23/10/2016 Match of the Day 2

A chance. There is something that didn't change, for sure, which is

the happiness to work, the desire to win. The feelings after defeat.

More experience, more maturity. I question my methods every day. My

methods always have an evolution in time. What drives me is the pleasure

of life. The pleasure of life for me is my football. I change.

COMMENTATOR: The ways and words of Jose-Maria zero are so woven into

the fabric of Chelsea. -- Jose Mourinho. Either side springing a

surprise today could be the least likely of all scenarios. Mind you,

Antonio Konta's 3-4- three is not a Mourinho model. Willian and Oscar

alongside John Terry on the substitutes bench. The weight dugout

may be the only part of the stadium Jose Mourinho doesn't know like the

back of his hand. Mourinho again showed his ability to turn a

mountainous occasion into a molehill of a match. A similar outcome may

suit him again today. Chelsea remember Matthew Harding who died 20

years ago. A man who put his money where his heart was when football

and Chelsea were very much less fashionable than they are today.

Martin Atkinson is the referee, Chelsea attacking the Matthew

Harding and, they get the game underway. -- the Matthew Harding

end. Six and a half years ago Jose Mourinho came here with ooh and

knocked Chelsea out of the Champions League.

That is the only time he has managed against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Smalling let it go. They are in trouble. Pedro, he scores for

Chelsea. Under 30 seconds. How about that?

It is a gift for Pedro. Unbelievable start.

Smalling let it get in behind him and De Gea came and never got

anywhere near getting there. And Pedro strokes Chelsea in front.

He has blown everything away in the very first minute. Ibrahimovic.

Pogba. Herrera. For whatever you say about the rotten start for

Manchester United, they have a long time to put it right. Dangerous.

Ibrahimovic. A really good dangerous opportunity for Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

A golden opportunity for Ibrahimovic with his head. Eden Hazard is

forward. Diego Costa is there. Eric Bailly is across. Diego Costa is

asking the question of Martin Atkinson. Pedro is offside here.

Chelsea have a corner. Pedro. Hazard.

Poor defending from Manchester United to allow that to happen. Not

exactly reinventing the wheel with the corner, Chelsea, but Manchester

United did not read it. They have met once before, Antonio Conte A

Jose Mourinho, a game between Inter Milan and Atalanta. That was in

2009, when both managers were serving dugout bands. It finished in

a draw. Eden Hazard. Moses, couldn't quite

get it back to him, but they have to concede a corner from Blind.

Manchester United have won only one of the last five Premier League

matches and they are behind in this one. Hazard. Might be further behind

here, and they are! Gary Cahill makes it two goals. And Manchester

United being blown away at the Bridge. Corner kick, not dealt with.

I think there were two Manchester United touches before it came to

Cahill, one of Valencia, another of the rarer and Cahill cannot believe

his luck. -- her rarer. Chelsea two, Manchester United zero. It's fair to

say Chelsea have had a week to prepare for this, whilst Manchester

United have played Leicester and then Fenner battery in the Europa

League. But I don't think the Manchester manager will be making --

making excuses, Chelsea have been a lot better -- Fenerbache. Chelsea

have caused themselves a host of difficulties. Azpilicueta, Pedro

will chase for the sake of it, and he has nicked it away from Blind.

Pedro, De Gea's legs, but they are not out of the woods. Powered by

Smalling. Matic. -- out by Smalling. Managed Matic. -- Manchester United

in danger of being ripped to shreds. All Chelsea have to do at the moment

is wait for Manchester United to present them with an opportunity.

And they are coming thick and fast. Here is Eden Hazard. That is a great

ball in. Didn't Diego Costa is very unfortunate. Brilliant stuff from

Hazard. That could easily have found its way in for a third. Eden Hazard,

brilliant stuff. Giving Blind nightmares. Here is Valencia.

Fellaini. Pogba lets it go. And Herrera. Well hit. Needed the second

save from Courtois. This could indicate two. Courtois -- this could

be a way back for Manchester United. But lovely change of direction by

hazard. Pedro has put the ball over the top of the bar. Martin Atkinson

will say he let the play go on and Pedro wasted the chance. Antonio

Conte I did not see it that way. Valencia. Juan Mata. Ibrahimovic.

Moses's header has gone straight to the Manchester United player, but

now they have lost it. Victor Moses is flying. Hazzard has got it. Good

blog. -- block. Should have probably more than two goals in this game by

now. An excellent piece of defending. Blind. Herrera.

Jesse Lingard managing to retain possession. Good drive and well

saved by Courtois. Alonso cannot find Eden Hazard. Well struck by

Lingard. Good stop, bat. -- that. Matic. Lovely ball. Eden Hazard

here. What a goal! Wonderful goal by Eden Hazzard, and just as Manchester

United were so -- sowing seeds of doubt in the minds of Chelsea they

crash back with a third. Lovely goal. It is this past that did it.

And then hazard's little shimmy inside Chris Smalling. Nothing De

Gea could do. Chelsea three, Manchester United zero with still

almost half an hour to play. Not in their wildest Thomas Sweet dreams

did Chelsea think it would be so easy -- not in their wildest,

sweetish dreams. Alonso's header was a good one. Eden Hazard's control

was perfect. Hazard now. Finding Victor Moses. A good trap by Anthony

Martial. Chalobah will be on any minute. He might get one here. He

has. 4-0. N'Golo Kante wriggled through them

all. And defeat is becoming humiliation for Manchester United.

Look at this from little N'Golo Kante. Away from Smalling. I think

he did De Gea with his eyes. And a lovely finish.

Well, there are good days, and there are great days, and for Antonio

Conte take this must be one of the latter. A strange performance from

Manchester United today. Ibrahimovic did really well, but so did

Courtois. Terrific from Ibrahimovic. Really

good save by Thibaut Courtois to get down so low so quickly. Antonio

Conte a getting the crowd going. He wants a big finish here. He does not

want the home fans to be out sung by the Manchester United hordes.

Herrera. That is well hit by Markus Rodeo. --

Marcos Rojo. A little hug from Dyfed Louise. -- David Lewis. He hit that

sweetly, the Argentine. Jose Mourinho would not have expected

Chelsea to roll out the red carpet, but nor would he have expected

Antonio Conte a's side to pull the rug from under his feet. Chelsea

four, Manchester United zero. It is good. It is good that the

players started strong and showed a desire to win, and we started really

well, and we scored the goal and very soon, but then we continue to

play good football. 30 seconds and it had already gone wrong. Yes, this

match started 1-0, and it is hard, especially for the players and the

manager, but it is harder for the players because they know the

mistakes that were made. In the second half, I don't want to speak

about mistakes I want to speak about the consequence of an open game and

defending with nine and counterattacking with two very fast

players. I don't think we don't deserve this result at all. A very

painful afternoon. Very painful result and feeling. But it is just

three points. It is a very difficult result for me but we need to be

good. We are buying into what the manager wants to do with the style

we want to play and it's proving difficult to play at the moment and

we managed to go from the back and put it out quite well and giving the

attacking players the freedom, but with the formation and the attitude,

today, from one to 11 was superb. What did the manager say to you as

the full-time whistle went? It was a private conversation. It is to

remain private. The Italian media report that Jose Mourinho said the

Antonio Conte I was whipping the fans up 4-0, that isn't humiliating,

they should have done it at 1-0 but it deflects from analysing the game.

How do you describe this game? Comprehensive? Comfortable? Man for

man, they were brilliant. The way they've done is -- adapted to the

play, they have done their job. They looked more at it than Manchester

United and when I got the chances they stuck them away. Jose Mourinho

said they did not deserve the score. Do you believe that? I have sympathy

to the Manchester United manager. Within 31 seconds today there were

1-0 down and within 20 minutes they were 2-0 down in the mistakes in the

game, you cannot legislate for as a coach. There were times in the games

I thought United and opportunities to get back again but ultimately

they were not good enough I don't know what they are saying in the

papers tomorrow but we can see some of the papers headlines, but I

imagine Chris Smalling's rating would be low but it's easy to single

him out. He will get the brunt of the criticism but there were other

players involved in the goals as well. Straight from the kick-off, 31

seconds into the game, you see Daley Blind, he should be there and he can

play Pedro offside. Pedro then makes a running behind and Chris Smalling

should see the run. I don't think he sees it and he is surprised and

David de Gea, his starting position is actually good but I don't think

there is any need them to come out because Pedro still has a lot to do

and Smalling and Daley Blind are still back there. As the comes over

the top, look at Chris Smalling, the surprise on his face, he doesn't see

Pedro. Daley Blind should track the run and it was an horrendous start

that typified the afternoon. Mata, Valencia and small and, Hazard

is on the ball. The minute he plays it inside, Antonio Valencia, who was

the best player for Manchester United, should tuck in. That's the

right wing in him not smelling the danger. Show him on his left foot,

Chris, don't allow him to come inside. We know he wants to come

inside. And he scores that one. And the fourth goal. We both played in

midfield, me and Jermaine. The way Kante runs in behind Pogba, the run

is not tracked by Herrera, and that typifies the day for Chris Smalling.

Kante, it was too easy. Brilliant goals. Do you think we would be

praising that goal more if it had been Eden Hazard? 100%, if it was

Oscar, Hazard, you name it, we would be going crazy. He should not be

allowed to run in behind Herrera. When you analyse all three goals,

you highlight a triumvirate of players each time. Are you seeing

that nobody is talking to each other? There are runs being made

with nobody tracking them, are they talking to each other? That's where

Jose Mourinho will be disappointed. On Monday at Anfield I saw a team

performance. At times people have questioned what system they are

playing, but on Monday night I saw a system and I thought they could go

places this year. They were aggressive, tight defensively, and

today they were anything but. If we are talking about systems that work,

it's like he knew what was coming next, we talking Chelsea. This is a

team who went to Arsenal, got absolutely battered, and since then,

since they looked like they had that soft centre, he has had enough of

this and made changes. What he has done, gone to three at the back, as

we all expected. When you are attacking with three at the back you

always expect to go into the wide areas to get some joy. It's amazing

how quickly they adapted, Gary Cahill covering Alonso on the left.

Azpilicueta is sniffing the danger, I'm going to cover you, Moses, I'll

cover this one. Even if this ball comes into the box, you've got David

Luiz and K Hill ready to clear anything in that area of the field.

And what it has done for Azpilicueta and K Cahill, he is pressing Pogba.

Matic is sat in front, and that allows Kante to do what he does

best. It is flexibility. It is. When you have people like David Luiz in

his side, every now and then he will go on one of his little runs. Now

Chelsea don't have to worry, they don't have to think, what will we do

when David Luiz goes on one of his little runs, they are calm. He

points to him, get in here, now we are three against two and everything

is nice and calm. And it is down to this guy, Moses deserves big credit.

He's been on loan, Liverpool, Stoke, West Ham, the last three seasons. He

has allowed Chelsea, I think, to really play this system. Difficult

to find those wingbacks capable of doing it. He deserves a lot of

credit for getting his head back in preseason and putting in the

performance. And Conte deserves a lot of credit for having a real look

at his squad, seeing what he's got without judging, and giving them the

opportunity to put in a performance like that. Wingback is the hardest

position because you have to defend your far post and get up the other

end and score at the far post. Conte has a great balance, a defender on

one side in Alonso playing wingback, and an attacker plug-in wingback on

the other side. I'm assuming you've both been at clubs and been in

situations where a manager has come in or a manager has decided to

change the system and implement something new, and do you need a

result like this? I couple of results like that to give you belief

as players? Of course. This is brand-new to Chelsea. Yes they will

have been trying it in training but the minute that was a wonder today

I'm sure they will have looked at each other and thought they are the

real deal now. It is the size of the game that helps. You can beat Hull

or Leicester but when you beat a team like Manchester United, the

belief comes through that the manager knows what he is doing. We

can take a look at some of the headlines for tomorrow morning.

Telegraph going for the humiliated one. I think the times have done

something similar. Has he been humiliated? For me, no. I played for

Manchester United when Chelsea got beat 5-0 under Sir Alex Ferguson. It

happens in football. But now they have got to start winning and

winning well. A manager is there to set out his team to do the job. You

can't legislate for putting your team out, setting the stall out all

week and after 30 seconds going one goal down and conceding the goals

they have. But then of that, though, did it cost Chelsea that many

problems? I take your point on individuals making mistakes but

surely you are looking for a bit more going forward to get yourself

back into it? That was the criticism at Anfield on Monday. They only

created one chance. They do you need to improve attacking play. But they

need to win and win well and start scoring goals. Next to the Etihad

for Manchester City against Southampton, two teams who played

away at European giants. After a hard few days making the long

commute to work all you really want to do on Sunday is kick back and

relax. Welcome to Match of the Day. But this is the Premier League.

After defeat to Barcelona and into Milan, Ciity and Southampton go

again. COMMENTATOR: Only once before in his managerial career has Pep

Guardiola five matches without winning. He will be determined to

restore order. He starts Vincent Kompany for the first time since

taking the job. It's only the second time since March captain has started

a match. Sergio Aguero is also back. Sandia and Zabaleta are both out

injured. Southampton make one change to the team that beat Burnley. The

21-year-old Southampton born left-back Sam McQueen makes his full

Premier League debut. He joined the club at the age of eight. Top scorer

Charlie Austin plays the 50th Premier League match of his career.

He has 23 goals in his previous 49. Little touch from Silva, very good

one, into the path of Aguero. De Bruyne moving forward with him.

Cleared only as far as Silva, and into the arms of Fraser Forster.

Ironically it was Silva who began all that by winning it in the air.

That was a very good header. Aguero tried to make the most of it. Lovely

turn. De Bruyne, a magnificent ball from

the Belgian. This is patient from Manchester

City. Fernandinho being chased by Davies. Super Bowl. Sterling unable

to get on the end of it. First-time Manchester City have really got in

behind and passed Southampton. Claude Puel had a slow start. At ten

points from the last 12 have certainly got things moving.

Still Tadic. Taken by Claudio Bravo cleanly. Too close to the keeper.

No problems for Claudio Bravo. Keen to get on with matters for

Manchester City. Just trying to raise the tempo. A little scruffy at

the moment. Ooh, John Stones overplayed that. Redmond! 1-0

Southampton. Well, John Stones, who made a couple of errors last season

with Everton, made a glaring one, there, for Manchester City. And

Nathan Redmond latched upon it, and has given the visitors the lead.

There's nobody anywhere near Stones. You have to say Redmond seized the

opportunity, and the error from Stones is punished.

His team are behind in the Premier League for the third game in a row.

De Bruyne. City corner. De Bruyne with it. Over Stones. Mark

Clattenburg tells both players to get back on their feet, Austin and

Stones. That was a foul by McQueen. Temple macro will whip it in, and

would you believe it, John Stones puts it in the back of the net -- de

Bruyne will whip it in. The offside flag is up. Let's have a look at

John Stones. He's definitely not offside, but Aguero is. He attempted

to play the ball, there. Preparing his thoughts for the half-time

discussion. They'll have their own. Terrific football. First the ball

from Fernandinho, secondly the awareness from Sane, and then the

finish from Kelechi Iheanacho. He gets his fourth goal in his last

seven games. Manchester City back on terms. Kolarov. Nice little lay-off

from Aguero. Iheanacho. Try to link up again with Sterling. Iheanacho...

Silva. Much better movement. Iheanacho did his bit. He is

Kolarov. Patient and probing from Manchester

City. Everybody back behind the ball for Southampton. Iheanacho, Gundogan

went alone, Fraser Forster kept it out. Clever football. Lovely linkup

with Iheanacho. Fraser Forster down quickly. With that left hand to

clear the danger. Silva. What a good ball. This is an

opportunity. Straight at Claudio Bravo. Four goals in his last four

league games, Charlie Austin. He had time to steady himself.

Good work from Sterling. Now, can Manchester City profit? Aguero

trying to go all alone. It was a one-man mission. You sense he's

desperate to score today. There's only one thing in his mind.

Manchester City are five games without a win. Only a point for Pep

Guardiola. When you equalised to do think you

had a foundation to go on and win? Yes but it is not easy, Southampton

are a good team with good players, good central defenders. We created a

chance in the second half. At the end they scored a goal. They arrived

to macro chances but always in time it is like this. That's why now in

that moment we have to analyse, we have to think between each other

what is the situation. All my players play just two days ago in

the Europa League. It was difficult to finish this game. With strong

solidarity, very good spirit, and good defensive organisation. We keep

this point important. Your goal set them on the way, you know the way

Pep Guardiola teams play, were you looking for something like that?

It was just about anticipating the moment and keeping a cool head. Do

you have to get used to the aura of expectation, not just with

Manchester City, but with him? He is a good manager, everybody expects

great teams, everybody expects high for our team. But we can make

mistakes and lose games as well. So I think we need to put our heads

together to focus on the games. I feel like I said this several times

this season already, Southampton played really well and were fully

deserving of that point. I thought they were fantastic and thought they

nearly won. We saw Tottenham do a really high energy press for 90

minutes. We saw Everton last week drop off, almost park the bus and

got a draw. Today you saw probably a mix of both. You saw Southampton

defender numbers. They had a little more quality and they maybe should

have won the game. Certainly didn't park the bus. Definitely not. We

have a couple of examples. We have highlighted a lot of players. When

you go to the Etihad you will need to defend at times. They do have a

lot of possession but they get back in numbers. So many occasions when

any time they got into wide areas it came to nothing because of the

amount of bodies Southampton got into those dangerous areas. Even

when Manchester City might have caught them on the break. That is

numbers against popular it is. Just watch what happens when they win it

back. Redmond is peeling off the back three of Manchester City,

getting his head up and getting them on the attack. Sending and attacking

as a team. Tadic was wasteful at times. Manchester City tried to play

through the middle too often. When they win it back, and so many

occasions, if they took their time and picked the past they would have

been on goal. This is a clear indication. Look at the composure,

not panicking, picking the right path. Again on the attack. Four

Southampton players against two at one point. They let themselves down

with the last ball. But it was a brilliant Saints performance. I feel

they could have got more. If you were ultra-critical, to get the

three points, the composure that they had from Virgil van Dijk,

bringing the ball out, it needed to be further forward. Yes, when they

got into good positions, Tadic didn't make that pass, Charlie

Austin didn't make the run, Redmond didn't really produce that moment of

magic. I know you both have a differing opinion on this which is

what we want, we don't want you to agree, that's dull. We will have a

difference of opinion. I'm going to pause it when John Stones gets the

ball. Manchester City are playing three at the back and when you play

three at the back, you need width. So when John Stones gets this ball

he needs options. Sane needs to give John Stones an option so he can open

up his body and go, here you go, mate, I'll find you. John Stones is

going to get blamed but I think Vincent Kompany is just as much to

blame. He needs to give a clear indication, I don't want this ball,

I'm going to get out of the way, probably block Redmond. And that

allows John Stones to go back to his goalkeeper that has been brought in

specifically to play football. I have a slightly different take on

it. I agree Vincent Kompany plays a big part in this. I think the first

thing John Stones should do is open out his body and play forward. If he

does not do that, normally in a back four at Manchester City, they play

through Claudio Bravo. Today, because they had a back three, this

is where I think Vincent Kompany is involved. He is looking at John

Stones. He has got to provide an angle. You are the central man. You

take over from Claudio Bravo as the sweeper behind. He doesn't. We just

take it forward slowly. Vincent Kompany offers himself, then he goes

forward. Like Nathan Redmond said in his interview, he's not the mistake

and capitalised. Fantastic forward play. In a team where Pep Guardiola

always wants options on the ball at this particular moment John Stones

didn't have any. Is that communication? If that was a settled

back three and they'd played for longer, that kind of thing could be

eradicated? You have moments on the pitch where you catch each other's

eyes and it tells you something. What they had was a moment where

they went... I don't know. That is how the mistake comes. There were no

clear lines of communication and from that you get mistakes. A bit

like in this Judy, you make eye contact, there is blind panic -- in

this studio. City have two wingers in Sterling and Sane but it did not

give them width. What other options? You can see why it was going through

the middle. Sterling and Sane are not natural wingbacks. They need to

be deeper. It's not always about being high up, it's about the depth

you give for Kolarov and Stones. It was a feature of their play, when

they got on the ball, constantly looking through the middle. Kolarov

does not have the option of Sterling here. To be fair to Southampton they

were a three almost against their back three which gave them problems

all day. So that eventually comes to nothing. This one really typified it

for me. On each other's toes, trying to play out of the situation.

Southampton pounce, sensing the stakes, exactly what Nathan Redmond

mentioned in his comments after the game. Wasn't able to make anything

of it. Eventually John Stones cleared up the pitch. I thought what

was very interesting about this, I'll run it on slowly, if you watch

Vincent Kompany, he never looks comfortable. He's looking round

like, and my supposed to be here, and my supposed to be high up the

pitch? It was a clear indication this site are not quite happy with

three at the back. It is a new system, only the second time they've

played it. I think Pep has a lot of ideas. It is a lot of rubbish that

there is a crisis at Manchester City. They are favourites to win the

title. I just think the players are getting used to working under Pep

Guardiola. Does that apply to Sergio Aguero, who had a different role in

the second-half? He had to play a slightly different position and I'm

slightly worried for Sergio Aguero. Sometimes Pep does not like Centre

forward in his team, but he likes them to be flexible and playing out

wide. He did it with Henry at Barcelona, David Villa as well,

Thomas Mueller at bay in Munich. You have to be adaptable when you play

centre forward with Pep Guardiola. Sergio Aguero did not get picked

against Barcelona. In the second half he played a different position

but only got the box for Times, which tells you that is not enough

for a player of his quality. Great question we asked Iheanacho about

the pressure that comes on players when you are playing with a manager

who has this aura, and therefore this expectation that is passed on

to the players because of who they are managed by? We have all fallen

into it. We all couldn't wait for Pep to arrive, we all lauded how

much he changed Manchester City in the early stages of the season. But

they are going to have moments like this. Big players handle that

situation, that's what the best managers do. Slightly different way

of looking at it. He will have learnt a lot about his squad. He

demands nothing but the best from his squad. He doesn't mind mistakes

as long as they are doing the right thing. But he demands the best. At

the moment they have hit a wobble. Is it different because players

can't hide behind their manager in a situation when they are managed by

Pep Guardiola? No, because Pep demands the best, as simple as that.

If the players cannot handle the pressures of dealing with the ball

under pressure, he won't play you. On to part one of Saturday's action,

starting with the champions. COMMENTATOR: Slimani, Okazaki with a

toe poke back to Slimani. Chance to shoot, chance to score! Musa's first

Leicester City goal. A milestone for Okazaki and the lead for Leicester.

Drinkwater looking for Okazaki, it has come to Okazaki! There is some

feeling in that finish! And the celebration. It's his first goal in

14 Premier League appearances. The two changes made by Claudio Ranieri

seem to have worked all right. Mahrez corner, Benteke out. There is

Christian Fox! Christian Fuchs. You somehow knew

that when Fuchs scored his first goal for the club, it would be a

belter. There is Cabaye Palace have one. Cushioned into the goal by

Cabaye. Here is Dean Marney. That's a lovely

touch, beautifully taken by Scott Arfield. Burnley striding forward!

Oh yes! Vokes is there! The shot had the sting taken out of it but in the

end it. Though and he gives Burnley the lead. He has done well here,

finding Romelu Lukaku. Bolasie takes it off him. It's Bolasie! Yannick

Bolasie with his first goal for the club following his big-money move

from Crystal Palace in the summer. If we're going to have a late winner

here, it looks more at the moment than a hard earned point. Good

delivery. Headed on towards Michael Keane. Could be a chance, and it

smacks against the bar. And Scott Arfield has done it, for Burnley, in

the last few seconds of the 90 minutes. Throughout the second half

it was Everton who looked the more likely to score a second goal, but

Scott Arfield puts Burnley in front with the match almost over.

Short to King. Fantastic block on the line by Hugo Lloris and it

looked for all the world like Charlie Daniels would open the

scoring. Terrific block of the bar. Lamela with a good footing. Erik

Lamela was always a threat, and capable of the spectacular and he

has just clipped the corner of the post with that. Harry Arter is even

scrapping for it when it is not on the pitch. I just wonder how much

Sissoko has caught a Harry Arter. Harry Arter is not going to let this

go. He is incensed. Dear, oh dear. I would be very surprised if Moussa

Sissoko does not get a retrospective ban.

After the game he apologised and said it was an accident, so I take

that as gospel and move on from it and hopefully he didn't mean it, and

if he didn't, I hope he doesn't get banned.

Moutinho finds Can. He has Firmino one-way. Here is Firmino. Into cider

Mane. First moment of real quality in the game and it results in a

Liverpool goal. Firmino had a look up, beautifully flighted, which the

goalkeeper misjudged, and Mane did the rest. There is the early goal he

wanted. Kept Foster on his toes. It wasn't straightforward for him,

fallen to Mane. He has Coutinho in Seaboard. Coutinho! Fabulously

finished -- in support. 2-0, Liverpool. A fifth goal of the

season for Philippe Coutinho. He drilled it past Foster at the near

post. Interesting celebration. Liverpool have everybody back to

defend the corner, trying to see at back-to-back clean sheets for the

first time since March. They won't do. It is McCauley. It was the set

play that Liverpool did not deal with and McCauley reacted and really

could not miss. He has been in charge for a year,

Jurgen Klopp, and in that time they are the team to watch because they

have been involved in more goals for and against than any other Premier

League team. Obviously that can go both ways, it can be positive and

negative, which she has alluded to that they are definitely

entertaining to watch and some of the football they play is brilliant

to watch. The midfield and strikers are brilliant to watch. If you like

entertainment that is a positive. If you are a grumpy coach, you look at

the negative, how you might concede goals, but there is a serious point.

I've watched a lot of Liverpool and they are fantastic going forward and

they only know how to play one way, gopher goals, 100 mph. 60 minutes in

the game they should control the game but this was in the last three

minutes of the game and they brought Lucas on to play a holding role in

midfield. The burgers board, and he is

charging forward with three or four Liverpool -- the ball goes forward.

There are four Liverpool defenders and five West Brom attackers and

this is where it got nervy but they just want to score goals. With

Jurgen Klopp, with no midweek games in Europe, they are saying he is

going to attack and they will go a hundred mph. Maybe temperate

slightly in the last few minutes? There have been occasions when they

have shot up shop at Chelsea and they were more pragmatic there. He

has players he tends to bring on. I know that Can comes on, and Kevin

Stewart to shore things up at times, but that is his way. He likes to

defend from the front and defend against the attacking team. I was

disappointed with Manchester United, and it's the one game this season

where they were more cautious and they were not so good so maybe it's

the only way they should play. We go back to the war of managers, and

that may be increases on players. It seems to have gone the other way

that there is now more belief than maybe at any other Premier League

team because of how Jurgen Klopp is amongst the squad. When you've had a

manager who won things, as a group of players it gives you a feeling

you might win something. We had it with Spurs when we won the League

Cup. Before that we were very much to try and get in the top four. The

expectations were probably not what they should have been and then he

says, I win trophies, that is what I do and everybody says, yes, and you

jump on board and those Liverpool players are getting that from the

aura of their manager, who is a winner. It's about winning trophies.

He hasn't won a trophy, though. When I see him, I see him as somebody

with a personality to win the Premier League and the way the

players celebrate with him after the game, as a Manchester United fan, it

worries me. He's waited all afternoon to try and have it and

waited till late at night. More sport on the BBC in the coming days

and the NFL is on Tuesday, highlights from week seven and the

Premier League show on Wednesday with interviews from Patrick Vieira

and Frank Lampard and tomorrow, sports Xtra has ball by ball

commentary on the first commentary between Bangladesh and England. Here

is the rest of yesterday's key action including a convincing win

for Stoke at Hull City. Shawcross. Lovely ball. Good vision

and execution. Shaqiri. Good effort. What a goal. What a goal by Z and

Shaqiri. You do not keep those out. Stoke City have the lead and it is

an absolute cracker. Shaqiri might well fancy this. It will be Shaqiri.

And it is 2-0. Not quite the quality of his first half strike because

that was magnificent but it's not a bad follow-up and it might be enough

to ensure that those Stoke City fans head home happy tonight.

Lanzini. Looking for Mark Noble. Might work out for Dimitri Payet. He

gets the short end. So close from Dimitri Payet. Just a couple of

inches out. The last chance of the game, perhaps. Here is Poyet. Short

corner. Winston Reid. He has won it for West Ham. Winston Reid with

virtually the last kick of the game. Maybe a contentious decision about

the goal. It's offside. The ball -- boy lost his footing in front of the

goalkeeper so it should be given offside.

Arsenal with 80% of possession in the opening 17 minutes. Mistake by

Koscielny, and Peter Jack saves Arsenal, and he cannot buy a goal at

the moment -- Petr Cech. A big chance for Middlesbrough. Adam

Forshaw stands to the Leicester this. Gaston Revol heiress to the

right. He will take it and he has hit the woodwork -- Castonzo Ramirez

-- Gaston Revol era is. Arsenal, in a position of total dominance,

rocking at the back. Sanchez. A couple of strides, great shot, super

save. Sanchez has come alive in the second half. Really good effort, or

veering away and fine goalkeeping by Victor Valdes. Ozil, trying to find

a way through. Clayton to comment, Petr Cech saves. He has been bright

Traore and has lifted Middlesbrough to another level today and forced

another good save from Petr Cech. Not his best birthday so far.

Sanchez. Oxlade-Chamberlain might shoot. Into the penalty area. Ozil.

Offside. It won't count. Arsenal thought they had won it. The

linesman's flag denies them the victory and the linesman was

absolutely right. It has been that sort of afternoon for Arsenal.

Sigurdsson great save by Heurelho Gomes. Van der Hoorn turns away in

enormous disappointment. As do his team-mates. What an opportunity.

Sigurdsson, two to the right, and one of them is Barrow. Llorente is

by the penalty spot. It goes instead to Sigurdsson, and he clips the

outside of the post. So very, very close to a precious winning goal.

Here is the Premier League table with Manchester City leading the way

but the draw means one point separates the top five.

No sides in the bottom half were in action today. Winless Sunderland

take on Arsenal in next Saturday's early game. Here is 2Good2Bad. There

was a misunderstanding at Anfield. How were you feeling when they

scored? Good. They? Not good. Josh King might have been at the helium

before the appeal. Handball! Handball!. Let's not forget that

American football comes from American. It's so different, almost

like a foreign sport. Skill of the weekend came from Dimitri Payet with

his chewing gum. You too could do that, couldn't you?

Thanks to both of you. Another two fine goals from outside the box from

Stoke. Shaqiri does not score tap ins. We will leave you to enjoy his

last six strikes for club and country. Good night.

Shaqiri. First time. Goodness me. Onto his left.

Shaqiri! It curls into the bottom corner.

Good effort. What a goal by Shaqiri. Shaqiri, 2-0.

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For me, what I've seen in him, he's a good player.