:01:01. > :01:40.mind us from moving a day later, we will still have the best of the
:01:41. > :01:59.action from Sunday plus all of's goals. Time for the Knights Star
:02:00. > :02:09.I would be insulting Leicester City if I described this as a title six
:02:10. > :02:14.pointer but it is the biggest Premier League clash of the season
:02:15. > :02:17.and will have a major bearing. Will defeat terminally undermine Manuel
:02:18. > :02:21.Pellegrini's position given that quality owner is waiting in the
:02:22. > :02:30.wings? Arsene Wenger has talked about their new-found belief based
:02:31. > :02:35.on the midfield stranglehold of Cazorla and Coquelin. The side is
:02:36. > :02:45.unchanged but 20th time in 325 games. City have Aguero back. He
:02:46. > :02:58.replaces Fulford bony as they make four changes. -- Wilfried Bony.
:02:59. > :03:08.Arsenal kick as off and on the way, from left to right. Arsenal,
:03:09. > :03:19.unbeaten in five, one defeat in ten league games.
:03:20. > :03:26.Silva has scored three in the past against Arsenal. Just getting back
:03:27. > :03:27.to full first-team sharpness after missing six weeks with an ankle
:03:28. > :03:48.problem. Fernandinho wasn't closed. Two
:03:49. > :03:51.mornings for Arsenal. Shots from range, both off target. They need to
:03:52. > :04:35.get bodies to the ball quicker. Petr Cech was tested, but it caught
:04:36. > :04:44.to it. The first shot on target we have seen in the game.
:04:45. > :04:53.Not many empty seats here, looking around. Lovely touch by Aguero,
:04:54. > :05:03.really good opportunity for Manchester City. He steered it wide
:05:04. > :05:05.with options to his left hand side. A real let off for Arsenal and Silva
:05:06. > :05:16.looks disgusted. Look at the space, are still drawn
:05:17. > :05:26.up field, couldn't get back in time. He had to play the Silva. -- play it
:05:27. > :05:34.to Silva. He knows how important that could have been, Pellegrini.
:05:35. > :05:45.Walcott went for goal, and Arsenal beat. What a screamer! What a way to
:05:46. > :05:54.open the scoring, totally against the run of play. 32 goals, not a
:05:55. > :06:05.title decider but that is a goal to grace any title occasion. Walcott,
:06:06. > :06:12.cleverly positioned, cut inside and Manchester City let him get the shot
:06:13. > :06:17.away. That was their undoing. Fifth goal of the campaign for Walcott.
:06:18. > :06:22.The third he has scored against Manchester City in his career and
:06:23. > :06:30.Arsenal, cagey in winning away in January when they played cat and
:06:31. > :06:47.mouse, have done it again. The 14th assist of the season for Ozil.
:06:48. > :06:56.Campbell has to cut that out, he has done that three or four times in the
:06:57. > :07:06.game, doesn't need to do that. Giroud beats Joe Hart! And Arsenal
:07:07. > :07:15.lead Manchester City 2-0! Giroud again, 13 in 16 matches now for him.
:07:16. > :07:19.15 goals in all this season for the Frenchman. Arsene Wenger says he has
:07:20. > :07:24.the ability to be one of the best strikers in Europe and that is a top
:07:25. > :07:30.finish and that second goal for Arsenal could mean they may finish
:07:31. > :07:38.ahead of Manchester City. Lovely ball into him. Away from Otamendi
:07:39. > :07:44.and through the legs of Joe Hart, poor defending from Manchester City.
:07:45. > :07:54.A poor goal for Joe Hart to concede. Arsenal won't care.
:07:55. > :08:05.Walcott was bundled over by De Bruyne. Just clumsy.
:08:06. > :08:16.Campbell! That would have made the game safe for Arsenal.
:08:17. > :08:28.It's the only shot they have had in the game that hasn't gone in!
:08:29. > :08:34.Squirted it up and over. Arsenal know that would have been the three
:08:35. > :08:41.points. So improved this season but he has only got a couple of goals
:08:42. > :08:47.still. That is so silly from Aaron Ramsey, he has fouled his man. That
:08:48. > :08:52.is where Arsenal can get caught out, if they get to clock sure at the
:08:53. > :09:19.back. Kolarov to take it. Manchester City haven't passed the
:09:20. > :09:27.ball Picadilly well. Can he finished this time?
:09:28. > :09:39.Giroud didn't know that Fernandinho was coming. That's a freekick.
:09:40. > :09:49.Campbell has had two opportunities now to make the game safe. Joe Hart
:09:50. > :09:56.redeemed himself there. He might have been not made for the Giroud
:09:57. > :10:09.goal at half-time. -- not made. But he was alert there.
:10:10. > :10:19.Just deflected wide. The Manchester City defence... Otamendi is claiming
:10:20. > :10:37.he was fouled there. Giroud was holding onto him.
:10:38. > :10:45.Joe Hart spread himself and saved. Corner kick only. Arsenal have
:10:46. > :10:56.missed three very good second-half chances. They have meant despair. --
:10:57. > :11:04.men to spare. The first touch wasn't great, took it away from him.
:11:05. > :11:05.Important second-half save from Joe Hart, he has kept Manchester City in
:11:06. > :11:23.the reckoning. Was their contact? The referee,
:11:24. > :11:29.waving it away. He certainly fell theatrically. Arsenal have looked
:11:30. > :11:37.jittery and casual at the back in the second half.
:11:38. > :11:42.He went down in the box under the challenge from Aaron Ramsey, who is
:11:43. > :11:48.screaming at the referee, that didn't look very good to me, Yaya
:11:49. > :11:51.Toure. There has been a fair amount of that in this game so far. Yaya
:11:52. > :12:03.Toure dived, that is very poor. Raheem Sterling flung himself to the
:12:04. > :12:15.ground, there was contact but he flung himself to the ground.
:12:16. > :12:29.Never has fought Manchester City, Mertesacker was well-positioned. --
:12:30. > :12:36.Jesus Navas for Manchester City. For the first time in the game, Monreal
:12:37. > :12:45.got it wrong. Jesus Navas got it wrong, he might have gone for goal
:12:46. > :12:50.himself. Lacked confidence to do so. They won't have many more chances
:12:51. > :12:53.now, Manchester City. It's a real worry for them when they are behind
:12:54. > :12:55.in conditions like this in big games, do they have the heart to get
:12:56. > :13:04.back into it? Do they have the resolve they used
:13:05. > :13:29.to have? Lovely goal, lovely goal. Manchester
:13:30. > :13:34.City, back in the game, and just when he looked as if he were
:13:35. > :13:38.struggling, Yaya Toure, Petr Cech will have to wait to create the
:13:39. > :13:46.Premier League record for clean sheets. City are back in the game.
:13:47. > :13:55.With nine minutes to go. Really well worked, and such delicately placed
:13:56. > :13:57.finish. That is a fantastic skill. Beautiful goal for Yaya Toure, his
:13:58. > :14:15.first since October. A big moment! In this title race. He
:14:16. > :14:20.has come strong in the last ten minutes, Yaya Toure, and he did
:14:21. > :14:27.surge through there. But he poked it wide. He will feel that Manchester
:14:28. > :14:33.City have done enough to get a point. Look at that lady there with
:14:34. > :14:36.the Father Christmas hat, hands on her mouth. Who would be a football
:14:37. > :14:58.fan? It is back into the middle, it comes
:14:59. > :15:05.to Sagna of all people. A goal kick is given. Giroud has hurt himself,
:15:06. > :15:10.that's a problem with his knee. He made contact with the ball, but look
:15:11. > :15:16.at the way the Manchester City player flings himself to the ground.
:15:17. > :15:22.One last attack for Arsenal to push away. They don't need to, the final
:15:23. > :15:28.whistle has gone. It won't settle the title, it is far too early for
:15:29. > :15:32.that. It is a huge statement victory, this.
:15:33. > :15:36.It was a very intense game with both teams giving absolutely everything.
:15:37. > :15:45.Certainly they had more possession but Yaya Toure is dangerous. Our
:15:46. > :15:49.organisation worked well and of course we have got a great goal in
:15:50. > :15:53.the first half. Unfortunately we couldn't finish the game in the
:15:54. > :15:59.second half, and when it came back to 2-1 we became a bit shaky but our
:16:00. > :16:03.spirit pushed us through. How do you feel about that? I think we played
:16:04. > :16:09.better, especially in the first half. When we had the possession, we
:16:10. > :16:16.had a clear option before the beautiful goal, but the second goal
:16:17. > :16:21.I think we made an important mistake. In the second half we took
:16:22. > :16:26.more and more risks. I think we take a lot of chances, create more
:16:27. > :16:34.possession, more shots on target and out of target but in these important
:16:35. > :16:39.games you cannot make mistakes. The players that don't normally do a
:16:40. > :16:46.defensive job, everyone was there today. Everyone has worked
:16:47. > :16:49.tremendously hard and those three points are massive achievement.
:16:50. > :16:57.Recently we had our backs to the wall when we went to Olympiacos, but
:16:58. > :17:01.in an encouraging way today we have done it again today so that shows we
:17:02. > :17:05.have a very strong spirit, exceptional, there is life in the
:17:06. > :17:11.team, you see that from outside, and we want to take care of that.
:17:12. > :17:18.What did you make of that? Supposedly the best two teams in the
:17:19. > :17:23.league. When you get to December, for instance Chelsea last year, you
:17:24. > :17:27.think they are going to win the league, they were beating everyone,
:17:28. > :17:32.but this game tonight, Manchester City started the game well, but
:17:33. > :17:37.Arsenal made mistakes and City finished the game well. At the
:17:38. > :17:40.moment it is anyone's league but Arsenal are the most consistent team
:17:41. > :17:48.at the moment. Theo Walcott spoke about digging in, you noticed that,
:17:49. > :17:53.you spotted the digging in and the organisation. There is definitely a
:17:54. > :17:57.growing belief and majority in this team. It is about keeping a good
:17:58. > :18:02.shape, and be ineffective on the break. Everyone is buying into that.
:18:03. > :18:09.That's what they've done recently against Olympiacos, they did it
:18:10. > :18:12.against Bayern as well earlier in the season. It's not easy for this
:18:13. > :18:16.group to do this because their natural instinct is to get on the
:18:17. > :18:21.ball and attacked but there was a really good discipline and it is
:18:22. > :18:27.growing. It is an education for this team to grow. Last season their game
:18:28. > :18:33.against Monaco was a big disappointment. Are you all right,
:18:34. > :18:39.by the way? Is this cold air getting to you? It was a crucial 80 seconds
:18:40. > :18:45.in that first half when Manchester City could have gone ahead and then
:18:46. > :18:48.Arsenal went down the other end and took the lead. They should have gone
:18:49. > :18:56.ahead, it was de Bruyne involved. The ball up to Aguero, brilliant
:18:57. > :19:01.lay-off. Look at David Silva. He is in a better place to score the goal,
:19:02. > :19:07.he would have had a tap in. He didn't, selfishly he went for the
:19:08. > :19:12.goal, he missed, David Silva wasn't happy. 73 seconds later, there's
:19:13. > :19:21.three Arsenal players, a brilliant pass from Koscielny. There's three
:19:22. > :19:33.Arsenal players there, Walcott, Ozil and Monreal. Sagna ended up scoring
:19:34. > :19:37.a great goal. Once Arsenal get the chance to overload after that
:19:38. > :19:43.defending, they can punish you with a tremendous finish. You have got to
:19:44. > :19:48.credit Mertesacker for his position. His lack of pace, his position was
:19:49. > :19:54.good, and Bellerin gets back quickly but I still feel he should have
:19:55. > :20:01.passed. You must both have been in situations in your career where you
:20:02. > :20:05.have made a mistake that has led to a goal and then it has affected you.
:20:06. > :20:12.I'm trying to be as complimentary as I can! Has that affected you for the
:20:13. > :20:19.next 40 minutes? It is how you recover from it and you need to show
:20:20. > :20:31.some character. And that happened to man --
:20:32. > :20:42.man Mangala. I think when you make mistakes the next thing you have got
:20:43. > :20:47.to do is do it simple. He has a simple pass, he gives it away. In
:20:48. > :20:52.this moment, there was a 15 minute period where he lost control,
:20:53. > :20:56.discipline and concentration. I cannot believe he is not getting
:20:57. > :21:04.that quicker. He is just leaving them with so much space. This is
:21:05. > :21:08.literally just a clearance. What is he doing? Be calm, short and stay
:21:09. > :21:15.behind your opponent. Wait for the game to come to you but he
:21:16. > :21:25.overplays. Is this just a quirk of fate, this next statistic - against
:21:26. > :21:31.Stoke they scored with their first two shots on target, and the same
:21:32. > :21:36.thing happened with three other games. Is that a mental thing that
:21:37. > :21:47.when you concede one it takes a while to recover? That is there away
:21:48. > :21:48.form this season. Without a win since September. You start looking
:21:49. > :21:52.at these teams, which one is going to be champion, it is still
:21:53. > :21:56.difficult to call but Arsenal have come away from this believing they
:21:57. > :22:03.are better than Manchester City. Manuel Pellegrini said, we have had
:22:04. > :22:09.our chances. Arsenal were on their back foot thanks to Yaya Toure. With
:22:10. > :22:15.the substitution of Campbell going off and Gibbs coming on, that is
:22:16. > :22:22.when Arsenal shut up shop. I always think there will be space behind him
:22:23. > :22:26.defensively, but in this mood here is on stoppable. That is a
:22:27. > :22:32.sensational strike by a brilliant midfield player. He's saying look at
:22:33. > :22:37.what I can do, he still has tremendous quality. He did drive
:22:38. > :22:42.them on. Manchester City came back at Arsenal which makes it difficult
:22:43. > :22:49.to call this. There's a lot of games to go. I know that, but if you were
:22:50. > :22:58.going to put a bet on, who would you put a bet on for the title? I think
:22:59. > :23:02.Arsenal are now looking... Let's not discount Leicester. If you are
:23:03. > :23:05.saying City are still in the race, then you have got to say Palace and
:23:06. > :23:11.Tottenham are in it as well. It's really very open but Arsenal are now
:23:12. > :23:15.looking very confident. I think on paper you have got to say Manchester
:23:16. > :23:18.City should win the league. They have the best squad but at the
:23:19. > :23:24.moment they are not showing that kind of form, so for me it is
:23:25. > :23:33.between Arsenal, and Leicester are playing well. Arsenal? I didn't say
:23:34. > :23:40.Arsenal. On paper, Manchester City but Arsenal at this moment in time
:23:41. > :23:44.are the favourites. Is that offence they are sitting on? Last time
:23:45. > :23:50.Watford beat Liverpool at Vicarage Road was back in 1986 with John
:23:51. > :23:55.Barnes who then went on to play for Liverpool. John Murray was there to
:23:56. > :23:59.watch this one. While Leicester topped the Premier
:24:00. > :24:03.League tales of the unexpected, Watford are not far behind them.
:24:04. > :24:07.Indeed they are still looking down the table at Liverpool. Watford are
:24:08. > :24:15.unchanged after their third consecutive win last weekend. There
:24:16. > :24:40.is a Liverpool Premier League debut for their goalkeeper.
:24:41. > :24:45.Sakho, and he has given it away. That was an awkward piece of
:24:46. > :25:06.defending. He has won a corner. Excellent
:25:07. > :25:14.persistence from Ake, and it is the first corner of the match. Nathan
:25:15. > :25:26.Ake on loan from Chelsea, one of the Chelsea legions. Immediately putting
:25:27. > :25:29.Bogdan under pressure, and Nathan Ake has converted it, and in the
:25:30. > :25:40.first three minutes of his Premier League debut for Liverpool that is a
:25:41. > :25:46.bad error for Bogdan. Look, he had it in his hands there. He has
:25:47. > :25:52.grabbed it and Ake has kicked it out of his hands. The question is, did
:25:53. > :26:00.he have it under control? It looked to me like it was secure in between
:26:01. > :26:04.the goalkeeper's gloves. So Bogdan has a right to have complained about
:26:05. > :26:27.it. Dangerous, but close enough to
:26:28. > :26:32.Gomez. Regulation safe. Liverpool have failed to win in their last
:26:33. > :26:40.three matches and here they are, 1-0 down. All of a sudden, Liverpool,
:26:41. > :26:56.for Jurgen Klopp, slightly trying times. Ighalo is in! 2-0 and Ighalo
:26:57. > :27:14.scores again, his 11 of the season. There is simply no keeping him down.
:27:15. > :27:21.It is the Deeney Ighalo combination again. And he knows where the goal
:27:22. > :27:28.is, doesn't he? This means he has scored in four consecutive matches
:27:29. > :27:36.now. Ighalo is there, but Deeney as ever is not far away from him.
:27:37. > :27:45.Together they have scored 16 goals this season. This could go
:27:46. > :27:58.anywhere... Liverpool fortunate, and that was not convincing. Bogdan had
:27:59. > :28:05.to keep that out. That is crazy defending, but Bogdan deserves
:28:06. > :28:13.credit for that. There's no doubt he has been unsettled. The offside flag
:28:14. > :28:19.is up. Liverpool have put together more than twice as many passes as
:28:20. > :28:24.Watford in the match, but there has been a notable lack of decisive
:28:25. > :28:43.passes, killer passes you might call them. Deeney has won the corner.
:28:44. > :28:59.Skrtel, it would seem, has got to leave the field. A like-for-like
:29:00. > :29:02.replacement would be Toure. It was blocked by the goalkeeper, went
:29:03. > :29:20.through a number of players at the near post, and Bogdan did well.
:29:21. > :29:28.Ighalo... An important moment, Bogdan with the save. For once,
:29:29. > :29:37.Ighalo is not able to make them pay. The slip from Sakho, but Ighalo will
:29:38. > :30:03.feel he should have made it 3-0. Gomez comes to the rescue. That is
:30:04. > :30:04.Liverpool's clearest opportunity. If Liverpool are going to rescue this,
:30:05. > :30:33.they are going to need a goal soon. Lovely touch to Deeney. And in
:30:34. > :30:43.Carlow! -- Ighalo! And that finishes it! Excellent play from Watford.
:30:44. > :30:47.Vicarage Road celebrates. It is a famous victory against Liverpool,
:30:48. > :30:57.the first time Watford have beaten them in the 21st century. It is the
:30:58. > :30:58.hapless Sakho who was playing Ighalo onside in the middle, easy as pie
:30:59. > :31:17.this time. What a good win. He knows there is no coming back for
:31:18. > :31:22.Liverpool. I tried to repeat that we are trying to improve, to be a new
:31:23. > :31:26.team, so it's just the beginning. Today we played really well, it was
:31:27. > :31:31.an amazing victory against an amazing team like Liverpool. We have
:31:32. > :31:37.to think about the next challenge after today. If you watch the TV, he
:31:38. > :31:46.had it under control, but that's not the biggest thing, it should not be
:31:47. > :31:50.allowed, this goal, he should not drop the ball, that's clear. That
:31:51. > :31:53.was a mistake for the referee, because he didn't see it, but the
:31:54. > :32:01.bigger mistake was a reaction to this goal. We're going to plan the
:32:02. > :32:05.matches, we never underestimate teams, so I think this is the way
:32:06. > :32:11.until the last moment, we have the dream but we have two keep at it.
:32:12. > :32:17.Four consecutive wins now for Watford for the first time since
:32:18. > :32:20.April 1987, would you go along with Jurgen Klopp and say the first goal
:32:21. > :32:27.should have been disallowed? I agree with him, once the goalkeeper has it
:32:28. > :32:31.in his hands, you can't go near him, I know he fumbles it, the referee is
:32:32. > :32:35.not well placed, he's a long way away but when we slow it down, you
:32:36. > :32:39.will see that he does have the ball in his hands, you have to feel sorry
:32:40. > :32:46.for him, it's an important goal to concede. I think he kicks his hand
:32:47. > :32:52.and he spills it. It's definitely a foul on Bob Dem, he has taken a lot
:32:53. > :32:55.of stick since the game, I felt sorry for him, but clearly, the
:32:56. > :33:01.player kicked through his hand and it should have been disallowed. That
:33:02. > :33:04.was a mistake but they also made lots of mistakes. With a prompted
:33:05. > :33:10.into some mistakes? You're going to speak about another French
:33:11. > :33:15.centre-half! You think Watford targeted Sakho? I think there are
:33:16. > :33:25.similarities in their performance on Saturday. Ighalo, who was
:33:26. > :33:31.magnificent, is his mate, he should be clearing that, and he invites
:33:32. > :33:38.trouble early in the game. It never got much better frame. Head it with
:33:39. > :33:43.calmness! We get this panic with defenders. His mate doesn't help him
:33:44. > :33:49.here, he should do better, eventually goes off, but they don't
:33:50. > :33:55.look settled at the back. Know your limitations, know what you can do,
:33:56. > :33:59.you certainly can't do that! What has happened in the last five years,
:34:00. > :34:02.every team in Europe plays with one centre forward and I think this
:34:03. > :34:07.season we have seen a bit of a change, teams are going with two up,
:34:08. > :34:14.and centre-backs don't know how to handle playing up against two Centre
:34:15. > :34:19.forwards. And Deeney and Ighalo were fantastic, they didn't give Sakho an
:34:20. > :34:27.inch on the ball, they put him under pressure every time he went forward.
:34:28. > :34:28.Deeney was the revelation of the championship last season, if you
:34:29. > :34:33.have confidence and believe in yourself, you can have an impact
:34:34. > :34:39.even in the Premier League. It is still rare to find two upfront in
:34:40. > :34:44.the Premier League, though stop Leicester, Watford, but there aren't
:34:45. > :34:49.many. I think you will see more because defenders don't like it. In
:34:50. > :34:58.60% of teams play for 4-2, I would say. It is quite common now. I think
:34:59. > :35:04.it's destructive. You are playing against two, you get no respite, it
:35:05. > :35:10.used to be you have some coming from late, now you are occupied. Who
:35:11. > :35:15.would you rather play against? I would sooner play against one
:35:16. > :35:19.striker. It slipped away from our game, I know that you see Theo
:35:20. > :35:24.Walcott may as a white player, we saw that with Joel Campbell, you can
:35:25. > :35:28.play with front players in wide positions, they naturally want to
:35:29. > :35:37.get in. How did you get Arsenal into this chat? Just some praise for A.
:35:38. > :35:40.When he was at Tottenham, didn't quite fancy him, thought he had a
:35:41. > :35:48.bad attitude, but yesterday I thought he was fantastic, ATM A. He
:35:49. > :35:53.was fantastic, calm, composed, controlled the game, he disrupted
:35:54. > :35:59.the Liverpool midfield, and when he won the ball, he joined in with
:36:00. > :36:05.attacks as well and was a constant threat. In this third goal, he had
:36:06. > :36:10.to win the ball twice. They ended up scoring a goal and with that kind of
:36:11. > :36:16.play, Watford had a fantastic start to the season. Swansea City are
:36:17. > :36:19.still without a manager after sacking Garry Monk so Alan Curtis
:36:20. > :36:25.took charge for the second time when they took on West Ham.
:36:26. > :36:33.There were sufficient positives in defeat against Manchester City to
:36:34. > :36:38.convince caretaker boss Alan Curtis that changes want essential. He
:36:39. > :36:39.makes just one enforced, as buffeting the Gomez replaces the
:36:40. > :36:55.injured Wayne Routledge. -- Gomis. Jelavic has a first Premier League
:36:56. > :37:00.start for the Hammers, on a ground where he scored before, when
:37:01. > :37:05.victorious with Everton. As the quest for Garry Monk's replacement
:37:06. > :37:09.continues, Swansea go in search of their first home win since August
:37:10. > :37:24.against a side whose best results have come on their travels.
:37:25. > :37:31.It wouldn't be against the run of play at all if Swansea were to take
:37:32. > :37:43.the lead here. West Ham have done little other than try to repel them.
:37:44. > :37:46.It is over Ayew, a half-hearted claim for a handball against
:37:47. > :37:55.Antonio. West Ham, absolutely on the ropes
:37:56. > :38:12.here. West Ham quite simply are there for
:38:13. > :38:16.the taking. Swansea all over them, this is the best chance they have
:38:17. > :38:25.had, Adrian stopping Ki with the legs. This was the claim of
:38:26. > :38:38.handball, Antonia's hand was outstretched, you just never know in
:38:39. > :38:41.this Iraq. Swansea have had 73% possession in this match. Great
:38:42. > :38:47.credit to West Ham for the efforts out of position of the ball and the
:38:48. > :38:56.rigidity in their shape -- out of possession of the ball.
:38:57. > :39:02.Ayew has brushed the outside of the netting. West Ham, hanging on, Ayew
:39:03. > :39:21.the latest to miss opportunity. There is the claim of handball as
:39:22. > :39:27.Williams lay on the floor. It did seem as though it might have
:39:28. > :39:32.connected with his arm at the -- as he lay on the floor. It would have
:39:33. > :39:37.been very harsh. The referee gave him the benefit of the doubt.
:39:38. > :39:43.Valencia is about to come on but not before Swansea win a freekick. The
:39:44. > :40:06.foul, by Creswell. Brilliant save! At the horrific hit
:40:07. > :40:12.by Cork. -- a terrific hit. He was a long-time player at this club. He
:40:13. > :40:18.has certainly seen a real response from his players since the departure
:40:19. > :40:31.of Garry Monk. You just since the opening goal might be in the offing
:40:32. > :40:38.now. Claims it was a handball that stopped it going into the net, Lee
:40:39. > :40:43.Mason is unmoved. Ki hits it, Collins Roxette, it is with the arm
:40:44. > :40:48.but could he have got it out of the way? Surely not. The more you see
:40:49. > :40:53.it, the more you think it should have been a penalty. Collins holds
:40:54. > :41:00.his head after having blocked it with the arm. If Swansea don't get
:41:01. > :41:07.three points from this game, they will be ruling the fact they haven't
:41:08. > :41:10.fashioned enough openings. They are in complete control of this game and
:41:11. > :41:14.West Ham really are doing nothing other than occupying space in front
:41:15. > :41:31.of them. Helped over his bar by Fabianski.
:41:32. > :41:35.And though West Ham have been in the final third for the final game,
:41:36. > :41:46.Valencia almost pinches the opening goal. -- in their final third.
:41:47. > :41:52.Swansea next face West Brom at home on Boxing Day, they are never easy
:41:53. > :42:00.to break down, Sigurdsson tried, it took a deflection, it's a corner.
:42:01. > :42:04.Gomis, almost in. Adrian came out, this time Gomis timed his run and
:42:05. > :42:15.was onside. It looks as though centre may have
:42:16. > :42:21.missed out Swansea City this time. I thought we played well in terms of
:42:22. > :42:24.possession, we looked like Swansea City teams have been the last couple
:42:25. > :42:29.of seasons. Possibly lacked a cutting edge up front. But I said a
:42:30. > :42:37.few weeks ago when that injuries hit us big time, I said, it is the only
:42:38. > :42:41.way that we can compensate this loss of the players, with teamwork and
:42:42. > :42:46.all that and that's exactly what we have done in the last three games.
:42:47. > :42:52.Three games, clean sheet, three points, I am going to praise the
:42:53. > :42:58.guys. The important thing is we find the right man. If it takes a bit
:42:59. > :43:04.longer, so be it but from the club's point of view, it would probably be
:43:05. > :43:11.advisable to bring somebody in that we will carry on as long as it
:43:12. > :43:15.takes. Clean sheet for Swansea for the first time since September, the
:43:16. > :43:21.negative is only Stoke and Aston Villa have scored fewer stop however
:43:22. > :43:29.going to get Gomis firing? They need to get him firing, as with
:43:30. > :43:33.Sigurdsson, they need to start scoring, and they need to start
:43:34. > :43:38.playing to his strengths. He prefers the ball in front of him, running
:43:39. > :43:43.into the space, he thrives on crosses and opposition defences are
:43:44. > :43:47.just dropping off and stopping the space in behind, when the ball gets
:43:48. > :43:54.rolled into him, I don't top-quality to conjure something up out of
:43:55. > :44:00.nothing. Space is like this, this is what he thrives on, the space in
:44:01. > :44:06.front of him. For Swansea, they are not creating enough chances. They
:44:07. > :44:19.tried to have Ayew closer to him, would it help the play 4-4- two. At
:44:20. > :44:22.the start of the season, Monteiro, Sigurdsson, they were playing well
:44:23. > :44:29.but they have lost their way. But if you were down at the bottom, you
:44:30. > :44:30.have Newcastle looking over your shoulder, you know perhaps they have
:44:31. > :44:34.a better group of players but they need to start switching on and make
:44:35. > :44:57.a decision on a new manager. Was this a penalty for you?
:44:58. > :45:04.He stays down. Suddenly he is rubbing his head. I think he is just
:45:05. > :45:10.being professional there but he didn't need to do it. You are
:45:11. > :45:15.praising his experience for holding the back of his head? For me, I
:45:16. > :45:23.think he thinks he has given a handball. He is being professional,
:45:24. > :45:29.is that what you would say? West Ham, three clean sheets on the trot,
:45:30. > :45:37.but they haven't won since October. Yes, but Bilic will be more than
:45:38. > :45:41.happy. He will want to see more improvement in the second half of
:45:42. > :45:46.the season. Of course the football doesn't stop over the Christmas
:45:47. > :45:56.period, the usuals shows are back over the Christmas period.
:45:57. > :46:15.There is one bit of serious news this evening, the former Newcastle
:46:16. > :46:21.goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek has had a cardiac arrest and we all wish him a
:46:22. > :46:38.full recovery. Nathan Redmond, Cameron Jerome to
:46:39. > :46:51.his right hand side, and he has found him. And he scores! Cameron
:46:52. > :47:09.Jerome has put Norwich City in front of Man United at Old Trafford. It is
:47:10. > :47:18.2-0 to Norwich, and Tettey has doubled their lead. Why does it
:47:19. > :47:25.always rain on me, as the song goes. Can he did it out? He can! And the
:47:26. > :47:30.referee blows his whistle, and Norwich City have their first
:47:31. > :47:34.victory at Old Trafford for 26 years, and where does this leave
:47:35. > :47:45.Louis van Gaal and Manchester United?
:47:46. > :47:52.The fans at Stamford Bridge standing up for the special one, that is the
:47:53. > :47:58.chant. The message is clear, they are unhappy about this week's
:47:59. > :48:05.decision. That will stop them thinking about the special one! It
:48:06. > :48:16.was a special header. Ivanovich into the box, it ricochets away, and put
:48:17. > :48:23.away! Chelsea are 2-0 ahead, and they have given the interim manager
:48:24. > :48:37.just what he wanted to see. He wins a penalty. There was the nudge from
:48:38. > :48:43.the arm into the midriff. That was a perfect way for Chelsea to bounce
:48:44. > :48:56.back after this week's events. It is in, they have won back!
:48:57. > :49:11.-- one back! Referee thinks the Japanese player has been brought
:49:12. > :49:22.down. He beats Howard. But as far into the corner as it would go, the
:49:23. > :49:32.party continues. A chance for Cleverley, now Berkeley... Saved by
:49:33. > :49:39.Schmeichel, off the line. Three goes at it, and in. Jamie Vardy is in
:49:40. > :49:45.again, and it will be a penalty, the second Leicester penalty of the
:49:46. > :50:03.game, and from the spot for the second time today... Same result.
:50:04. > :50:12.1-2, and two more in the bag. 3 for Leicester! Jamie Vardy makes the
:50:13. > :50:19.goal. The Foxes are in control. Lukaku with the turn. That is in,
:50:20. > :50:27.there is hope for Everton! Look at that for a short, first time, no
:50:28. > :50:31.messing. It is time for the Leicester City fans to cheer
:50:32. > :50:35.Christmas with their side on top of the Barclays Premier League.
:50:36. > :50:39.Those games were of course on Saturday but tomorrow's papers still
:50:40. > :50:44.reflecting them. If we take a look at the Daily Express, right at the
:50:45. > :50:51.top saying Jose Mourinho is lined up for Old Trafford, the Daily Mirror
:50:52. > :50:55.is claiming Alex Ferguson will be instrumental in deciding the next
:50:56. > :51:00.manager. Are we in unchartered waters here in the sense that both
:51:01. > :51:09.Jose Mourinho and Guardiola are looking for clubs either now or in
:51:10. > :51:14.the summer? I am in the game now and I think it is disrespectful when
:51:15. > :51:17.managers still have the job and other managers are being talked
:51:18. > :51:22.about for their job. Swansea sacked Garry Monk after having a great
:51:23. > :51:32.season last year, they haven't found a replacement yet. If you are going
:51:33. > :51:41.to sack someone, at least avarice -- have a replacement. This respect
:51:42. > :51:44.from where? There is player unrest, all sorts going on, and I just think
:51:45. > :51:48.I hope Manchester United give Louis van Gaal until the end of the season
:51:49. > :51:54.because he has the experience and I hope there is more respect for
:51:55. > :51:58.managers. If you look at the anger from the Chelsea fans, it was the
:51:59. > :52:04.players that got Jose Mourinho sacked. It was the result. The
:52:05. > :52:09.pressure that he causes, he is out of a job and sitting in the wings.
:52:10. > :52:18.Manchester United might be a perfect pick for him. The board should
:52:19. > :52:19.consider that. Is Louis van Gaal the man to consider? When a good manager
:52:20. > :52:22.like that is available, of course everybody wants to go for him. Here
:52:23. > :52:39.is the rest of Saturday's action. Two clubs here who, in their
:52:40. > :52:48.different ways, want to get back on track. Harry Kane runs on, Harry
:52:49. > :52:54.Kane for Spurs... He scores against the club where he was once on loan.
:52:55. > :53:04.Harry Kane is on a roll here. This is Walker. There are four the other
:53:05. > :53:11.way in blue shirts here. Kyle Walker for Spurs, and this could well be
:53:12. > :53:30.2-0. Southampton had nobody there! Newcastle corner. Newcastle in
:53:31. > :53:35.front! It is the captain! Decent try. What a goal! Something
:53:36. > :53:50.out of nothing and something special to bring Villa level.
:53:51. > :54:03.Maclean certainly felt he should have had a free kick there. Oh! I
:54:04. > :54:08.think that's a result of the previous refereeing decision not to
:54:09. > :54:13.give Maclean a free kick. It is a red card! The referee clearly felt
:54:14. > :54:26.there was enough in that challenge. Awful. Well taken by the full-back.
:54:27. > :54:30.Oh! What a goal! The first past was wonderful, but what about the shot!
:54:31. > :54:38.Bournemouth take the lead that they richly deserve. It was certainly
:54:39. > :54:46.McCauley with the header on. It came off the inside of the post, wouldn't
:54:47. > :54:57.you know it. Gosling... Gosling! Penalty. Fletcher the culprit. Was
:54:58. > :55:02.it inside? Charlie Daniels, the left full-back, has a chance to score. He
:55:03. > :55:16.cracked it in on the underside of the crossbar. Good challenge. He
:55:17. > :55:17.went in with his head first there. In big trouble here, completely lost
:55:18. > :55:39.it. One minute of added time. Palace
:55:40. > :55:48.have got a penalty here. A challenge on Zaha. Wycombe scores! His first
:55:49. > :55:56.goal for Crystal Palace, and on the stroke of half-time. Was there a
:55:57. > :56:00.handball there inside the penalty area? The referee says yes, and
:56:01. > :56:11.Stoke City are awarded a penalty kick. He has the chance to level it
:56:12. > :56:13.up... And he has. The goalkeeper bangs his fist in frustration, he
:56:14. > :56:34.nearly had that. Oh! What a goal! Is -- it is a
:56:35. > :56:42.stupendous shot, and a real body blow for Stoke City.
:56:43. > :56:48.Just before Too Good, Too Bad, the chance to ask how Spain is going.
:56:49. > :56:51.Really good, the first four months were eventful, our performances in
:56:52. > :56:55.the league were not great, but from a personal point of view Valencia is
:56:56. > :57:00.a wonderful City. I'm really enjoying learning the language, the
:57:01. > :57:05.family are settled, and the football is unbelievable. The climate is
:57:06. > :57:11.great and now I've got big brother as my boss! And is that great as
:57:12. > :57:15.well? It is good. I have more responsibility and it is a brilliant
:57:16. > :57:21.learning curve. Now I am having to take most of the coaching, helping
:57:22. > :57:26.Gary with the language and developing even quicker. So you're
:57:27. > :57:30.helping him really? I'm assisting him! Let's take a look at the final
:57:31. > :57:37.Premier League table before Christmas. Arsenal's victory over
:57:38. > :57:44.Manchester City moves them four clear of Manuel Pellegrini's side.
:57:45. > :57:50.If you take a look at the bottom of the table, Aston Villa are ten
:57:51. > :57:54.points adrift of safety. Swansea and Sunderland also need to show some
:57:55. > :58:10.festive form to lift themselves out of the relegation zone. Here is Too
:58:11. > :58:19.Good, Too Bad. This injury following the win! Roger east should have
:58:20. > :58:26.booked himself for this challenge... He did definitely catch him as he
:58:27. > :58:34.went past! Now a quick corner is difficult if you don't play the
:58:35. > :58:42.ball. This is the definition of left
:58:43. > :58:47.hanging. Pretend it doesn't matter, Steve, just walk away. And you have
:58:48. > :58:53.got to love that festive family spirit at this time of year.
:58:54. > :58:59.Dad is not getting involved. Thank you to Martin and Phil. So,
:59:00. > :59:03.Leicester City top of the tree going into Christmas after being team of
:59:04. > :59:09.the season so far. If you look back over the years in the Premier
:59:10. > :59:15.League, it means they're fans can be cautiously optimistic. Have a good
:59:16. > :59:29.Christmas, good night. # Here it is, Merry Christmas
:59:30. > :59:37.# Everybody is having form # I wish it could be Christmas every
:59:38. > :59:44.day # Don't think I could take the pain,
:59:45. > :59:54.won't you stay another day? # Stay now
:59:55. > :00:02.# Baby, all I want for Christmas is you #.