:00:54. > :00:59.Welcome to a special bank holiday Monday Match Of The Day, bringing
:01:00. > :01:02.you the latest instalment of the most extraordinary season in the
:01:03. > :01:07.Barclays Premier League. On Saturday, to club at the bottom were
:01:08. > :01:15.regulated. Tonight, our focus is on the top. -- were relegated. Just
:01:16. > :01:20.eight days ago, Liverpool were favourites for the race in the
:01:21. > :01:28.title. Only four Jose Mourinho's Chelsea to arrive at Anfield as
:01:29. > :01:32.spoil the party. Manchester City with the biggest winners with their
:01:33. > :01:40.destiny back in their own hands. They responded by beating Crystal
:01:41. > :01:47.Palace and then Everton. Manchester City, what a finish. Still masters
:01:48. > :01:56.of their own Premier League fate. So over to Chelsea and Liverpool as the
:01:57. > :02:01.Premier League enters its last week. We have the whole story to come, as
:02:02. > :02:05.well as action from Arsenal versus West Bromwich Albion, a spectacular
:02:06. > :02:10.goal of the month competition, plus all the goals and drama of a
:02:11. > :02:14.relegation Saturday. I am delighted to have Dietmar Hamman and Robbie
:02:15. > :02:19.Fowler alongside me. Tonight's big clash at Selhurst Park to come
:02:20. > :02:25.shortly, contractual arrangements mean we cannot bring you that game
:02:26. > :02:29.until 10:45pm. That gives us enough time to show
:02:30. > :02:35.you what happened at Stamford Bridge yesterday.
:02:36. > :02:40.Eden Hazard is not Jose Mourinho's flavour of the month, and he is on
:02:41. > :02:44.the bench, despite being young player of the year. Appoint means
:02:45. > :02:48.they do not need to play Champions League qualifier, spree will put
:02:49. > :02:52.them on top, but they would still need Manchester United and Liverpool
:02:53. > :02:58.to lose a game to still win the title. Norwich need a win, their
:02:59. > :03:05.goal difference that defeat effectively sealed their fate. A
:03:06. > :03:07.draw will not do either. Elmander is the latest to be interested with
:03:08. > :03:25.ending their goal drought. Olsen making a great run, well, John
:03:26. > :03:28.Terry got his foot in. A great opportunity here for Norwich, and
:03:29. > :03:32.Neal Adams is wondering whether that is not a penalty. A lovely ball,
:03:33. > :03:44.great run as well. I wonder if matter which -- I wonder if Matic
:03:45. > :03:52.was in the way of the referee? I can only think that may be thought
:03:53. > :04:05.Ashley Cole had taken it away from Olsen, but that was not the case.
:04:06. > :04:17.Olsson's Ross, Johnson and riding! -- arriving! Johnson was so close to
:04:18. > :04:25.getting a touch on it, so was Ivanovic. Elmander, looked like he
:04:26. > :04:36.was ice for a minute and so did Ashley Cole. It hits the post, or it
:04:37. > :04:44.was in! Really unlucky, Andre Schurrle, thought he had found that
:04:45. > :04:45.corner. Unfortunate not to see that rebound into the back of the net of
:04:46. > :04:55.the post. rebound into the back of the net of
:04:56. > :05:05.Whitaker goes the goal, and Ruddy dugout.
:05:06. > :05:12.Whitaker goes the goal, and Ruddy makes a good save. Again, Andrei --
:05:13. > :05:30.Andre Schurrle is the threat, coming in from the left hand side.
:05:31. > :05:46.Off the woodwork! Great drive, suddenly Chelsea look threat. What a
:05:47. > :05:49.tremendous strike this was. David Luiz has not scored yet this season.
:05:50. > :06:09.Can't get much closer than that. Schurrle, a good challenge by
:06:10. > :06:16.Tettey. Chelsea fans appealing for a penalty, it never was. Actually, I
:06:17. > :06:20.say it never was a penalty, I might like to have another look at that.
:06:21. > :06:25.Alexander Tettey slides in and like to have another look at that.
:06:26. > :06:26.not get any of the ball. And now Chelsea will feel they might have
:06:27. > :06:37.had a penalty. One of the best foreigners ever to
:06:38. > :06:43.play in the English top flight, I would say. Chelsea are completely
:06:44. > :06:46.bossing possession, Aidan Hazard into the box and that
:06:47. > :06:50.bossing possession, Aidan Hazard isn't it? Referee has a look at it.
:06:51. > :06:56.What has he given here? The offside flag was up. Well, the offside flag
:06:57. > :07:01.was up on this nearside. flag was up. Well, the offside flag
:07:02. > :07:06.convinced they should flag was up. Well, the offside flag
:07:07. > :07:11.penalty. He wriggles through. There may have been players offside, but
:07:12. > :07:16.are they interfering with play? There is not actually really any
:07:17. > :07:24.contact between Bennett and Eden Hazard. Incomes Ivanovic, screaming
:07:25. > :07:32.at the referee, he gets a yellow card for his protest. The offside
:07:33. > :07:35.was a side issue. Neil Adams will be delighted in the dugout, he will
:07:36. > :07:40.have said to them, make sure you are in the game with 15 to 20 minutes to
:07:41. > :07:50.go, well, they are. Can they make it? Or will they lose it? Snodgrass
:07:51. > :07:57.has made a run, Redmond has found him, Snodgrass is away Norwich! A
:07:58. > :08:01.great recovery from Cahill. Redmond has a bit of pace, got great support
:08:02. > :08:06.from Snodgrass. And you have got to hand its two Cahill, that is a
:08:07. > :08:20.brilliant recovery. Suddenly there is space, here is
:08:21. > :08:27.Fernando Torres onside. Eden Hazard wriggles through and still Hazard, a
:08:28. > :08:34.great save. Tara is sliced. A great save, John Ruddy. And Fernando
:08:35. > :08:42.Torres, when the big chance came, horribly sliced over the bar, missed
:08:43. > :08:46.by a distance. The title is Manchester City's to lose, and it
:08:47. > :08:49.looks like Chelsea, who made it a three horse race last weekend, are
:08:50. > :09:00.making it a two horse race this weekend.
:09:01. > :09:07.There are three added minutes or a minimum thereof, and we are moving
:09:08. > :09:13.into it. This would be maybe the biggest smash and grab you would
:09:14. > :09:19.ever see. Johnson's header, and Schwarzer with the save! A fairly
:09:20. > :09:28.routine save, but what a moment it nearly was. We knew we had to stay
:09:29. > :09:32.in the game, we wanted to hurt them. One or two times we did, I thought
:09:33. > :09:36.we had a stonewall penalty in the first half, we could have won the
:09:37. > :09:39.game. But in terms of the application and the desire and the
:09:40. > :09:43.commitment from the players, whatever word you want to use, I
:09:44. > :09:49.thought it was outstanding. The first half was a waste of time. We
:09:50. > :09:55.played too slow, we played like the weather pushes you to play, slowly,
:09:56. > :10:00.and lazy game. So we lost 40 minutes and in the second half we tried
:10:01. > :10:03.everything. The gameplay worked, sitting back and hoping to get a few
:10:04. > :10:11.half chances which we did, we needed to take one of those. It was not to
:10:12. > :10:17.be. But anything can happen still. I have a lot of chances to think about
:10:18. > :10:23.fairy tales, the type decide not to have it. If I wanted to win a league
:10:24. > :10:28.easily, I would choose another club with another moment. So I choose
:10:29. > :10:34.with my heart in every aspect. The club I want, the club I love.
:10:35. > :10:40.Compensation I like very much to play, a city where I like to live.
:10:41. > :10:46.-- a competition I like very much to play, accommodation of factors made
:10:47. > :10:51.me have this decision and I am happy with that.
:10:52. > :10:56.Chelsea have unexpectedly faded away this season, they have been
:10:57. > :11:01.brilliant against the good sides and then faded against the lesser
:11:02. > :11:03.opposition. If they had someone who could score goals against the
:11:04. > :11:09.so-called weaker teams, they would have walked the Premier League.
:11:10. > :11:15.Going forward, they are so good. But the team, they concede silly goals.
:11:16. > :11:20.I know you think of John Terry and Gary Cahill, they are defensively
:11:21. > :11:27.very solid. I don't know, you think Taras, Demba Ba, they do not score
:11:28. > :11:32.enough goals. For a team that wants or should be winning the league, it
:11:33. > :11:35.is not happening. Do you think it is just down to the fact that their
:11:36. > :11:40.strikers are not consistent or is there more to it? There is more to
:11:41. > :11:44.it, the defence kept them in the title race, and they simply do not
:11:45. > :11:48.score enough. The games they have lost lately, they have failed to
:11:49. > :11:52.score, they have failed to beat 14th in the bottom half in the last eight
:11:53. > :11:58.weeks. It is easy to blame the centre forwards, he changed them a
:11:59. > :12:06.lot and it was hard for them to get confidence, but if you look at
:12:07. > :12:13.Oscar, Willie -- Willian, the critic, they have all been bad.
:12:14. > :12:18.Norwich are on the brink of relegation, not quite gone yet,
:12:19. > :12:20.Sunderland need another point. Tactically they played it very
:12:21. > :12:26.cutely against Chelsea, did you think they would go for it at the
:12:27. > :12:31.end? Know, to be honest. They have not played for a nil nil, they have
:12:32. > :12:34.played to soak up the pressure from Chelsea. Chelsea have done that
:12:35. > :12:37.themselves, they have soaked up the pressure and one on the
:12:38. > :12:41.counterattack and scored goals. Norwich, Snodgrass had a great
:12:42. > :12:52.chance, a different game he would have scored. It is interesting about
:12:53. > :12:57.Chelsea, I think Chelsea are better now than they were with Rafael
:12:58. > :13:00.Benitez. With Manchester City winning at the weekend, nothing but
:13:01. > :13:02.three points would do to Liverpool as they took on Crystal Palace
:13:03. > :13:14.earlier this evening. It is all about forgetting the
:13:15. > :13:24.immediate past, been tailing focus, sustaining self belief. There can be
:13:25. > :13:29.no more stumbles. They have to win here and hope that Manchester City
:13:30. > :13:33.slip-up, otherwise what looked like being Coronation night in South
:13:34. > :13:43.London will be something else. Tony Pulis promised to field a full
:13:44. > :13:47.strength team. He does so. Daniel Sturridge is back in the Liverpool
:13:48. > :13:53.starting line-up, with Philip Coutinho only fit for the bench.
:13:54. > :14:02.Brendan Rodgers says the aim tonight is consolidating second-place, and a
:14:03. > :14:04.victory would guarantee that. Five wins in six league games for Crystal
:14:05. > :14:10.Palace. Only the defeat against Manchester City is blotting their
:14:11. > :14:12.copybook. Liverpool are looking for a club record seven away win on the
:14:13. > :14:26.spin. Mamadou Sakho came to Liverpool to
:14:27. > :14:30.win things. That is a risky challenge. The referee had a look,
:14:31. > :14:40.Louis Suarez played on, and the corner is their only reward. He had
:14:41. > :14:48.a complete air kick, does not get anything off the ball, but Glen
:14:49. > :14:52.Johnson was already going down. Free header, manages sacral! He should
:14:53. > :14:57.have hit the target from there. -- Mamadou Sakho. That hat to going.
:14:58. > :15:01.Really good opportunity, Mamadou Sakho. That hat to going.
:15:02. > :15:22.Palace really switched off. Great run by Glen Johnson. Over it
:15:23. > :15:29.goes. So close for Liverpool. The early goal has not come so far.
:15:30. > :15:31.goes. So close for Liverpool. The Liverpool will come again. Daniel
:15:32. > :15:36.Sturridge from the right-hand side. Goes for goal. Deflected. Corner
:15:37. > :15:47.kick. Rolls inside, came off the head of
:15:48. > :15:56.the Crystal Palace offender. Corner kick. -- defender. Free header at
:15:57. > :16:02.the far post, and Liverpool have the lead! It is Joe Allen who gets it.
:16:03. > :16:08.Crystal Palace simply switched off at the back. That is the goal that
:16:09. > :16:13.keeps their title hopes alive. They know that. Joe Allen crept to the
:16:14. > :16:25.far post, and who should have been there? Joe Ledley was blocked off as
:16:26. > :16:33.he went to cover him. I header from the smallest player on the pitch. --
:16:34. > :16:34.a header. The man who followed Brendan Rodgers from Swansea get the
:16:35. > :16:38.goal. Crystal Palace Brendan Rodgers from Swansea get the
:16:39. > :16:48.been absolutely wonderful all season.
:16:49. > :16:48.been absolutely wonderful all goal of the enjoying every game. The
:16:49. > :16:57.songs goal of the enjoying every game. The
:16:58. > :17:04.got louder. Left fruit, drilled it. The goalkeeper got down well in the
:17:05. > :17:09.end. -- left foot. What was his view? Behind the defender. Through
:17:10. > :17:17.the legs. Decent effort from Jason Puncheon.
:17:18. > :17:28.the legs. Decent effort from Jason Bolasie out to the touchline.
:17:29. > :17:34.Already showed them what he can do. Joe Ledley... Space to
:17:35. > :17:39.Already showed them what he can do. the shot away. That is a brilliant
:17:40. > :17:49.save. Brewer defending the shot away. That is a brilliant
:17:50. > :17:52.defending by Liverpool. Top twice in a matter of moments,
:17:53. > :18:01.defending by Liverpool. Top twice in has rescued Liverpool. Liverpool
:18:02. > :18:02.have badly missed Jordan Henderson, suspended since the Manchester City
:18:03. > :18:11.game. Luis Suarez went down there. The
:18:12. > :18:15.referee signalling there was a coming together. That is all. He
:18:16. > :18:19.played the ball and went for the return. I think he was checked. He
:18:20. > :18:33.has been cautioned for that. Bad ball, Liverpool can break in
:18:34. > :18:40.deadly fashion from this sort of situation. Daniel Sturridge went to
:18:41. > :18:46.place it, Luis Suarez flashed it wide. Lovely effort from Daniel
:18:47. > :18:51.Sturridge initially. Raheem Sterling carried it. Watch the way he opens
:18:52. > :19:03.up his body, lovely effort. Super save. Crystal Palace are pressing
:19:04. > :19:13.Liverpool higher. They still need to work harder. Picks out Daniel
:19:14. > :19:22.Sturridge. Get the shot off, it is deflected, it is another goal! The
:19:23. > :19:26.goalkeeper pushed it onto the post before, this time, there was no
:19:27. > :19:34.thwarting Daniel Sturridge, and Liverpool go 2-0 up. Rolled inside,
:19:35. > :19:38.the shot took a deflection but I think Julian Speroni might have been
:19:39. > :19:45.beaten anyway. I don't think he would have got there. Back in the
:19:46. > :19:51.starting line-up and very sharp with his 24th goal of the season.
:19:52. > :19:55.Liverpool on the way to moving three points clear at the end. If they can
:19:56. > :20:01.hold on, he will definitely finish in the top two.
:20:02. > :20:03.hold on, he will definitely finish represent a remarkable season for
:20:04. > :20:08.Liverpool but represent a remarkable season for
:20:09. > :20:19.the title, and more goals. Luis Suarez, it is three! That was
:20:20. > :20:24.beautiful. Two goals in two minutes from Daniel Sturridge and Luis
:20:25. > :20:31.Suarez. The pass in behind the defender, swept in first time. Goal
:20:32. > :20:40.number 31 for the Footballer of the Year. They simply cut through the
:20:41. > :20:46.Crystal Palace defence with brilliant movement, subtle touch and
:20:47. > :20:56.secure finishing. His team has had 17 attempts in less than one hour.
:20:57. > :21:09.That was rather scissored with his feet. Alan Pardew scored the winner
:21:10. > :21:15.in Crystal Palace's FA Cup semifinal victory against Liverpool back in
:21:16. > :21:22.1990. It took a deflection and it is in! Crystal Palace have a goal back.
:21:23. > :21:26.78 minutes gone. Liverpool will think this is sloppy defending, and
:21:27. > :21:39.who knows? Could have a part to play. Cruel deflection but it is
:21:40. > :21:42.Delaney's goal. I think for their first-half display, Crystal Palace
:21:43. > :21:45.deserve a goal. They could get another 1... Who knows what could
:21:46. > :22:04.happen? Great run, it is deflected, Julian
:22:05. > :22:10.Speroni again with a brilliant fingertip reaction, it was kicked
:22:11. > :22:17.fiercely but the goalkeeper's reactions were very quick. In comes
:22:18. > :22:24.the corner, Luis Suarez misses it. Terrifically entertaining second
:22:25. > :22:32.half. Blocked. Yannick Bolasie can run beyond Glen
:22:33. > :22:47.Johnson, into the open space. He needs to make up his mind, it is
:22:48. > :22:56.2-3! Could there be any more surprises in this? Wonderful.
:22:57. > :23:14.Liverpool cannot quite believe it. Yannick Bolasie carried the ball,
:23:15. > :23:23.then it was scored, against them at Selhurst Park. Liverpool scored two
:23:24. > :23:29.goals in two minutes. Crystal Palace now have the same. Steven Gerrard
:23:30. > :23:36.appealed at the corner. He thought he was being held by Joe Ledley and
:23:37. > :23:40.he was. Crystal Palace will think that justice was done, poetic
:23:41. > :23:43.justice. He is telling the referee he was held. Sometimes what comes
:23:44. > :24:06.around goes around in football. Up the ball goes to Glenn Murray,
:24:07. > :24:12.and it is free-free explanation mark astonishing -- it is 3-3! Can this
:24:13. > :24:19.season provide any more thrills and spills? It has all gone wrong. The
:24:20. > :24:30.title is disappearing. Three goals in nine minutes, football fans of
:24:31. > :24:37.Crystal Palace and Manchester City are celebrating, and Chelsea as
:24:38. > :24:45.well. Our goal of huge importance. -- a goal. He has blown away the
:24:46. > :24:52.hopes of Liverpool. Would you believe it?
:24:53. > :25:00.It would be so improbable for them to win it now. Liverpool can yet win
:25:01. > :25:03.It would be so improbable for them this. Three minutes of stoppage time
:25:04. > :25:08.played. Steven Gerrard will take the corner. It would be a brave man to
:25:09. > :25:17.predict what will happen in the last few moments. The ball is aimed at
:25:18. > :25:23.the far post... Martin Skrtel. It was aimed in at the far post,
:25:24. > :25:31.bouncers towards Victor Moses, it is blocked, it is Victor Moses once
:25:32. > :25:36.more. It comes off Luis Suarez of all people, and it is a goal kick.
:25:37. > :25:46.Desperate last moments. This is the only read in the world that could
:25:47. > :25:53.give you this drama. -- only league. He cuts a lonely figure.
:25:54. > :25:57.Liverpool go top of the table, but two goals from bright gale in the
:25:58. > :26:01.space of seven minutes leaves Steven Gerrard and the whole of the
:26:02. > :26:03.Liverpool team and all their supporters fearing the worst. In two
:26:04. > :26:15.games, the dream has vanished. Obviously very frustrating, as you
:26:16. > :26:19.can imagine. We were outstanding for 75 minutes. We have got to see the
:26:20. > :26:23.game out better than that, it is that simple. You cannot come here
:26:24. > :26:27.against a side that have defended really well, scored three goals, be
:26:28. > :26:32.the threat that we are and then defend like we have defended, it is
:26:33. > :26:37.criminal. 55 minutes, I'm looking at them thinking, we have just dug
:26:38. > :26:42.ourselves a massive hole. Made the changes, we scored the goal, the
:26:43. > :26:46.first goal, and I think that knocked them back a bit. The supporters were
:26:47. > :26:52.unbelievable and when we got the second goal, they were dragging the
:26:53. > :26:57.ball in. When we got the third, we could have gone on to win it. The
:26:58. > :27:02.way your players reacted, it looked as if they thought it might be it.
:27:03. > :27:06.There is no doubt that Manchester City will go on to win it. We needed
:27:07. > :27:08.to win tonight to keep the pressure on and we did not do that.
:27:09. > :27:08.to win tonight to keep the pressure on and we did not do I smacked
:27:09. > :27:13.to win tonight to keep the pressure think I have seen it all this
:27:14. > :27:27.season. What a comeback, what a capitulation. Liverpool were so good
:27:28. > :27:32.in the first 55 minutes, but once they did not score that first goal,
:27:33. > :27:37.they had to change their mindset. I think at no time, did they give it
:27:38. > :27:42.any consideration all thought that Palace might come back. As it came
:27:43. > :27:47.back to 75 minutes, the mindset should have changed, they should
:27:48. > :27:52.have thought they had to win. They did not do that and they got
:27:53. > :27:57.punished for it. The critter Palace goals, much of it down to their
:27:58. > :28:00.indoor model spirit, but also the naivete of Liverpool. I think that
:28:01. > :28:12.is spot-on. Johnson
:28:13. > :28:18.quicker, there is not a lot that he can do. He stands and does not
:28:19. > :28:21.really do anything for me. This one, you were saying before, shutting up
:28:22. > :28:22.shop, Jamie Carragher at the back, he would have got more defenders
:28:23. > :28:32.round. Palace end up breaking, he would have got more defenders
:28:33. > :28:41.players in the defence. If you look at it now, he is passed by three or
:28:42. > :28:46.four Liverpool players. I know what you are saying, but Liverpool are
:28:47. > :28:51.not going to capture D9 Golbourne to make up so they just need to --
:28:52. > :28:55.catch the nine goals they need to make up so they just need to shut up
:28:56. > :28:59.shop. Johnson has got to get across. As much as it is a good lay
:29:00. > :29:05.down and a good finish, Glen Johnson, he looked absolutely
:29:06. > :29:11.shattered, because going forward all game he was fantastic. The last five
:29:12. > :29:17.or ten units, he looked very tired. A word on Crystal Palace. You cannot
:29:18. > :29:21.ignore them in this game. It is the nominal effort. It has been a
:29:22. > :29:27.remarkable season, everyone saying on Twitter that Tony Pulis must get
:29:28. > :29:30.manager of the season. You have got to give him credit to come back from
:29:31. > :29:34.three having zero down, people have said before, they have got nothing
:29:35. > :29:40.to play for, the way they came back in the last ten minutes was
:29:41. > :29:42.fantastic. Having said all that, Liverpool could have sneaked it at
:29:43. > :29:49.the end with that goalmouth scramble. That would have been taken
:29:50. > :29:56.the biscuit. Gold to Philippe Coutinho, the one player you do not
:29:57. > :30:04.want it to fall to, he has just come onto pitch, Victor Moses, Lucas,
:30:05. > :30:10.sorry. If it is a storage or Suarez, world-class players. -- if it is
:30:11. > :30:15.storage. He has got every chance to hit the ball, but he just that she's
:30:16. > :30:30.at it. If it is Luis Suarez, it is a goal. They were so prolific going
:30:31. > :30:36.forward, I think the partnership, Skrtel and Sakho, they conceded a
:30:37. > :30:39.lot of goals. This is an area they need to look at. It is the way that
:30:40. > :30:43.they play, they got results, and they got them into a position. The
:30:44. > :30:48.goals they conceded today was nothing to do with that. It was a
:30:49. > :30:56.naivete, they handled the situation today very badly. They are a side
:30:57. > :30:59.you want to watch, whatever happens. Definitely, I watch them, they are
:31:00. > :31:07.so exciting. Regardless of what happens, I think Liverpool have been
:31:08. > :31:11.a real joy to watch. I do not think they will win it now, I think it is
:31:12. > :31:19.Manchester City's to lose. This year has been a success for me. It has
:31:20. > :31:26.fluctuated so much, it is worth looking at how it currently stands.
:31:27. > :31:29.It is still possible that any of the three points could win it. The way
:31:30. > :31:35.this season is going, who knows, Manchester City's next game at home
:31:36. > :31:38.at Aston Villa, they could lose it. Absolutely, and towards the end of
:31:39. > :31:46.the season, the pressure gets bigger and it's harder to win games. He saw
:31:47. > :31:49.it against Everton, they nearly blew it, they had to have a great save. I
:31:50. > :31:53.think Liverpool will be kicking themselves, because if they had won
:31:54. > :31:57.the game, they would have had a fantastic chance to win it and now
:31:58. > :32:02.it will be very tough. I agree with that, but going back to what you
:32:03. > :32:09.say, there might still be something happening. QPR went to Manchester
:32:10. > :32:15.City, and it will end up being a very close game. We shall see, the
:32:16. > :32:22.whole season has been bonkers. We have still got Arsenal to come, and
:32:23. > :32:27.we will look back at Saturday. But before all of that, your chance to
:32:28. > :32:43.pick the best goals scored in the month of April.
:32:44. > :32:57.He has got Richardson, Richardson! Fulham have taken the lead. What a
:32:58. > :33:07.screamer. Under goalkeeper as good as him gets nowhere near it.
:33:08. > :33:14.Trying to get away, Puncheon, that is a great goal from Jason Puncheon!
:33:15. > :33:17.What an afternoon for Crystal Palace. And what is day for Jason
:33:18. > :33:41.Puncheon. This is a beautiful shot. Still run Lola Colquhoun, 2-0! --
:33:42. > :33:45.Romilly Lukaku. This is going perfectly to script for the home
:33:46. > :33:46.team. It looks as though he had overrun it at one stage, and he
:33:47. > :34:03.guided it into the bottom corner. Brilliant control, that is
:34:04. > :34:07.outstanding control from Olivier Giroud, and he finishes low, right
:34:08. > :34:13.footed, beyond the goalkeeper. That is all about how he controlled the
:34:14. > :34:22.ball. Dare I say it, Dennis Bergkamp -esque!
:34:23. > :34:33.Stoutly defended corner. Milner has lost it. And Connor Wickham is
:34:34. > :34:37.haring down the middle. Connor Wickham, goals the goal, finds a
:34:38. > :34:44.goal! What a strike from Connor Wickham! When he got the ball
:34:45. > :34:46.there, you think, he has surely got to much to do. But what a confident
:34:47. > :35:03.strike that was. Sterling's shot is in! Raheem
:35:04. > :35:11.Sterling, with another splendid goal! Out of nothing, Sterling,
:35:12. > :35:14.right footed, into the corner of the Norwich net, and with less than four
:35:15. > :35:24.minutes completed, Liverpool have the lead.
:35:25. > :35:33.There could be a counterattack on here for West Brom. Three onto, if
:35:34. > :35:37.they are quick enough. And a goal, that will be celebrated as much by
:35:38. > :35:42.Liverpool fans as the West Brom supporters here! World-class
:35:43. > :35:55.control, and world-class finish as well.
:35:56. > :36:07.Might have a child himself, and his cause! Ashkan Dejagah suffer alone,
:36:08. > :36:09.what a goal! -- for Fulham. My word, did he drive it home into the
:36:10. > :36:30.top corner. A poor clearance. Jonjo Shelvey will
:36:31. > :36:38.go for it! Jonjo Shelvey! With a spectacular finish. Out of the very
:36:39. > :36:43.top drawer. He didn't even look at the target. He just knew
:36:44. > :37:00.instinctively what he wanted to do. He cannot believe it!
:37:01. > :37:09.Pass, move, pass, move, brilliant. An extra touch, what a finish and
:37:10. > :37:14.that is a superb goal from a player who has had a magnificent season.
:37:15. > :37:21.Power, drive, ambition. And ultimately, a caress.
:37:22. > :37:24.Ten cracking goals, and no whining about the winner on Twitter, because
:37:25. > :37:48.you are going to choose it. Voting will close in around 20
:37:49. > :37:53.minutes' time. We will announce the winner at the end of the show.
:37:54. > :37:57.After this programme, all the football news and features from your
:37:58. > :38:04.region as the season goes to a close. And another match of the day
:38:05. > :38:11.on Wednesday night when you can see Manchester City's riposte. Sunday's
:38:12. > :38:15.lunchtime kick-off is at the Emirates, a final home game for
:38:16. > :38:16.Arsenal against West Bromwich Albion who could guarantee their survival
:38:17. > :39:34.with a win. Szczesny able to make what was in
:39:35. > :39:41.the end a comfortable save. Note offside given against Berahino. --
:39:42. > :39:48.there was no offside given. The fans are showing solidarity with their
:39:49. > :39:56.former striker, the late Jeff Astro. Pepe Mel and players wearing a black
:39:57. > :40:04.armband in honour of Clive Clarke, a player who died this week.
:40:05. > :40:09.This key initially there from Flamini, and then deflected over the
:40:10. > :40:20.top from Santi Cazorla. Flamini, and then deflected over the
:40:21. > :40:25.deflected behind for a corner. Here comes the corner for Arsenal and
:40:26. > :40:29.they are ahead. Olivier Giroud, breaking the deadlock inside the
:40:30. > :40:38.first quarter of an hour. And Arsenal's top scorer strikes again.
:40:39. > :40:44.22nd goal of the season for the Frenchman. And his calls for the
:40:45. > :40:51.third home match in a row. Ashman critiques course. Giroud was there
:40:52. > :40:53.at the far post, to squeeze it into the net and Arsenal are up and
:40:54. > :41:13.running yet. No foul, Mike
:41:14. > :41:19.What a pass, Podolski will pass to console and there was a superb save
:41:20. > :41:25.by Ben Foster. An excellent save, the delivery into Santi Cazorla and
:41:26. > :41:29.then a save at full stretch from Ben Foster. Arsenal look incomplete
:41:30. > :41:38.control of this match at the moment. The big question was this , do they
:41:39. > :41:43.continue with Pepe Mel, West Bromwich Albion? There is a meeting
:41:44. > :41:50.scheduled at the end of the campaign with the chairman. An anxious moment
:41:51. > :41:55.there for Arsenal. West Brom kept at bay, but for a moment it looks as
:41:56. > :42:02.though Morgan Amalfitano might be in, he was onside as the ball was
:42:03. > :42:07.forward. Arsenal are far from home and hosed in this much. The header
:42:08. > :42:14.just over the bar, from Craig Dawson. Just wondering whether there
:42:15. > :42:20.might be another French connection for Arsenal in the not too distant
:42:21. > :42:24.future, there is Loic Remy watching the match, currently on loan at
:42:25. > :42:34.Newcastle. Watch this space with interest. Arsenal, measured as all
:42:35. > :42:48.trying to work it home for a second goal. -- Mesut Ozil. Arsenal very
:42:49. > :42:54.close to doubling their lead here. There are a lot of decisions to be
:42:55. > :42:59.made this summer at the hawthorns, 12 players on loan, out of contract
:43:00. > :43:00.or players on whom the club has an option so there could be quite a
:43:01. > :43:19.change around in personnel. Podolski finding Mesut Ozil. And
:43:20. > :43:28.West Bromwich Albion lucky to get away with that. A grateful grab of
:43:29. > :43:31.the ball from Ben Foster. He did not catch it at all. He was still a
:43:32. > :43:39.whisker away from adding to Arsenal's lead. The manager was
:43:40. > :43:43.saying in the match programme today, his team can still get to 79
:43:44. > :43:47.points. Feels that they have improved. Just need that little bit
:43:48. > :43:55.extra. And there is a flare-up on the knee slide between Dorrans and
:43:56. > :43:59.Giroud, the game continues, they are still at it and the referee has seen
:44:00. > :44:03.it. You could see the pair of them, at the bottom of the screen of the
:44:04. > :44:23.left-hand side, a yellow card for both. All seemed a bit unnecessary.
:44:24. > :44:29.Not sure that West Brom will get another chance in this game. Arsenal
:44:30. > :44:37.keeper clean sheet for the 16th time this season -- keep a clean sheet.
:44:38. > :44:46.It was a bit subdued on our side, but professional. It lacked a little
:44:47. > :44:53.bit when there was less at stake. But overall, we were serious, not
:44:54. > :44:58.brilliant but serious. What we change in the second half is we
:44:59. > :44:59.pressed higher up the field. We had chances to score
:45:00. > :45:08.pressed higher up the field. We had not make the most of them. What is
:45:09. > :45:12.your gut feeling? Would you be able to carry this out next season?
:45:13. > :45:20.Sorry, but all the focus is on the two matches, the next two matches.
:45:21. > :45:25.We need a point. Wednesday is a big match for us, and Sunderland.
:45:26. > :45:32.Overall I believe the mentality of the team was outstanding. We want to
:45:33. > :45:37.finish well, we have two big games in front of us. We can be proud of
:45:38. > :45:41.the consistency but frustrated because we were top of the league
:45:42. > :45:50.for a long time. We had a good understanding on the pitch, now we
:45:51. > :45:54.know each other really well, I think we will have less injuries next year
:45:55. > :45:58.and we could play for the title until the end. Some games, at the
:45:59. > :46:05.start of the games away from home, we were caught by surprise, maybe we
:46:06. > :46:10.were a bit too cautious, not confident enough, and we paid a
:46:11. > :46:18.heavy price for it. Arsenal are forth again, highest points tally
:46:19. > :46:23.for five seasons. And a cup final to come. Is that enough to placate the
:46:24. > :46:27.fans? I don't think so. I know they are in the FA Cup final, but I think
:46:28. > :46:32.the team and squad they have, they should be going a little bit
:46:33. > :46:36.higher. Up until Christmas, they were one of the standout teams, and
:46:37. > :46:42.higher. Up until Christmas, they they were crying out for some
:46:43. > :46:46.signings in January, a foreword. -- striker. If they had
:46:47. > :46:50.signings in January, a foreword. -- close. It is never easy to sign
:46:51. > :46:58.during the January window. How short are they for competing for the
:46:59. > :47:03.league title? If you look at the points tally, not far off. They lost
:47:04. > :47:08.their most influential players, Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey. They have
:47:09. > :47:14.missed them. I think that should have been addressed in the summer.
:47:15. > :47:18.They went into the season with one recognised striker, Olivier Giroud,
:47:19. > :47:21.who is good but not world-class. This is an area they need to
:47:22. > :47:27.address. Apart from that they have a good nucleus. Mesut Ozil has had a
:47:28. > :47:34.good start to his career, he has tailed off, because for a record
:47:35. > :47:40.signing he has not done enough. We were speaking about them needing a
:47:41. > :47:44.new foreword. -- striker. We saw a picture of Loic Remy in the crowd.
:47:45. > :47:50.As per normal, Arsene Wenger said he had never seen him. He was behind
:47:51. > :47:59.them. Would he be the answer? Here's a good player, they could do with
:48:00. > :48:03.that. Is Arsene Wenger the right man for Arsenal? He has been there for
:48:04. > :48:08.18 years. He splits opinion. He does, but you've got to see what
:48:09. > :48:12.happens at the end of the season. This is the business end. If you
:48:13. > :48:17.told an Arsenal fan they would finish fourth and win the FA Cup,
:48:18. > :48:24.most of them would take it, but he needs to try and win the title if he
:48:25. > :48:26.wants to keep his job. West Bromwich are one point from safety but
:48:27. > :48:33.mathematically they are almost guaranteed. Is that satisfactory?
:48:34. > :48:36.Yes, I think with West Bromwich, there are one of those teams, they
:48:37. > :48:41.are just happy staying in the Premier League. Every year, I think
:48:42. > :48:48.they will be perfectly happy with escaping relegation. Time to start
:48:49. > :48:49.looking back on Saturday, a significant day at the bottom of the
:48:50. > :49:06.table. Get the crossing,
:49:07. > :49:11.Larsson, 1-0! Sunderland are leading at Old Trafford. Where are the
:49:12. > :49:23.Manchester United defenders? They simply switched off, and
:49:24. > :49:25.Manchester United defenders? They behind. It's the bar! Comes back
:49:26. > :49:32.out. What a victory for Sunderland. Who would think they would get a
:49:33. > :49:32.point at Manchester City, victory at Chelsea and victory at Manchester
:49:33. > :49:46.United? Teasing delivery, and headed home by
:49:47. > :49:53.Shola Ameobi. Back in the team, back with a goal. 18 minutes gone,
:49:54. > :50:07.Cardiff's task becomes even harder. When for power, is this the moment
:50:08. > :50:11.for Loic Remy? 2-0, Newcastle. Loic Remy scores on his last appearance
:50:12. > :50:16.for the club at St James' Park. Three more minutes of time to
:50:17. > :50:24.for the club at St James' Park. add-on. Right in front of him. It
:50:25. > :50:28.was the substitute Steven Taylor who gets the third. Cardiff City after
:50:29. > :50:39.just one year in the Premier League are relegated.
:50:40. > :50:50.From holding their lines. Goes towards Marko Arnautovic. Blocked,
:50:51. > :50:56.is it going in? Peter Odemwingie has put the ball on the back of the net.
:50:57. > :51:05.That might be the beginning of the end for Fulham today.
:51:06. > :51:11.He could knock it square, Marko Arnautovic... Marko Arnautovic
:51:12. > :51:14.doubles the lead! Arnautovic... Marko Arnautovic
:51:15. > :51:27.back from that for Fulham. They could punish them here. He
:51:28. > :51:35.takes far too long to give the ball away. Now he gives the ball away. He
:51:36. > :51:46.is probably offside, no, he is not, it is 3-0. He deserved it.
:51:47. > :51:59.Chants... They have got one. The reaction on the bench, Fulham have
:52:00. > :52:14.to show some kind of pride, surely. On-site... Jon Walters being
:52:15. > :52:18.chased... So easy. Fulham needed to beat Stoke today but as it is, it
:52:19. > :52:24.was one of their most comfortable victories of the season. The manager
:52:25. > :52:26.had never been relegated before but Fulham will not be in the Premier
:52:27. > :52:43.League next campaign. Gabby Agbonlahor, first attack of
:52:44. > :52:49.the afternoon, this is promising. Ashley Westwood, what a start.
:52:50. > :52:56.Unbelievable start for Aston Villa, 58 seconds is the time of the goal.
:52:57. > :53:05.Just what they needed. Tom Huddlestone will like the look of
:53:06. > :53:09.this scenario. Equalizer! Hull are level with a beautifully worked free
:53:10. > :53:11.kick which unnerves the Aston Villa defence. With 27 minutes played,
:53:12. > :53:28.Hull City draw level. All hands on deck. Headed away, off
:53:29. > :53:35.the bar, and Andreas Byman scores. Aston Villa lead for the second time
:53:36. > :53:42.this afternoon, and it was sheer persistence this time. The bar got
:53:43. > :53:55.in the way that there was nothing to stop Andreas Byman. Andreas Weimann
:53:56. > :53:59.in the middle. It is 3-1. His second goal of the afternoon. A slender
:54:00. > :54:10.lead suddenly feels a lot better. Crisis over for Aston Villa, much to
:54:11. > :54:19.the relief of their fans. There is the bottom five. They went down
:54:20. > :54:24.quite easily, those two clubs. Fulham, last week took the life out
:54:25. > :54:29.of them. Getting dragged back after a 2-goal lead. As for Cardiff, I
:54:30. > :54:35.think the game against Sunderland last week. If they had won that,
:54:36. > :54:38.they would be in for a great shout. In the end, they went down pretty
:54:39. > :54:46.convincingly. It is always difficult. It is never nice.
:54:47. > :54:50.Whenever you concede goals, you concede the amount of goals that
:54:51. > :55:02.Fulham and Cardiff do, you look at them, it tells its own story.
:55:03. > :55:08.Sunderland, this remarkable escape is as absurd as the title race. I
:55:09. > :55:17.will be honest, I thought they were as good as in the Championship, fair
:55:18. > :55:24.play. I don't think you were on your own. Fairplay there are playing so
:55:25. > :55:29.well. Connor Wickham is another player in the last few games. It
:55:30. > :55:38.took him a while, Gus Poyet, to establish the side. When you are at
:55:39. > :55:41.the bottom you are low on confidence, but they went to
:55:42. > :55:46.Liverpool, they should have got a result, they were unlucky, they go
:55:47. > :55:53.to Manchester City, Old Trafford, they deserve to stay in the league.
:55:54. > :55:59.Do we expect Norwich to be the third? Yes. We have been saying that
:56:00. > :56:04.for the past five or six weeks. It was always great to be difficult,
:56:05. > :56:09.they need a miracle. Sunderland only need a point. Three more games from
:56:10. > :56:17.Saturday, starting with Manchester City's trip to Goodison Park.
:56:18. > :56:25.Roberto Mancini as has been keen to point out that helping other teams
:56:26. > :56:40.is not the way Everton want to do things. What a goal! Simply stunning
:56:41. > :56:41.strike from Everton's boy wonder. It will be cheered and celebrated by
:56:42. > :57:01.everyone on Merseyside. Well played. Onto Sergio Aguero.
:57:02. > :57:05.1-1. Two good -- far too good. The man who won the title two years ago
:57:06. > :57:21.has got Manchester City back in the mix. Up goes Edin Dzeko. 1-2. Edin
:57:22. > :57:23.Dzeko get them back to the top of the table. How important will this
:57:24. > :57:37.be? Yaya Toure wanted it at the back
:57:38. > :57:43.post, Edin Dzeko scores his second and Manchester City's third goal.
:57:44. > :57:50.They have passed the ball into the goal. They are flying.
:57:51. > :57:57.Leighton Baines, really good cross, off the post and in. Manchester City
:57:58. > :58:04.are appealing for offside. The flag will stay down. 2-3.
:58:05. > :58:10.Full-time, Manchester City are still masters of their own Premier League
:58:11. > :58:28.title fate. Look at this, West Ham have won it
:58:29. > :58:33.back with Downing. He has been knocked over on the edge of the
:58:34. > :58:39.penalty area. It is a red card. He has decided, presumably, that he was
:58:40. > :58:51.the last man denying a goal-scoring opportunity. So, Tottenham ten men,
:58:52. > :58:57.up against it. It is in! Andy Carroll has spun away and West Ham
:58:58. > :59:01.have taken the lead. Within a minute of Spurs having gone down to ten
:59:02. > :59:08.men. And I think that went in off Harry Kane. It is the left foot, and
:59:09. > :59:14.it is in, Stewart Downing in his first goal for West Ham! They are
:59:15. > :59:17.two - zero up against ten men Tottenham. This has got Upton Park
:59:18. > :59:41.buzzing. It is in! Well, goal to some up the
:59:42. > :59:45.lack of quality throughout the afternoon. What a soft, soft goal,
:59:46. > :59:51.coming with one minute of injury time remaining.
:59:52. > :59:54.coming with one minute of injury himself with a chance. Williams got
:59:55. > :59:57.to it first. But it goes, and as Swansea think it is driven to
:59:58. > :00:02.safety, it hits the post, it hits Lambert and goes in. Many people had
:00:03. > :00:08.given up on this game a long time ago as a goalless draw.
:00:09. > :00:14.There you have it. Manchester City, a terrific result at Everton. It
:00:15. > :00:17.looked like the most difficult game. And they were a goal game,
:00:18. > :00:23.looked like the most difficult game. And they were a goal down, they
:00:24. > :00:31.showed character. Everton had a chance, a lot of talk in Liverpool
:00:32. > :00:37.saying that they had folded. Manchester won the game because they
:00:38. > :00:46.were a better team. Everton gave everything. The standout player in
:00:47. > :00:54.the pitchers Ross Barkley. I hope you go to the World Cup. -- he goes.
:00:55. > :01:06.I think that they look like they are in a happy camp, they missed a
:01:07. > :01:15.glaring, that we do? , -- that will be the question. A lot of emphasis
:01:16. > :01:25.and responsibility will be on other players if Sergio Aguero is not fit.
:01:26. > :01:30.He has been a little bit injured, but checkout is seven and ten. He
:01:31. > :01:34.has been very good. It has been a good few weeks for some young
:01:35. > :01:42.English players. Ahead of the World Cup. You mentioned Ross Barkley,
:01:43. > :01:49.Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge, backlit and scoring. As a German,
:01:50. > :01:56.can you offer us any, it is quite promising? You just mentioned my
:01:57. > :02:05.forward line. I would not play Wayne Rooney. I think you need used in the
:02:06. > :02:09.team, and those three players we mentioned Aso exciting. -- are so
:02:10. > :02:13.exciting. Daniel Sturridge, he is one of the most promising youngsters
:02:14. > :02:18.in England, they have got a very good chance this year to go far.
:02:19. > :02:23.Before we leave you, we have got the goal of the month for April for you.
:02:24. > :02:27.The winner is, there it is, comfortably, I thought it might be,
:02:28. > :02:34.Jonjo Shelvey, what are goal it would be. -- what a goal it was.
:02:35. > :02:36.Let's have a quick look at it. Never tire of seeing this. A phenomenal
:02:37. > :02:46.goal. It is just hit so perfectly. An itch
:02:47. > :02:52.higher and it would hit the bar, an inch lower, and the keeper saves it.
:02:53. > :02:58.Before we leave you, I look at the Barclays Premier League table.
:02:59. > :03:02.Liverpool are back on top, just the point ahead of Manchester City, who
:03:03. > :03:05.play their game in hand on Wednesday. The night's draw means
:03:06. > :03:16.Chelsea are not out of the title race yet. Norwich means that they
:03:17. > :03:21.are hanging by a thread, Sunderland can all but send them down with a
:03:22. > :03:27.draw against West Brom on Wednesday. Westbridge Albion are safe on goal
:03:28. > :03:34.difference by some sort of miraculous recovery. -- West
:03:35. > :03:40.Bromwich Albion. That is just about it. Have Liverpool's title chances
:03:41. > :03:42.been blown away by a gale? It is over to you Manchester City. From
:03:43. > :04:02.all of us here, good night. Does anybody know
:04:03. > :04:04.exactly what they're eating? When these birds are gone,
:04:05. > :04:09.what happens to this place? Are our supermarkets as safe
:04:10. > :04:17.and clean as you might expect?