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The Masters, the Grand National and the start of the cricket season

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means the sporting spring has sprung, and now the Premier League

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Two games for you tonight - plus Saturday's action.

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Everton faced Leicester City, who remarkably have won six straight

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matches since sacking Claudio Ranieri.

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In the last six weeks, everything's changed -

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My players believe until the end. Creek water, what a goal! Fantastic

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strike! We play without pressure. Mahrez! Oh, ASA! Absolutely

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brilliant! Jamie Vardy, great chance, and there was never any

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doubt! We are playing for our fans. Craig Shakespeare's Leicester City

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Revolution continues! Leicester's changing fortunes face a stern test

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today. Everton have won all six league games at home in 2017. Ashley

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Williams is suspended, so Matthew Pennington gets another start.

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Morgan Schneiderlin is welcomed back after a calf injury, replacing

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Gareth Barry. Craig Shakespeare had only made two team changes since

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taking charge of Leicester, but with a Champions League quarterfinal in

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Madrid on the horizon, he makes five today. Amongst those left out is

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Riyad Mahrez. So, it is Leicester, with just six away points all

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season, who get us under way. Everton, looking to make it seven

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out of seven at home in the Premier League. In doing so, it would be

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creating a new club record. That has broken straight to Mirallas. Gets

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away from Amartey, and Benalouane... Still going, was he taken down...?

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Davies! What a start! Tom Davis, with his second Everton goal and a

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perfect start for Everton! Made by Mirallas, who held off three

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challenges here. No foul given and Davies went on and calmly slotted it

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past Schmeichel. Composure from the 18-year-old. Leicester, caught cold.

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That goal was timed at 30 seconds, the joint fastest in the Premier

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League this season. Leighton Baines gets it back and

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tries to feed Davies. Irresistible start from Everton.

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Here goes grey for Leicester. And they have got Slimani totally

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unmarked. Here he is... Robles couldn't keep it out, 1-1! We

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haven't played four minutes yet! Slimani, who came off the bench to

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score against Sunderland in the week, in from the start today, and

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he has his eighth goal of the season. And it all came from an

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Everton attack. An hour I grey with the awareness to find Slimani. --

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Gray with the awareness. And that was the only stop Jamie

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Vardy there by Matthew Pennington. Free kick come Leicester. Marc

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Albrighton, ready to take it. Albrighton! And straight in! And

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Leicester lead! Marc Albrighton, on his 100th appearance for the club

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gets his first Premier League goal in a year. And from one down,

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Leicester lead 2-1, and we've yet to get to the ten minute mark.

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Leicester have only won once away all season. That was at West Ham

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last month. Lukaku! 2-2! 12 in 13 O'Meley game

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for Romelu Lukaku. 12 in his last eight at Goodison. And this was a

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simple one, all about the delivery from Ross Barkley.

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Yet another goal for Romelu Lukaku. And it gets Everton back on terms.

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Leighton Baines in space on the left, found by Barkley. It has

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dropped for Mirallas. Idrissa Gueye... And again, deflected...

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Everton corner. Trying to add to his one career goals, the Senegal

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international, in the Premier League.

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It has come through to Barkley! Wonderful work from Schmeichel. He

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was looking for the flag, which didn't arrive. It was the block from

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Tom Davis which made this - and Barkley was onside. He thought he

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had made it 3-2 before Schmeichel intervened. Headed in by Phil

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Jagielka! Two in a week for the Everton captain! After his goal at

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Old Trafford, his first of the season, he follows it up with this

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header from five yards out. Got up in between Slimani and Benalouane

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and simply cushioned it into the back of the net.

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If the second 45 minutes is half as good as the first, there will be no

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problem with the entertainment value. Everton looking for their

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first league double over Leicester in 30 years. Corner, Everton.

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Mirallas takes it. Lukaku! Two for him and four for Everton Steely

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Premier League's top scorer at it again. And his team have a two-goal

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cushion. Leicester didn't deal with it and Lukaku was in the right place

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at the right time. Leicester corner, just a fourth of

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the game. -- just their fourth. And the header was from the

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substitute Ulloa with his first touch. What an entrance at would

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have been. It was blocked by Idrissa Gueye, who wouldn't know too much

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about it. He has always loved a good show, and this has been

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entertaining. Taken short to drink water, back to

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Mahrez... Ulloa! Fantastic stop from Robles. What a save.

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Another excellent day at the Goodison office for Everton and

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Ronald Koeman. Seven home league wins in a row, and in doing so,

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inflicts the first defeat on Leicester under Craig Shakespeare.

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Ronald, fantastic game to watch, from the manager's point of view,

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your view is what? It was a crazy ten minutes in the game at the

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start. After 22 minutes, 2-2, it was really not what we expect from the

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beginning. Yes, to score the goals, but not to concede two in ten

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minutes. I think we played some fantastic football in the first

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half. I think it's one of the most complete performances of the team of

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this season trainer was a bit of a basketball game early doors, it was

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a bit too open for me. Obviously, I'm really disappointed that we

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weren't able to come away with a victory. Everything you have touched

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has turned to gold since you took the hot seat, so what do you find

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out about yourself and your players today? I think we have said before,

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we don't dwell on the wins, we move onto the next game. We can't dwell

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on it because we are in training tomorrow, preparing for a big game

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on Wednesday. What was that like to play in? I found myself in a lot of

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space when it fell to me, so it was a great feeling to get the gold. It

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was your second one, and you got a new long-term contract, things keep

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getting better and better? Yeah, I keep working hard and it seems to be

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going well. Five changes today, was that purely with an eye on

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Wednesday? No, it is purely with an eye on the big game we have got

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coming up. I need to use the squad, the squad is big enough but we were

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not quite at it today. Would it have been helpful to Leicester to play

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this yesterday? It would, but again, we know the situation and we have to

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get on with it. Of all the strikers you have worked with, is he right at

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the top? Yes. He's one of the best strikers in the world. And I think

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the boys improving in different aspects. I can't change the boy in

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how you need to finish the opportunities, because in my

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opinion, he's the best and we will try to do everything to keep him in

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Everton. But it's always the final decision is by the player, though.

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Craig Shakespeare calling at a basketball game. What a cracking,

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entertaining game for us to watch. It was a brilliant game. With the

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goal coming 30 seconds or so into the match, it became very open. I

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don't think Ronald Koeman will be delighted with the way his side

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defended after they went a goal up, but I felt as though Everton had too

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much today. They were so good going forward. As the game progressed,

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Barkley came into it, Lukaku and Davis had an excellent game. Everton

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deserved to win. What a wonderful tribute from Ronald Koeman, who's

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played with some of the best strikers ever to have played, and he

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says Lukaku is one of the best strikers of the ball now. I have a

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lot of respect for Koeman, and that's massive praise. Behind the

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scenes, doing something similar on the training ground. It's getting

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into that lie in state of mind, he plays like a pussycat most of the

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time but when he's fired up, he's awesome and they couldn't cope with

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him. Tom Davies terrific for Everton, Rand further than anyone

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else on the Goodison Park pitch. He ran daily 12 kilometres today. The

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way he started, he -- it helps him. He's constantly on the move. You

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doesn't just pass forward and play forward, he will run forward without

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the ball as well. He gets his rewards by keeping up with Morales.

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A lot of midfield players will try to support from behind and not

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necessarily get with Morales. When he lays that ball off, he's

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immediately looking to get beyond Lukaku. I don't think Everton have

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had a box to box midfield player since maybe Tim Kehoe left, that can

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get beyond the striker. I think he has that ability. His choice of path

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is always very good. One and two touch passing around the penalty

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area. When it comes to these little give and those, get into a

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goal-scoring position. One thing that is undervalued is the

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competitive streak that is in him. This is a brilliant tackle. It

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almost creates another goal for Ross Barkley. He has the ingredients of

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going onto that next level I think, as he has done, sign a new five-year

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contract this week, if he continues to progress, Everton have a real

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star in the making. His decision-making, whether it's a pass

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or his position on the pitch, seems to be magnificent for such a young

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man? He's 18 years of age and his decision-making, his football

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intelligence, he gives a really good balance. He's a breath of fresh air.

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He's exceeding expectations. I'm not sure if he was that highly rated

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coming through the youth setup. Is not as gifted as a Barkley but his

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intelligence is up there with the best of them. What about Ross

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Barkley's cross for Lukaku? We talk about whipping the ball, it's a ball

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that says put me in the back of the net. He wraps his foot around that.

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It almost cuts Lukaku, it has so much whip on it. It's a beautiful

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pass. A very gifted footballer, no doubt. It shows what he has got,

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Ross Barkley, total quality. He's another one that is continuously

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linked with a move away. I'd love Everton to build a side around these

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youngsters and click onto the next level, because he's a supreme talent

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coaches will be talking about Martin Keown and can you get some whippage

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onto your ball. Leicester City were sloppy, defensively. It was tough on

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them, they've been magnificent the last five games but they started

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sloppy. This is ten seconds in. Marty has taken on an unusual

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position, Benalouane there, I feel he has to go in and deal with this.

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Instead, he lets Mirallas run almost the full length of the pitch. Davies

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makes his run, Albrighton could ferry him away, the central

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defender. He dives in for no reason. He's another ball game, to be fair,

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and Davies does the rest. There's all sorts of Leicester defenders, no

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one is able to get there. They didn't want it in those early

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exchanges. It got worse for Benalouane, I remember you saying

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many years ago how you used to market the Arsenal back four, it was

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being touch tight and being close to your man. He had a torrid afternoon.

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It's like Mira, signal, manoeuvre in the car, you need to know where your

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opponent is. As good a ball as it is, what on earth is the defender

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doing? If the striker can get there, you can get there, and he does

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nothing here for his team, the defender, and it's an easy goal. He

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doesn't get any better. This is even worse. He has his back to the ball.

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But is he doing? This is basic. Give yourself the best possible chance.

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Jagielka, its great movement from here, he's a wily old fox. The

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defender is lost. This is a basic movement. One little run for the

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defender and a little running behind. He hasn't got a clue where

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he is and this leads to get another goal. Benalouane is going to have to

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improve, certainly in the Champions League. Morgan is a bigness for

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them. Craig Shakespeare has confirmed that Wes Morgan is out of

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the Champions League tie against Atletico Madrid. Let's be blunt, if

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they defend like that, they will be hammered. Totally coming you need a

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more disciplined performance, particularly in Madrid bid week.

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They have to be more solid. They were open today. Benalouane has to

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improve. Thank you. Next it's Sunderland

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against Manchester United - a meeting of past and present United

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managers, both in need of a win. Your job now is to stand by your new

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manager. For David Moyes, Manchester United

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and Sunderland, the last four As Moyes was spending 11 unhappy

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months at Old Trafford, Sunderland were embarking

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on a period of bewildering managerial changes and constant

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relegation battles. Post-Ferguson United have

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finished seventh, fourth, fifth, and now sit sixth

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in the Premier League. Sunderland's appointment of Moyes

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has failed to bring stability and they began the day 11

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points from safety. Meanwhile, United still

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seem to be searching At the Stadium of Light

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was Guy Mowbray. How quickly things move on,

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especially here, with David Moyes the fifth Sunderland manager to host

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Manchester United in the last five seasons. Barring a miracle there

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will be no Manchester United league visit next season. For Sunderland,

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just one change since the defeat at Leicester. Their sixth game in a row

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without scoring. Anichebe is in for his first start since December. He

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is taking over in the team from Fabio Borini. United are missing

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David de Gea from red goal, ruled out by what Jose Mourinho was saying

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was a little problem. Sergio Romero comes in, as does a fully lewd --

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fully motivated Luke Shaw, and its Ariane and Fellaini. Not so long

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ago, the fans' scapegoat, today, the team captain. Having been at Aintree

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yesterday, Bradley Lowery is back home at Hezbollah bid Sunderland

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AFC. -- back home at Hezbollah bid Sunderland AFC.

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Loads of room for Jesse Lingard to strike. Jordan Pickford had a clear

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view of it. It's a comfortable save for the Sunderland keeper, after a

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nervous start Sunderland are shaking themselves into life here. Anichebe

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will to get it down. -- able to get it down. Cattermole, urged to have a

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shot, so he does, and he got it straight down the middle. That's

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where Romero was standing. He's quickly got it away. What a good

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ball out from Mkhitaryan. What a poor ball that was intended for

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Lingard. N'Dong, to Larsson. Anichebe key no real difference to

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Sunderland's play. -- making a real difference to Sunderland's play.

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Shipping on through for Defoe, he's offside. He's missed the target

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anyway, but it wouldn't have stood. Listen to the applause and the

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Cheers and the general excitement around the Stadium Of Light. There

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was talk of protest throughout the game today against Sunderland's

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owner, Ellis Short, who is here today, and manager David Moyes.

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Those protests have been forgotten for now. They are getting behind the

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team, which is butting up a real fight. Jesse Lingard might change

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the mood, as he wanders through. He brings a fine save from Pickford and

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you can see by his expression he thinks he should have put United in

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front. Allowed to get into a scoring position. Nearly all his own work,

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Lingard. A good save from Pickford. Too high for Cattermole, Anichebe

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well-placed to head away. There's Ander Herrera, this is Luke

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Shaw. Ibrahimovic shoots and beads

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Pickford. That's a wonderful goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The

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goalkeeper has just pulled off whippage fine save to his left, but

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he couldn't get near to that. When Zlatan shoots, he means it, and he

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barely even needs a sight. He's got the control. He assessed everything

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very quickly. And always knows where the goal is. He doesn't even need to

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look up. To see whether posts are. He knows where it's going and it's

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Sunderland nil, Manchester United won. Is him a game for the 28th time

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this season, Ibrahimovic scores for United. Such is life at a club when

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you are at the bottom of the league, just when you are getting on top and

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the mood in the stadium is on your side, on his side, the beleaguered

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manager, it all turns around with one thrush of a very gifted boot.

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United knocking at around now. Shaw gets there. Fellaini's effort

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blocked and Pickford pounces on it. A little bit of after is between

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Fellaini and Oviedo. Before the match, it was said there was an

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improvement in Luke Shaw's attitude after those words, he showed it

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there. He nearly presented Fellaini with 2-0. Plenty of Swedes in

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attendance and with all due respect to Seb Larsson, I don't think

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they've come to watch him. Anichebe, that's a brilliant save by

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Sergio Romero. Look at that list of the legs from

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Bailly, court Anichebe Paddy Vijay gone down without attempting the

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finish, Craig Pawson might have been minded point to the spot -- had

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Anichebe gone down without attempting the finish.

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Did it affect the shot? We'll never know. Free kick for United.

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Sunderland not particularly happy with it. It's a red card! Good as

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me, that's come from nowhere! Craig Pawson has sent off Seb Larsson.

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Larsson can't believe what has happened. Well, he goes in for that

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with Pogba and Ander Herrera goes into tackle and Larsson, well, he

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does catch him, yes, it's a free kick, is it enough for a red card,

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or should have been yellow? Most would say that's on the harsh side

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for a straight dismissal. Craig Pawson has adjudged him to be out of

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control and then endangering the safety of an opponent with that

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challenge. When you are down, you really are down, aren't you?

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Sunderland a goal down and now a man down. Seb Larsson sent off. It's

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic you get things started again. 11 versus ten. 20th

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versus six at the start of play. The team at the bottom not just with a

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mountain to climb, they've got a space exploration to complete,

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really. That's in terms of today, and staying up.

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Ander Herrera is still going to Kop it, from now until the either sees

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the end of the game or is substituted, just to save his ears.

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Shaw through to Mkhitaryan. Mkhitaryan away from Cattermole and

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he'd beads Pickford and its 2-0 United. And that will do it. Within

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50s seconds of the restart. It's Manchester United's game to run away

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with, you would think from here. How simple was that? Ball played through

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to Mkhitaryan, who held it away from Cattermole, and that's precise. As

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with the first shot from Ibrahimovic, Kone doesn't do enough

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to get close and stop it and Mkhitaryan finds a way through him,

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past Pickford. Sunderland nil, Manchester United two. Sunderland

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down to ten men. Best of luck, Black Cats, this could be a long 45

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minutes and Manchester United managed to extend their lead after

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half-time, before any Sunderland player had got a touch of the ball

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in the second half. And well before many in the crowd had taken their

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seats again. He's seen a few ups and downs, so has he, in many years of

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supporting Sunderland. A lot of downs. Lots and lots of downs.

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Pogba! Tried to absolutely leather it. Former Everton boss Roberto

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Martinez is here. In conversation with Sunderland legend Kevin Ball.

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England manager Gareth Southgate is also there. Trying to get my

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timeline right, I wonder if Kevin Ball kicked either of those two in

:30:20.:30:22.

his career! Chance for Defoe! Well, he hit it

:30:23.:30:43.

true but he hit it high. Seven games left for Sunderland today - you

:30:44.:30:46.

would think they're going to have to win at least five of them. That's

:30:47.:30:56.

brilliantly taken by Manquillo. If he could have found the top corner,

:30:57.:31:00.

it would have been one of the goals of Sunderland's sorry season. It was

:31:01.:31:10.

a wonderful bit of control. Jose Mourinho's mind will already be on

:31:11.:31:16.

Brussels and the challenge that Anderlecht will bring. Defoe's

:31:17.:31:26.

effort is smothered, and it's broken to Pogba. Ibrahimovic... Marcus

:31:27.:31:37.

Rashford! 3-0 United! A classic breakaway goal, with just the men to

:31:38.:31:43.

have on the field for such a breakaway. Rev speed merchants on

:31:44.:31:48.

either side and the man with all the experience in the middle to link it

:31:49.:32:02.

all together. Pogba's pass. And it was a fine finish from Rashford.

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I don't want to blame referees for my position, because we got

:32:17.:32:23.

ourselves in this position, not because of referees. But today, I

:32:24.:32:28.

think the result was helped a little bit by the referee. I think

:32:29.:32:32.

Manchester United were playing well but it was a decision which went

:32:33.:32:38.

against us. What was your view on the challenge? Initially, I thought

:32:39.:32:43.

he won the ball. The lads have said they felt it was a very harsh red

:32:44.:32:47.

card. I've not seen it again but at the time, I didn't think it was. We

:32:48.:32:53.

want to fight in the Premier League until it is not mathematically

:32:54.:32:56.

possible. But the Premier League, we cannot win it, and the Europa

:32:57.:33:03.

League, we can. Just before you went 1-0 down, were you really encouraged

:33:04.:33:06.

by what you were watching? I don't know if I was encouraged, but we

:33:07.:33:10.

were trying to hang in the game and do our best. I thought we stood off

:33:11.:33:15.

them too much in the early part of the game. Going down to ten men made

:33:16.:33:20.

that even harder. The main part of the game was the second goal and

:33:21.:33:25.

after that it was very hard for them to play with one man down. After

:33:26.:33:33.

last week, many will look at your relationship with look sure - you

:33:34.:33:39.

took him off today but what did you make of his performance? The

:33:40.:33:42.

pressure of the crowd, asking for everything, it was good to protect

:33:43.:33:47.

him. But it was good also for him to play one hour, with a good, solid

:33:48.:33:52.

performance. I just play my game and the older I get, the more

:33:53.:33:59.

intelligent I get. I feel like Benjamin Button, I was born old, I

:34:00.:34:09.

will die young! I think United the first 20 minutes, were a little slow

:34:10.:34:13.

to get going. But after they got that first goal, and perhaps with

:34:14.:34:16.

the sending-off, Sunderland could not really get going in the

:34:17.:34:21.

second-half. What did you make of today, Martin? I think until

:34:22.:34:24.

Ibrahimovic's quality that he showed, there was not much between

:34:25.:34:33.

them. I saw Cattermole, Rodwell, any cheaper -- Anichebe, it was looking

:34:34.:34:38.

better for Sunderland. And then some quality from United, and Zlatan was

:34:39.:34:44.

pretty much the difference. What will it be like for those Sunderland

:34:45.:34:49.

players right now. You know the fans, you know the area? I think

:34:50.:34:53.

they will find it hard when they go out to supermarkets, doing their

:34:54.:34:57.

day-to-day business, because it is like a bubble up there in the

:34:58.:35:01.

north-east. And it is quite intense when you're out and about. I think

:35:02.:35:04.

the players will be feeling the pressure. I just think they will

:35:05.:35:09.

feel as though they can't get away from it all, and I think that

:35:10.:35:16.

probably showed today. The one thing which is showing with them is, I

:35:17.:35:22.

think they're playing within themselves, and if Jermain Defoe

:35:23.:35:26.

does not sink in, then they do not score. People will say, Larsson was

:35:27.:35:32.

unlucky, others will say he had to go, Martin? I think the referee

:35:33.:35:36.

actually... We looked at this time and time again, and I think the

:35:37.:35:43.

referee is right in what he does. I don't think he had to come off his

:35:44.:35:52.

feet at all. Herrera has not done anything wrong. Lawson, if you see

:35:53.:35:56.

it from this angle here, look, he can stay on his feet, it doesn't

:35:57.:36:02.

need to go off his feet! And I think he's trying to catch the player

:36:03.:36:09.

there. . He gets the ball? He does but it is his follow-through, Jason.

:36:10.:36:13.

Craig Dawson has been under pressure a little bit this season with some

:36:14.:36:18.

of his decisions. But I thought initially it was harsh. But when I

:36:19.:36:23.

watched it back again, he doesn't need to go to ground, he doesn't

:36:24.:36:27.

need to go over the top of the ball. Having been in Dublin and seeing

:36:28.:36:32.

that reflect tackle on Seamus Coleman, that is a leg-break, and I

:36:33.:36:35.

feel as though the referee got that right. Herrera does well to get out

:36:36.:36:40.

of the way of it. Really, Seb Larsson should not be doing that

:36:41.:36:44.

because he has put his team in a perilous position. What about Zlatan

:36:45.:36:48.

Ibrahimovic, or Benjamin Button as we should call him? He has been

:36:49.:36:53.

magnificent for United this season? Without doubt. At his age as well,

:36:54.:36:58.

it shows how well he has looked after himself. He just explodes into

:36:59.:37:03.

life. He has the confidence, technique, the audacity, really.

:37:04.:37:07.

Pickford has been outstanding for them but he gets beaten. He hits it

:37:08.:37:13.

with too much power and pace. And that was the difference between the

:37:14.:37:16.

two teams early on. This was another one, this was Rashford, and its

:37:17.:37:26.

Zlatan who decides Rashford should score this goal. He has not scored

:37:27.:37:32.

since September, and that's a really good finish. The question is, do

:37:33.:37:37.

they go and buy, or do they give this young man his head in the

:37:38.:37:42.

future? On Zlatan, speculation about whether he will stay or go - is it

:37:43.:37:49.

critical that a 35-year-old, has been brilliant for them this season,

:37:50.:37:53.

that he stays? I think it is, regardless of his age. I think that

:37:54.:38:01.

is irrelevant. I think he's proved this season what he can bring, I

:38:02.:38:06.

think he's a leader, Man United have lacked leaders recently, I think

:38:07.:38:10.

they've got to build around him next season, regardless of his age. I

:38:11.:38:14.

think he can help those youngsters develop next year. It's a young

:38:15.:38:19.

dressing room, let's not forget. But next year it might be different for

:38:20.:38:23.

him, he might be next year's Wayne Rooney, who doesn't really play.

:38:24.:38:29.

Let's see. One other big story this week has been Jose Mourinho's

:38:30.:38:33.

treatment of Luke Shaw, but today he appeared to him? He did. Luke Shaw

:38:34.:38:38.

was probably another one, started a little bit a gee, like he was

:38:39.:38:42.

desperate to impress his manager. He was on the near touchline here,

:38:43.:38:47.

right by Jose Mourinho. He jumped into this tackle early on in the

:38:48.:38:53.

game. Jose Mourinho alluded to this, that he was on a yellow card, and

:38:54.:38:59.

that's why he substituted him. Again, a slight nervousness. But one

:39:00.:39:03.

thing which has always impressed me about Luke Shaw is his running off

:39:04.:39:08.

the ball. Here, can he get out, can he get further up the pitch? He gets

:39:09.:39:15.

quite tight with Mkhitaryan, but can he run was actor? This was probably

:39:16.:39:21.

the moment when we started to see the real Luke Shaw. -- can he run

:39:22.:39:28.

beyond? I think he took that forward and grew into the match,

:39:29.:39:32.

particularly as the first half went on. Movement off the ball, creating

:39:33.:39:36.

space, dragging Seb Larsson with him, creating the opening for

:39:37.:39:46.

Ibrahimovic. And what a ball that is back to Fellaini. He's just got to

:39:47.:39:51.

play with confidence, this young man. How about making him believe in

:39:52.:39:59.

himself? The manager may feel, yes, he's vindicated. He's not happy

:40:00.:40:04.

going off, by the way. Because he has played well training he has, but

:40:05.:40:09.

I can understand that because he was on a booking. He has got to believe

:40:10.:40:14.

in the player, he has got to be more confident but he does have the

:40:15.:40:18.

ability, he's an outstanding player. David Moyes under pressure. If

:40:19.:40:27.

Sunderland go down, does David Moyes stay? At ten point gap looks too

:40:28.:40:32.

much fish I would like to see it but I don't think he has looked himself

:40:33.:40:36.

since he he has taken that job, since the end of August. I'm quite

:40:37.:40:44.

surprised he's still in the job, giving what Ellis Short has done in

:40:45.:40:48.

regard of sacking managers at this stage of the season.

:40:49.:40:52.

This week Pep Guardiola conceded that the title race was down to two.

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And Chelsea and Tottenham started a sunny day with seven

:40:58.:41:00.

Tottenham are trying to keep the title race interesting. But it must

:41:01.:41:13.

seem like they're winning games just to stand still at times. Dembele

:41:14.:41:19.

getting into a real tussle! The referee playing advantage, but he

:41:20.:41:23.

will have to come back to that. Dele Alli! What a goal! What a season,

:41:24.:41:32.

what a player! And how about that for a finish? Dele Alli, with his

:41:33.:41:42.

19th goal of the season. The pressure all coming from Tottenham

:41:43.:41:45.

here, as they look for a second goal. Eric Dier! Lashes it home! It

:41:46.:41:57.

felt quite nicely for him and he didn't need asking twice. Davis in

:41:58.:42:14.

support, Son finds the net, three up before the break! Here's Eriksen.

:42:15.:42:28.

And Son absolutely buries it! It's his second goal of the match and

:42:29.:42:34.

Tottenham's fourth. Full of confidence, and the afternoon is

:42:35.:42:39.

just about to get even better for Tottenham Hotspur supporters

:42:40.:42:43.

everywhere, with the return of their talismanic striker Harry Kane. It's

:42:44.:42:53.

Harry Kane for Tottenham... Off the bar! What a grandstand finish that

:42:54.:42:59.

so nearly was! The gap to Chelsea has closed to four points. Will you

:43:00.:43:04.

be watching the Bournemouth Matt Slater? Yes, of course, we will put

:43:05.:43:12.

ourselves in front of the TV and watch the game. The message from

:43:13.:43:22.

White Hart Lane has made it to Dorset loud and clear - Spurs are

:43:23.:43:26.

ready and waiting for any sign of Chelsea weakness. David Luiz to

:43:27.:43:39.

Moses... Diego Costa, great turn! And it ends up in the back of the

:43:40.:43:44.

net! Somehow, Diego Costa has scored here for Chelsea. It certainly

:43:45.:43:51.

didn't go in in the manner in which he meant it to. Eden Hazard is

:43:52.:43:59.

onside... Goes around Artur Boruc, and makes it two. Well, if the first

:44:00.:44:06.

one had a slice of good fortune about it, the second was brilliantly

:44:07.:44:11.

created and expertly finished. That is a high-quality goal. Fraser into

:44:12.:44:20.

Afobe, onto King. King goes for goal! And it's in! That took a

:44:21.:44:27.

deflection as well, but it's just what Bournemouth needed and maybe

:44:28.:44:31.

Lady luck has turned in their favour! Different game now.

:44:32.:44:40.

David Luiz has taken other place on the end of the wall. That's a good

:44:41.:44:47.

free kick and Chelsea 3-1 up. Marcos Alonso. Great goal. Absolute

:44:48.:44:55.

perfection. Midway through the second half of the game. Bournemouth

:44:56.:45:01.

one, Chelsea three. It's a big goal for Antonio Conte. Our reaction was

:45:02.:45:08.

very good and we played a good game. We started in the right way. It's

:45:09.:45:17.

not easy. You have to love the passion that Antonio Conte shows on

:45:18.:45:22.

the touchline and in many ways, Antonio Conte's side doing what

:45:23.:45:28.

champions do. You were there. They were excellent, yesterday, the first

:45:29.:45:31.

half was a masterclass in many respects. The goal for Bourne

:45:32.:45:34.

probably flattered them because it could have been more. The way they

:45:35.:45:38.

opened them up, the way they defended so solidly, it was an

:45:39.:45:42.

excellent all-round performance. They did what Chelsea do. It was so

:45:43.:45:47.

good, from back to front. As for Spurs, Dele Alli once again proving

:45:48.:45:51.

what a superstar he is. What a talent, there's no doubt. I really

:45:52.:45:56.

like the core of those in which players, Dier, Harry Kane as well,

:45:57.:46:00.

Walker, even Trippier. I'd be putting him in the England squad,

:46:01.:46:03.

perhaps the of Clyne, because when he comes in he's absolutely

:46:04.:46:06.

magnificent. A real strength to their squad. Wanyama not there, Dyer

:46:07.:46:13.

showed his Flex ability by going into midfield -- Dier. These are

:46:14.:46:18.

young men, they are winners are a group that is going together. When

:46:19.:46:22.

you go to White Hart Lane now and I've dared to go there recently,

:46:23.:46:26.

they know they've got a special team in the making. We watch with envy

:46:27.:46:30.

from north London, because it's a special team that they are

:46:31.:46:34.

developing. Let's talk about David Luiz, when he was here last and when

:46:35.:46:37.

he was in that Brazil side that got absolutely battered by Germany seven

:46:38.:46:44.

- one, but David Luiz 2.0 is a much different player. Many questioned

:46:45.:46:49.

the signing, bringing back to the Premier League, back to Chelsea, but

:46:50.:46:54.

we have spoken about midfielders being like a quarterback, or taking

:46:55.:46:57.

the quarterback role, but David Luiz from the centre of a three-man

:46:58.:47:03.

defence was so good with this yesterday, because he constantly hit

:47:04.:47:06.

diagonal ball from left to right, straight down the middle, and the

:47:07.:47:11.

amount of distance that those balls was covering with so much accuracy.

:47:12.:47:17.

He created or started the attack that created Chelsea's first goal. A

:47:18.:47:22.

brilliant ball diagonally hit to Victor Moses, and Victor Moses into

:47:23.:47:24.

Diego Costa. I thought he was brilliant. I thought he was so good

:47:25.:47:29.

yesterday. I think that signing, Conte bringing him in, was a

:47:30.:47:34.

masterclass. Conte has done this for Italy with Bonucci, there's more

:47:35.:47:39.

space. If you're not going to press them, that's the answer, to play the

:47:40.:47:44.

diagonal passes. A fortnight from Chelsea against Spurs in the FA Cup

:47:45.:47:48.

semifinal, we cannot wait for that. We have talked how well -- how well

:47:49.:47:54.

coached both sides are. What gives in that game? And in the Premier

:47:55.:47:58.

League you never get close, it's about your result and there is but

:47:59.:48:00.

when it's head-to-head, it's a chance to show who's best. Last

:48:01.:48:07.

season, Spurs' chance of winning the Premier League, when Leicester won

:48:08.:48:09.

it, there's an undercurrent there and I think it will be a magnificent

:48:10.:48:14.

game. Those two teams together, well drilled, excellent coaches, it's

:48:15.:48:17.

difficult to call. Probably Chelsea will just about do it because it's

:48:18.:48:20.

been a canter for them and with injuries at the moment for Tottenham

:48:21.:48:24.

they are trying to deal with. It's clear your diary, it's live on BBC

:48:25.:48:29.

One. It's one of those moments, stop what you are doing. It's a classic

:48:30.:48:36.

game. Tottenham might win, all or nothing for them. I can't see them

:48:37.:48:39.

getting above Chelsea in the Premier League and they can put their effort

:48:40.:48:42.

into this and go to try to win the trophy. Chelsea have 12 players,

:48:43.:48:47.

Kante is that good. He offers himself all around the pitch,

:48:48.:48:51.

putting out little fires. He is tremendous, Hazard was the standout

:48:52.:48:54.

player but Kante should be the Player of the Year. That FA Cup

:48:55.:48:57.

semifinal is to come. More football on the

:48:58.:49:02.

BBC this week... On Wednesday night, Radio Five Live

:49:03.:49:07.

has commentary on the first leg of Leicester's Champions League

:49:08.:49:10.

quarterfinal at Atletico Madrid. Dele Alli and Didier Drogba are both

:49:11.:49:12.

on the Premier League Show Don't forget, you can download

:49:13.:49:15.

and personalise the BBC Sport App with your favourite sports,

:49:16.:49:19.

teams and leagues. Here is the rest of yesterday's

:49:20.:49:21.

action, beginning with Johnson. Shaqiri. He's past Klavan.

:49:22.:49:41.

There are three in the centre. In the next Mac Jon Walters gets

:49:42.:49:48.

another goal against Liverpool. That's the touch that made the goal.

:49:49.:49:54.

Shaqiri away from Klavan. It's a lovely one to Walters, and Walters

:49:55.:49:59.

buries it. Two Liverpool half-time changes, Phillippe Coutinho and

:50:00.:50:01.

Roberto Firmino are coming on for Liverpool. In from Shaqiri. It's

:50:02.:50:09.

headed away, but headed back into trouble. A super by Mignolet. He's

:50:10.:50:22.

just kept Liverpool in it. Emre Can. Lifting in towards Sturridge. A

:50:23.:50:27.

chance now, a chance buried by Philip Casino. The Liverpool

:50:28.:50:33.

equaliser that's been coming -- by Phillippe Coutinho. Ever since he

:50:34.:50:35.

came on at half-time. One over the top two Firmino,

:50:36.:50:48.

Firmino onside. What a finish! What ate, what ate, what a finish! One

:50:49.:50:57.

long ball over the top and Liverpool have the lead. Stoke City one,

:50:58.:51:02.

Liverpool two, two in two minutes from the Brazilian super subs.

:51:03.:51:07.

That's run through to Arnautovic. Scan Stoke hit back immediately? No

:51:08.:51:12.

to Rich Chase one in, great save, Mignolet. That was Benny Howell it

:51:13.:51:22.

-- that was Berahino. What a save. That was genius. I'm really happy

:51:23.:51:24.

for him. He saved our life today. Study possession from West Ham.

:51:25.:51:43.

Where are they going with it though? Here's Kouyate with the drive. 1-0,

:51:44.:51:50.

a splendid opening goal. He's started moving into higher positions

:51:51.:51:55.

a couple of minutes ago. And it has paid off for West Ham United. 1-0

:51:56.:52:01.

West Ham. Slaven Bilic wants it all over. We've had stoppage time.

:52:02.:52:09.

Slaven Bilic, looked at the relief! What a release of tension.

:52:10.:52:18.

Fraser Forster sends it long. It's broken kindly for Shane Long, he's

:52:19.:52:30.

into the area now. Tadic, Clasie. A brilliant goal. Clasie's first-ever

:52:31.:52:37.

strike in the Premier League and it fairly flew past Ben Foster. West

:52:38.:52:41.

Bromwich Albion nil, Southampton one. Brunt with the free kick. Comes

:52:42.:52:49.

here for Morrison perhaps to have hit. Robson-Kanu is there as well,

:52:50.:52:56.

Livermore. No flag. It's Dawson. What a save and what is from Alan

:52:57.:53:03.

Meon. That such a Mendis stop from Fraser Forster. That -- that is a

:53:04.:53:09.

tremendous to stop from Fraser Forster.

:53:10.:53:15.

Long towards Bamford, brought down by Keane. The home support

:53:16.:53:21.

clamouring for red and it's just a yellow. My heart was in my mouth. I

:53:22.:53:28.

literally just slipped and took him down, but it's one of those. I was

:53:29.:53:34.

grateful. Stewart Downing takes it on. It was flicked behind. Matthew

:53:35.:53:43.

Lowton helped it on its way. It's that kind of moment that can decide

:53:44.:53:45.

a season. Silva to Navas. A crossing

:53:46.:53:57.

opportunity for the Spaniard, in towards a Granero. It's an own goal,

:53:58.:54:03.

Elmohamady. The Egyptian is unfortunate. Manchester City one,

:54:04.:54:09.

Hull City nil. Toure, a little bit of space for Silva. Sterling had

:54:10.:54:17.

Navas to his right. Terrific from Stirling. I'd wear a row, surely,

:54:18.:54:22.

and he squeezed it in. -- Aguero, surely. It's taken less than three

:54:23.:54:28.

minutes at the start of the second half and Sergio Aguero makes it ten

:54:29.:54:37.

in ten for him. Sterling is round Dawson, he's got players over, if he

:54:38.:54:44.

sees them. Here's Delph. Delph! Just his second Premier League start of

:54:45.:54:49.

the season. Marked with a goal. He courted sweetly. Space for Maloney,

:54:50.:55:00.

pulled back to Ranocchia. Manchester City won't have a clean sheet. The

:55:01.:55:03.

Italian has his second Premier League goal and Claudio Bravo

:55:04.:55:08.

Wanderson. Return to the starting line-up is beaten. The quote,

:55:09.:55:16.

Claudio is the best goalkeeper in the world along with Ter Stegen and

:55:17.:55:22.

helps us in the middle. You were there yesterday. Seven goals

:55:23.:55:26.

conceded from seven shots on target when Claudio Bravo within goal. Call

:55:27.:55:31.

me old-fashioned but the goalkeeper has to be a will to make saves and I

:55:32.:55:36.

admire gladiolus for trying to defend his player, but he almost

:55:37.:55:40.

loses a bit of credibility when you see some of these goals he's letting

:55:41.:55:48.

in. -- I admire Pep Guardiola. Great goalkeepers, you look over your

:55:49.:55:51.

shoulder as a defender and if that ball hits the back of the net as

:55:52.:55:54.

often as it does come you start to lose confidence in your keeper. This

:55:55.:55:58.

is quite poor, a lot of these are poorer and could have been dealt

:55:59.:56:03.

with. The amount shots that go through him, he is good with his

:56:04.:56:07.

feet. I've seen him be poor with his feet. But by and large, yes, good

:56:08.:56:11.

with his feet. A lot of the strikes go through him, a lot of the shots

:56:12.:56:16.

middle of the goal. To be fair to him, perhaps these goals are

:56:17.:56:19.

difficult because they are right in front of him and I don't think he

:56:20.:56:24.

can save these, but the amount of goals that are going through him.

:56:25.:56:27.

The goal seems massive, doesn't it? I think it should be saying this. Is

:56:28.:56:33.

the only thing he had to do all game. That's an area, Man City have

:56:34.:56:38.

got to buy a new goalkeeper, as brutal as that is they have to do it

:56:39.:56:41.

if they want to win the Premier League.

:56:42.:56:45.

This is how the Premier League table looks this evening.

:56:46.:56:47.

Chelsea maintain their seven-point lead, as the top

:56:48.:56:49.

Manchester United move above Arsenal into fifth,

:56:50.:56:51.

with Arsene Wenger's side facing Crystal Palace on Monday night.

:56:52.:56:54.

Everton stay in seventh, but open up a 10-point gap

:56:55.:56:56.

Leicester City remain in a congested bottom half,

:56:57.:57:00.

with four teams loitering on 36 points.

:57:01.:57:01.

Sunderland are anchored to the foot of the table

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and look in real trouble, with just seven games remaining.

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After Charlie Adams' Corner in midweek, let's celebrate Matthew

:57:12.:57:24.

Lowton's throw-in. Look at that! Terrible things. Divock Origi scored

:57:25.:57:30.

a cracker in midweek but this weekend, he hit the adverts. Heading

:57:31.:57:37.

for brocade, the 25. Azpilicueta has been magnificent, but this is

:57:38.:57:42.

woeful. A really bad injury. He's down. Chelsea on the attack.

:57:43.:57:47.

Bournemouth, here they come, Azpilicueta, really bad injury, here

:57:48.:57:52.

I come, what a recovery. That do Wijnaldum, we love a bit of cool and

:57:53.:57:56.

the gang on Match Of The Day. Here it comes.

:57:57.:57:59.

# Get down on its # Get down on it #.

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Very good from Mr Wijnaldum. Kevin Kilbane in the year 2000 and

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Sunderland nightclub. One of the players of the weekend

:58:09.:58:12.

was again Dele Alli, who celebrates his 21st

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birthday on Tuesday. He's scored more and assisted more

:58:17.:58:17.

than some of game's biggest COMMENTATOR:

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Brilliant set up by Dele Alli. Dele Alli is onto it. Absolutely

:58:36.:58:36.

brilliant. Liverpool, pounding forward. Oh, a

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screaming goal by Steven Gerrard. Frank Lampard! The Magic boots of

:58:43.:59:01.

Cristiano Ronaldo. Absolutely fantastic.

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Morning, Brimlington! I feel well this morning.

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