:00:53. > :01:03.Hello there, after a tricky couple of weeks in Europe, the Premier
:01:04. > :01:07.League has taken a bit of a bashing. However, with 10 weeks to go, and
:01:08. > :01:10.everything to play for, we are still extremely fond of it. Just five
:01:11. > :01:35.games for your perusal today, but we've got goals and big stories.
:01:36. > :01:43.Judge and jury tonight are Alan Hansen and Robbie Savage. Our first
:01:44. > :01:46.game features Hull CIty and Newcastle United, it's not just the
:01:47. > :01:52.goals that puts this one ahead of the rest. Your commentator at the KC
:01:53. > :01:55.Stadium is Martin Fisher. Hull City's FA Cup adventure put on hold
:01:56. > :02:00.for a week as they look to take another important stride towards
:02:01. > :02:04.Premier League safety. Newcastle United are safe of course. I wonder
:02:05. > :02:09.how many of their fans would happily swap places with their hosts today?
:02:10. > :02:37.Steve Bruce reverts to the team that won 4-0 a week ago in Cardiff.
:02:38. > :02:49.COMMENTATOR: Forward by Debuchy. Jelavic for Rosenior. He tried to
:02:50. > :02:55.provide that pass. Rosenior was caught. He was caught by Debuchy.
:02:56. > :03:01.Huddlestone, capable of such brilliant delivery over this.
:03:02. > :03:07.Sailing towards the back post. Kept out twice by Tim Krul. Alex Bruce
:03:08. > :03:10.denied. That was fabulous from Tim Krul.
:03:11. > :03:19.Not a bad throw out either. Here's Gouffran.
:03:20. > :03:32.Tiote, for Remy. Debuchy, making grounds to his right. Good pull
:03:33. > :03:40.back. And a goal. Sissoko. Newcastle United, having gone so close to
:03:41. > :03:46.conceding a minute ago, take the lead through Moussa Sissoko. Good
:03:47. > :03:50.linkup play by Remy and Debuchy. Excellent cut back too. Sissoko
:03:51. > :03:56.caught it true. McGregor given no chance what so ever in the Hull City
:03:57. > :03:58.goal. That goal of course came just seconds after that magnificent
:03:59. > :04:09.double save from Tim Krul. As you can see from that replay. The
:04:10. > :04:14.ball has not crossed the line. Newcastle United have never beaten
:04:15. > :04:21.Hull City in the Premier League. Elmohamady.
:04:22. > :04:31.Jelavic waits in the middle. There he is. Should have scored! From that
:04:32. > :04:33.far out, you would have expected Jelavic to have hit the target, at
:04:34. > :04:45.the very least. Here's Long, just pulled back.
:04:46. > :04:50.Lovely play from the Irish international. Drawing the foul. He
:04:51. > :04:54.certainly came out of it the worse, a yellow card and a knock. Newcastle
:04:55. > :05:02.with five in the wall. It will be Jelavic. And against the bar. Krul
:05:03. > :05:09.enable to get a touch that. Nodded away. I wonder if it took a flick on
:05:10. > :05:21.its way through? It took a flick off someone on the wall. That might have
:05:22. > :05:29.taken it up and beyond Krul. He is writing more notes than I am!
:05:30. > :05:39.Looking to find Long. He has done, in behind Williamson. Just waiting
:05:40. > :05:43.for reinforcements. There is Elmohamady. How did he miss that
:05:44. > :05:49.one? What an opportunity for the Egyptian. Brilliant work from Shane
:05:50. > :05:54.Long. Took on Williamson, once, twice, delivered a wonderful ball.
:05:55. > :05:56.Elmohamady, coming in like a steam train back post, misses the target
:05:57. > :06:03.badly. Is there an equaliser for Hull City,
:06:04. > :06:08.just before half-time? It might get even worse. That is too short from
:06:09. > :06:15.Figueroa. McGregor committed himself. Remy make it is 2-0
:06:16. > :06:21.Newcastle and punishes that horrendously short backpass by
:06:22. > :06:26.Maynor Figueroa. It's a shocker from Figueroa. Just inside his own half.
:06:27. > :06:33.Far too short. McGregor tried to get him out of trouble, couldn't. Remy,
:06:34. > :06:39.so calm, took his time. Took aim and rolls it in. That's his 13th goal of
:06:40. > :06:44.the season. Hull City have a mountain to climb now.
:06:45. > :06:50.Jelavic, with the touch on. Long trying to get the better of
:06:51. > :06:52.Williamson. Defender pushing him to the deck.
:06:53. > :06:59.Huddlestone over it. Bruce and Davies up from the back. Elmohamady
:07:00. > :07:04.is in there too. Krul, tried to get there, and didn't get there. Hull
:07:05. > :07:09.City are back in it. It's Curtis Davies, he scored on Monday here in
:07:10. > :07:15.the FA Cup tie. In the space of a week, he's taken his tally for the
:07:16. > :07:20.season to three. Tim Krul, who produced that fabulous double save
:07:21. > :07:25.in the first half, was in fault he. Having come that far he had to get
:07:26. > :07:28.with it. What a start to the second-half for Hull City. Just what
:07:29. > :07:45.Steve Bruce wanted. Gouffran's foot looked high. The
:07:46. > :07:54.supporters rediscovered their vocal chords. Davies scored their goal.
:07:55. > :07:58.Take it short to Elmohamady. That isn't what they worked on in the
:07:59. > :08:02.training ground. A chance to release Remy. Figueroa does enough.
:08:03. > :08:12.Gouffran, seizing upon the loose ball. Can he get the shot away? Yes,
:08:13. > :08:16.he can. McGregor saves. Sissoko. 3-1, Newcastle United, 10 minutes
:08:17. > :08:19.into the second-half. They restore their two goal advantage. Figueroa
:08:20. > :08:24.couldn't clear properly. Gouffran was quickly in on it. Testing
:08:25. > :08:28.McGregor with his shot. Sissoko, following in, just helps himself to
:08:29. > :08:35.his second goal of the afternoon. Rather like his first, he started
:08:36. > :08:40.the move. He was, at the end of it. I'm sure they are envious of their
:08:41. > :08:44.Wearside neighbours as they prepare for a Wembley weekend. The Newcastle
:08:45. > :08:52.fans enjoying themselves today in Humberside. It dropped here for
:08:53. > :08:57.Remy. Remy! Oh, what a save! Great finger tip from Allan McGregor. But
:08:58. > :09:02.from McGregor it would have been game over, that is for sure. Second
:09:03. > :09:03.Newcastle corner. Pulled back out for Williamson. Gouffran, off the
:09:04. > :09:12.line. Brilliant clearance off the line for
:09:13. > :09:14.Elmohamady that just provides Hull City with a glimmer of an
:09:15. > :09:23.opportunity. Meyler and Alan Pardew, squaring up
:09:24. > :09:27.top each other. Pardew, oh, dear, dear, he looked there as though he
:09:28. > :09:34.put his forehead into the face of David Meyler. Oh it's all boiling
:09:35. > :09:40.over here now! I just wonder how clear a view the referee Kevin
:09:41. > :09:47.Friend, or his assistant on this near side, John Flynn, had of that.
:09:48. > :09:50.A yellow card for David Meyler. Oil don't think Alan Pardew has go the
:09:51. > :09:55.away with it just yet. He has been sent off. Alan Pardew, sent off. I
:09:56. > :09:59.rather feel there might be further implications when the powers that be
:10:00. > :10:05.get the view of the incident that we've just had. Meyler went for the
:10:06. > :10:09.ball. There is the tangle initially. Pardew, unhappy. There. You cannot
:10:10. > :10:16.do that. Players should not be doing, certainly managers shouldn't.
:10:17. > :10:17.So now Alan Pardew has to watch the rest of proceedings from up on high
:10:18. > :10:29.in the main stand. Meyler. Inging out. He can release Remy. Can
:10:30. > :10:33.he get away from Bruce? Yes, he can. Brought down by Davies, wasn't he?
:10:34. > :10:40.Well, no penalty given. Definite contact. The only question
:10:41. > :10:44.was whether or not it should have been a penalty or a free-kick.
:10:45. > :10:52.Maybe there will be a fourth goal before the final whistle.
:10:53. > :11:03.Hull looking ever so tired. Gosling away from Meyler. Lost his footing.
:11:04. > :11:11.It's a tap-in. Anita, with his first ever Premier League goal, make it is
:11:12. > :11:16.4-1 Newcastle. The fresh legs of Gosling meant business. When he
:11:17. > :11:21.swipd, Dummett took over. McGregor's poor away fell invitingly for Anita.
:11:22. > :11:26.The what a convincing win at the end of the day for Alan Pardew, but his
:11:27. > :11:31.memories today will be tarnished by his stupidity in getting involved
:11:32. > :11:36.with David Meyler. Only one place to start. What were you thinking about?
:11:37. > :11:40.Yeah. I was a situation where I shouldn't have been there. I've been
:11:41. > :11:44.involved in a couple of incidents on the line. Probably because I'm too
:11:45. > :11:48.near the action. I will be sitting down from now on. And quite rightly
:11:49. > :11:52.after that. I apologise to everyone. I shunned shouldn't have got
:11:53. > :11:55.involved in it really. We accept Alan's apology. Of course we will. I
:11:56. > :11:59.believe he has been big enough and brave enough to come out and
:12:00. > :12:01.apologise, which you would expect in the heat of the moment and the way
:12:02. > :12:06.football is. Everybody gets carried away. I don't think I've ever seen
:12:07. > :12:10.the like before. What I will say, I'm glad it was David Meyler and not
:12:11. > :12:14.somebody who will roll around the floor. David Meyler wants to give
:12:15. > :12:20.him back, but restrained himself. That can only be complimentary to
:12:21. > :12:23.him. It's not the first time you have been involved in touchline
:12:24. > :12:27.incidents, probably the worse incident? I didn't mean no damage to
:12:28. > :12:31.the guy. I did move my head forward. You can't do that. Just trying to
:12:32. > :12:36.push him away really with my head. I shouldn't have done that. It
:12:37. > :12:38.tarnished an afternoon for him, his players and the supporters. They had
:12:39. > :12:42.a great afternoon in terms of the result. Which has obviously been let
:12:43. > :12:49.down by Alan's actions. Time after time we could have scored today. The
:12:50. > :12:53.players were terrific. It was only myself that unfortunately had a poor
:12:54. > :12:57.performance all round. He came out and apologised. He is clearly
:12:58. > :13:00.embarrassed. Have you ever seen anything like that from a coach and
:13:01. > :13:05.manager. That is inexcusable behaviour? No. There was outrage,
:13:06. > :13:09.understandably so. I think it's terribly sad to see these pictures.
:13:10. > :13:15.It's sad for Pardew and Newcastle. I think it's sad for the game. Kids
:13:16. > :13:17.watching this programme, all other television programmes. The
:13:18. > :13:21.surprising thing for me was that there was not a lot of provocation
:13:22. > :13:28.there. He won his last game. They are safe in the table. They are 3-1
:13:29. > :13:32.up, absolutely cruising. Meyler doesn't do a lot to provoke him and
:13:33. > :13:35.he still lost it totally. The pictures are very, very bad.
:13:36. > :13:51.As Alan said, Meyler pushes past him to get the ball, there is a bit of
:13:52. > :13:55.aggression there, but to do this is completely inexcusable. He says he
:13:56. > :14:00.throws his head forward to push him away. I would say that is a
:14:01. > :14:04.head-butt. It is a definite headbutt. And I think Steve Bruce is
:14:05. > :14:09.right, Meyler does really well because he could have gone down,
:14:10. > :14:14.rolling around holding his face. But there is no place for that at all,
:14:15. > :14:17.anywhere in the game of football. Alan Pardew said in the interview
:14:18. > :14:21.himself that he has had a bit of previous and he will learn from
:14:22. > :14:25.that. Let's have a look at some of the things he has done. He's had a
:14:26. > :14:30.couple, there have been four or five. This was Pellegrini, a few
:14:31. > :14:37.gestures made there, he's not happy. This one, he got a 20 grand final
:14:38. > :14:43.and a two-game ban and he said he held his head in shame. This one
:14:44. > :14:48.against Martin O'Neill when Ameobi scored a goal and this one against
:14:49. > :14:52.Arsene Wenger, when he was West Ham manager. So he hasn't learned from
:14:53. > :14:56.his mistakes. We all know management is a stressful business but as a
:14:57. > :15:01.manager, you have to set an example. How can you discipline players if
:15:02. > :15:06.you cannot contain yourself? With great difficulty, how can you say to
:15:07. > :15:10.anyone you can't do this or that? And you have to stress, under no
:15:11. > :15:15.provocation whatsoever, he has lost it totally. We are just getting
:15:16. > :15:20.breaking news that Newcastle have released a statement and I
:15:21. > :15:24.understand that they have fine Alan Pardew ?100,000 and are giving him a
:15:25. > :15:27.formal warning. He has accepted that. Is that enough? A lot of
:15:28. > :15:34.people saying he should be dismissed or he should resign. Having seen it,
:15:35. > :15:38.I thought his position would become untenable before that statement.
:15:39. > :15:44.Because as a player, if you see your manager doing that, how can he
:15:45. > :15:50.discipline you? I think that is inexcusable for a manager. It is
:15:51. > :15:54.quick, I think it is reasonable and I think the FA will come in hard and
:15:55. > :16:01.give him a long man and a big fine and leave him under no illusion
:16:02. > :16:06.whatsoever of his future conduct --a long ban. FA chairman Greg Dyke has
:16:07. > :16:10.said it is serious and the FA will investigate. The papers have had
:16:11. > :16:13.their say, the Sunday morning newspapers are routed and we can see
:16:14. > :16:21.one or two of them. That is the Mail on Sunday. Facing a ban and the
:16:22. > :16:24.sack. The only ones who can sack him are the owners of Newcastle and the
:16:25. > :16:30.owners have taken a view, given him a massive fine and warned him. The
:16:31. > :16:37.FA, I don't think they can sack him, so I think he will be all right. He
:16:38. > :16:41.is a lucky man. I think this is a different thing from a player being
:16:42. > :16:44.head-butted. I was on the receiving end of a head-butt from Dion Dublin.
:16:45. > :16:50.On the field, 90 minutes, aggression, you lean a bit on
:16:51. > :16:55.somebody, you can all understand it. We can all understand why Dion
:16:56. > :17:01.Dublin... ! It is in the heat of the battle, but unprovoked, for a
:17:02. > :17:06.manager to do it, you need to set an example and it is disgusting. It was
:17:07. > :17:11.Newcastle's best performance of the season, one of them, and it has
:17:12. > :17:15.overshadowed it. They had a terrible run, then beat Aston Villa and have
:17:16. > :17:19.gone to Hull City and got a great victory and were cruising. I don't
:17:20. > :17:22.know why he got involved in the first place but there was no
:17:23. > :17:28.pressure on him, no provocation, as we have said 100 times, and he lost
:17:29. > :17:33.it completely. The manager needs anger management, I'm sure that will
:17:34. > :17:37.rumble on. Next, top against what, Chelsea, unbeaten in 2014 in the
:17:38. > :17:42.league, travelled not very far to Fulham, who haven't won since New
:17:43. > :17:47.Year's Day. Guy Mowbray was at Craven cottage. Only a brisk 20
:17:48. > :17:51.minute walk apart but a chasm in Premier League terms. Fulham win
:17:52. > :17:55.here would cause shock waves, it would be only their second over
:17:56. > :18:05.Chelsea in 36 meetings in years. For Felix Magath's first home game,
:18:06. > :18:09.he brings in Kasami, Clint Dempsey, who has scored Fulham's only two
:18:10. > :18:13.goals in their last eight games against Chelsea and Darren Bent,
:18:14. > :18:17.four goals in his last six Premier League appearances against them.
:18:18. > :18:23.Chelsea, less than 72 hours after their Champions League game in
:18:24. > :18:32.Istanbul, Willie Allen and Lampard are on the bench, Matic, ineligible
:18:33. > :18:38.in Europe, comes back in -- Willian. So, another game at Craven Cottage
:18:39. > :18:42.and a new boss in the dugout again. Felix Magath has a big reputation in
:18:43. > :18:47.German footballer, as a player and a coach. He has performed a few rescue
:18:48. > :18:49.missions in his time in the Bundesliga and now he has to do it
:18:50. > :18:57.in his first venture outside Germany.
:18:58. > :19:04.A good chance, it shaved the head Clint Dempsey. He didn't quite get
:19:05. > :19:07.enough on it. A big Chelsea fan, Lord Coe, in attendance today next
:19:08. > :19:23.to Frank Lampard senior. It hit Torres and it was a good job
:19:24. > :19:26.that he was unable to react quickly enough, because that was a howler by
:19:27. > :19:32.goalkeeper really struggling with the bright sun.
:19:33. > :19:40.I was going to say there is a scowl across the Chelsea's boss -- Chelsea
:19:41. > :19:48.boss's phase, but he has looked like that all day. Careless by
:19:49. > :19:55.Stekelenburg! Torres is in. What happens next? Tries to go by himself
:19:56. > :20:03.and couldn't find the target. Hand up, apologising to Schurrle and
:20:04. > :20:07.Oscar, who were arriving. Maarten Stekelenburg has got to wake himself
:20:08. > :20:21.up, in basic terms. He could easily have conceded a penalty as well.
:20:22. > :20:26.Dempsey bundled to the floor by Ramires. This is well within
:20:27. > :20:42.striking distance. Dejagah and Kasami both wanted to
:20:43. > :20:52.smash this. They are all leaving this for Kasami. Something a bit
:20:53. > :21:04.different. One two, three, leave it alone, and Kasami got it on target.
:21:05. > :21:11.Torres nearly getting his head taken off by Heitinga. Torres complaining
:21:12. > :21:22.to the rest that it is happening all the time. -- to the referee.
:21:23. > :21:50.Good shot and a good save by Stekelenburg.
:21:51. > :22:00.Schurrle continues with his run and he is in on goal. And scores the
:22:01. > :22:06.goal! Out of nothing, that. Andre Schurrle gives Chelsea the lead at
:22:07. > :22:09.Craven Cottage. Schurrle's lovely cushioned ball to Eden Hazard in the
:22:10. > :22:17.first place. Torres was offside, that his wife Hazzard -- that his
:22:18. > :22:20.wife Aidan has delayed the past. Managed to get in front of Burn and
:22:21. > :22:46.kept his cool wonderfully. I was about to say he couldn't miss.
:22:47. > :22:50.He has. Great work from Hazard. It looked as though it was on a plate
:22:51. > :22:51.for Torres and it is actually some really good defending by Kieran
:22:52. > :23:15.Richardson. Through to Schurrle and Schurrle has
:23:16. > :23:21.scored his second. That will surely do it for Chelsea now. Two goals for
:23:22. > :23:28.Andre Schurrle, both really well taken. Hazard waiting for the right
:23:29. > :23:32.moment to pick a pass. Not even a question about side, good movement
:23:33. > :23:37.from Schurrle. Excellent timing from Hazard.
:23:38. > :24:07.Schurrle looks to see if he is onside. He is! No missing that one,
:24:08. > :24:12.the match ball is going back a short distance to Stamford Bridge in the
:24:13. > :24:16.possession of Andre Schurrle. Three quickfire goals for the German in
:24:17. > :24:24.the second half. Full blown away by one man. In the space of 60 minutes,
:24:25. > :24:29.he has doubled his Chelsea goal tally -- Fulham blown away. All the
:24:30. > :24:33.goals for Schaller, surely no way back for Fulham. -- all the goals
:24:34. > :25:01.the Schurrle. They will troop forward dutifully.
:25:02. > :25:17.John Heitinga has scored. Johnny Heitinga, his first full goal in his
:25:18. > :25:21.-- his first Fulham game in his -- his first Fulham goal in his fourth
:25:22. > :25:27.game. The clean sheet is convert Petr Cech. You still think at this
:25:28. > :25:29.stage it will a consolation for Fulham but is it the start of an
:25:30. > :25:33.unlikely comeback? We shall see. Felix is a lot more happy now,
:25:34. > :25:58.If not grinning like a Cheshire cat. There is a fire about Fulham. There
:25:59. > :26:02.is a deflection that makes it a better saved by Petr Cech. The
:26:03. > :26:05.Fulham supporters have not had a good side on that day on the ground,
:26:06. > :26:24.paying a fortune to see their team get beaten and getting blinded.
:26:25. > :26:30.Over from Ramires. In the current climate, you can't blame Demba Ba
:26:31. > :26:36.for trying to do it by himself. Top beats bottom.
:26:37. > :26:41.The first half, you didn't look very happy with your side whatsoever. It
:26:42. > :26:46.was a different performance in the second half. Give us an insight as
:26:47. > :26:55.to what you said at half-time. Do you believe me? I told them nothing.
:26:56. > :27:00.Nothing. Not a word. You didn't say anything at half-time to your
:27:01. > :27:05.players question mark not a word. Did you stand and stare at them?
:27:06. > :27:10.Nothing, I told them nothing, I walked in and walked out. So he came
:27:11. > :27:16.into the dressing room and said it is differently? He said something
:27:17. > :27:21.else, but I don't want to say. But it was very quick. He said a few
:27:22. > :27:27.things, ten seconds, then he went out. Today, Chelsea was too good.
:27:28. > :27:37.They played very well and they took seriously, yes, from the first
:27:38. > :27:41.minute. They wanted to win and so it was the better team.
:27:42. > :27:47.He's the kind of player that when he is in front of the goal, and the
:27:48. > :27:52.goalkeeper, he chooses the corner, he chooses the right kind of shot to
:27:53. > :28:00.do. He is quality and that is a great quality for him. Good second
:28:01. > :28:03.half, whether it was ten seconds or nothing at half-time, it worked
:28:04. > :28:09.because they were better in the second half. Eden Hazard, he is
:28:10. > :28:15.something else? Schurrle, that hat trick was overshadowed by an amazing
:28:16. > :28:18.performance from Hazard. We have featured him on the show are a lot
:28:19. > :28:24.but I do not get bored of watching him, and unbelievable talent. He
:28:25. > :28:30.gets into a great space, on behalf of turn and he drives at the back
:28:31. > :28:38.four players. Both ways. Two feet, he is clever. This one here as well.
:28:39. > :28:40.The way he penetrates into the box, forceful and players, they cannot
:28:41. > :28:48.touch him for fear of giving away a penalty. -- for Fulham players.
:28:49. > :29:01.The chest pass, Schurrle, great vision, to watch. This one has pace.
:29:02. > :29:07.Shifts the ball, see you later. The vision, outside the foot, Schurrle,
:29:08. > :29:15.brilliant. And this 1-2 finish with... Incredible. How difficult is
:29:16. > :29:23.it to do that? That is incredible. Unbelievable. He is a great player
:29:24. > :29:27.and there is no doubt, last season we could see the quality but this
:29:28. > :29:32.season we are seeing strength and resilience to go alongside that. And
:29:33. > :29:38.the pace, he is the full package. He is getting better. Fulham had good
:29:39. > :29:44.signs, they gave Chelsea as good as they got? They were exceptional for
:29:45. > :29:47.50 minutes. The gaffer has a reputation of working players fired
:29:48. > :29:52.and that had a detrimental effect today because they looked shattered
:29:53. > :29:57.for the last half-hour. Look at Parker, on the front foot, breaking
:29:58. > :30:07.up the play, powerful, the combination. Sidwell. Again, we will
:30:08. > :30:11.see both of them biting into that tackle with so much energy. Early in
:30:12. > :30:19.the game, they will have plenty of energy. Stopping at people.
:30:20. > :30:24.Fantastic midfield play but they go down by one goal. And the belief
:30:25. > :30:30.gets drawn out of them, this is the recovery run. Parker tries his best
:30:31. > :30:35.to get back. They looked drained, Parker should have been sharper with
:30:36. > :30:42.the tackle. And this was the third goal. Look at Parker, head down. No
:30:43. > :30:50.belief from Sidwell. Look at Heitinga. He is running in trickle.
:30:51. > :30:58.They look shattered. Five points out of 30, they reckon they need six in
:30:59. > :31:03.the next. I think they have gone. Four points adrift, the only way
:31:04. > :31:09.they can stay up is if you give them the Chelsea act for players. For the
:31:10. > :31:15.last ten matches. He said he would be friendly, but not that friendly!
:31:16. > :31:22.As for Chelsea, vary strong? The back four players, they are settled,
:31:23. > :31:27.they have been there. They have got the players. They have got the
:31:28. > :31:33.manager, everything. The structure. It is up to themselves. Three games
:31:34. > :31:36.still to come but a reminder that Match of the Day on Sunday allows
:31:37. > :31:38.you to vote for your goal of the month. And there are some duties to
:31:39. > :32:19.choose from. -- beauties. You can build on the BBC website and
:32:20. > :32:22.on social media while enjoying highlights from three more games in
:32:23. > :32:31.the Barclays Premier League. Before that, join Mark Chapman and
:32:32. > :32:36.company. Next up is a potteries, Stoke City entertain Arsenal, who
:32:37. > :32:40.had only won once in the last seven visits to the Britannia Stadium.
:32:41. > :32:49.Steve Wilson was there. Mark Hughes is unbeaten in his last
:32:50. > :33:00.five home games against Arsenal with four different clubs. 116 oh is on.
:33:01. > :33:11.Stoke has never been a home from home for Arsenal. Gibbs is fit. Ozil
:33:12. > :33:20.is on the bench. Red and white shirts pouring forward. Cameron.
:33:21. > :33:27.Walters is in the middle. Offside flag on the near side. It would not
:33:28. > :33:32.have counted. Jonathan Walters. Getting his head onto the cross.
:33:33. > :33:50.Offside. It was immediately given. And correctly, as well. It is really
:33:51. > :34:01.tight but he is offside. Crouch, down the middle. Here is Walters.
:34:02. > :34:06.Back to N'Zonzi. Crouch was there. That would have been almost
:34:07. > :34:12.miraculous that Peter Crouch had got it in from that angle. That was
:34:13. > :34:27.ambitious and never likely to beat on hundred. That was fouled by 128
:34:28. > :34:31.Accra. Podolski missed by a considerable margin, in the end.
:34:32. > :34:45.That was a clear sight of the goal for the German. That was a lovely
:34:46. > :34:51.ball. That was a good save from Szczesny. At last, something has
:34:52. > :34:58.happened. The first I've the goalkeeper has had anything to do.
:34:59. > :35:10.-- the first time. To central, perhaps. Szczesny dealt with that
:35:11. > :35:14.well enough for Arsenal. 109 has to make the save. Suddenly, the game is
:35:15. > :35:32.coming to life. -- Begovic. Here is Jonathan Walters. He needs
:35:33. > :35:45.help. Cameron on the overlap. Football! -- good ball. He did get
:35:46. > :35:52.lucky. This was a chance. That was a really good ball in. Jonathan
:35:53. > :36:13.Walters got a touch on that. He could have scored. N'Zonzi being
:36:14. > :36:23.chased by Podolski. Free kick. The card is coming out for number seven.
:36:24. > :36:33.Charlie Adam. Over the set piece for Stoke City. Towards Peter Crouch!
:36:34. > :36:37.Szczesny got that away. Peter Crouch chose to put that in with his feet.
:36:38. > :36:42.It would have been easier to do so with his head. Great free kick why
:36:43. > :36:49.Charlie Adam. When Peter Crouch looks back on that, he will wish he
:36:50. > :37:07.had gone for that with his head. N'Zonzi. Arnautovic finds them.
:37:08. > :37:15.Great ball! Excellent all in. -- ball in. I am not sure if that
:37:16. > :37:20.header was going to go in, but neither was Szczesny. Great noise
:37:21. > :37:26.from the home fans. 20 minutes of the second half has been played. It
:37:27. > :37:36.bounces and Crouch gets his foot on it. Cameron could have put them in
:37:37. > :37:56.front, here. Arsenal did not deal with that. Cameron lashed that wide.
:37:57. > :38:05.130. -- Wilshere. That was a follow-up from Charlie Adam. You
:38:06. > :38:11.cannot know what has gone on in his mind, whether Charlie Adam meant to
:38:12. > :38:19.do that or not. Well... They are not losing but that is about the most
:38:20. > :38:27.you can say. Appeal for handball. And the referee has given it!
:38:28. > :38:34.Koscielny had his arm raised. And that is a penalty. Arsene Wenger
:38:35. > :38:39.shakes his head in disbelief. There was not much she could do about
:38:40. > :38:46.that, is there? Jones is adamant, it is a penalty. There was a touch from
:38:47. > :38:52.Walters. That is on to the hand of Koscielny. Jonathan Walters, who has
:38:53. > :39:02.missed four out of his last six penalties... 15 minutes to go. And
:39:03. > :39:06.he scores! What a victory point this might be for Stoke City. And what a
:39:07. > :39:18.damaging defeat it could be for Arsenal. And what a contentious
:39:19. > :39:25.penalty. Arsene Wenger, grim faced. 1-0. And Jonathan Walters, who has
:39:26. > :39:31.had to ensure a good deal of pain from 12 yards, puts his team in
:39:32. > :39:35.front. They have bid in Chelsea and Manchester United. They drew with
:39:36. > :39:40.Manchester City and they are beating Arsenal. Stoke at home. They are
:39:41. > :39:48.still one of the toughest assignments online. Ozil! That was
:39:49. > :39:52.not far wide. One of the first things he has done since coming on
:39:53. > :40:10.and he almost find the equaliser. Lovely little one, two with Giroud.
:40:11. > :40:17.128. -- Sagna. He lost his composure and missed the chance. And what a
:40:18. > :40:22.chance! He will be haunted by that. So much experience out there. And it
:40:23. > :40:30.failed to the man who really has none. And over the top of the bar,
:40:31. > :40:32.it goes. And with that perhaps goes the last chance to get something
:40:33. > :40:47.from the penalty seemed harsh? It was a
:40:48. > :40:52.gift. I do not know if it was the handball or not, nobody knows. I
:40:53. > :40:58.thought it was a clear penalty and everybody in the stadium reacted and
:40:59. > :41:02.felt it was. Irrespective of that, obviously that is the winning goal
:41:03. > :41:09.but in terms of the game, overall, I thought we were good value. We were
:41:10. > :41:13.first class and we have to take that confidence going into the rest of
:41:14. > :41:17.the games. A lot of players are away on international duty. That was a
:41:18. > :41:22.massive game for us. Hopefully we can get the points we need. It is
:41:23. > :41:27.tough to come here and we did not play the best but we had a few
:41:28. > :41:34.chances in the first half. If you fail to take them, you will get
:41:35. > :41:43.punished. It will take the feedback of course and we have to bounce back
:41:44. > :41:48.from that. But the consequences of this defeat can be hard to take and
:41:49. > :41:54.we have to respond quickly. I do nothing Arsenal like going to Stoke,
:41:55. > :41:58.there are some key decisions there. Even the managers disagree, which is
:41:59. > :42:09.not as a prize. The first one with Charlie Adam on Arteta, he could
:42:10. > :42:17.have been but for that. And the same one with Giroud. Did he mean that?
:42:18. > :42:21.He knows he is there and he is very lucky to stay on. The penalty kick,
:42:22. > :42:34.good movement. Crouch comes up short. Walters gets there, first. Is
:42:35. > :42:45.that a penalty kick? It definitely hits his hand. There was no intent.
:42:46. > :42:52.I think it is a penalty. I do. Yes, like Marquez. Arsenal did not seem
:42:53. > :42:57.anything like the team we have seen playing consistently this year? The
:42:58. > :43:01.last away game in the Premier League, they were blown away by
:43:02. > :43:07.Liverpool and the most important thing, when you have a game like
:43:08. > :43:12.that when the record is poor and you are still vying for the title, you
:43:13. > :43:15.have to start quickly. You start quickly and then you can take your
:43:16. > :43:21.foot off the gas. They have started slowly, their passing was sloppy.
:43:22. > :43:26.Every second ball Stoke were winning, we knew they would be
:43:27. > :43:32.competitive. This is Arsenal after four minutes. Watch how many hands
:43:33. > :43:41.are going up here. Why me? White House? -- why us? You are
:43:42. > :43:46.complaining after four minutes. And as I say, the passing was very
:43:47. > :43:49.unlike Arsenal, they were getting knocked off the ball and every
:43:50. > :43:57.challenge the Stoke players were winning. It was at times the Boreas.
:43:58. > :44:01.Is that the psychological factor or do they get bullied by Stoke? I
:44:02. > :44:05.think they get bullied, there is the fear factor. The number of times
:44:06. > :44:10.they play like this when they come here. They still have a great chance
:44:11. > :44:14.of winning the title but to play as badly as this, Jack Wilshere said
:44:15. > :44:25.they had one or two chances, but, I mean... This on the performance, I
:44:26. > :44:29.would say abysmal. As for Stoke, slightly different style but very
:44:30. > :44:33.competitive? This is what they have done against the top four last
:44:34. > :44:35.season... They have that little bit of quality
:44:36. > :44:54.to go with it. Nit nit # N'Zonzi. . A great touch. Great ball in. Good
:44:55. > :44:58.save by Chesney. N'Zonzi, here, the edge of the box. How is this for a
:44:59. > :45:06.drag back, beats three of them. That is really good. Picks up, switches
:45:07. > :45:10.the play. With ease. The two of them link up. Good ball on the outside.
:45:11. > :45:16.The touch is great here. A little touch. Just there, just, you know...
:45:17. > :45:21.Then the ball into the box. Fantastic for Crouch. Again a good
:45:22. > :45:25.save. Mark Hughes, evolving slowly. Five or six weeks ago they were in
:45:26. > :45:33.trouble. They are cruising now. I will not ask you whether you think
:45:34. > :45:35.Arsenal will win the title. No. To the Premier League's top scorers
:45:36. > :45:38.now. After Arsenal's defeat, Liverpool knew a win in today's late
:45:39. > :45:41.game would take them second. They travelled to Southampton, who were
:45:42. > :45:44.looking to do the double after previously inflicting the Reds only
:45:45. > :45:47.defeat at Anfield this season. Your commentator at St Mary's was
:45:48. > :45:50.Jonathan Pearce. Liverpool have gone 12 Premier League games since they
:45:51. > :45:56.last tasted defeat. That defeat was against Southampton. It's over the
:45:57. > :46:04.wall. A brilliant save by Boruc. It's in. Southampton have taken the
:46:05. > :46:07.lead. Great save. Another good stop from Mignolet. It's Liverpool 0,
:46:08. > :46:25.Southampton 1. Is. Interest here for England boss
:46:26. > :46:28.Roy Hodgson with Luke Shaw joining team-mates Rickie Lambert, Adam
:46:29. > :46:50.Lallana in the senior squad for a midweek friendly.
:46:51. > :46:57.Luis Suarez in his 100th league appearance hopes to end a five-month
:46:58. > :47:18.scoring drought. COMMENTATOR: That is a brilliant
:47:19. > :47:23.ball away to Sturridge. Touched away by Fonte. Sturridge, criticised in
:47:24. > :47:28.some places recently for not serving up enough chances to Suarez Suarez.
:47:29. > :47:40.He tried to put him in there -- Suarez.
:47:41. > :47:46.Lallana, bundled over in the box. The referee unimpressed. There was
:47:47. > :47:55.certainly contact. Did he come into Lallana? From that angle,
:47:56. > :48:01.Southampton have a big shout. In towards Schneiderlin. Just an
:48:02. > :48:04.unfortunate stumble at the wrong time by Rodriguez. The chance is
:48:05. > :48:16.gone. Possession in the opening quarter of
:48:17. > :48:22.an hour 50/50. Suarez, Sturridge. It comes back to Suarez. Liverpool got
:48:23. > :48:30.the lucky break. He ends his scoring drought, a mini-drought, only
:48:31. > :48:36.five-games. 100 league games for Luis Suarez. His 24th goal of the
:48:37. > :48:39.season. 5th in all for his club. Southampton 0, Liverpool 1.
:48:40. > :48:48.Certainly the luck went Liverpool's way. A little give and go. The
:48:49. > :49:02.stumbling Fonte played it back into his path. The Uruguayan did the
:49:03. > :49:07.rest. Liverpool lead in what could be a banana skin of a game for them.
:49:08. > :49:20.Half an hour played. Liverpool leading with the Suarez goal.
:49:21. > :49:29.It drops to Lallana. Oh, desperately unlucky, Southampton. Again, it came
:49:30. > :49:39.from a misplaced defensive clearance. Just as the Liverpool
:49:40. > :49:44.goal came. Skrtel went for it, made a hash of it. Lallana a lick of
:49:45. > :49:45.paint away. He was cam enough. He was unlucky. Eight goals this
:49:46. > :50:01.season. It comes to Rodriguez. That is a
:50:02. > :50:06.really good save. Mignolet is moving to his left hand side. He gets back
:50:07. > :50:11.to his right, but got low down to his right. Awareness by Lambert.
:50:12. > :50:15.Rodriguez, who had to readjust in the middle, got a snapshot away low,
:50:16. > :50:26.and with power. That's good goal keeping.
:50:27. > :50:45.Is Is is is is is is the shot lacked power. Sterling prepares to come on
:50:46. > :50:50.for Liverpool. Coutinho, off he goes. Still Liverpool leading with a
:50:51. > :50:57.goal by Luis Suarez after a quarter of an hour.
:50:58. > :51:07.Gerrard, slides the ball through the channel of Suarez. Suarez into
:51:08. > :51:12.sister ling. A beautifully worked goal. Really smooth pass by Gerrard,
:51:13. > :51:18.through the inside right channel, Suarez spotting the gap, turning
:51:19. > :51:27.into it. Travelling into space. Then, passing so succinctly for a
:51:28. > :51:33.sweet finish by sterling. 1 minute and 20 seconds after coming on to
:51:34. > :51:35.the field of play, Sterling puts Liverpool two goals to the good,
:51:36. > :51:47.with his very first touch. Just a little bit fed up at the
:51:48. > :51:55.moment, Lallana. The decisions haven't gone his way. Oh, missed out
:51:56. > :52:04.there. Played in towards Sturridge by Suarez. Tight, tight angle. It's
:52:05. > :52:08.just a throw. Mistake by the man who got the winning goal at Anfield in
:52:09. > :52:13.September. Liverpool nearly profited. That's a really, really
:52:14. > :52:19.tight angle. His team just running out of ideas at the moment.
:52:20. > :52:28.Here's Gerrard. Liverpool beginning to find spaces. Gerrard, from range.
:52:29. > :52:33.Took a good stop. Corner ball. Up through the gears here, Liverpool.
:52:34. > :52:45.18 minutes to go. Can Liverpool get a third? Oh, it was curl in
:52:46. > :52:52.viciously. Boruc had to react to quickly there for Southampton to
:52:53. > :52:57.stop it curling in. Nearly bounced off Chambers for an og. The Suarez,
:52:58. > :53:05.onside, will he go himself this time? Is Suarez does go himself.
:53:06. > :53:08.Fonte did just enough, maybe. Did well to get back on side. The
:53:09. > :53:16.chances are coming now thick and fast for Liverpool. Lovren.
:53:17. > :53:24.Up to Suarez. Took it so well. Isolated now with Fonte. Luis
:53:25. > :53:28.Suarez, onto his left foot, penalty kick. Liverpool will wrap it up in
:53:29. > :53:34.the dying seconds. Sensible refereeing as well by Lee Probert.
:53:35. > :53:39.There was a cover behind, according to the referee. Suarez running at
:53:40. > :53:45.the defender, left a foot hanging. He was brought down. Steven Gerrard,
:53:46. > :53:48.it will be. He will wrap up another Liverpool victory.
:53:49. > :53:59.Gerrard, from the spot. Southampton 0, Liverpool 3. Another it away day
:54:00. > :54:04.spree for the Merseysiders. They have been daring to believe.
:54:05. > :54:11.Believing in the dream for weeks. Now, with this commanding victory,
:54:12. > :54:15.at a very good Southampton side, belief and dreams are nearing
:54:16. > :54:18.reality. Liverpool move into the top two.
:54:19. > :54:28.I thought the team were brilliant tactically in the game. We worked in
:54:29. > :54:33.the week on playing 4-4-2 diamond. We know we were playing against an
:54:34. > :54:36.outstanding team. A team particularly at home o who are very
:54:37. > :54:41.good. The players were outstanding. They kept a cleansheet. Defensively
:54:42. > :54:45.looked solid and scored three goals in a game where they could have five
:54:46. > :54:49.or six. Equally as impressive as our win at home against Arsenal, in a
:54:50. > :54:52.different way. TRANSLATION: I thought the 3-0 is
:54:53. > :54:56.not a fair result for what happened during the game. They were a lot
:54:57. > :55:00.more clinical than we were in front of goal. For the amount of chances
:55:01. > :55:05.we created when you go down against such a team like Liverpool it's more
:55:06. > :55:10.difficult. They were more effective than we were on the whole. The fans
:55:11. > :55:13.are singing the songs "we are going to win the league"? You have to
:55:14. > :55:16.believe and have confidence you will fight the others to try and win it.
:55:17. > :55:20.As captain of the team it's important to keep the lads calm and
:55:21. > :55:25.keep the supporters calm and take it game by game. They are going really
:55:26. > :55:28.well now, Liverpool. That is up to second, terrific performance. There
:55:29. > :55:39.is the table at the bottom of the screen. It's looking good. 3-0 is
:55:40. > :55:44.3-0. They played nice stuff Southampton. Good players. They
:55:45. > :55:47.created a couple of chances. It might have been different. They
:55:48. > :55:51.played at Anfield earlier on in the season. Pushed up and pressed up
:55:52. > :55:55.high and got a great result am we said at the time, that is a
:55:56. > :55:58.dangerous game to play especially against Liverpool at the minute with
:55:59. > :56:04.the explosive fire power they have on the counter attack. Right from
:56:05. > :56:09.the word go they were in trouble. Fonte... The ball over the top here,
:56:10. > :56:13.it's like oceans of space, past Lovren. Fonte does well to get
:56:14. > :56:18.across. This is the second goal. You know, Gerrard can only play it in
:56:19. > :56:21.there. Lovren tries to read it. Great turn by Suarez. It's in the
:56:22. > :56:26.back of the net. The game is effectively over. After that, they
:56:27. > :56:29.were trying to pass it, play it, get caught and individual mistakes. I
:56:30. > :56:36.thought Liverpool could have won four or five quite easily. It's
:56:37. > :56:41.amaze to see two centre-backs, who played so well at Anfield, just lose
:56:42. > :56:45.it completely. Watch the run of Suarez here. Reads the line.
:56:46. > :56:49.Phenomenonal movement. To beat the offside trap. Again, could have
:56:50. > :56:54.scored. Lovren, this time, tries to read it. Suarez is away. This time
:56:55. > :57:00.Sturridge is in. Might have done better. Eventually, you have got
:57:01. > :57:04.Fonte, in no-man's land against Suarez. Suarez just comes in and
:57:05. > :57:09.does him like a kipper. It's a penalty kick. As I say, Liverpool on
:57:10. > :57:12.the counter attack, explosive. I tell you what, when you have that
:57:13. > :57:16.much pace on the counter attack, you know, they are talking about
:57:17. > :57:22.Liverpool being poor defensively Because you can get the ball and get
:57:23. > :57:27.out quick and pace. You can get men behind the ball and protect your
:57:28. > :57:33.back four-better. Interesting little graphic that puts into perspective
:57:34. > :57:42.the significance of this SAS, Suarez and Sturridge partnership? I sat
:57:43. > :57:48.here with Robbie Savage and #15id said they were best in English
:57:49. > :57:51.footballing. He said Rooney and van Persie were the better. Not how I
:57:52. > :57:56.remember it They are so difficult to play. They compliment each other so
:57:57. > :58:02.well. Would you agree now they are the best partnership? I would, yeah.
:58:03. > :58:07.I bow to your superior knowledge of strikers. Can Liverpool do it? They
:58:08. > :58:11.have the same amount of points as Arsenal? They can. I don't think
:58:12. > :58:16.they will. That four point gap at this stage, it's significant for
:58:17. > :58:21.Chelsea and City two games in hand. Liverpool, I think third. Alan? They
:58:22. > :58:26.have a chance. Right in it. The start of the season I thought, get
:58:27. > :58:32.top four, bite your hand off. They are right in the mix now. I would
:58:33. > :58:39.love it, love it. You haven't won it since you play.
:58:40. > :58:44.In a moment, we will see Everton against West Ham but a quick
:58:45. > :58:47.reminder that Sunday sees the final of the Capital One Cup. Will it be
:58:48. > :58:49.Sunderland or Manchester City securing the first silverware of the
:58:50. > :59:02.season? It begins as a dream. And ends in
:59:03. > :59:09.reality. From the moment the whistle-blowers. To the second it
:59:10. > :59:12.finishes. With every pass. With every goal. There is joy. Never give
:59:13. > :59:26.up. Highlights from Wembley at 11:30pm
:59:27. > :59:30.after Match of the Day too. And Mr Bahsin follows is this evening with
:59:31. > :59:37.highlights of all three divisions in the Football League. And a new
:59:38. > :59:45.series of Late Kick Up starts on Monday -- Late Kick Off. And it is
:59:46. > :59:49.not only Manchester City and Sunderland who will be at Wembley in
:59:50. > :59:53.March. Two of our Match of the Day pundits have come together for a
:59:54. > :00:01.special sports relief challenge. We are here for Sport Relief, it is
:00:02. > :00:07.battle of the backsides. 90,000 seats, we are attempting to sit on
:00:08. > :00:13.45,000. It is a race. The public get Involved by buying a ticket for a
:00:14. > :00:19.fiver and getting entered into a competition. Some great prizes. What
:00:20. > :00:27.is easier? I would rather have had there been a's challenge, to be
:00:28. > :00:30.fair. -- Divina McCall's challenge. Well, it makes a difference from
:00:31. > :00:32.talking out of it. Well, it makes a difference from
:00:33. > :00:35.talking out of It is admirable, you're giving a few days of your
:00:36. > :00:50.time for what is a brilliant cause but it is not exactly what Davina
:00:51. > :00:54.did, is it? Speak -- I agree, but you can buy tickets and enter a
:00:55. > :01:00.competition. You can listen on 5 Live. Watch yourself when you get to
:01:01. > :01:03.the top pros, I know what you like with altitude, not very good at all.
:01:04. > :01:07.Everton were looking for some home comforts after three defeats in
:01:08. > :01:12.their last four home Premier League games. They faced a buoyant West
:01:13. > :01:16.Ham, who have four successive wins in February. Watching this was Steve
:01:17. > :01:26.Bauer. After only scoring once in their
:01:27. > :01:30.last four matches, Roberto Martinez resist the temptation to recall
:01:31. > :01:33.Romelu Lukaku, who is back on the bench. Steven Naismith leads the
:01:34. > :01:38.line. Kevin Nolan returns to Merseyside after six in his last
:01:39. > :01:43.seven. It means Andy Carroll, free from suspension, is amongst the
:01:44. > :01:48.substitutes. So it is a return home, will it be a return to winning ways
:01:49. > :01:54.for Everton? It needs to be to retain those European aspirations.
:01:55. > :02:01.Kevin Nolan went down under the challenge of Barry. The West Ham
:02:02. > :02:05.captain quite clearly feels he was caught.
:02:06. > :02:12.He was being held by Barry. Both arms around him.
:02:13. > :02:19.He has only lost one game since becoming Everton manager, against
:02:20. > :02:25.Sunderland here in September when Tim Howard was sent off. Mind you,
:02:26. > :02:32.he took over a team that got 42 points at home last season.
:02:33. > :02:39.Saved by Adrian, the first real-time Everton have got in behind West Ham.
:02:40. > :02:42.It was James McCarthy's Ball, beautifully weighted and a perfectly
:02:43. > :02:46.timed run. The angle was always against him.
:02:47. > :02:52.28 minutes in, West Ham make a change. Carlton Cole departs and
:02:53. > :02:58.Andy Carroll, after a three match suspension, is back for West Ham.
:02:59. > :03:04.West Ham trying to win for the fifth league game in a row, eight years
:03:05. > :03:08.since it has happened. The last time was under Alan Pardew's Stuarts --
:03:09. > :03:20.stewardship. Very nearly a moment of individual
:03:21. > :03:24.brilliance from the Spanish under 21 international. He is a talent.
:03:25. > :03:29.Weaving his way through, he ignored McCarthy, and that is how close it
:03:30. > :03:31.was too ending up in the back of the net. Just curled the wrong side of
:03:32. > :03:51.the post. Leighton Baines back to Pienaar!
:03:52. > :03:57.Then Deulofeu! And then held by Adrian. Inside the first 60 seconds
:03:58. > :04:05.of the second half. Once again, the linkup between names and Pienaar. --
:04:06. > :04:09.between Leighton Baines and Pienaar. Just one Premier League
:04:10. > :04:14.goal this season, Pienaar was a whisker away from doubling it.
:04:15. > :04:26.How he would have loved to have seen that from Pienaar fly in.
:04:27. > :04:33.And Pienaar has lifted it over. If Everton are to get anything, you
:04:34. > :04:36.sense it is going to come down this left-hand side. Leighton Baines and
:04:37. > :04:38.Pienaar in tandem again and the South African should have done
:04:39. > :04:54.better. Good try. An instinctive effort from
:04:55. > :05:01.Andy Carroll, needed tipping over by Tim Howard. Fell to his favoured
:05:02. > :05:08.left foot and it was arrowing on target. A really clean hit. The game
:05:09. > :05:25.plan is working so far, looking to stretch the unbeaten run to six.
:05:26. > :05:31.It was deflected along the way. A really clever effort from the West
:05:32. > :05:32.Ham United captain. You could see his intention and it just slipped
:05:33. > :05:42.off Gareth Barry. It has taken 13 and a half minutes
:05:43. > :05:47.of the second half but you sense this is a game crying out for
:05:48. > :05:55.Ramallah Lukaku -- for Romelu Lukaku. Everton's top scorer is on
:05:56. > :06:16.the pitch. Sylvain Distin! That is one of the
:06:17. > :06:20.clearest chances of the afternoon and it is probably not the man that
:06:21. > :06:24.Everton would want it to fall too. He is at full stretch but any kind
:06:25. > :06:30.of touch on target, you sense, would have done it. He hasn't scored a
:06:31. > :06:35.Premier League goal since May 2011. Lukaku was right behind him as well.
:06:36. > :06:39.Everton have scored 11 times this season in the last ten minutes of
:06:40. > :06:51.games. They would dearly love one of those to go in now.
:06:52. > :07:05.It is Lukaku! A dream return from Romelu Lukaku! The man who scored
:07:06. > :07:12.the winner with his debut goal against West Ham in September breaks
:07:13. > :07:18.the deadlock against them today. After just one goal in his last ten
:07:19. > :07:24.Premier League matches, and after a month out, that could be a priceless
:07:25. > :07:30.strike for Everton. No surprise it came from Leighton Baines. Kept his
:07:31. > :07:35.composure. No chance for Adrian. And Everton's patience finally pays off.
:07:36. > :07:42.West Ham have been stubborn and organised, but Romelu Lukaku is the
:07:43. > :07:44.man to find a way through. And they have scored again late on in the
:07:45. > :08:08.Premier League. It is 1-0. Lukaku on the turn. A couple of
:08:09. > :08:12.inches lower and it was 2-0. It was travelling as well.
:08:13. > :08:16.One touch, and the second one just flew over. And listen to the noise
:08:17. > :08:26.around Goodison Park. I think our chances in the final
:08:27. > :08:32.third, we should have done better with today and those wasted moments
:08:33. > :08:38.can be the turning point in the game for us, and I think because we never
:08:39. > :08:45.caused Everton too many problems because of our final ball final pass
:08:46. > :08:49.or cross, that we should have done, it didn't put enough fear into their
:08:50. > :08:55.defending and they could push more and more men forward. We won and
:08:56. > :08:59.that is the most important thing. The team needs confidence,
:09:00. > :09:04.individuals need confidence, but the team did very well today and we have
:09:05. > :09:11.to keep on going like that. I felt those big decisions in a game for
:09:12. > :09:15.the referee, he didn't make one for us today, because in my opinion,
:09:16. > :09:21.Kevin Nolan is through on goal, Gareth Barry is the last man, puts
:09:22. > :09:25.both arms around him and from all accounts, Kevin is telling me that
:09:26. > :09:28.he said the referee didn't see it, but I saw it from where I was and I
:09:29. > :09:34.was right behind the referee from where he was. And he was 50 yards
:09:35. > :09:39.closer. After the game, I spoke to Everton
:09:40. > :09:43.manager Roberto Martinez. Roberto, you have not had a great
:09:44. > :09:49.run of late, it must have been a huge relief to win. Pride, I would
:09:50. > :09:53.say. In football, you can control your performances, and even though
:09:54. > :09:57.we lost two games in the last two league games, the performances from
:09:58. > :10:04.the players was allotted to be pleased with. -- a lot to be pleased
:10:05. > :10:07.with. It was a difficult game. The thing missing lately was goals and
:10:08. > :10:16.you got your strike about today, it made such a difference. It does. As
:10:17. > :10:19.you know, Gary, to reflect good performances in scorelines, scoring
:10:20. > :10:25.goals and hitting the back of the net Fx games, and that has been
:10:26. > :10:29.missing of late -- affects. It was really good for us to have Lukaku
:10:30. > :10:33.back from injury and see him but that focus and desire and that
:10:34. > :10:36.clinical touch. He made all the difference but I think it is fair to
:10:37. > :10:40.say that the team has been playing really well, creating chances, and
:10:41. > :10:44.when you do that, it is a matter of time that you will hit the back of
:10:45. > :10:48.the net. A lot of debate this week about the value of the Europa
:10:49. > :10:51.League. If you were not to make it into the Champions League, would it
:10:52. > :10:57.be a competition you particularly want to be in, given that you have
:10:58. > :11:02.not got a huge wad? I think European football is always a phenomenal
:11:03. > :11:11.competition to be involved in. A huge squad. It is true that it
:11:12. > :11:16.brings huge demands, and you have to be covered, but playing in Europe is
:11:17. > :11:20.where every player wants to be in their careers. you qualified last
:11:21. > :11:29.season, of course, with Wigan. It would be nice to manage a in Europe
:11:30. > :11:33.this time. -- manage aside. It is or was a great experience. We are
:11:34. > :11:36.looking at where we are now, we are into competitions, it is March and
:11:37. > :11:39.we are really excited about the quarterfinals of the FA Cup and it
:11:40. > :11:44.is always a special moment and in the league, we want to get as many
:11:45. > :11:47.points as we can and clearly, today, it was a performance that has given
:11:48. > :11:51.us a real sense of confidence, a real sense of belief and I must
:11:52. > :12:01.admit, the players deserve to be feeling like this after two defeats
:12:02. > :12:04.that were not worthy of losing. Well done today, good luck for the rest
:12:05. > :12:10.of the season. Thank you for talking to us. He is very happy, some less
:12:11. > :12:14.so, both with his side's performance and the Gareth Barry decision, which
:12:15. > :12:21.she felt was pivotal. I think it is a red card for Barry.
:12:22. > :12:26.Is Leighton Baines covering? I think Kevin Nolan can get a shot off and
:12:27. > :12:31.on his form, a clear goal-scoring opportunity. I think he gets a shot
:12:32. > :12:36.off and it is a red card for me. I agree with Robbie, I think Nolan, if
:12:37. > :12:40.he gets in, he's going to school and of the referee makes the right
:12:41. > :12:45.decision, it might change the game -- are going to score. Important for
:12:46. > :12:49.Everton to get a striker back. They have had a poor run but a great
:12:50. > :12:53.season. Martinez can be proud of what they have achieved, and a lot
:12:54. > :12:57.of entertainment at Goodison. The faithful will be happy. West Ham can
:12:58. > :13:08.relax a bit better after those four wins. Not their best performance
:13:09. > :13:11.today. Mid-table finish, decent because of where they were. Thanks
:13:12. > :13:14.very much indeed, we are about out of time, but before we go, let's
:13:15. > :13:18.take a look at the Premier League table. Chelsea have opened up a
:13:19. > :13:22.4-point gap at the top and Liverpool have left above Arsenal on goal
:13:23. > :13:25.difference. Manchester City blame the League Cup final on Sunday and
:13:26. > :13:31.had two games in hand in fourth place. At the bottom, Fulham are the
:13:32. > :13:36.only team in the bottom five to have played and they prop up the table,
:13:37. > :13:39.while Stoke are up to 12th. And just when we thought we had seen
:13:40. > :13:48.everything in this remarkable season it surprises us again. Great food.
:13:49. > :13:50.-- macro food. -- nuts.