12/02/2017 Match of the Day 2

The? Just brilliant, just brilliant. -- how about that? That is

wonderful. An absolute belter. And the turn, what a goal. Look at that.

Tonight, we'll see Burnley versus Chelsea, and a hugely

important match between Swansea City and Leicester City.

Plus, a fantastic Goal Of The Month, which looks too close to call.

One of our guests scored some beautiful goals in his career.

Welcome to Ruud Gullit and Martin Keown.

Leicester City spiralling after failing to score

Swansea City resurgent under Paul Clement,

A magnificent goal from Swansea. Paul Clement has led Swansea to

their first overtly victory at Anfield. It has been a miserable

Sunday lunchtime for Leicester City. They are sorry defence of their

Premier League title continues to underwhelm. The champions are in

real danger. From desperation to optimism at the foot of the Premier

League. More misery for the champions. Leicester are in massive

trouble. They are really looking at relegation this season. They have

got to live in themselves up. Had results not gone their way over the

last 24 hours, this game might have started with both sides in the

relegation zone. There was much relief for Swansea and Leicester

that all of the bottom three lost yesterday. They start this game

level with each other on 21 points, this time last year and Leicester

were 29 points better off than they are right now. Paul Clement had

named an unchanged team for its last three Premier League games. There is

one alteration today. Nathan Dyer, who was on loan at Leicester last

season comes in for Wayne Routledge. The Sigurdsson has scored in each of

his last three games. He has either scored or assisted more than half of

Swansea's league goals this season. Leicester scored three times against

Derby in the FA Cup on Wednesday. They have yet to score a Premier

League goal this year. Two changes, Demarai Gray scored a wonder goal in

midweek. He starts ahead of Ahmed Musa. Marc Albrighton is in for

Shinji Okazaki. Claudio Ranieri said that this game is Leicester's

biggest game of the season. That is a bad ball from Olsson,

straight to Danny Simpson. Cork gets it back for Swansea. This is Dyer.

It was a crunching tackle from Marc Albrighton. The referee waited to

see if there was any advantage for Swansea then quickly blew for the

foul. This is Carroll. He has done well Tom Carroll. He is time to pick

out Sigurdsson. There are appeals, did it straight and I'm? Is this a

handball by Wes Morgan as he threw his body down? The referee, Jon

Moss, believed that was a natural position, he was not trying to

stretch is armed to block the ball. Nicely done by Marc Albrighton. He

picks out Mahrez. Danny Simpson is making the charge. Tracked all the

way back by Tom Carroll, at the expense of the corner. If Leicester

do not score today, it will be six Premier League games without finding

the net. They have never gone six top-flight flat -- six top-flight

matches without a goal in their entire history. The corner was

headed wide by Ndidi. Wilfred Ndidi scored a wonderful goal from long

range midweek in the FA Cup. Currently the bookies' favourite to

be the next Premier League manager to leave his job. Just 281 days ago

he was lifting the Premier League trophy. Life comes at you fast.

Llorente goes down. Ndidi comes away with possession. No one to the right

of Vardy. He takes it on himself and Jack Cork makes the defence of

block. Routledge raids the first defensive challenge from Fuchs.

Carroll shows too much of the ball to Danny Simpson. Jamie Vardy had

every right to expect that there would be a team-mate making a run on

the left-hand side. Olsson jumps away from Mahrez. He

invited the challenge from Drinkwater. This is Demarai Gray.

Three against two for Leicester. It was well blocked by Mawson.

That was a little nudge by Fuchs. Nicely done. This is Carroll. It was

a great first touch to control that. He has kept it alive for Olsson.

Sigurdsson tries. A good save by Schmeichel from Routledge. That is

the best passage of play in the game so far. Sigurdsson could not get a

firm touch on it. Schmeichel had to be sure. That is the first important

save he has had to making the game. Ndidi, the challenge by Drinkwater.

-- Fer. Carroll collided with Robert Huth. The referee says that the free

kick is for Swansea. It will be a yellow card for the German.

The referee deciding that because Huth's the sled up from the ground,

it added a reckless nature to it. Sigurdsson has plenty of options.

Headed by kin from Fernandez. It was a brilliant finish from Alfie

Mawson. It is his third goal in six Premier League games. When the free

kick came in originally, it was intended for Llorente. Mawson took a

step back and that created the space. It is a cracking connection.

There is no way Schmeichel was saving that. Swansea, who have been

so upwardly mobile in their attempts to move away from the Premier League

relegation zone, well, they are hoping that Leicester will be

slipping in behind them now. Llorente felt the force of Morgan.

Swansea hold possession. It is a real chance for Olsson. 2-0, just

before half-time. Swansea preparing to leave the relegation zone in

their wake, and to drop Leicester right into it, right into the mire.

It was lovely vision to pick out the pass. Martin Olsson's first goal for

Swansea. He did score for Norwich City before leaving Carrow Road,

that was against Burton Albion in September. This one is against the

champions of England and it has put Swansea 2-0 in front. This is

working out very well for Swansea's new coach.

Sigurdsson, and the save by Kasper Schmeichel. Gylfi Sigurdsson, who is

looking to make it for Michael goals and four games. It is only a half

chance, but it was on target. Schmeichel needed to make the leap.

Manchester City, 1938, the last time a reigning champion of England ended

up being relegated the following season. That was a lovely touch for

Slimani. It was saved by Fabianski. Mahrez is looking for Slimani. He

could not get to it. He punches the ground in frustration. People say,

why is Riyad Mahrez not producing the magic he did last season? I am

not sure he could have done better. That is perfectly weighted for

Slimani. It is a great ball from Mahrez, the clause is Leicester have

been to getting a goal back. Gray, surrounded by white jerseys.

Ndidi tries again from long range, but nothing as spectacular as the

goal on Wednesday in the FA Cup against Derby. It is a Stanley, the

smiles from last season are long gone. The Leicester City connection

is what John. -- connections watch on. Swansea are starting to display

some party pieces. It has been that comfortable against the champions.

Jamie Vardy. It just will not fall for him. Jamie Vardy has scored

against Swansea in August. Slimani did well too late into his path. He

took a touch before striking it. I am not sure he had the time to do

that. We had a really good start. I am very pleased with the players. We

totally deserved that victory today. The goal before half-time put us in

a strong position. On the whole, we were solid in the second half. We

had a couple of moments around 60 minutes, where they got in, they had

a couple of chances, but apart from that, we did very well. We started

well, we wanted to make a good result today against one of the

other teams in the battle for relegation. We started well, we made

something good. But with their first shot on goal, they scored, with the

second, they scored again. From that, it was difficult to go back.

If I said to you at the start of the season that by their believe you

would have had more Premier League goals than Wayne Rooney, I think it

would have taken that. Yes, it is a positive for myself and the club. I

like to score. Everyone would agree. I have the habit of being in the

right place at the right time. After this you have the FA Cup and the

Champions League. It is a break from the Premier League. Do you welcome

mat? Her mind is on the Premier League. The FA Cup, the Champions

League, that is something different. We want to play well and be safe in

the Premier League. Our target is to stay in the Premier League. The

Leicester City fans did cheer your name regularly on Wednesday night in

the FA Cup. Are you convinced you still have the support of everyone

at the club? I have the support of the club, the fans, everybody.

That was a very short answer from Claudio Ranieri. We shall talk

Leicester in a moment. First, Swansea have won four of six games

since Paul Clement took over and are now clear of the allegation zone.

They look a complete the different side, Martin. They do. Paul Clement

has been an assistant manager for ten years and he really does look

the part now. I like the way he has worked with the team and the

acquisitions he has made, Olsson scoring the goal, Carroll with that

creativity in midfield. Sigurdsson has gone into a central

role. He starts widebody comes central and he really does punish

teams in there. It was quite comfortable to be honest, today.

They didn't really have to graft for it. The quality here comes from

Sigurdsson. Mawson is a player who has improved. He's improving

players. He's obviously working well with them on the training pitch.

This position Sigurdsson takes up... I think he's a wonderful footballer.

Olsson starts to make the run and he finds the Pask. That that's a

wonderful pass. It is. Look at that for a celebration committee really

is warming to the task there. In order to work out what has happened

to the champions Leicester city, you need to go back to last season. This

is December five, 2015, champions Leicester City playing Swansea city.

Look at the difference. It is a huge difference. The speed. Where it all

starts is with N'Golo Kante. Look at the ease, Mahrez picking out his

goals... It is almost the same team. Kante again, Bunting forward. They

are saying, do you want a scored you want to score? They play with such

energy. Yet again, finding spaces. Kante, he has an eye for it. It's

not a goal, but. This is what they were like last year. And now... Fast

forward. Fast, quick passes going behind defenders. Now we see how

they played today. It was a miserable performance, wasn't it? It

was. We break out, the same thing as Kante, but look, Vardy is asking for

the ball. He doesn't give it, he doesn't give it. Four or five people

around him. This is Mahrez. Last year he was sensational and he is in

a one-on-one situation. Take your opponent on, punish. He would have

done that last year but there is a laziness in his play this year, he

doesn't seem to want to make it happen. It comes to nothing. This is

the thing that annoys me most. The sloppiness. They don't want to play

the ball forward. They are turning their back on it. He's too slow in

possession. Drink water is available. Punch it to him, give it

to him. Instead, it is sideways. Everything is sideways and

backwards. Give it to Gray. Which Danny Drinkwater would have done

last season. Swansea are in the situation that Leicester played last

year. Play on the counter. They don't know what to do with all the

space. Can he not come in there and make something happen? But there's

no confidence. They are almost paralysed with fear. Simpson, play

it forward. But it goes back. And Morgan, I know he is not renowned

for his passing maybe, but open it up, switch it, pass it. There is a

long pass on, there are options. He plays it to Slimani and there are no

options. They are 2-0 down at this point, there should be some urgency.

Look at this. The reality has sunk in, Ruud, that they are in

eradication dogfight. It is. They always play on the counterattack.

Now opponents are saying OK, we give you the ball and use the what you

can do. And they can't do anything with it. Maybe they need to give the

ball to the opposition again and play on the counter again. Otherwise

they're never going to win. If you thought Claudio Ranieri was downbeat

talking to Conor McNamara, have a listen to this. This was a question

put to him when a journalist asked him, are you too loyal?

Could be. Of course, it's difficult. When you achieve something so good,

you want to give them one chance, to chance, three chances. Maybe now it

is too much. That was Claudio Ranieri speaking at the press

conference. Effectively the question everyone must be asking the night

is, have some players taken liberties, Ruud? Look, a situation

like this, it was a fairy tale. They knew they weren't going to do it

this year. Vardy was flirting with Arsenal. Kante made the right

decision to leave. Mahrez also wanted to go but he stayed. Even if

it is a team like Chelsea, you win the championship, after that, the

next year it was bad, also with Mourinho. So even they have

difficulty. They need to buy fresh players. If you don't do that commit

you get this. Players that were on ?30,000 a week, now they are

?100,000 a week. But the thing is, they can't repeat the same thing. So

they should have sold them. I understand Leicester fans saying but

they are good players. Yes, but you have to do it. Look at what happened

with Chelsea. Same thing, you win the championship and then the next

year you're not even the Champions League. Therefore you need to

refresh all the time. The good clubs buy in good players in order to say

to the best players, if you are not on it, I will play him. All of a

sudden Moses is playing, Pedro is playing. So players that were

normally on the bench, all of a sudden they play. Alonso. I just

feel, listening to Ranieri after the game, I'm not sure he's in touch

with what he's seeing from his team. We talked about two opportunities

from Swansea and they scored two goals. But it is far worse than

that. I've never been a manager but I would have been asking the players

as a manager can you with me or not? Because if not, you take the exit.

There is something wrong there. When you win things, you have to remain

humble and hungry. And these guys have won an awful lot. They have to

go back to the basics. And what's wrong with loyalty? He needs to

stick with the players. It's never going to be the same again but we

talked about trying to play through the lines and it's different this

year. Teams forcing them to play. It was never going to be the same but I

don't feel now is the right time to just change everything. They have to

go back to the basics. What I'm not sure the players are with him and

the questions need to be asked in that dressing room.

Time for January's Goal of the Month.

Eight to choose from, and we expect the debate

COMMENTATOR: By Lorraine, Giroud, good touch from a nice break by

Arsenal so far. To the feet of Sanchez. Giroud has made the running

to the middle... It's in! Giroud, what a goal! Scorpion. Sensational.

Good ball through to Campbell in the penalty area. Kelly on the right,

Wilfried Zaha on the volley! He has scored! And Zaha is disappearing to

the African Nations after this game but he makes his mark.

Here is Antonio. Carroll on the far side! Oh! That is tremendous! Just

sit back and admire this. Sensational goal.

is another Everton youngster, Tom Davies, sets keeps going. Lukaku, on

for Barkley. On to Davies again, he beats Claudio Bravo! The biggest

moment of his career so far by a mile and it might remain that way.

Sometimes! Carroll is an option. Terrific

delivery. Llorente! Two goals in five minutes have the bottom club

Swansea 2-0 in front at Anfield. Morrison has done well to find

Phillips. Phillips has knocked it through the legs of O'Shea. Chadli,

surely! He has hit the bar. Runt... Brunt... Brilliant finish! How about

that from Chris Brunt? Wayne Rooney with the ball at his

feet. Rooney's delivery... Oh! It's a sensational goal! Wayne Rooney,

record-breaker. That is number 250. What a way to break the record.

Organising his wall. David to hit it! And he caught them out with a

piece of quick thinking from David Luiz!

To vote, head to the BBC Sport website and click on the goal

of your choice or tweet the hashtag on screen to @bbcmotd.

Voting closes at 10.45pm and we'll give the result

Next to Turf Moor, where the home side believed they could

upset Chelsea's charge the towards the title.

Burnley. A proud town. A passionate town. A football town. Home from

home. 29 Premier League points. 28 of them at Turf Moor. Fortress Turf

Moor. Burnley have won five home games in a row! But here comes their

biggest test. 4-0. Hazard, to seal it for Chelsea. David Luiz to hit

it! A title winning display by Chelsea!

COMMENTATOR: To win the title, all types of tests have to be passed and

this could yet be one of the toughest that Chelsea have left. A

freezing February day at Burnley, who have won all of their last seven

home games, five of them in the Premier League. This is the team

hoping to give the clarets a first top division win over Chelsea since

1973. Robbie Brady preferred to Scott Barr field. As can be the way

with teams that become champions, we can all just about recite the

Chelsea line-up. The usual 3-4- three, captained by Gary Cahill,

whose career really took off with a season on loan to Burnley. His 150th

Premier League appearance for Chelsea. Burnley are a club who

Chelsea ought to like, they had been champions in both of the Clarets's

previous seasons in the Premier League. Brady, pounced upon by

Azpilicueta. Diego Costa, through the gap to Hazard! Comfortable save

for Tom Heaton. It looks so very easy the way Chelsea found a way

through. Wonderfully weighted pass to Eden Hazard, who for once didn't

quite find the right shot. The cross is deep and towards George Boyd, who

will try to keep the ball in play. Can't do it. Few have covered more

ground in the course of a game than George Boyd has through this season.

Loads of space here for Moses if he can be Brady and he has done that.

He was actually found by Brady but advantage was played, here is Pedro!

And Pedro scores! Chelsea have looked right on it from the start.

They go from a throw in deep in their own half right down the other

end to score so very smoothly. It is a desperate attempt by Robbie Brady

to stop Victor Moses. What a good decision that is by Kevin Friend to

indicate advantage. Full advantage taken. Burnley have won their last

four home games without conceding a goal. Well, there is that gone. And

Chelsea are on their way already. Pedro scores for the tenth time this

season. Antonio Conte stressing to his side this week, it is important

now, don't make a great mistake in this race. There is no sign of one

today. The way Chelsea are going, it may not be a race for long, it may

be more of a procession. Cleared by Courtois. Diego Costa's

knock-down has only given it to Barnes, Barnes to Boyd... Ashley

Barnes! Well wide. Well worked, though. All the Bs involved, Barton,

Boyd and Barnes. In the end it is an effort worthy of a C, what rather a

C. Barton tripped by Matic, free kick

Burnley. And this is within range. Burnley paid big money to sign

Robbie Brady from Norwich to a. This would be the first chance for the

Irish international to truly show himself in a Clarets shirt.

Here comes Brady. Good try, brilliant goal. Big money paid for

him. A massive chunk just paid back already. That is as good as it gets.

Around the edge of the wall. All the time, curling into the top corner,

past Courtois. As free kick score, you will be hard pushed to see one

better than that all season long. What a start to his career at Turf

Moor. 1-1. Come on, Roy, give us a smile. That was fantastic. It might

break for Boyd. That was a super save by Courtois.

It was the right time to stop it. Now there is a Chelsea charge. It is

the against Lee. Hazard. Costa wants it. Hazard should have lifted his

head and tried to get him in. Courtois always looks nonplussed by

Newsday's word. That is a good piece of work to shut his legs and stop

the ball going through. -- by his day's work. It is remarkable that

Burnley have won 28 of the 29 points this season here. Just one point

away. Keane stop the ball from coming to Costa the second time. It

is missed by Luiz. Andre Gray. He could not get the power to test

Courtois. Mistakes by Chelsea defenders, a rarity. The first one

by Cahill, the second one by David Luiz. Andre Gray wanted to take it

with his right foot but he could not angle the past Courtois. Ben Mee is

covering. He got himself in a mess. Diego Costa can shoot. It was

blocked by Keane. It was taken away from Kante by Robbie Brady. Almost a

costly mistake at the back from Ben Mee for Burnley. The second half

continuing in the same vein as the first, nonstop action.

Azpilicueta fancies hitting it. Tom Heaton's dive tells you it was not

far away. He realise quite quickly, Cesar Azpilicueta, that it was open

for him. It was there to be struck. It was not a bad strike. John Terry

in the Chelsea delegation, the club captain included, sitting just in

front of the paying public. In goes Kante. Barton is down. No

foul. Pedro was trying to delicately placed it at the top corner. It was

well wide of the target. Pedro might have done better. It was too casual.

It does not look like it will happen for Chelsea. Frustrated by fighting

Burnley, but the Burnley that play football as well.

It is all over at Turf Moor. Burnley celebrate one point against the team

that is running away with it at the top of the Premier League as though

they had just beaten them. They have certainly given them as hard gamers

Chelsea are likely to get between now and the end of the season, when

they are still likely to be crowned champions. The scoreline does not do

justice to the compelling contest we have just seen. 1-1. It was a strong

performance against a top side. To keep them to so few real chances.

Lots of teams at this level can keep the ball, lots of the top teams

particularly, but to keep them to minimal real chances was very

pleasing, apart from the goal. And to create the chances we did

ourselves, with some good football, I made it clear we wanted to play

like that, I want us to be awkward to play against, to be productive.

There were good signs. It is one point. For sure, we must be a bit

disappointed. We try to win the game. We started well, we created

the chances to score the second goal. And then this free kick. But

we all know that Burnley at home is not easy. You know that when you

play Burnley it will be hard, it will be a difficult away game,

especially now when the pitch is not in the best condition, and lots of

their game is long balls. We do not need a good pitch. We need it for

our football. We started well and scored a goal. After they scored, we

could not find our game. We have seen you score a few, where does

that one rang? Right up there. It was good to get off the mark and I

am happy it has led to a point. How do you rate the performance? The

team were excellent. I am happy with the goal but I did not think I was

unbelievable. I will take it. The lads were excellent. We saw the game

out well and were assured. Ruud will give us his view on that moment of

magic from Robbie Brady in a moment. First, Martin, how impressed were

you with Sean Dyche's Burnley today? The whole game was compelling.

Possibly, very much so, the best two managers in the Premier League at

the moment, Sean Dyche and Antonio Conte, two different styles and

systems, but essentially, they really took Chelsea out of their

comfort zone. They worked their socks off, good intelligence, good

quality. It surprised me. They were not just willing to get back. Look

at Boyd. What Chelsea want is the one Lowton to be on his own, two

gets one situation. Boyd will not let that happen. He's coming back

for his team and he gets a. He did this the whole match. They have the

four at the back, and the 4-4, and the two at top. That is brave of

them. Barton slotted in excellently. Gray makes the runs. David Luiz was

running into channels all afternoon. They did not rush forward, they kept

the ball and dragged out the Chelsea players. They want the space to ask

questions, and Gray wants to make the run. It was a good ball from

Barton. David Luiz will have to work for it. Sean Dyche and his team made

them work for everything today. You talk about the back four, no, we

will have a back six. Our fullbacks will come all the way back to deal

with their wingbacks. When they got it back, they had that threat going

forward. We're going to be brave enough to play two up. Barnes has

got back, just a little beeper. He will play the ball to Gray. David

Luiz is out of his comfort zone and misses it. This should have been

1-1. They were come packed but they wanted to go forward. Chelsea did

not have a single shot on target in the second half. They have been so

dominant this season, Chelsea, but the midfield did not function today.

Was that because of Burnley? Yes, I think Chelsea want to put pressure

if you come in to midfield. In the beginning of the first 15 minutes,

Chelsea wanted to play. Passing it about. When you play like that, the

price you. -- Burnley wanted to play. One pass and they should have

scored. The goalkeeper things, I am not going to give you the ball to

pass it about. The Chelsea players are lurking. They are thinking, play

the ball and we will press you again. No, go forward, he plays the

long ball, and all of a sudden, they have pressure. This is bad defending

from Chelsea. Here you get chances and possibilities. They did it a

couple of times during the first half. They have got the ball again,

little chance. Chelsea have been warned. The thing, we will not press

them so much. They have to get the second ball. Moses under pressure.

This is what happens when you do that. You have time. Then you need

to play the ball back to Barton. You put them in the driving seat if you

make it a difficult situation. But because you're already there, you

have the possibility to press the opposition. Courtois under pressure.

Costa wants to get it back. Because of that, you get another

opportunity. This could be a goal. This is intelligence. They were

doing that for 20 minutes and then they stopped doing that. Then they

played the ball again. But only when Chelsea had no possibility to press

you any more. Because you play the long ball. The credit must go to

Sean Dyche, and no offence, Martin, but Ruud is the most technically

gifted man in the studio to talk about this free kick from Robbie

Brady. This free kick is perfect. We analysed it. Look at the wall.

Moses. The ugliest players going to the wall. The only thing is you put

your face there. What is Moses doing their? He turns away. The free kick

is perfect. But I hate players turning their backs. It is quality.

With all the research and analysis, Chelsea would not have seen Robbie

Brady. He has just arrived. No keeper would have saved that. In the

context of the season and a job that Antonio Conte has done, you have a

deep appreciation of Italian football having played there, and he

has brought that Italian flavour to the Premier League and Chelsea.

Italians always think about defence first. At the beginning of the

season, when they were winning 3-0, 4-0, he was content that they did

not concede any goals. That is typical Italian. He wants to have

that solid base. This guy, when he played at Arsenal, the solid defence

made sure that Arsenal would win. That is the reason why Dennis

Bergkamp, Marc Overmars, to play around. If you do not have that

solid base at the back, you will not win. Conte noses tactics. Every

player goes onto the pitch knowing the responsibility. You have to say

that Sean Dyche's team did as well. Maybe we do shout about enough about

the English coaches. When you look at the resources, what is achieving,

he went down before with four five of those players. He is using that

extra knowledge. I dated the 4-4-2 system. The three has become in

vogue. But that was a tactical masterpiece today.

Let's show you yesterday's goals now.

Part one of our round-up begins at Anfield.

Incomes Lallana to pinch the ball. Footies Sadio Mane. Sadio Mane stays

ahead of Davies and squares. Sadio Mane reaches double figures in goals

for the season. -- and squares. Liverpool's high-intensity start to

the evening has been rewarded. It ends a run of conceding first in

three successive Premier League games. Sadio Mane is there now. He

has Firmino to help him. Lallana, Firmino. Sadio Mane. Two. Two in

just over two minutes. The second score despite two saves from Hugo

Lloris. Watford are giving the ball away far

too cheaply. They will surely be punished sooner or later. This is

make Italian. Martial. Juan Mata. You did feel it was a case of when

and not if. Heurelho Gomes finally beaten by Juan Mata, whose goal on

this fixture last season. Martial is onside. Anti-scorers.

Mourinho delighted to see the second in the back of the net, right on the

one-hour mark. The man back in the team today, back with the goal.

That is a good-looking ball. Of the outside of the boot. Great header.

Good saved by Petr Cech. It was a wonderful ball in. It was a really

decent header. The saved from Petr Cech is equal to it. You have to

admire the way that Hull have gone about the first 33 minutes of the

game. Plenty of red and white shirts. The line and then from

Sanchez. You could not say it has not been coming. The goalkeeper is

complaining about the possible handball but Google stands. -- the

goal stands. Arsenal are in front. What is the decision? It will be a

yellow card for a Kieran Gibbs. Markovic is furious. Markovic is

quick. There is no one between Kieran Gibbs and Petr Cech. He is

the last man. He did not seem to have eyes for the ball. Kieran Gibbs

is booked. He might be lucky. Hull certainly think so.

Up by Mustafi, Elmohamady shank it. Was it handle? Not in the opinion of

Mark Clattenburg. Arsenal can break here. Mesut Ozil to Alexis Sanchez.

The goalkeeper has come and is in no man's land. Lucas, surely handball?

Spotted by the officials, it's going to be a red card and a penalty. He

has moved his arm in the direction of the ball, which was certainly

going into the back of the net. No other call for Mark Clattenburg to

make. So, Alexis Sanchez to try to make it two... And he does. And

finally the points are safe. It was noticeable today that there were

some banners in the ground saying "Arsene, stay". Well, you know, I

have a lot of respect for this crowd and this club. My job is to make

these people happy and when I don't do it, I feel guilty, that is why it

is important for us to win. Remember that Arsenal did win a football

match. But Arsene Wenger has dominated the back pages since

Saturday morning. You wonder now, is it time, maybe a

solution to this is pick a period, one year, two years, maybe that

gives the director is time to put a successor into position and it gives

Arsene Wenger time to enjoy and exit and the fans to appreciate more what

he has done at that football club. He has done a hell of a lot at the

club. It would maybe help the players to get used to the thought

of a new manager coming in and maybe giving a bit more for the one who is

about to leave. If that decision is to be made, only Arsene Wenger

knows. I don't want it to be a situation where he stays beyond the

time he needs to, like a boxer in the ring who needs to be dragged

out. He needs to plan and exit, that is for sure. One year or two years.

That might take some of the noise away. At the moment there is this

uncertainty creating this clamour in the media, maybe we are blowing this

out of proportion but it is a tough week coming up. He will be focusing

on that. They play I knew Nick and then they play -- they play Bayern

Munich and then they play Sutton United in the FA Cup. He is

intelligent enough to start to plan. The club have to do that because it

is a multi-million pound business, Arsenal Football Club. They need to

know which direction they're going in.

If Arsenal want to stay with the likes of Chelsea, Man City,

United, Tottenham, in the Premier League,

and the powerhouses of European football,does there need

Look, I like Arsene Wenger. I like him a lot, I think he's a good

coach. I think people are impatient at the moment because they see these

other clubs and they are spending a lot. Look at Pep Guardiola, he came

here and you think he is the saviour and everything but all of a sudden

he finds himself in a different situation. There are five or six

teams competing only for one spot and only one can win it! So it is

still tight till the end, I tell you. This is why everybody loves the

Premier League, because nothing is certain. And at the end of the

season, when relegation, you have to play against relegation teams,

anything can happen. So therefore I always hope that Arsenal will do it,

of course I like Chelsea more than Arsenal! But I like him as a coach,

I really do. I believe he totally loves that football club, it is in

his heart now. The club know that he is a special individual, a visionary

who has been there a long time. And he has to be part of the

decision-making for the new manager, I wouldn't let him away with it,

it's like a family business. But also it is time that bald players

like you and Tony Adams come back to the club and help them. You see it

with Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Liverpool. I think Lampard is

stopping his career now and he will go immediately to Chelsea. I think

they should do that as well at Arsenal. But it's disrespectful for

the guys that were there because they are all loyal to Arsene Wenger

as well. That has nothing to do with it. Your expertise and what you know

about football is much more valuable as a coach. You can always combine

these things together. A good coach with eight good player with a lot of

experience. OK. Plenty of live football on the BBC

over the next few days. Radio 5 Live has commentary

on Bournemouth against On Wednesday, it has the first leg

of Arsenal's Champions league Our first live match is Fulham

against Spurs on Sunday. Sutton United v Arsenal is live

the next day on the Monday night. The rest of yesterday's

Premier League goals, including an eventful and spiky game

at the London Stadium. COMMENTATOR: Trying to tee it up.

Here comes Morrison. This is promising play! And the opening goal

of the match for West Bromwich Albion, for Nacer Chadli! Slaven

Bilic animated and unhappy. West Ham saying they should have got a free

kick there, but the match went on. And didn't Chadli take that

opportunity well? Robert Snodgrass once again here for West Ham. Foster

under pressure, keeps it at bay. Feghouli thought he had got the

final touch. But there was a flag that went up on the near side as the

ball headed the back of the net. As the shot comes in there, you see the

Qalansawe tangling with the goalkeeper, and the goal was

disallowed for offside as a result. It is Snodgrass, dangerous delivery.

Looking for the head of Antonio. Still the pressure is on. Lanzini!

He smacks the bar. Feghouli is there! It is 1-1 and this time West

Ham are not denied their equalising goal. Feghouli was there to snaffle

the chance when the loose ball fell at his feet. Lanzini, trying to turn

away from Yacob! It's a superb goal. Brilliant stuff, inside the last

five minutes. He turns away from Yacob and finds the bottom corner.

West Brom are going to thread a lot at West Ham here. Ben Foster is

coming up for this one in search of a last-gasp equalising goal, deep in

added time. Chris Brunt with the delivery, they've got an equaliser!

Three minutes into added time. Jonny Evans was there at the far post.

Back in the team after injury. Off the bench. He equalises right at the

end of the game. The referee was, sorry for the

words, nothing personal, but the referee today was awful.

Bertrand, quality ball in and it is in! Off Gabbiadini at the last, I

think. Tadic in a bit of space. Lovely

turn, lovely finish. 2-0 Southampton. If there was any doubt

as to who got the final touch for Southampton's first goal, no doubt

whatsoever that the second belongs entirely to Manolo Gabbiadini.

Redmond. Bertrand trying to get forward to his left. Bertrand

delayed the past beautifully. It's in! Long had a stab but I rather

think the final touch came off Denayer. So many red seeds visible

now. Bertrand, picking out Long. Long in again! And he will claim

that one. Shane Long with his fifth of the season. Boos echo around the

Stadium Of Light for the final whistle.

But Arnautovic. Good skill from him. He's got in here, Joe Allen! He has

put Stoke City ahead! Well, he's something of a poacher from that

position, Joe Allen. And he gives Stoke the lead here.

It's a little bit short, and Davis pounces and Lukaku has a run through

on goal! And it's a great save by Valdes. I think that most in the

ground were expecting that Romelu Lukaku would tuck that chance away.

Traore with a turn. Now Rudy Gestede. On it goes to Chambers. And

a terrific header and a brilliant save! And is Rudy Gestede so close.

Middlesbrough again unable to score. Another exciting day in the Premier

League. Time now for the result

of January's Goal of the Month. Wayne Rooney's historic goal, 13%,

in third. Andy Carroll's spectacular goal, 32%. 36% of you loved Olivier

Giroud's goal. COMMENTATOR: Flamini, Hector

Bellerin, to Giroud. Played to the feet of Sanchez. Giroud has made the

running to the middle... It's in! Giroud, what a goal! Scorpion.

Sensational! What a goal indeed. Let's take a look at the Premier

League table. Chelsea missed the chance to open up

a 12-point gap at the top. Their nearest challengers Tottenham

and Arsenal are 10 points behind, although Manchester City could cut

the lead on Monday when A fifth successive

defeat has left them one place and one point

above the bottom three. Time for two Good two Bad. And it's

a cracker tonight. Gareth McAuley doing exact Leigh

Wood Victor Moses should have done. Get your body behind it. This man in

the hat, saving a child from a flying ball! Last week, Tom Brady.

Thibaut Courtois is a massive fan of Brady, but not this one, Robbie!

Take that out, Thibaut. He has since deleted the Tweed, apparently. Theo

Walcott is a fighter but Francis Coquelin is a lover! No idea who

this is, answers on a postcard, he plays in Chelsea, though. And

finally, no words needed! Apart from to say that a new BBC boom mic is

needed, Slaven, and we will send you the invoice! And he's come back for

more. So, at the end of this wintry

weekend, the battle to avoid relegation is still one

of the tightest in recent years. Who will emerge from the cold

to survive in the Premier League? COMMENTATOR: It has been some fall

for the champions. How far will they drop. And as the rain and sleet

falls down, it is cold discomfort. Brilliant finish from Alfie Mawson!

Sunderland's miserable afternoon is well and truly over now. Leicester

arrived into the mire!