:01:04. > :01:12.the great escape tunnel looks a creaky and dangerous place this time
:01:13. > :01:19.around. It is a long road ahead as far as Fulham are concerned. They
:01:20. > :01:37.are playing some really good football. Spurs will still hang on
:01:38. > :01:47.to hopes of fourth place. His team are right in this title make 's.
:01:48. > :01:52.Everything to play for most definitely and you will see how it
:01:53. > :01:56.all plays out over the next hour with Mark Lawrenson, Michael Owen,
:01:57. > :01:59.and the Independent's Sam Wallace. And after a good day for Liverpool
:02:00. > :02:06.yesterday, could they capitalise today and go top of the Premier
:02:07. > :02:09.League. To the Anfield faithful, Brendan
:02:10. > :02:16.Rodgers' men are already heroes but super hero status awaits. There is
:02:17. > :02:23.no doubt we are on the right road to winning a title. We are going to try
:02:24. > :02:27.and score -- spoiled the party. Steven Gerrard scores. For Spurs to
:02:28. > :02:33.pull off a shock at Anfield, their talented team will have to
:02:34. > :02:42.rediscover their special powers. Watching this one, Steve Wilson.
:02:43. > :02:52.There is definitely something in the Anfield air. Excitements, anxiety,
:02:53. > :02:58.expectation. Maybe destiny, maybe all of the above. Liverpool have won
:02:59. > :03:02.all of their last seven games, if they win their next seven, they will
:03:03. > :03:08.win the Premier League. Manchester City can say the same thing. Spurs
:03:09. > :03:13.will probably feel if they lose here today than the top four is probably
:03:14. > :03:18.out of reach. Liverpool make one change which just about edged out
:03:19. > :03:25.Sunderland in the end. It looks like the midfield diamond has gone in
:03:26. > :03:32.favour of which and pays. Steven Gerrard is our nine yellow cards,
:03:33. > :03:36.one booking away from a ban. Sigurdsson, whose last-minute goal
:03:37. > :03:54.completed the comeback win over Southampton replaces Mousa Dembele
:03:55. > :04:04.in midfield. Liverpool's shirts say, " seeing is believing". It is a
:04:05. > :04:16.charitable message. Johnson getting forward. It is an own goal off
:04:17. > :04:24.Capoue. Liverpool in front inside two minutes. It is the Tottenham
:04:25. > :04:38.captain with the own goal. The dream start for Brendan Rodgers. First
:04:39. > :04:45.attack of the game. Tottenham were unfortunate. Through the legs of one
:04:46. > :04:56.defender and after legs of the other. Tim Sherwood watching from
:04:57. > :05:08.the director's bop 's. Luis Suarez. Sturridge in the middle. It was just
:05:09. > :05:16.too high. Only a whisker. Liverpool have now scored 12 more goals in the
:05:17. > :05:19.first half of their matches bounced Tottenham outscored in all 90
:05:20. > :05:44.minutes of their matches this season. Agger with the clearance.
:05:45. > :05:50.Dawson's backpass. Suarez scores! A Liverpool goal entirely of
:05:51. > :05:55.Tottenham's own making. He has only just come on, Michael Dawson and he
:05:56. > :06:05.is caught out. Gerrard with the forward ball. Dawson into Kaboul,
:06:06. > :06:13.could not control it. The angle wasn't easy. Luis Suarez makes it
:06:14. > :06:29.20-macaro to Liverpool. With his 29th goal of the season. Not what he
:06:30. > :07:00.needed, maybe what he feared. Tremendous block by skirt tell. --
:07:01. > :07:08.Skrtel. Court I Sterling. Suarez! Fantastic save. The referee looked
:07:09. > :07:17.at his watch and the technology said no goal. This was almost a third.
:07:18. > :07:24.Tottenham Court in possession. Raheem Sterling, Suarez onto it. It
:07:25. > :07:33.was a tremendous save. He got some real power on the header. Clearly
:07:34. > :07:39.not a goal. Tottenham will be hoping to avoid the kind of capitulation
:07:40. > :07:48.they suffered at the hands of Manchester City, 6-0. 5-1 and 4-0
:07:49. > :07:56.against Chelsea. It is important they don't end up on the end of a
:07:57. > :08:02.hammering. Sturridge found Henderson, who missed. Misses the
:08:03. > :08:13.chance to do the game out of Tottenham's reach. Into the path of
:08:14. > :08:18.Henderson. He may not have been expecting it but he should have
:08:19. > :08:21.converted it. Jordan Henderson has had an outstanding season but
:08:22. > :08:29.goal-scoring is not the top of his list of attributes. He might argue
:08:30. > :08:52.Raheem Sterling should have put it away himself when he had the chance.
:08:53. > :09:02.3-0! Philippe Coutinho. Liverpool were aware that at 20-macaro they
:09:03. > :09:22.would be vulnerable but at 3-0, they will be safe. Big celebration around
:09:23. > :09:29.Anfield. Surely Liverpool have this one down and six more to go for the
:09:30. > :09:34.title. This is the 18th time they have scored three goals or more. If
:09:35. > :09:41.they score a fourth today, it would be a Premier League record, 11 time
:09:42. > :09:52.a team has scored four or more in a game. Great save by Lloris again.
:09:53. > :09:59.You have got to give it to the Tottenham keeper. Defensively,
:10:00. > :10:10.Tottenham have created all manner of trouble for themselves.
:10:11. > :10:25.Fouled by Townsend. Liverpool free kick. Jordan Henderson to take
:10:26. > :10:37.this. About six redshirts in there for Liverpool. Driven in, Suarez!
:10:38. > :10:44.4-0. It might have gone straight in. He has given it to Henderson. Jordan
:10:45. > :10:53.Henderson will take that, especially after the one he missed earlier. It
:10:54. > :10:59.is a Premier League record broken. Henderson's free kick. Through the
:11:00. > :11:21.crowd without anyone getting a touch, it would seem. That was a
:11:22. > :11:28.chance that shabbily. Daniel Agger with the block. -- Nacer Chadli. Tim
:11:29. > :11:56.Sherwood watching on. Townsend into Eriksen. Nicolette
:11:57. > :12:13.with the save. Keeping his clean sheet in tact. It was going in, it
:12:14. > :12:20.was a good save. The final whistle means Liverpool are top of the
:12:21. > :12:26.Premier League. Six games to play, six to win, and if they do, no one
:12:27. > :12:33.can deny them. You know that for the first time, if Liverpool win their
:12:34. > :12:40.games, you win the league? We will concentrate on the next game, and
:12:41. > :12:44.the next game is West Ham. Against the top four sides, you have
:12:45. > :12:49.suffered some heavy defeats, are they getting better in those games
:12:50. > :12:54.or not? No, it does not appear that way. We have to look at that. It
:12:55. > :13:01.might be the case these teams are better than us. It looks like they
:13:02. > :13:07.are, but if you are looking upwards, you need to take points from teams
:13:08. > :13:12.who are above you. This is probably one of the best squads I have been
:13:13. > :13:17.involved in. We have some great players and we are getting the job
:13:18. > :13:24.done. You won the league here, do you make them favourites now? I
:13:25. > :13:29.don't know about favourites, I think I will so go for Manchester City but
:13:30. > :13:32.with a strike partnership with the likes of Sterling he was a threat
:13:33. > :13:39.all afternoon, if they can stop conceding goals, I know they did
:13:40. > :13:42.today, but it gives them a chance. We have played a number of systems
:13:43. > :13:49.this season and I am thankful the players have taken on the ideas and
:13:50. > :13:55.have the flexibility. We have played with a diamond, today we played with
:13:56. > :14:02.two strikers through the middle and one offset, Sterling, and he was
:14:03. > :14:09.fantastic. We have flexibility, which is important. That is what we
:14:10. > :14:18.are trying to develop, not just for one season. Let's concentrate on the
:14:19. > :14:23.manager and his systems. Do you think, Michael, he is the most tact
:14:24. > :14:28.to cleave versatile manager in the Premier League? I do, I think he is
:14:29. > :14:33.fantastic. Certainly in the midfield area. I think there is two things
:14:34. > :14:38.with Brendan Rodgers I have been bowled over with. The first is
:14:39. > :14:43.playing two strikers, not many of the modern managers are brave
:14:44. > :14:49.enough. The ones who are cannot make it work. How he plays Sturridge and
:14:50. > :14:56.Suarez in the same team, getting the best out of them, both score goals,
:14:57. > :15:02.both create goals. The other thing is Steven Gerrard. He has been a
:15:03. > :15:05.phenomenon, he is brilliant. He has almost been too good to play in the
:15:06. > :15:11.midfield. It is an easy position to play. He has been so good, it is
:15:12. > :15:17.hard to pin him down into one position. Now he is getting a bit
:15:18. > :15:20.older, his legs are starting to go a bit, now he can play in that
:15:21. > :15:27.position for a few years and dictate The Games. That subtlety of bringing
:15:28. > :15:32.him back in that position has been a masterstroke for me.
:15:33. > :15:47.He will have learnt from Mourinho as well. Today, there was a subtle
:15:48. > :15:53.change. It was the most attacking team. Both fullbacks, there were
:15:54. > :15:59.times today where Steven Gerrard was sometimes playing in the back three.
:16:00. > :16:08.Michael is right. He has always been a great passer. Now he has loads of
:16:09. > :16:15.time. He destroys teams. It is the pace, movement, and they score
:16:16. > :16:22.goals. If there is one criticism, because he was so good, he didn't
:16:23. > :16:30.have great discipline. People would talk about Lampard and Gerrard could
:16:31. > :16:35.never play together. With so much going forward, no one wanted to sit
:16:36. > :16:42.in the holding midfield which takes patients. And sacrifice. Now he has
:16:43. > :16:54.lost that power of going forward, now it is a breeze. He could play
:16:55. > :16:59.there for another three years. Having been at Anfield today, did
:17:00. > :17:05.you sent the crowd believed the momentum is with Liverpool. It is an
:17:06. > :17:12.amazing time, they have waited so long. You could sense there was
:17:13. > :17:18.something different. Funnily enough, at the end, with the press
:17:19. > :17:25.conference, without being asked, he knew the first question would be,
:17:26. > :17:32.can you now when? Everyone in that stadium was convinced they will win.
:17:33. > :17:38.The contrast between Brendan Rodgers and Tim Sherwood, in post match
:17:39. > :17:46.interviews. Rumours have flown around Tim Sherwood was involved in
:17:47. > :17:50.an instant with a Spurs player. That is my understanding. It will not be
:17:51. > :17:59.in my newspaper tomorrow. He has been chased by a lot of newspapers.
:18:00. > :18:07.The other thing to home Sherwood has had criticism for is he spent most
:18:08. > :18:13.of the game in the directors's box and not the technical area. This was
:18:14. > :18:18.his explanation. I made the decision to stay up there
:18:19. > :18:23.today, I would learn a lot more by sitting up there. I didn't think I
:18:24. > :18:28.could influence it coming down. There was too much of a gap between
:18:29. > :18:35.the two teams. It was about me learning and using that time for the
:18:36. > :18:39.future. And to see what needs to be addressed, I learned a lot up there
:18:40. > :18:50.today. The question is, what will he have learned? A better view. The
:18:51. > :18:51.defending was inept, from the first minute. The mess they got themselves
:18:52. > :19:04.in. This is the first thing. You are
:19:05. > :19:13.Rose, left back, you have to get close. Johnson is at the top of the
:19:14. > :19:18.screen, we know he will run in and overlap around Stirling. Eriksen
:19:19. > :19:22.does not want to play left centre midfield. The most simple of goals,
:19:23. > :19:31.but the Tottenham, that was avoidable. Dawson here. Suarez, he
:19:32. > :19:39.can't score from there. He shouldn't score from there at all. He does
:19:40. > :19:46.well, he gets across Dawson. He shouldn't be scoring from that
:19:47. > :19:52.angle. Right in the corner. This is a self-destruct. Playing from the
:19:53. > :19:56.back. In the end, a fantastic save. Suarez should have scored. As soon
:19:57. > :20:03.as he played that ball, Stirling, you know where he is going. Around
:20:04. > :20:09.the corner. He blows the two defenders away. Henderson couldn't
:20:10. > :20:15.get the ball in the end. It was simple stuff.
:20:16. > :20:22.Do you think Tim Sherwood was let down by his players? Sometimes, you
:20:23. > :20:28.look at a team and you think, they are brave reflection of the manager.
:20:29. > :20:32.He is fiery, he wants to win. It was chalk and cheese today. The players
:20:33. > :20:40.were really poor, they didn't put in any effort. Would you provide Tim
:20:41. > :20:46.Sherwood down? As a manager you get a better view. I would do the first
:20:47. > :20:52.half in that position, then come down. Protection is a big thing, the
:20:53. > :20:58.fans want you to be shouting. Second half, he should have come down. If
:20:59. > :21:03.you are getting beaten, you need to be at the Cole face, and are chasing
:21:04. > :21:08.players. Lloris was easily the best player. The other ten were shameful.
:21:09. > :21:14.I wondered what you were going to say, never pause! You spent time
:21:15. > :21:21.with Tim Sherwood, did you find him a man who is finding this tough? Not
:21:22. > :21:27.at all. He is happy to have the opportunity. In the media, we blame
:21:28. > :21:32.managers are not saying what is on their mind, saying the right thing
:21:33. > :21:37.as opposed to the truth. You can't be completely honest about
:21:38. > :21:44.everything. I think a lot of other reporters respect the way he doesn't
:21:45. > :21:51.try, it is as he sees it. No doubt, the headlines in the newspapers, you
:21:52. > :21:57.can see them here, focusing on Suarez, the same photo. The same
:21:58. > :22:06.picture in the express newspaper. Next to Craven Cottage, with Everton
:22:07. > :22:09.trying to keep up the pressure on Arsenal, in the race fourth, and
:22:10. > :22:16.Fulham just trying stay up. John Motson was at this one.
:22:17. > :22:24.After last night's drawer, Everton are seven points behind Arsenal in
:22:25. > :22:28.the battle for fourth place. This is the first of their two games in
:22:29. > :22:33.hand. Next weekend, they play the Gunners at Goodison Park. As for
:22:34. > :22:40.Fulham, this is the first of the four remaining home games their
:22:41. > :22:44.coach says they need to win, to avoid relegation. The others are
:22:45. > :22:52.against Norwich, Hull and Crystal Palace. Heitinga moves to centre
:22:53. > :22:56.back. Dembele, no relation to the former Fulham player now at
:22:57. > :23:03.Tottenham, starts for the first time up front. Everton are unchanged from
:23:04. > :23:06.the team at Newcastle mid week. Roy Hodgson is back at his old club
:23:07. > :23:13.presumably keeping an eye on Barkley. Roberto Martinez here,
:23:14. > :23:19.tilting at European football next season with Everton.
:23:20. > :23:24.Fulham are in the white shirts and dark shorts. The only victory they
:23:25. > :23:32.have had in their last 11 games was here against Newcastle. Richardson
:23:33. > :23:39.for Fulham. Now, John Arne Riise. Richardson couldn't quite make out.
:23:40. > :23:41.Holtby, on loan from Spurs, actually scored against Fulham earlier in the
:23:42. > :23:51.season. Fulham have got to be careful, they
:23:52. > :23:56.have a lot of players committed to attack but it may work for them.
:23:57. > :24:04.Sidwell went in. Richardson... A corner again. That was a flurry from
:24:05. > :24:17.Fulham. It could have really gone anywhere. Heitinga, making a run.
:24:18. > :24:21.And Hangeland as well. It was Kasami who got the last touch. I think the
:24:22. > :24:30.ball was already out when Kasami put his head to it. You could argue this
:24:31. > :24:35.is the hardest of the four home games Fulham have got to play. In
:24:36. > :24:42.this relegation battle. It tends to go to the last day. Holtby, and
:24:43. > :24:50.there went Dembele again, finding position. Richardson, well found.
:24:51. > :24:55.Good save by Tim Howard. John Arne Riise. And, away by Barry. Fulham
:24:56. > :25:04.manoeuvred a good opportunity. On the other hand, on the break, it is
:25:05. > :25:13.Deulofeu. Goodness, both goalkeepers saving with their feet. There have
:25:14. > :25:19.been chances. Richardson was set up by Dembele, left foot by Howard.
:25:20. > :25:35.Sidwell, Rees macro holding the play on the left-hand side. -- Riise. A
:25:36. > :25:40.decent cross. Holtby, and turned over by Howard. That was as close as
:25:41. > :25:46.we have come, and it was Holtby for Fulham coming in on the far post, a
:25:47. > :25:54.good tip over by Howard, not much gets passed in these days. Warming
:25:55. > :26:04.up towards half-time. Holtby. John Arne Riise. Holtby wants it back in
:26:05. > :26:11.the middle. And he has got it. It was cold in. And Dembele, that was
:26:12. > :26:20.an opportunity for the newcomer -- curled in. No, it wasn't offside. A
:26:21. > :26:27.little bit of encouragement, at half time. The 17-year-old may feel that
:26:28. > :26:30.could have been his moment. Naismith is on for Everton at the start of
:26:31. > :26:33.the second half, he has replaced Barkley.
:26:34. > :26:36.There is a lot at stake at Craven cottage. Stones.
:26:37. > :26:42.Deulofeu. A challenge by John Arne Riise. This
:26:43. > :26:58.will be an Everton corner. Lukaku was in there. And it has gone
:26:59. > :27:06.in! The substitute, Naismith, makes an immediate impact for Everton. He
:27:07. > :27:10.struck it and somehow it diverted past Stockdale, and Everton have
:27:11. > :27:15.believed. That came back to Naismith who deliberately hung back at the
:27:16. > :27:23.edge of the area. His shot was deflected. First of all... Certainly
:27:24. > :27:28.by and out of place goalkeeper, who must think, oh, dear, it will
:27:29. > :27:32.probably go down in the end as an own goal. Fulham are in a heap of
:27:33. > :27:36.trouble. Deulofeu down the centre of the
:27:37. > :27:43.pitch, taking on John Arne Riise, he has support. He may not need it.
:27:44. > :27:45.Still Deulofeu. One bad touch. Otherwise he could have been on for
:27:46. > :28:00.a great individual goal. Lukaku for Everton. Almost finding
:28:01. > :28:10.their way through, he may still. But his right foot out to block it.
:28:11. > :28:12.There are a must win games, and must not lose games, this falls into the
:28:13. > :28:31.latter category. Holtby. Oh, what a goal by did Jack, just
:28:32. > :28:38.what was needed. The substitute strikes, with 20 minutes to go. The
:28:39. > :28:42.Rose himself -- himself into the arms of the bench. A stunning moment
:28:43. > :28:50.in an otherwise fairly ordinary afternoon. He cut inside. And he
:28:51. > :28:54.beat Tim Howard, what a good effort. Fulham are level. They
:28:55. > :29:00.Jagger got the winner against Newcastle here, and he has scored
:29:01. > :29:06.another vital goal. That has changed it.
:29:07. > :29:18.Did Jagger is full of it at the moment. Nicely to Sidwell. Kasami is
:29:19. > :29:24.inside him. That is a yellow card for Baines for a foul. 75 minutes
:29:25. > :29:33.gone at Craven cottage. Is there redemption for Fulham? Heitinga has
:29:34. > :29:45.gone up. Heitinga! So close. So was Dembele. Goodness.
:29:46. > :30:24.Johnny Heitinga so nearly put his team in front. Fulham are full of it
:30:25. > :30:32.at the moment and Dejagah is part of it. The manager had reason to think
:30:33. > :30:51.Fulham were back in it. Johnny Heitinga almost put them in front.
:30:52. > :31:05.Kevin morale is. He has scored. Fulham are behind again. Mirallas
:31:06. > :31:13.just sneaks in on Riise. Tucks it away nicely at the near post. You
:31:14. > :31:25.bring on as substitute who plays the through ball and the substitute who
:31:26. > :31:32.came on before him finished it off. Aiden McGeady trying to find
:31:33. > :31:46.Leighton Baines. That was doing too much. That was a good save by
:31:47. > :31:51.Stockdale. The flag stayed down. If you are going to blame him for the
:31:52. > :32:07.first Everton goal, you have two credit him for this. Fulham, looking
:32:08. > :32:16.hopefully towards staying in the Premier League. Always a purpose
:32:17. > :32:24.about Everton's football. They have broken away again. That is a tricky
:32:25. > :32:29.challenge. Naismith! It would not have mattered if it was a penalty or
:32:30. > :32:34.not because Naismith has put the ball in the back of the net. I
:32:35. > :32:39.thought there was a call for a penalty just leading up to that. It
:32:40. > :32:46.won't matter now because Naismith has made it 3-1 to Everton.
:32:47. > :32:52.Naismith, who has so often come on as a substitute and made an
:32:53. > :33:03.impression, has done so again. The ball ran on and I am afraid Fulham
:33:04. > :33:11.are now staring relegation in the face. You have to give huge credit
:33:12. > :33:15.to the performance of Fulham. They made it difficult and stopped us
:33:16. > :33:24.from playing. We found it a difficult game. Do you feel now you
:33:25. > :33:33.are relegated? No, not relegated, but we feel very disappointed. We
:33:34. > :33:36.played a very good game and everybody wanted to avoid relegation
:33:37. > :33:43.and it was a very important game today, but we lost. Very
:33:44. > :33:51.disappointed. Watching the first half, it was a bit flat. When I came
:33:52. > :33:57.on, the manager wanted me to exploit some pockets in the back for. It was
:33:58. > :34:05.nice to contribute and score one as well. To get European qualification
:34:06. > :34:13.would be an incredible achievement for the players. The theme tonight
:34:14. > :34:18.is where you watch the game from. Steven Naismith saying he saw in the
:34:19. > :34:23.first half there were pockets of space he could exploit. Hold the
:34:24. > :34:28.back pages, footballer working out where he can play. He has come on
:34:29. > :34:36.quite a lot in this season. He came on in the Number ten role, he was
:34:37. > :34:41.fantastic. When you see him, the amount, this is what he is talking
:34:42. > :34:48.about. If you play in that position you have got to have an influence.
:34:49. > :34:53.When the ball comes to you, you have got to do a lot with it. Minimum
:34:54. > :34:59.amount of touches as well, the majority of the time. Gets a goal as
:35:00. > :35:04.well, which is important. Suddenly decides to back away from everybody
:35:05. > :35:10.as if he knew the ball was going to be headed out to him. Got himself a
:35:11. > :35:17.space. Lovely little ball. Just keeping the move going and flowing.
:35:18. > :35:23.Talking about space again. What a fantastic ball. Sensational. Nathan
:35:24. > :35:30.Baines should have done better with that. In the second half, his
:35:31. > :35:36.movement always, he read the game. He should probably have scored
:35:37. > :35:42.there. Should Fulham have cottoned on to how he was finding the space?
:35:43. > :35:46.In the second half, they could not cottoned on to anything, they look
:35:47. > :35:52.like a team that is about to be relegated. Look at the. If you want
:35:53. > :35:57.somebody to come on as a substitute and be involved in the game and
:35:58. > :36:06.direct the game, that was the performance. From a striker's point
:36:07. > :36:15.of view, you were impressed with Mirallas? Yes, I thought his was the
:36:16. > :36:20.pick of the goals. You have McGeady at the top. It was a long kick from
:36:21. > :36:24.Tim Howard. As a player you are looking at a few things. Sequence of
:36:25. > :36:31.thoughts going through your head. How can I make the path easier for
:36:32. > :36:36.my team-mate, is the main thing. Obviously you have Dejagah who is
:36:37. > :36:44.filling in a left back position. Then you see Mirallas taking a
:36:45. > :36:49.glance at Dejagah. Obviously he wants to stick as close as possible
:36:50. > :36:53.to give Aiden McGeady that lovely colour door, the channel to play the
:36:54. > :37:01.ball into. When he does, it has got to come with pace. The first touch,
:37:02. > :37:04.it is absolutely exquisite. I thought the finish was sensational
:37:05. > :37:11.as well, but when you look at it from that angle, it does get a bit
:37:12. > :37:17.of a deflection. He deserves the credit for his work leading up to
:37:18. > :37:24.it? He has slowed his rundown to offer the space in front and all it
:37:25. > :37:32.needed was a strong pass from Aiden McGeady, which he got. The manager
:37:33. > :37:38.needs lots of praise, Berkeley has an injury so he has put Naismith and
:37:39. > :37:44.and they have won the game. We have had a good season for enjoying
:37:45. > :37:53.English talent. We have seen another one today? Definitely. He has a few
:37:54. > :37:59.rave reviews from the Evertonians. Signed him from Barnsley. Dominic
:38:00. > :38:04.been right back. He can come out and play. Makes a mistake here, but he
:38:05. > :38:11.has got pace. If he does make a mistake, he can recover. Great on
:38:12. > :38:16.the ball, looks very comfortable. A fantastic pass. This is the thing,
:38:17. > :38:23.he came out from centre back. Joins in the play. AIK can show you about
:38:24. > :38:28.ten incidents like this. When you get a player who comes out from the
:38:29. > :38:36.back and commits the opposition midfield, makes it easier. And has
:38:37. > :38:42.the confidence to keep going? He looks a real find. You have been
:38:43. > :38:49.trying to find a pattern to Fulham's team selections? Dembele,
:38:50. > :38:56.who has caught people 's eye, and he has been talked about being another
:38:57. > :39:07.good player. When you think about to when he took over, Tunnicliffe
:39:08. > :39:17.played at Old Trafford, and then was shipped out almost immediately.
:39:18. > :39:27.Today he threw in a lot of Young players in. Seems to be another
:39:28. > :39:34.change of strategy. Fulham fans were calling for some of their Young
:39:35. > :39:38.academy players to be brought in. There is an interesting thing going
:39:39. > :39:42.on with Fulham. For me, they are going to go down. A bit like
:39:43. > :39:49.Southampton a few years ago, Fulham have a few good players in their
:39:50. > :39:56.youth team. They have some good players in the academy. When
:39:57. > :40:01.Southampton went down, all these players, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gareth
:40:02. > :40:06.Dale, Walcott, came through the championship and in Division 1. So
:40:07. > :40:12.going down might actually in a perverse type of way improve them.
:40:13. > :40:15.These Young kids will be given a better grounding and maybe they can
:40:16. > :40:22.come up and have a team like Southampton? On a land -- lighter
:40:23. > :40:35.note, do you think Dejagah's nickname is Mick? Oh dear. It just
:40:36. > :40:50.came to me. This is the football coming on after us.
:40:51. > :40:57.Two of yesterday's games have helped make this a very good weekend for
:40:58. > :41:00.Liverpool. London derbies have not presented
:41:01. > :41:05.too much of a problem for Chelsea this season and this was first
:41:06. > :41:06.against 17th in the table. But Palace under Pulis are no pushover
:41:07. > :41:24.especially at Selhurst Park. It is in, it is an own goal. Crystal
:41:25. > :41:38.Palace are ahead against the league leaders through an own goal.
:41:39. > :41:44.Brilliant save, what a save. It is a save that could keep Crystal Palace
:41:45. > :42:00.in the Premier League. That is one of the most important saves of the
:42:01. > :42:12.season. Cameron Jerome. It opposed. A team battling against 2-0 up
:42:13. > :42:19.against the league leaders. That is a terrible ball. Torres! He has
:42:20. > :42:25.lifted it over. He had options to get it away downfield. And the Young
:42:26. > :42:29.man very Nellie gave Torres an equaliser.
:42:30. > :42:32.Jose Mourinho had already conceded the title before Arsenal and
:42:33. > :42:33.Manchester City took the field. A huge opportunity for both at the
:42:34. > :42:58.Emirates. Off the post, the rebound is put in.
:42:59. > :43:13.Silva has scored and Manchester City have the lead. Silva started it,
:43:14. > :43:21.Silva finishes it. The goalkeeper lost it, but it rolled wide.
:43:22. > :43:46.It is in! Turned then that the equaliser by Flamini.
:43:47. > :44:12.It is all Arsenal. Blocked by Hart. So close was Lukas Podolski.
:44:13. > :44:16.Let's start with Chelsea. I you surprised Jose Mourinho has been so
:44:17. > :44:21.honest about his players and the title race? It fits in with his
:44:22. > :44:26.narrative. This is a team that is different to the one he took over
:44:27. > :44:32.from first time round. It is a side he needs to mould, it is younger.
:44:33. > :44:36.What it comes down to is the strikers. He has not had the goals
:44:37. > :44:41.from his strikers he would normally have. That was the comment he made
:44:42. > :44:48.which was recorded by the French broadcasters. That is probably the
:44:49. > :44:54.most pertinent analysis of Chelsea. But he comes out and says some of
:44:55. > :44:57.his players don't have courage, Tim Sherwood did that a month ago and
:44:58. > :45:11.all hell broke loose. It is Jose Mourinho isn't it? He has had
:45:12. > :45:17.chances to buy strikers. Aston Villa fans won't be happy with me saying
:45:18. > :45:24.it but I can't believe how an Arsenal, a Chelsea, didn't get
:45:25. > :45:29.Benteke, a powerful striker. Young, hungry, he wanted to leave Aston
:45:30. > :45:33.Villa by all accounts. He was waiting. You can only blame the
:45:34. > :45:42.managers in question, they had the opportunity. Aston Villa fans won't
:45:43. > :45:47.thank you for that. They are probably not thanking him at this
:45:48. > :45:50.moment. As you have come dressed as a Manchester City player, I assume
:45:51. > :45:52.you think they are still favourites? I do.
:45:53. > :46:00.And here are the rest of yesterday's games.
:46:01. > :46:05.Football matches don't come much better than this. But, in the final
:46:06. > :46:07.analysis, only a point gained when both these teams could do with all
:46:08. > :46:28.three. Amalfitano. The goalkeeper is off
:46:29. > :46:36.his line. And Marshall is beaten. Amalfitano, with a moment of
:46:37. > :46:44.improvisation, and sheer genius. So many Cardiff bodies are back, the
:46:45. > :46:51.flag is down. Dorrans. Inside nine minutes. What a start from the home
:46:52. > :46:57.team. Cardiff are searching for the lift
:46:58. > :47:06.they badly need. Foster is caught out. Jordon Mutch. And Cardiff have
:47:07. > :47:13.one back. In bizarre and extraordinary circumstances. Medel
:47:14. > :47:18.with the free kick, Cork got his head to it. And he had equalised.
:47:19. > :47:27.Caulker, the captain, steps up to the plate again.
:47:28. > :47:40.Berahino kept it hidden. A deflected cross. Bifouma. West Brom have won
:47:41. > :47:45.it right at the death. It is a big goal for West Brom. That is a very
:47:46. > :47:52.hard one further Cardiff and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to take. Berahino,
:47:53. > :47:58.Sessegnon and Bifouma. A disappointing ball from Berahino.
:47:59. > :48:06.The final few seconds. This is an extraordinary game. It has gone
:48:07. > :48:15.right to the death. Zaha. All the way through. Turner. Daehli! Would
:48:16. > :48:24.you believe it? With the last kick of the match, the Norwegian
:48:25. > :48:28.youngster has equalised for Cardiff. Absolutely extraordinary.
:48:29. > :48:35.This was a big match. The winner might just be able to start planning
:48:36. > :48:42.for life in the Premier League next season.
:48:43. > :48:53.De Guzman, on towards Shelvey, definitely onside. Michu, Routledge,
:48:54. > :49:00.all waiting. Bony almost got there. And the Guzman. 1-0, Swansea! Did
:49:01. > :49:08.Guzman, with his third Premier League goal of the campaign.
:49:09. > :49:18.De Guzman. Now, Bony, on towards the Guzman. Brilliant, a tremendous
:49:19. > :49:21.goal. You have to sit back and admire that. And Swansea are
:49:22. > :49:31.beginning to say to everyone in the Premier League that we are staying
:49:32. > :49:36.among the elite for another season. Shelvey, Bony. On towards Shelvey.
:49:37. > :49:42.Routledge continues his run forward. Played in by Shelvey, and
:49:43. > :49:47.he scores. That finishes it off. Another really good goal.
:49:48. > :49:52.Maybe they should fly a banner over Old Trafford every week? Because
:49:53. > :50:01.this was a spirited performance from Manchester United that finally gave
:50:02. > :50:05.the home fans something to cheer. Everybody in red back inside the
:50:06. > :50:11.Manchester United penalty area. Westwood. And it is a beautiful free
:50:12. > :50:22.kick. Aston Villa lead here, inside 13 minutes. Rafael has popped up
:50:23. > :50:29.alongside Wayne Rooney. Wayne Rooney, 1-1! They are back inside
:50:30. > :50:39.the game -- in the game. Wayne Rooney again who delivers for
:50:40. > :50:48.Manchester United. Kagawa. The timing of the movement is key. Juan
:50:49. > :50:54.Mata. It is a penalty. And a chance for Wayne Rooney to score his second
:50:55. > :50:58.goal of the match. It is a double at Old Trafford. To give Manchester
:50:59. > :51:10.United the lead here. Juan Mata. Westwood swinging his
:51:11. > :51:17.legs. Fellaini. There could be a chance. Juan Mata, his first goal
:51:18. > :51:20.for Manchester United. And it gives them a little bit of breathing
:51:21. > :51:27.space. 12 minutes into the second half.
:51:28. > :51:40.A lovely touch by Januzaj. Delph sliding in. And it is 4, Javier
:51:41. > :51:45.Fernandez complete the job. Manchester United survived an early
:51:46. > :51:47.scare, to come back and win, with room to spare.
:51:48. > :51:52.So poor were Newcastle, so good were Southampton, that this was barely a
:51:53. > :51:54.contest at St Mary's. But it was another good audition for Saints'
:51:55. > :52:09.World Cup hopefuls. The fourth official about to show us
:52:10. > :52:19.how much additional time there is. The flag stays down. Rodriguez! Set
:52:20. > :52:34.up by Rickie Lambert. Southampton finally find a way past Rob Elliott.
:52:35. > :52:41.Lallana. Taking on the defender. Rickie Lambert makes it 2-0. Goal
:52:42. > :52:51.number 11 of the season for him. A comfortable finish from the England
:52:52. > :53:01.striker. Cork. He wins the challenge. Here is Lallana. Going
:53:02. > :53:17.for goal, and what a goal! Lallana. First Rodriguez, Ben Lallana.
:53:18. > :53:22.Ramirez. -- Then Lallana. He didn't need anyone in support. Rodriguez,
:53:23. > :53:28.with his second of the afternoon. And Southampton's fourth. It is as
:53:29. > :53:30.comprehensive a victory as you are likely to see.
:53:31. > :53:36.It always looked like being tight at the Britannia, the sort of match
:53:37. > :53:37.where a moment of brilliance, or a catastrophic error, would be
:53:38. > :53:58.decisive. A chance, Odemwingie through the
:53:59. > :54:05.middle, and he scores. Deadlock is broken, Odemwingie scores the Stoke,
:54:06. > :54:12.for the third game running. Given away by Elmohamady. And Odemwingie
:54:13. > :54:18.did the rest. Cardiff have given themselves a
:54:19. > :54:23.chance. That would have been a big swing if West Brom had one. They
:54:24. > :54:30.have given themselves more of a chance. A slim chance. But I think
:54:31. > :54:34.they are down. Not being disrespectful to Ole Gunnar
:54:35. > :54:43.Solskjaer. Note obvious experience in the Premier League. It is almost
:54:44. > :54:47.impossible to keep them up. Let me rephrase that question another way,
:54:48. > :54:52.West Brom could have got themselves out of a mess if they had not
:54:53. > :54:58.conceded that late goal. They scored a late goal themselves.
:54:59. > :55:04.You get yourself high thinking you have won the game. Berahino, maybe
:55:05. > :55:11.it is in experience. It may be cost the side two points. There is a
:55:12. > :55:23.common thread. Steve Clarke, I think they were third. The way some of the
:55:24. > :55:27.clubs have been run, it is a joke. Do you think the banner at Old
:55:28. > :55:33.Trafford did David Moyes a favour? He came at three minutes before the
:55:34. > :55:41.teams came out, which gave the fans inside a chance to show how they
:55:42. > :55:49.feel. I have a problem with that. It is hard. The only opinion you
:55:50. > :55:55.represent is your own. It is hard to take the mood of a whole stadium.
:55:56. > :56:01.You have to put your identity to it, you have to confront your own fellow
:56:02. > :56:09.supporters. That banner had no name. No one is holding it. That was
:56:10. > :56:16.the issue I had. David Moyes did the dignified thing. I thought he nailed
:56:17. > :56:26.it before the game, he walked past the teams. He fronted it up and
:56:27. > :56:28.walked. The fans had a choice, and they backed him. A great move by
:56:29. > :56:34.David Moyes. Two Good Two Bad still to come, on a
:56:35. > :56:41.day that has been a very good one for both halves of Merseyside.
:56:42. > :56:48.Liverpool have scored four or more 11 times this season. That has never
:56:49. > :56:51.been done before. Naismith has made it three - one to Everton.
:56:52. > :56:59.I am afraid Fulham are now staring in really bad scene in the face.
:57:00. > :57:03.A dream weekend for Liverpool. They were the only team in the top four
:57:04. > :57:05.to take three points, with their comfortable victory over Tottenham
:57:06. > :57:08.today. Everton's win at Fulham leaves Arsenal nervously looking
:57:09. > :57:11.over their shoulder, in the race for Champions League qualification.
:57:12. > :57:15.Fulham remain rooted to the foot of the table. Sunderland will hope to
:57:16. > :57:21.turn games in hand into points when they take on West Ham tomorrow
:57:22. > :57:26.night. Roy Hodgson was welcomed back to
:57:27. > :57:33.Craven cottage although one Everton Fulham player has hammered his
:57:34. > :57:41.chances of going to the World Cup. This week's breviary falling over is
:57:42. > :57:45.Michael Oliver. -- referee. Depending on your point of view, a
:57:46. > :57:51.John Terry own goal is either good or bad.
:57:52. > :57:58.The Goal of the Week end may, if he meant it, from Amalfitano of West
:57:59. > :58:06.Brom. Did he mean it? You are nodding. The worst banner of the
:58:07. > :58:11.weekend is there. It obviously inspired Dean Jagger, as he scored
:58:12. > :58:18.one of the goals of the weekend. So, we have Liverpool on top of the
:58:19. > :58:22.Premier League at the end of this week. Is that a sign they are on
:58:23. > :58:25.their way to recapturing their glory days? And, speaking of signs and
:58:26. > :58:47.banners, some are more effective than others. Goodnight.
:58:48. > :58:51.# This is a sign of the times. Time to be alone.