all
:05:11. > :05:18.competitions six games in a row. It is impossible. The appointment of
:05:19. > :05:24.Rene Meulensteen was strange in itself. What did they appoint him
:05:25. > :05:31.as? I think that is a really interesting conversation. Eventually
:05:32. > :05:35.we might find out. You need players, there has got to be an
:05:36. > :05:39.element of player pride. You need your seniors to say, we do not want
:05:40. > :05:44.to be down here, let's do it for ourselves, if not the manager. And
:05:45. > :05:51.what message did that send out, when Rene Meulensteen came in? You are
:05:52. > :05:55.looking at Martin Jol as a player and thinking, what is the gaffer
:05:56. > :06:00.doing, or is he not the gaffer any more? For all of the players letting
:06:01. > :06:03.him down, Martin Jol will have to take sponsored energy as the person
:06:04. > :06:08.who brought most of them into the football club. They are decent
:06:09. > :06:18.players, Scott Parker, Steve Sidwell, David Ruiz, but nobody has
:06:19. > :06:22.really taken on the responsibility. Talent will get you so far when you
:06:23. > :06:27.are down there, it is all about rolling your sleeves up and wanting
:06:28. > :06:30.to work hard. The balance was not right and they did not work hard
:06:31. > :06:34.enough, individually and collectively. Once it starts, it is
:06:35. > :06:47.difficult to change it. Rene Meulensteen had six days in charge
:06:48. > :06:53.of Anji and he has not got that much experience as the main man. Is it a
:06:54. > :06:56.risk? Yes, it is. I would presume they would back him in January in
:06:57. > :06:59.the transfer window, otherwise, why give him the job in the first
:07:00. > :07:03.placement of in the other thing is, with all of these owners, they know,
:07:04. > :07:08.if they are not in the Premier League and the end of May, they do
:07:09. > :07:15.not get the golden ticket, ?70 million, in August. We now have all
:07:16. > :07:19.three sides in the relegation zone having changed their manager
:07:20. > :07:23.already. I feel for Martin Jol because he tried to play the game in
:07:24. > :07:28.the right way, but he just did not get the backing of his players. With
:07:29. > :07:32.Rene Meulensteen, is it a gamble? Possibly it is, because he has never
:07:33. > :07:37.experienced what they have gone through. We know how good he is as a
:07:38. > :07:43.coach, however. Newcastle, by contrast, cannot stop winning.
:07:44. > :07:51.Yesterday it was West Brom at St James' Park. The goals came from
:07:52. > :08:01.Gouffran, and also, a cracker from Mladen Petric, with West Brom's goal
:08:02. > :08:05.sandwiched in between. And to think that Alan Pardew was a manager under
:08:06. > :08:09.pressure as well. MARK LAWRENSON: That was crazy. The
:08:10. > :08:13.loan signing of Loic Remy was absolutely inspired. The thing with
:08:14. > :08:17.Newcastle is that their first XI is very strong. Once they start to get
:08:18. > :08:24.a couple of injuries, obviously, not quite the same. But Alan Pardew is
:08:25. > :08:27.doing a really, really good job. He is the second longest serving
:08:28. > :08:35.manager in the Premier League, which is a statement in itself. But what
:08:36. > :08:42.about this one? It sets up perfect for him, and any professional
:08:43. > :08:47.footballer, any footballer, can strike the ball on the half volley.
:08:48. > :08:51.He catches it an absolute peach, and the goalkeeper has got no chance. We
:08:52. > :08:55.cannot gloss over the finish of Chris Brunt as well, by the way.
:08:56. > :09:04.West Brom would have wanted it to fall to him, her but they could not
:09:05. > :09:08.take advantage of it. Last January, they did quite a lot of business,
:09:09. > :09:13.Newcastle. When you are talking about their starting XI, could they
:09:14. > :09:18.do it again this January? Possibly, but also they might need to get one
:09:19. > :09:22.or two out. You have got to get the balance of the dressing room right.
:09:23. > :09:26.It is so important, with all of the foreign players. But it sounds
:09:27. > :09:30.ridiculous that they seem to have found their best form when Ben Arfa
:09:31. > :09:37.has been taken out of the side, and Shola Ameobi has been brought in?
:09:38. > :09:41.Yes, but you have got to work hard, no matter what talent you have got.
:09:42. > :09:47.It is the same with Berbatov. It is an absolute prerequisite. . You have
:09:48. > :09:53.got to be very lucky just to rely on your talent. It will not happen. As
:09:54. > :09:59.good as Berbatov is, if he does not work hard, you will get your just
:10:00. > :10:03.rewards. You have just got to sweat, you have got to work hard, you have
:10:04. > :10:12.got to add something to your team's performance. But if you have 11
:10:13. > :10:19.players in your team which just sweat... You will go through sticky
:10:20. > :10:28.spells! He is here all night, which is not much longer, fortunately!
:10:29. > :10:32.Tony Pulis's first game in charge ended like most of Crystal Palace's
:10:33. > :10:41.this season, but it took a goal of real class to win three precious
:10:42. > :10:44.points for Norwich. Nathan Redmond constantly swapping rings. He is
:10:45. > :10:56.away. He has got some support. Elmander! Hooper! Beautifully
:10:57. > :11:00.worked! And Norwich city score a first half goal for only the second
:11:01. > :11:06.time all season. In the end, it was very neatly worked. Redmond had got
:11:07. > :11:29.away from Moxey. Wes Hoolahan almost getting there.
:11:30. > :11:41.Jason Puncheon! Saved by Roddy! So close to an equaliser for Crystal
:11:42. > :11:44.Palace. Somehow it stays out. John Ruddy making the save, and
:11:45. > :11:52.eventually, it bounces away to safety. The match ends in
:11:53. > :11:56.disappointment for Tony Pulis. Perfect conditions, royalty in
:11:57. > :12:00.attendance, and the scene was set for a cracking game of football at
:12:01. > :12:12.Villa Park. Well, at least we got the miss of the season. Ki...
:12:13. > :12:17.Bardsley arriving! And Giaccherini has put it over! How has he done
:12:18. > :12:22.that? Giaccherini, who last season helped Juventus to the title in
:12:23. > :12:33.Italy, cannot find a goal to help Sunderland here. It looked harder to
:12:34. > :12:37.miss than score. Giaccherini seems to fancy himself against Bacuna.
:12:38. > :12:48.Touched onto the bar. The header was from Borini. Brad Guzan just touched
:12:49. > :12:53.it onto the crossbar, I think. If he does, it is a fabulous save. I think
:12:54. > :12:57.he gets the slightest touch. Lots of class on show in south Wales
:12:58. > :13:03.yesterday. Aaron Ramsey, the Cardiff fans, and Arsenal, who continue to
:13:04. > :13:10.confound our pundits by looking every inch the title favourites.
:13:11. > :13:16.Jack Wilshere starting off in a very high position. He goes for another
:13:17. > :13:27.early goal and was so unlucky not to get it! Great technique. The flag
:13:28. > :13:35.has stayed down. He is onside, and he does not realise it!
:13:36. > :13:40.Extraordinary. Giroud thought he was offside, but the flag stayed down.
:13:41. > :13:45.This is astonishing. As the ball is played, he is onside, but he is
:13:46. > :13:53.offside by, what, three yards. The flag stays down. He then realises,
:13:54. > :13:57.but Cork has got back to cover. Another big crowd in this ground.
:13:58. > :14:04.They have broken the attendance record four times here this season.
:14:05. > :14:07.That is a great goal. He is back in Cardiff and he has scored the goal
:14:08. > :14:11.which puts Arsenal ahead. Aaron Ramsey, it had to be. No
:14:12. > :14:18.celebration. That is a controlled header of the highest order. It
:14:19. > :14:21.hurts him his 12th goal in all conditions this season. He was
:14:22. > :14:25.respectful to the club which gave him a chance. The Cardiff fans, let
:14:26. > :14:34.me tell you, by giving him a standing ovation.
:14:35. > :14:43.That is a sensational save, he has so improved this season. That is a
:14:44. > :14:52.brilliant save. You would have thought it was in. A brilliant
:14:53. > :15:00.finish, Mathieu Flamini. A terrific move. They decided to go up through
:15:01. > :15:05.the gears, and finish the game. It is his first goal in English
:15:06. > :15:14.football since January 2008 at a cracking finish.
:15:15. > :15:25.A brilliant third goal. It had to be Aaron Ramsey. He started the
:15:26. > :15:27.goal-scoring, he has finished it. The Cardiff City fans applaud him
:15:28. > :15:34.again, they have been brilliant throughout. This was some test for
:15:35. > :15:35.Arsenal, Aaron Ramsey and Arsenal have come through with flying
:15:36. > :15:43.colours. Everton have borrowed some good
:15:44. > :15:46.players, including Romelu Lukaku, at the star but the teenager on loan
:15:47. > :16:04.from Barcelona. Gerard Deulofeu scores. His first
:16:05. > :16:23.Premier league start, his first Premier League goal.
:16:24. > :16:33.That is a remarkable goal. One of those players lined up in the middle
:16:34. > :16:35.for Gerard Deulofeu, and it is mishit by Seamus Coleman. Everton
:16:36. > :16:53.are fully in control. A right foot smasher from Bryan
:16:54. > :17:00.Oviedo. Three goals, three points, surely, for Roberto Martinez was
:17:01. > :17:04.like men. Bryan Oviedo's first goal for Everton is one to remember.
:17:05. > :17:12.Stoke City will not be coming back from this.
:17:13. > :17:21.Romelu Lukaku gets his goal. He was about to be replaced, his eighth
:17:22. > :17:24.goal of the season. He has had to be patient. A resounding Everton
:17:25. > :17:33.victory, a real statement. That was a big victory for your
:17:34. > :17:38.former club, Norwich. They needed it, Chris has been trying different
:17:39. > :17:42.personnel and formations, trying to get them into a bit of form. Very
:17:43. > :18:00.important and well-deserved. The bottom three have now all
:18:01. > :18:10.changed their managers, following the dismissal of Martin Jol.
:18:11. > :18:19.Sandro's old was spectacular, but David De Gea cannot believe it. And
:18:20. > :18:30.neither can Roberto Soldado, who sinks to his knees. The other great
:18:31. > :18:35.goal of the weekend came from recessive psycho. Do not let that
:18:36. > :18:45.detract from the fantastic header from the Spectator. Late arriving
:18:46. > :18:53.kids at Hull City recreate the Abbey Road cover. Everton have been
:18:54. > :19:03.practising backheel is, as you might be able to tell. Joleon Lescott is
:19:04. > :19:07.seeing if he can turn into an owl. If you are going to go into the
:19:08. > :19:12.crowd like Patrice Evra, at least get your bottom pinched. Cheeky!
:19:13. > :19:30.Thank you. Good night. What a miss! Has hit the bar! What
:19:31. > :19:47.they miss!