:00:43. > :00:48.We begin Match of the Day 2 in 2017 with Arsenal against Crystal Palace
:00:49. > :00:50.and Watford versus Spurs, plus December's Goal
:00:51. > :00:53.of the Month and the rest of the weekend's action.
:00:54. > :00:55.Alongside Mark Lawrenson is the former England
:00:56. > :01:09.It served that if you want to ensure good luck for the year ahead, you
:01:10. > :01:14.must open your back door on New Year's Eve to banish the old and
:01:15. > :01:19.invite a dark haired man through your front door to usher in the new.
:01:20. > :01:24.Enter Sam Allardyce, back in the technical area with Crystal Palace.
:01:25. > :01:27.Palace had English football's worst record in 2016 but after some
:01:28. > :01:33.defensive disasters, their players say they are already more resilient.
:01:34. > :01:38.At the Emirates, Auld Lang Syne seemed apt. This is Arsene Wenger's
:01:39. > :01:42.21st New Year's Day as Arsenal manager but his 12th since he could
:01:43. > :01:48.call himself a Premier League champion. How many years will pass
:01:49. > :01:56.before the title returns to Arsenal? Your commentator is Jonathan Pearce.
:01:57. > :02:01.Alexis Sanchez plays the 500th game of his career, looking for his 150th
:02:02. > :02:04.goal. Arsenal will hope he did not bring an empty suitcase with them.
:02:05. > :02:12.It is a New Year tradition to carry one to bring on new travel
:02:13. > :02:16.adventures in Chile. He has reportedly been offered a ?500,000 a
:02:17. > :02:25.week contract to leave. Mesut Ozil is missing. Monreal replaces Gibbs
:02:26. > :02:32.and Elneny refreshes up midfielder with Coquelin on the bench.
:02:33. > :02:39.Oxlade-Chamberlain is there, too. Delaney is suspended. Flamini makes
:02:40. > :02:42.his first return to Arsenal. MacArthur is missing. Sam Allardyce
:02:43. > :02:49.has never won elite game here as a manager. -- won a league game.
:02:50. > :02:55.Arsenal now they can afford to drop points today. The teams below them
:02:56. > :03:02.are pressurising. Here is Granit Xhaka. Can you shoot from the?
:03:03. > :03:08.Monreal. Sanchez missed it but it is still alive. Back to Elneny and
:03:09. > :03:12.headed up and over. Tompkins got his head to it. A lovely first-time
:03:13. > :03:18.cross. Olivier Giroud should have scored. Arsenal have not lost at
:03:19. > :03:24.home on New Year's Day since 1974 when eight Terry Gibbon goal won it
:03:25. > :03:35.for Newcastle United. Lucas Perez is available on the right-hand side.
:03:36. > :03:40.Lucas Perez takes you back. Sanchez runs into the penalty area. The
:03:41. > :03:49.momentum slowed down. Giroud is in there. A lovely ball to Bellerin.
:03:50. > :04:00.The clearance was hasty. Granit Xhaka. Sanchez with the effort.
:04:01. > :04:08.Swerving wide. Looking for his 15th goal this season. A good start by
:04:09. > :04:14.Arsenal. A fierce rivalry with Arsene Wenger. He once wrote that he
:04:15. > :04:18.enjoyed bee sting Arsene Wenger more than anyone else when he was in
:04:19. > :04:29.charge of Bolton. -- he enjoyed beating Arsene Wenger. This is where
:04:30. > :04:38.Arsenal have been hitting the road blocks. A lovely ball. Lucas Perez.
:04:39. > :04:47.It will be worth a shot. Sound goalkeeping. A number of goals this
:04:48. > :04:56.season for the young man who came through the youth team ranks, Iwobi,
:04:57. > :05:05.the nephew of JoJo Kocher, whose Sam Allardyce knew so well. Plates to
:05:06. > :05:08.the feet of Sanchez. Olivier Giroud makes the running to the medal.
:05:09. > :05:16.That's wonderful, that's unbelievable! Arsenal have a lead.
:05:17. > :05:25.Olivier Giroud, what a goal. A brilliant counter by Arsenal. Six
:05:26. > :05:33.goals in his last four starts. A brilliant touch. That started it all
:05:34. > :05:41.off. A lovely pass to Sanchez. Watch the finish as it comes in. The
:05:42. > :05:45.scorpion. He has watched Mkhitaryan. How many more will try it.
:05:46. > :05:53.Sensational. Brilliant improvisation. It goes behind him
:05:54. > :06:06.and he tries the impossible and it comes off. Wonderful stuff. 1-0.
:06:07. > :06:17.Wilfried Zaha claiming he has been fouled. Bellerin, in between the
:06:18. > :06:23.grass. Will it come to Sanchez? Ashley done. The goalkeeper denied
:06:24. > :06:29.it. -- deftly done. Arsenal should have been two up at the break.
:06:30. > :06:34.Sanchez danced his way into the shooting position but he could not
:06:35. > :06:41.beat Hennessy. Palace were defensively all at sea. Arsenal
:06:42. > :06:45.could put the game to bed before half-time but as it is the lead by
:06:46. > :06:52.won goal but what a goal. It is all about Olivier Giroud. 1-0 at the
:06:53. > :07:02.break. A long and miserable 12 months for Crystal Palace. Defending
:07:03. > :07:11.against Monreal's cross. Punch and leaves it up to Benteke. --
:07:12. > :07:18.Puncheon. The counterattack is on. Granit Xhaka is with Townsend. He
:07:19. > :07:23.has not stopped the cross coming in. Benteke should have equalised. That
:07:24. > :07:29.should have been equaliser. Always the likely winner. Why was he
:07:30. > :07:36.isolated with the Arsenal full-back? He could not hit the target with the
:07:37. > :07:43.header. That could prove costly. Iwobi, too strong for Tompkins.
:07:44. > :07:51.Sanchez goes for goal. He hit it straight at Kelly. Granit Xhaka is
:07:52. > :08:02.to it. Sanchez finds Monreal and incomes across. Iwobi. And it is in.
:08:03. > :08:08.Arsenal have a second. 55 minutes on the clock and the game should be
:08:09. > :08:11.secure. In the build-up to that girl, he may have been standing in
:08:12. > :08:18.an offside position. Not active, not active. Monreal is onside and when
:08:19. > :08:23.the cross comes in, it would not have counted anyway. He heads it
:08:24. > :08:29.into the back of the net. Arsenal reacting quickest to the second
:08:30. > :08:33.ball. And Iwobi crowns a fine performance with a goal that should
:08:34. > :08:39.deliver them a vital win. He tries to keep a doubt, and it may go down
:08:40. > :08:53.as an own goal in the future but for now, Iwobi will claim it.
:08:54. > :09:05.It's a corner. A little sloppy, Arsenal. Puncheon will take it. Can
:09:06. > :09:14.they get back into the game? Benteke. Blogged under pressure from
:09:15. > :09:26.Wilfried Zaha. A good effort by Benteke, climbing so high. And
:09:27. > :09:38.again, good save. He has been inactive so long. He gets up, and
:09:39. > :09:49.Puncheon covers is grand. If they can get one, it could get very
:09:50. > :09:58.jittery. Granit Xhaka got in there quickly. A lovely ball, that. It has
:09:59. > :10:02.gone away to Sanchez. Olivier Giroud in the middle. Looking for him. An
:10:03. > :10:09.instinctive save by Hennessy but he left it late. A scramble for the
:10:10. > :10:18.second ball. Lovely weights on the cross. All the way through. He had
:10:19. > :10:32.to work hard. They have to keep winning. Granit Xhaka was pushed.
:10:33. > :10:44.Koscielny comes away with the ball. Ramsey with opportunities.
:10:45. > :10:50.Oxlade-Chamberlain. Aaron Ramsey. That sort of encapsulated the game
:10:51. > :10:59.for Arsenal. Countering our speed. But no end product. -- countering at
:11:00. > :11:03.speed. Granit Xhaka with a great range of passes. Sanchez moving in.
:11:04. > :11:09.He may well go for goal. Oxlade-Chamberlain. That was a good
:11:10. > :11:14.start from Hennessy to prevent it being 3-0. A third goal would not
:11:15. > :11:21.have flattered Arsenal. They have been the better side by far. A
:11:22. > :11:24.stupendous goal by Olivier Giroud. The victory is Arsenal's and all
:11:25. > :11:32.they can do is keep winning now I'm hoping the teams above them slip up.
:11:33. > :11:38.Happy New Year. What a way to start. Is that the best goal you have ever
:11:39. > :11:42.scored? I think so. It is not difficult to say that it was the
:11:43. > :11:48.best one. I was a bit lucky. But it was the only thing I could do. The
:11:49. > :11:56.ball was behind me and tried to hit it with the backheeled. I must say,
:11:57. > :12:07.I have been spoiled over the years with great strikers. And you
:12:08. > :12:13.remember all of them for their top-quality, but there are special
:12:14. > :12:16.goals. This will be Giroud's goal for ever. When you come here you
:12:17. > :12:21.have to take your chances at the right time in the right time was
:12:22. > :12:23.Benteke's header after half-time. Everybody on the front line today
:12:24. > :12:27.thought they could have done a little better with the possession
:12:28. > :12:33.they had. But saying that, we did have a chance or two here and there.
:12:34. > :12:37.If you take it makes them nervous. But we did not take them. You need
:12:38. > :12:41.to keep this up before you hit Chelsea in February. That is all you
:12:42. > :12:49.can do. At the moment everybody is expected to win things. You have to
:12:50. > :12:54.focus on the process of playing well, and not to be obsessed too
:12:55. > :12:58.much. Do you have confidence that things can turn around quickly?
:12:59. > :13:05.Nothing turns around quickly. Not at this time of year. Mathematically,
:13:06. > :13:14.it will take a while. If we're going to be really good, it will probably
:13:15. > :13:21.be March before we pull away. If we struggle, we will go to the end. I
:13:22. > :13:25.don't want Palace fans to get disappointed, that is just a
:13:26. > :13:29.mathematical fact. Only one place to start and that is with Olivier
:13:30. > :13:36.Giroud's goal, which Arsene Wenger says is in his top five at Arsenal.
:13:37. > :13:40.And you admire it for where the movie started as much as for the
:13:41. > :13:45.finish. It started with good possession for Palace. A sloppy pass
:13:46. > :13:52.to give away, but Olivier Giroud's touch here, just to get it moving,
:13:53. > :13:55.from here on in the fluidity of movement that Arsenal show, and the
:13:56. > :13:59.forward running, Olivier Giroud really bus to get into the box, and
:14:00. > :14:06.that is just improvisation at its best. He talks about being lucky,
:14:07. > :14:13.and there was a little bit of luck involved, but what improvisation. He
:14:14. > :14:17.watched it go on to his boot. If he had not seen it, it would have been
:14:18. > :14:20.even more lucky. I have not seen him run so quick. There are so many
:14:21. > :14:30.different elements. Also where the ball goes, of the bar on the net, it
:14:31. > :14:36.adds a romanticism to it. Now it doesn't! Would you put it in the top
:14:37. > :14:40.five Arsenal goals under Arsene Wenger? I don't see why not. His
:14:41. > :14:45.desire to get there, once he does that lovely flick into midfield, to
:14:46. > :14:49.spin and really show that desire to get into the box, it makes the goal
:14:50. > :14:58.even more special. I think Bergkamp might be one and two in that list.
:14:59. > :15:01.We heard from some dice dashes Allardyce, and you don't believe it
:15:02. > :15:05.about going off the bar, but it makes it extra special, trust me!
:15:06. > :15:09.Not that you are going on about it (!). He says it is going to take a
:15:10. > :15:13.while to turn Palace around and they have to be patient. It might be
:15:14. > :15:18.March April. You saw signs of what need to work on.
:15:19. > :15:23.He has a definite style, how he wants to go about things and what he
:15:24. > :15:26.thinks will keep them up this season. You can feed Benteke
:15:27. > :15:29.signalling to lower the delivery. These are very hopeful balls that
:15:30. > :15:34.are getting dropped into him, that he can't do a lot with. Here's a
:15:35. > :15:38.great example of an area of key position where you can pass the ball
:15:39. > :15:43.and keep it moving. Nobody drops into that space, or chose to receive
:15:44. > :15:48.the ball. I think it's punchy and even has to lay it back and another
:15:49. > :15:51.hopeful ball at the up the field from Hennessey, which nobody can do
:15:52. > :15:55.anything with. If you're going to give possession away to Arsenal you
:15:56. > :15:59.will find it tough. Here's one where a good ball does go up on the angle,
:16:00. > :16:04.he gets a nice contact, cushions it into a decent area, but there's no
:16:05. > :16:14.support. No one is getting up around the second ball. This one again,
:16:15. > :16:17.there's options into space, balls over the top, but instead, Puncheon
:16:18. > :16:20.decides to turn out. It's very deep. Is it a confidence thing?
:16:21. > :16:24.Bettinelli. A new manager has come in and they know those changes to be
:16:25. > :16:29.made but they've played away for so long they have and have possession
:16:30. > :16:31.based game and some is going to change that and either make them a
:16:32. > :16:37.bit one-dimensional just to get the results come or change it in another
:16:38. > :16:41.way. There's a bit of that, with the confidence thing as well. It's a bit
:16:42. > :16:46.get it out of our own half and then we can't mess it up. That last
:16:47. > :16:51.example, which was 20 seconds ago, eventually leads to them conceding
:16:52. > :16:54.the second goal as we saw. For sure. If you are not going to want
:16:55. > :16:57.possession at Arsenal, possession will be scarce at Arsenal because
:16:58. > :17:00.they are so good at keeping the ball. The moment you get a chance to
:17:01. > :17:05.control the possession you have to grab it. It means Arsenal aren't
:17:06. > :17:10.attacking you, so Palace gave the ball back so cheaply all afternoon
:17:11. > :17:13.it made it easy for Arsenal. The job is hard enough when you go to those
:17:14. > :17:18.places but if you start giving them ball it's even harder. You want to
:17:19. > :17:22.applaud them for playing two wingers in Townsend and Zaha but as he said
:17:23. > :17:26.in the interview, he had to tell Zaha in particular to try to keep
:17:27. > :17:30.things simple, as if he was trying too hard. He was trying to do things
:17:31. > :17:39.straightaway, mostly in his own half and when you are in here, simple,
:17:40. > :17:42.what can I do? He gives it away. To be honest with you, everybody behind
:17:43. > :17:49.him is thinking for goodness sake, do something about it. Townsend was
:17:50. > :17:53.a bit the other side the same, under Sam you will have to work just as
:17:54. > :17:57.hard going backwards as you do forward because that's what he's
:17:58. > :18:03.demanding from you. Like Mark was saying, you've got to keep it, you
:18:04. > :18:08.might not have many chances. Isn't the nature of a winger's role they
:18:09. > :18:14.will try things? The nature of a winger's role is they will drive you
:18:15. > :18:16.mad if you are manager. When you are about to drop them, they are
:18:17. > :18:23.absolutely brilliant. They are all scatty. That's what it's about. This
:18:24. > :18:29.is summing up Wilfried Zaha's day. It -- he could be a really good
:18:30. > :18:33.player but its crossroads with Sam. This early on? Yes, insofar as he's
:18:34. > :18:38.probably thinking I can get into play. Quite a few people, big-name
:18:39. > :18:41.managers, have already tried and it's not happened. He's got
:18:42. > :18:46.fantastic ability but the penny hasn't dropped yet. He brought a
:18:47. > :18:50.couple of players off, Allardyce, Benteke being one of them, because
:18:51. > :18:56.they have Swansea on Tuesday. He said I don't know who does the
:18:57. > :18:59.fixtures but he really is sacking. Swansea have an extra 24 hours
:19:00. > :19:02.honours. At this stage of the season, does that 24 hours make a
:19:03. > :19:07.big difference when the games come thick and fast over the festive
:19:08. > :19:11.period? Yes. It's an unfair advantage that a team at this time
:19:12. > :19:15.of the season with the amount of matches you have, the recovery time
:19:16. > :19:20.is so important. If you get an extra day's recovery in the legs, the
:19:21. > :19:25.energy is a bit more and it can have a difference in a match. We are
:19:26. > :19:31.partly responsible. TV companies are 100% responsible, we are not immune
:19:32. > :19:36.to it, we don't do it for the Premier League. But... It's unfair,
:19:37. > :19:41.over a short space of time. Should they look for uniformity in the
:19:42. > :19:42.fixtures? Whatever that means, yes. An interesting start to the New
:19:43. > :19:45.Year. Time now for goal of
:19:46. > :19:47.December's Goal of the Month. We'll show you a very special extra
:19:48. > :19:50.one in the result later, but for now you can choose
:19:51. > :20:12.from these eight. COMMENTATOR:
:20:13. > :20:17.Muniesa, he's played for Barcelona in his time. Arnautovic. He's in the
:20:18. > :20:24.banlieue -- Burnley penalty area. Here he is, what a goal! His
:20:25. > :20:28.first-ever Premier League goal. Boy, how the enjoyed that goal, and he
:20:29. > :20:30.has every right to. He started the move, carried on his run, and what a
:20:31. > :20:43.finish. They look for a Sanchez hat-trick.
:20:44. > :20:48.Alexis Sanchez. The shimmy, the dinked, its magnificent, the
:20:49. > :20:53.hat-trick for Alexis Sanchez. He's been outstanding. Arsenal have it
:20:54. > :21:07.and the finish, sublime. Wilshere collects the Bournemouth
:21:08. > :21:14.and now Fraser with the cross. I don't believe it! Bournemouth are
:21:15. > :21:18.level. That's extraordinary. Steve Cook, what a finish from the central
:21:19. > :21:27.defender. He hasn't scored many as good as that.
:21:28. > :21:36.It's a good ball, great control by Hendrick. What a finish! That is
:21:37. > :21:42.superb from Jeff Hendrick. This is one for the family album. What about
:21:43. > :21:43.the control here? You go a very long way before you see a better goal
:21:44. > :22:04.than this. A piece of magic. Zaha. Zaha goes on. Oh, what a
:22:05. > :22:09.strike! That is wonderful from Wilfried Zaha. He danced through but
:22:10. > :22:10.Zaha lashes at it and it's too ferocious for David Marshall. It's
:22:11. > :22:32.into the net and an absolute rocket. Clasie, Ward-Prowse. Able to get the
:22:33. > :22:36.shot away, what a shot that is. He thinks it out from under his feet,
:22:37. > :22:40.the ball curling away from Victor Valdes. His first goal for the
:22:41. > :22:48.Saints was a stunner. His second goal, equally impressive.
:22:49. > :22:58.Last time they gave the ball away cheaply at cost them. That's a
:22:59. > :23:02.brilliant, beautiful finish from Mark is Arian. You'll do well to see
:23:03. > :23:07.a better goal than that this Boxing Day, when you can't do anything
:23:08. > :23:14.else, try something special. He is special. A wonderful goal.
:23:15. > :23:22.The run here from Hal Robson-Kanu. And a shot and a goal, that's
:23:23. > :23:26.sensational. Hal Robson-Kanu, he's done some special things in 2016 but
:23:27. > :23:31.that is right up there. To vote, head to the BBC Sport
:23:32. > :23:35.website and click on the goal Or tweet the hashtag
:23:36. > :23:38.on screen to @bbcmotd. Voting closes at 11:45pm
:23:39. > :23:40.and we'll give the result Next it's the meeting
:23:41. > :23:44.of Watford and Tottenham - a game that's previously produced
:23:45. > :24:00.some special moments, COMMENTATOR:
:24:01. > :24:02.What a beautiful piece of skill. What a magnificent goal by Glenn
:24:03. > :24:08.Hoddle. An awkward bounce. It's a goal from
:24:09. > :24:20.Paul Robinson. It's 30 years since Watford beat
:24:21. > :24:26.Tottenham in the league, but in 2017 they've got a few Spurs
:24:27. > :24:40.old boys aiming to change that. Cheeky flicks, goalkeepers' kicks
:24:41. > :24:44.and outrageous chips, Watford will feel it about time they created a
:24:45. > :24:48.few treasured memories from this fixture. It would be a good way for
:24:49. > :24:55.them to ring in the new. But what a Mazzarri is struggling to put a team
:24:56. > :25:01.out. No Britos, Herrera or Success and is an ego got injured in the
:25:02. > :25:04.warm up meaning a recall for it at Halo. Cathcart comes in for a first
:25:05. > :25:09.game since September and Doucoure makes his first Premier League
:25:10. > :25:17.debut. Sissoko and Dembele dropped to the bench. Trippier, Zimmer,
:25:18. > :25:26.Alderweireld and Alex Song coming. Implement weather. -- it's poor
:25:27. > :25:32.weather at the start of the year. Trippier moving to Eriksen's
:25:33. > :25:43.right-hand side. He is Danny Rose. Eriksen, deflected. They are
:25:44. > :25:48.appealing for hand ball, Capoue is poleaxed. I think he's got away with
:25:49. > :25:52.one here. Eriksen's shot, he's diving towards the ball with his
:25:53. > :25:58.right arm stuck out in the air and he moves it towards the ball and
:25:59. > :26:03.Spurs had a very strong case. Three straight wins, five wins in the last
:26:04. > :26:10.six. Chelsea coming up next. Kane has turned away from Capoue. Harry
:26:11. > :26:15.Kane into Dele Alli. Trippier to his right. Kane in the middle now. Well
:26:16. > :26:25.blocked and needed to be by Holebas. Watford not out of the woods yet. A
:26:26. > :26:29.lovely dummy. Rose hides his face in his shirt. It was a lovely dummy in
:26:30. > :26:34.front of him here. He really got excited at the crucial moment. You
:26:35. > :26:43.need all those clothes and more today. It's cold and wet. Kevin
:26:44. > :26:50.Wimmer now for Tottenham. It's a really poor ball behind Dele Alli,
:26:51. > :26:56.straight to Capoue. A strong challenge, won it back well. Dele
:26:57. > :27:00.Alli's shot, smashed the post and bar. A terrific effort by Dele Alli.
:27:01. > :27:06.A little look up and smash, right off the bar.
:27:07. > :27:18.That's a good ball into Harry Kane, and that's the opening goal. Watford
:27:19. > :27:20.guilty of falling asleep. Well, possibly convert collating
:27:21. > :27:28.themselves on my good fortune not to fall behind to Dele Alli's
:27:29. > :27:32.piledriver -- possibly congratulating themselves. Watford
:27:33. > :27:35.took their eye off the ball here. Trippier, into Kane, into way too
:27:36. > :27:41.much space and beating Gomes at his near post. Watford nil, Spurs one.
:27:42. > :27:46.Watford cannot say it hasn't been coming. 24 seconds between the bar
:27:47. > :27:54.being rattled and the net being rustled. Only six wins so far in 19
:27:55. > :28:02.games come in the Watford manager, Walter Mazzarri.
:28:03. > :28:13.Dele Alli to Trippier. Three white shirts in the box. Harry Kane again!
:28:14. > :28:17.Two assists for Kieran Trippier, two goals for Harry Kane and very
:28:18. > :28:24.probably no way back for Watford. This is so sharp. Trippier has a lot
:28:25. > :28:30.of room to work in here. What about this? They scissor into Harry Kane,
:28:31. > :28:36.who gets himself in front of Cathcart and volleys it into the
:28:37. > :28:45.roof of the net. -- it fizzes into Harry Kane. It's a top-class goal.
:28:46. > :28:46.Watford nil, Spurs two. The weather sums up the situation really. Pretty
:28:47. > :28:58.miserable. That's a foul on Kevin Wimmer and
:28:59. > :29:03.it's a free kick to Spurs. Watford appeared to be wholly ill-equipped
:29:04. > :29:09.for the challenge of playing Tottenham Hotspur today. Eriksen's
:29:10. > :29:15.Balling, it's a dangerous one and it could easily have been three. Son
:29:16. > :29:22.Heung-min a whisker off the mark, fired in by Christian Eriksen. That
:29:23. > :29:26.is so close to going in the corner. Directing the traffic, ritzy but it
:29:27. > :29:31.oh, from his technical area. -- Mauricio Pochettino.
:29:32. > :29:52.Kaboul away, Dele Alli onto it. 3-0 to Tottenham. Dele Alli puts the
:29:53. > :29:55.game way out of Watford's reach. Spurs have been vastly superior in
:29:56. > :29:58.every department and Younes Kaboul walks away shaking his head. He
:29:59. > :30:04.won't want to see this again. March April. You saw signs of what
:30:05. > :30:08.need to work on. Harry Kane putting it into the
:30:09. > :30:20.danger area, UNESCO bewildered not deal with that. Poor clearance. Dele
:30:21. > :30:26.Alli, much stronger than Cathcart. -- Eunice Kaboul did not deal with
:30:27. > :30:37.it. And Spurs are going out a New Year's Day thrashing to Watford.
:30:38. > :30:42.Still no smiles. No substitutions at that time. Watford have four
:30:43. > :30:47.teenagers on their Ben Chu have never played in the first team. I
:30:48. > :30:54.would imagine that Walter Mazzarri would feel it is inappropriate to
:30:55. > :30:58.throw them into this maelstrom. Spurs' 4-0 victory at Stoke earlier
:30:59. > :31:04.this season is jointly the biggest victory for anybody this season.
:31:05. > :31:08.They won by the same score at West Brom. Only one goal away from
:31:09. > :31:14.matching it. It could be four and it is. Less than a minute into the
:31:15. > :31:24.second half, Dele Alli gets his second of the game. And it is 4-0.
:31:25. > :31:32.An embarrassment is becoming a humiliation for Watford. Given away.
:31:33. > :31:38.Unlike amateur he has. Harry Kane, now with two goals and two assists.
:31:39. > :31:41.Dele Alli with two. Tottenham with four and Watford with utter
:31:42. > :32:01.embarrassment beckoning. Troy Deeney on the Ighalo. Deeney
:32:02. > :32:12.and Ighalo together at this time last season had scored 19. The tally
:32:13. > :32:25.this season stands at five. Eriksson and rose again. Christian Eriksen
:32:26. > :32:29.will fancy this one. The foul by Capoue. Harry Kane is over it as
:32:30. > :32:41.well. Who is it to be? It is Harry Kane. Fingertips from Gomes. A good
:32:42. > :32:58.effort. They will be taking on Chelsea in good heart, you would
:32:59. > :33:04.imagine. Given away terribly. Eriksson, and a good first touch
:33:05. > :33:16.from Son. A few opportunities today, without really troubling Gomes, Son.
:33:17. > :33:19.Eriksson put it over the bar. At 4-0 down, it is not often you get the
:33:20. > :33:30.feeling that they have got off lightly. Sinclair fouled by Eric
:33:31. > :33:40.Dier. Two minutes of added time to play. Free kicks Watford. Saved by
:33:41. > :33:46.Hugo Lloris on the line. As it crossed the line? Michael Oliver
:33:47. > :33:51.says it has. Younes Kaboul does not look in the celebratory mood but it
:33:52. > :33:56.appears to be his goal. Hugo Lloris is certainly not celebratory. His
:33:57. > :34:01.clean sheet is gone. As it comes in, it crashes off a couple of heads.
:34:02. > :34:06.Younes Kaboul hits at once, twice and in the end it was bundled over
:34:07. > :34:15.the line for sure. But who actually got the decisive touch, it might be
:34:16. > :34:21.Kaboul, or it could be Kabasele. And they have given it to Kaboul over
:34:22. > :34:29.the PA system. It is for one. Watford with the very late, rather
:34:30. > :34:33.strange consolation. In the ninety second minute. 491 and a half
:34:34. > :34:41.minutes, Tottenham were superior in absolutely every department. It has
:34:42. > :34:48.finished 4-1. Happy and pleased with the performance. I think we played
:34:49. > :34:55.one of the best first half is so far. Very pleased and cause we use a
:34:56. > :35:02.different formation today, but we kept the same philosophy of the
:35:03. > :35:11.team. Always, we believe in the way that we play and we are looking
:35:12. > :35:19.forward. Today is a difficult day. Everything went wrong, even before
:35:20. > :35:24.the game started with the injury. TRANSLATION: He was an important
:35:25. > :35:32.player to get injured. Five or six of our starting XI, the squad we
:35:33. > :35:35.have got no, we even had four under 23 in the players we bought.
:35:36. > :35:39.Unfortunately, this is the situation. Nice to get a rest for 30
:35:40. > :35:43.minutes at the end of the game because you have a huge game coming
:35:44. > :35:50.up but you and Harry Kane, I think he scored two and assisted your two.
:35:51. > :35:53.Yes. He is a fantastic player. I was joking about not wanting to pass to
:35:54. > :35:58.him any more but like I say, it is important that we got the win today.
:35:59. > :36:02.When you are playing, with the players we have in this team, if you
:36:03. > :36:07.get the chance, it is easy to pull it away. It is not often you concede
:36:08. > :36:12.four and think you might have got off lightly. Very comfortable for
:36:13. > :36:17.Spurs. It really was. A combination of Watford not being at the races
:36:18. > :36:21.and some very creative play from Tottenham, that was the reason why
:36:22. > :36:27.it was a comfortable win. It felt like a training match at times. Once
:36:28. > :36:30.it got to 2-0, certainly. You have lots of injuries, OK, fine, you have
:36:31. > :36:33.to get on with that. But doesn't stop you being organised and
:36:34. > :36:38.determined and it should not stop you running and working hard. It is
:36:39. > :36:47.a prerequisite of any professional footballer. It should also not give
:36:48. > :36:50.you the will to not be embarrassed and they were embarrassing today.
:36:51. > :36:55.Positively, let's talk about Dele Alli. I could talk about him for an
:36:56. > :36:58.hour. He is a special talent. The great thing about him, he is just a
:36:59. > :37:07.way of everything around him. He is always moving. He is very unselfish.
:37:08. > :37:10.But his ability, in terms of his first touch, he opened himself up,
:37:11. > :37:13.has a little luck, great shot. He comes over the crossbar and he is
:37:14. > :37:17.always looking to score but if there is someone else in a better
:37:18. > :37:21.position, he will play them in. Look at that, absolutely brilliant. If
:37:22. > :37:26.that was Madrid or Barcelona, we would be raving about it. A great
:37:27. > :37:31.first touch. What across into Trippier. And a great finish.
:37:32. > :37:34.Basically it was two passes, to make the goal. He worked hard and he
:37:35. > :37:38.understands the responsibility. It is not all about the glory and
:37:39. > :37:44.scoring, it is everything else that is in the game. He sees things. He
:37:45. > :37:47.has loads of vision. He could play in any position, arguably. He is as
:37:48. > :37:54.good as anybody in that team. He gives moving, and he beat Cathcart,
:37:55. > :37:59.slotting it into the far corner. There he goes, he get his hand up. I
:38:00. > :38:03.have seen you. The first minute of the second half, and the team that
:38:04. > :38:05.had not worked because that was four. Both of you made the point
:38:06. > :38:10.when we were watching the game that he has not changed. Quite often with
:38:11. > :38:14.young players, maybe when they go into their second season in the top
:38:15. > :38:20.flight, they are either encouraged to change or they naturally change,
:38:21. > :38:24.but he has stuck true to his game. You can get second season Blues.
:38:25. > :38:30.With expectation heaped on your shoulders, not being able to deal
:38:31. > :38:32.with the pressure. But he still looks like he is playing football in
:38:33. > :38:40.the park with his friends. He plays with a smile on his face, with no
:38:41. > :38:44.fear to try anything, like today. That is the thing. He has no fear.
:38:45. > :38:46.The first year, you have no fear and then suddenly what you start
:38:47. > :38:51.thinking about what you are doing, you are out of it. But for him it is
:38:52. > :38:57.just, go out and play, what is the problem? Marx called Watford's
:38:58. > :39:01.defending shambolic. Do you agree? Absolutely. I do not think you could
:39:02. > :39:07.describe it in any other way. We touched on the changes early on, but
:39:08. > :39:11.even if you do come into the team, there are certain basics. They are
:39:12. > :39:17.quite tidy in the middle. You can see the distance between the
:39:18. > :39:23.players, and he is too far away from Trippier, which is a sign of things
:39:24. > :39:26.to come. As the afternoon gets on, similar positions. Should be
:39:27. > :39:31.communication, changing the position. He leaves the run in a
:39:32. > :39:36.dangerous situation, tipping the ball across the box. The first goal,
:39:37. > :39:42.Holebas switches off. Harry Kane drops in this item. He has a look
:39:43. > :39:46.but he does not drop into position. It is a clever ball. Trippier had a
:39:47. > :39:52.great afternoon. Delivering balls, a lot of joy down that flank
:39:53. > :40:05.especially. Just letting Dele Alli get right past them, Guedioura and
:40:06. > :40:09.this ball from Trippier is fabulous. Kaboul is nowhere near getting
:40:10. > :40:13.across. Holebas is in the middle for some reason. They are checking cane,
:40:14. > :40:18.but they do not seem to make any contact or get his body in the way
:40:19. > :40:23.to stop the goal. They have just not got tight enough come here. You
:40:24. > :40:28.cannot say a lot about Kaboul there. Dele Alli is on the move. Cathcart
:40:29. > :40:32.is on his heels. That was the theme all afternoon. Is that
:40:33. > :40:35.communication? It is a combination of two things. They were not the
:40:36. > :40:39.most organised and they have had personnel changes, but they had no
:40:40. > :40:47.intensity, no desire to get on the ball. Kaboul passed that runner and
:40:48. > :40:51.he knows that it should go, but it is just that energy to get out there
:40:52. > :40:54.and take responsibility. One or two of them were going to the Africa cup
:40:55. > :40:58.of Nations and that is on their minds. Some of them looked around
:40:59. > :41:01.the dressing room and thought, we are going to get swatted with all of
:41:02. > :41:12.these injuries and that is what happened. I would be worried about
:41:13. > :41:18.Watford. Look at that. Absolutely, they looked and played like a bunch
:41:19. > :41:25.of strangers. What stops you working hard? Nothing. They just didn't do
:41:26. > :41:30.it. And to come out at half-time to change things and to go another goal
:41:31. > :41:33.down after two minutes, it really highlights the attitude of the
:41:34. > :41:36.players, not as good as the manager would like.
:41:37. > :41:37.Onto our round-up of the weekend's action.
:41:38. > :41:56.It's in this time! It's a goal for Chelsea by Gary Cahill! Chelsea
:41:57. > :42:03.score from the corner. 34 minutes gone. Gary Cahill puts Chelsea on
:42:04. > :42:12.their way to win number 13, maybe. Adam will take the free kick. Crouch
:42:13. > :42:17.is coming in. And somehow or other it is Martins Indi who snatches the
:42:18. > :42:22.equaliser. He is not the most likely goal-scorer for Stoke City. In fact,
:42:23. > :42:34.his first goal for the club. On again to Moses. It is a nice turn by
:42:35. > :42:39.Victor Moses. And a chance for Willian! The 13 in a row is back on,
:42:40. > :42:44.thanks to a thumping shot by Willian putting Chelsea back in front. Adam
:42:45. > :42:52.has chipped it forward for Peter Crouch. The first touch was good and
:42:53. > :42:58.he has phoned Bojan -- he has phoned Bojan. Crouch again and Bojan again.
:42:59. > :43:06.And now El Hadji Diouf. Stoke City have come back to 2-2. Peter Crouch
:43:07. > :43:15.scores his 97th Premier League goal. Well, well, well. Here is Willian
:43:16. > :43:29.again for Chelsea! It is 3-2! Two goals in a minute! Where were Stoke?
:43:30. > :43:43.Still celebrating mentally. Diego Costa is there. It is a goal! Diego
:43:44. > :43:47.Costa, 1-2. Sheer persistence. That surely has secured the 13
:43:48. > :43:57.consecutive win for Chelsea, equalling Arsenal's record in one
:43:58. > :44:05.season. Ibrahimovic! Manchester United lead.
:44:06. > :44:11.Or do they? That has been ruled out. Ibrahimovic, his first touch of the
:44:12. > :44:21.ball, I thought. We will see what he thinks. A little bit of space.
:44:22. > :44:27.Leadbetter! Would you believe that. They have soaked up all the pressure
:44:28. > :44:33.and grand Leadbetter has scored his 50th career league goal with 23
:44:34. > :44:41.minutes to go on his first Vermeer league start of the season. -- Grant
:44:42. > :44:46.Leadbitter. Anthony Martial! 1-1 with five minutes to go. That is
:44:47. > :44:58.what they have resorted to. Clever from Ibrahimovic. A clinical finish.
:44:59. > :45:02.It goes back to Juan Mata, and then the header from Paul Pogba. Just
:45:03. > :45:09.when it mattered, two goals in just over a minute. Manchester United
:45:10. > :45:16.have turned it around. No chance for Victor Valdes. The light for Jose
:45:17. > :45:23.Mourinho. -- delight for Jose Mourinho. Everybody's excited, even
:45:24. > :45:27.the managers, with Jurgen Klopp saying that he would 100% buy a
:45:28. > :45:37.ticket if he was not sitting on the bench. Lala Anai. -- Adam Lallana.
:45:38. > :45:41.Headed in brilliantly by Wijnaldum. It is just about Liverpool's first
:45:42. > :45:46.attack of the night. A quality goal from Adam Lallana. Wijnaldum arrived
:45:47. > :46:00.right on cue. Perfectly placed. That reaction says it all about what
:46:01. > :46:02.it means for Liverpool this week. It is they who emerge as Chelsea's
:46:03. > :46:19.chasers in chief. Arfield up towards Barnes. Gray is
:46:20. > :46:21.onside. He scores! He had one attempt on target against
:46:22. > :46:30.Middlesbrough on Boxing Day, and it was enough to win the match. Won by
:46:31. > :46:38.Mane, on it goes to Gray. Looks as though was held. The referee says
:46:39. > :46:41.play on. Gray makes it 2-0. Andrei Gray has surely sunk Sunderland and
:46:42. > :46:45.all credit to him, he looks as though he had been impeded but he
:46:46. > :46:54.had the determination to keep on going. Oh dear, oh dear, Pienaar is
:46:55. > :47:00.standing on the ball. Here's Barnes. On towards Gray, who is onside. It's
:47:01. > :47:06.a hat-trick. It sums up Sunderland, really. Pienaar stands on the ball,
:47:07. > :47:10.Barnes help city between the two defenders, crochet and Djilobodji
:47:11. > :47:15.don't seem to have any kind of understanding and Gray helps it
:47:16. > :47:22.beyond Mannone. Barnes is onside. Arfield is played in. He goes down,
:47:23. > :47:28.penalty. Sunderland arc capitulating before your very eyes. Burnley
:47:29. > :47:40.haven't scored four goals in the Premier League this season. They
:47:41. > :47:45.have now. 4-0 up. It's terrific play from Januzaj, meanwhile. The pastor
:47:46. > :47:48.Defoe was exquisite. Defoe inevitably takes the first chance
:47:49. > :47:52.that comes his way. There is the evidence as to how Sunderland are
:47:53. > :47:58.going to escape the drop, if they are going to do it.
:47:59. > :48:06.The top six are well clear of everybody else. You can thank
:48:07. > :48:11.Leicester for that, winning the league, because everybody has
:48:12. > :48:18.everything in order. Chelsea, with 49 points already, if you replicate
:48:19. > :48:22.the second half with the first, 98 points, winning the league. Even
:48:23. > :48:26.Liverpool, I know you will ask about them defensively, can they still win
:48:27. > :48:30.the league, Corrie yes, because they can win so many games but you see
:48:31. > :48:36.the strength of the Premier League. There are three leagues within one
:48:37. > :48:39.league. Chelsea have Spurs away on Wednesday, Liverpool away this
:48:40. > :48:43.month, Arsenal at home. It feels like a defining month. Arsenal is
:48:44. > :48:48.February the 4th sire extending its slightly but a defining few weeks. A
:48:49. > :48:52.big month and they have nothing to fear. They are so fresh, when you
:48:53. > :48:55.look at them, compared to the other teams in European competitions. It
:48:56. > :49:00.has to be a factor this season for Chelsea that they can field the same
:49:01. > :49:03.11 and it gives the manager so much time to work with the players on the
:49:04. > :49:07.training ground, they looked like they could go into any game with
:49:08. > :49:10.great confidence. Liverpool defensively, there's a discussion of
:49:11. > :49:14.the goalkeepers in recent weeks, it's been a distraction because bar
:49:15. > :49:20.that Bournemouth game. They've been all right. They've defended well.
:49:21. > :49:24.They've had the fewest shots faced against them which shows how they've
:49:25. > :49:30.worked defensively of the unit, I'm assuming. It does, and they are
:49:31. > :49:36.very, very attacking team in the league. With that there's going to
:49:37. > :49:39.be a little bit of a deficiency, unless you have two centre-backs who
:49:40. > :49:44.are world-class and can hold it all together. We worry about it, we
:49:45. > :49:47.discuss it. I don't think Jurgen Klopp is particularly bothered. It's
:49:48. > :49:51.just go and win the game. I love watching Liverpool out of the
:49:52. > :49:56.session, they are exciting to watch without the ball. When they lose it
:49:57. > :50:00.in the attacking half, they swarm it and win it back. The workrate and
:50:01. > :50:04.energy they show is what makes them so good defensively. Away from the
:50:05. > :50:08.top six, because it's not often sides in mid-table get a lot of
:50:09. > :50:13.discussion, Burnley deserve a lot of credit for the way they thumped
:50:14. > :50:17.Sunderland yesterday, if you see their home form that, they are 11th
:50:18. > :50:25.in the table, 22 of their 23 points have come at Turf Moor. It brings
:50:26. > :50:29.its own pressure, which you are now expected to win every single home
:50:30. > :50:33.game. They played most of the top teams at home, so that should ensure
:50:34. > :50:37.I think safety and the other team we should mention is West Brom, because
:50:38. > :50:39.they have upset, not upset everybody, everyone at the start of
:50:40. > :50:41.the season thought they would be top of the bottom six, but they've had a
:50:42. > :50:44.very good season so far. The Premier League continues
:50:45. > :50:46.tomorrow with another 5Live has commentary
:50:47. > :50:48.on Middlesbrough against And also the tea-time
:50:49. > :50:51.match between West Ham Final Score is on BBC Two
:50:52. > :50:54.tomorrow, with news And you can watch them
:50:55. > :50:59.all in Match Of The Day 2 Good 2 Bad still to come, after
:51:00. > :51:13.the rest of this weekend's goals. COMMENTATOR:
:51:14. > :51:18.Wilshere, eludes one challenge. Fraser pulls it across. Almost an
:51:19. > :51:22.own goal. A phobia is there. That's got in the way of the cross. It
:51:23. > :51:27.bounced off Fabianski Diame Benik Afobe it was left with the simple
:51:28. > :51:35.chance of putting Bournemouth in front, and he took it -- Benik Afobe
:51:36. > :51:39.a was left with a simple chance. Stanislas is onside, taken by
:51:40. > :51:44.Bournemouth. Brian Fraser, terrific passing here from the Cherries.
:51:45. > :51:50.Brian Fraser gets his second goal of the season. It's very much advantage
:51:51. > :51:54.Bournemouth. Charlie Daniels through into the path of Josh King. King
:51:55. > :51:56.bearing down on goal and gets a third goal for Bournemouth. It's
:51:57. > :52:07.another defeat for Swansea City. Five minutes to half-time, the
:52:08. > :52:12.header is in. Shane Long, the former West Bromwich Albion player and his
:52:13. > :52:13.first goal of the season. Southampton in front as we approach
:52:14. > :52:25.half-time. This might go all the way through
:52:26. > :52:28.foreign immediate equaliser from Tadic. Southampton worked so hard to
:52:29. > :52:37.take the lead, but it's lasted barely 90 seconds at St Mary's. 1-1.
:52:38. > :52:47.The goal-scorer Phillips and the run from Hal Robson-Kanu. The shot and
:52:48. > :52:52.the goal, it's sensational. Hal Robson-Kanu has done some special
:52:53. > :52:55.things in 2016, but that is right up there. This first goal in the
:52:56. > :53:03.Premier League for three and a half years, it's a net buster from the
:53:04. > :53:09.Welshman. Can Rondon get on the edge of this? He's up against Van Dijk.
:53:10. > :53:13.Rondon is brought down, the referee reaching to his pocket. It's a
:53:14. > :53:15.yellow, followed by a red, and Southampton are down to ten men as
:53:16. > :53:26.Virgil van Dijk is sent off. He'll get there ahead of Dimitri
:53:27. > :53:31.Payet, good play by Albrighton. It bounces off the outside of the post.
:53:32. > :53:37.That was from Slimani. This is much more like it from Leicester City.
:53:38. > :53:41.Bring water really driving the engine room of this Leicester side
:53:42. > :53:44.and again Albrighton, fantastic cross, brilliant goal. Wonderful,
:53:45. > :53:50.wonderful header from Slimani. That is precisely what Leicester City
:53:51. > :53:59.deserve on their performance in the opening 20 in it. -- 20 minutes.
:54:00. > :54:05.Snodgrass with their first corner. Dawson and Davies all poised to make
:54:06. > :54:11.a charge into the box. It will be scored by Dawson. The flick off them
:54:12. > :54:15.near post by Davies, run-through for Michael Dawson, and it's just the
:54:16. > :54:20.start that Mike Phelan wanted. The action in the first half will be
:54:21. > :54:24.evident's third corner, ruck Mirallas to take. Everton have an
:54:25. > :54:29.equaliser, what a calamitous way for Hull City to concede a goal, right
:54:30. > :54:33.on the stroke of half-time. Maguire has taken a run-up but it does
:54:34. > :54:40.suggest that it favours but left foot of Robert Snodgrass. It will be
:54:41. > :54:46.the Scot and it's against the bar. Hooked wide by Diomande. We're
:54:47. > :54:52.talking inches. Snodgrass for Hull and this time he finds the net. If
:54:53. > :54:54.you don't succeed at first, try, try again and Robert Snodgrass comes up
:54:55. > :54:56.with the goods are for Hull City. They are back in front. Fabulous
:54:57. > :55:10.technique. Lukaku can get to it. Barkley does.
:55:11. > :55:14.Everton are level. Baines took his time to pick the cross. Lukaku
:55:15. > :55:19.couldn't get to it. Barkley unmarked coming in from the far side.
:55:20. > :55:38.OK, here's how you voted for December's Goal of the Month.
:55:39. > :55:47.Here are the percentages. Hendrick, 16%, Sanchez got 30%, the runner-up
:55:48. > :55:52.for the goal against West Ham. You wait ages for a scorpion kick and a
:55:53. > :55:55.couple come your way across the festive period, Mkhitaryan wins
:55:56. > :56:01.December's Goal of the Month with 40%.
:56:02. > :56:05.COMMENTATOR: Last time Sunderland gave the ball
:56:06. > :56:08.away cheaply at cost them and there's Mkhitaryan. What a finish
:56:09. > :56:10.that is. It has cost them a game big-time. That's a brilliant,
:56:11. > :56:16.beautiful finish from Mkhitaryan. But no doubt about our favourite
:56:17. > :56:19.goal - and what we will crown as joint Goal of the Month for
:56:20. > :56:21.December. It was scored by five-year-old
:56:22. > :56:23.Bradley Lowery for Bradley goes straight down the
:56:24. > :56:45.middle. Bradley's Mum Gemma says
:56:46. > :56:46.he has since enjoyed an "amazing" Christmas at home,
:56:47. > :56:59.where he received more than 250,000 I was at that game and the other
:57:00. > :57:04.person who was brilliant with him was Diego Costa, what a smile he has
:57:05. > :57:07.got as well. The Chelsea players were great with him.
:57:08. > :57:09.Bradley is continuing his chemotherapy treatment
:57:10. > :57:11.and all at Match Of The Day wish him well.
:57:12. > :57:13.This is how the Premier League table looks tonight.
:57:14. > :57:17.Tottenham move into the top four for the first time since October.
:57:18. > :57:19.Manchester City drop two places to fifth.
:57:20. > :57:21.Crystal Palace's defeat leaves them one place and two points
:57:22. > :57:37.He is 2 Good 2 Bad. At Old Trafford it felt like we were intruding as
:57:38. > :57:48.this hoax goes on just a little bit too long. -- hug. Awkward. Slaven
:57:49. > :57:54.Bilic knows he still got it. Is Dean Marney's shot going to go out for
:57:55. > :57:59.throwing? Yes, it is. Watford fans not quite experiencing the joy of
:58:00. > :58:04.the New Year this lunchtime. And keeping the rain off, Arsenal and
:58:05. > :58:10.Crystal Palace with a Manchester City umbrella. The game has gone.
:58:11. > :58:12.So we're at the exact half-way point of the Premier League season -
:58:13. > :58:37.MUSIC COMMENTATOR:
:58:38. > :58:42.Huge boos ringing out around the liberty.
:58:43. > :58:48.What a beauty! It's his moment. Leicester edging ever nearer the
:58:49. > :59:05.bottom three. Exceptional goal. Oh, it's
:59:06. > :59:09.unbelievable! Absolutely astonishing. Reims bobbin oh, what a
:59:10. > :59:10.finish.