:00:49. > :00:53.One Premier League game on Match Of The Day 2 tonight.
:00:54. > :00:56.And then later, we'll have two FA Cup quarterfinals,
:00:57. > :00:58.all in the company of Joey Barton and Kevin Kilbane.
:00:59. > :01:51.So to Villa Park, and two teams having very different seasons.
:01:52. > :02:00.It is 31 years since Spurs were in the top two at this stage of the
:02:01. > :02:05.season. They are looking to repeat what Phil Mickelson's team did in
:02:06. > :02:10.1961. But they know the margin for error is decreasing all the time.
:02:11. > :02:12.Remy Garde makes three changes from the side comfortably beaten by
:02:13. > :02:22.Manchester City. Agbonlahor is injured. After the seven changes in
:02:23. > :02:26.Dortmund in the Europa League in the week, Pochettino reverts to the
:02:27. > :02:30.Tottenham team which started the north London derby. Harry Kane's
:02:31. > :02:36.goal in that match was his 16th in his last 20 Premier League James.
:02:37. > :02:41.Two more than the Villa team have managed in the same period. Spurs
:02:42. > :02:47.have won seven of the last eight meetings with Aston Villa. They must
:02:48. > :02:52.win this one to keep the pressure on Leicester, before they play
:02:53. > :03:00.Newcastle tomorrow. Eriksen is totally unmarked... Villa got a bit
:03:01. > :03:03.fortunate there. Kane almost squeezed it through to Christian
:03:04. > :03:12.Eriksen. Warning signs already for the bottom club. That has been given
:03:13. > :03:21.straight to Carles Gil on his recall. Clean challenge from Rose
:03:22. > :03:26.right in front of the referee. Guzan has to get there! He doesn't! And
:03:27. > :03:41.Harry Kane has hit the bar! Just inches away. It was devastatingly
:03:42. > :03:44.quick, a beautifully weighted pass. Kane lifted it over the 'keeper but
:03:45. > :03:55.could not quite get it underneath the crossbar.
:03:56. > :04:05.Lovely football. Important interception from Lescott. Dele
:04:06. > :04:06.Alli's drive, straight to Guzan. The Tottenham players thinking up
:04:07. > :04:32.positively again. -- linking up. Long from Hutton. In towards
:04:33. > :04:36.Gestede. It was half a chance. He could not really make any contact,
:04:37. > :04:44.Gestede. Veretout did really well to get this across.
:04:45. > :04:50.The last Villa manager to win a major trophy, Brian Little, watching
:04:51. > :05:02.on. He was announced as an adviser to the board this week.
:05:03. > :05:16.When Harry Kane is on your shoulder, you do not take any chances - and
:05:17. > :05:20.Lescott didn't. Eriksen! Christian Eriksen has only scored one goal in
:05:21. > :05:23.his last 13. That was the winner at Manchester City, though. But I think
:05:24. > :05:32.Brad Guzan had discovered. It has fallen to Eriksen. Kane into
:05:33. > :05:43.the path of Rose. Harry Kane! It has fallen to Eriksen. Kane into
:05:44. > :05:58.should have put pediment in front. Good awareness from Kane to find
:05:59. > :06:10.Here is Kane. Kane went alone. Beaten away by Guzan. The danger is
:06:11. > :06:22.still not cleared for Villa. Cleverley done by Eriksen. Cleared
:06:23. > :06:26.by Hutton. Hit could have been easily beaten by now, Brad Guzan.
:06:27. > :06:37.You cannot blame Harry Kane for going for goal, the run he is on. He
:06:38. > :06:47.has won just two of his 18 games in charge. Beaten on ten occasions.
:06:48. > :06:58.Still level in this one. Lamela! It still won't go in for Tottenham!
:06:59. > :07:12.Spurs are scratching their heads and wondering how they are not in front.
:07:13. > :07:32.Hutton, in the right place at the right time.
:07:33. > :07:44.Looking for the free kick. And Villa have got it, right in front of
:07:45. > :07:49.Anthony Taylor, the referee. 6.5 minutes to half-time. Spurs have
:07:50. > :07:55.everybody back. And it came straight at Lloris in the end. The inclusion
:07:56. > :07:56.of Gestede today makes Villa more threatening from this kind of
:07:57. > :08:24.situation. Foul by Gana. Takes it quickly, in
:08:25. > :08:26.towards Kane. Harry Kane! Right on the stroke of half-time, Harry Kane
:08:27. > :08:33.again. And this time, Villa could not survive. His 21st goal in all
:08:34. > :08:39.competitions this season. It was the quick thinking of Dele Alli, after
:08:40. > :08:52.he had been fouled, saw the run of Kane.
:08:53. > :09:02.He still had plenty to do. 17 league goals in 21 league games for Harry
:09:03. > :09:09.Kane. Ten in his last 11 Premier League away games. Well, Remy Garde
:09:10. > :09:15.has made the point in his programme notes today that when his team go
:09:16. > :09:22.one goal down, confidence levels are fragile.
:09:23. > :09:38.Harry Kane, Kiss of the! And it has taken them less than 2.5 minutes of
:09:39. > :09:43.the second half. -- 2-0, Tottenham! That will surely be the killer.
:09:44. > :09:58.Right at the end of the first half - and now at the start of the second.
:09:59. > :10:08.Nice linkup between Lamela and Dele Alli. No chance for tactic. Is he
:10:09. > :10:12.about to see his team capitulate again?
:10:13. > :10:32.Beaten away by Guzan. From one fallback to another. It nearly
:10:33. > :10:37.turned into the third goal. Good strike from Kyle Walker. Those
:10:38. > :10:44.Tottenham fans certainly are dreaming. 55 points they had before
:10:45. > :10:47.today - their highest tally ever in a Premier League season after 29
:10:48. > :10:51.matches. They expected three more today.
:10:52. > :11:19.Lescott with the outstretched leg. You have to go back to need 1994
:11:20. > :11:26.Tottenham's last top three finish. -- back to 1990.
:11:27. > :11:33.Harry Kane: Great team performance today!
:11:34. > :11:48.Fantastic run from Ayew. And Gestede could not finish it off! It just
:11:49. > :11:50.will not go in for Villa. This is what Ayew is potentially capable
:11:51. > :12:08.will not go in for Villa. This is Good strength and awareness.
:12:09. > :12:13.Of the 92 league clubs, Dagenham have a worst home record in
:12:14. > :12:47.Aston Villa. Gana switching play to the teenage
:12:48. > :12:52.debutant Green. No chances taken by Wimmer. Corner to Villa. Three
:12:53. > :13:03.minutes of the 90 remaining. It comes. Somehow they have been
:13:04. > :13:36.denied! Lescott at the back post. I think it was a good victory. Very
:13:37. > :13:42.important after three or four games, not so good. Another defeat, but was
:13:43. > :13:48.that a better attitude from your players today? Yesterday in the.
:13:49. > :13:53.Unfortunately, the result is not positive for us. But for sure, the
:13:54. > :13:58.commitment of the players for the 90 minutes was far better than in the
:13:59. > :14:04.previous weeks. What about the run Harry Kane is on at the moment? Very
:14:05. > :14:09.important for him and very important for the team. Very pleased for him,
:14:10. > :14:16.because he is an unbelievable guy. He works very hard for the team. Was
:14:17. > :14:19.a very important. You say until it is mathematically possible, but how
:14:20. > :14:25.difficult is it when the club have now lost 20 games this season? I
:14:26. > :14:34.would say of course the situation is awful. It is a massive challenge to
:14:35. > :14:37.win enough games to be safe. But you know when you are wearing a shirt
:14:38. > :14:42.like Aston Villa's shirt, you have to be proud and fight until the last
:14:43. > :14:49.minute. That is only what we have to do. Of course I knew the situation
:14:50. > :14:55.would be difficult. Maybe I found things more difficult when I came
:14:56. > :14:58.here, for sure, yes. Is it good for the Tottenham fans to be talking
:14:59. > :15:03.about the title again? Yes, you cannot stop the dream of the people.
:15:04. > :15:06.They are right to dream. But for us, it is important to dream, but work
:15:07. > :15:16.very hard. Remi Garde seemed quite honest,
:15:17. > :15:22.saying how difficult he found it, but when it came to the goals they
:15:23. > :15:27.conceded, it was down to a lack of communication and experience and you
:15:28. > :15:33.maybe doubt the latter part of that. You have four internationals on the
:15:34. > :15:41.backline with 115 years of combined age. If there is any stage you are
:15:42. > :15:46.experienced, it is now. You look at some of their defending, you can be
:15:47. > :15:50.nothing but negative about it. Particularly the full-backs? For
:15:51. > :15:58.sure. Alan Hutton is an international, Cissokho has been
:15:59. > :16:06.capped by France. Time after time, as we go on, the reaction is really
:16:07. > :16:12.poor. Lamela gives him five yards. He can do an awful lot more here. He
:16:13. > :16:19.lets him get a shot away and it is a great save. Hutton did well here,
:16:20. > :16:24.but as we can see, you are on the counterattack with a bit of
:16:25. > :16:31.transition and both forwards and start driving forward. Then they
:16:32. > :16:36.start moaning about the decision. Great play by Harry Kane and Dele
:16:37. > :16:42.Alli, and they are 1-0 down but you look at this reaction from Cissokho,
:16:43. > :16:49.that says, don't blame me, it's not my fault. It's not what you need in
:16:50. > :16:53.a relegation battle. This is farcical, a from half-time, the back
:16:54. > :16:59.four should be in that position, what they are doing, nobody knows.
:17:00. > :17:03.They make small error after small error which leads to the second for
:17:04. > :17:08.Harry Kane and it is almost a game over. And if Cissokho had been
:17:09. > :17:15.further round he could have covered Kane? For sure. You are a minute
:17:16. > :17:21.after half-time, that is what Remi Garde will have said, you have
:17:22. > :17:25.created some chances, and when I have played with teams at the
:17:26. > :17:31.bottom, Steve Bruce put me at left-back for Wigan. He would say to
:17:32. > :17:35.sit in my position and play from behind and support. Aston Villa are
:17:36. > :17:40.not doing that because both full-backs are going forward and
:17:41. > :17:46.they don't have any support. In those 20 defeats, there has to be a
:17:47. > :17:51.time for the defensive unit to just sit in, Joleon Lescott has to do
:17:52. > :17:57.that as a defensive player. For all of the errors and allowing space,
:17:58. > :18:04.you have to exploit it which is what Spurs did. And they have one of the
:18:05. > :18:10.best exponent in that in Harry Kane. His movement all afternoon was
:18:11. > :18:17.phenomenal. This is Danny Rose showing what a full-back should do.
:18:18. > :18:21.Kane does not have searing pace but he was constantly on the shoulder,
:18:22. > :18:27.in between defenders. On another afternoon he could have had four or
:18:28. > :18:33.five. If you are a young boys playing football in the striking
:18:34. > :18:37.position, you have got to watch him. Not blessed with pace but his
:18:38. > :18:41.movement, he never allows the defender to pick him up, he is
:18:42. > :18:46.always in the space between defenders and that is where a lot of
:18:47. > :18:54.his chances come from Ulster little things here, on the shoulder, alive.
:18:55. > :19:00.Walker gets back but watch his position. Absolutely perfect for a
:19:01. > :19:08.centre forward and he takes the shot early. This is the goal, his little
:19:09. > :19:15.check to stay onside. It is high-class stuff. Great ball from
:19:16. > :19:22.Alli to spot him. It is a supreme poacher. Linking up, he doesn't stop
:19:23. > :19:29.and he attacks the space. And he gets his reward. And you are taught
:19:30. > :19:34.that from an early age, to attack the space? Particularly as a front
:19:35. > :19:39.man, he also does the basics well. Received the ball, and then attack
:19:40. > :19:45.the space, if you are in between the goals, the ball will find you and he
:19:46. > :19:51.does that time and again and he gets his reward. Just on the Spurs
:19:52. > :20:00.full-backs Kubo bomb on, Walker and Rose -- who both bomb on. When they
:20:01. > :20:05.do, Dier sits in. Pochettino will have worked on that. The Spurs
:20:06. > :20:12.full-backs have created width because the three behind Harry Kane
:20:13. > :20:20.are quite narrow. Eric Dier almost makes a third centre-half. The Villa
:20:21. > :20:28.centre-backs did not even entertain the space and that is why there were
:20:29. > :20:33.gaps there. 2-0 flattered Villa. They did have a late chances to draw
:20:34. > :20:37.level. And early in the game when they missed the chance, but then
:20:38. > :20:44.they got it together. The longer this went on, this is what Remi
:20:45. > :20:49.Garde is saying, he has got around them to say, these sorts of chances,
:20:50. > :20:54.if you are top of the table, they would go in. At the bottom, this is
:20:55. > :21:02.what you find. It was an awful mess from Gestede. Lescott at the far
:21:03. > :21:08.post. I'd been in these positions, you feel like everything is going
:21:09. > :21:09.against you. They are almost feeling sorry for themselves. It is when you
:21:10. > :21:15.are at the sorry for themselves. It is when you
:21:16. > :21:20.out. The things you have to talk about, Spurs should have been out of
:21:21. > :21:25.sight and gone and because of good goalkeeping from Brad Guzan and some
:21:26. > :21:27.poor finishing from Spurs, it could have been a
:21:28. > :21:28.poor finishing from Spurs, it could kicked themselves.
:21:29. > :21:31.There were only three games in the Premier League yesterday -
:21:32. > :21:33.and we start our round-up with Swansea's visit
:21:34. > :21:53.Surman might just fancy teasing this to the back post. He goes for goal!
:21:54. > :22:01.A good effort onto the post, I think Fabianski had it covered.
:22:02. > :22:10.Pushed away by Fabianski and it will drop for Gradel! And Bournemouth
:22:11. > :22:19.take the lead! He will have enjoyed that. Max Gradel went on record
:22:20. > :22:22.saying that he wanted to give up the game at times during his recovery
:22:23. > :22:32.but he has made a big impact since coming back. Fer. Swansea only have
:22:33. > :22:40.to macro in the box, Sigurdsson makes it three. He has got the shot
:22:41. > :22:45.away and scored! Barrow with a wonderful reply for Swansea City!
:22:46. > :22:55.Bournemouth backed off as Barrow inched his way into the box and find
:22:56. > :23:03.the smallest of gaps. Fer. He had to stretch and it came off King to
:23:04. > :23:08.Gradel. Good shot and it was too strong for Fabianski and Josh King
:23:09. > :23:10.scores again! Fabianski was at full for the first and he might have do
:23:11. > :23:12.bear the blame for that as for the first and he might have do
:23:13. > :23:16.beaten at his near post but the for the first and he might have do
:23:17. > :23:29.power that Josh King summoned up was quite impressive. Two to his right.
:23:30. > :23:36.Wrangle, Barrow, a chance to cut it back, it drops for Sigurdsson! --
:23:37. > :23:39.Angel Rangel. Gylfi Sigurdsson does it again, seven
:23:40. > :23:40.Angel Rangel. Gylfi Sigurdsson does Premier League games and Swansea are
:23:41. > :23:58.back in the match again. The danger is still on, Coke! 3-2
:23:59. > :24:02.Bournemouth! He scored against Southampton in their last home
:24:03. > :24:04.fixture and Steve Cook does it again and for the third time, Bournemouth
:24:05. > :24:16.take the lead. It is like being in between a rock
:24:17. > :24:23.and a hard place for Norwich, Aguero or Silva. It is Aguero. A little
:24:24. > :24:27.and a hard place for Norwich, Aguero puff of the cheeks from John Ruddy,
:24:28. > :24:32.it was well hit by Aguero. He judged it right in the end but a slightly
:24:33. > :24:39.less comfortable save than it might have been and here is Aguero now.
:24:40. > :24:44.Good effort, really good save by ruddy. Tremendous effort from
:24:45. > :24:57.Aguero, this was terrific, real power in the shot.
:24:58. > :25:09.Otamendi was sleeping, in, Bamford! He has hit the bar. So
:25:10. > :25:15.unlucky. Look at Otamendi, fast asleep, Bamford nixed it away from
:25:16. > :25:24.him and a really good strike from Patrick Bamford -- nicked it.
:25:25. > :25:35.It has gone in, turned in at the near post and Kellie, who almost
:25:36. > :25:47.scored moments earlier, applies the finish seconds later -- Pelle. His
:25:48. > :25:54.first league goal since November. Tadic, Pelle, good effort! Terrific
:25:55. > :26:00.finish, 2-0 Southampton. They have had all the chances and they had
:26:01. > :26:10.scored the goals. Pelle had not scored in 12 matches in the Premier
:26:11. > :26:15.League but he has two. Afellay. A great ball in and it is turned in on
:26:16. > :26:21.the near post by Arnautovic and Stoke needed to score early in the
:26:22. > :26:27.second half and they have. A good move and their first attempt on
:26:28. > :26:33.target, turned in by Arnautovic, in great form, his 10th Premier League
:26:34. > :26:39.goal of the season. Tadic trying to get there and he does and was he
:26:40. > :26:44.caught? Lee Mason looked at his assistant on the near side who was
:26:45. > :26:50.unmoved and come in the end, he has given a goal kick. He doesn't
:26:51. > :26:55.believe Tadic dived, he doesn't believe he was fouled either. This
:26:56. > :27:02.was the moment. Butland comes to him and I think that is a penalty all
:27:03. > :27:12.day long. Up by Imbula, cleared by Romeu, back in by Shawcross and
:27:13. > :27:23.cleared again by Romeu and that is fouled by Mane, a card is coming.
:27:24. > :27:24.Red! Red for Sadio Mane! I suspect Southampton will probably want that
:27:25. > :27:33.to be reviewed. That leaves us with Leicester
:27:34. > :27:39.against Newcastle on Monday. A lot has been said about Rafael Benitez
:27:40. > :27:44.coming in for Newcastle but does it change things for Leicester? They
:27:45. > :27:48.will be aware that the new manager has come in, I have played for a few
:27:49. > :27:52.teams that have had to change their managers at this stage! It gives you
:27:53. > :27:56.a boost because you want to impress the manager but Leicester will be
:27:57. > :28:00.aware of that. If they want to win the league, they have to win this.
:28:01. > :28:05.Looking at it the other way, it focuses Leicester even more. If they
:28:06. > :28:10.don't beat Newcastle, they would be disappointed regardless of who is in
:28:11. > :28:13.charge. You would have to ask if Rafa has had enough time to work
:28:14. > :28:19.with them. You have to fancy Leicester. Especially if they are
:28:20. > :28:25.going to win the league as everybody hopes! Unless you are a Spurs or
:28:26. > :28:31.Arsenal or Manchester City fan. Will he keep them up? No, I think big Sam
:28:32. > :28:34.has more experience and I think Sunderland will stay up ahead of
:28:35. > :28:38.them. Former Sunderland player Kevin Kilbane! This is the Premier League
:28:39. > :28:47.table. Leicester can restore the 5-point
:28:48. > :28:50.cushion if they beat Newcastle tomorrow.
:28:51. > :28:53.That victory for Spurs was also a 20th league defeat of the season
:28:54. > :28:56.for Aston Villa, who are eight points adrift at the bottom.
:28:57. > :29:15.And that gap will grow if Newcastle get anything out of Rafa Benitez's
:29:16. > :29:22.Harry Kane! Mauricio Pochettino's team have kept themselves in the
:29:23. > :29:24.race! Time now to move on to the action
:29:25. > :29:28.from the Emirates FA Cup quarterfinals, with action
:29:29. > :29:45.from all these four coming up. We'll start with the holders -
:29:46. > :30:04.Arsenal at home to Watford, Arsenal went on to win the cup after
:30:05. > :30:11.their last meeting with Watford in this competition, 14 years ago.
:30:12. > :30:16.Watford fans, some of them, will remember there are victory over
:30:17. > :30:21.Arsenal at Highbury in 1987. Arsenal go with a strong side. They are
:30:22. > :30:31.looking to reach a record 29th semifinal. Watford have not gone
:30:32. > :30:36.further than this since 2007. Pantilimon is a very late
:30:37. > :30:38.replacement for Heurelho Gomes. Behrami gets his first FA Cup
:30:39. > :31:08.appearance for the club. Giroud, offside! Arsenal's Jory joy,
:31:09. > :31:15.short lived. Sanchez coming in off the line. Giroud denied his 21st
:31:16. > :31:30.goal of the season. Defensively, Watford look a little rocky. Elneny
:31:31. > :31:35.towards Giroud. Who has won it back. Gabriel had to come in - and that is
:31:36. > :31:38.a strong challenge. Watford are fuming. Really strong challenge.
:31:39. > :31:45.Both of them went for it. He played the ball, but was it a two footed
:31:46. > :31:50.challenge? Oh, that is dangerous. I think that is excessive force. I
:31:51. > :31:54.think that is a red card. But look at the referee's positioning. In my
:31:55. > :32:05.mind that should have been a yellow at least and probably a red.
:32:06. > :32:14.It is an Arsenal corner, the first of the game, after 29 minutes. Up
:32:15. > :32:21.goes Mertesacker, the Wembley cup final score for Arsenal. Giroud is
:32:22. > :32:27.also there. Away by Troy Deeney. Towards Elneny! The goalkeeper
:32:28. > :32:34.hesitated! And Elneny has missed horribly. Had he squared it, he
:32:35. > :32:38.might have been thinking that they would all be offside. But it was an
:32:39. > :32:59.awful finish. Watford on the counter. Troy Deeney
:33:00. > :33:02.waiting for it in the middle. And it is a terrible pass by Ighalo. His
:33:03. > :33:09.strike partner was in on goal! Look at this. Frustrated with himself.
:33:10. > :33:15.His manager must be tearing his hair out. He has lost his confidence,
:33:16. > :33:25.Ighalo, as the goals have dried up for him.
:33:26. > :33:43.Wins the ball. Prodl goes to ground, gets a touch on the ball. Arsenal's
:33:44. > :33:53.unbeaten run in this competition goes back all the way to 2012-13.
:33:54. > :33:59.Mesut Ozil fizzes it in, looking for Campbell...! Over it goes! They have
:34:00. > :34:09.created and missed another. Wonderful improvisation from Ozil.
:34:10. > :34:13.Campbell got underneath it. Hard work here for the cup holders. There
:34:14. > :34:20.might be moments work here for the cup holders. There
:34:21. > :34:29.unbeaten run in the competition. Hull in the final in 2014 could have
:34:30. > :34:37.gone horribly wrong, when they started so poorly. Calum Chambers,
:34:38. > :34:43.just 21. Ake with the throw. Ighalo scores! Wretched Arsenal defending
:34:44. > :34:50.and Watford are ahead at the Emirates! They have played a cagey
:34:51. > :34:58.game. They waited and waited until the moment. And beanie beat two
:34:59. > :35:02.Arsenal players in the air to head it on. And then Gabriel allowed
:35:03. > :35:12.Ighalo to turn. Really poor defending by Arsenal.
:35:13. > :35:23.9000 Watford rupees are singing and dreaming of Wembley.
:35:24. > :35:32.Ake has it. Giroud is chasing him. Ighalo! Could have been two! Some of
:35:33. > :35:36.these Arsenal players have to take a long look at themselves. They have
:35:37. > :35:42.under half an hour to rescue their season. They are surely out of the
:35:43. > :35:47.running for the league. Barcelona away, needing to score three? This
:35:48. > :35:53.is it for them, this competition. And they are second-best at the
:35:54. > :35:56.moment. Giroud, hits Pantilimon! He got lucky, the big old 'keeper.
:35:57. > :36:07.Fortune favours the brave. got lucky, the big old 'keeper.
:36:08. > :36:11.unlucky. Time ticks away. Arsenal's hopes of becoming only the third
:36:12. > :36:20.team to win the FA Cup three years in a row...
:36:21. > :36:35.Mertesacker, is he strong enough to deal with Troy Deeney? 2-0! Rocket
:36:36. > :36:40.past a hesitant Ospina! And Arsenal's long, long unbeaten FA Cup
:36:41. > :36:48.run is coming to an end. And this was an absolute Qualter overdrive.
:36:49. > :36:54.Ospina, beaten at his near post by the sheer power. But would Petr Cech
:36:55. > :37:06.have saved that? I think the answer is - more probably. Ahead of here
:37:07. > :37:19.for the Gunners would change everything. Chambers, Giroud!
:37:20. > :37:21.Brilliant defending. Just nicked away by the Northern Ireland
:37:22. > :37:28.international Cathcart. It has been a fantastic season and this would it
:37:29. > :37:39.for Watford, a trip to Wembley. -- and this would cap it for Watford.
:37:40. > :37:56.Too many numbers in there. Chambers. Walcott onside. Deflected... And
:37:57. > :38:00.wide! It is a corner kick. And when Arsenal see moments like that, do
:38:01. > :38:02.they start to think it is going to be one of those days? Gibbs,
:38:03. > :38:20.Welbeck... Sanchez. Welbeck scores! Have Arsenal got
:38:21. > :38:28.enough time to save their defence of the FA Cup, and their season? Three
:38:29. > :38:33.minutes to go. Lovely give and go and a really sweet finish from a
:38:34. > :38:51.tight angle. Danny Welbeck has breathed new life into this tie of
:38:52. > :39:00.surely they can't do it... Sanchez! Iwobi, off the post! Gibbs! Welbeck,
:39:01. > :39:07.it is wide! Impossibly wide! So unlucky with the first shot. This
:39:08. > :39:11.has to go in! A glaring miss, and the holders are on the brink of
:39:12. > :39:26.going out. Four minutes of stoppage time. Forward by Coquelin. Wide
:39:27. > :39:32.again! And Arsenal fans will say, why didn't he start? He has made a
:39:33. > :39:45.real difference. Coquelin releases Gibbs. Prodl gets it away. The
:39:46. > :39:49.referee checks his watch. Gibbs with the throw. Watford are at Wembley
:39:50. > :39:58.and Arsenal's long run in the FA Cup comes to an end. It is the end of
:39:59. > :40:05.their long, long success in this competition. And it might well
:40:06. > :40:09.herald the end of an era. Strange, because it has come to an
:40:10. > :40:13.end on a day when we felt that our performance deserved a win. But
:40:14. > :40:17.let's give credit to Watford for their few chances, they took them
:40:18. > :40:21.all. But overall we put a decent performance in and it is sad,
:40:22. > :40:26.because we gave everything. I am really happy for my players and for
:40:27. > :40:32.the fans. It is an amazing prize for the fans who have followed us all
:40:33. > :40:33.year. I thought we deserved it. We stuck to the game plan quite well.
:40:34. > :40:38.The counter-attacked well. We stuck to the game plan quite well.
:40:39. > :40:42.opportunities in the first half which we did not take. Second-half,
:40:43. > :40:53.two chances, two goals. Who do you want in the semifinal? Palace. Why
:40:54. > :41:02.not? Any team. I think it is going to beer great day to go there.
:41:03. > :41:08.Another win, why not? I agree with Troy Deeney 100%. He said about
:41:09. > :41:12.Arsene Wenger saying that they had had a 70% possession today, but they
:41:13. > :41:17.have not done enough to go and win the game. Watford today had a good
:41:18. > :41:20.game plan. They tried to force Arsenal into wide, crossing
:41:21. > :41:25.positions continuously. They defended between the goals really,
:41:26. > :41:30.really well. Arsenal kept on crossing the ball into good areas,
:41:31. > :41:36.but they did not have bodies in the right areas, did not get bodies
:41:37. > :41:40.forward quick enough. But I thought it was quite any less from Arsenal.
:41:41. > :41:47.This was really the best of the chances they had in the first half.
:41:48. > :41:53.Did not really cause Watford to many problems, I did not feel. This was a
:41:54. > :42:04.great chance from Ake, but he is in a position to do that. He is able to
:42:05. > :42:07.prevent it going on goal. This was Nyom, brilliant defending, getting
:42:08. > :42:12.himself in a good position. It is the awareness which is excellent, I
:42:13. > :42:17.felt. We spoke about Aston Villa not defending as a team, the full-backs
:42:18. > :42:22.being wide. And here we can see the full-backs narrow, defending as a
:42:23. > :42:26.team, defending as a unit. That is what this performance has been based
:42:27. > :42:31.on. Half-cocked there, fantastic challenge. When you play Arsenal,
:42:32. > :42:37.you know they will try to come through the middle of you. --
:42:38. > :42:44.Cathcart there. So you back yourself to defend the width? Yes, which is
:42:45. > :42:47.what they have done. They have said, we are going to give you the ball
:42:48. > :42:52.out wide and say to you, go on, cross it, you have got one man in
:42:53. > :43:00.the box and we fancy ourselves to defend it. And they did. So, compare
:43:01. > :43:05.and contrast. It is what Deeney said - they had a game plan, but they
:43:06. > :43:09.also tried to hit them on the counterattack. We have look at the
:43:10. > :43:15.linkup play between Deeney and Ighalo throughout this season. This
:43:16. > :43:21.was Ighalo in a good position. It is a poor pass at the end of it. Ighalo
:43:22. > :43:27.gets wrong side of the Arsenal defenders - poor pass. He knows it.
:43:28. > :43:33.But this goal said it all. Arsenal do not get themselves in position.
:43:34. > :43:41.Sanchez needs to get himself back in there. It is still 0-0 at this
:43:42. > :43:50.stage. Deeney just outmuscles the two of them. Then Gabriel gets
:43:51. > :43:57.around the defender to finish. This is not look, getting into a good
:43:58. > :44:02.wide position, brilliant downward header from Deeney creating another
:44:03. > :44:07.opening. And this is where the goal comes from. Ighalo helps it into an
:44:08. > :44:14.area. Again, the hold-up play from Deeney freeze it up - and it is a
:44:15. > :44:21.brilliant strike. I would not question the goalkeeper so much
:44:22. > :44:25.there. I would question the defender turning his back on it. Arsenal were
:44:26. > :44:32.not in the game until the substitution. Yes, it was too
:44:33. > :44:36.little, too late. It is strange with Arsenal were they go from Tibi of
:44:37. > :44:39.course,, was ashen football, and then when they are chasing the game,
:44:40. > :44:48.they end up launching it and actually they get some joy from it.
:44:49. > :44:53.What about the Gabriel tackle? I actually thought it was a red card.
:44:54. > :44:58.I look at it a few times. Andre Marriner is in a perfect position.
:44:59. > :45:04.It looks like it is a wholehearted challenge between two players. But
:45:05. > :45:09.it is two footed, it is reckless. I think it is a red card. If you
:45:10. > :45:13.contrast it yesterday with Mane's red card, Lee Mason was guessing
:45:14. > :45:25.because he did not seek it. There is an argument it is a yellow
:45:26. > :45:32.card. It is a committed challenge, it is an FA Cup quarterfinal, it is
:45:33. > :45:35.important to set a marker. It is a full-blooded, committed challenge,
:45:36. > :45:37.probably a yellow card, I like to see tackling in football!
:45:38. > :45:40.Manchester United were knocked out by Arsenal at Old Trafford
:45:41. > :45:43.Could West Ham do the same this year?
:45:44. > :45:55.COMMENTATOR: After their defeat at Anfield, Manchester United's Euro
:45:56. > :45:59.referendum is looking more out than in so the FA Cup might be a last
:46:00. > :46:03.chance to salvage something from the season but nobody
:46:04. > :46:11.chance to salvage something from the on current form, five wins and a
:46:12. > :46:14.draw in their last six. Manchester United have not won the FA Cup since
:46:15. > :46:18.2004 but they have won their United have not won the FA Cup since
:46:19. > :46:26.four games here. West Winston Reid and Andy Carroll.
:46:27. > :46:33.Darren Randolph is the preferred cup keeper and Slaven Bilic is sticking
:46:34. > :46:38.with him. The 132nd meeting between Manchester United and West Ham
:46:39. > :46:44.United, the very first was an FA Cup game in 1911 which West Ham won 1-0.
:46:45. > :46:54.Good control and a good ball to Emenike! A shake of the head from
:46:55. > :46:59.David de Gea. The beginning of a fist pump from Slaven Bilic as
:47:00. > :47:06.Carroll played him in, it was a chance for Emenike and Bilic knows
:47:07. > :47:10.it. West Ham FA Cup winners in 1980, Trevor Brooking and all that, but
:47:11. > :47:19.they have only reached two semifinals since. Noble finding
:47:20. > :47:25.Creswell. His ball in, Carroll! That is what he feeds on, Andy Carroll,
:47:26. > :47:31.and if Creswell can keep delivering, Carroll will keep getting on the end
:47:32. > :47:36.of them. It was a good ball and he met it really well, didn't quite get
:47:37. > :47:45.over it enough. One manager stays firmly in his seat while the other
:47:46. > :47:51.almost never takes his seat. Noble, he wriggled between two beautifully,
:47:52. > :47:58.away towards Payet, Creswell on the overlap and Payet users him. Here is
:47:59. > :48:04.Emenike! Great chance, really good West Ham move. Emenike couldn't
:48:05. > :48:11.finish it but lovely movement from Noble and Creswell did brilliantly.
:48:12. > :48:19.Emenike with a free header which he has put straight into the gloves of
:48:20. > :48:21.David de Gea. It deserved better. Suspended, Juan Mata, Ashley Young
:48:22. > :48:28.just in front of him, Borthwick Jackson is there. Martial, in
:48:29. > :48:35.towards Rojo, he pulled it back to Herrera! Take nothing away from
:48:36. > :48:40.Aaron Cresswell because he made it tough for Herrera. It was good from
:48:41. > :48:45.Manchester United, watch Creswell. He made it difficult for Herrera who
:48:46. > :48:55.snatched at it and it was a wild finish. Lindegaard, now Varela,
:48:56. > :48:59.Lindegaard on the return, was he touched by Payet? Free kick given
:49:00. > :49:05.and a yellow card for Dimitri Payet. It was a flowing, quick, incisive
:49:06. > :49:10.counter. Payet goes into the book. Is this the breakthrough they have
:49:11. > :49:16.been waiting for? Martial did well to get over that, the shouts for
:49:17. > :49:20.handball more from the crowd than the players. The longer it is 0-0,
:49:21. > :49:27.the more you feel a single goal might put one of these teams into
:49:28. > :49:37.the semifinal. Deep cross, taken away by Antonio, important touch.
:49:38. > :49:43.Martial. Left by Rashford, Parreira. Reid blocked it but what with? A big
:49:44. > :49:51.shout, Reid hurled himself at it, the ball hit his arm was my view.
:49:52. > :50:05.No, if it comes off your side onto your arm, you can't give that. --
:50:06. > :50:11.off your thigh. Noble. Payet, nicely around Fellaini, was he caught? The
:50:12. > :50:17.referee is not interested, Martin Atkinson says no. Everybody in
:50:18. > :50:26.claret and blue says yes, not least Dimitri Payet. Martin Atkinson said
:50:27. > :50:32.no penalty. Rojo slides in and for me that it's a good decision. There
:50:33. > :50:37.was a slight touch but Payet was on his way before contact was made and
:50:38. > :50:45.I think Martin Atkinson has made an excellent decision. Fellaini got his
:50:46. > :50:54.foot in, Blind is there. Payet goes down, free kick given. He got hold
:50:55. > :51:01.of his arm, Daley Blind. This is almost 30 yards out. The West Ham
:51:02. > :51:10.fans have a great view of this at that end. Dimitri Payet. It is
:51:11. > :51:16.brilliant! That is fantastic from Dimitri Payet! And West Ham are
:51:17. > :51:23.leading at Old Trafford with an extraordinary free kick from their
:51:24. > :51:28.man of the season, Dimitri Payet! What a strike. Not just any
:51:29. > :51:39.goalkeeper he has beaten, it is David de Gea. That is magnificent.
:51:40. > :51:44.It is unsaveable. Dimitri Payet has scored some beauties this season but
:51:45. > :51:48.that might be the daddy of them all. Dimitri Payet, West Ham celebrate
:51:49. > :51:54.and they are 22 minutes away from the FA Cup semifinal. Louis Van Gaal
:51:55. > :51:59.looking very glum. You know what would happen in the old days,
:52:00. > :52:02.Manchester United would pummel West Ham into submission and probably win
:52:03. > :52:14.it with two goals in the 98th minute. Herrera. Nicely clipped and
:52:15. > :52:20.into the back of the net! They have found the goal through Martial! A
:52:21. > :52:27.lifeline! Anthony Martial from the tightest of angles and it is 1-1.
:52:28. > :52:32.More than just an equaliser, it might almost be salvation, we will
:52:33. > :52:40.see. It was well worked, Parreira did ever so well, lovely clipped
:52:41. > :52:46.ball and Martial got their -- Herrera. Sakho was beaten at the
:52:47. > :52:56.back post by the hunger of Martial and it is 1-1. Seven minutes left.
:52:57. > :53:04.As this came in, have a look at Randolph, impeded by Schweinsteiger
:53:05. > :53:05.and ending up in his own net. The German has taken the goalkeeper out
:53:06. > :53:18.of the game. Memphis. Lanzini overran that, Schweinsteiger
:53:19. > :53:25.went into the Challenge Tour McCarrick can hit it and it is a
:53:26. > :53:35.foot wide -- into the challenge, Carrick can hit it. It just curled
:53:36. > :53:43.away a bit too much. A minimum of three added minutes. Antonio for
:53:44. > :53:52.West Ham. Antonio still going! Good save by de Gea! Brilliant save. How
:53:53. > :53:58.many pats on the back has he deserved this week? Through the legs
:53:59. > :53:59.of Lanzini and heading for the corner but the big green glove tips
:54:00. > :54:08.it away. The equaliser, was your goalkeeper
:54:09. > :54:12.fouled by Bastian Schweinsteiger? Yes, I'm not moaning and I don't
:54:13. > :54:16.want to spoil the game by talking about the referee, it was hard for
:54:17. > :54:23.him but there were two crucial decisions. A penalty on Dimitri
:54:24. > :54:30.Payet, that is a penalty, Rojo slides in, nowhere near the ball,
:54:31. > :54:33.not nasty but missed timing. And the equaliser, an obvious foul from
:54:34. > :54:43.Schweinsteiger on Randolph. I can imagine that he says that. I think
:54:44. > :54:47.his own defender pushes Schweinsteiger and I'm happy my
:54:48. > :54:52.players could show their spirit again, especially after a very nasty
:54:53. > :54:59.week. Was that the best free kick you have scored? TRANSLATION: Yes,
:55:00. > :55:02.it was the best, especially in this stadium which I have a particular
:55:03. > :55:07.affection for because it is one of the best in the Premier League. It
:55:08. > :55:11.is a good day for me. It will be difficult in the replay because
:55:12. > :55:15.everybody knows what a terrific season they are having. Yes, the
:55:16. > :55:22.same today, they are a good team with terrific talent. It is a tough
:55:23. > :55:26.place to go anyway, we know that, but it is an even game and we will
:55:27. > :55:33.go there believing we can get through. I fancy us because we will
:55:34. > :55:38.be even more confident now. It will be another epic game, it is
:55:39. > :55:44.quarterfinal replay against them at Upton Park, last game of FA Cup
:55:45. > :55:49.ever, it is like... You couldn't ask for more, it is like Spielberg! And
:55:50. > :55:57.thank you for the translation of Dimitri Payet! Was it a penalty? He
:55:58. > :56:01.was on a yellow card, Payet, I disagree with Slaven Bilic. I think
:56:02. > :56:10.he has dived and he is lucky not to get a second yellow. There is
:56:11. > :56:15.virtually no contact. It is when Payet is beyond Rojo and he kicks
:56:16. > :56:20.his leg back into him. It was the same with Delaney at Selhurst Park
:56:21. > :56:24.last week, the defender is to stay on his feet and he gives Payet the
:56:25. > :56:30.opportunity but it is not a penalty. This was ten minutes later, he
:56:31. > :56:37.leaves his leg in. He knows he has a chance of getting it outside the
:56:38. > :56:41.box, more so than in the box. He had been practising from this range
:56:42. > :56:47.before the game and had five or six range finders I would call them but
:56:48. > :56:56.none of them went in. But in the game, he has scored a wonderful
:56:57. > :57:03.goal. Is this Groundhog Day for United? After about 70 minutes, they
:57:04. > :57:09.were quite poor, they had a lot of possession but in the final third
:57:10. > :57:13.they were so sloppy, giving it away. It allowed counterattacks from West
:57:14. > :57:17.Ham and West Ham played well and created four or five good chances in
:57:18. > :57:23.the first half. They could have had a couple of goals. United
:57:24. > :57:24.continuously gave it away. No feel for
:57:25. > :57:30.until the substitution when Schweinsteiger came on, suddenly he
:57:31. > :57:35.brought Schweinsteiger came on, suddenly he
:57:36. > :57:39.passing forward. He took positions where West Ham could not get near
:57:40. > :57:43.passing forward. He took positions him and he was moving it on. Because
:57:44. > :57:48.he does not take as many touches? Totally, moving it quickly and
:57:49. > :57:55.getting them into better positions, turning and looking for different
:57:56. > :57:58.passes. It is a poor touch in the end from Martial but it was his
:57:59. > :58:03.awareness, freeing up end from Martial but it was his
:58:04. > :58:09.better positions than him. And until then they had been really pedantic.
:58:10. > :58:13.They don't really get any penetration behind, runners into
:58:14. > :58:19.space, everything is in front of you, neat and possession based. The
:58:20. > :58:22.sides we have played down the years, they got you under pressure, you
:58:23. > :58:29.never got out of your half and they kept coming at you. A foul on
:58:30. > :58:34.Randolph, on Schweinsteiger, both? We have to give a bit of praise
:58:35. > :58:38.Randolph, on Schweinsteiger, both? the goal itself and what Martial did
:58:39. > :58:45.to get into position. He holds it up, gets it out wide but he doesn't
:58:46. > :58:49.stand still. He gets himself into the area, great ball from Ander
:58:50. > :58:55.Herrera and he makes up the ground but it is a foul on Randolph. We
:58:56. > :59:04.talked about it earlier with Harry Kane, good strikers finding space.
:59:05. > :59:11.If that is outside the box, the referee has to give that. Antonio
:59:12. > :59:12.tries to step across but two wrongs don't make a right, it was a foul on
:59:13. > :59:15.Randolph. Thank you very much. And if you missed any
:59:16. > :59:17.of this weekend's action, then highlights are on the BBC
:59:18. > :59:19.Sport website and app. And then tomorrow, the semifinal
:59:20. > :59:22.draw is during The One Show So the holders out -
:59:23. > :59:26.five teams are left in, and all will believe this
:59:27. > :59:29.year will be their year.