:00:53. > :00:58.It is the most exciting Premier League in years and on Match Of The
:00:59. > :01:02.Day 2 we feature four clubs who believe that this could be the
:01:03. > :01:08.season they return to the summit of English football.
:01:09. > :01:21.Sturridge. It is a fantastic goal. Oh that is simply magnificent.
:01:22. > :01:28.Hazard. Toure. He has done it again. Good evening. On a special blue
:01:29. > :01:30.Monday. We have action from yesterday's two matches, Arsenal
:01:31. > :01:36.against Palace plus tonight's main event, the super-heavyweight clash
:01:37. > :01:42.between Manchester City and Chelsea. Their last league meeting was an
:01:43. > :01:55.October encounter with a dramatic finish. The best of tonight's
:01:56. > :02:03.important encounter from the Etihad Stadium. But first we look back on
:02:04. > :02:18.events at the Emirates where Arsenal took on Crystal Palace.
:02:19. > :02:29.Anywhere will do for Oxlade-Chamberlain. Ramsey is
:02:30. > :02:49.injured. This is the Eagles first ever match
:02:50. > :02:58.on this ground. Oxlade-Chamberlain. A nice run in
:02:59. > :03:04.behind. A descent save. A lovely ball to release. Good goalkeeping.
:03:05. > :03:12.He was off his line really quickly. This was a lovely ball. Joe Ward was
:03:13. > :03:23.caught a little unawares and couldn't recover. It is a good save.
:03:24. > :03:25.The points that were dropped at St Mary's knocked Arsenal off the top
:03:26. > :03:49.of the table. Crystal Palace would love the
:03:50. > :03:54.opportunity to go front. It is a great start for Tony Pulis since he
:03:55. > :04:07.arrived. Delaney gives it back again.
:04:08. > :04:14.Mistakes are littering the match at the moment.
:04:15. > :04:26.A foul by Delaney. An Arsenal free-kick.
:04:27. > :04:31.They are the Palace fans. This is An arsenal free-kick.
:04:32. > :04:36.A flip ball in. Oh, and it is a good save.
:04:37. > :04:40.I don't know if the French defender got anything on it at all. It is one
:04:41. > :04:47.of those that nearly looks like it is going to creep in the far corner.
:04:48. > :04:55.Arsene Wenger who was appointed in October 1996 and behind him a player
:04:56. > :05:00.who was born in January 1997. The first Arsenal player to play in
:05:01. > :05:16.their first team who was born after Arsene Wenger took over.
:05:17. > :05:27.Here is Joe Ward for Palace. A deflection on the cross. Jerome at
:05:28. > :05:30.the near post. A bit of a tussle here and Ward got to his feet and
:05:31. > :05:36.sneaked across and you could hesitate to call it a real
:05:37. > :05:37.opportunity, but Jerome was there and Chesney made the block for
:05:38. > :06:00.Arsenal. Oxlade-Chamberlain here. 1-0.
:06:01. > :06:12.Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Arsenal, 90 seconds into the second half. His
:06:13. > :06:18.run wasn't tracked. It is a lovely goal, really. A little step over. No
:06:19. > :06:23.one went with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who can simply
:06:24. > :06:29.lift it over to give Arsenal the lead.
:06:30. > :06:38.Just napping, Crystal Palace at the start of the second half.
:06:39. > :06:46.Oxlade-Chamberlain makes them pay. The reaction of Arsene Wenger tells
:06:47. > :06:50.its own story. Tony Pulis and his players have been single-minded in
:06:51. > :06:52.keeping Arsenal out for 46 minutes. Now they have to try and create
:06:53. > :07:18.something of their own. That's a good ball. A great save.
:07:19. > :07:25.What a great opportunity for Crystal Palace. A deflection. It is a good
:07:26. > :07:29.save by Chesney. Otherwise Palace were level. The first eight minutes
:07:30. > :07:35.of the second half have been arguably more eventful than the
:07:36. > :07:45.whole of the first-half. Oxlade-Chamberlain did well to feed
:07:46. > :07:51.Arteta. A good ball, Arteta. The side netting and you could make a
:07:52. > :07:54.case for Arteta to have a go at this one. The goalkeeper is in a less
:07:55. > :08:32.inviting position. There might be something on here.
:08:33. > :08:44.Delaney. It is Bannan and got right underneath it. That was promising
:08:45. > :08:50.for a moment. He is on side. It is wasted in the end from Bannan. They
:08:51. > :09:05.have had a chance or two, Palace in this second half.
:09:06. > :09:14.And back to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. He could be in for a second here and
:09:15. > :09:18.he is! Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, two goals
:09:19. > :09:25.surely to make the game safe for Arsenal. Injured on the opening day
:09:26. > :09:38.of the season. This is his first League start since. And it was his
:09:39. > :09:46.flick which provided the opportunity with the return and the Palace
:09:47. > :09:50.goalkeeper couldn't keep it out. Arsenal lead by two. What a very
:09:51. > :09:55.good return for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
:09:56. > :10:01.It is never nice being injured. It is a frustrating and ha period. I'm
:10:02. > :10:05.delighted to be back and get my first start. We needed to be
:10:06. > :10:10.patient, to get him back to full fitness, you know and
:10:11. > :10:14.competitiveness as well. He had a great game today and scored two
:10:15. > :10:19.great goals. He has shown that it is an interesting position for him as
:10:20. > :10:25.well. He can play, I believe, both wide and central. Certainly in a few
:10:26. > :10:29.years, he will be a centre mid-fielder, but he has that kind of
:10:30. > :10:34.surge of power in the modern game that is so vital. Against the bigger
:10:35. > :10:38.clubs you have to take your chances and Arsenal are a very, very good
:10:39. > :10:41.side. They move the ball quickly and they will have their moments in the
:10:42. > :10:44.game where you are hoping and praying they don't take their
:10:45. > :10:48.chances, but you can't criticise the players. The players have worked
:10:49. > :10:53.very, very hard again today. Something I want to improve on is my
:10:54. > :10:58.goal scoring ratio and the boss is on to me, if I miss an opportunity
:10:59. > :11:02.that I should score. It is an area I want to improve on. Today, it was a
:11:03. > :11:06.nice step and in the right direction in terms of scoring goals to get
:11:07. > :11:09.two. Oxlade-Chamberlain says he needs to
:11:10. > :11:14.improve his finishing and Arsene Wenger says in a few years time he
:11:15. > :11:17.will be ready made for the middle of mid-field. On yesterday's evidence,
:11:18. > :11:22.why can't he play there now? He looks as if he has been playing
:11:23. > :11:27.centre mid-field all his life. What I liked about his, his first thought
:11:28. > :11:31.was, "Can I get the ball into a centre forward?" The first two
:11:32. > :11:36.passes with his right foot and he is starting the attacks up. This time,
:11:37. > :11:40.left foot across the pitch. His vision was brilliant also all
:11:41. > :11:44.afternoon. This is the first goal here. This is what I liked about his
:11:45. > :11:52.performance yesterday. He has seen the gap and he is going to run into
:11:53. > :11:56.it. Poor defending from Palace. Ward will be disappointed. Their body
:11:57. > :11:59.shape is all wrong. Oxlade-Chamberlain is running into
:12:00. > :12:02.that space, but once he is in there, it is a brilliant finish. He did the
:12:03. > :12:07.ugly side of the game very well as well. He wins it here. He is strong,
:12:08. > :12:11.but he is not contempt to -- content to kick it up field, the Arsenal way
:12:12. > :12:17.is to pass it out and he did that. The second goal, I thought was
:12:18. > :12:20.brilliant, the skill superb, a little one-two. We have seen him
:12:21. > :12:25.finish with his left foot before. This time he finishes with his right
:12:26. > :12:29.foot. Look at his vision here. He has got a picture in his head of
:12:30. > :12:32.what he is going to do before the ball comes to him. Once he is away,
:12:33. > :12:37.it was a great finish. He joked about he has got to work on his
:12:38. > :12:41.finishing, but there was nothing wrong with it yesterday.
:12:42. > :12:47.He is two-footed. There were several examples where he looked before he
:12:48. > :12:50.made the pass. Do you like his physicality? He can handle himself
:12:51. > :12:54.in there. He showed that yesterday. I know Arsenal fans would have been
:12:55. > :12:58.worried with the lack of activity in the transfer market, he is like a
:12:59. > :13:01.new signing for them having not played since the beginning of the
:13:02. > :13:07.season. Is it going to give Roy Hodgson a dilemma? Yes. I am going
:13:08. > :13:11.to ask John later on for your World Cup squad thoughts as far as Roy
:13:12. > :13:14.Hodgson is concerned. Also later on, we will see Liverpool's game at West
:13:15. > :13:18.Bromwich Albion, but now to tonight's big game.
:13:19. > :13:30.S Opponents big and small have been
:13:31. > :13:34.shot down by the Premier League's most ruthless team.
:13:35. > :13:41.But Chelsea could be Manchester City's toughest test in this
:13:42. > :13:44.record-breaking season, skilful, organised, Jose Mourinho's men have
:13:45. > :13:48.beaten City once this season and they might be the first invaders to
:13:49. > :13:50.take maximum points from the Etihad Stadium. Watching this one, Guy
:13:51. > :13:59.Mowbray. What a way to start the week! It
:14:00. > :14:05.could be explosive. It will surely be a fascinating all-blue Monday in
:14:06. > :14:09.Manchester. We have had eyebrows raised even before kick-off with the
:14:10. > :14:13.Manchester City team featuring Martin Demichelis in a mid-field
:14:14. > :14:15.role. One he did play to good effect in the latter stages of last
:14:16. > :14:33.Wednesday's win at Spurs. The Chelsea side is changed by two
:14:34. > :14:43.from their frustrations against West Ham last time.
:14:44. > :14:49.A handshake. They didn't at the end of the game at Stamford Bridge in
:14:50. > :14:50.October. They have had the pleasantries before kick-off
:14:51. > :15:12.tonight. Negredo. Loads of room on the left.
:15:13. > :15:21.Five sky blue shirts in the middle and it was Toure it was closest. It
:15:22. > :15:26.only needed the touch. I think Toure got there. He is there. He has not
:15:27. > :15:42.quite lifted his leg at the right time and place. Seven goals in his
:15:43. > :15:47.last nine Premier League games. Away goes Hazard. Hazard just kick the
:15:48. > :16:03.ball at his own will. The flag is up. The flag was raised against
:16:04. > :16:13.Eto'o in the first instance. Toure. Toure. Petr Cech was a
:16:14. > :16:19.worried Chelsea goalkeeper for a second or two there.
:16:20. > :16:20.It seemed casually, but look at the pace on the ball and it was dipping,
:16:21. > :16:45.but not quite quickly enough. Now, it is Toure. Toure again. He
:16:46. > :16:50.has managed to pull it across and it is just wide from Silva.
:16:51. > :16:53.Toure was always seen to be potentially the most influential
:16:54. > :16:56.player on the field for Manchester City tonight and it is proving that
:16:57. > :17:02.way. Strong and positive. It is a lovely ball back for Silva. David
:17:03. > :17:09.Silva thinks he should have scored. Now City are opened up. It is
:17:10. > :17:16.Willian, Hazard and Ramires to his left. It is Ramires. A great save
:17:17. > :17:19.Hart. Willian now. Way, way over the bar. Chelsea charging on the.
:17:20. > :17:25.Counter-attack. Look at that, it is four on one at one stage. Ramires, a
:17:26. > :17:29.really good save from Joe Hart and even then Chelsea had a chance.
:17:30. > :17:31.Willian had the chance to get it down and feed it out to Eto'o and
:17:32. > :17:46.went for the spectacular. Hazard is showing good strength to
:17:47. > :18:02.see off Martin Demichelis. Good skill there to dart between here and
:18:03. > :18:06.and there. That's in! That's fired in brilliantly by Ivanovic.
:18:07. > :18:11.Manchester City couldn't get the ball away and of all people, it is
:18:12. > :18:16.Ivanovic who fires Chelsea in front. Hazard is the architect. Starts on
:18:17. > :18:28.the left and he carried on wandering right the way across the area to the
:18:29. > :18:31.right hand side. Great block save by Kompany.
:18:32. > :18:36.Ivanovic only had one crack at that and cracked it in quite brilliantly.
:18:37. > :18:41.It is only his second goal of the season. His first came way back at
:18:42. > :18:52.the start of the campaign against Aston Villa. What a good goal that
:18:53. > :18:58.could be. Eto'o will find him. Hazard has been superb. Eto'o is on
:18:59. > :19:04.side. He timed it well. Willian hanging back, but no way through.
:19:05. > :19:08.City are having problems giving it away. That's Hart down to save.
:19:09. > :19:12.There is a few arguments going on in the back and in the mid-field
:19:13. > :19:24.amongst City City's -- Manchester City's players.
:19:25. > :19:32.Hazard, the danger man. What a chance this is of the it is off the
:19:33. > :19:39.post. Samuel Eto'o into that on the full. It is brilliant again from
:19:40. > :19:45.Hazard. Eto'o thought he scored the Chelsea second. He got himself set
:19:46. > :19:59.perfectly. Jose Mourinho rues one that got away.
:20:00. > :20:10.A touch down for Toure and it flashes across the face. It didn't
:20:11. > :20:17.so much flash across the face as bobble and weave and curl away.
:20:18. > :20:21.Talking of weaving and getting away from everybody, Hazard, balance,
:20:22. > :20:30.control, awareness, everything just right from him.
:20:31. > :20:36.I think he clipped the outside of the post with that. That was a
:20:37. > :20:41.thunter bolt. -- thunderbolt. He has loads of room and it has Hart
:20:42. > :21:03.beaten. It would have had any goalkeeper beaten.
:21:04. > :21:10.And it is off the post again. Third time Chelsea have hit the woodwork
:21:11. > :21:22.tonight. Hart beaten. He didn't even dive for it.
:21:23. > :21:37.A good one. Dzeko has mis-hit it. Now Kolarov with the drive. Cahill
:21:38. > :21:50.in the way of everything. Cahill away. And he is up to block the next
:21:51. > :21:58.effort too. Brendan Rogers is here. E. E. Navas, Silva. It was indeed
:21:59. > :22:03.caught as he tried to roll around him. A free-kick for City. They are
:22:04. > :22:08.going to have to come up with something really magical to get
:22:09. > :22:15.through Chelsea. Silva had a look. Kolarov is having a longer look.
:22:16. > :22:23.Left footed option, both. Silva with the run and the free-kick and Petr
:22:24. > :22:25.Cech needed to save it. I think Cech was expecting Kolarov too, but a
:22:26. > :22:46.good save. Silva has put it wide. A bite of the
:22:47. > :22:51.hand in frustration because he might not get another bite at scoring a
:22:52. > :23:05.goal better than that that one tonight.
:23:06. > :23:10.First Ivanovic and then Ramires. Chelsea are claiming that Oscar is
:23:11. > :23:13.in. That he was the last defender. That's what Jose Mourinho is saying.
:23:14. > :23:19.I am not sure virtually on the centre spot that you can call that a
:23:20. > :23:25.blatant goal scoring opportunity. The referee ignores the advice of
:23:26. > :23:30.John Terry and co and issues punishment as he sees fit. He
:23:31. > :23:34.bundles Oscar over. He has got a hold of him. He pulls him back, now
:23:35. > :23:40.would Oscar have run through from there? Is that an obvious goal
:23:41. > :23:45.scoring opportunity? Jose Mourinho thinks you can. Manchester City are
:23:46. > :23:58.dealing in seconds. One more ball in could do it, if
:23:59. > :24:09.they can get the ball in. And Cech kept it out. Fiercely fired
:24:10. > :24:14.in. Look at Cech's view. Chelsea Chelsea change before what will be
:24:15. > :24:20.the final action of the game. Hazard is about to be substituted with
:24:21. > :24:26.Demba Ba to come on. He really will be lucky to get a touch of the ball.
:24:27. > :24:27.It is a case of all hands on deck required to defend this. That's all
:24:28. > :24:54.he is required to do. It was Ba who got to it. Cahill away
:24:55. > :25:02.yet again. Toure, Silva. Kompany. And that will do it. It is a real
:25:03. > :25:06.chance for the Manchester City defender, but not nearly as good
:25:07. > :25:13.with the first time shot as Ivanovic was in that goal in the first-half.
:25:14. > :25:19.It is his fellow sub who has won the game. What a win for Chelsea. Jose
:25:20. > :25:25.Mourinho has got this one absolutely spot on. And Chelsea have now got
:25:26. > :25:29.the same points tally as the team they have beaten tonight. Tucked in
:25:30. > :25:35.the pair of them, two points behind Arsenal. This title race is going
:25:36. > :25:42.right the way to the end. Manchester City nil, Chelsea one.
:25:43. > :25:46.The plan worked, but the plan is nothing without the players
:25:47. > :25:49.performing the plan? Nothing at all. The players are everything. The plan
:25:50. > :25:55.is just something to try to help them, but the players are everything
:25:56. > :26:00.and they were everything and they were fantastic and they very much
:26:01. > :26:04.deserve a victory against an unbelievable team and when you win
:26:05. > :26:08.against a fantastic team, the feeling obviously is better. I don't
:26:09. > :26:12.think it is the best team won the game. I think that Chelsea also
:26:13. > :26:35.played very well today. It is very important for us to have important
:26:36. > :26:38.players missing today. A lot of things influenced the result. Do you
:26:39. > :26:41.think you have joined a team that can influence the championship? It
:26:42. > :26:46.is too early to speak about that because there are a lot of games to
:26:47. > :26:52.the end. We have a lot of quality and we will try, but now nobody can
:26:53. > :26:57.say who is going to win. I think we are not favourites. Liverpool is a
:26:58. > :27:00.great team. They play one match a week. When the Champions League
:27:01. > :27:04.start, we are involved in the Champions League, Liverpool is not
:27:05. > :27:08.involved in the Champions League. So I think it is not for us. For us is
:27:09. > :27:15.the responsibility and the ambition of every game we play and it doesn't
:27:16. > :27:21.matter Manchester City, Newcastle next week or West Brom in ten days,
:27:22. > :27:24.our responsibility is we want to win the next game, but no more than
:27:25. > :27:33.that. He might very well had a Seagulls
:27:34. > :27:38.trawler moment. Social media, the journalists that are there, are
:27:39. > :27:40.talking about that's a tactical masterclass from Jose Mourinho. It
:27:41. > :27:45.is where Jose Mourinho comes into his own. Would you agree it was a
:27:46. > :27:49.tactical masterclass? Yes. It was a master plan that worked. Jose
:27:50. > :27:52.Mourinho says he can only put the plan place, but it is the players
:27:53. > :27:56.that have to go on to the pitch and deliver. Tonight, the back four that
:27:57. > :28:00.we are normally accustomed to playing, I thought they played in
:28:01. > :28:03.front of the back four which gave them great protection and to do that
:28:04. > :28:07.they had to be really, really disciplined. They played with
:28:08. > :28:11.Willian, Hazard and Ramires. They caused problems all night. I think
:28:12. > :28:15.the reason he played Ramires is because he gives you that more
:28:16. > :28:18.defensive work. He has got a great engine and he can support the front
:28:19. > :28:23.and he can defend as well. So Chelsea have protection in front
:28:24. > :28:30.of their back four. Did Manchester City? City didn't have protection at
:28:31. > :28:34.all. It was man for man all over the park, I thought Chelsea were much
:28:35. > :28:43.better, but they got at City's back four too easily. Just look at the
:28:44. > :28:49.attack. Look who is running on to it. They get into the dangerous
:28:50. > :28:54.positions too easy and it happened all night and Demichelis wasn't the
:28:55. > :28:59.answer in there not at all. And time and time again they got into goal
:29:00. > :29:03.scoring positions. Look, you have got four guys running there.
:29:04. > :29:07.Demichelis runs out of the way. Willian runs him into the corner
:29:08. > :29:12.which creates that. It creates space for them to run into and they have
:29:13. > :29:15.got the four there. Four on four time and time again. Problems. You
:29:16. > :29:19.don't want Hazard running at you with the ball. You don't want
:29:20. > :29:24.Willian running at you with the ball. Split them down the middle,
:29:25. > :29:28.Demichelis losing out in the tackle again. It is four on one. Just, it
:29:29. > :29:32.is incredible. My worry for Chelsea on the night was because they scored
:29:33. > :29:37.the one, I'm thinking you have got to go and score a second and a third
:29:38. > :29:42.one. Hazard has the ball and Demichelis has him in the corner and
:29:43. > :29:48.he goes past him too easily. Look where Hazard ends up to where
:29:49. > :29:54.Demichelis is. It summed City up and it is a fantastic finish. This is
:29:55. > :30:00.from City's corner. So within three, or five seconds you've got four and
:30:01. > :30:03.five players breaking again into the heart of City's defence and there is
:30:04. > :30:06.no doubt about it, Chelsea were the better team on the night and they
:30:07. > :30:12.should have won and could have won by another three or four goals. They
:30:13. > :30:15.hit the woodwork three times. If you look at the Chelsea team and
:30:16. > :30:24.their average positions over the course of the 90 minutes, it is a
:30:25. > :30:29.team of two halves. Because the rest of the side stayed in their own half
:30:30. > :30:35.and those four average in the whole course of the game, they were in the
:30:36. > :30:39.opposition's half? Exactly. The one thing that's interesting, they never
:30:40. > :30:44.get all three goal-side of the ball if you like. They gamble. When they
:30:45. > :30:47.break, they break with real pace and real quality and I thought they were
:30:48. > :30:55.really adventurous tonight and they had to be brave to perform the way
:30:56. > :31:00.they did. Hazard was crucial. He was involved in everything good that
:31:01. > :31:03.Chelsea did tonight. He was just electrifying tonight. Manchester
:31:04. > :31:12.City couldn't cope with him. We see him standing still almost. Who else
:31:13. > :31:20.do we see? Lionel Messi. We see him pulling wide. So he gives himself
:31:21. > :31:26.distance. He goes past Zabaleta. Eto'o arrives and it hits the bar.
:31:27. > :31:32.He comes inside. He has the freedom to run if you like. He has the
:31:33. > :31:37.vision to pick out Ivanovic. Hart can't hold it. Again, pulls himself
:31:38. > :31:42.wide. Controls it. Brilliant first touch. Look at this for strength and
:31:43. > :31:47.power. Keeps the ball. Goes at players and OK, this doesn't come to
:31:48. > :31:51.much, but as I said everything he did defensively as well. Look at the
:31:52. > :31:55.feet. Quick feet. I can't think of a player at the minute in the Premier
:31:56. > :32:06.League that's playing better than Hazard. Messiesque is what you said,
:32:07. > :32:14.and that's high praise. This is getting back and doing the dirty
:32:15. > :32:20.work. On the ball he was confident enough to try stuff. It was
:32:21. > :32:24.brilliant. Chelsea were happy to be strong centrally, because Nemanja
:32:25. > :32:30.Matic swept everything up and won everything that came into the box.
:32:31. > :32:34.He looks a very good buy. He was big in there, strong in there, and Toure
:32:35. > :32:39.met his match. He was up against hem. He wasn't fazed at all. He
:32:40. > :32:47.protected his back four when he needed to. He wasn't bullied. How
:32:48. > :32:53.many times have we seen Toure bully fellow midfielders, but he didn't
:32:54. > :32:58.bully this lad. The way Chelsea want to play under Jose Mourinho, the way
:32:59. > :33:03.Mourinho wants him to play, you cannot overemphasise how important a
:33:04. > :33:09.player like Matic is to be there, to be disciplined. Lucas does a similar
:33:10. > :33:16.job for Liverpool, and Barry for Everton. You can't Overemphasise how
:33:17. > :33:24.important a player like that is. He allows other guys we've mention like
:33:25. > :33:31.Hazard, Willian and Eto'o, to do their stuff, knowing there is
:33:32. > :33:37.protection there if they lose it. He looks like Yaya Toure. He played
:33:38. > :33:42.that role brilliantly. How big a win is this for Arsenalle? A win or a
:33:43. > :33:47.draw would have suited Arsenal down to the ground. It has kept
:33:48. > :33:54.Manchester City in behind them. A great night for Arsenal. City are
:33:55. > :34:01.not invincible, they can be beaten. If you go there and get your tactics
:34:02. > :34:06.right, you can beat them. Jurm said on the title race, the toilet race
:34:07. > :34:13.has two big horses and a little horse which needs milk and work to
:34:14. > :34:21.learn to jump. It can win the race next season. I have no idea if you
:34:22. > :34:25.feed a horse milk or not. Next to the Hawthorns to see if
:34:26. > :34:30.Liverpool could keep up their quest for fourth or even better at a West
:34:31. > :34:41.Brom side, who like so many, needs the points.
:34:42. > :34:59.Relegation haunt West Brom. It will be a mainly surprise if the Baggies
:35:00. > :35:06.can halt Liverpool's unbeaten run. Anelka is injured.
:35:07. > :35:17.Liverpool are unchanged as they look for a sixth win in seven. They will
:35:18. > :35:19.need no reminding that swaerz hit a hat-trick -- Suarez hit a hat-trick
:35:20. > :35:33.against them in October. Taking on Sissoko and enforcing the
:35:34. > :36:05.corner. A pinged effort comes out to the
:36:06. > :36:06.captain. 200th start for West Bromwich Albion's player who took
:36:07. > :36:14.the corner. Pepe Mel looking for his first win
:36:15. > :36:33.in charge of West Bromwich Albion. Sturridge scored and Liverpool take
:36:34. > :36:38.the lead. That was created out of nothing by Suarez. That's a
:36:39. > :36:44.fantastic ball drinked to the far post. -- dinked to the post.
:36:45. > :36:51.Liverpool take the lead. It's the SAS attack again. The ball played
:36:52. > :36:58.inside to Sterling. A second bite at it, but watch the final ball from
:36:59. > :37:05.Suarez. Round the West Brom defence. Absolutely immaculate. A fantastic
:37:06. > :37:14.delivery, this. Sturridge at the far post pokes another one in.
:37:15. > :37:31.Sturridge on hand for his 17th goal of the campaign.
:37:32. > :37:39.West Brom didn't run at them and that will cause danger. Victory
:37:40. > :37:51.today will lift them four points away from Everton.
:37:52. > :38:00.Good delivery. Toure was in there and got a touch. Out of the bunch
:38:01. > :38:13.came Suarez. Misses the header. Toure gets an edge on it.
:38:14. > :38:31.That's the closest West Bromwich Albion have come.
:38:32. > :38:40.There's space on the left-hand side of the Liverpool defence.
:38:41. > :38:53.A vital block. Flanagan saves Liverpool. Absolutely crucial block.
:38:54. > :38:59.I think that would have sneaked in beyond Mignolet. The keeper covered
:39:00. > :39:07.his post but Flanagan made sure anyway. A Terry header splendidly
:39:08. > :39:10.stopped. Really good spell by the home side. They've come roaring out
:39:11. > :39:25.of the traps. McAuley got up really high. A fine
:39:26. > :39:38.piece of goalkeeping. Suarez... Foster denied him. That
:39:39. > :39:58.would have been game over. That's one that got away for
:39:59. > :40:08.Liverpool. Suarez exasperated at himself there. Broke off Lugano.
:40:09. > :40:09.That's a lovely touch by McAuley. The finish by his standards was
:40:10. > :40:22.tame. Free kick on the edge of the box.
:40:23. > :40:26.Toure was in trouble. I think he's looked ill at ease at times. His
:40:27. > :40:29.foot was raised high on the challenge there. What a risky
:40:30. > :40:31.challenge to make for a man that experienced in that sort of position
:40:32. > :40:46.as well. He misjudged it completely. Chris Brunt found the target, found
:40:47. > :40:52.the goalkeeper. A deceptive free kick.
:40:53. > :41:08.Toure, that's disastrous. Anichebe! 1-1. What a mistake! 67 minutes
:41:09. > :41:16.gone. 1-1. Just four minutes after coming on to the field of play, the
:41:17. > :41:23.substitute has tied. What was he doing there? Kolo Toure, head in
:41:24. > :41:31.hands, and so he should be. An absolute gift. At times, the
:41:32. > :41:37.experiencedive otherian has -- the experience Ivorian has looked
:41:38. > :41:57.haphazard. Anichebe need no second asking. 1-1.
:41:58. > :42:03.Sterling with a shot that was blocked. Liverpool thought the
:42:04. > :42:08.goalkeeper foul Sturridge. They didn't play it brilliantly. The ball
:42:09. > :42:14.was behind Sturridge. Foster came and won it, didn't he? That's a
:42:15. > :42:19.really good point for West Bromwich Albion and two absolutely chucked
:42:20. > :42:23.away for Liverpool. How pleased are you with the way
:42:24. > :42:28.your team came back, because at half time it didn't look good. Now I am
:42:29. > :42:37.very happy for the players, for the people, for the fans. But in the
:42:38. > :42:53.hard time -- in the half time, we need to speak, because we forget the
:42:54. > :43:00.press, Gerrard, no need to press the central back. The second half... We
:43:01. > :43:05.had coal of the game. Good control of the first half, good possession.
:43:06. > :43:10.Scored an out tstanding goal, a team goal. And we make the mistake and
:43:11. > :43:16.the game becomes in the balance, and the home team get momentum and we've
:43:17. > :43:19.got to show our defensive qualities. Of course, straight after the game
:43:20. > :43:22.there's disappointment, because it should have been three points
:43:23. > :43:27.really. We weren't really troubled so much. He made a mistake.
:43:28. > :43:30.Everybody makes mistakes but he is trying to do the same thing. That's
:43:31. > :43:37.what we are trying to do, so I don't think you can criticise Kolo. He's
:43:38. > :43:42.been fantastic. I suppose I helped Everton today.
:43:43. > :43:50.I had a text saying help us do over the Reds. It is always nice to score
:43:51. > :43:55.but parents more important to help West Brom. I helped the team. The
:43:56. > :44:01.team fought well today. I came on and helped as well. And the masseur
:44:02. > :44:07.is probably thinking, thanks for revealing the contents of that text
:44:08. > :44:11.on national television! Do you think they regret that missed opportunity?
:44:12. > :44:16.I do. They are very much in hand with the top flour players. West
:44:17. > :44:22.Brom were fragile for you at times? They were. They made a lot of
:44:23. > :44:29.individual errors. A simple pass from McAuley. Let's it slip under
:44:30. > :44:34.his foot. Fouling Suarez in a dangerous position.
:44:35. > :44:42.McAuley for me gets the wrong side of Suarez but has to foul him in the
:44:43. > :44:49.end. Vydra here, the vehicler, that's poor. They've lost Shane
:44:50. > :44:53.Long. This is Liverpool's opening goal. Alan thinks this is a shot. I
:44:54. > :44:58.think it is a cross. That's world class from Suarez. I know he is
:44:59. > :45:05.capable of things like that. You can see Sturridge keeps himself on side.
:45:06. > :45:10.He is inline. Having gone 1-0 up... It was a good shot though. I think
:45:11. > :45:16.the reason why, they had another chance just before half time. Suarez
:45:17. > :45:21.could have made it two just before half time. You were a generous
:45:22. > :45:26.striker who always looked to pass to your opponent. The second half, the
:45:27. > :45:31.momentum changed slightly. Maybe partly through Pepe Mel's team talk
:45:32. > :45:38.and the changes he made. He made a change into the second half but they
:45:39. > :45:45.came out in the first four to five minutes, Mulumbu, McAuley. Mignolet
:45:46. > :45:51.keeps Liverpool in the game there. Suarez, one on one, you would put
:45:52. > :45:56.your life on to score. This was the turning point in the game for me.
:45:57. > :46:00.This is the equaliser. You can see three best players at the back for
:46:01. > :46:04.Liverpool. Should be throwing that to Gerrard, not the player who is
:46:05. > :46:08.worst of the three there. You can see Gerrard pointing to the
:46:09. > :46:13.goalkeeper. Anichebe gets in. He still has a lot to do. When Anichebe
:46:14. > :46:25.came on, his physical presence, he was strong, he won free kicks.
:46:26. > :46:28.Toure, I do think 1-1 at West Brom while extraditely fragile, a new
:46:29. > :46:33.manager, a couple of players have left. I do feel Liverpool may feel
:46:34. > :46:37.it is two points dropped. In yesterday's games we had Sturridge
:46:38. > :46:42.and Oxlade-Chamberlain among the goals. They weren't the only
:46:43. > :46:57.Englishmen sending out a message to Roy Hodgson.
:46:58. > :47:11.Bardsley down with Anita and it is a penalty. Spot kick Sunderland. Anita
:47:12. > :47:24.is aghast. Borini powers it in to give Sunderland the advantage.
:47:25. > :47:32.Colback tries but it is deflected. A chance for Johnson. 2-0 Sunderland!
:47:33. > :47:35.A touch of bad fortune there. All the luck is with Johnson. It is
:47:36. > :47:51.Newcastle United nil, Sunderland 2. It is three on three here. Make that
:47:52. > :47:56.four on three with Ki coming. This is Colback. All over now. The
:47:57. > :48:02.Tyneside ear scores for the team from Wearside. This might be an even
:48:03. > :48:03.darker day for Newcastle than last April's defeat to Sunderland here
:48:04. > :48:20.was. It is going to be Andy Carroll to
:48:21. > :48:29.Nolan, to the back of the net! West Ham 1, Swansea 0. Carroll's knocked
:48:30. > :48:38.down, Nolan's finish, the Tremmel clutching it there.
:48:39. > :48:43.Nolan! 2-0. It is the old one-two again. Carroll to Nolan, into the
:48:44. > :48:57.same corner of the same net. West Ham 2, Swansea 0.
:48:58. > :49:06.Andy Carroll and Chico Flores has come together. The Spaniard is down
:49:07. > :49:15.holding his face. A red card for Andy Carroll.
:49:16. > :49:20.I don't think there's an enormous amount. Does Carroll really mean to
:49:21. > :49:22.do that? Flores is making the most of it, I don't think there's any
:49:23. > :49:39.question about that. Adam Lallana for Southampton. 63
:49:40. > :49:42.minutes played at Craven Cottage and Adam Lallana gets his eighth goal of
:49:43. > :49:56.the season. 2-0, Rickie Lambert. Rodriguez
:49:57. > :50:08.leaving the ball and that allowed Rickie Lambert a free shot on goal.
:50:09. > :50:15.Oh what a wonderful finish! That is absolutely brilliant from Jay
:50:16. > :50:26.Rodriguez. We were going to have a discussion
:50:27. > :50:31.about how Roy Hodgson's World Cup squad may be shaping up, but
:50:32. > :50:35.Newcastle have just confirmed in the last half-hour that Joe Kinnear has
:50:36. > :50:38.this evening resigned from his position as director of football
:50:39. > :50:43.with immediate effect. The club will be making no further comment. You
:50:44. > :50:48.Alan Shearer can comment. What do you make of that? I always say
:50:49. > :50:51.nothing should surprise you in football, certainly not with
:50:52. > :50:55.Newcastle. But I was very surprised at the appointment in the first
:50:56. > :50:58.place, particularly the way it was announced, when Joe himself
:50:59. > :51:02.announced it on the radio, got all those names wrong, Alf being out of
:51:03. > :51:08.the game for so long. It was a strange appointment in the first
:51:09. > :51:13.place. I'm not surprised, because when you sell your best player, as
:51:14. > :51:17.they did three days before the deadline, you have to have a plan.
:51:18. > :51:22.You have to have someone ready to come in. There was talk about Cabaye
:51:23. > :51:25.going to PSG anyway, so there must have been a plan there. Whether
:51:26. > :51:30.that's Newcastle's way of saying he didn't do his job or he didn't bring
:51:31. > :51:35.players in, I'm not sure. I hope it is not ill health, but I'm not sure
:51:36. > :51:41.what his job was anyway at Newcastle. Myself and Alan were at
:51:42. > :51:47.the game on Saturday and it was a real nasty atmosphere in St James's
:51:48. > :51:53.Park. I'm sure Joe Kinnear, a lot of that anger was vented at Joe, Mike
:51:54. > :51:58.Ashley and the manager. I think there's only really so much that Joe
:51:59. > :52:02.was going to take. It wasn't a great appointment in the first place, it
:52:03. > :52:06.wasn't a popular appointment. After all the stick he's taken, in
:52:07. > :52:12.particular Saturday, when they lost for the third time against their
:52:13. > :52:15.biggest rivals, Sunderland, he probably thought, I can't take this
:52:16. > :52:21.any more. # There is only one guy that can
:52:22. > :52:25.sign the cheques and that's the owner. With whether he said that's
:52:26. > :52:29.the way we are going down an he is taking responsibility for that...
:52:30. > :52:33.But if Mike doesn't sign cheques to bring players in, the manager and
:52:34. > :52:37.the director of football have got their arms tied. John's right, it is
:52:38. > :52:42.as poor as I've seen for a long time their performance on Saturday. There
:52:43. > :52:50.was no heart, no fight. And they were beaten. They were lucky to get
:52:51. > :52:56.away with 3-0. He joined in 2013 and he signed Remy on loan. Here are the
:52:57. > :53:18.rest of the weekend's goals. Stoke City are ahead. We've got a
:53:19. > :53:22.game on our hands now. They've hardly threatened in the first half,
:53:23. > :53:31.but 37 minutes from, Stoke City are ahead. Welbeck was offside. It is
:53:32. > :53:36.van Persie for 1-1. A great start for the second half. Van Persie with
:53:37. > :53:53.the finish. Charlie Adam with the show. Oh what
:53:54. > :53:58.a goal! What a sensational goal. Rooney to strike. On to the post by
:53:59. > :54:01.the keeper. United can't turn it in. And it is over the top by Tom
:54:02. > :54:21.Cleverley. An opportunity for Snodgrass. Within
:54:22. > :54:24.four and a quarter minutes Norwich City are in front. A simple goal for
:54:25. > :54:37.Snodgrass. Bellamy! 1-1.
:54:38. > :54:41.Craig Bellamy. His first Premier League goal for Cardiff City and he
:54:42. > :54:55.puts the home side level. Jones went for it and scores! What a
:54:56. > :55:00.turn around. Two goals in just over a minute. From one behind to 2-1 up.
:55:01. > :55:16.Kenwyne Jones on target. Redmond, good save. Off the line
:55:17. > :55:24.from Hooper's flicked header. I think it was Craig Bellamy. That is
:55:25. > :55:27.excellent goalkeepering. And Bellamy off the line to deny Hooper. That is
:55:28. > :55:51.superb from Bellamy. Off the post. He nearly scored
:55:52. > :56:02.within three minutes of his league dub et. -- his league debut. Back in
:56:03. > :56:07.the UK, back in business. The referee says play on. Aston
:56:08. > :56:17.Villa lead. Pienaar, Naysmith. He finished very
:56:18. > :56:37.neatly. That was a perfect strike. Everton
:56:38. > :56:52.lead Aston Villa 2-1, and deservedly so.
:56:53. > :57:05.A fine save from Steve Harper. Adebayor with great balance to get
:57:06. > :57:12.this shot away. Hull City are in front. 12 minutes
:57:13. > :57:22.into his Hull City debut. Steve Bruce leads the applause.
:57:23. > :57:31.It is an equaliser tore Tottenham Hotspur. It is through the left hand
:57:32. > :57:37.of the goalkeeper. Tottenham Hotspur are level.
:57:38. > :57:46.Back post! Hit the post. What a come Bo that could have been. What a
:57:47. > :58:13.lovely ball from Long. Jelavic at full stretch.
:58:14. > :58:28.Let's go to too good too bad. Save of the weekend came from as myrrh
:58:29. > :58:31.Begovic. Late on he got his finningers to the Wayne Rooney free
:58:32. > :58:37.kick. With the World Cup coming up, that's how to take a penalty.
:58:38. > :58:44.Borini. This is great skill from Stoke. But
:58:45. > :58:50.equally a great clatter from Wayne Rooney. And this time Chico's role
:58:51. > :58:54.in the round doesn't leave big Sam amused.
:58:55. > :59:03.It is so bad for this Fulham fan, he really is struggling to know whether
:59:04. > :59:07.to laugh or to cry. And this Newcastle fan wants to storm out in
:59:08. > :59:13.disgust, but if you want to storm out, you don't want to be on one end
:59:14. > :59:20.of the row with the exit at the other end. Excuse me, excuse me,
:59:21. > :59:24.excuse me... Keep going, excuse me. And event lip he goes. That's it
:59:25. > :59:33.from us. Thank you very much to Alan and John on a night when Planet
:59:34. > :59:37.Etihad has finally been breached by little horse. Goodnight.