:00:54. > :01:00.Hello, two games, December's goal of the month, and more to come over the
:01:01. > :01:04.next hour in the company of Kevin Kilbane and John Hart. Firstly the
:01:05. > :01:10.London derby as Crystal Palace took on Chelsea at Selhurst Park, watched
:01:11. > :01:14.by Jonathan Pearce. COMMENTATOR: Alan Pardew celebrating a year in
:01:15. > :01:22.charge at Palace with 62 points from 37 games. Europe qualification form.
:01:23. > :01:33.Lee Chung-Yong getting his first league start. Cabaye's suspension
:01:34. > :01:39.adding to a damaging injury list. Wilfried Zaha playing his 200th game
:01:40. > :01:50.for the club. Matic drops to the bench with Pedro. Guus Hiddink,
:01:51. > :01:56.after his first win in charge. Palace looking for their first ever
:01:57. > :02:04.league double against Chelsea. Chelsea side that have only picked
:02:05. > :02:10.up six waypoints. Only Aston Villa and Sunderland have poorer waveform
:02:11. > :02:16.this summer -- away points. So many Chelsea players have disappointed
:02:17. > :02:20.this season. Palace Cross, Campbell getting between Zuma and Terry and
:02:21. > :02:33.it came off Zouma. Awkward defending. It nearly came to
:02:34. > :02:38.Campbell. Campbell and Zaha have started as a front two and Zaha gets
:02:39. > :02:47.his shot away. Started with him very high, Zaha. Fabregas. Jedinak
:02:48. > :02:58.pressurising Oscar. Let's see if Hazard can go up
:02:59. > :03:07.through the gears. Seems to be limping a moment ago. Cutting
:03:08. > :03:17.inside. Not sure if he has a muscular injury. Chelsea won't risk
:03:18. > :03:25.it. Still plenty of support. The most atmospheric fans in the Premier
:03:26. > :03:29.League, according to many neutrals. I'm sure many would disagree with
:03:30. > :03:37.that statement. Terry leaving Azpilicueta with too much to do.
:03:38. > :03:46.Campbell looks lively. Ward, who is taken down by Mikel. What will Kevin
:03:47. > :03:51.Friend, the referee do here? Slippery surface. Free kick. The
:03:52. > :03:58.referee has done OK here, just warning him. Hazard is going to have
:03:59. > :04:03.to go off. He seemed to pull up with a groin injury early in the game. He
:04:04. > :04:10.has tried to walk it off. A miserable afternoon for him. Lasting
:04:11. > :04:16.just record of an hour. Two a quarter of an hour. A horrible
:04:17. > :04:26.season for him so far. Lee with the free kick for Crystal Palace. Dealt
:04:27. > :04:33.with by Mikel. Left footed, Puncheon swinging it away. Looking for the
:04:34. > :04:39.head of Delaney. Comfortable catch for Courtois in the end. The
:04:40. > :04:46.watchful Crystal Palace chairman and owner, Steve Parrish. Willian
:04:47. > :04:51.playing it to the left-hand side. Pedro initially getting away from
:04:52. > :04:56.his man who stuck with him. Well played, Ward. Not being bamboozled
:04:57. > :05:04.at all. His eye on the ball, not the body movement. Good use of the ball
:05:05. > :05:15.by Chelsea. Quick passing. Mikel, he was cod. -- he was caught. Oh, that
:05:16. > :05:18.is bookable, I would think. I'm not sure Kevin Friend had a good view of
:05:19. > :05:26.it but what you can't see, you can't give. Can't give it away there,
:05:27. > :05:30.Chelsea could break. They might do now. Puncheon winning it back.
:05:31. > :05:34.Lovely ball to the far post. Campbell! He should have done
:05:35. > :05:38.better. Difficult surface, the ball slithering. You can see the standing
:05:39. > :05:45.water but he should have done better. Lovely ball in, eluding them
:05:46. > :05:50.all. Well played, Puncheon. He just needed to wrap his foot around it
:05:51. > :05:56.and play it across the goal, flat. Conditions remind me of a League Cup
:05:57. > :05:59.tie played here in January of 93, Frank Sinclair tried a backpass to
:06:00. > :06:04.the keeper and the ball was stuck in the mud and Chris Coleman, the Welsh
:06:05. > :06:10.manager, rattling it in. Palace winning 3-1 on that day. Trying to
:06:11. > :06:17.thread it to Diego Costa, who is behind Delaney. Oscar, 1-0, Chelsea.
:06:18. > :06:22.Ruthlessness from Chelsea on the break and that has been largely
:06:23. > :06:27.missing all season. Diego Costa hasn't been making enough of those
:06:28. > :06:33.runs into the channels. Delaney's are let him in. Sensibly pulled
:06:34. > :06:39.back, Oscar arriving. Good thinking by Diego Costa. Lovely ball to him
:06:40. > :06:48.but the mistake was horrible. The run from Oscar. Chelsea, 1-0 up at
:06:49. > :06:57.Selhurst Park. Diego Costa scored here in the 2-1 win went Fabregas
:06:58. > :07:03.was on the scoresheet. Palace, this team Varela to bit misshapen at
:07:04. > :07:09.times, missing so many regulars. -- is a little bit misshapen.
:07:10. > :07:20.Lee, low and hard. The wrong option. Hitting it low and hard on that
:07:21. > :07:24.surface. No Crystal Palace striker has scored from free play in the
:07:25. > :07:34.league this season. Injuries have blighted the likes of Gale, Wickham
:07:35. > :07:43.is out. Azpilicueta on the drive, saved well. Good goalkeeping. Look
:07:44. > :07:48.at the space. Lee switched off completely. Azpilicueta with the
:07:49. > :07:55.drive. Really good stop. Great chest trap too. Really superb goalkeeping,
:07:56. > :08:02.that. He dropped his left hand down onto it very quickly.
:08:03. > :08:17.Fabregas on the right. Free kick given against Jedinak.
:08:18. > :08:26.Willian will take it for Chelsea. Terrific with set pieces all season.
:08:27. > :08:33.Can they put the game beyond Palace? The keeper was teased to come for
:08:34. > :08:37.it, he didn't come and Zouma had a free header at the far post. Very
:08:38. > :08:50.poor header. Fabregas, good football by Chelsea.
:08:51. > :08:55.He took it away from his own team-mate. Pedro with the cross.
:08:56. > :09:09.Dani's header. Not caring the lines and the keeper was scrabbling for it
:09:10. > :09:19.-- clearing the lines. Cars Dann -- Dani. Zaha needs to take it early.
:09:20. > :09:26.Courtois got the block on it. Added to Delaney's first half header,
:09:27. > :09:36.that's the best they've had and he should have stored. -- scored.
:09:37. > :09:49.Willian! Oh, a scorcher. Surely settling it. Just shy of the hour,
:09:50. > :09:55.Chelsea leading 2-0 at Palace and that was a beauty. Moments after
:09:56. > :09:59.Crystal Palace might have equalised at the other end, Chelsea have a
:10:00. > :10:06.2-goal buffer. A good pass initially from Willian. Carrying an upfield
:10:07. > :10:11.and he took the shot in his stride. Chelsea's Player of the Season
:10:12. > :10:17.without a doubt. So much better, Chelsea, today. It looks like they
:10:18. > :10:25.are on the way back. A long way to travel yet, but they are 2-0 up at
:10:26. > :10:39.Palace. A miserable derby day, for Palace. Five London derby defeats in
:10:40. > :10:43.six for them now. Oscar is ahead of Willian. Getting beyond his man,
:10:44. > :10:49.testing the goalkeeper. Diego Costa has rattled in the third. It was the
:10:50. > :10:58.decisive burst from Willian that did it. 3-0. Palace have been very poor.
:10:59. > :11:03.Chelsea have been very good. He has deserved the goal, Diego Costa.
:11:04. > :11:10.Going through the gears by Willian and the goalkeeper could only parry
:11:11. > :11:15.the cross-shot. Trying to keep it out, surely Diego Costa's goal. Back
:11:16. > :11:26.from suspension and he has done very well today. Satisfying day for Guus
:11:27. > :11:33.Hiddink. Diego Costa, a great tackle. Delaney, whose mistake
:11:34. > :11:38.brought about the first goal. He has atoned for that error with that
:11:39. > :11:45.challenge. Pedro, turning beyond Ward.
:11:46. > :11:54.Oscar, shaping to shoot, dummying to the left, well blocked by Scott Dann
:11:55. > :12:03.and away by Joe Ledley. Chelsea have had three, and with a bit more luck
:12:04. > :12:08.they could have had four or five. The fifth home defeat this season
:12:09. > :12:19.for Crystal Palace. Fabregas felt he was fouled. Don't think he was.
:12:20. > :12:25.Crossfield ball, aimed at Souare. Might have had a shot on goal. The
:12:26. > :12:30.man with the Midas touch, Guus Hiddink, getting his first win since
:12:31. > :12:36.returning for his second spell. Palace's unbeaten run of late comes
:12:37. > :12:42.to an end. Chelsea, 3-0 winners. Are you the man with the Midas touch?
:12:43. > :12:47.No, don't go over the top, it is the first win after a very worried
:12:48. > :12:52.period. Two draws. The team needed this win desperately. The way that
:12:53. > :12:58.they did I think was convincing. Your goal was a special one? Yes, a
:12:59. > :13:07.special one... The ball coming, I think I have to shoot and then I
:13:08. > :13:12.scored. Now we have to continue like we played today. Winning game by
:13:13. > :13:16.game. We were beaten today because we tried to force the game that
:13:17. > :13:21.wasn't our natural game. When you are missing key players, you are
:13:22. > :13:28.going to try and do things. Really forcing staff that, as I said, was
:13:29. > :13:38.against the way that we do things -- forcing stuff. This league has
:13:39. > :13:42.become so strong, everyone can win. It is possible still but a long way
:13:43. > :13:48.to go. This is a game where we wipe our nose and move onto the next one!
:13:49. > :13:53.How pleasant! Guus Hiddink sent, don't go over the top, so don't, but
:13:54. > :13:58.that was a bit more like it for Chelsea. In the early stages it was
:13:59. > :14:02.quite close, very even but the goal certainly settled Chelsea. We saw a
:14:03. > :14:08.more fluid performance especially from the front players. Diego Costa
:14:09. > :14:12.was back to his best. These are the four players from the attacking
:14:13. > :14:15.point of view who I thought were accident. Diego Costa with his
:14:16. > :14:22.movement, Oscar and Fabregas. -- were excellent. Costa was doing the
:14:23. > :14:27.things he was doing so often last season, recognising space behind the
:14:28. > :14:30.defenders and running behind to get on the pass. Brilliant Fabregas pass
:14:31. > :14:38.and he has the awareness to pick out Oscar. Look at Fabregas, looking
:14:39. > :14:44.around, where of the space that Costa can exploit and it was a good
:14:45. > :14:47.finish from Oscar. Willian, another one who has been outstanding for
:14:48. > :14:54.Chelsea this season. He came into it in the second half. The ball played
:14:55. > :14:56.into Oscar, it comes to him quite fortuitously and that was his
:14:57. > :15:01.seventh goal from outside the box this season. Weird strike. He has
:15:02. > :15:06.been their player Robbie says in -- brilliant strike.
:15:07. > :15:12.So often this season we have been looking at Fabregas not passing
:15:13. > :15:17.forward but this time an immediate forward pass. Delaney gets attracted
:15:18. > :15:21.to Oscar. Then it puts him out of position ever so slightly and it
:15:22. > :15:26.allows Willian to run the outside, it allows the freedom in behind and
:15:27. > :15:30.Diego Costa gets his tapping. Overall that's what Chelsea can be
:15:31. > :15:34.pleased with. Players that haven't performed this season, or
:15:35. > :15:38.underperformed, were on it today. If you are Chelsea fan you are pleased
:15:39. > :15:41.they are not under-performing but at the same time you must be asking why
:15:42. > :15:47.they have been underperforming, when they played like that today? I think
:15:48. > :15:50.that's the case. You look at the season, that's been the most
:15:51. > :15:57.baffling thing about them. They have underperformed. Jose Mourinho wasn't
:15:58. > :16:02.saying not to do those things. Some of the times even when the ball was
:16:03. > :16:05.played in, everything was back to play, he wasn't making those runs
:16:06. > :16:11.because players weren't impositions to play those balls through to him.
:16:12. > :16:15.Fabregas ran to play more than any of his team-mates, he gained more
:16:16. > :16:19.possession than any of his team-mates, yet he had a steadying
:16:20. > :16:23.influence alongside him with Mikel. I thought Mikel has been out in the
:16:24. > :16:29.cold for a while, he played very, very well today. I thought he was
:16:30. > :16:32.solid in the middle of the park. Also I thought it was slightly
:16:33. > :16:40.fortunate to stay on the pitch. You know, the first one, for all his
:16:41. > :16:45.good work, you look at this one, it just gets very for him. That is for
:16:46. > :16:52.me a booking. It doesn't get books for this. I think that's a booking.
:16:53. > :16:56.It's a lunch, but this one, I've seen players get sent off for a lot
:16:57. > :17:02.worse than that. You can clearly see this is a red card. It's a stamp,
:17:03. > :17:05.there. I'm not so sure. He didn't get a yellow card for either of
:17:06. > :17:10.those that support challenge. They do look worse in slow motion. It's
:17:11. > :17:14.like the Wayne Rooney one, it's ever so slightly delayed full stop he
:17:15. > :17:20.can't get the ball and he's going over the top, it's a bad one. Alan
:17:21. > :17:25.Pardew said that Crystal Palace tried to force it and play a game
:17:26. > :17:29.that wasn't necessarily their style. They lacked a bit of composure in
:17:30. > :17:34.possession and the decision-making, they missed Cabaye and Bolasie, more
:17:35. > :17:38.so Cabaye for me. He settle things down. He normally predominately
:17:39. > :17:43.picks the right buses. This is James McArthur very early on in the game.
:17:44. > :17:46.He made that past nine times out of ten, he over hits it. This comes
:17:47. > :17:51.back to Jedinak, it's a long, hopeful ball up the pitch, thinking
:17:52. > :17:57.can one other players get on the end of that. This time it comes into
:17:58. > :18:04.Fraizer Campbell, who does well. This is Lee, who runs in the Chelsea
:18:05. > :18:07.players. He can see water running down his right hand side and can
:18:08. > :18:12.play him in. When Palace pressed, they played really well. They worked
:18:13. > :18:16.ever so hard. Five Palace players around the Chelsea players there,
:18:17. > :18:21.comes into McArthur, wasteful. Sort of gives it away. This time it's Lee
:18:22. > :18:25.Chung-yong who wins the header, we know Puncheon has quality, real
:18:26. > :18:27.quality. He should be carrying the ball forward, allowing his
:18:28. > :18:31.team-mates to get into the box, giving them that bit of time to get
:18:32. > :18:35.in there and then putting that ball into a decent area where they can go
:18:36. > :18:39.and attack the goal. Decision-making, players doing the
:18:40. > :18:44.wrong thing really. We know they've got more quality than this. Again,
:18:45. > :18:47.that is Souare on the left. I have put the arrow in the angle where he
:18:48. > :18:53.should be whipping that in. Where you would want to get on the end of
:18:54. > :19:02.it. Coming into an ensuing, it's hit heavy over the goal. This sums it
:19:03. > :19:06.up, really. Chamakh. That is Chamakh, lack of confidence, he
:19:07. > :19:13.should be taking a touch. Instead he hits it first time and almost ends
:19:14. > :19:18.up hits the corner flag. Woke up -- were they expected to win that,
:19:19. > :19:21.given the where they are? You expect more from Crystal Palace, they have
:19:22. > :19:25.gone six unbeaten. I know they were missing a couple of big players.
:19:26. > :19:31.Bolasie gives them that pace and great technique that he has got.
:19:32. > :19:34.Cabaye, but I still expected more from Crystal Palace. Deep down, Alan
:19:35. > :19:38.Pardew says white your nose and get on with it. I think you'll be
:19:39. > :19:41.slightly disappointed with the performance. That's what we're going
:19:42. > :19:45.to do, we are going to wipe our nose and move on! Everton and Spurs to
:19:46. > :19:49.come, after December's Goal of the Month, or if you are Shearer and
:19:50. > :20:10.Wright, pass of the month. The chance for Ramsey to get the
:20:11. > :20:15.ball. This is where Arsenal could hurt Villa on the break. Walcott,
:20:16. > :20:20.what a ball. Ozil is completely and here and he has squared it to
:20:21. > :20:25.Ramsey. It was so simple and it is 2-0 Arsenal. A devastating
:20:26. > :20:27.counterattack, finished by Aaron Ramsey, who began it all with a
:20:28. > :20:40.tackle at the other end. The cross comes in, deep to Mahrez.
:20:41. > :20:46.Right in the six yard box. Lovely control. Mahrez turns, trying to
:20:47. > :20:50.beat Azpilicueta. Double trouble for Chelsea! Leicester City two, Chelsea
:20:51. > :21:11.nil. Guzan trying, what a goal. From
:21:12. > :21:22.Ayew. Something out of nothing and something special from Jordan Ayew.
:21:23. > :21:30.Hitting by Mutch, back out, Delaney tries shot and so does... Oh, what a
:21:31. > :21:33.goal! A stupendous shot from Lee Chung-yong. He's only been on the
:21:34. > :21:40.field for a few minutes and he struck it so well!
:21:41. > :21:49.Koscielny steers a lovely shot through to Ozil. Here's the Walcott,
:21:50. > :21:52.goes for goal! What a screamer! It's not a title decider but that is a
:21:53. > :22:06.goal to grace any title occasion. Here is Sagna, back into Toure. A
:22:07. > :22:12.lovely goal, lovely goal. Manchester City back in the game. Really well
:22:13. > :22:19.worked and such a delicately placed finish.
:22:20. > :22:26.Here is Bojan, straight into the wall. Arnautovic on the rebound.
:22:27. > :22:31.Brilliant. Fantastic strike from Arnautovic. Whipping away from David
:22:32. > :22:37.De Gea, who could not get close to it.
:22:38. > :22:43.Burqa and, keeping Southampton on the front foot here. Carefully into
:22:44. > :22:48.the box. -- Bertrand. Martyred away by Mertesacker. What a strike, Cuco
:22:49. > :22:50.Martina, that's wonder strike. Outside of the right boot, curling
:22:51. > :23:04.right into the corner of the net. Bojan has seen the run of Shaqiri,
:23:05. > :23:07.who was offside. Good. He has gone for it first time. Goodness me, I
:23:08. > :23:12.goal of real quality. Shaqiri takes place in his stride, beautifully
:23:13. > :23:19.weighted, absolutely no chance for Tim Howard.
:23:20. > :23:31.Ramsey, into Mozilla gains. Giroud, back to Ozil, it would be brilliant.
:23:32. > :23:35.It's magnificent! A fine second Arsenal goal. Everything he touches
:23:36. > :23:39.this season seems to turn to gold. That was a Golden Goal.
:23:40. > :23:43.STUDIO: You can vote now on the BBC Sport
:23:44. > :23:56.website. Next, the Goodison, where Everton in
:23:57. > :23:58.patchy form despite Lukaku's 18 goals this season faced a Spurs side
:23:59. > :24:07.with title winning ambitions. The question might have sounded a
:24:08. > :24:13.bit far-fetched early on in the season. A slow, stuttering start.
:24:14. > :24:19.Failing to win any of their opening four opening league games for the
:24:20. > :24:23.first time since 2008. A visit to an out of form Sunderland Beazer --
:24:24. > :24:27.gave them the boost they needed, even putting four past the big boys,
:24:28. > :24:33.Manchester City. The goals kept coming, their most able coming into
:24:34. > :24:38.his own. Is fine scoring form. Can they continue their winning ways and
:24:39. > :24:41.theft climb to the top? Martin is's Everton stand in the way, but who
:24:42. > :24:44.knows what Pochettino's men are capable of. Your commentator is Guy
:24:45. > :24:49.Mowbray. COMMENTATOR:
:24:50. > :24:53.Spurs are more than capable and so are Everton on their day, on some of
:24:54. > :24:55.us they don't seem to know what day it is. It's time for the Toffees to
:24:56. > :24:59.consistently realise their potential. Leighton Baines returns
:25:00. > :25:03.to their starting line-up along with Tom Cleverley, passed fit after
:25:04. > :25:07.coming on and limping off against Stoke last Monday, and there is a
:25:08. > :25:11.start for Aaron Lennon against a side he played ten years for. On the
:25:12. > :25:16.bench, Phil Jagielka ripped begins his return from a knee injury that
:25:17. > :25:30.has kept in out since October. Spurs are without Dembele, injured,
:25:31. > :25:34.but in. Places do for Walker and Davies as Trippier and Rose. The
:25:35. > :25:43.substitute. The rain has not stopped but it has eased considerably.
:25:44. > :25:46.Everton have only got a win in their last -- once in the last half a
:25:47. > :25:52.dozen games. A really good tackle from Coleman to prevent Dele Alli
:25:53. > :25:58.from giving Spurs the lead. Back came out of nothing. Just a little
:25:59. > :26:07.passage of Spurs passing, and they were in. Picked up nicely by Walker.
:26:08. > :26:10.Everybody bar Coleman. Everton's situation as -- is not as desperate
:26:11. > :26:14.as some have been painting in recent weeks. They are at the moment five
:26:15. > :26:23.points better off than they were at the same stage a year ago. No way
:26:24. > :26:30.past Vertonghen. Dele Alli now. He was caught in a Baines and Cleverley
:26:31. > :26:32.sandwich. A free kick for Spurs. Alli stays down and lets his
:26:33. > :26:43.team-mates get on with the game. He has gone for it, what are shot by
:26:44. > :26:47.Harry Kane. How beaten and Goodison Park held its breath as the ball
:26:48. > :26:53.bounced across the face of goal. How about this the confidence? Just have
:26:54. > :26:58.a look and has the one side, and hits that almost perfectly -- he has
:26:59. > :27:03.the one sight of it. Almost too straight. Talk is growing of a
:27:04. > :27:05.possible Spurs title challenge. If they can sustain their current form,
:27:06. > :27:22.it is on for them. Down for Lennon and Lennon beats
:27:23. > :27:26.Lloris. Everton's first chance of the game, their first attack of the
:27:27. > :27:31.game, and they have scored with it! Aaron Lennon, the player who put on
:27:32. > :27:36.a Spurs shirt 364 times in a decade at the club has scored against them.
:27:37. > :27:43.Lukaku is onside. It's a lovely knock back the Lennon. But he had an
:27:44. > :27:49.awful lot to do there. What a cracking job. Lovely control,
:27:50. > :27:56.perfect connection. Everton one, Tottenham Hotspur nil. That really
:27:57. > :27:59.is out of the blue. Prior to the Lennon shot there had only been one
:28:00. > :28:05.team in the game and it wasn't Everton.
:28:06. > :28:14.It is jinked past Ben Davies. Looks for Kone. The crowd urge Barkley to
:28:15. > :28:17.shoot, but it was never on. He does better than that by working it out
:28:18. > :28:22.to Leighton Baines. Everton have come alive.
:28:23. > :28:33.The Latin way of celebrating New Year, advising his players to add
:28:34. > :28:39.enjoy New Year's Eve until 11pm, and in bed by five past 11. He is
:28:40. > :28:45.looking for Walker, not a great touch by Kone. It has gifted
:28:46. > :28:51.Tottenham a corner. It has a cup tie feel this. In from Eriksen, or
:28:52. > :28:57.rather, out from Eriksen, out to Davies. What a hesitant ball that
:28:58. > :29:01.was. Davies has yet to score his first goal for Tottenham Hotspur.
:29:02. > :29:09.That would have been some way to do it. January is here. You normally
:29:10. > :29:13.expect Spurs to be one of the busier clubs in the transfer window. I'm
:29:14. > :29:16.not sure whether Daniel Deavin -- weathered the Daniel Levy will
:29:17. > :29:19.splash the cash this time. Pochettino is saying it might be a
:29:20. > :29:22.better decision not to bring players in, we are happy with the squad we
:29:23. > :29:33.have got. Offside James Coleman. I can see right across the line, but
:29:34. > :29:39.he is not looking for that line, he's looking for the past, added
:29:40. > :29:44.time at the end of a pretty nonstop first half. Two more Bennett minutes
:29:45. > :29:49.to play. A chance for Spurs here. Dele Alli is onto it. A goal for
:29:50. > :29:59.Spurs. A superbly taken goal as well. One simple ball through the
:30:00. > :30:01.middle. Dele Alli had read it and anticipated it just a split second
:30:02. > :30:09.quicker than Seamus Coleman dead. Stayed ahead of Colback, look at
:30:10. > :30:12.this full control of the ball and an execution of the finish. Absolutely
:30:13. > :30:19.brilliant. Everton one, Tottenham Hotspur one. Happy New Year is a
:30:20. > :30:23.particularly true expression for Spurs. They have won their opening
:30:24. > :30:25.Premier League game of the year in each of the last five seasons.
:30:26. > :30:32.Halfway through this one they will be wondering why they are not
:30:33. > :30:39.leading at Goodison Park. Alli, beautifully done. Kane.
:30:40. > :30:48.Brilliant birds build up, luck and bad for a touch from Dele Alli. --
:30:49. > :30:55.brilliant Spurs. Forced wide bite Stones. Roy Hodgson will be licking
:30:56. > :31:06.his lips, the way that Kane and Dele Alli are linking up, looking ahead
:31:07. > :31:14.to next summer. Eriksen's drive was straight at Howard. Relentless
:31:15. > :31:19.Spurs. Dangerous with every attack. This has been the place to come for
:31:20. > :31:23.entertainment this season. Not always an Everton victory, 41 goals
:31:24. > :31:30.conceded in ten games before this campaign.
:31:31. > :31:47.Stout stuff from Ben Davies who wasn't deceived by the step overs.
:31:48. > :31:52.Two substitutions made by Martinez not very long ago, making a positive
:31:53. > :31:55.difference to Everton's play. Deulofeu and Besic, off the bench
:31:56. > :32:00.and into the action and doing very well. Trying to help it over.
:32:01. > :32:08.Everton getting it away. That was Cleverley. Deulofeu, the obvious
:32:09. > :32:13.ball is Baines wide. He doesn't do the obvious. Great ball, it was too
:32:14. > :32:18.high for Lukaku but whipped in brilliantly. At the stage of the
:32:19. > :32:26.game where Everton are giving as good as they've been getting.
:32:27. > :32:32.Nobody in blue in the box yet. Barkley not able to get the ball
:32:33. > :32:39.into the box yet. Now they are there.
:32:40. > :32:53.No pressure on Carroll. Superb save from Lloris. I think that maybe his
:32:54. > :32:57.first of the game. It was a poor header from Alderweireld and then a
:32:58. > :33:04.really bad one from Carroll. That was dipping in from Bilic. Great
:33:05. > :33:14.barons from ays it's -- from his itch. -- from Besic.
:33:15. > :33:22.Stones was coming in behind. Funes Mori managed to hold off the
:33:23. > :33:27.attentions of Eric Dier to get that one almost on target. Where is the
:33:28. > :33:37.winner coming from? Which team is going to score it? Stones's header.
:33:38. > :33:49.Funes Mori was leaving it to Baines and vice versa. If Everton concede
:33:50. > :33:52.another goal in the last minute of a half of football, Martinez will be
:33:53. > :34:08.livid. Through to Kane. Collecting it and
:34:09. > :34:12.somehow keeping it. Doesn't get a free kick for that and it is
:34:13. > :34:20.Everton's turn to break. Lukaku against Vertonghen and Lloris. The
:34:21. > :34:23.shot was up into the stands. He got the ball as he wanted it but
:34:24. > :34:28.Vertonghen wasn't going to budge out of his way. Belgian against Belgium.
:34:29. > :34:35.Frustration for the Spaniard in charge. Two minutes of added time,
:34:36. > :34:43.one more to go. There might be time for both teams to settle for what
:34:44. > :34:50.they've got. Dier, it is opening up for Spurs again. Kane was a bit too
:34:51. > :34:55.casual and it is three against two. Barkley is the man on the left. It
:34:56. > :35:02.is on for Lukaku. Vertonghen stops him. Saved by Lloris. Cleared by
:35:03. > :35:15.Alderweireld. What a game we've seen. Goodison
:35:16. > :35:20.Park really is the home of Premier League entertainment right now, even
:35:21. > :35:22.if the crowd somehow get -- sometimes get frustrated that the
:35:23. > :35:27.team is not rewarded for their efforts. They went in front, having
:35:28. > :35:35.been outplayed at that stage, Aaron Lennon against his old club. Spurs
:35:36. > :35:39.getting the deserved equaliser on half-time thanks to Dele Alli. Then
:35:40. > :35:45.it was anybody's game, a great advert for the Premier League. I
:35:46. > :35:48.think we saw two very good teams who wanted to play in a very similar
:35:49. > :35:55.manner. In the first half we gave the ball took Spurs a bit too much
:35:56. > :36:00.but we had good defensive intensity. -- to Spurs. A shot from distance
:36:01. > :36:05.from Harry Kane and a corner hitting the crossbar, but we were looking
:36:06. > :36:12.more threatening. We scored a very good goal. It was hard to take the
:36:13. > :36:16.moment when we conceded, before half-time. The most important aspect
:36:17. > :36:20.was how they reacted in the second half, the players were immense and
:36:21. > :36:26.probably frustrated at certain moments that we could have got and
:36:27. > :36:31.maybe deserved the winner. The first half was one of the best 45 minutes
:36:32. > :36:41.that we've played so far. Fantastic football. We had control of the
:36:42. > :36:51.game. And the chance to score. A bit unlucky. In the second half, in the
:36:52. > :36:59.last 15 minutes maybe Everton had the game a bit. We need to feel
:37:00. > :37:02.proud of our players. When you are dominating the game as we did in the
:37:03. > :37:06.first half, you know that the chances are going to come and I took
:37:07. > :37:11.it today. There were many chances and we could have scored three or
:37:12. > :37:15.four. It is one of those games, that is what football is all about. We
:37:16. > :37:20.have to work on the negatives and take the positives in the next game.
:37:21. > :37:24.Frustration that goals are being conceded at home but is this the
:37:25. > :37:29.Everton Way, entertaining at all costs? It is the way we have been
:37:30. > :37:34.recently, we try and be creative going forwards. Unfortunately we
:37:35. > :37:39.have been conceding goals recently. We are working on that and trying to
:37:40. > :37:43.correct it. We conceded one today which we are disappointed about but
:37:44. > :37:48.going in the right direction. Entertaining game to watch, wasn't
:37:49. > :37:51.it. But none were very good, Pochettino said it was probably the
:37:52. > :37:57.best 45 minutes he's seen this season. One thing that Martinez
:37:58. > :38:02.stressed, how good they were defensively, better organised to
:38:03. > :38:09.nullify the threat. Bringing are Nallen -- Aaron Lennon worked today.
:38:10. > :38:15.Several players in that position, but Lennon, special goal against his
:38:16. > :38:19.former club. Lukaku does great, Lennon coming off the line,
:38:20. > :38:26.anticipating that Lukaku is strong in the air and is going to win it.
:38:27. > :38:29.What technique, the half volley. Lloris, no chance. Fantastic strike
:38:30. > :38:34.and fully justified Martinez starting with him. It changed the
:38:35. > :38:38.dynamic around, Tottenham were playing well. When he brought an
:38:39. > :38:44.Deulofeu, I think he made a difference to Everton. He's one of
:38:45. > :38:48.those players who has spells when he is unstoppable sometimes. That goes
:38:49. > :38:54.with his performances this season, he has been good at times, in short
:38:55. > :38:59.spurts. He gets defenders on the back foot, they backed off into the
:39:00. > :39:04.penalty area. One thing he has added his awareness to pick out the pass.
:39:05. > :39:09.Besic, I think he started dominating midfield and he had a good spell
:39:10. > :39:13.when he came on. He has had impact coming off the bench. I don't think
:39:14. > :39:20.he has done enough when Roberto has given him the start. What I've seen
:39:21. > :39:23.from a view Everton players over the last couple of years, impact from
:39:24. > :39:26.the bench but when they have been given a start to show what they are
:39:27. > :39:32.capable of, they haven't been consistent. Looking at the option in
:39:33. > :39:34.his squad, not all players are in the same position, different stages
:39:35. > :39:40.of their career and may have injuries, and a couple of others we
:39:41. > :39:46.can add to that. Nobody is really standing up and saying, pygmy
:39:47. > :39:53.regularly? Deulofeu is probably the only one who has started
:39:54. > :39:59.consistently -- pygmy regularly. -- kick me
:40:00. > :40:05.They haven't been able to play ten, 15 games regularly. Is that down to
:40:06. > :40:10.the manager to say to the player, you are my man for the next few
:40:11. > :40:14.games, or is it down to the player to make sure that you can't leave
:40:15. > :40:22.them out? The second one, definitely for me. You have to make sure that
:40:23. > :40:24.you are doing enough so that the manager can't leave you out. You
:40:25. > :40:30.have to take your chance. At that level. Martinez spoke in his post
:40:31. > :40:33.match interview about how disappointing it was to concede when
:40:34. > :40:37.they were waiting for the half-time whistle but that is their Achilles
:40:38. > :40:47.heel. Nine goals conceded at the end of the half of play. Tottenham were
:40:48. > :40:50.so good in the first half. Everton nullifying the threat through the
:40:51. > :40:55.half. Looking at it today, in the first half, Seamus Coleman on the
:40:56. > :41:02.attack. He was caught offside and then he has to filter back into
:41:03. > :41:05.position from such a high position. He folded back nicely because
:41:06. > :41:11.Tottenham don't attack immediately. Not a quick free kick. He gets goals
:41:12. > :41:17.side. Gareth Barry recognising that Dele Alli is in advance of him,
:41:18. > :41:22.Coleman sees that and gets goals side and he's in a good position. At
:41:23. > :41:28.this moment he is in a good position. The back line is in a good
:41:29. > :41:36.position as a four. But that is a great ball from Aldo are -- from
:41:37. > :41:42.Alderweireld. Coleman hesitated, allowing Dele Alli to get the run on
:41:43. > :41:45.him and that is a brilliant finish. Outstanding finish from a brilliant
:41:46. > :41:53.midfielder. We saw this less than a month ago. Alderweireld, into Dele
:41:54. > :41:58.Alli with the diagonal run and that again is a brilliant finish, at West
:41:59. > :42:01.Brom. The beginning of December. Sometimes you have to say it was a
:42:02. > :42:08.great ball, great run and a great finish. It is just a great goal. You
:42:09. > :42:12.can't be too critical of the Everton defence, it was a brilliantly worked
:42:13. > :42:16.goal and Dele Alli is one of the form midfielders in the Premier
:42:17. > :42:21.League. You wanted to see this as a battle between Kane and Lukaku.
:42:22. > :42:24.Didn't work out that way, 31 goals between them this season meaning
:42:25. > :42:29.that the defences had to be on their guard. I thought that Alderweireld
:42:30. > :42:38.and Vertonghen were outstanding today and this is why. Standing up
:42:39. > :42:44.strong. Predominantly Lukaku played on the left-hand side, an
:42:45. > :42:46.Vertonghen. This time, Lukaku, who can believe most centre-backs in the
:42:47. > :42:54.Premier League, Vertonghen was adding up to him and wouldn't put up
:42:55. > :42:58.with it. -- standing up to him. I thought he really shackled Lukaku
:42:59. > :43:03.well today. This is Kane at the other end, very unfortunate not to
:43:04. > :43:07.have scored. Can't believe that hasn't gone in, off the inside.
:43:08. > :43:14.Neither could he, he was celebrating! This time, Spurs
:43:15. > :43:18.breaking with Davies, great from Dele Alli and I think that Kane will
:43:19. > :43:23.feel that he let it bounce when he should have been striking it on the
:43:24. > :43:27.way down, not off his chest. What about that, John Stones. Match
:43:28. > :43:33.saving tackle, throwing everything at the ball, brilliant block. Six
:43:34. > :43:38.English midfielders on display. Three central midfielders of both
:43:39. > :43:43.teams. Encouraging, for an Irishman and a Welshman? Don't know why I'm
:43:44. > :43:48.asking you! Encouraging for the Premier League. More home-grown
:43:49. > :43:53.players and a credit to both managers that they are giving them a
:43:54. > :43:56.chance to progress. Two Good two Bad and the results of goal of the month
:43:57. > :44:04.to come after we look back at Saturday the action.
:44:05. > :44:24.COMMENTATOR: Valencia. They send cross, 1-0. Great ball in. Antonio
:44:25. > :44:31.with the header. Lanzini, off the post! The movement on the shot from
:44:32. > :44:36.Lanzini was fantastic. Mignolet was completely nonplussed. Jordan Ibe,
:44:37. > :44:50.with Cresswell to try and get through. Chan, that was well hit --
:44:51. > :44:58.Can. Better from Liverpool. Well disguised. Dangerous, Andy Carroll!
:44:59. > :45:07.2-0. Classic Andy Carroll, great header. Liverpool had no answer.
:45:08. > :45:11.West Ham have put two quality balls into the deliverable box and they
:45:12. > :45:19.have both resulted in goals. The explosive celebration begins.
:45:20. > :45:31.Morrison. Sessegnon, a great chance, a great goal. What a finish from
:45:32. > :45:39.Stephane Sessegnon. West Bromwich Albion one, Stoke City nil. Stephane
:45:40. > :45:43.Sessegnon with the goal. The keeper shouted for it, didn't get it and
:45:44. > :45:48.Jon Walters did. It was a really clear shout there from Boaz Myhill.
:45:49. > :45:50.It was left by the defenders, and Jon Walters pops up to get the
:45:51. > :46:00.equaliser. A coming together there. This is
:46:01. > :46:08.going to make a red card fraud Cameron for the foul on Yacob. Stoke
:46:09. > :46:14.City, having just got back on level terms, are a man down. Can his side
:46:15. > :46:21.take advantage of their one-man advantage in the little time that is
:46:22. > :46:26.left? McManaman. Turned on into the area, turned in for the winner,
:46:27. > :46:32.Jonny Evans! So many bodies in the penalty area, but it fell nicely for
:46:33. > :46:37.the West Bromwich Albion defender and Jonny Evans gets his first goal
:46:38. > :46:38.for the Baggies. Tony Pulis keeps up his unbeaten record in this fixture.
:46:39. > :46:57.West Brom do the double over Stoke. Looking for Long and he's found him.
:46:58. > :47:01.Shane Long is in here, are vital save from Declan Rudd. What an
:47:02. > :47:06.opportunity for Shane Long. A lovely ball in from Martina. Bassong was
:47:07. > :47:10.stretching but couldn't clear it and Long maybe one touch too many,
:47:11. > :47:16.perhaps. Ronald Koeman thought that was the opening goal.
:47:17. > :47:24.It's a poor challenge coming in from Wanyama. It will bring the first
:47:25. > :47:30.yellow card of the afternoon, indeed, it does. Redmond left in a
:47:31. > :47:35.crumpled heap. The longer the game goes on, the more convinced you are
:47:36. > :47:40.that one goal will decide this game. That is naughty from one Yama. That
:47:41. > :47:46.will be the end of his afternoon -- from Wanyama. The player sent
:47:47. > :47:51.sprawling and for the second time this season Victor Wanyama sees red.
:47:52. > :48:01.And now, Norwich have an extra man. Can they make it count? Howson, DJ,
:48:02. > :48:06.away from Clasie game. He's set up City again and City scores!
:48:07. > :48:10.Jubilation all around Carrow Road because the Norwich fans know the
:48:11. > :48:15.significance of that goal. Norwich City closing in on a second success
:48:16. > :48:24.in a matter of days in front of their adoring supporters.
:48:25. > :48:34.Van Aanholt, decides to go for glory and the deflection off Micah
:48:35. > :48:37.Richards! Van Aanholt claims the celebration but it looked to me as
:48:38. > :48:44.though Richard Scott the telling touch and guided it beyond the reach
:48:45. > :48:50.of his own goalkeeper. -- Richard Scott the telling touch. A killer
:48:51. > :48:55.goal for Remi Garde. It has wonderful pays, away from M'Vila who
:48:56. > :49:01.tried to bring him down, away from Wes Brown. The cross is not bad.
:49:02. > :49:09.That is a stunner! Fantastic goal. Wow! It's only the 16th goal they've
:49:10. > :49:14.scored all season but it's one of the best any side has managed! What
:49:15. > :49:23.a finish! Here is Johnson. Up towards Defoe. Took it well, Lescott
:49:24. > :49:28.in front of him, and scores! Its relief and joy all mixed in for
:49:29. > :49:34.Sunderland. It's a fantastic finish from Jermain Defoe. It's his ninth
:49:35. > :49:35.goal against Aston Villa, but in many, many ways it might be the most
:49:36. > :49:47.precious. Here is Toivonen, got the return and
:49:48. > :49:53.now Defoe. Well, they can enjoy themselves now, Sunderland. Aston
:49:54. > :49:58.Villa sunk, Sunderland's annual fight for survival is up and running
:49:59. > :50:02.again. Let's focus on Sunderland then,
:50:03. > :50:07.beating Villa yesterday. They have a big few, well, next five games,
:50:08. > :50:11.you'd say two of the next three they would be expecting to get something
:50:12. > :50:15.out of, wouldn't you? Yes, I think perhaps maybe six points from the
:50:16. > :50:18.next six games but I think that's what you're looking at really,
:50:19. > :50:22.realistically, those two, particularly the Swansea game,
:50:23. > :50:26.sorry, the next five. The Swansea game is key. Swansea and Sunderland
:50:27. > :50:30.will be thinking the same. Swansea will be thinking them coming to the
:50:31. > :50:33.liberty is a edible game. It will take a lot of organisation from Sam
:50:34. > :50:34.liberty is a edible game. It will take a lot of organisation from Sam
:50:35. > :50:38.will stop it will take a little bit of flair, a little bit of flight.
:50:39. > :50:42.Things you need to do to win football matches. That's what they
:50:43. > :50:45.need to do. They need to win football matches. He has said he
:50:46. > :50:49.will bring players in in the transfer window. You moved to
:50:50. > :50:52.relegation threatened club in a January transfer window. What does
:50:53. > :51:00.it take to persuade a player to move? Does it come down to money? If
:51:01. > :51:03.you have players in the last six months of their contract or 18
:51:04. > :51:08.months of the contract, it's about giving them regular play. It's the
:51:09. > :51:12.length of the contract. You can try and prolong your career in the top
:51:13. > :51:16.flight. Sam Allardyce has used his persuasive skills so often over the
:51:17. > :51:22.last ten or 15 years in management. I think he will be the key for
:51:23. > :51:25.getting players to Sunderland. Willie be easier for Sunderland to
:51:26. > :51:29.attract players rather than Aston Villa? Yes, I think Aston Villa,
:51:30. > :51:34.everybody would agree with me, they need, they have a mountain to climb
:51:35. > :51:37.basically. It looks almost impossible for them. Sunderland with
:51:38. > :51:41.Sam at the helm, you will see players go there because they
:51:42. > :51:44.believe in Sam and they believe Sunderland have a good chance of
:51:45. > :51:48.staying up. I think it's about money, because you can't get away
:51:49. > :51:51.from that, it's about money. Financial contracts for the players,
:51:52. > :51:55.what will it take to get the players. That will be the key. We
:51:56. > :51:59.know what the TV deal is going to bring to the clubs at the end of the
:52:00. > :52:06.season. You need a striker, you have a top one there already. Its FA Cup
:52:07. > :52:10.third round weekend, starting with Exeter versus Liverpool. The January
:52:11. > :52:13.transfer window is open. You can follow the news on the BBC Sport
:52:14. > :52:17.website and download the app, personalising it to your favourite
:52:18. > :52:22.team. The music is available as a playlist on the website. The time
:52:23. > :52:37.now for the rest of Saturday's action.
:52:38. > :52:49.A Calo has spun his man, -- a. Cleared by Sagna, a big chance for
:52:50. > :52:54.Watford. You would expect Ighalo to school there, fine goalkeeping from
:52:55. > :53:01.Joe Hart. Watson will take Watford's corner. It's an own goal! Watford
:53:02. > :53:07.have the lead! Watson takes the credit. He was so unlucky not to
:53:08. > :53:11.score against Tottenham the other night and it went off the back of
:53:12. > :53:17.Kolarov. Technically it goes down as an own goal. He doesn't care. One
:53:18. > :53:21.foot -- Watford lead Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne, Silva with
:53:22. > :53:25.the touch back. A good save, that was going on, that's a lovely
:53:26. > :53:32.Manchester City move. Pure quality. He knows where Kevin De Bruyne is
:53:33. > :53:41.going to go. Good goalkeeping. A big chance that. In comes... An
:53:42. > :53:47.equaliser, Toure! Manchester City are level, and for the first time in
:53:48. > :53:52.the game really, Watford have switched off. A belted equaliser.
:53:53. > :53:59.Now can they go on and win what is a crucial game for them? 1-1. Navas,
:54:00. > :54:03.Sagna on the outside. Yellow shirts streaming back. Sagna with the
:54:04. > :54:10.cross, Aguero will challenge Brilliant, brilliant header! From
:54:11. > :54:15.behind Manchester City have come back with two late goals to surely
:54:16. > :54:19.win it. Look at Aguero, rises between the defenders. Hands in the
:54:20. > :54:28.air and directs a perfect header home.
:54:29. > :54:38.Here is Ramsey. Hurried into the past by Tiote. In comes Paris for
:54:39. > :54:44.Newcastle. A great move by Wijnaldum. What chance for 1-0, a
:54:45. > :54:50.superb save by Cech. My goodness me, it needed to be as well. That was
:54:51. > :54:54.excellent play from Newcastle. The first five or ten minutes promised
:54:55. > :54:58.so much from Arsenal's point of view but so far in this game it's been
:54:59. > :55:05.some way short of vintage. Coloccini up with Giroud, Koscielny is in! And
:55:06. > :55:09.almost from nothing Arsenal are ahead and Lauren Koscielny scores
:55:10. > :55:12.against Newcastle. The feeling of relief as much as excitement around
:55:13. > :55:25.the vast majority of the Emirates. Ritchie is buzzing all over on the
:55:26. > :55:31.right hand side, desperately getting the ball. It's gone to Stanislaus as
:55:32. > :55:35.well. There's an accusing luck from the Leicester keepers in front of
:55:36. > :55:45.him. Josh King really ought to have scored. The ball fell kindly for him
:55:46. > :55:55.again, it has found Vardy, who can't find the net. This was a shot from
:55:56. > :56:03.the Garda were lower. -- Leonardo Ulloa. Vardy was onside. The last
:56:04. > :56:07.touch wasn't accurate. It is won backed by Drinkwater, through the
:56:08. > :56:12.Vardy, onside. In front of Francis, brought down. It will be a penalty
:56:13. > :56:17.for Leicester. Will it be a red card as well? It is. Brilliantly weighted
:56:18. > :56:29.pass and Bournemouth are in bother the minute that Vardy wins the race.
:56:30. > :56:33.Riyad Mahrez, on the spot again. Mahrez's efforts saved. It wasn't a
:56:34. > :56:42.good penalty. It was a lovely height for Boruc, who guessed right. Beaten
:56:43. > :56:46.away. Vardy, swivels the Hibs. If you caught again? The referee
:56:47. > :56:54.doesn't think so this time. He is away from Cook. It is Gosling in
:56:55. > :56:58.behind him. It's a tangle. Leicester City draw for the third game in a
:56:59. > :57:04.row, Bournemouth played a terrific game in difficult circumstances.
:57:05. > :57:13.Schweinsteiger, Young. Just too strong for Schweinsteiger but he
:57:14. > :57:22.recovered the situation. Here is Young, just over Rooney. Martial.
:57:23. > :57:26.Martial with the breakthrough. It's a most welcome one around Old
:57:27. > :57:33.Trafford. Perfect start to the second half for Louis van Gaal and
:57:34. > :57:38.Manchester United. Routledge. Rangel. This is promising for
:57:39. > :57:46.Swansea. Now Barrow, taken on Darmian. It's nice to get the cross
:57:47. > :57:48.in as well. There's the header, and there's an equaliser! Gylfi
:57:49. > :57:52.Sigurdsson at Old Trafford again, the man who got the winning goal in
:57:53. > :58:00.this fixture last season. It was well worked as well. It is back to
:58:01. > :58:06.Manchester United one, Swansea one. A little bit of space now for
:58:07. > :58:14.Martial. He Fernandez, can he pull it back? Rooney! The captain on the
:58:15. > :58:18.scoresheet to restore Manchester United's lead. Martial scored the
:58:19. > :58:23.first, he has provided the second, and what a finish from Rooney. Just
:58:24. > :58:29.when it was required. He has had his critics, but that is a genius
:58:30. > :58:35.moment. It's a corner. Fabianski is forward, the last kick of the game.
:58:36. > :58:41.In from Sigurdsson, Fabianski with a header! He wasn't too far away
:58:42. > :58:44.either. And for the first time since November the 21st, Manchester United
:58:45. > :58:49.have won in the Premier League by 2-1.
:58:50. > :58:54.We're into the second half of the season. We have asked you both to
:58:55. > :58:58.pick a player who will have a very important six months ahead going
:58:59. > :59:04.into the arose. Who have you gone for? I said ahead of today's game.
:59:05. > :59:07.It's Dele Alli. I think he has had an outstanding introduction to the
:59:08. > :59:09.Premier League, something I spoke about before. He has got goals to
:59:10. > :59:12.his game. I have watched him about before. He has got goals to
:59:13. > :59:15.his game. I have watched him at MK Dons, seen him play a number of
:59:16. > :59:19.times and if ever there was a player you feel is suited to the Premier
:59:20. > :59:23.League it is this lad. He has the ability to beat players. He has
:59:24. > :59:29.facets of skill to his game. He can get forward and pick passes when he
:59:30. > :59:32.gets to advanced positions. Here's the complete midfielder. We
:59:33. > :59:35.mentioned Tottenham, only six points off the top of the league, three
:59:36. > :59:40.points ahead of United with this, can they cement a place in the top
:59:41. > :59:43.four I'd challenge for the Premier League and also the euros? This is a
:59:44. > :59:50.huge six months and he has a real chance of starting for England at
:59:51. > :59:53.the European Championships. When he has 100 games under his belt, a lot
:59:54. > :59:57.for a young lad. He has benefited from playing league football,
:59:58. > :00:03.Football League. So often we see Tottenham has used the lower market
:00:04. > :00:09.to get the players, he has played at the MK Dons, over 100 games, a young
:00:10. > :00:13.lad with a lot of experience. Your player is? I have gone for Dimitri
:00:14. > :00:17.Payet at West Ham. He is fantastic little player, can go both ways if
:00:18. > :00:23.you like, left foot, right foot, great skill, technically excellent
:00:24. > :00:28.and I believe if West Ham can keep him fit I think they will have a big
:00:29. > :00:32.chance of finishing in the top six. I really do. He's that good. That
:00:33. > :00:37.influential on the team, played the first 12 games of the season. He has
:00:38. > :00:40.missed the last seven but came back into the frame yesterday. That's a
:00:41. > :00:44.great finish. That's a player who is in control. This is even better, he
:00:45. > :00:52.knows exactly where he wants to stick this, top left-hand corner.
:00:53. > :00:56.Pure brilliance. He has the euros to aim for. Being the host may shun,
:00:57. > :01:01.they will be strong opposition, but with him in the squad they will be
:01:02. > :01:11.stronger. Here's the result of December's Goal of the Month.
:01:12. > :01:20.And here is the result. Ozil was in third with 12%, Shaqiri's goal for
:01:21. > :01:29.Stoke, however you see it, second with 22%. The winner, Southampton's
:01:30. > :01:35.Cuco Martina with 34%. Here it is. COMMENTATOR: Bertrand keeping
:01:36. > :01:40.Southampton on the front foot. Away by Mertesacker. Driven back in. What
:01:41. > :01:45.a strike! Cuco Martina, that is a wonder strike. Outside of the right
:01:46. > :01:53.boot, curling into the corner of the net. You can't argue with that. I
:01:54. > :02:00.can't. That is the goal of the month, it was a gold! Here is the
:02:01. > :02:02.Premier League table, Spurs stay in fourth, six points behind the
:02:03. > :02:11.leaders Arsenal. Palace missed the chance to go into fifth. Chelsea,
:02:12. > :02:20.moving up to 14th. Everton stay in 11th. Here is 2 Good 2 Bad. Lovren
:02:21. > :02:28.showed great restraint to the West Ham mascot on the left. Ooh! Every
:02:29. > :02:43.5p matters to Mark Noble. He's got the plastic bag and he kept hold of
:02:44. > :02:49.it. His tweet afterwards. Mitrovic in sync afterwards. Are you dancing?
:02:50. > :02:57.Are you asking? Newcastle fans giving their verdict. And at
:02:58. > :03:07.Leicester, the kids are fearless. The adults, less so. Thank you very
:03:08. > :03:12.much to John and Kevin. Time to backheel another show into the
:03:13. > :03:22.annals of history. Good night. COMMENTATOR: Cross Forth -- Law!
:03:23. > :03:38.Sensational. Kanu! What a cheeky one. Brilliant,
:03:39. > :03:41.brilliant finish. Back in and flicked home by the returning
:03:42. > :03:50.captain. Cheeky backheel from the Spaniard. Paulinho has won it. How
:03:51. > :03:53.about this for a finish? Song turning it in. Rooney! That is a
:03:54. > :03:57.genius moment.