:00:21. > :01:12.Here are the classified results. It could have gone wrong for Paolo di
:01:12. > :01:20.Canio. I am never going to change and gave up. You could see that
:01:20. > :01:35.happening. We are bitterly disappointed. That really took the
:01:35. > :01:42.wind out of our sales. Aston Villa have the lead. Really disappointing.
:01:42. > :01:48.The only way you can make it count is by putting the ball in the net.
:01:48. > :01:55.Tonight, who will get back to winning ways? Yes, all formats
:01:55. > :01:59.sides in action today desperate to put disappointment last weekend
:01:59. > :02:04.behind them. Behind me are Peter Schmeichel and Jason Roberts. Their
:02:05. > :02:14.thoughts will come later. Tonight's first game comes from the Stadium
:02:14. > :02:20.of Light. Well, it was fun while it lasted, although possibly not for
:02:20. > :02:25.Sunderland fans. Paolo di Canio's reign was over after just one point
:02:25. > :02:30.from five games at this season. His final games were played out last
:02:30. > :02:36.weekend. But as one character departs, another one returns. 162
:02:36. > :02:41.days after his last appearance, Luis Suarez is back, with Liverpool
:02:41. > :02:50.fans hoping he can get them back to winning ways. With still no
:02:50. > :02:55.permanent manager in players, Kevin Ball is the man entrusted with
:02:55. > :02:57.restoring pride and points to the team at the bottom of the table at
:02:57. > :02:58.restoring pride and points to the his second spell in caretaker
:02:58. > :03:17.charge. Lee Cattermole starts for the first
:03:17. > :03:26.time since February. There is also action for Carlos Cuellar.. Simon
:03:26. > :03:30.Mignolet makes a quick return to the Stadium of Light. Also back his
:03:30. > :03:32.Jordan Henderson who was developed and nurtured in the Academy by
:03:32. > :03:58.Daniel bolt. That was a terrific effort. He
:03:58. > :04:18.looked sharp. It opened up for him. He did not get the bend on the shot.
:04:18. > :04:25.Sturridge goes down again. It is available free cake. Lee Cattermole
:04:25. > :04:27.is a bit upset at about the awarding of Ed. The referee was
:04:27. > :04:44.right on the spot. It was a very good said, but the
:04:44. > :04:54.follow-up will not count. The flag is up. Martin Skrtel was offside.
:04:54. > :05:12.It was a terrific effort initially from Gerard.
:05:12. > :05:24.And a foul by Lucas. A free kick to Sunderland. Emmanuele Giaccherini
:05:24. > :05:39.has had a bright start. That was a whisker away from giving
:05:40. > :06:02.Sunderland the lead. Simon Mignolet was nowhere near that.
:06:02. > :06:25.That was brilliant. Daniel Sturridge has silenced the Stadium
:06:25. > :06:33.of Light. His 11th goal puts Liverpool in front. Was it off his
:06:33. > :06:43.head? Sebastian Larsson was on the line trying to keep it out. He was
:06:43. > :06:50.totally unmarked. It definitely does not hit his head. He
:06:50. > :06:57.sheepishly ran away. The referee's assistant did not see it.
:06:57. > :07:17.Sunderland have to show some character now.
:07:17. > :07:29.That was too close to Simon Mignolet. Or was it? He gathered in
:07:29. > :07:45.the end. Kolo Toure might have impeded John O'Shea.
:07:45. > :07:53.Steven Gerrard with a majestic ball into the path of Sturridge. That
:07:53. > :07:58.was Luis Suarez. It is a fantastic Liverpool goal. Luis Suarez on his
:07:58. > :08:05.return to the Premier League is back amongst the goals. The payback
:08:05. > :08:11.time has begun. This was all about the ball from Steven Gerrard. Look
:08:11. > :08:16.at the movement of the Uruguayan. He points to where he wants it and
:08:16. > :08:23.he gets it. That was a simple finish. Six goals in his last six
:08:23. > :08:28.games against Sunderland. It has been a long time, 162 days without
:08:28. > :08:32.Premier League football for the Uruguayan. There is the smile as he
:08:32. > :08:52.doubles Liverpool's advantage. The majority of the Stadium of
:08:52. > :08:58.Light were desperate to see that go in. A former goalkeeper denied them.
:08:58. > :09:05.Fabulous fish and from Lee Cattermole. Excellent reaction from
:09:05. > :09:21.the Belgian goalkeeper to keep Liverpool's clean sheet intact.
:09:21. > :09:31.That was not too far away. He relieved, that is for sure. Luis
:09:31. > :09:47.Suarez knew exactly the intention of Adam Johnson.
:09:47. > :09:55.Emmanuele Giaccherini. Sunderland have hope. Simon Mignolet is beaten.
:09:56. > :10:03.His second Premier League goal for the club, the Italian FA stop Simon
:10:03. > :10:08.Mignolet could only push it into the path of Emmanuele Giaccherini.
:10:08. > :10:16.That is exactly what was required from Sunderland's point of view.
:10:16. > :10:18.Sunderland are back in it. He knows they are now back in it. Just what
:10:18. > :10:45.was required. He needed to push that around the
:10:45. > :10:51.post. Good reactions from Simon Mignolet. He moved at the last
:10:51. > :11:09.minute as well. He has a big week ahead, the owner and chairman.
:11:09. > :11:14.Moses went for goal. It was turned aside by Keiren Westwood. It took a
:11:14. > :11:30.deflection as well. It was a good save from Keiren Westwood. That was
:11:30. > :11:47.terrific delivery from Jose Enrique. He really did ask a question here.
:11:47. > :11:56.That was Luis Suarez again. Sunderland survive again. Lee
:11:56. > :12:12.Cattermole did brilliantly the first time around.
:12:12. > :12:16.That was a useful cross and Gerrard almost headed it towards
:12:16. > :12:33.his own goal. This is where Liverpool might be
:12:33. > :12:47.able to counter and really punish Sunderland. It had to be him to
:12:47. > :12:53.seal it, didn't it? Two for Luis Suarez on his return to the Premier
:12:53. > :12:59.League. It is a return to winning ways for Brendan Rodgers and his
:12:59. > :13:07.team. A real purpose started by the throw of Simon Mignolet. Luis
:13:07. > :13:16.Suarez picked out Sturridge. The two strikers have linked up to good
:13:16. > :13:25.effect again. Luis Suarez did well to finish it off because it was
:13:25. > :13:35.just behind his body. Just look what it means to Brendan Rodgers.
:13:35. > :13:41.He is back. I think those two have shown, certainly in training, that
:13:41. > :13:44.they really complement each other. They are both goalscorers, but they
:13:44. > :13:50.are both workers were the team and they are going to be a real threat
:13:50. > :13:55.for defences. Did Daniel have a bit of fortune in his first goal? It
:13:55. > :14:01.looked that way. He has been doing a lot of practice and extra work on
:14:01. > :14:05.his heading and it did not come off. You do not mean to do things like
:14:05. > :14:09.that and I am not the type of person to do things like that and
:14:09. > :14:15.by our eyes were closed and it hit my arm. There were not any appeals
:14:15. > :14:21.from Sunderland. He it happens so fast, but it came over his head and
:14:21. > :14:24.it missed my head and hit my arm. These things happen sometimes.
:14:24. > :14:30.There was some good football played today. There are some areas that we
:14:30. > :14:33.will identify individual and collective things we need to
:14:33. > :14:36.improve on. But if you look at today as a whole, they put in a
:14:36. > :14:41.decent performance. We have got to today as a whole, they put in a
:14:41. > :14:46.stick together, the players especially. Whoever gets a point,
:14:46. > :14:53.they know they are coming into players who are willing to work out,
:14:53. > :14:57.that has never been in doubt. What instructions have you been given? I
:14:57. > :15:03.am going to have a quick cup of tea and go home to the wife later to be
:15:03. > :15:09.honest with you. I have not got any, to be honest with you. I will speak
:15:09. > :15:15.to somebody from the board tomorrow and we will discuss it and see what
:15:15. > :15:20.happens. A hypothetical answer. Kenya ticket to the end of the
:15:20. > :15:32.season? A hypothetical answer, I am not sure.
:15:32. > :15:41.There were positives for Sunderland. 23 shots. The most in a Premier
:15:41. > :15:48.League game since December. They are in a hard place at the moment, but
:15:48. > :15:51.today they worked very hard. Carlos Cuellar and Lee Cattermole came in
:15:51. > :15:58.and worked very hard. When they scored the goal, I thought they grew
:15:58. > :16:03.in confidence and showed ambition to close Liverpool down but it never
:16:03. > :16:07.happened to them. There was a negative in the first golfer
:16:07. > :16:19.Sunderland and a negative that keeps happening. They make the same
:16:19. > :16:23.mistakes. Let me just show you this. We have been talking about this
:16:23. > :16:30.quite a lot today. Do you see zonal marking? We have spoken about it but
:16:30. > :16:35.I am still not sure. Who is marking Daniel Sturridge? This is the
:16:35. > :16:39.opportunity you get to stop and organise yourself and they are not
:16:39. > :16:47.organised. I am saying that that is man marking. I am saying that it is
:16:47. > :16:50.zonal marking. You do not give someone like Daniel Sturridge this
:16:50. > :16:56.amount of space inside the six yard box. But have a look. He looks like
:16:56. > :17:04.somebody waiting for the number nine bus going to Salford excavation Mark
:17:04. > :17:09.--! This is the first game against Fulham. It is far too easy to score
:17:09. > :17:13.against them. Against Crystal Palace, look at all of the yellow
:17:13. > :17:20.shirts, they should be very comfortable. But, they are conceding
:17:20. > :17:28.soft goals. Against Southampton, they are 1-0 up, on their way to
:17:28. > :17:36.three points, and this happens, at a relatively easy set these and they
:17:36. > :17:41.drop two points. The goal should not have stood, because it hit his arm.
:17:41. > :17:50.Daniel Sturridge said it in the interview. The new manager must come
:17:50. > :17:53.in and deal with that, right away. The goals that they are conceding,
:17:53. > :18:00.with all respect to the opposition, they are not brilliant set pieces.
:18:00. > :18:08.The first goal was a very soft goal to concede. Every club and team
:18:08. > :18:11.spends time on the practice pitch, practising organisational setups in
:18:11. > :18:19.set pieces. If you concede a goal practising organisational setups in
:18:19. > :18:23.and a set piece that is brilliant, you hold your hands up, but this is
:18:23. > :18:30.too soft, and the new manager has to take that very seriously. You have
:18:30. > :18:36.written a piece about strike partnerships not existing any more
:18:36. > :18:41.in the Premier League. Does what happened this afternoon blow that
:18:41. > :18:45.theory out of the water? It is proof that it can work when you have
:18:45. > :18:48.intelligent players. Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez can rotate
:18:48. > :18:53.and make different movements. When you look at the intelligent
:18:53. > :18:58.positions that Victor Moses takes up, he is still driving and trying
:18:58. > :19:04.to expose the defence. Luis Suarez has got the ball ahead, but what I
:19:04. > :19:12.like is, they are making their way into the box. Three genuine
:19:12. > :19:17.goal-scorers in the box. Nobody took up any fixed position. Victor Moses
:19:17. > :19:21.picks the ball up, deep, he looks for Luis Suarez, and he is not happy
:19:21. > :19:29.with that, he makes his way into the box. And get the shot away. And he
:19:29. > :19:35.did that, all game. When he has got options, it is two players making
:19:35. > :19:39.intelligent runs. Being -- David Sturridge is in the box, with
:19:39. > :19:44.another genuine goal scorer, Luis Suarez, to score a goal. As a
:19:44. > :19:50.striker yourself, you always look for the strike partner. Daniel
:19:50. > :19:55.Sturridge has got his hand up. It is the first player that he is looking
:19:55. > :19:58.for, when he has got the ball. When Luis Suarez has got the ball,
:19:58. > :20:04.Sturridge is the first player that he is looking for. Great ball from
:20:04. > :20:10.Gerard, Sturridge takes up an intelligent position and Luis Suarez
:20:10. > :20:17.is pointing exactly where he wants the ball and that is a strike
:20:17. > :20:20.partnership gelling. With the likes of Victor Moses and Philip Coutinho
:20:20. > :20:29.coming into that it looks very exciting. Can that come undone
:20:29. > :20:34.against other sites? You have to make sure that your discipline and
:20:34. > :20:39.intelligent, so that one of the strikers drops off to attach itself
:20:39. > :20:42.to the deep lying midfielder. If you both stay up you can be outnumbered
:20:42. > :20:49.in midfield, but Brendan Rogers was smart, with a five-man midfield.
:20:49. > :20:56.Could Sunderland have been more urgent at 2-1? For me, at times,
:20:56. > :21:02.they were not pushing the build-up. Kieran Westwood gets the ball. This
:21:02. > :21:07.happened a few times in the second half. Have a look at the little
:21:07. > :21:12.clock in the corner. Get the ball up the other end when Liverpool has
:21:12. > :21:16.committed players for that. You do not know what is going to happen out
:21:16. > :21:23.there. It took him 12.4 seconds to get rid of the ball. Just to
:21:23. > :21:27.contrast that, when Simon Mignolet gets the ball, he gets it out to
:21:27. > :21:32.Luis Suarez, and that there is a lover little run, but we're getting
:21:32. > :21:40.near to the point where Kieran Westwood release the ball. 15, 16,
:21:40. > :21:44.17 seconds and the ball is in the back of the net. This is Brad Guzan,
:21:44. > :21:50.yesterday. This is a 3-point pass. back of the net. This is Brad Guzan,
:21:50. > :21:59.He did that a few times yesterday, trying to look for someone up there.
:21:59. > :22:04.And at times... The goalkeeper has to try and dig date the pace of play
:22:04. > :22:11.and try something different. -- dictate the pace. It can get a bit
:22:11. > :22:17.dull and easy to defend against, the modern game. Sometimes I wish that
:22:17. > :22:22.goalkeepers and centre halves were just watch the ball up there, and
:22:22. > :22:27.see what happens. -- would just launch the ball. The second game
:22:27. > :22:30.see what happens. -- would just tonight comes from the Britannia
:22:30. > :22:38.Stadium as Norwich go to Stoke. And it's there! What a strike!
:22:38. > :22:55.Arsenal three, Stoke City, one. What a goal! Chances for Tottenham.
:22:55. > :23:14.And Aston Villa have the lead. Steve Wilson was at this one. They
:23:14. > :23:17.are still in red and white stripes but otherwise they say that Stoke
:23:17. > :23:23.City are unrecognisable from the team that Tony Pulis built, and if
:23:23. > :23:27.they win today it will be at their best start to a Premier League
:23:27. > :23:31.season, but Mark Hughes knows that it is where they finished that
:23:31. > :23:35.counts. Norwich are still looking for their first goal away from home
:23:35. > :23:44.and Arsenal and Chelsea are there next two ponies. -- opponents.
:23:44. > :24:05.Chris Uden makes four changes for Norwich. -- Hughton.
:24:06. > :24:18.Pilkington has worked this brilliantly onto his right foot. It
:24:18. > :24:59.took a good block in the end. That is an inviting cross for
:24:59. > :25:06.Snodgrass at the back post. The shout is come on, from Eric Pieters,
:25:06. > :25:16.and you can understand why, because Stoke City have been on the back
:25:16. > :25:22.foot from the beginning. That is headed off the crossbar, and Asmir
:25:22. > :25:26.Begovic has made it his. That would have been a deserved lead. The
:25:26. > :25:32.corner kick, hammered in, then arriving of the bar, then the tussle
:25:32. > :25:38.breaks out, and Asmir Begovic finds the ball in his gloves. You would
:25:38. > :25:40.breaks out, and Asmir Begovic finds not believe that his side have come
:25:40. > :25:42.into this game having played two and not believe that his side have come
:25:42. > :25:56.lost two in the Premier League. Arnautovic has just reached that. He
:25:56. > :26:01.could have given that two Charlie Adam and in retrospect, he might
:26:01. > :26:08.think that he should have done. Norwich City have been very busy.
:26:08. > :26:11.Beautiful ball in from Pilkington. It has gone wide, it would did not
:26:11. > :26:17.Beautiful ball in from Pilkington. have counted. Ricky Van Wolfswinkel
:26:17. > :26:28.says, what do you expect? I need to try and win it. Suspicion of
:26:28. > :26:33.handball from Eric Pieters, but not giving. The suspicion of a high boot
:26:33. > :26:45.from Snodgrass, that one, not even Ava. -- either. That was a good try.
:26:45. > :26:50.Arnautovic is already a firm favourite with the Stoke City fans.
:26:50. > :26:59.He linked up well with Charlie Adam, here. That was curling and dipping
:26:59. > :27:02.but not quite enough. He knows a thing or two about hitting the ball
:27:02. > :27:06.well, Mark Hughes, and he will recognise that Arnautovic hit the
:27:06. > :27:23.sweet spot with that one. That is not a bad hit, and it goes
:27:23. > :27:31.through Asmir Begovic. Jonny Howson for Norwich! Asmir Begovic will be
:27:31. > :27:36.very disappointed. Jonny Howson with the goal, Norwich City with the
:27:36. > :27:44.lead, and the Stoke City goalkeeper will not be happy. There is a lot of
:27:44. > :27:47.room, the shot is dipping, but I still think that Asmir Begovic will
:27:47. > :27:53.still feel that he should have got a hand to this. It really did dip in
:27:53. > :27:57.front of the goalkeeper, but I do not think that Jonny Howson expected
:27:57. > :28:02.to hit the back of the net with that. That is the first Barclays
:28:02. > :28:09.Premier League goal away from home this season for Norwich City. He
:28:09. > :28:17.will be very pleased with Norwich City's performance so far.
:28:17. > :28:26.Russell Martin definitely had an arm on the back of Jonathan Walters. The
:28:26. > :28:32.delivery from Charlie Adam, put behind for a corner kick by Tettey.
:28:32. > :28:40.Norwich will be happy when the whistle goes and it is still 1-0.
:28:40. > :28:43.And the corner kick, a free header, and Ryan Shawcross did not get
:28:43. > :28:53.enough on it. And he is wondering how.
:28:53. > :29:06.Huth forward. Stephen Ireland, with Peter is offering an option to his
:29:07. > :29:12.left, and across is dealt with comfortably. Stoke City have come
:29:12. > :29:16.out with more purpose and more threat. They have a corner kick.
:29:17. > :29:40.Jermaine Pennant to take this. Of Kenwyne Jones goes down
:29:40. > :29:45.appealing. He is not going to get anything. Anthony Taylor saw
:29:45. > :29:50.nothing wrong with that. His assistant on the far side will have
:29:50. > :29:56.had a good view of it. But there was definitely a pool on him. You
:29:56. > :30:08.could argue if it was given, it would be a soft one, but soft ones
:30:08. > :30:14.are often given. Good play by Pilkington. He certainly offers a
:30:14. > :30:43.threat down the left-hand side. He is a good player.
:30:43. > :30:55.Johnny house and decided against another crack. That was not grass.
:30:55. > :30:58.He was not a million miles away. -- that was Robert Snodgrass. I do not
:30:58. > :31:11.think Asmir Begovic was worried. Kenwyne Jones just lacked the
:31:11. > :31:19.finish. Just when you think he has Kenwyne Jones just lacked the
:31:19. > :31:24.run out of steam, Kenwyne Jones can do something special. The attentive
:31:24. > :31:27.goal was not the most fearsome, but the approach was lovely, fluid and
:31:27. > :31:35.fluent. That is the first effort on target
:31:35. > :32:04.stoke have had all game. That was a good save. That was a
:32:04. > :32:13.good effort by Robert Snodgrass. It was definitely going in as well.
:32:13. > :32:18.The referee blows his whistle and that is three very good points for
:32:18. > :32:23.Chris Hughton and Norwich City. Their first away victory of the
:32:23. > :32:28.season. Johnny house and with the only goal in the 34th minute. Maj
:32:28. > :32:33.use will reflect they might have had a penalty when Kenwyne Jones
:32:33. > :32:39.was appalled by Leroy Fer. But that means a lot to Norwich, and they
:32:39. > :32:46.edged it. Stoke with only one shot on target in the whole game.
:32:47. > :32:48.Fairness to the guys, since they walked through the door they have
:32:48. > :32:51.been excellent in terms of their walked through the door they have
:32:51. > :33:00.application and what they are trying to do. In games we have been
:33:00. > :33:06.good as well, promptly any one half when we were poor. I was pleased
:33:06. > :33:10.with what we produce today. We had many guys not quite up to the level
:33:10. > :33:16.to when Premier League games and Norwich played well. It was a very
:33:16. > :33:19.good all-round performance to date. Maybe we set the tempo in the first
:33:19. > :33:23.half when we got the goal. Maybe on Maybe we set the tempo in the first
:33:23. > :33:30.another day we could have had a couple of more. We hit the bar in
:33:30. > :33:36.the first half, there was a terrific save towards the end. Be
:33:36. > :33:42.felt fairly comfortable. Might that have been a penalty? Yes, I think
:33:42. > :33:49.the referee interpreted it in a different way. But let's not hide
:33:49. > :33:52.behind an obvious penalty decision. Over the course of the game we did
:33:52. > :33:58.not deserve anything out of the game in terms of performance. We
:33:58. > :34:03.need to pick ourselves up. Up and a today I have been pleased with what
:34:03. > :34:10.we have done. Did you expect it to go end from there? I just picked it
:34:10. > :34:16.up and I had a little bit of space, and it just seemed to open up.
:34:17. > :34:22.Robert Snodgrass was on my right and the defender came up to the
:34:22. > :34:26.ball and I fancied my chances. Yes, it would be nice. Maybe I was a bit
:34:26. > :34:31.surprised, but you have got to take them. Teams are not going to allow
:34:31. > :34:36.us to play the game that we want to on occasion, so if that is a case
:34:36. > :34:39.us to play the game that we want to we need to have a Plan B and a
:34:39. > :34:42.different string to our bow. Today it was difficult to find it. Chris
:34:42. > :34:45.Hughton gave me his thoughts after it was difficult to find it. Chris
:34:45. > :34:53.the game. Where we are at the moment, we
:34:53. > :34:58.wanted to try and get a foothold in the game early and play the game at
:34:58. > :35:04.quite a high tempo. We were able to do that. We know the style of play
:35:04. > :35:09.has changed here and we hoped we could benefit from that. But we
:35:09. > :35:13.knew it would be hard to sustain that tempo for 90 minutes. The
:35:13. > :35:18.second half became a little bit of a different game or with Stoke
:35:18. > :35:21.getting more direct. But we had some really good periods in the
:35:21. > :35:26.game of possession and we could have won by more. When you know the
:35:26. > :35:31.momentum might change in the second half and your temper might drop, at
:35:31. > :35:37.half-time is it important to prepare the players for that? To
:35:37. > :35:41.know they will have to defend? The important thing is to know how to
:35:41. > :35:46.stay calm and it is about responsibility. I always felt that
:35:46. > :35:50.even when Stoke Abbott periods that we could catch them on the counter
:35:50. > :35:55.attack and if we showed a little bit more in that Sira pass we could
:35:55. > :36:02.have made it a bit more comfortable for ourselves. Leroy Fer got man of
:36:02. > :36:06.the match. What Cassie brought to your club this season? He has got
:36:06. > :36:14.better and better. I think it takes a bit of time to settle him.
:36:14. > :36:18.Players cannot always hit it off straight away. We have to get used
:36:18. > :36:27.to them how they play and how they played before. Once we get our best
:36:27. > :36:32.11 out at any particular time, we believe we can show some of the
:36:32. > :36:36.qualities we showed today. Tony house and made scoring that goal
:36:36. > :36:38.sound very matter of fact, but there are various things we can
:36:38. > :36:52.pick up. Norwich played very well and
:36:52. > :36:57.deserved the win. Wolfswinkel worked the back four all game. It
:36:57. > :37:02.dropped to Johnny house and who does what he does best. So Stoker
:37:02. > :37:07.are very disorganised. I think Robert Huth should have been out
:37:07. > :37:14.there. He gives the line to Jonny Howson. Looking at it from this
:37:14. > :37:20.angle, you cannot even see the ball. You see Ed very late and he had no
:37:20. > :37:26.chance. I think Robert Huth should have been out there putting
:37:26. > :37:33.pressure on him. Is that the goalkeeper's view? He has done
:37:33. > :37:42.fantastic to use the defender. Did I say that? Grudgingly. It was a
:37:42. > :37:48.very odd star performance. Mark Hughes was very upset with it at
:37:48. > :37:53.the end, resigned about it. I was a bit confused as to the way stoke
:37:53. > :37:57.attacked the game. Having played for a Ma accused him, the first
:37:57. > :38:02.thing he wants you to do is to make sure that you dictate to them. They
:38:02. > :38:06.never did that to date. When they closed down Norwich it was
:38:06. > :38:10.lethargic. They are not actually saying anything to Norwich when
:38:10. > :38:15.they have had the ball. They are getting into the pocket. It was
:38:15. > :38:19.totally different to the way they closed down Manchester City. They
:38:19. > :38:23.are telling them exactly where they want them to go and they appear
:38:23. > :38:26.aggressive with their challengers. They want to make sure they put
:38:26. > :38:32.their foot in and let them know that they are in charge. Here again
:38:32. > :38:38.it is totally different. No-one is getting close to the opposition.
:38:38. > :38:43.That is not a stoker, Mark Hughes's performance, dictating to the
:38:43. > :38:48.opposition. The contrast between the Norwich game and the Manchester
:38:48. > :38:53.City game was stark. We wondered if it was a tactical instruction. We
:38:53. > :38:57.did not have to use the circle against Manchester City because
:38:57. > :39:04.there wasthere anybody because they were closing) from the front. Here,
:39:04. > :39:08.there is lots of space outside. Stoke have started the season very
:39:08. > :39:13.well, but they were poor by their standards today and they will know
:39:13. > :39:18.that. Here Kenwyne Jones was closing down from the front and
:39:18. > :39:24.getting an opportunity. That is the difference. Sometimes it is what
:39:24. > :39:28.you do without the ball. For me I thought stoke looked fatigued and
:39:28. > :39:34.tired. I do not know for whatever reason. You could see Mark Hughes
:39:34. > :39:39.was very disappointed. He said they were poor. He is clever enough to
:39:39. > :39:43.understand he cannot change them from what they were to what he
:39:43. > :39:46.wants them to be in a few months. When you are struggling, you have a
:39:46. > :39:53.go to play. We have seen that over When you are struggling, you have a
:39:53. > :39:54.the years. They get into this When you are struggling, you have a
:39:54. > :40:00.position. If you cross the ball, you might get a chance. But there
:40:00. > :40:04.are passing the ball back. I do not know what happened to them today,
:40:04. > :40:09.if they were tired, if they were confused about the tactical set up.
:40:09. > :40:16.We get a bit of a cross, but the quality is not like them. This I
:40:16. > :40:22.have to say, brace yourself... I am braced. This is stope's best chance
:40:22. > :40:26.of the game and that sums up the performance of the stage. It they
:40:26. > :40:31.of the game and that sums up the were not themselves. Is that down
:40:31. > :40:40.to trying to change their style too quickly? I think there is a big
:40:40. > :40:45.difference when you are a team like them to host Manchester City or
:40:45. > :40:50.host Norwich. You think the Norwich game is going to be easier, or you
:40:50. > :40:54.are not going to work that hard. With Manchester City you do that
:40:54. > :40:59.automatically, it is like a cup final. You put a bit of extra
:40:59. > :41:03.performance into what you are doing on the pitch. With Norwich I do not
:41:03. > :41:08.know what happened. They just looked tired. Norwich went to extra
:41:08. > :41:15.time in their cup game during the wait. You just proved my point.
:41:15. > :41:20.Let's go to the penalty. These are very honest post-match interviews.
:41:20. > :41:26.Sturridge said he would not hide behind this. Fair play to him, but
:41:26. > :41:34.the referee's position is blocked. I am not sure the referee assistant
:41:34. > :41:39.can see that. Kenwyne Jones accentuates ed. He is making sure
:41:39. > :41:46.officials see that somebody has got hold of him in the box. For me that
:41:46. > :41:52.is an absolute penalty. This is what I am like, I agree with your.
:41:52. > :41:58.Whichever Union it is, goalkeepers or strikers, I do not care. Leroy
:41:58. > :42:03.Fer is a lucky boy because at this point he had already been booked.
:42:03. > :42:08.If he had given the penalty, he would have been off. He was the man
:42:08. > :42:18.of the match. It could have changed the game, because as we know goals
:42:18. > :42:21.change games. On what was a day of honesty Leroy Fer admitted he
:42:21. > :42:25.committed the foul in the same way Daniel Sturridge admitted it came
:42:25. > :42:40.off his arm in the Liverpool goal against Sunderland.
:42:41. > :42:48.Let's look back at Saturday's games with struggling Fulham at home to
:42:48. > :42:53.Cardiff. It was disappointment for a fallen yet again. First of all
:42:53. > :43:00.they lose Scott Parker after seven minutes. He signalled he had to go
:43:00. > :43:05.off. Stephen Cocker put Malky Mackay's side ahead. They had other
:43:05. > :43:13.chances, Ben Turner seeing a header saved. That was a good header from
:43:13. > :43:20.Stephen. It was. He has been a great signing for a them, coming in
:43:20. > :43:26.from Spurs. Cardiff have had a fantastic start. Bryan Ruiz came on
:43:26. > :43:32.before the end of the first half and just four minutes later he got
:43:32. > :43:39.the equaliser. It is a beautiful finish. It is. This is what he has
:43:39. > :43:43.been brought in for. He scores goals. It is a mystery to me that
:43:43. > :43:48.been brought in for. He scores Fulham are struggling in that
:43:48. > :43:54.department. But they are. Do either of you worry that they have him,
:43:54. > :43:55.they have bred a tough, they have Adel Taarabt, there is creativity
:43:55. > :44:17.there. It is all about the balance. The problem for Fulham is that they
:44:17. > :44:22.are conceding goals. They have conceded a game in the last -- goal
:44:22. > :44:29.in the last and most of the last four games. This is about
:44:29. > :44:32.confidence? If you do not concede those goals, it makes a massive
:44:32. > :44:38.difference to how the league table looks for them. I am not worrying
:44:38. > :44:44.about whether they are going to go down, but do you worry for them? I
:44:44. > :44:48.think the quality is there, and I think that he is the right guy to
:44:49. > :44:54.manage the club. He's a very safe pair of hands. The problem that
:44:54. > :45:01.Fulham have is not, for me, going backwards, it is taking the next
:45:01. > :45:06.step. Fulham will struggle to get into the next sort of level of the
:45:06. > :45:10.Premier League. I do not see Fulham getting into trouble. This is just
:45:10. > :45:14.about the beginning of a Premier League season. If the new owners
:45:14. > :45:25.keep their cool and keep Martin Jol, I think they will be OK. More of
:45:25. > :45:31.Saturday's games now as the West Midlands celebrated a double over
:45:31. > :45:34.Manchester. West Brom arrived at Old Trafford seeking a first agree there
:45:34. > :45:42.at 1978 when Jason's uncle several Trafford seeking a first agree there
:45:42. > :45:57.played a starring role. -- Uncle Cyril.
:45:57. > :46:06.Manchester United's left back is well down field, and Amalfitano is
:46:07. > :46:10.in here, and scores, delicately. And we asked from a charred being lead
:46:10. > :46:16.at Manchester United with 53 minutes gone, United caught out after
:46:16. > :46:22.attacking down the left-hand side, the full-back went forward, did not
:46:22. > :46:33.get back, and there was little cover and didn't he take the gold well? --
:46:33. > :46:34.the goal. The equaliser, and Manchester United are back in the
:46:34. > :46:45.game at 1-1. Amalfitano with a delicate touch,
:46:45. > :46:48.and Berahino, brilliant goal from West Brom, the new kid on the block
:46:48. > :47:02.for the Baggies strikes once more. Nani, crusty Marouane Fellaini, he
:47:02. > :47:11.is onside, but Simon Long raises his flag. Was it correct? He is ahead of
:47:11. > :47:18.the pass. In a lonely Place at the moment. A game of two halves, goals
:47:18. > :47:25.win games. Aston Villa against Manchester City proved that these
:47:25. > :47:35.are truths as well as cliches in football. Vincent Kompany was on the
:47:35. > :47:36.near post, and Manchester City take the lead from Yaya Toure, the top
:47:36. > :47:56.scorer. Delph. Spreads that wide to Bacuna.
:47:57. > :48:03.And he has found LR muddy. -- El Ahmady. Was he offside? That will be
:48:03. > :48:07.the big question raised by Manchester City. If the player is
:48:07. > :48:15.just about level you have to give the advantage to the attacker. Edin
:48:15. > :48:22.Dzeko scores. He makes it 2-1, the Manchester City. Samir Nasri
:48:22. > :48:25.swinging in the corner, it comes off a shoulder, it comes off his back,
:48:25. > :48:32.in actual fact, from that angle, Edin Dzeko.
:48:32. > :48:47.Bacuna! He has got it, he has scored, with his first goal for
:48:47. > :48:57.Aston Villa, and what a goal! He curled that beautifully. Andreas
:48:57. > :49:03.Weimann is through the city defence, and it is going to be 3-2, Aston
:49:04. > :49:10.Villa, yes it is! It was a long kick by Brad Guzan, two defenders left
:49:10. > :49:17.chasing Andreas Weimann, never looking like getting there. Were
:49:17. > :49:19.they looking for the offside flag? Andreas Weimann was not asking
:49:19. > :49:25.questions, he slipped the ball through and it ran over the line.
:49:25. > :49:29.The Manchester clubs have been debated all day and yesterday
:49:29. > :49:36.evening, so let's have some praise to West Bromwich and Aston Villa.
:49:36. > :49:43.You look at Aston Villa doing that without Christian Benteke and Gabby
:49:43. > :49:49.Agbonlahor. And West Bromwich Old Trafford with the belief that they
:49:49. > :49:52.could win the game. They said we could dominate possession. They did
:49:52. > :50:03.that fantastically well. They deserve the result. I am not talking
:50:03. > :50:13.about Manchester United! You just sit, that's tough! Bacuna. That
:50:13. > :50:15.celebration straight after, with the manager. That tells me something.
:50:15. > :50:24.Aston Villa will be a force in a manager. That tells me something.
:50:24. > :50:32.couple of years. You can go back to sulking now! Before this London
:50:32. > :50:37.derby everyone was looking for confrontation off the pitch between
:50:37. > :50:51.two Portuguese managers, but the real drama happened on it. Eriksson
:50:51. > :50:58.nicely away from Lampard. And again, 1-0, Tottenham. Gylfi Sigurdsson tuk
:50:58. > :51:06.tuk beyond Petr Cech to give top of the lead. -- tucks it beyond.
:51:06. > :51:14.Jan Vertonghen is furious with Fernando Torres. And it is a yellow
:51:14. > :51:21.card. That is not very civilised from Fernando Torres. It is a chance
:51:21. > :51:28.for Juan Mata to deliver. And John Terry with a header makes it 1-1.
:51:28. > :51:45.Juan Mata provided it. John Terry scores it. Juan Mata comes up comes.
:51:45. > :51:48.-- trumps. Fernando Torres and Jan Vertonghen are both down, they are
:51:48. > :51:59.both hurt. Fernando Torres launched in self. And crunched into Jan
:51:59. > :52:05.Vertonghen. And Mike Dean has sent off Fernando Torres. With both
:52:05. > :52:10.Manchester clubs and London rivals or dropping points, Arsenal had the
:52:10. > :52:23.chance to go clear at the top of the Premier League at Swansea.
:52:23. > :52:37.Ozil will find a pass if there's one on. And Gnabry! He has scored his
:52:37. > :52:44.first Premier League goal. What a confident finish that was. Jack
:52:44. > :52:48.Wilshere wanted it. He goes in strongly on Jonathan de Guzman. And
:52:49. > :52:54.Aaron Ramsey, they are trying to walk it in, they can do that,
:52:54. > :53:00.Arsenal, and they have done it. Aaron Ramsey with another goal. You
:53:00. > :53:07.just wondered who was going to finally take it on. Two backheels, a
:53:07. > :53:11.great change of direction from Aaron Ramsey, and a thumping finish, from
:53:11. > :53:16.a player who is in the form of his life.
:53:16. > :53:24.Wilfred Bony with the ball back to him, to Ben Davies, and it was
:53:24. > :53:30.beautifully flicked back by Wilfred Bony. Last weekend Hull City had
:53:31. > :53:35.Steve Bruce dancing with joy after winning at Newcastle, and at home to
:53:36. > :53:46.West Ham, they were going for three victories out of six.
:53:46. > :53:57.Brady went down under the challenge, and Kevin friend has pointed to the
:53:57. > :54:00.spot. My first viewing of that, I thought that Robbie Brady had made
:54:00. > :54:06.too much of it. He sends him the wrong way. West Ham and Sam
:54:06. > :54:10.Allardyce unhappy at the awarding of the spot kick. That is Hello.
:54:10. > :54:15.Allardyce unhappy at the awarding of Welcome to the programme. Jarvis, it
:54:15. > :54:23.is inviting. Was it over the line? No, it was not. It was very close
:54:24. > :54:28.but it was not over the line. Ricardo Vaz Te, and once more, and
:54:28. > :54:33.there are appeals for handball against.
:54:33. > :54:40.Ian Holloway was back in the dugout this weekend having served his
:54:40. > :54:45.touchline ban. He came dressed for the occasion as Crystal Palace went
:54:45. > :54:55.to sap the National went to high-flying Southampton. -- went to
:54:55. > :55:00.high-flying Southampton. Pablo Osvaldo has Ricky Lambert three, but
:55:00. > :55:06.he goes the goal himself, and gets his first goal for Southampton. The
:55:06. > :55:12.shop had enough ace and power to beat the despairing dive of Julian
:55:12. > :55:19.Speroni. It is Ricky Lambert for Southampton and it is 2-0. Julian
:55:19. > :55:22.Speroni, left clutching thin air, and Ricky Lambert registers his
:55:22. > :55:31.league goal, number 200. One of the things that has been
:55:31. > :55:35.levelled at Arsenal in the past is that they do not have strength in
:55:35. > :55:42.depth, but missing lots of players, and still top of the table. They are
:55:42. > :55:47.looking strong. They have got Mesut Ozil coming in. Aaron Ramsey looking
:55:47. > :55:51.like someone who is going to go to the next level, in terms of his
:55:51. > :55:55.game. He has got over that horrible injury and added Dorsey 's
:55:55. > :55:59.performance can, driving with the ball, adding more maturity, and
:55:59. > :56:09.Arsenal have got a genuine chance to win the league. And Olivier Giroud
:56:09. > :56:13.is a top striker. People underestimate how it has left room
:56:14. > :56:16.for Aaron Ramsey to get a new position within the dressing room
:56:16. > :56:21.and he has taken that responsibility upon himself. That is what that we
:56:21. > :56:31.and he has taken that responsibility wrote has done. -- that clearout.
:56:31. > :56:38.They are one of your title favourites? Yes, Mesut Ozil, adding
:56:38. > :56:40.his quality and his goals, once he finds his feet, Arsenal are looking
:56:40. > :57:00.very strong at the moment. And here's how the table looks.
:57:00. > :57:02.In-form Arsenal are two points clear, having won every game since
:57:03. > :57:06.their opening-day defeat against Aston Villa. Liverpool and Spurs are
:57:06. > :57:09.below them, both on 13 points. Everton will replace Chelsea in
:57:09. > :57:12.fourth if they beat Newcastle on Monday night. What a season for Hull
:57:12. > :57:16.so far - they're seventh. Sunderland remain rock bottom - still without a
:57:16. > :57:19.win. Crystal Palace, Fulham and West Ham have only tasted victory once
:57:19. > :57:23.this season. But it's Manchester United who really catch the eye in
:57:23. > :57:30.12th. Time for two Good, two Bad. If at first you do not succeed, then
:57:30. > :57:35.try, try and try again. And the same theory applies to Jordon Mutch as
:57:35. > :57:39.well as it does to Brad Guzan. He missed that one, and scored a
:57:39. > :57:51.cracker to secure all three points for Cardiff. Not a great deal we can
:57:51. > :58:04.say about that. It is just bad. Corrie's Curly there, Not looking
:58:04. > :58:15.very impressed at Old Trafford. You kept going. You kept going. Yes, we
:58:15. > :58:18.kept going. That's it for another weekend full of goals, shocks and
:58:18. > :58:20.incident. We the fans definitely feel it, most players feel it but it
:58:20. > :58:22.is the managers who feel it more