:00:52. > :00:54.Hello - it's the final Match of the Day 2, so as well
:00:55. > :00:57.today's three games, we've also got Save of the Season,
:00:58. > :01:00.Saturday's action, Leicester's title party
:01:01. > :01:04.Jermaine Jenas and Danny Murphy are with us.
:01:05. > :01:14.First stop is the Etihad, as Manchester City took on Arsenal.
:01:15. > :01:20.season with a firm belief they could be champions. City got off to a
:01:21. > :01:24.flyer. COMMENTATOR: Five wins out of five
:01:25. > :01:30.for Manchester City. Championship form again. Arsenal kept pace, and
:01:31. > :01:34.more. But under pressure from Leicester and sudden, cracks began
:01:35. > :01:39.to appear. Arsenal dropped points at vital times and when Manuel
:01:40. > :01:44.Pellegrini announced he was off at the end of the season, the City
:01:45. > :01:47.wheels came off. Three defeats in a row. With Leicester now confirmed as
:01:48. > :01:50.champions, Manchester City row. With Leicester now confirmed as
:01:51. > :01:54.Arsenal are scrapping to salvage a top four place from the remnants of
:01:55. > :01:56.a disappointing season. Your commentator at the Etihad, Guy
:01:57. > :02:03.Mowbray. COMMENTATOR: When the biggest prize
:02:04. > :02:08.has gone, the third or fourth place play-off can be a massive
:02:09. > :02:13.anti-climax, but none as great a prospect as dropping out of the top
:02:14. > :02:17.four altogether, that should spur Manchester City and Arsenal on. With
:02:18. > :02:23.two changes made from the team that started but never got going in
:02:24. > :02:28.Madrid, this is their line-up today. Eliaquim Mangala is in for injured
:02:29. > :02:34.captain Vincent Kompany, who is out of the Euros too. Add a start for
:02:35. > :02:38.Kelechi Iheanacho, who has scored twice in the last two Premier League
:02:39. > :02:42.games. A couple of differences for Arsenal, Gabrielle for their injured
:02:43. > :02:48.captain Per Mertesacker. And with Mesut Ozil hit by a minor hip
:02:49. > :02:52.problem, last week's matchwinner Danny Welbeck starts on his return
:02:53. > :02:55.to Manchester, albeit the other side. Manchester City might have to
:02:56. > :02:57.win their final two games to make sure of being in the top four. Now
:02:58. > :03:22.police chief. Clear holding of the shirt. That is
:03:23. > :03:26.Kevin de Bruyne's ball income and Petr Cech threatened to spill it.
:03:27. > :03:31.Right under the nose of Otamendi, but clutched gratefully eight second
:03:32. > :03:35.time. It's Manuel Pellegrini's final home game after three seasons in
:03:36. > :03:43.charge of Manchester City. Looking for his 60th win in his 84th Etihad
:03:44. > :03:51.match. Welbeck gives away possession. Otamendi finds Aguero.
:03:52. > :03:53.Aguero effortlessly eases away from Mohamed Elneny. Past Koscielny too.
:03:54. > :04:04.But if -- but Kelechi Iheanacho could not
:04:05. > :04:07.arrive in time for the finish. Arsenal have to sort themselves out.
:04:08. > :04:13.You wonder where this Manchester City intensity was midweek at the
:04:14. > :04:24.Santiago Bernabeu. Fernandinho, cut out by Mohamed Elneny. Navas.
:04:25. > :04:30.Navas's clip, knocked down towards Aguero... Aguero shoots and scores!
:04:31. > :04:32.Seven and a half minutes in, seven and a half minutes of nonstop
:04:33. > :04:38.Manchester City dominance is rewarded. Aguero has now scored in
:04:39. > :04:44.half a dozen Premier League appearances in a row. That was
:04:45. > :04:50.squeezed in to the only place that Petr Cech wouldn't reach it.
:04:51. > :04:56.Brilliant finish. Magnificent player. Superstar from City.
:04:57. > :04:59.Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal. -- super start. Aguero bags goal number
:05:00. > :05:22.29 of his season. Giroud, over Joe Hart.
:05:23. > :05:28.knocked it back past his keeper! And only just past the post. Heart
:05:29. > :05:32.stopping moment for Gael Clichy, and for England's Joe Hart too. A
:05:33. > :05:40.strange of the bounce -- strange bounce of the ball seemed to put Joe
:05:41. > :05:43.Hart off. That one off the post! It is in. Arsenal are a plus first
:05:44. > :05:51.attack of the game and they are level. That's as easy as you like.
:05:52. > :05:57.Hart beaten by a header from his own player. That ad Giroud, he had got
:05:58. > :06:01.away from Mangala. Giroud got away again to make you simply backed away
:06:02. > :06:05.into the space into which the ball was arriving. He ends a run of 15
:06:06. > :06:15.Premier League games, nine of those have been the without a goal. --
:06:16. > :06:17.nine of those have been from the start, without a goal. Good tackle
:06:18. > :06:29.by Aaron Ramsey. De Bruyne. Aguero, only just entering the
:06:30. > :06:34.penalty area now. He had left Iheanacho and Navas to it initially.
:06:35. > :06:40.That is a nice bit of play from Fernando, Aguero! Deflected over the
:06:41. > :06:45.bar. Last-ditch slide at Aguero's feat by Laurent Koscielny is what
:06:46. > :06:50.made the difference for Arsenal. A bit of fortune from Fernando to find
:06:51. > :06:54.Aguero. It wasn't Koscielny's block, it was the one that went absolutely
:06:55. > :07:00.full-length, but it is Bellerin behind him. It was Gabriel behind
:07:01. > :07:03.him who stopped it. Pellegrini has never seemed to have too much luck
:07:04. > :07:12.against Arsenal. Arsenal are unbeaten in the last five meetings.
:07:13. > :07:20.Sagna, challenged by Welbeck but not unfairly. It is an Arsenal throw in.
:07:21. > :07:25.Welbeck now down on his knees, that's a worrying sign for not only
:07:26. > :07:30.Arsenal supporters but those who will be wanting to see him play for
:07:31. > :07:37.England in the summer, maybe. A shake of the head is not very
:07:38. > :07:48.encouraging either. He went in to try to block tackle Sagna and met a
:07:49. > :07:53.knee. His game is done but let's hope for Danny Welbeck's sake that
:07:54. > :07:59.his summer isn't. That's a good tackle, another forceful run too
:08:00. > :08:04.from Fernando. Here is Aguero! Cech comes out, came rushing out will
:08:05. > :08:12.stop Aguero kept his feet, beautiful turn away from Koscielny! Navas!
:08:13. > :08:17.Over the top. Might be worth another look at Petr Cech here. That's a
:08:18. > :08:22.cracking tackle from Fernando. I wonder what this one was like when
:08:23. > :08:27.we see it again from Cech. I think Cech gets there just in time. He
:08:28. > :08:33.actually did himself more damage than Aguero in the end. A city win
:08:34. > :08:35.today will move them ahead of Arsenal in the table on goal
:08:36. > :08:43.difference. Didn't know where it was for a
:08:44. > :08:48.second, de Bruyne. Does well to recover and keep Bellerin at bay,
:08:49. > :08:54.and shoot! And he has beaten Cech as well! Super goal scored by Kevin de
:08:55. > :09:00.Bruyne to give City the lead again. Again it's one that squeezed in,
:09:01. > :09:04.past the hands of Cech, who will maybe feel that he could have got
:09:05. > :09:09.down to that a bit more smartly. It was a study in persistence first
:09:10. > :09:13.from Kevin de Bruyne. Holds off the challenge, drifts into the shooting
:09:14. > :09:23.space, still precious little on him but somehow he scores. Cech did seem
:09:24. > :09:26.to be a little sluggish. It's a goal for Manuel Pellegrini to cheer, it's
:09:27. > :09:33.a goal for the Etihad Stadium to celebrate. Manchester City 2-1
:09:34. > :09:40.Arsenal. Navas, the Iheanacho. Iheanacho to continue. Navas wants
:09:41. > :09:46.it, and Iheanacho should have given him it. Either him or Aguero to his
:09:47. > :09:49.left. The one option that was never really on was ploughing through the
:09:50. > :09:54.middle alone. To be honest, from that moment, he never really looked
:09:55. > :09:58.in any mind to do anything else. Manchester City have only dropped
:09:59. > :10:04.points in two Premier League games in which they've been in the lead
:10:05. > :10:09.this season. Elneny, Walcott in for Arsenal Mac wrecks Hart out to meet
:10:10. > :10:12.him and he forces Walcott to lift it over and wide, but certainly a
:10:13. > :10:15.positive difference being over and wide, but certainly a
:10:16. > :10:18.that substitution, Theo Walcott into the action and good goalkeeping from
:10:19. > :10:26.Hart, he was alive to that. Wilshere court after he had got rid
:10:27. > :10:38.of the ball. Sanchez on sit once more! There is
:10:39. > :10:43.Arsenal Mac plus equaliser! For the second time in the game. They have
:10:44. > :10:48.just upped it a bit in the last few minutes and they've got their reward
:10:49. > :10:51.for it. It was a collision between Wilshere and Fernandinho.
:10:52. > :10:55.Fernandinho is struggling, he can't get there in time and it's a
:10:56. > :10:59.brilliant bit of play from Giroud delay it back into the path of
:11:00. > :11:04.Alexis Sanchez. He can see which way Hart is moving he knows exactly
:11:05. > :11:10.where he's going to put it, and he delivers for Arsenal. Six goals in
:11:11. > :11:18.his last seven appearances. From Manchester City leading, Arsenal
:11:19. > :11:22.have equalised once more. Contrary to conspiracy theory going around,
:11:23. > :11:28.I'm sure that Manuel Pellegrini will want to leave his successor in the
:11:29. > :11:39.Champions League. De Bruyne, lifted back to Aguero! Just wide. Brilliant
:11:40. > :11:44.play between City's two test players this season. Sergio Aguero, best
:11:45. > :11:48.player for a few seasons, and Kevin de Bruyne. What a lift back to
:11:49. > :11:52.Aguero that was. He will think he should have hit the target. The need
:11:53. > :11:56.for him to score another one, though, is pressing. Now the ball
:11:57. > :12:04.into Wilfried Bony! He couldn't have met that much better. The bar is
:12:05. > :12:10.still shaking. Clichy, looking for Wilfried Bony again, who attacks it,
:12:11. > :12:17.and that will be a goal kick. Well, this is a cracking cross. Bony, with
:12:18. > :12:22.a swing of the leg, had Cech well beaten with that. Manchester United
:12:23. > :12:27.with a win at West Ham on Tuesday night could go above City with one
:12:28. > :12:28.game left. Don't leave me this way might be the Manchester City message
:12:29. > :12:36.to Manuel Pellegrini. The first 45 minutes was one of the
:12:37. > :12:41.best of the season. I didn't have any doubt we were going to win, but
:12:42. > :12:45.football has this thing, set pieces, they equalised to score. After that,
:12:46. > :12:54.they draw also. they equalised to score. After that,
:12:55. > :13:01.header because we still have one game remaining, we have to try to
:13:02. > :13:08.win the game and see what United is going to do. It was a game that was
:13:09. > :13:09.very intense. It looked like the Man City squad wanted to give a big
:13:10. > :13:15.very intense. It looked like the Man presence to Manuel Pellegrini as
:13:16. > :13:19.well. It was an unbelievable fight today and it was maybe not the most
:13:20. > :13:21.fluent game, but the most intense we have played for a while in the
:13:22. > :13:25.Premier League. This year has have played for a while in the
:13:26. > :13:28.disappointing for us. We wanted to win the league and then we wanted to
:13:29. > :13:33.finish second if not but everyone knows what it's like, being a
:13:34. > :13:36.qualifier, you can't really enjoy the preseason. You have that big
:13:37. > :13:40.game at the end and it defines your season. If we can get that we will
:13:41. > :13:44.be delighted. Champions League qualification is back in your own
:13:45. > :13:50.hands. How important was that going into the last game? It is important
:13:51. > :13:57.for us because I believe responsible people prepare their future and our
:13:58. > :14:03.future is next season and that's when you show you have character and
:14:04. > :14:06.they are responsible men. Let's start with Manchester City, they
:14:07. > :14:10.needed a response I suppose after what happened in midweek in Madrid
:14:11. > :14:13.and Manuel Pellegrini, as we heard him say there, he thought it was one
:14:14. > :14:18.of their best 45 minutes of the season at the Etihad. I think I have
:14:19. > :14:21.to agree with him. When you have a big disappointment in the game the
:14:22. > :14:27.next one is really important and you need one or two people to take the
:14:28. > :14:30.bull by the horns and set the tone and the tempo, and Fernandinho did
:14:31. > :14:35.that today. He was really infectious. He found the energy and
:14:36. > :14:39.the desire to really get after Arsenal and we see here really in
:14:40. > :14:42.the game winning the ball back off Welbeck, nice and strong. When you
:14:43. > :14:47.have someone like that in your team and he does that lots for them to be
:14:48. > :14:51.honest, others follow. His partner in crime as well, Fernando, was
:14:52. > :14:55.really good. This is Fernandinho, in the first five or six minutes. Navas
:14:56. > :14:59.follows him and Arsenal give the ball away. They couldn't get out for
:15:00. > :15:02.long periods in the first half, they completely dominated them and they
:15:03. > :15:05.looked strong and powerful. Fernandinho gives the ball away, his
:15:06. > :15:10.reaction straightaways to win it back and he gets himself in the box.
:15:11. > :15:14.A little deft header to acquire Rowe, who does this so often, a
:15:15. > :15:19.super finish. And they really deserved it. Everyone was at it,
:15:20. > :15:24.Otamendi winning a tackle by, Fernando follows him, winning the
:15:25. > :15:27.ball back. Really quickly. I've not seen City play with this intensity
:15:28. > :15:32.for a long time. The question over them is why they haven't done it
:15:33. > :15:39.more often in these games. Again, three players around ball. A super
:15:40. > :15:44.tackle from Fernando and Jack Wilson. Off he goes on another
:15:45. > :15:50.attack. Fernandinho will be a part, a big part, for Guedioura, yes? I'd
:15:51. > :15:54.be amazed if he wasn't in his mid field because he is exactly what
:15:55. > :15:59.Guedioura likes, he gets about, he tackles and he can play. Yet there
:16:00. > :16:03.were negative for City aren't they can highlight the positives for
:16:04. > :16:06.Arsenal? City don't make the top four this season it will be because
:16:07. > :16:10.of the way they have defended throughout the whole year and today
:16:11. > :16:15.really highlighted that. A great start to the game, high pressing,
:16:16. > :16:19.just simple moments like this within the game, where you're expecting
:16:20. > :16:23.your back for centre halves to stand up, I have highlighted Mangala, he
:16:24. > :16:27.completely misreads the flight of the ball. Giroud doesn't really do
:16:28. > :16:30.much in terms of movement, sticks it away, a lovely header from him. You
:16:31. > :16:35.are expecting your centre-half to win that and when you have worked so
:16:36. > :16:38.hard, that's what you do it for, to stay 1-0 up, but fair play to
:16:39. > :16:41.Arsenal. You mentioned it was a tough game for them and they've been
:16:42. > :16:45.criticised as having a soft centre but they stood strong today and this
:16:46. > :16:49.little move they put together here was brilliant from Sanchez. Look at
:16:50. > :16:54.it from Manchester City's point of view, we've highlighted Fernando, he
:16:55. > :16:58.gets sucked in at this point here, as a midfielder wants you sense that
:16:59. > :17:02.1-2 is played around you you need to get your arm out and block the run
:17:03. > :17:07.of Sanchez but he doesn't and that touch from Giroud is brilliant. They
:17:08. > :17:11.are odd, the two sides, in the sense that Manchester City have been
:17:12. > :17:14.accused of being flat track bullies and the stats sort of back it up in
:17:15. > :17:19.the fact they haven't won a match against any of their top five rivals
:17:20. > :17:24.this season and have only one of 14 games against the current top eight,
:17:25. > :17:28.in Southampton, and Arsenal, their resilience, their problem comes
:17:29. > :17:31.against the so-called smaller clubs, normally at home. Yes, it's
:17:32. > :17:36.fascinating to look at the different aspects of both sides. I would
:17:37. > :17:40.suggest that players from both sides have to have a look at themselves
:17:41. > :17:43.because there's been too many games, irrelevant of wear, home or away, or
:17:44. > :17:48.what the circumstances are, where they haven't turned up. When they
:17:49. > :17:51.both play with that intensity and desire, not just to play good
:17:52. > :17:55.football but to stay in a game and battle, they would both be a much
:17:56. > :17:59.better positions. It was a tough game for Arsenal today and they
:18:00. > :18:02.usually lord it because of the way they put the ball around, they were
:18:03. > :18:05.overrun at times, especially in midfield areas but they stuck up
:18:06. > :18:10.their task, based stuck at it and eventually got the rewards. On the
:18:11. > :18:14.race for the top four, all big clubs want to be the Champions League.
:18:15. > :18:18.With Manchester City weren't next season, bearing in mind the money is
:18:19. > :18:26.all right for City, they could cope and they have Pep Guardiola who will
:18:27. > :18:29.attract great players, it be disastrous if they weren't in the
:18:30. > :18:31.Champions League? No, I don't think so because players will want to play
:18:32. > :18:35.for Pep Guardiola and every player they sign I imagine will think it
:18:36. > :18:38.will lead -- it will only be for one season, I'd be amazed if it wasn't.
:18:39. > :18:44.Even though it's disappointing and the fans lose the excitement of the
:18:45. > :18:49.big teams coming, it's not a disaster. From an England point of
:18:50. > :18:54.view, with the Euros coming up, the negative is that Danny Welbeck
:18:55. > :19:00.picked up an injury, Arsene Wenger says it looks like a knee cartilage
:19:01. > :19:04.injury. If that was the case, he could miss the euros? It was nasty,
:19:05. > :19:09.his knee goes in on him once he makes the challenge. If he does miss
:19:10. > :19:12.the Euros, this would be one of the big ones that Roy would be
:19:13. > :19:17.absolutely devastated about because he is a starter for England and he
:19:18. > :19:22.is a huge part of the way they play, with his intensity and power and his
:19:23. > :19:25.running. It's a big loss. It did leave an opportunity for Jack Wilson
:19:26. > :19:28.to come on the pitch earlier and maybe -- earlier than expected and
:19:29. > :19:35.did some positive things in the game, he is so neat and tidy and has
:19:36. > :19:37.that ability with the ball to get out of tricky situations. He has
:19:38. > :19:43.things that no other midfielder in our squad has as is, for me. This,
:19:44. > :19:47.here, taking it on the half term, looking to go forward, past people
:19:48. > :19:52.in a split-second, right through the heart of them, he's the only
:19:53. > :19:57.midfielder... Not Henderson, Milner, Drinkwater... None of them have his
:19:58. > :20:01.natural ability to go past people and be positive with the ball as
:20:02. > :20:02.often as he does. He has that X Factor, that is why Roy will take a
:20:03. > :20:05.risk with him. Time for you to choose
:20:06. > :20:07.the Save of the Season. Thanks to the suggestions
:20:08. > :20:09.from Premier League players, pundits and you at home -
:20:10. > :20:34.here are the eight to choose from. # Save me, someone save me
:20:35. > :20:40.# Is save me, someone save me #. It might drop here for Redmond, it
:20:41. > :20:44.has done, Redmond, what a save. Jack Butland, magnificent. No wonder
:20:45. > :20:53.Jerome is congratulating him. A great stretch from Butland. Turning
:20:54. > :20:58.it beyond that post. Strong hands. # Save me #.
:20:59. > :21:04.Coutinho, fix it onto Firmino, Benteke is there. Better check makes
:21:05. > :21:07.a brilliant save! Benteke inside the six yard box, frankly he's got to
:21:08. > :21:22.score from there but Petr Cech somehow saves it. Soiree to swing
:21:23. > :21:23.one in, what a cross that is and here's Sakho, what saved by the
:21:24. > :21:38.French man. Struck superbly. here's Sakho, what saved by the
:21:39. > :21:42.# Yes. In towards Naismith, great hands from Mignolet. All Bardsley
:21:43. > :21:46.had to do was put it to the head of the queue, Steven Naismith all on
:21:47. > :22:00.his own and anyone else but there and he puts Everton 1-0 in front.
:22:01. > :22:04.# I'm begging you... Brilliant save. He would have seen it late and it
:22:05. > :22:11.may well have defected off Smalling's head as well. The
:22:12. > :22:19.goalkeeper got that so quickly. # Save me on oh yes #.
:22:20. > :22:23.Its Payet, oh brilliant free kick and an astounding save. That's why
:22:24. > :22:27.he is England's number one. Look at the gap he had to make up, quick
:22:28. > :22:29.feet, athleticism and strengthen the hands.
:22:30. > :22:38.# Somebody help me... #. hands.
:22:39. > :22:42.Payet tells it in and it hits the inside of the post, hits the inside
:22:43. > :22:43.of the other post. That's a brilliant save from Kasper
:22:44. > :22:48.Schmeichel. He got a touch brilliant save from Kasper
:22:49. > :22:55.first one, he got a touch of luck on the second rebound.
:22:56. > :23:02.# If you think anything about me # Save me, oh yes #.
:23:03. > :23:07.. The feet of Dele Alli. It has hit the post! It was a brilliant save by
:23:08. > :23:09.Boaz Myhill. # Save me
:23:10. > :23:16.# Save me top #. You can vote now on the BBC
:23:17. > :23:18.Sport website by clicking We'll bring you the result
:23:19. > :23:23.at the end of the show. Terms and conditions
:23:24. > :23:33.are also on the website. You said that's their job, their job
:23:34. > :23:35.is saving a! It is their job, doing what they are paid to do!
:23:36. > :23:38.Next, Spurs - looking to put their title disappointment
:23:39. > :23:39.behind them against in-form Southampton.
:23:40. > :23:51.Tottenham Hotspur trying to look on the bright side of life. By tonight
:23:52. > :23:52.they could have been assured of a Premier League's runners-up spot,
:23:53. > :23:56.their highest ever Premier League Premier League's runners-up spot,
:23:57. > :23:59.points and goal tallies and most of all guaranteed finishing above
:24:00. > :24:05.Arsenal for the first time since 1995. But no Dele Alli and no Mousa
:24:06. > :24:10.Dembele, after his six-game ban, Ryan Mason comes into the Tottenham
:24:11. > :24:14.team for almost certainly the last game at White Hart Lane its current
:24:15. > :24:19.form, building work on the adjacent new stadium will require a reduced
:24:20. > :24:22.capacity here next season. Southampton are intent on securing a
:24:23. > :24:27.row Europa League place. They stick with the side that beat Manchester
:24:28. > :24:34.City and are hoping for a first top six finish since 1985.
:24:35. > :24:44.In some quarters it's been dubbed the battle of the bridge, the title
:24:45. > :24:46.that got away from Tottenham. Rose in behind
:24:47. > :24:49.that got away from Tottenham. Rose Eriksen, a brilliant save by
:24:50. > :24:57.Forster. Magnificent piece of goalkeeping. Lovely ball to Rose,
:24:58. > :25:02.who took it on his chest and away from Martina. Excellent into
:25:03. > :25:07.Eriksen, who hit it sweetly. The Southampton stopper got down so
:25:08. > :25:12.quickly. Mousa Dembele having to watch on from the sidelines. He will
:25:13. > :25:22.miss the first four matches of next season, domestic matches anyway.
:25:23. > :25:26.Bertrand, Tadic wants it, Bert Rand to Mane. A lovely change of
:25:27. > :25:33.direction, now it's Tadic. Could have put it out of play for Davies
:25:34. > :25:37.and Davies is incensed with Tadic. It's beautifully played, to get
:25:38. > :25:37.Tadic in, but if he just looks up and knocked it
:25:38. > :25:45.Tadic in, but if he just looks up path, he couldn't have missed!
:25:46. > :25:55.Alderweireld forward to Son Heung-min. Do Lamela. Son Heung-min
:25:56. > :25:58.is still chasing it and he has skipped around the keeper and put it
:25:59. > :26:07.back to Lamela, or put it in himself. Chased what seemed to be a
:26:08. > :26:13.lost cause. His reward is the opening goal of the game. Well,
:26:14. > :26:16.Harry Kane was offside and he knew it. Southampton paused. Fraser
:26:17. > :26:23.Forster dithered. Son Heung-min weaved into space and stroked it
:26:24. > :26:32.into the back of the net. The only man on the pitch who didn't stop.
:26:33. > :26:40.Tottenham one, Southampton nil. Son Heung-min with the goal.
:26:41. > :26:45.Well, the big prize may have eluded them but this has been a great
:26:46. > :26:49.Tottenham Hotspur season. Their best ever in the Premier League. Their
:26:50. > :26:55.fans are right to applaud their side. The next season for Mauricio
:26:56. > :27:11.Pochettino Rand Tottenham Hotspur. Danny Rose, back
:27:12. > :27:16.quickly, twisting and turning and almost losing out to Mane. Still
:27:17. > :27:19.going, Mane. He is appealing for a penalty, Clasie has found Tadic.
:27:20. > :27:22.Tadic beating Walker, who penalty, Clasie has found Tadic.
:27:23. > :27:30.well and made the block. Tadic again. Was there a foul here? Danny
:27:31. > :27:31.Rose twisting and turning at first to good effect, and then turned back
:27:32. > :27:49.on himself and into trouble. Now look at his arm, and there. That
:27:50. > :27:58.could easily have been a Southampton penalty. Eriksen, and Lamela, and
:27:59. > :28:06.Eriksen! Well, he could have gone on again to Son. If it had, the South
:28:07. > :28:11.Korean might have had another one. Nicely played here. Lamela into
:28:12. > :28:16.Eriksen, but Son was calling for it to his left hand side and was
:28:17. > :28:23.ignored. After an hour played, Tottenham 1-0 Southampton. -- half
:28:24. > :28:33.an hour played. Kyle Naughton is down. As here. Southampton play on,
:28:34. > :28:35.Martina into Tadic, Davis, in! 1-1. Deserved, Southampton have caused
:28:36. > :28:48.Tottenham problems right from the off. Tadic did really well and Davis
:28:49. > :28:52.squirmed it under Lloris. Lloris will be disappointed, of course. But
:28:53. > :28:59.it's a goal Southampton have been threatening. Spurs 1-1 Southampton.
:29:00. > :29:05.He would be pretty happy if Southampton could take a point here.
:29:06. > :29:09.Spurs haven't finished in the top three in the Premier League, or the
:29:10. > :29:13.top-flight, since 1990, that predates the Premier League of
:29:14. > :29:21.course. They haven't finished second in the top-flight since 1963. Jose
:29:22. > :29:30.Fonte covering, but not doing his job! Harry Kane! Fraser Forster did
:29:31. > :29:36.enough, and pats around the rebound from Eriksen. Similar in some ways
:29:37. > :29:41.to the goal which Son scored. The Mela is desperate for it! And to be
:29:42. > :29:51.honest he was the better option. -- Lamela. The pace of Mane, Long is
:29:52. > :30:02.with him. Good positioning from Toby Alderweireld. Here is Tadic now.
:30:03. > :30:05.Good ball! Really good ball. That's a terrific opportunity fish Shane
:30:06. > :30:09.Long. He didn't make the most of it. A wonderful ball in.
:30:10. > :30:30.Walker. Eriksen. Jose Fonte did well with that, it's a corner. Both sides
:30:31. > :30:34.considering changes. It looks like Graziano Pelle is definitely coming
:30:35. > :30:41.on for Southampton. Vertonghen! Well, van Dyck diverted it over the
:30:42. > :30:46.top of his own crossbar. -- Virgil van Dijk. Goal
:30:47. > :30:48.top of his own crossbar. -- Virgil Vertonghen, here. Well, the
:30:49. > :30:57.temperature at White Hart Lane is 28 degrees pitch side, 82 Fahrenheit in
:30:58. > :31:01.old money, and Jonathan Moss has indicated that, because of that,
:31:02. > :31:02.there will be a water break. Not something you get in the Premier
:31:03. > :31:08.League very often. Southampton fans might be thinking
:31:09. > :31:28.you stole our song! That's nice, from Pelle to Long.
:31:29. > :31:36.Davis. Davis again, did well, got the shot away, it's gone in! Second
:31:37. > :31:44.goal of the day the Steve Davis. He's doubled his entire season's
:31:45. > :31:50.tallied today. Nicely worked. And the finish just showing that it
:31:51. > :31:56.doesn't need to be the hardest shot if it's in the right place. Lloris
:31:57. > :32:01.could not get there. Nice little 1-2. Got it out onto his right foot
:32:02. > :32:08.and it's right in the corner and its Tottenham 1-2 Southampton. The
:32:09. > :32:22.Southampton fans will certainly enjoy putting one over their former
:32:23. > :32:26.manager. Free kick Spurs. Fonte not impressed. Well, if they are going
:32:27. > :32:34.to get a point out of this, Spurs, they need to do it now. Eriksen's
:32:35. > :32:39.delivery! It could go anywhere! Fraser Forster with the save to deny
:32:40. > :32:43.Chadli right at the end. Really dangerous ball in, ricocheted kindly
:32:44. > :32:48.for Chadli. He must have thought he was going to score. And Southampton
:32:49. > :32:54.have three very, very important points. A disappointing rare home
:32:55. > :33:02.defeat for Tottenham Hotspur. It finishes Tottenham Hotspur one,
:33:03. > :33:05.Southampton two. A great win for us, because to win here against
:33:06. > :33:10.Tottenham, in my opinion one of the best teams in the Premier League,
:33:11. > :33:13.that's a big result. When you lose the game, obviously we feel
:33:14. > :33:17.disappointed. But like the whole season, I think that we were the
:33:18. > :33:27.better team and we created chances and we managed the game, but in the
:33:28. > :33:33.end we conceded the only two shots on target. Today really is Steven
:33:34. > :33:39.Davis's day. He scored as many goals today as he had in the rest of the
:33:40. > :33:43.season! Yeah. He had a massive game today. His productivity today was
:33:44. > :33:47.the difference. You've beaten Pochettino today. He did great
:33:48. > :33:51.things for Southampton but Ronald Koeman has come in over his two
:33:52. > :33:56.years and picked up that pattern and improved on it. Yes, it has been
:33:57. > :33:59.great working with such good managers, Pochettino as well. You
:34:00. > :34:02.see how strong we have been in the last couple of years, even losing
:34:03. > :34:05.some great players last summer. Hopefully the signs are good that we
:34:06. > :34:10.can keep this squad together and get ready to go again. It's been a great
:34:11. > :34:13.season and he will break just about every Premier League record that
:34:14. > :34:19.this club has had, but the big one for the fans is that they will want
:34:20. > :34:23.to finish above Arsenal. This is the big problem. We need to see
:34:24. > :34:28.ourselves, not to look what happened with other teams. We need to think
:34:29. > :34:37.like a big club. Not to be worried what happens in another house. And
:34:38. > :34:46.this is a big thing, to change the mentality. We need to be strong and
:34:47. > :34:47.this is what we need to be a big, big club. As two former Spurs
:34:48. > :34:49.midfielder is, big club. As two former Spurs
:34:50. > :34:53.them on that point, they big club. As two former Spurs
:34:54. > :34:55.stop worrying about Arsenal? 100%. I love hearing that from him, to be
:34:56. > :35:01.honest. In my time know their ambitions were always to
:35:02. > :35:04.reach the top four. That was what was always driven into
:35:05. > :35:07.reach the top four. That was what player. For him to say that, that
:35:08. > :35:08.speaks volumes. It makes sense to me but sometimes you have to toe the
:35:09. > :35:09.line with but sometimes you have to toe the
:35:10. > :35:13.You can say that in but sometimes you have to toe the
:35:14. > :35:17.room to the lads, listen, this is our agenda.
:35:18. > :35:22.room to the lads, listen, this is Arsenal... They have been rivals for
:35:23. > :35:27.many, many years. It's a delicate issue but listen, I like his desire,
:35:28. > :35:31.I like his focus and I like his single-mindedness. He's
:35:32. > :35:32.I like his focus and I like his season. Let's praise the Southampton
:35:33. > :35:35.because they were very good today and one man in particular who has
:35:36. > :35:40.not had a lot of attention this season. Steven Davis is very much
:35:41. > :35:44.their unsung hero, to be honest. I think he's been fantastic this
:35:45. > :35:49.season. He is technically very gifted. He plucks this one out of
:35:50. > :35:53.the air, finds his player. He's just one of those players who is very
:35:54. > :35:56.calm in possession. He got himself into this situation on a number of
:35:57. > :35:58.occasions throughout the game. How Tadic doesn't pick him out there, I
:35:59. > :36:02.don't know. That Tadic doesn't pick him out there, I
:36:03. > :36:06.one of three of his goals that he could have scored. He's got himself
:36:07. > :36:12.into little positions in the could have scored. He's got himself
:36:13. > :36:15.earlier. He makes good runs off the ball. He's just very calm,
:36:16. > :36:18.earlier. He makes good runs off the his men at the right times, good
:36:19. > :36:21.weight past, gets himself into the box. Very unlucky not to get on the
:36:22. > :36:24.weight past, gets himself into the end of that one. Even in defensive
:36:25. > :36:28.areas of the park committee doesn't panic. Truman said that his
:36:29. > :36:35.experience and composure is important to them. -- Ronald Koeman
:36:36. > :36:38.said that. It is. He is the national team captain for Northern Ireland
:36:39. > :36:42.and I think he is invaluable to the team. The composure he shows, the
:36:43. > :36:47.technical awareness, but he should probably do better with the finished
:36:48. > :36:48.-- but he should Robbie do better there but it's a fantastic finish
:36:49. > :36:53.and he will be going into the Euros there but it's a fantastic finish
:36:54. > :36:56.with a spring in his step. Probably because of Leicester or because the
:36:57. > :36:59.media in general tend to be observed with the big five or six,
:37:00. > :37:05.Southampton have definitely not got the credit they deserve this season.
:37:06. > :37:08.In 2016, only Leicester have won more Premier League points. They've
:37:09. > :37:11.beaten every team in the Premier League at least once under Ronald
:37:12. > :37:14.Koeman and they have matched their best ever points tally, from last
:37:15. > :37:18.season. What's more incredible about that is the turnover of players that
:37:19. > :37:21.happened last summer. The recruitment, that he must be
:37:22. > :37:26.involved with, is brilliant. The way they play football is a joy to
:37:27. > :37:29.watch. Steven Davis benefits from the manager's philosophy on
:37:30. > :37:34.football, they are all brave on the ball. I think you're right, he
:37:35. > :37:37.hasn't quite got the prominence he's deserved, because of Leicester and
:37:38. > :37:42.Tottenham doing so well. Back to Spurs and their two centre halves
:37:43. > :37:47.who been great defensively all season, but you like them from an
:37:48. > :37:51.attacking perspective as well? Yes, Jermaine and I were talking during
:37:52. > :37:54.the game about how great they are with the midfielders, it helps so
:37:55. > :37:57.much knowing that you have got players with such great passing
:37:58. > :38:01.ability. Yes they can defend, they've proved that. That's the type
:38:02. > :38:05.of passing you expect from someone like... Me!
:38:06. > :38:10.LAUGHTER I can think of anyone else! But look
:38:11. > :38:15.at that, awareness of space. Southampton trying to press, Son is
:38:16. > :38:18.in the gap he finds him. When you start realising he's always going to
:38:19. > :38:22.find them, they start taking up better chances, better positions.
:38:23. > :38:27.This was a super finish, by the way. Every time they play out from the
:38:28. > :38:30.back, they end up with a chance. Can Vertonghen do it? Of course he can.
:38:31. > :38:35.Nice balance with the left foot, give him the eyes, there you go.
:38:36. > :38:39.Again, Son in the same position, getting them on the attack. When
:38:40. > :38:46.they get into the final third it leads to another chance, this time
:38:47. > :38:48.for Harry Kane. One area of the pitch they won't be looking at in
:38:49. > :38:51.the summer is centre-backs. They really are two very, very good
:38:52. > :38:57.footballers. Another good ball there. The Belgian national team is
:38:58. > :39:01.going to benefit from these two in the Euros, especially now Vincent
:39:02. > :39:05.Kompany has been injured. As he goes higher up the pitch, can he play a
:39:06. > :39:10.more killer pass into the box? Yes he can. That's with his left foot.
:39:11. > :39:13.It's no coincidence he was given Tottenham Player of the Year today
:39:14. > :39:21.after the game. He's a super player and a condiment each other stop.
:39:22. > :39:26.Does the left right, nation help? It really helps when they're good
:39:27. > :39:29.players but if you look at the national team we've all got three
:39:30. > :39:36.centre halves who prefer to play on the right hand side. It does cause a
:39:37. > :39:42.problem. I think none of those, any of those three players are suited to
:39:43. > :39:48.the left but they all bet on the right. One of them will have to take
:39:49. > :39:54.up that role. Saturday's action, the results of Save of the Season and
:39:55. > :39:58.the best of two Good two Bad two come after we visit Liverpool
:39:59. > :40:05.Watford. Watford hoping to complete a league double over Liverpool.
:40:06. > :40:08.COMMENTATOR: With an unexpected place in next season's Champions
:40:09. > :40:11.League up for stakes in a European trophy, Liverpool might be forgiven
:40:12. > :40:16.for taking their eyes off the domestic matters. Jurgen Klopp
:40:17. > :40:20.insists that will not be the case but tonight's starting line-up
:40:21. > :40:23.includes eight changes. Suspension and an injury to Danny Ward mean
:40:24. > :40:33.that Alberto Moreno and Simon Mignolet are required alongside
:40:34. > :40:37.Coutinho. Watford hope to secure their first ever league double over
:40:38. > :40:43.the Reds having beaten them 3-0 at Vicarage Road in November. Liverpool
:40:44. > :40:50.well beaten a week ago at Swansea, their only defeat in the last six
:40:51. > :40:54.Premier League matches. Six wins at home and six wins away this season.
:40:55. > :40:59.Ighalo with half a chance here but good cover from Moreno. The Ighalo
:41:00. > :41:03.that we saw prior to Christmas would have gobbled up that opportunity. He
:41:04. > :41:07.scored twice against Liverpool at Vicarage Road earlier in the season.
:41:08. > :41:11.He's become the sixth manager of Liverpool to guide them through to a
:41:12. > :41:21.European final, following in the footsteps of Messieurs Shankly,
:41:22. > :41:26.Paisley, Houllieur and Benitez. Careless from Joe Allen. Ighalo
:41:27. > :41:30.taking on Mignolet from distance! Not far away from giving Watford an
:41:31. > :41:38.early lead here. Terrible ball from Joe Allen. Ighalo just spotted
:41:39. > :41:40.Mignolet slightly off his line. Stuart, Ojo is away from Watson. To
:41:41. > :41:49.the left is Coutinho. Stuart, Ojo is away from Watson. To
:41:50. > :41:54.Cathcart. He gets the shot away. It was always drifting wide of the far
:41:55. > :41:58.post. Coutinho has scored here in recent wins over Borussia Dortmund
:41:59. > :42:02.and Everton. Couldn't find the far corner. Not a bad first season at
:42:03. > :42:09.Anfield for Jurgen Klopp. Sevilla await in Basel in just ten days ago
:42:10. > :42:15.plus time. This is where they have looked threatening today, Watford.
:42:16. > :42:17.Anya, Ighalo bursting forward. And you're going alone for the time
:42:18. > :42:22.being, up you're going alone for the time
:42:23. > :42:26.the shot away! It was always rising. Ikechi Anya has gone a long time
:42:27. > :42:30.since he last scored for Watford. Indeed it was over two years since
:42:31. > :42:33.he last struck in the Championship against Leeds United. But this is
:42:34. > :42:36.what he offers. Left-back today but more than happy to get forward. A
:42:37. > :42:49.decent effort. Mignolet untroubled. Into Anya once more. Ighalo trying
:42:50. > :42:54.to get behind Skrtel and he has succeeded. It's a good recovery by
:42:55. > :43:02.the Slovakian. He's never been the quickest and was always likely to be
:43:03. > :43:06.beaten in the race here with Ighalo. But showed his powers of recovery
:43:07. > :43:12.here. To hook it behind for the corner. In it comes, up overheads.
:43:13. > :43:16.Prodl got something on it. Abdi drives it in and it's a good block
:43:17. > :43:19.by Skrtel. Abdi thought this was heading into the bottom corner but
:43:20. > :43:26.Skrtel's presence was very important from the Liverpool point of view.
:43:27. > :43:29.Steps Stewart, this time it's Prodl who nods clear. Alan Cumming --
:43:30. > :43:36.Allen coming through as well, fouled by Watson. Ten minutes from
:43:37. > :43:42.half-time, still a bit stodgy out there, particularly from Liverpool.
:43:43. > :43:47.Coutinho's Ross, Benteke with a lay-off. Here's Allen and Allen
:43:48. > :43:53.scores. A lovely finish. Beautiful set up play from Benteke. And Allen
:43:54. > :43:58.celebrates his third of the season, his first in the Premier League
:43:59. > :44:02.since January. Quickly taken free kick. Coutinho got it in, Benteke
:44:03. > :44:07.just onside, good vision. Perfect weight on the header and Allen does
:44:08. > :44:14.the rest, Gomes couldn't get there quickly enough. Allen was brave and
:44:15. > :44:24.Allen fires it in, Liverpool one, Watford nil. And just overreached
:44:25. > :44:27.himself. -- Anya. Britos thought about getting involved and put the
:44:28. > :44:35.brakes on. It's forward here for Benteke. Cathcart is the defender.
:44:36. > :44:40.Benteke Coutinho, he should have shoved that in 42-macro. Benteke set
:44:41. > :44:46.up the first Liverpool goal today, that should have been another
:44:47. > :44:53.assist. Coutinho couldn't make the kind of contact that was required.
:44:54. > :44:58.Here's Allen, nobody in a yellow showed close enough to him to stop
:44:59. > :45:06.his progress. Coutinho, the chance is still on. Gomes forced into
:45:07. > :45:14.action. Against his fellow Brazilian. Of course, this fellow
:45:15. > :45:20.knows all about winning the Europa League, Quique Sanchez Flores won it
:45:21. > :45:22.with his team six years ago, they won the semifinal against Liverpool,
:45:23. > :45:29.went through on the away goals rule after an extra time goal.
:45:30. > :45:38.A lovely dummy by Deeney, Ighalo is in here, surely. He's put it wide.
:45:39. > :45:42.It just hasn't been his day. Fabulous dummy here from Troy
:45:43. > :45:51.Deeney, Anya, who has been the pick of the Watford men and Ighalo forces
:45:52. > :45:53.a great save out of Mignolet. One of Liverpool's
:45:54. > :45:53.a great save out of Mignolet. One of Dudek, the guest of the club today.
:45:54. > :45:59.He has just brought out a book Dudek, the guest of the club today.
:46:00. > :46:17.called The Polling Goal. Firmino's shot and it's through the
:46:18. > :46:25.hands of Gomes. 15 minutes from time, Gomez beaten again. -- Gomes
:46:26. > :46:33.beaten again. The question of two goal lead and you can't say a way
:46:34. > :46:36.back for Watford now. They created space and Firmino's power in the
:46:37. > :46:41.shot, although it's not the most powerful you will ever see, was too
:46:42. > :46:48.much for Gomes to handle. He will be disappointed by his efforts to keep
:46:49. > :46:56.it out. Liverpool surely now have the three points safely in the bag.
:46:57. > :47:02.A foul by Britos on Benteke in the eyes of Lee Mason. Here's Berghuis.
:47:03. > :47:07.Ighalo is onside. The angle is not favourable. Hit the side netting.
:47:08. > :47:09.Watford fans in this left-hand corner of the ground,
:47:10. > :47:15.Watford fans in this left-hand might have hit the back of the net.
:47:16. > :47:18.Here come might have hit the back of the net.
:47:19. > :47:25.Ibe. He's got the pace and might have hit the back of the net.
:47:26. > :47:30.strength to run against Prodl. He has lost its
:47:31. > :47:34.strength to run against Prodl. He Benteke. Gomes able to block it.
:47:35. > :47:37.It's not been a season to remember for Christian Benteke but that would
:47:38. > :47:48.have taken him into double figures for the season. Moreno for Skrtel.
:47:49. > :48:02.Ibe against the frame of the goal. The most disappointed man they're
:48:03. > :48:05.not so much Ibe as young Brannagan, who had taken up a great position
:48:06. > :48:12.for the cutback. Just watch again here. Patients from Lucas, Firmino
:48:13. > :48:16.made the run. His cutback, Benteke couldn't provide the finish, Ibe
:48:17. > :48:21.couldn't provide a finish and there were three in red who were waiting
:48:22. > :48:31.for the cutback, including young Cameron Brannagan.
:48:32. > :48:36.Brannagan has found Firmino aren't gone for the return. Benteke
:48:37. > :48:41.weights, there hears, and he couldn't get over it. He allows
:48:42. > :48:46.himself a but that was a real chance. Lovely work from Brannagan.
:48:47. > :48:52.Benteke couldn't climb enough to get over it and put it in. 3-0 would be
:48:53. > :48:58.harsh on Watford. Three points are Liverpool's. Atop seven finish would
:48:59. > :49:05.ensure European football next season in the Europa League, that's the
:49:06. > :49:11.minimum requirement, I guess? Yes, so great that we are able to freshen
:49:12. > :49:13.things up again today. Lots of different players used and still
:49:14. > :49:18.managed to get the results are a credit to everyone, I think. I'm
:49:19. > :49:23.pleased for the young lads because in another situation with 19-20
:49:24. > :49:26.years, you don't get these opportunities but it's really nice.
:49:27. > :49:32.Do you have to help the youngsters through the game much? Oh, they
:49:33. > :49:35.don't need any help. We have great players coming through, they have
:49:36. > :49:40.shown it in the last few games. They have stepped in and done the job
:49:41. > :49:45.performed really well. During the match in the first half, you have
:49:46. > :49:49.chances to draw, you have chances to score, and we were competitive
:49:50. > :49:55.during the match. Liverpool was playing with some difficulties in
:49:56. > :50:01.their midfield, they found a good passer and we had chances but little
:50:02. > :50:06.mistakes, we need to remove them because sometimes it's hard for us.
:50:07. > :50:09.A good moment, a good year until now for us and if we win all our last
:50:10. > :50:10.game is A good moment, a good year until now
:50:11. > :50:12.for us and if we win all our last game is everything will be fine.
:50:13. > :50:15.Considering we are constantly told there are a lot of negatives to
:50:16. > :50:19.being in the Europa League, Liverpool seem to have found a lot
:50:20. > :50:22.of positives. Not only are there in the final but Jurgen Klopp has taken
:50:23. > :50:26.a good long look at his squad, whether it be bit players or kids?
:50:27. > :50:36.That's definitely been a positive, having a look at those players in a
:50:37. > :50:39.pressurised situation where the games mean something. I think they
:50:40. > :50:42.want to be competing for the top four and even winning the league in
:50:43. > :50:44.the next couple of years under Jurgen Klopp, so the question would
:50:45. > :50:47.be are any of the youngsters that we've seen good enough to grab a
:50:48. > :50:51.place and get in the first team? I'm not so sure, but he can certainly be
:50:52. > :50:54.pleased with the effects he's had so far on the side. The Europa League
:50:55. > :50:59.Final to come and a League Cup final appearance already, so lots of
:51:00. > :51:04.positives. Today, it wasn't the best performance in the world, a lot of
:51:05. > :51:07.changes can always be difficult. This was continued being -- being
:51:08. > :51:11.bright as always, if you are playing Benteke you have to play to his
:51:12. > :51:14.strengths. Nice and simple. When you have clever players I Coutinho, they
:51:15. > :51:20.know how to play different styles with different players and Benteke
:51:21. > :51:23.just hasn't been given the opportunity really. This is good
:51:24. > :51:28.pressing from Liverpool, which we are used to seeing now. A mistake
:51:29. > :51:31.from Anya and Firmino are not the best shot in the world but that
:51:32. > :51:34.wraps up the game and he will be pleased even though he made all the
:51:35. > :51:37.changes they still manage to get three points but the final dumbing
:51:38. > :51:42.up against Seville is massive for Liverpool. The Champions League, we
:51:43. > :51:44.talked about attracting players, much more important for Liverpool to
:51:45. > :51:48.be in the Champions League than it is possibly like Manchester City.
:51:49. > :51:53.What the's season has been good, very, very good, they have stayed
:51:54. > :51:58.up, and yet the second half has been characterised, all right they've had
:51:59. > :52:02.a good Cup run but by failing to find the net, really. Yes, Ighalo
:52:03. > :52:06.pretty much epitomises that situation. Stop a fantastic first
:52:07. > :52:08.half of the season and he has struggled to find the back of the
:52:09. > :52:16.net in the second. He hasn't scored in his last 12 league games. Usually
:52:17. > :52:19.you'd say it's down to a lack of confidence but today, I couldn't
:52:20. > :52:22.really put it down to that. Use all the strike a minute ago, he trying
:52:23. > :52:27.shots from distance, his movement is very good. These ones, those touches
:52:28. > :52:30.are probably dropping perfect early in the season and he was sticking
:52:31. > :52:33.them in the back of the net. This definitely isn't a lack of
:52:34. > :52:36.them in the back of the net. This confidence. A lovely dummy by
:52:37. > :52:40.Deeney, drops his shoulder, a fantastic save by Mignolet. Look at
:52:41. > :52:50.it. He's not snatched at it, he has hit it well. Those were hit in the
:52:51. > :52:53.back of the net in the early stages. The movement is great here, peels
:52:54. > :52:56.off the back of Lucas, this was a poor effort. It should have gone
:52:57. > :53:00.across the goal. Is at a cliche that you have to be in the right place to
:53:01. > :53:03.miss them and if you are in the right place there's less to worry
:53:04. > :53:06.about? He's doing the right things, in the right places, it's just not
:53:07. > :53:08.hitting the back of the net at the moment. These are periods in
:53:09. > :53:12.strikers' careers that they go through at times.
:53:13. > :53:15.Time for the best of Saturday's action, starting with the three
:53:16. > :53:41.He took it early. He is Redmond, Jerome. A big chance for Norwich.
:53:42. > :53:45.The power behind it, headed it down as he should have done. He knows
:53:46. > :53:49.that should want -- he knows that should have counted. Time ticking
:53:50. > :53:54.away for both these sides. A draw will soon either. Rooney inside the
:53:55. > :54:06.penalty area, Wayne Rooney, there's a chance gone. Mata scores and that
:54:07. > :54:08.could be a massive moment at Carrow Road. Belief is draining away and
:54:09. > :54:22.the Carrow Road stands. Townsend's free kick. Out by Toney.
:54:23. > :54:32.Tiote let it drop. Mitrovic is onside and its over the bar. Another
:54:33. > :54:39.one goes begging for Newcastle. Whatever is happening elsewhere,
:54:40. > :54:44.this surely was a game that they thought they could win. Mitrovic is
:54:45. > :54:48.not far wide. If Newcastle do go down at the end of this season they
:54:49. > :54:58.will surely look back on this afternoon as an opportunity missed.
:54:59. > :55:05.Hazard really was the star of the show in the second-half comeback the
:55:06. > :55:11.day against Tottenham. Costa combining with Cahill and finishing
:55:12. > :55:15.at off. Chelsea ahead. Sunderland's fight for survival has just got a
:55:16. > :55:22.little bit more difficult now. The hill is a little steep. Kaboul has
:55:23. > :55:29.gone up for this one, in towards Kaboul. Kone Bacchin, Khazri takes
:55:30. > :55:36.it up, oh my goodness me! What a wonderful goal for Wahbi Khazri!
:55:37. > :55:43.It's a stunner! A goal to really lift the spirits of Sunderland.
:55:44. > :55:48.Matic, is there time for one last attack before the half-time whistle?
:55:49. > :55:52.In by Azpilicueta, a great chance for Matic. Chelsea's leaders
:55:53. > :56:00.restored and Sunderland undone in the last few seconds of added time
:56:01. > :56:02.at the end of the first half. Several red and white shirted
:56:03. > :56:08.players waiting inside the penalty area. Chelsea with a player down.
:56:09. > :56:14.Sunderland playing on. Van Aanholt, collected here, Borini, it's 2-2.
:56:15. > :56:18.Fabio Borini against his former club. All to play for, for
:56:19. > :56:27.Sunderland in the fight for survival. 2-2. Here comes Sunderland
:56:28. > :56:35.once more with Yedlin, who was away. Only half cleared. Defoe! 3-2, what
:56:36. > :56:42.a turnaround. Jermain Defoe could be the difference maker for Sunderland.
:56:43. > :56:47.What a turnaround here two goals in two minutes and 18 seconds for
:56:48. > :56:50.Sunderland. On the verge of a fifth home win of the season, the great
:56:51. > :56:55.Sunderland. On the verge of a fifth escape very much alive for
:56:56. > :57:00.Sunderland. John Terry makes a heavy challenge and Mike Jones reaches for
:57:01. > :57:04.his card again, and it's a red card for John Terry. Terry flings the
:57:05. > :57:10.captain's armband away and leaves the arena with the
:57:11. > :57:15.captain's armband away and leaves or so fans ringing in his ears.
:57:16. > :57:19.Sunderland have just got to hang on for a few seconds here, as Traore
:57:20. > :57:24.takes a shot, saved by Naman Ojha again and that should do it. There
:57:25. > :57:29.goes the final whistle! The fight for survival very much on for
:57:30. > :57:34.Sunderland. This is a very big bonus three points.
:57:35. > :57:40.As I'm sure you know by now, if Sunderland beat Everton on
:57:41. > :57:44.Wednesday, that will relegate both Newcastle and Norwich. Is there any
:57:45. > :57:49.way you can see them not beating Everton? No! They've got so much to
:57:50. > :57:52.play for in that one game. The way that they're playing, the spirit
:57:53. > :57:57.that they're showing towards the end of the season, I can only see it
:57:58. > :58:01.going one way. Do you think the biggest danger here is that
:58:02. > :58:04.everybody, certainly fans, will be going on Wednesday night expecting a
:58:05. > :58:09.win over Everton, whereas maybe they went there yesterday not necessarily
:58:10. > :58:14.expecting a win over Chelsea? Yes, I think that can be a problem. The
:58:15. > :58:17.expectancy level changes and Everton's best performances have
:58:18. > :58:21.been on the road, that is for sure. They've got some dangerous players,
:58:22. > :58:25.of course. You can't take them for granted. I think they will do it.
:58:26. > :58:29.The quality that Sam brought in in the window was very good and with
:58:30. > :58:36.Jermain, he has written much single-handedly kept them up. You
:58:37. > :58:38.could have trusted him with the opportunities Newcastle had
:58:39. > :58:42.yesterday. Exactly. We've been saying it for a large period of the
:58:43. > :58:47.season, if they were going to go down it would be because of the lack
:58:48. > :58:50.of goals. It was no clearer than that game yesterday, they needed to
:58:51. > :58:51.win it and they couldn't put the ball in the back of the neck,
:58:52. > :58:54.unfortunately. On our first show of the season
:58:55. > :58:57.we went to Leicester City to gauge the club's ambitions and hopes
:58:58. > :59:00.for the campaign through 36 games later, who would have
:59:01. > :59:29.thought that we would be back there At the beginning, when we started
:59:30. > :59:33.the season, I said to the players come listen to me, you are better
:59:34. > :59:48.the season, I said to the players do something. Into King. King's ball
:59:49. > :59:52.in is a good one! Who would have ever thought this would have
:59:53. > :59:55.happened, four years ago? It's mental but a lot of hard work has
:59:56. > :59:57.gone into it and having my team-mates around me that I've got,
:59:58. > :00:01.it's unbelievable. COMMENTATOR: Mahrez, he's got
:00:02. > :00:12.through, it's in! Andy King COMMENTATOR: Mahrez, he's got
:00:13. > :00:18.on the scene. They are singing and dancing in the rain! It is an honour
:00:19. > :00:21.that I'm unbelievably proud of. It's an unbelievable journey and it's not
:00:22. > :00:30.finished yet. Who knows what will happen next season. It's Vardy,
:00:31. > :00:41.England's number nine. He blasts it home! Two for Vardy, three for
:00:42. > :00:45.Leicester. Dilly ding, dily dong indeed.
:00:46. > :00:49.Mirallas goes on, chance for Mirallas! That's a brilliant finish.
:00:50. > :00:54.Something for the fans to cheer. Listen to the roar, raw emotional
:00:55. > :01:13.around the stadium. # We're coming for you
:01:14. > :01:21.# Way coming for you... # Barcelona, we're coming for you
:01:22. > :01:28.When my hands got on the trophy, finally, and I gave it a kiss and
:01:29. > :01:43.lifted it, it finally sunk in. Premier League champion. Yes! Yes!
:01:44. > :01:49.It is all the players. It's not just Vards, its not just me, it's not
:01:50. > :01:51.just Morgan, it's not just N'Golo, its all of us and that is why we won
:01:52. > :02:05.this league. The fans are dreaming. Keep
:02:06. > :02:21.dreaming. Why wake up? Brilliant. Virtually everything that
:02:22. > :02:26.can be said has been said about Leicester. Do you think if you two
:02:27. > :02:28.were still playing and went into pre-season training at a club who
:02:29. > :02:32.wasn't expected to challenge from the title, you would be going in
:02:33. > :02:38.with a greater belief? You'd have to look around the dressing room and
:02:39. > :02:42.hope and pray that you had anything like the togetherness that that
:02:43. > :02:46.Leicester team have got. Because it's exactly that that has got them
:02:47. > :02:51.to where they are. Yes, they have sprinkles of absolute pure quality,
:02:52. > :02:55.but it's not very often you come across what they've got in your
:02:56. > :03:00.career and when I think you're as likely to come across it, you win
:03:01. > :03:06.things. Those lads have shot for the stars and they've got it. What do
:03:07. > :03:13.you think? I do believe it will give or belief to the underdogs, the
:03:14. > :03:16.lesser teams. Some people say, now Burnley and Middlesbrough are
:03:17. > :03:20.promoted, what will they be thinking? I'm not saying they will
:03:21. > :03:26.think they can go and win the title, but... Belief is a big link in
:03:27. > :03:30.football. We talk about belief and confidence. -- a big thing. The
:03:31. > :03:34.nearest experience I had was with full in the Europa League and we
:03:35. > :03:36.were playing teams with much better individual than ourselves but the
:03:37. > :03:42.team ethic and mentality got us there. To do it for the 38 games
:03:43. > :03:46.that they won it, it's just incredible. Watching that, you talk
:03:47. > :03:53.about words but sometimes its feelings. The emotion that came over
:03:54. > :03:59.me, just watching that then, it... It gives you goose bumps. For
:04:00. > :04:03.everyone thinking how nice it is, Mark Schwarzer said to us this
:04:04. > :04:07.lunchtime Claudio Ranieri told them celebrate, fine, but when they come
:04:08. > :04:12.in on Thursday it's already about looking ahead to next season. It has
:04:13. > :04:16.to be. If they want to have any chance of lifting the trophy. No,
:04:17. > :04:19.they can have a party now! You've got pre-season for that! A reminder
:04:20. > :04:25.of a cute things coming your way. All the music used on the show
:04:26. > :04:29.tonight and across the season can be found on the Match of the Day 2
:04:30. > :04:31.playlist at bbc.co.uk/music. Match of the Day 3 is available
:04:32. > :04:34.on the iPlayer tomorrow morning, And it's the Women's FA
:04:35. > :04:38.Cup Final next Saturday - Here's the rest of
:04:39. > :04:55.the weekend's action. COMMENTATOR: Routledge, for Swansea.
:04:56. > :05:03.Gibbs is making some good runs on the left-hand side. -- Ki. He may
:05:04. > :05:08.just have found an opening here, and he has. And Swansea said the have
:05:09. > :05:12.taken the lead. Routledge came in from the far side and Slaven Bilic's
:05:13. > :05:15.team looked a little bit static there in defence. This is Kingsley.
:05:16. > :05:25.Stephen Kingsley, for Swansea. there in defence. This is Kingsley.
:05:26. > :05:37.It's gone in! Ayew at the near post. Kingsley makes the goal, and Swansea
:05:38. > :05:43.are 2-0 up here. This is Barrow for Swansea. They have three in the
:05:44. > :05:47.middle, and that is Ki! It is 3-0. A booming smile on the face of the
:05:48. > :05:53.Korean and no wonder, West Ham just don't know what to do with him. West
:05:54. > :06:03.Ham 0- three Swansea to. Payet We'll take this. Read goes near post.
:06:04. > :06:09.Payet again. And it's in now! Well, as this came in, I thought Sakho was
:06:10. > :06:16.favourite but things Lee goes in there. Kingsley certainly wouldn't
:06:17. > :06:22.want the own goal. -- Kingsley. Swansea break with Gomis. Two
:06:23. > :06:30.against one, Gomis and Ayew, is he going to play it to Ayew? Is Gomis
:06:31. > :06:34.going to score? Yes he is! Swansea go 4-1 up. A rueful look on the face
:06:35. > :06:36.of the West Ham manager, and Swansea are celebrating, as they deserve to
:06:37. > :06:49.do. Evans. In towards Rondon. West
:06:50. > :06:57.Bromwich Albion in front. Artur Boruc with the poor clearance, it
:06:58. > :07:00.was straight to Leko and West Bromwich Albion took full advantage.
:07:01. > :07:06.Rondon gets in front of his defender, Steve Cooke, and plants it
:07:07. > :07:11.beyond Artur Boruc. That's a penalty! A foul by Tommy Elphick and
:07:12. > :07:15.West Bromwich Albion have a spot kick. Saido Berahino had two
:07:16. > :07:20.penalties saved against Watford a couple of weeks ago. Tony Pulis said
:07:21. > :07:28.he hopes Berahino would take the next penalty. Against the bar! And
:07:29. > :07:32.he can't turn in the rebound! Artur Boruc with the save, pushing it onto
:07:33. > :07:40.the bar and then it was all hands to the pomp at -- all hands to the pump
:07:41. > :07:46.and Boruc with another magnificent one-handed save to prevent it
:07:47. > :07:51.crossing the goal-line. Towards King, Richie is there! Matt Ritchie
:07:52. > :07:55.with the equaliser for Bournemouth. Calamity at the back for West
:07:56. > :08:06.Bromwich Albion. Matt Ritchie's fourth goal of the season.
:08:07. > :08:14.Imbula, Crouch and Arnautovic in front of him. On towards Adam! That
:08:15. > :08:19.is a fabulous Stoke City goal. Really excellent execution. Really
:08:20. > :08:36.good team goal. And they lead at Selhurst Park. Bolasie, and still.
:08:37. > :08:40.Still going, and still! What a start for the second half for Crystal
:08:41. > :08:46.Palace. 70 seconds into it and they are level already. Dwight Gayle gets
:08:47. > :08:55.his second Premier League goal of the campaign. It's 1-1 at Selhurst
:08:56. > :09:02.Park. Free kick Crystal Palace. Gayle goes for it! And scores. And
:09:03. > :09:06.Dwight Gayle gets his second of the match. And having trailed, Palace
:09:07. > :09:17.now in front courtesy of a Gayle double.
:09:18. > :09:37.And we can reveal that this is how you have voted at home. It's all
:09:38. > :09:40.down to your votes. Petr Cech, 13.8% in third. You two can look at each
:09:41. > :09:43.other as much as you want, this is how people have voted at home.
:09:44. > :09:44.other as much as you want, this is Kasper Schmeichel in second,
:09:45. > :09:46.other as much as you want, this is David de Gea has won Save of the
:09:47. > :09:59.Season. COMMENTATOR: Oh! Brilliant save! He
:10:00. > :10:03.will have seen it late and it may have deflected off Smalling too. The
:10:04. > :10:09.goalkeeper got down so quickly. Here is the latest Premier League
:10:10. > :10:12.table. Tottenham's defeat means the battle
:10:13. > :10:15.for second place will go to the final weekend -
:10:16. > :10:17.Arsenal have moved within two points Manchester City's top-four hopes
:10:18. > :10:21.are no longer in their hands. They are only two points ahead
:10:22. > :10:23.of United, who have Sunderland will stay in the top
:10:24. > :10:37.flight if they beat Everton. With the mascots, we have one in
:10:38. > :10:50.utter shock at standing next to Rooney. The Palace one completely
:10:51. > :11:00.outnumbered! And Dejan Lovren with great restraint to the West Ham one.
:11:01. > :11:00.With the managers, Ivan Gaskill didn't
:11:01. > :11:04.With the managers, Ivan Gaskill left because of the fire
:11:05. > :11:09.With the managers, Ivan Gaskill these weren't the easiest
:11:10. > :11:13.instructions from Tim Sherwood. As far as the officials are
:11:14. > :11:18.instructions from Tim Sherwood. As the lino was more pumped than the
:11:19. > :11:27.players. Jonathan Moss wasn't accurate with his spray. And Martin
:11:28. > :11:36.Atkinson had no concern for Routledge's ears. Skills off the
:11:37. > :11:40.Atkinson had no concern for page came from the ball boy at
:11:41. > :11:45.Palace, and Mertesacker knew it. And from the Stuart at West Ham, and he
:11:46. > :11:55.himself knew it. Skills on the pitch didn't come from Huth... But of
:11:56. > :12:01.course they did come from Mahrez, who left three Villa players on
:12:02. > :12:08.their backside there, and a nice meg here.
:12:09. > :12:19.Celebration of the season came from a security guard at Leicester. While
:12:20. > :12:28.the title winning manager hasn't had many moments that have left him
:12:29. > :12:33.bemused. And it's been a very long journey for some Leicester fans, but
:12:34. > :12:37.that sums up what football is all about.
:12:38. > :12:45.Thank you very much to Jermaine and Danny and with Gary and Match of the
:12:46. > :12:47.Day taking over duties next Sunday, this is the last Match of the Day 2
:12:48. > :12:49.of the season. Thanks for watching over
:12:50. > :12:51.the past nine months. There are many players across this
:12:52. > :12:54.season you might want to emulate, but only one team you would
:12:55. > :13:21.want to be part of. # I'm the king of the swingers
:13:22. > :13:24.# The jungle VIP # I've reached the top
:13:25. > :13:34.# And had to stop # And that's what's bothering me
:13:35. > :13:36.# I'm tired of monkeying around # I want to be like you
:13:37. > :13:41.# # Walk like you
:13:42. > :13:45.# Talk like you # You see it's true
:13:46. > :13:50.# Someone like me # Can learn to be
:13:51. > :13:56.# Someone like you COMMENTATOR: Vardy has done it! 11
:13:57. > :14:04.consecutive games! Mahrez! Fantastic Mr Fox! Dele Alli, what a goal!
:14:05. > :14:11.Martial, brilliant! This time! Carroll! Gylfi Sigurdsson does it
:14:12. > :14:18.again. Jermain Defoe is in the middle, perfect! Oh! How about that!
:14:19. > :14:23.Great shot, terrific goal. Riyad Mahrez, wonderful skill. Sanchez!
:14:24. > :14:49.What a goal by Eden Hazard! # Together we would have powers
:14:50. > :15:08.# The jungle treasure is ours # I wanna be like you
:15:09. > :15:10.# Can learn to be # Like someone