:00:51. > :00:53.Three games, the best of Saturday's action,
:00:54. > :00:57.2Good 2Bad and a little quiz over the next 70 minutes,
:00:58. > :01:01.all in the company of Alan Shearer and a warm welcome to Chris Ramsey.
:01:02. > :01:09.They are on their longest unbeaten run in the top flight since 1985.
:01:10. > :01:17.Simon Brotherton watched Newcastle attempt to end that record.
:01:18. > :01:22.Unbeaten in the league since the opening day, and through as group
:01:23. > :01:25.winners in the Europa League. Things are looking up the Spurs, while
:01:26. > :01:31.bearer opponents are nothing if not predictable. Flashback Crystal
:01:32. > :01:36.Palace -- thrashed at Crystal Palace one week, beating Liverpool the
:01:37. > :01:39.next. They have won their last two league meetings here. Tom Carroll
:01:40. > :01:43.makes his first start for Spurs three days after scoring his first
:01:44. > :01:46.for the club against Monaco. Mousa Dembele misses the game through
:01:47. > :01:50.illness and that is the only change to the side that drew with West Brom
:01:51. > :01:55.last week. Not surprisingly, Newcastle are unchanged after their
:01:56. > :01:58.2-0 home win over Liverpool which means Steve McLaren sticks with the
:01:59. > :02:05.experience upfront of puppies seaside and de Young -- -- de Young.
:02:06. > :02:15.-- Papiss Cisse. Todd unbeaten since the first day of
:02:16. > :02:25.the season, two victories and eight draw since then -- top number. --
:02:26. > :02:28.Tottenham. Steve McLaren says it is his most frustrating thing at the
:02:29. > :02:32.moment the fact that he believes his team are capable of so much more as
:02:33. > :02:35.Harry Kane sends that one goalwards and brings the first save of the
:02:36. > :02:41.afternoon from Rob Elliott, the Newcastle goalkeeper. Tottenham
:02:42. > :02:45.showing early attacking intent. Harry Kane, who scored six matches
:02:46. > :02:53.in a row before the last two. Sissoko now. The Frenchman quickly
:02:54. > :02:59.surrounded and it falls kindly for De Jong. De Jong trying to find an
:03:00. > :03:05.opening. Well, he struck his own player when the ball seemed to be
:03:06. > :03:11.ending up in the back of the net. First attack of the match from
:03:12. > :03:19.Newcastle. See say and De Jong combining well initially until --
:03:20. > :03:23.Cisse. That was until Cisse was knocked off his feet. Steve
:03:24. > :03:33.McLaren's team have kept five clean sheets in the last ten. A tussle
:03:34. > :03:42.between Walker through Dummett. Onto Cisse's head. A decent ball. Good
:03:43. > :03:50.play by Wijnaldum. That was to initially get the better of Walker.
:03:51. > :03:54.Cisse sending it wide. Pochettino, whose team have the joint best
:03:55. > :03:58.defensive record in the league, along with Manchester United, having
:03:59. > :04:08.conceded only 12 goals all season. Erik Lamela, trying to turn away
:04:09. > :04:12.from Coloccini. Rose. Going for the return pass, Tom Carroll, a chance
:04:13. > :04:16.to whip it into Erik Lamela and a good save by Elliott. Full stretch
:04:17. > :04:25.to keep that one out. There it is once again. Good approach play on
:04:26. > :04:29.the Tottenham left. Denied by the outstretched arm of the Newcastle
:04:30. > :04:38.goalkeeper. He was very good at Bournemouth the other week when they
:04:39. > :04:43.won 1-0. One of those long raking passes from Aldo Wirral. Harry Kane
:04:44. > :04:49.gets there first. Lamela, surging through, and tipped over by the
:04:50. > :04:52.Newcastle goalkeeper -- Aldo Wirral. Twice in quick succession, Tottenham
:04:53. > :05:00.are close to taking the lead. And twice Erik Lamela denied by Rob
:05:01. > :05:07.Elliott. Christian Eriksen with the delivery at the near post, and it is
:05:08. > :05:10.in. Eric Dier. Finally an effort he could not keep out, and six minutes
:05:11. > :05:19.before half-time Tottenham make the breakthrough. Eric Dier sending the
:05:20. > :05:28.header right across the face of the goal. And having made two good saves
:05:29. > :05:36.in quick succession, finally Rob Elliott is beaten. Eric Dier.
:05:37. > :05:41.Half-time on the horizon, a couple of minutes away plus added time.
:05:42. > :05:48.Christian Eriksen, looking to prise open the Newcastle defence again.
:05:49. > :05:52.Away by Coloccini and then De Jong. This is Lamela.
:05:53. > :06:03.Tom Carroll. Into Eriksen. You might fancy this. It ricochets off
:06:04. > :06:06.Coloccini. Rose!, and at the far post Harry Kane was no more than a
:06:07. > :06:15.few inches away from turning at home. As the ball flew across the
:06:16. > :06:22.face of the goal. Toss in a second late in this first half --
:06:23. > :06:24.Tottenham. This is Harry Kane. Time for the Newcastle players to get
:06:25. > :06:32.back behind the ball. Tom Carroll. Harry Kane. Trying to slide it
:06:33. > :06:38.through towards Christian Eriksen. Sissoko, up against Danny Rose. Away
:06:39. > :06:42.from Danny Rose, away from Eric Dier. Cisse for Newcastle. That is
:06:43. > :06:47.the closest they have come to scoring. Good play by Moussa
:06:48. > :06:57.Sissoko. Through the heart of the midfield. Cisse is unmarked and
:06:58. > :06:59.onside by dragging the shot wide. Some encouragement for Steve
:07:00. > :07:08.McLaren's team early in the second half. Harry Kane losing out, but
:07:09. > :07:11.Kyle Walker is there to pick up the pieces and keep it with Tottenham.
:07:12. > :07:19.Back with Harry Kane, quick to shoot, good save. Harry Kane
:07:20. > :07:26.unleashing a shot and bringing the save from Rob Elliott. Alexander
:07:27. > :07:27.Mitrovic, one of the big-money summer signings from Anderlecht, is
:07:28. > :07:47.coming on to replace Cisse. In two Christian Eriksen who brings
:07:48. > :07:55.the save. First touch for Mitrovic, the substitute for Newcastle. Cannot
:07:56. > :08:00.find a way past Kyle Walker, and getting a bit handy as the ball was
:08:01. > :08:11.shifted off elsewhere. We will keep an eye on that. Here is Yam Matt.
:08:12. > :08:18.Claiming handball against Danny Rose -- Janmaat. Let's have a look at
:08:19. > :08:23.this one. Rose clearly handling it. He gets a yellow card. Jack Colback
:08:24. > :08:30.of the player with the ball at his feet. Newcastle throwing bodies
:08:31. > :08:36.forward to this one, and the header is over the line and finally in, and
:08:37. > :08:40.Mitrovic got the final touch. He has only been in for a couple of
:08:41. > :08:47.minutes, but the substitute with a final touch to poke it over the
:08:48. > :08:53.line, and Newcastle are level. Coloccini with the header down. It
:08:54. > :08:59.was a stooping header goalwards. Almost stopped on the line from
:09:00. > :09:03.Mbemba and then stabbed home from Mitrovic. Mbemba with the low
:09:04. > :09:07.header, and the defender could not get out from under his feet, and as
:09:08. > :09:15.the Tongan made the challenge, Mitrovic was their first --
:09:16. > :09:19.Vertonghen. And the gap between him coming on the field and scoring the
:09:20. > :09:25.field -- and scoring the goal was one minute and 48 seconds. Have
:09:26. > :09:31.Tottenham got that extra in the last 11 minutes to turn appointed to
:09:32. > :09:36.three or will they come unstuck? It is Perez. Newcastle trying to find
:09:37. > :09:41.an opening, and almost all the way through. The Tongan challenges and
:09:42. > :09:46.stays down -- Vertonghen challenges and stays down in the aftermath. A
:09:47. > :09:54.yellow card for Perez. That was an exciting piece of play from Perez as
:09:55. > :10:01.he skipped clear of Alderweireld. Once, then twice seeing his run come
:10:02. > :10:06.to a halt thanks to Vertonghen. More encouragement to Newcastle in the
:10:07. > :10:12.closing stages of the match. On by Chadli, and the way by Mbemba. Perez
:10:13. > :10:20.is offside. It has fallen for Sissoko. AO 's Perez sliding it
:10:21. > :10:25.through. Sissoko taking on Vertonghen. And Mitrovic was almost
:10:26. > :10:31.on the end of it. Very nearly winning golfer Newcastle, right on
:10:32. > :10:35.the stroke of 90 minutes. Mitrovic, the substitute, who drew them level,
:10:36. > :10:42.he was so close to getting on the end of that. They are having a good
:10:43. > :10:49.afternoon out and in great voice, the Newcastle fans.
:10:50. > :10:58.On by Mitrovic into Perez with the shot, and he has scored. Perez has
:10:59. > :11:02.done it again at White Hart Lane. Deep into added time, and Newcastle
:11:03. > :11:10.United are set to win at Tottenham in the league for the third year in
:11:11. > :11:20.a row. 93 minutes on the watch, and Perez, from a tight angle. And both
:11:21. > :11:25.substitutes score for Newcastle. As the ball slips underneath Hugo
:11:26. > :11:27.Lloris. And Newcastle, in the second half, have turned this game on its
:11:28. > :11:36.head. As a manager you try to change the
:11:37. > :11:40.course of the game, and occasionally substitutions can make you look a
:11:41. > :11:44.genius. Absolutely and it has nothing to do with my decision on
:11:45. > :11:48.changing things, it is purely down to the players who have been on the
:11:49. > :11:55.bench who have do, and they have do win points. They are on the bench,
:11:56. > :12:03.be ready, win the game and that is what they did. We are disappointed
:12:04. > :12:06.now because we don't think we deserved defeat, but that is
:12:07. > :12:15.football and you need to compete for 95 minutes, and today was difficult.
:12:16. > :12:20.Very frustrating. We wanted to take advantage of the position coming
:12:21. > :12:23.into the game, and not the best of moods in the dressing room, because
:12:24. > :12:30.it is a missed opportunity and we did not perform as well as we could
:12:31. > :12:34.have. It is amazing. You have to live it to know what I'm talking
:12:35. > :12:40.about. This feeling in the dressing room is amazing now. We are going to
:12:41. > :12:45.try to have this feeling now. Really happy. We have two home games, and
:12:46. > :12:51.we can give the support what they deserve. Football is funny. At
:12:52. > :12:53.4:45pm you were a bit surly, since six o'clock, you have been dancing
:12:54. > :13:00.down the corridor singing Christmas songs. I wonder why. Spurs did have
:13:01. > :13:04.their chances, and Pochettino said he thought they did not deserve to
:13:05. > :13:09.lose, and a Newcastle player who has not had many bits of criticism kept
:13:10. > :13:15.them in it. He wouldn't be playing if it was not for the injury to Tim
:13:16. > :13:20.Krul, but like two or three weeks ago at Bournemouth, he kept his team
:13:21. > :13:25.in the game with some superb saves and it was exactly the same today,
:13:26. > :13:27.particularly in the first half. It wasn't him, Spurs would have had the
:13:28. > :13:37.game won at half-time. Decent effort from Lamela and he
:13:38. > :13:40.goes flying to his left. Acrobatic and superb. Lamela again, flick on
:13:41. > :13:47.from Harry Kane and this is probably the best, just extinct if --
:13:48. > :13:52.instinctive. It is a superb save anti-budget over the bar and
:13:53. > :13:57.Newcastle going, and if it wasn't him he would seen it over at
:13:58. > :14:00.half-time. Newcastle were very different in the second half to how
:14:01. > :14:06.they were in the first. What would have happened is that the manager
:14:07. > :14:10.would have said, kicking long and that will enable us to play a bit
:14:11. > :14:14.more -- keep it long. But it was constant in the first half. There
:14:15. > :14:19.was no believe that they could play in the first half, and because they
:14:20. > :14:22.kicked it long, they didn't have anyone there so Spurs collected the
:14:23. > :14:28.ball and they came straight back at Newcastle and it was wave after
:14:29. > :14:33.wave. Aimless? They are not picking anyone up. Look at the players
:14:34. > :14:37.around the ball. They can play their way out, but they kick it long and
:14:38. > :14:43.no worries there and Spurs, then once again and attack. Cisse could
:14:44. > :14:47.run with this ball or pass it, but tries to get rid of it straightaway
:14:48. > :14:51.with them is no need to. The ball over the top is easy for Hugo
:14:52. > :14:56.Lloris. But in the second-half Steve McLaren must have said, believe in
:14:57. > :15:00.yourselves. What happened then, Sissoko, who was outstanding, he got
:15:01. > :15:04.belief and he went past players and he took three Spurs players out of
:15:05. > :15:06.the game. 20 yard run, you are into the final third and you are having
:15:07. > :15:14.at goal. Chalk and cheese from Newcastle.
:15:15. > :15:17.Anita, that ball would have gone along in the first half but because
:15:18. > :15:22.they believed in themselves and now they have confidence, the ball into
:15:23. > :15:25.Cisse, turning and especially down the right, they caused them all
:15:26. > :15:30.sorts of problems in the second half. Is this belief and confidence?
:15:31. > :15:36.Yes because the players can play. What a ball. Mitrovic is now on the
:15:37. > :15:41.pitch. Coloccini, confidence, would go long in the first half but what
:15:42. > :15:44.about this for a pass into Perez? The run behind and they believe they
:15:45. > :15:48.can get something out of the game. They are showing what they can do.
:15:49. > :15:53.No excuses for poor performances now. The effort and application was
:15:54. > :15:56.superb. Down the right, I thought Sissoko was driving at people,
:15:57. > :16:01.whipping balls into the box. What about that cross? Mitrovic should
:16:02. > :16:04.put it away. Because they were prepared to do it, they got the
:16:05. > :16:08.reward, good header from Mitrovic, who is not happy and flicked it on
:16:09. > :16:13.again and a brilliant effort from Perez. Lloris should save it but who
:16:14. > :16:16.cares? Three points the Newcastle and thoroughly deserved because of
:16:17. > :16:19.the way they adapted in the second half. Can you understand the
:16:20. > :16:24.coaching instructions for the first half? Does it make sense? It does
:16:25. > :16:28.because when you are in their predicament, they don't want to give
:16:29. > :16:31.away early goals, goal on, stretch the plate and hopefully you can get
:16:32. > :16:32.the ball into the forward with a bit of quality which they did in the
:16:33. > :16:42.second half. So it's like safety first in the
:16:43. > :16:46.first? Jess and when you are low in the league, anxiety creeps in and
:16:47. > :16:49.the players play too early so the forwards cannot pick it up and it
:16:50. > :16:54.keeps on coming back. Would you expect that to change for Aston
:16:55. > :16:57.Villa at home next weekend? If you have confidence from two wins, maybe
:16:58. > :17:01.to play how they did in the second half at home. With the great fans
:17:02. > :17:05.Newcastle have got, they will expect to be on the front but can take the
:17:06. > :17:10.game developed on a game they can win. We are going to get into Europe
:17:11. > :17:12.now. What is up with you? I would rather you said that than continue
:17:13. > :17:13.to sing Christmas songs. West Brom were the visitors
:17:14. > :17:29.for a Liverpool side that have been Benteke takes his time before
:17:30. > :17:37.shooting and scoring! What a performance from Liverpool! In from
:17:38. > :17:44.Scott Dann! Crystal Palace have the lead! They have won at Anfield
:17:45. > :17:54.again. Oh, Skrtel fired in an absolute beauty! That is a hug that
:17:55. > :18:01.says, game won. Wijnaldum! 2-0, Newcastle. The second defeat under
:18:02. > :18:06.Jurgen Klopp for Liverpool. COMMENTATOR: Once you have paid the
:18:07. > :18:11.admission fee to Klopp Park, you can expect a thrilling white knuckle
:18:12. > :18:14.ride but with how many more shrieks of delight than howls of despair? On
:18:15. > :18:19.the subjects of ups and downs, a fresh injury to Daniel Sturridge is
:18:20. > :18:22.offset by the return to full fitness of Captain Jordan Henderson, who
:18:23. > :18:27.makes his first Premier League start since August. Four changes to the 11
:18:28. > :18:31.that drew in the Europa League on Thursday, Skrtel, Moreno, Patino and
:18:32. > :18:38.Benteke. West Brom are without the injured Stephane Houdet Sessegnon.
:18:39. > :18:41.Craig Gardner deputises in the only change from the Spurs game last
:18:42. > :18:45.weekend. The Baggies have won more points away from home this season
:18:46. > :18:49.and boast the best defensive record in the division on their travels.
:18:50. > :18:59.Lallana. Emre Can, aiming towards Benteke and QT no! He should have
:19:00. > :19:05.scored and the reaction from him says it all. -- Coutinho. It just
:19:06. > :19:08.sat up for him to crash it into the roof of the net. A poor defensive
:19:09. > :19:15.header but he could not keep the shot down. Jurgen Klopp's first
:19:16. > :19:19.seven Premier League games in charge exactly match West Brom's last seven
:19:20. > :19:43.game record, three wins, two draws and two defeats.
:19:44. > :19:51.Coutinho, up towards Lallana who won it and it is turned in by Henderson!
:19:52. > :19:55.The run from midfield not tracked and it is Henderson's first goal of
:19:56. > :20:04.the season, on his first start since the 17th of August. Liverpool in
:20:05. > :20:09.front, inside 21 minutes. Great knock-down by Lallana. Henderson
:20:10. > :20:13.thanked him for it. He would not have been favourite to have won this
:20:14. > :20:18.but he did win it, and it is a super run from Henderson. Unseen,
:20:19. > :20:25.untracked and then an unstoppable, to give Liverpool the lead.
:20:26. > :20:44.The referee, unhappy with some of the antics in the area. Henderson is
:20:45. > :20:48.particularly unhappy. Swinging into wards Mignolet, did not really get
:20:49. > :20:53.anywhere near it and now he's out of position and the ball is in the net!
:20:54. > :20:57.It was Dawson who took a swing at it and it ricocheted on the way
:20:58. > :21:01.through. West Brom are level. Mignolet came to claim this at the
:21:02. > :21:05.par posts and never really got close. And once he was out of
:21:06. > :21:08.position, West Brom had a real opportunity and although it was not
:21:09. > :21:17.the cleanest contact from Dawson, it find its way in. West Brom, who just
:21:18. > :21:21.about held in there after Liverpool's really bright start,
:21:22. > :21:26.after a set piece, have themselves the equaliser and Dawson has scored
:21:27. > :21:31.it. Once you come for a cross, you really have to come and get it.
:21:32. > :21:41.Mignolet did not. Jurgen Klopp is not too happy about something.
:21:42. > :21:46.Rondon, away from Skrtel. The referee did not like the challenge
:21:47. > :21:50.from Skrtel and has awarded West Brom the free kick. Not happy with
:21:51. > :21:55.the intent from Skrtel, even if he did not connect with the ball. He
:21:56. > :21:59.was flying through. I tell you what, that was an ugly looking challenge.
:22:00. > :22:06.If he did connect, maybe Skrtel might have got a read. -- red card.
:22:07. > :22:17.Good turn by Fletcher, upended by Emre Can.
:22:18. > :22:27.Gardner's delivery and they have taken the lead! Olsson turns away in
:22:28. > :22:31.jubilant mood and West Brom lead again at Anfield. They have won here
:22:32. > :22:40.a couple of times during the last few years. And they lead again.
:22:41. > :22:47.Well, the flag stayed down. That was the significant point. Olsson met it
:22:48. > :22:51.with a side foot volley and at the Kop end, West Brom have scored
:22:52. > :22:57.twice. CHEERING Oh, no, the flag has now gone up.
:22:58. > :23:02.There has been dialogue. Well, how long was that after it had gone in
:23:03. > :23:07.the net? Tony Pulis is staggered and I am, too. I can't remember a delay
:23:08. > :23:15.as long as that before. -- before a goal was ruled out for offside but
:23:16. > :23:24.offside it is. And it stays 1-1. Emre Can again. West Brom should win
:23:25. > :23:30.this, and they do. In the end, it is a free kick because the challenge
:23:31. > :23:34.just caught Gardner as he got to the loose ball. Milner penalised. That
:23:35. > :23:50.was a hefty old crunch, wasn't it? It is a corner. Just a little dink
:23:51. > :24:02.ball towards Gardner, taking a ricochet.
:24:03. > :24:07.Mignolet has Darren Fletcher standing right in front of him, to
:24:08. > :24:11.try to put him off as the inswinging ball comes in and goes into the back
:24:12. > :24:16.of the net! This one will stand. Olsson again is celebrating. The
:24:17. > :24:21.inswinging corner from Chris Brunt, just a little touch and it is in the
:24:22. > :24:27.back of the Liverpool net. And West Brom, this time, take the lead and
:24:28. > :24:31.there is going to be no late flag. Three or four players descend on it
:24:32. > :24:36.and a little touch from Olsson, brushes off his forehead, into the
:24:37. > :24:38.corner of the net. It is Liverpool 1-2 West Brom and there will be no
:24:39. > :24:52.cancellation this time. Every time between Gardner and
:24:53. > :24:59.Lovren and Lovren is spinning around with his hand in the air, in serious
:25:00. > :25:05.bother, Lovren. He really is. Oh, he is signalling. He is in awful pain.
:25:06. > :25:15.The referee had a good view of it and felt that it was not a foul. You
:25:16. > :25:20.can see the lard on his knee. -- the blood. It looks as though Gardner
:25:21. > :25:23.hits the ball and catches him on the follow-through with his studs, on
:25:24. > :25:30.the knee. I don't think there's any malice from Gardner, I really don't.
:25:31. > :25:35.So Divock Origi is the replacement for Dejan Lovren, which reflects the
:25:36. > :25:42.position Liverpool find themselves in. Henderson. It seems a long time
:25:43. > :25:46.ago that he gave Liverpool the lead. They have about 11 minutes but with
:25:47. > :25:53.the added time for the injury, it is probably more like 17 or 18. A
:25:54. > :25:57.chance to equalise for Lallana and they superstock from Boaz Myhill,
:25:58. > :26:03.who came charging out at him and made himself impossible to beat. --
:26:04. > :26:06.superstock from Boaz Myhill. Then picked him out, no question of
:26:07. > :26:12.offside, full marks to the goalkeeper. Interestingly, in the
:26:13. > :26:16.last four Premier League games, West Brom have only taken one less points
:26:17. > :26:19.than Liverpool in the same time. Tony Pulis has done a terrific job
:26:20. > :26:23.turning them around. They might have another opportunity with Rondon!
:26:24. > :26:28.That was surely the moment that the three points could and maybe should
:26:29. > :26:33.have been banked. He has not had a single opportunity in the match,
:26:34. > :26:37.Rondon, until this moment and he drags it wide and how significant
:26:38. > :26:42.might it prove to be, with so much added time looming at the end of the
:26:43. > :26:45.90 minutes? We shall see. Origi wants it but is not going to get to
:26:46. > :26:51.it. Well played by Gardner. Fletcher loses out. Moray no wins it back.
:26:52. > :26:56.Jordon Ibe is still going. Good effort, whistling by the upright.
:26:57. > :27:02.Oh, it was a good, clean hit from Jordon Ibe. Myhill looked as though
:27:03. > :27:10.he was beaten. The added time board says eight minutes. Jurgen Klopp
:27:11. > :27:14.almost turns his back on it. West Brom have certainly merited, at the
:27:15. > :27:21.very least, a point. They are seemingly heading for all three.
:27:22. > :27:27.Reidy, deflection! -- Origi. It changed the direction of the ball
:27:28. > :27:31.and helped it into the net. Origi would have got the free kick because
:27:32. > :27:35.he went down, there, but he decided to carry on going. It struck Gareth
:27:36. > :27:41.McAuley and that change the direction of the ball and it ended
:27:42. > :27:42.up in the back of the net. Jurgen Klopp wants three points, not just
:27:43. > :27:57.one. Well, there is the whistle, at the
:27:58. > :28:01.end of a quite dramatic game, full of talking points, full of incident,
:28:02. > :28:08.full of entertainment will stop I have to say, by the way, that he was
:28:09. > :28:15.reluctant to shake the hands of the West Brom staff at the end of the
:28:16. > :28:19.game. Well, fascinating league, Jurgen Klopp is trying to assemble
:28:20. > :28:23.his Liverpool players in a line, similar to the way Borussia Dortmund
:28:24. > :28:33.used to conclude matches in front of the yellow wall at Signal Iduna
:28:34. > :28:39.Park. Jurgen Klopp is never a man who just deals in uniformity.
:28:40. > :28:44.The minimum we deserved was a point and we take it. It was a big
:28:45. > :28:48.emotional moment for all of us. The atmosphere in the stadium was the
:28:49. > :28:52.best since I've been here. You need moments like this and you need
:28:53. > :28:55.moments like this at home, that everyone can enjoy. It is only a
:28:56. > :28:58.point but everyone will talk about this game for the next five or six
:28:59. > :29:03.days and that is important. That is what football is for. You scored but
:29:04. > :29:09.you also had a goal cancelled. What did you think it happened after 30
:29:10. > :29:12.or 40 seconds? Obviously, when I scored, I was looking at the
:29:13. > :29:18.linesman and I did not see the flag so I celebrated, a bit too much,
:29:19. > :29:23.maybe! I saw it on the replay and I was offside. I think the linesman
:29:24. > :29:28.did not know if I touched it or if one of the Liverpool players had
:29:29. > :29:32.scored an own goal which is why he was waiting. What disappoints me is
:29:33. > :29:36.that the linesman did not put his flag up. They tell me it's offside.
:29:37. > :29:38.I've not seen it yet but why doesn't the linesman put his flag up and
:29:39. > :29:43.then everyone knows that Jonas Olsson is offside or might be
:29:44. > :29:46.offside? However they have come to the decision afterwards, I don't
:29:47. > :29:51.know. It will be interesting to see what they have to say. I have no
:29:52. > :29:54.problem in football, if you lose a game, it's football, you have too
:29:55. > :29:59.accepted but this game was not one to lose because the opponent played
:30:00. > :30:04.only long balls, only set plays and if you get points like this, good.
:30:05. > :30:09.But not here, any more. We have to stop this will stop if you want to
:30:10. > :30:15.defend against us, no problem. But the only plan was long balls. That
:30:16. > :30:19.is not allowed to run against us. As an observer, it seems like Jurgen
:30:20. > :30:23.Klopp was not happy with West Brom. I've got no problems with him being
:30:24. > :30:27.vocal on the sideline. I've been here all my life. I've got no
:30:28. > :30:31.problems with that. This is such a great leader because teams like West
:30:32. > :30:33.Brom actually get you, roll their sleeves up and have a right go and
:30:34. > :30:39.that is why everybody loves this league.
:30:40. > :30:45.Jurgen Klopp critical of West Brom going forward and their style, but
:30:46. > :30:49.from a different point of view, you were impressed. Very impressed with
:30:50. > :30:54.the way they defended and they work from each other and they ended up
:30:55. > :30:59.with a point. -- worked for each other. They" League, people tracking
:31:00. > :31:06.back, straight to the ball. Last-ditch tackles.
:31:07. > :31:12.Three centre halves in the back four and Jonny Evans is a holding
:31:13. > :31:16.midfielder. Can he perform that role? He grew into the role and he
:31:17. > :31:22.showed he could go forward as well and create four people. We see him
:31:23. > :31:29.here with lovely composure. We see him helping the back forasmuch as he
:31:30. > :31:35.can. The whole back for our swarming -- the whole back four. No space
:31:36. > :31:39.anyone to shoot. They even drop-in when the centre halves get dragged
:31:40. > :31:45.out. Great position and then he blocks it again. They made sure that
:31:46. > :31:48.service could not get to Benteke. They were happy to defend the
:31:49. > :31:54.crosses but when the crosses came in, they dealt with it superbly.
:31:55. > :32:03.They refocus quickly to make sure that they do not get caught napping.
:32:04. > :32:09.Superb. Let's look at the tackle on day Waldron. Tony Pulis talked about
:32:10. > :32:15.other tackles in the game -- Loughran -- Dejagah Loughran. I
:32:16. > :32:19.thought he was very hard and committed and it was a fair
:32:20. > :32:25.challenge. The ball is there to be won. He has been unfortunate that
:32:26. > :32:29.his momentum takes him through, and even in a hard fair challenge
:32:30. > :32:33.players get injured and that is the nature of football. It is a
:32:34. > :32:37.committed challenge but I don't think there was any malice. If he
:32:38. > :32:41.had not been that committed, given where he was on the pitch, you would
:32:42. > :32:47.question why he maybe had not gone in quite as hard. There is no chance
:32:48. > :32:50.he can pull out. He is anticipating that the other player came in as
:32:51. > :32:58.hard as him, and unfortunately it was an injury but there was no bad
:32:59. > :33:05.thoughts in that. Lovren could have been replaced like-for-like, but he
:33:06. > :33:11.brought on Divock Origi. That gave them extra pace and width. It was a
:33:12. > :33:14.brave move. When you have a packed defence, you need to draw them out
:33:15. > :33:18.and Liverpool were playing long balls into Benteke but they needed
:33:19. > :33:23.somebody who can -- could dribble or drag people out of position. We see
:33:24. > :33:28.a couple of times he gets the ball and he is clever around the box and
:33:29. > :33:37.that individual play is sometimes something that drags people out of
:33:38. > :33:42.the box and creates chances. We see here that he attacks again and he
:33:43. > :33:46.stays on his feet, which is nice to see and he gets his reward for it. A
:33:47. > :33:50.lot of players go down in these situations. Do you accept, from a
:33:51. > :33:57.defensive point of view, that if you throw your bodies at shot after
:33:58. > :34:01.shot, eventually you might be up the wrong end of an unfortunate
:34:02. > :34:05.deflection? Sometimes it happens when you have 20 or 30 shots against
:34:06. > :34:11.you, but when you are playing like Tony said, a relatively small club
:34:12. > :34:20.compared to Liverpool. They have an embarrassment of riches, and today
:34:21. > :34:23.West Brom showed steel and showed a good tactical awareness of their
:34:24. > :34:28.opponent, and I think they would have taken a point before the game.
:34:29. > :34:31.Let's look at the goal that wasn't. We are told the assistant referee
:34:32. > :34:36.wanted to check with the referee who have the final touch before they
:34:37. > :34:41.decided whether it was offside. We have to say it is the correct
:34:42. > :34:45.decision, but how they got to it, I'm not sure. There is no doubt they
:34:46. > :34:49.offside, West Brom, but it doesn't matter who touches the ball, it is
:34:50. > :34:57.offside, and this is the reason why. The law tells you that you do not
:34:58. > :35:03.have to touch the ball, just try and touch the ball, then you offside. We
:35:04. > :35:07.are about to see it. That is absolutely the case. There are four
:35:08. > :35:11.players offside so it is all right him flagging now, but as soon as
:35:12. > :35:15.there is intent from the West Brom player to touch the ball, he should
:35:16. > :35:20.put his flag up immediately, irrespective of whether it is a West
:35:21. > :35:23.Brom player or a Liverpool player. They got to the decision but I'm not
:35:24. > :35:29.sure how, because the linesman should flag. When we look at the
:35:30. > :35:33.celebrations at the end people will say on social media that they are
:35:34. > :35:36.taking the make out of Liverpool for perceiving to be celebrating a point
:35:37. > :35:41.but this is quite a Germanic thing, and they do it a lot in Germany and
:35:42. > :35:44.we heard in the interview from Jurgen Klopp about the crowd being
:35:45. > :35:49.the best as it has been for him and maybe they can use it as a launching
:35:50. > :35:52.pad. I think it is clever what he is doing. A couple of weeks ago he had
:35:53. > :35:56.a bit of a moan at the Liverpool fans for leaving early when they
:35:57. > :36:00.went down to Crystal Palace and he wanted them to stay until the last
:36:01. > :36:05.kick of the game. I think they did today and they kept going and that
:36:06. > :36:09.is his way of saying thank you. If you create a connect between the
:36:10. > :36:12.fans, player and manager which doesn't happen a lot in the modern
:36:13. > :36:17.game, stuff what people say on social media. If you want to stamp
:36:18. > :36:18.your style on the way you want to do things around the club that you
:36:19. > :36:21.don't worry about what people say. And tonight's third game features
:36:22. > :36:24.an Arsenal side trying to go top of the table at
:36:25. > :36:36.struggling Aston Villa. Spirits are understandably low at
:36:37. > :36:41.Villa Park. No home league wins and only six points from 15 games. You
:36:42. > :36:46.do fear for Aston Villa and wonder whether next victory is coming from.
:36:47. > :36:51.Relegation whispers grow louder although the ghosts of past Premier
:36:52. > :36:56.League rivals provide comfort. Part of the table at Christmas, the
:36:57. > :37:01.curses over. Remi Garde is still haunted by statistics. Never has a
:37:02. > :37:06.side survived the Premier League trap door after such a poor start
:37:07. > :37:15.and time might be on Villa's side, but history is not.
:37:16. > :37:21.19 years ago, Remi Garde became one of Arsene Wenger's burst signings at
:37:22. > :37:27.Arsenal and as they meet as managers are the first time, he can only
:37:28. > :37:30.admire his mental's longevity as he focuses on his challenging
:37:31. > :37:34.short-term target of survival. The first time since taking charge, the
:37:35. > :37:37.Villa manager names an unchanged team, the one that drew at
:37:38. > :37:41.Southampton last weekend. Micah Richards is still missing with a
:37:42. > :37:45.knee injury, although Jack Grealish is back as a substitute, along with
:37:46. > :37:59.Ciaran Clark, available again after suspension. Same for Arsenal
:38:00. > :38:03.after their Champions League heroics in Athens. Olivier Giroud has 11
:38:04. > :38:06.goals in his last 14, while if Petr Cech does not concede today, he will
:38:07. > :38:12.equal the Premier League clean sheet record and go level with David
:38:13. > :38:20.James. Arsenal, who have scored 22 goals in their last nine games.
:38:21. > :38:24.Lescott. Got his first goal for the lead in the draw against
:38:25. > :38:29.Southampton. Only two points from 12 under Remi Garde so far for Aston
:38:30. > :38:37.Villa. Sinclair. He might fancy ago, and he does. Straightout Petr Cech,
:38:38. > :38:40.on his weaker left foot -- straight at. Saw the gap but could not extend
:38:41. > :38:52.the Arsenal goalkeeper. Flamini. A nicely weighted pass to
:38:53. > :38:58.Theo Walcott. He shrugs off Alan Hutton. Kevin Friend had a really
:38:59. > :38:59.good look at that and he has given it. Kevin Friend has given the
:39:00. > :39:08.penalty. Well, there was communication
:39:09. > :39:12.between Kevin Friend and his assistant on the far side.
:39:13. > :39:18.Initially, he waved away the claims from Walcott. Did Hutton pull him
:39:19. > :39:24.back? I think he did. Kevin Friend did not have a good view of this.
:39:25. > :39:31.You can quite quit -- clearly see the two arms on Theo Walcott but the
:39:32. > :39:35.referee then was not interested. When he goes to ground, that is when
:39:36. > :39:41.the communication begins, and that is when Kevin Friend changes his
:39:42. > :39:46.mind and points to the spot. Olivier Giroud, fresh from his successful
:39:47. > :39:53.spot kick in the Champions League in the week has the opportunity to give
:39:54. > :39:58.Arsenal believe. -- the lead. Left footed, calm as you like. Olivier
:39:59. > :40:11.Giroud scores his 50th Arsenal goal and his 14 of this season, and they
:40:12. > :40:21.have the early lead. Ramsey to Ozil. Picked up by Jordan Ibe. -- Ayew.
:40:22. > :40:32.Chooses instead to go to his left. Perverted. -- further to.
:40:33. > :40:37.A fair challenge by Aaron Ramsey. We got something of the ball. This is
:40:38. > :40:44.where Arsenal could hurt Villa on the break. Walcott. What a ball.
:40:45. > :40:51.Ozil is in, and he squares it to Aaron Ramsey. So simple and it is
:40:52. > :40:55.2-0, Arsenal. A devastating counterattack finished by Aaron
:40:56. > :41:00.Ramsey. He began it all with a tackle at the other end and he
:41:01. > :41:05.scores in successive Premier League matches, three for the season for
:41:06. > :41:10.him. Did he get the ball? There were not too many complaints from Villa,
:41:11. > :41:17.but after that it was clinical from the visitors, quick, sharp, incisive
:41:18. > :41:22.pass from Theo Walcott. Ozil could not believe the space he was in. He
:41:23. > :41:27.was aware where Aaron Ramsey he wasn't going to miss. A long way
:41:28. > :41:33.back already for Villa. Seven minutes from half-time, 2-0.
:41:34. > :41:44.Just looking for a bit more urgency in their play. Sinclair. In from
:41:45. > :41:48.Hutton. Rudy Gestede. That was half a chance.
:41:49. > :41:56.It is the first cross he has really had to capitalise on all day.
:41:57. > :41:57.Disappointed he did not get a better connection on that. Nine games
:41:58. > :42:15.without a goal. Villa coming out -- crying out for
:42:16. > :42:21.some creativity. That is a better pass and lifted in my heart.
:42:22. > :42:25.Sinclair. That is the biggest chance of their afternoon, and Scott
:42:26. > :42:32.Sinclair could not take it. -- lifted in by Alan Hutton. Good ball
:42:33. > :42:35.from Ayew, lifted in by Hutton. Six yards out, totally unmarked, Scott
:42:36. > :42:41.Sinclair could not get over the header.
:42:42. > :42:44.I am sure he has asked for a little bit more urgency from his team.
:42:45. > :42:54.Sanchez. Ayew. Sinclair was ahead of him.
:42:55. > :43:01.Look at the space for Bacuna. Onto his right. Not too far away from
:43:02. > :43:05.Leandro Bacuna, who has not scored a Premier League goal since March last
:43:06. > :43:13.year. Villa really need one of these to go in. Veretout.
:43:14. > :43:22.The Frenchman again. He wants to make room for the shot, and he did.
:43:23. > :43:27.It was a decent drive from the Spaniard. Always just looking for
:43:28. > :43:33.that half a yard, and Petr Cech probably have that covered. The last
:43:34. > :43:39.Villa manager standing there to be Arsenal was 17 years ago today, John
:43:40. > :43:42.Gregory's team, with a 3-2 victory courtesy of roles from Dion Dublin
:43:43. > :44:01.and Julian Joachim. Gibbs. Koscielny. A curious one from the
:44:02. > :44:06.French defender. Sinclair showed too much of it to Aaron Ramsey. Ozil is
:44:07. > :44:10.onside and Ramsay wants it back. Trying to set up Oxlade-Chamberlain.
:44:11. > :44:15.Not so sure it was going in after the deflection, but Brad Guzan made
:44:16. > :44:19.sure. All came from the heavy touch from Scott Sinclair. Then
:44:20. > :44:26.Oxlade-Chamberlain's shot had already hit Lescott. Two points from
:44:27. > :44:42.12 in his four Premier League games in charge. This from a team who had
:44:43. > :44:44.lost seven league games in a row. Traore, burst of pace, and the shot
:44:45. > :44:53.as well. Into the side netting. Once the 19-year-old picked it up
:44:54. > :44:57.there was only one thing in his mind. Petr Cech would not be
:44:58. > :45:02.expecting to be beaten from the angle and he wasn't in the end.
:45:03. > :45:07.It was a perfect week for us, we had energy on Wednesday night and we had
:45:08. > :45:11.the resources to win today. In the first half, we were in complete
:45:12. > :45:16.control. In the second half, the legs went a bit but we were mature
:45:17. > :45:21.and did not make mistakes. Maybe we were lucky on one or two occasions
:45:22. > :45:28.as well on crosses. But overall, it is fantastic to come here. We played
:45:29. > :45:31.away in the Champions League and we go away again and win so it is
:45:32. > :45:36.great. Now we have games that we need to win. They will be must win
:45:37. > :45:41.games against our wrecked opponents. Today was not a direct opponent. We
:45:42. > :45:47.tried to do our best. But the next one, the next few will be very
:45:48. > :45:50.important and crucial for us. As an experienced player who's been at the
:45:51. > :45:53.top end of the league, do you look around the dressing room and think
:45:54. > :45:56.you've got enough to stay in the Premier League? Definitely, we have
:45:57. > :46:01.to believe that. The day we don't, it's over. But as I say, still a lot
:46:02. > :46:07.of points to fight for and we will keep doing that. Have you ever known
:46:08. > :46:11.in all your time as season like this? Honestly, no. It's so
:46:12. > :46:14.unpredictable. You just have to focus on yourself and try to play
:46:15. > :46:19.well in each game because you know if you are consistent, you have a
:46:20. > :46:23.chance. I'm certainly not the only one thinks like that. Maybe they
:46:24. > :46:27.have a chance because they are top of the table this evening. Not for
:46:28. > :46:29.the first time do not, a correct decision but we're not 100% sure how
:46:30. > :46:38.they reached it. The correct decision once again but
:46:39. > :46:41.it is fun trying to get there. What a first touch from Walcott, the
:46:42. > :46:45.wrong side of Hutton. It's absolutely a penalty but the referee
:46:46. > :46:50.does not seem to think so and 45 or seconds afterwards... Look, it's
:46:51. > :46:54.clear, he pulled him back by the referee does not give the penalty
:46:55. > :46:58.and the linesman does not but we were informed the reason why the
:46:59. > :47:02.referee points to the spot is the linesman over there, yes, that
:47:03. > :47:08.one... Halfway inside the other half. He tells the referee, shouts
:47:09. > :47:12.in his ear that he has a better view than the referee so he said it was a
:47:13. > :47:19.penalty. Giroud did not half stick it away. He said he had a clear line
:47:20. > :47:22.of sight. He would do. If he did, surely the referee did? He should
:47:23. > :47:27.not need five seconds to make up his mind but it was the correct
:47:28. > :47:30.decision. As a fan, you normally watch the ball and what the player
:47:31. > :47:35.on the ball is doing but I know the coaches look at slightly different
:47:36. > :47:37.things. You were impressed with Arsenal's front three but
:47:38. > :47:44.particularly Walcott without the ball. He played in the eyeliner of
:47:45. > :47:46.the fullback and kept the back four pins, he and Campbell kept them
:47:47. > :47:50.pinned without actually being involved in play which kept them
:47:51. > :47:54.honest, and kept the backline deep in their own half which allowed
:47:55. > :48:03.space for other people to run into. It also meant that they could keep
:48:04. > :48:07.doing well in midfield. As you see, they are linked in there now.
:48:08. > :48:10.Walcott is causing them a problem. Look at Alan Hutton, the way he is
:48:11. > :48:14.looking round and does not know where he is. It's a bit of cat and
:48:15. > :48:19.mouse. He's dropped in deep and as he receives it, it allows others to
:48:20. > :48:26.make runs across and allows him to run inside. When you say it keeps
:48:27. > :48:29.them honest, it keeps them deep, do you mean? Yes, it keeps them in a
:48:30. > :48:36.place where they cannot push up and cannot make any decisions about
:48:37. > :48:42.where to go. What generally happens is defenders like to push the
:48:43. > :48:44.forwards back. If they are in their eyeliner, they cannot see them and
:48:45. > :48:49.they have to stay where they are. And they can stay that fire because
:48:50. > :48:52.they can trust the quality of the midfield? Arsenal are very good in
:48:53. > :48:56.possession so there is rarely a turner that they don't have to track
:48:57. > :49:00.back so often. In the space of one minute in the first half, we saw how
:49:01. > :49:07.to defend properly a counterattack and then how not to. They defended
:49:08. > :49:11.this superbly. Flamini does superb. As we can see, he ushers the ball
:49:12. > :49:14.wide and slows down the play which allows the Arsenal players to get
:49:15. > :49:18.behind the ball and allows them to get into good positions. He makes
:49:19. > :49:25.sure the ball goes wide, away from the middle, they defend patiently.
:49:26. > :49:30.As Aston Villa mount this attack now, they latch on and they can
:49:31. > :49:34.effect the ball. When they win it, this is about the desire to run and
:49:35. > :49:38.get forward. Aston Villa have four players behind the ball and Bishop
:49:39. > :49:41.be comfortable. But especially looking at Veretout, you does not
:49:42. > :49:46.close the gap between him and Lescott. Then the Arsenal players
:49:47. > :49:50.show great discipline to stay onside and finish it comfortably. Having
:49:51. > :49:53.said that, you mentioned the Villa players desire, look at Monreal
:49:54. > :49:57.getting back when they lose the ball, and Campbell, how far he is
:49:58. > :50:02.sprinting back, the hunger to get back in and help their team-mates
:50:03. > :50:06.out, to get back into shape. That is the difference, one of the
:50:07. > :50:09.differences, why Arsenal are at the top of the leak and Aston Villa at
:50:10. > :50:12.the bottom because you have players who are prepared not only to do the
:50:13. > :50:17.work going forward but the dirty work going backwards as well. They
:50:18. > :50:21.were superb at it today, Arsenal. Speaking about workrate, you want to
:50:22. > :50:27.see more from the Aston Villa front men? You do. When Tim Sherwood took
:50:28. > :50:32.over, he realised he had to get Benteke scoring. Remi Garde has to
:50:33. > :50:36.do something similar with Benteke's replacement, Rudy Gestede. I know he
:50:37. > :50:40.has come from the Championship and he has come to a struggling team.
:50:41. > :50:44.But he has do offer more, more movement. It is not just about
:50:45. > :50:49.crosses into the box, he has to try to face up and give his team an
:50:50. > :50:52.option. At the moment, he's not giving enough options to the
:50:53. > :50:56.midfield. There's no movement from him, running in behind, no movement
:50:57. > :51:03.to try to effect the game or the ball with Sinclair. I'm screaming at
:51:04. > :51:10.him, here, "Demand the ball, demand the ball in behind, someone passing
:51:11. > :51:13.it to you and show up". But he's hiding behind the midfield. He's not
:51:14. > :51:17.giving the midfielders or the defenders enough options to hit him
:51:18. > :51:21.with the ball. It is OK the ball going wide, that is fine but then
:51:22. > :51:25.you can't just be a centre forward who attacks the ball from crosses.
:51:26. > :51:28.When you are not scoring goals, you have to give something else, you
:51:29. > :51:29.have to face up and running behind otherwise your manager and the team
:51:30. > :51:38.are going to have problems. Remi Garde said after the match it
:51:39. > :51:42.is not about the fixtures against Arsenal, it is the teams in and
:51:43. > :51:46.around them. They have got Newcastle next week and Norwich coming up and
:51:47. > :51:52.Sunderland as well. But by saying that, it is added pressure on those
:51:53. > :51:55.fixtures, isn't it? I think so but as we know, the Premier League, you
:51:56. > :51:59.can't predict who's going to win any of the games. You have to take every
:52:00. > :52:04.game as you would do the top five or six teams. They've got to get in the
:52:05. > :52:09.zone quickly. I did not see any real evidence to suggest they are going
:52:10. > :52:12.to. And the Newcastle game next week, would you paint a picture of
:52:13. > :52:17.Alan Shearer on Rudy Gestede's blocker in the away dressing room as
:52:18. > :52:19.motivation? If that does not motivate in, what can? I will post
:52:20. > :52:21.the picture to Remi Garde! Remi Garde was the 10th man to lead
:52:22. > :52:28.Villa in the same period that Arene Wenger has been
:52:29. > :52:30.manager of Arsenal. Use #motd2 and the answer's
:52:31. > :52:34.at the end of the show. Here's some of Saturday's action
:52:35. > :52:52.while you think about that. First anxious moment here for
:52:53. > :52:55.Manchester United in the second minute of the game. Whipped into the
:52:56. > :52:59.near post and Bournemouth have a corner. Dan Gosling, throwing
:53:00. > :53:05.himself at that one, whipped in by Junior Stanislas. The ball just
:53:06. > :53:11.bouncing behind Michael Carrick. Stanislas again to the far post! Oh,
:53:12. > :53:15.what an extraordinary goal! Junior Stanislas has given Bournemouth a
:53:16. > :53:17.stunning start, here. Just look at this. He gets it beyond David de
:53:18. > :53:27.Gea. Well, a bad week. It did not take
:53:28. > :53:36.long to get a bit for Louis van Gaal. McNair was there. Fellaini!
:53:37. > :53:39.Good save, not once, but twice. Artur Boruc, dealing with the first
:53:40. > :53:43.effort from close range from Fellaini. A good save by the Polish
:53:44. > :53:49.keeper and then at full stretch for the second one.
:53:50. > :53:55.Carrick, floating it in, tremendous ball and a good save again by Artur
:53:56. > :53:59.Boruc, but racing in is Fellaini! He has the final say for Manchester
:54:00. > :54:04.United. Marouane Fellaini, who scored against FC Bruges in the
:54:05. > :54:07.Champions League qualifier at the start of the season, as his first
:54:08. > :54:13.league goal against May. Artur Boruc made the initial save but Fellaini
:54:14. > :54:16.had the final say. The first-ever league meeting
:54:17. > :54:20.between these two clubs has not disappointed so far. All hands on
:54:21. > :54:26.deck for Manchester United. It is in low and it is 2-1! Josh King,
:54:27. > :54:30.beautifully worked, wonderfully executed. Bournemouth lead for the
:54:31. > :54:34.second time today. Unmarked, on a plate, brilliant Bournemouth have
:54:35. > :54:46.beaten Manchester United. Baines with the delivery. Kone.
:54:47. > :54:55.Norwich able to clear through O'Neil but Everton come again. Stones, can
:54:56. > :54:59.he keep it in? Olsson away, today given -- to Deulofeu. Poor defending
:55:00. > :55:03.from Norwich and Lukaku could not miss! The goal machine adds another
:55:04. > :55:08.to his impressive Everton tally. It is a wonderful ball in from
:55:09. > :55:11.Deulofeu, who had so much time. Lukaku was clearly onside and from a
:55:12. > :55:20.tight angle, guided it into the gaping net. Coleman. Finding
:55:21. > :55:31.Cleverley all too easily and Lukaku is in again! He is human after all.
:55:32. > :55:35.Deulofeu armour Coleman -- to common. Lukaku has taken up a great
:55:36. > :55:38.position and ease their reggae but he's missed! Baines against the
:55:39. > :55:44.angle of crossbar imposed. How on earth is it still just the one goal
:55:45. > :55:49.that Everton lead by? Howard could not get to it and it cleared off the
:55:50. > :55:55.line. No, it is in now! Norwich have equalised, a very scrappy goal, just
:55:56. > :55:59.the start Alex Neil wanted to the second half and fall of their first
:56:00. > :56:06.top dominance and fall of the woeful play that Norwich produced in the
:56:07. > :56:10.first 45, it is all square. Jerome, clever ball for Russell
:56:11. > :56:15.Martin who's in behind Mirallas. He has found a cross. Hoolahan and
:56:16. > :56:19.Jerome! My word, what a miss by Cameron Jerome. That is worse than
:56:20. > :56:28.the one Lukaku missed in the first half.
:56:29. > :56:37.Troy Deeney, trying to hold off Billy Jones, successfully done.
:56:38. > :56:42.Nicely clipped three by Almen Abdi to Nyom and it has been squeezed in!
:56:43. > :56:47.Was it Coates or Ighalo? They go for the ball together. Who gets the
:56:48. > :56:54.decisive touch? It is Ighalo's goal. Through two Ighalo. O'Shea is in his
:56:55. > :57:02.way. Support from Almen Abdi, great work from Ighalo! Of the line! That
:57:03. > :57:07.is stopped by Pantilimon! Jurado hits the post! The Hornets are
:57:08. > :57:13.swarming all over Sunderland. Rodwell. Defoe.
:57:14. > :57:22.Still Defoe! What is saved by Gomes. That was the one Sunderland, Defoe
:57:23. > :57:29.was waiting for the right moment he got it. And many, many people in the
:57:30. > :57:34.ground thought they had equalised. Van Aanholt, what a ball from Adam
:57:35. > :57:38.Johnson, in towards Defoe! It is wide, it is just not falling for
:57:39. > :57:42.Sunderland. It increasingly looks like being one of those days when no
:57:43. > :57:48.matter how hard they try, it just will not go in. Three wins on the
:57:49. > :57:52.spin for Watford, seventh in the Premier League after that game
:57:53. > :57:54.yesterday. You are going to praise them without mentioning the front
:57:55. > :57:59.two who have got all the praise this season.
:58:00. > :58:05.They deserve it as well because they play 4-4- two and not many teams are
:58:06. > :58:09.brave enough to do that. You can see them lined up, four across midfield
:58:10. > :58:14.and they all know their jobs and they all worked as a team, work
:58:15. > :58:18.together. It is not just kicking it long because they have got a bit of
:58:19. > :58:23.pace up there. Nathan Ake gives them width on the left, he's got a very
:58:24. > :58:27.good relationship with Jurado, a little ball down the line and a
:58:28. > :58:30.brilliant ball in, attacking play, players who are prepared to put
:58:31. > :58:36.their neck on the line, prepared to work every single game. They don't
:58:37. > :58:40.kick it along very often. They can play. Jurado again, he knows his man
:58:41. > :58:46.because he is coming on the outside of him, Nathan Ake. Away on the
:58:47. > :58:49.attack again. They have a tremendous team spirit. They are very
:58:50. > :58:53.refreshing and they are tough to beat because as I say, they all know
:58:54. > :58:57.their jobs. They get back into shape. If one goes, they all go,
:58:58. > :59:02.their mate backs them up and they snuff it out. They are referencing,
:59:03. > :59:06.I've said it before. If it was not for Leicester's heroics this season,
:59:07. > :59:11.lots more people would be talking about Watford. Are they referencing
:59:12. > :59:15.in a old-fashioned way? I mean that to praise them not criticise them.
:59:16. > :59:19.Everyone is in position and it's an old-fashioned 4-4- two with the
:59:20. > :59:22.forwards working. It is simple advice everyone knows what they are
:59:23. > :59:26.going to do, everyone is used to it and has been brought up on it at
:59:27. > :59:30.some stage in their career. It easy to slot players in and out which is
:59:31. > :59:34.the most important thing. I did all that without mentioning the front
:59:35. > :59:37.two. But you've it now so you have failed.
:59:38. > :59:39.More football on the BBC on Monday night.
:59:40. > :59:42.Leicester can reclaim top spot in the Premier League if they beat
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:59:52. > :59:55.The BBC Sports Personality Of The Year contenders, Lizzie Armitstead,
:59:56. > :00:06.Lucy Bronze, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah, Chris Froome, Tyson Fury,
:00:07. > :00:14.Lewis Hamilton, Andy Murray, Adam Peaty, Greg Rutherford, Kevin
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:00:16. > :00:17.vote on the night. Here's the rest of Saturday's action
:00:18. > :00:44.starting at the Etihad. That needed Joe Hart's legs to make
:00:45. > :00:53.the save. Routledge got the right side of otter Mendy. But Joe Hart
:00:54. > :01:00.had read a situation was equal to it -- Joachim one. An inviting 12.
:01:01. > :01:04.Wilfreid Bony. -- Otamendi. Against his former club, but the all of
:01:05. > :01:14.their organisation in the first 20 minutes, Swansea switched off. --
:01:15. > :01:21.for all of. Now Cork. Sigurdsson. It might still come to him. Joe Hart
:01:22. > :01:31.denied him. He got the run of the ball him, guilty Sigurdsson. That
:01:32. > :01:42.was intended for -- Ayew. Final minute of the 90. That is towards
:01:43. > :01:45.Gomis. Away from Mangala. Bataclan be Gomis for Swansea, in the last
:01:46. > :01:55.minute of the 90 -- Atef Embley Gomis. Beautifully timed run, and
:01:56. > :01:58.what about the finish. Sheer power. Manchester City only have the four
:01:59. > :02:09.added minutes to try and rescue this. Yah yah Toure. Deflected. It
:02:10. > :02:13.is cruel. -- Yaya Toure Toure. Manchester City have hit back in
:02:14. > :02:18.stoppage time, and it was off his own player, of dash off any Hannah
:02:19. > :02:30.Cho. Arnautovic looks like he fancies it.
:02:31. > :02:37.Can he break the deadlock? Arnautovic takes a flick of the wall
:02:38. > :02:41.and he rattles the woodwork. Bojan hit it well but way too high. That
:02:42. > :02:51.was a viciously dripping -- dipping free kick from Arnautovic. Zarate.
:02:52. > :02:56.Antonio, is allowed to turn. Zarate again. Space is closing all the time
:02:57. > :03:01.around him. Desperate to get the right foot shot away. That would
:03:02. > :03:11.have been a fabulous goal. Still Zarate. Tomkins. In towards Andy
:03:12. > :03:17.Carroll. Valencia. What a story would have been. Could not get
:03:18. > :03:21.enough on the header, and Jack Butland keeps Stoke's clean sheet
:03:22. > :03:29.intact. Ran right across the face of the penalty area, Zarate. Absolutely
:03:30. > :03:33.rattled Butland's left-hand post. Valencia did get a touch on it, but
:03:34. > :03:43.not enough. In it comes. Gives them a chance, and Butland steals it.
:03:44. > :03:49.Kouyate, punched away. So, so close and the last action of the game.
:03:50. > :03:55.Well, well. 90 minutes of blood sweat and tears very nearly decided
:03:56. > :03:56.with the very last touch of the game, and even Slaven Bilic could
:03:57. > :04:16.not get the final touch. Side Omar na. Finds Cedric. Davis in
:04:17. > :04:23.the middle -- sado Marney. Driven infirmary. Headed in. Wilfred Zaha.
:04:24. > :04:40.Bolasie. To buy -- Yohan Cabaye. Bolasie with a great turn of pace to
:04:41. > :04:48.get away from Jose Fonte eight. -- Jose Fonte. Who made the running to
:04:49. > :04:56.the middle? Yohan Cabaye. Well taken by Wycombe. -- Connor Wickham. Still
:04:57. > :05:01.Connor Wickham cannot find his first goal for Crystal Palace. Lovely
:05:02. > :05:05.piece of control from the striker. One touch to control it and one
:05:06. > :05:16.touch to fire it to the Southampton goal. A touch my Graziano Pelle. And
:05:17. > :05:21.the saved from Hennessy. -- ie Graziano Pelle, and the save from
:05:22. > :05:31.Hennessy. That has won the match, surely. Southampton so close. Just
:05:32. > :05:39.before the table and 2Good two Bad, do you have a sense of regret that
:05:40. > :05:44.you are not still in charge of QPR? There are plenty that could be sat
:05:45. > :05:48.here this season. Did it annoy you when your experience was brought
:05:49. > :05:53.into question? That is the thing that annoys you most. You don't mind
:05:54. > :05:55.being taken out of the pitch of not being good enough because that
:05:56. > :06:01.happens to bigger and better people than me, but that is one thing you
:06:02. > :06:10.want to take out of the picture. You have been in the game for 38 years.
:06:11. > :06:14.Yes, 38 years and I am happy to be sacked or relieved as it may be on
:06:15. > :06:21.my merits and ability at the time in any given situation, but not for
:06:22. > :06:26.experience. Do you want to get back into management or coaching? Does it
:06:27. > :06:29.depend on the opportunity? It depends on the opportunities. It's
:06:30. > :06:33.difficult when you have been in it all of your life. You are itching to
:06:34. > :06:41.get into it, and I've been at home in nearly a month. That is more than
:06:42. > :06:51.enough. I have been watching Bargain Punt. -- Hunt. At least you mention
:06:52. > :06:55.some BBC daytime shows. Here is the table with one match to be played.
:06:56. > :06:58.Arsenal replaced Manchester City at the top although Leicester will
:06:59. > :07:01.reclaim the lead if they win on Monday. Spurs missed the chance to
:07:02. > :07:03.go forth and the Spurs equaliser lifts them tonight.
:07:04. > :07:05.Back-to-back victories have taken Newcastle out
:07:06. > :07:07.of the relegation zone and up to 15th, above champions Chelsea.
:07:08. > :07:10.West Brom remain 13th, while bottom side Aston Villa
:07:11. > :07:27.Rather than just buying Christmas trees, Manchester City went with two
:07:28. > :07:34.people scarily dressed as them. A ball, corner flag, ball, a corner
:07:35. > :07:40.flag, and he carried on like it was perfectly normal to do that.
:07:41. > :07:46.Martial's look indicates who he thought was to blame for the first
:07:47. > :07:50.Bournemouth goal. And after Rudy Gestede moth, he was lost deep in
:07:51. > :07:54.thought, wondering whether Alan Shearer would hammer him on the
:07:55. > :07:58.telly tonight. This is a grand total of 14 seconds without blinking.
:07:59. > :08:02.Earlier, we asked you to name the ten managers to lead Aston Villa
:08:03. > :08:07.in the same time Arsene Wenger has managed Arsenal.
:08:08. > :08:09.Remi Garde is obviously one, here are the other nine.
:08:10. > :08:20.My main ambition is to bring success to the team and to satisfy all the
:08:21. > :08:42.people who love Arsenal. Henry. Magnificent. And Robin van
:08:43. > :08:46.Persie makes it 4-0. Fabregas!. # "One More Time" - Daft Punk. Arsenal
:08:47. > :08:59.finally have the points. Arteta shoots. Ozil is behind. Beautiful
:09:00. > :09:05.fiftyish. -- finish. He has scored an absolute beauty. The master beats
:09:06. > :09:06.the apprentice. Remi Garde is rock bottom.