:00:50. > :00:53.Hello there. It may be miserable outside, but batten down the
:00:54. > :00:58.hatches, sit back and enjoy eight superb matches from the Barclays
:00:59. > :01:07.Premier League. There's a little bit of everything on the way tonight.
:01:08. > :01:15.It is one of the great games of English football, and they are
:01:16. > :01:27.hustling at the top again. This is more than just a game, that's for
:01:28. > :01:34.sure. What a way to start the week. What a win for Chelsea! Sam
:01:35. > :01:49.Allardyce, less than impressed. That is a screamer!
:01:50. > :01:52.And casting their eyes over issues surrounding top and bottom are Alan
:01:53. > :02:00.Shearer and Dietmar Hamann. Top of the shop is Liverpool against
:02:01. > :02:03.league leaders Arsenal. The Gunners haven't lost at Anfield in seven
:02:04. > :02:04.years, but Brendan Rodgers' current crop are unbeaten in 12 at home.
:02:05. > :02:19.Your commentator is Guy Mowbray. It is a game which promises much, a
:02:20. > :02:23.fixture which has given plenty over the years. But not so much for
:02:24. > :02:31.Liverpool in recent times, only one win in their last 13 games against
:02:32. > :02:35.the Gunners. The Liverpool team is completely unchanged. Kolo Toure
:02:36. > :02:41.stays in after his mistake against West Brom. And it is Suarez and
:02:42. > :02:44.Sturridge against the only team to have stopped either of them from
:02:45. > :02:48.scoring in league games this season. For Arsenal, one change,
:02:49. > :02:58.Jack Wilshere coming back in full Lukas Podolski.
:02:59. > :03:06.Liverpool, seven games unbeaten. Arsenal have not tasted defeat the
:03:07. > :03:13.last ten times they have taken the field. What gives? We are about to
:03:14. > :03:21.find out, in a mouthwatering early start to the Premier League weekend.
:03:22. > :03:29.A Liverpool win would mean the first time they have won 11 of their first
:03:30. > :03:36.13 home games since 1987-88. 30 seconds into the match, Luis Suarez
:03:37. > :03:42.has won the first free kick from Per Mertesacker, grabbing hold of his
:03:43. > :03:47.shoulder. This gives Steven Gerrard the chance to put the ball in.
:03:48. > :03:56.And it is in the net! Liverpool have scored. The flag stays down, and
:03:57. > :04:03.Liverpool are in the lead! Right from the off! The goalkeeper who has
:04:04. > :04:09.kept the most clean sheets in the Premier League this season, beaten
:04:10. > :04:13.already. As the ball comes in, Skrtel looks as though he was
:04:14. > :04:20.onside. Sturridge does not get anything on it. It comes off an
:04:21. > :04:25.Arsenal boot first. The Liverpool defender gets his third goal of the
:04:26. > :04:30.season. And there was a school of thought that Brendan Rodgers would
:04:31. > :04:32.send his side out snarling from the start. They are off and running all
:04:33. > :04:47.right. Flanagan into the box! Stopped by
:04:48. > :04:52.Szczesny. A great run that was from right back. If he scores, they will
:04:53. > :05:03.be hearing the cheers in the house he grew up in, about 200 yards away.
:05:04. > :05:10.Skrtel again! Liverpool have a second! We have not played ten
:05:11. > :05:17.minutes yet! Arsenal under one by two set pieces. Another great
:05:18. > :05:23.delivery, beautifully onto the head of Skrtel. Just like the Everton
:05:24. > :05:33.Game Two weeks ago, Liverpool have started in top gear. Skrtel has
:05:34. > :05:45.doubled his goal tally for the season in ten minutes. Suarez,
:05:46. > :05:50.Sturridge! Suarez almost in tears, he could not have done any more with
:05:51. > :05:54.it. It was a gorgeous touch into Daniel Sturridge, and the form that
:05:55. > :06:01.he is in, you would have bet on him scoring. It really could be all over
:06:02. > :06:09.already. Liverpool just keep on coming. Sturridge. Sterling. Suarez
:06:10. > :06:12.in the middle. The ball misses him, and Jack Wilshere has to put it
:06:13. > :06:18.behind, otherwise Henderson had it on a plate. Jack Wilshere is quite
:06:19. > :06:25.right to ask questions. There are inquests going on all over the place
:06:26. > :06:31.at the back for Arsenal. A ball in from Gerrard spells danger. Suarez!
:06:32. > :06:34.Kolo Toure has put it wide! Goodness me! What an explosive start to the
:06:35. > :06:51.game! Spectacular volley, didn't he let
:06:52. > :07:00.fly?! This is like the Liverpool of the old days.
:07:01. > :07:07.Ozil holding off Henderson, but not successfully. Henderson comes away
:07:08. > :07:18.with it. Sterling to the left. Sterling! He makes it three!
:07:19. > :07:23.Arsenal's players look in shock, as the majority inside Anfield
:07:24. > :07:30.celebrate what is for them a dream scoreline. 3-0, Liverpool. Raheem
:07:31. > :07:38.Sterling makes it a 16 minute triple. Look at all the room he has
:07:39. > :07:48.got. The usual pinpoint pass from Suarez, absolutely perfect.
:07:49. > :07:56.Anger, frustration, misery, long way home.
:07:57. > :08:10.Ozil sold Jack Wilshere short. Sturridge is onto this one! Four!
:08:11. > :08:17.What a pass, what a finish, what a day for Liverpool! ! Sturridge is
:08:18. > :08:22.quite right to acknowledge the part played by Philippe Coutinho. That is
:08:23. > :08:26.slide rule stuff. Sturridge still had plenty to do, and he has been
:08:27. > :08:35.doing that pretty much perfectly all season. He has now scored in all six
:08:36. > :08:44.games since his comeback from injury. Guess what, Suarez has not
:08:45. > :08:48.scored yet. Well, Arsenal have to begin the second half as though it
:08:49. > :08:52.is still 0-0, that is the only approach open to them, really. The
:08:53. > :08:56.trouble is for them, Liverpool may start as if it is 0-0 as well, after
:08:57. > :09:13.easing off at the end of the first half. Sterling! Sterling! That is
:09:14. > :09:17.his second! Liverpool have five! Any thought of an Arsenal comeback has
:09:18. > :09:21.just been wiped out. Now it is a question of how many Liverpool could
:09:22. > :09:30.get. Sterling was not offside, he timed his run beautifully. Szczesny
:09:31. > :09:39.spread himself for the first one, but could not hold onto the ball,
:09:40. > :09:43.and that was key. If Liverpool are to score six, seven or eight today,
:09:44. > :09:47.there will be a few travelling Arsenal fans who will not be here to
:09:48. > :09:59.see it. Some are already on their way home. Down goes Suarez. The
:10:00. > :10:02.challenge was from Koscielny. The Liverpool fans will only be
:10:03. > :10:06.satisfied with more red goals today. Another beautiful ball in
:10:07. > :10:09.from Gerrard. Sterling! It has gone behind. It looked like that was the
:10:10. > :10:21.hat-trick. He is offside. Three Arsenal changes. Down goes
:10:22. > :10:42.Sturridge. Suarez with the ball in, and it was
:10:43. > :10:47.going in! How audacious was that?! Szczesny enjoyed that himself, he
:10:48. > :10:53.gives the eyebrows of approval to Luis Suarez. He nearly caught all of
:10:54. > :11:01.us out! It was going in. It was a wonderful save by Szczesny. What an
:11:02. > :11:06.attempt. Genius. Coutinho comes away with the ball, with a wonderful
:11:07. > :11:16.display of balance. It comes to Henderson! He puts it wide. He could
:11:17. > :11:22.have played it into Suarez. Philippe Coutinho, who made the fourth goal
:11:23. > :11:23.with a delicious through ball for Daniel Sturridge, nearly made the
:11:24. > :11:36.sixth. Oxlade-Chamberlain finds Sagna.
:11:37. > :11:49.Oxlade-Chamberlain goes down. Penalty. Penalty conceded by the
:11:50. > :12:01.Liverpool skipper. Mikel Arteta with the chance to at least get Arsenal
:12:02. > :12:06.on the board. And he does. Celebrated by the Arsenal fans still
:12:07. > :12:21.in the ground as though that goal has won them the points. Jack
:12:22. > :12:25.Wilshere is onto that. Jack Wilshere is down, after a brush with Steven
:12:26. > :12:34.Gerrard. What did the referees see in that? Was the Arsenal man
:12:35. > :12:38.accusing his England captain of putting the Army in? Steven Gerrard
:12:39. > :12:43.does not do anything. Jack Wilshere has thought better of it and decided
:12:44. > :12:53.to get back to his feet and get on with the game.
:12:54. > :13:02.That will be a free kick. When Locke was about to complain that it had
:13:03. > :13:09.gone against him, but it hasn't, it has gone to Arsenal. -- Jack
:13:10. > :13:25.Wilshere was about to complain. Arteta! He cannot beat Mignolet.
:13:26. > :13:36.That was a really good try from Mikel Arteta, and a good stop, too.
:13:37. > :13:41.Sterling. He is in! It might be three! But Szczesny denies him the
:13:42. > :13:46.hat-trick for now. This was always going to be a real test of
:13:47. > :13:52.Arsenal's title credentials, but they have been blown away.
:13:53. > :14:00.The goals were fantastic. Gave us a great platform in the game. Our
:14:01. > :14:04.record here at home has been outstanding. So, all round brilliant
:14:05. > :14:11.performance against a top team. We had a very poor day defensively, but
:14:12. > :14:16.from the top two defence everywhere we were beaten defensively and
:14:17. > :14:24.Liverpool took advantage of it. They played well. We've a very poor
:14:25. > :14:28.(inaudible) unfortunately we were not. I had to give credit to
:14:29. > :14:32.Liverpool. They were brilliant in the first 20 minutes. We weren't up
:14:33. > :14:35.to scratch. I thought they were brilliant. Second-half, you know
:14:36. > :14:39.half-time we weren't happy at all. Second-half we knew we had to
:14:40. > :14:45.improve on that. I do believe we did that today. Really trying to stamp
:14:46. > :14:48.our mark on Anfield. Everybody knows that coming here will be difficult.
:14:49. > :14:51.The lads did it really well today. We pressed high up the field and
:14:52. > :14:54.really made them know that today is not the day that they will be
:14:55. > :14:58.playing their passing football. I thought it was a great team effort
:14:59. > :15:05.again today. Still fourth, still the target? No. Just to finish as high
:15:06. > :15:10.as we possibly can. We get asked about being title contenders. When
:15:11. > :15:13.you beat the leaders, like we did today, everybody will ask that
:15:14. > :15:20.question. It's been about finishing the best that we possibly can in the
:15:21. > :15:25.highest position we can. Are you a small horse, medium horse or a
:15:26. > :15:31.stalking horse? No, we're just a foal. Fell were this a foal, Arsenal
:15:32. > :15:34.were a mare, certainly on this day. Liverpool, electric? Liverpool were
:15:35. > :15:38.better in every single department from start to finish of that game. I
:15:39. > :15:42.thought they were brilliant. They started the game off so well. I know
:15:43. > :15:47.they scored five goals. The truth be told, it could have been eight or
:15:48. > :15:50.nine and probably should have been. Played brilliant stuff as well. It
:15:51. > :15:54.was mentioned in the interviews there about the high pressing style.
:15:55. > :16:01.It's something you picked up on today? We often here the word
:16:02. > :16:07."pressing" or "pressing high." When you press you have close the ball
:16:08. > :16:10.down with an intensity. The difference between Liverpool and
:16:11. > :16:14.Arsenal today was unbelievable. We saw the three guys there going
:16:15. > :16:19.together. To win the ball back together. One goes in there. Not
:16:20. > :16:22.letting them go anywhere. Pressing them on the half-way line. There you
:16:23. > :16:27.go. They win the ball high up... The middle of the park. They go. They
:16:28. > :16:30.get the third goal from here. A good ball across. They win that ball on
:16:31. > :16:34.the half-way line because they are all determined and they are all
:16:35. > :16:41.going after the ball. Not in ones, not in twos, in threes. If the first
:16:42. > :16:45.person can't get it his mate backs him up there. The Coutinho in there.
:16:46. > :16:49.Slide-rule, good run from Sturridge. A very, very good finish. Look at
:16:50. > :16:54.the difference between Liverpool and Arsenal? We saw Liverpool pressing
:16:55. > :16:58.in the first 20 minutes. This is Arsenal, standing off. Letting
:16:59. > :17:01.Liverpool pick their head up. Take touches on the ball. Look, there is
:17:02. > :17:10.actually there is no-one around them at all. All right, Liverpool might
:17:11. > :17:15.not be hurting them here. They are 3 or 4-0 up at this stage. Arsenal
:17:16. > :17:19.have to win the ball back. They don't. Gerrard is taking his time.
:17:20. > :17:22.No urgency from Arsenal at all. That summed you up their performance.
:17:23. > :17:27.When you start the game like that. You will get hammered. Arsenal did.
:17:28. > :17:31.They did. Liverpool terrific. Arsenal not really at the races,
:17:32. > :17:36.right from the start? Right from the very first second Liverpool had a
:17:37. > :17:41.long throw-in which Arsenal have to deal with. Mertesacker here. Look
:17:42. > :17:44.there is no-one around him. He is not aware where Suarez is. He should
:17:45. > :17:49.go and clear that. He doesn't. He gets caught on the ball. He pulls
:17:50. > :17:53.him back. They get the free-kick, Liverpool. In the first minute. They
:17:54. > :18:00.whip the ball in from the free-kick. No-one is picking skirt up at --
:18:01. > :18:05.Skrtel up at all. Trying to hold a high line. That is the first minute
:18:06. > :18:12.at Liverpool. Corner here. A few minutes later. He cannot be expected
:18:13. > :18:16.to win the race from that ball from a standing start. What Ozil is doing
:18:17. > :18:24.here I'm not sure. He hasn't a clue where anyone is. His back is to the
:18:25. > :18:28.play. Poor pass. The best pass in the team misses easy passes like
:18:29. > :18:33.this. There is one over head. Misses one straight after. A 10-meter pass.
:18:34. > :18:37.You know you are in for a long afternoon. Disappointing from
:18:38. > :18:43.Arsenal's point of view they weren't beaten in 90 minutes. The game was
:18:44. > :18:49.over in 30 minutes. This was the league leaders. Disappointment for
:18:50. > :18:53.them. Ozil has gone off the ball? He started off very well, the last
:18:54. > :18:58.eight to ten weeks he has been tired. He looks tired. Substituted
:18:59. > :19:02.in the last eight matches. His form is a worry. The way he is playing at
:19:03. > :19:07.the moment he becomes a problem for the team. There might be a team when
:19:08. > :19:12.he won't be in the starting 11. I think people forget how important
:19:13. > :19:19.Ramsey was at the start of the season. Ozil started well, so did
:19:20. > :19:27.Aaron Ramsey. Pictures that poor old egg Wenger had a fall That is at
:19:28. > :19:34.Lime Street Station on his way home. One to forget for Arsenal.
:19:35. > :19:38.Contrasting weeks for Chelsea and Newcastle. While Jose's charge where
:19:39. > :19:40.enhancing their title pedigree on Monday night, Newcastle were saying
:19:41. > :19:43.goodbye to Joe Kineear. Could the Happy One's little horses continue
:19:44. > :19:57.their impressive form for the final Premier League furlongs? Peter
:19:58. > :19:58.O'Sullivan... Hazard has to play on current form and would play in any
:19:59. > :20:16.team you care to mention. Davide Santon played under Mourinho
:20:17. > :20:18.in Inter Milan where he was used in midfield on occasion. That is where
:20:19. > :20:43.he plays today. A corner, yes, off Matic. The corner
:20:44. > :20:51.goes short to Ben Arfa. Santon, four in the middle here. Pulled back
:20:52. > :20:57.towards Sissoko. Ben Arfa trying to go round Oscar. I think he has. Ben
:20:58. > :21:01.Arfa here. A check at the near-post -- Cech at the near-post makes the
:21:02. > :21:08.save. A nice spell here for Newcastle. Looked like they mrufd
:21:09. > :21:14.the corner. Worked back into Ben Arfa who bamboozled Oscar, couldn't
:21:15. > :21:17.beat Cech. Losing the Derby was a poor result for Newcastle. If they
:21:18. > :21:26.get anything here, it will be a great way to bounce back. Ben Arfa.
:21:27. > :21:31.That is the second time he managed to get a shot on target, Ben Arfa,
:21:32. > :21:36.without really threatening to beat Cech. Good at this. Onto his left
:21:37. > :21:42.foot. They are playing their part in this game, Newcastle, Alan Pardew
:21:43. > :21:51.will be pretty pleased with the first 20 minutes. Here's Willian.
:21:52. > :21:59.Eto'o, square. Well played, Krul. Some stubborn resistance from
:22:00. > :22:08.Newcastle. Matic. Eto'o. Oscar, shooting chance. Just wide! Real
:22:09. > :22:22.chances for Oscar. Matic did well. He had a good sight of goal there,
:22:23. > :22:34.the Brazilian. Hazard, approaching 100 games already. Lampard, Hazard.
:22:35. > :22:40.Ivanovic, Eden Hazard, 1-0. Brilliant from Eden Hazard. He
:22:41. > :22:46.finished it brilliantly. Lovely one-two with Ivanovic. The little
:22:47. > :22:54.Belgian found the corner in an instant. Chelsea lead. Ivanovic,
:22:55. > :23:00.back into Hazard, what a finish. Not easy to hit that coming across your
:23:01. > :23:06.body at pace. He swept it right into the corner. Brings up a dozen goals
:23:07. > :23:10.for Eden Hazard this season. Chelsea's best spell of the game
:23:11. > :23:16.finishes in the opening goal of the game. It will be tough for Newcastle
:23:17. > :23:24.now. Sissoko wants it, and gets it. What a ball. He is it through,
:23:25. > :23:30.Sissoko, poor touch. His first touch did him then. He is onside. Luiz
:23:31. > :23:37.playing him on. That touch allowed Cech to make it a 50/50. Cech made
:23:38. > :23:50.the save. Newcastle corner. Oscar, out. Anita running into Matic. Find
:23:51. > :23:54.ng de Jong. It's Willian. Ivanovic is down the middle, in a centre
:23:55. > :24:03.forward position, here is Eden Hazard. Hazard. Eto'o. Brilliant!
:24:04. > :24:12.Oh, what a goal! What a goal by Eden Hazard! That is sensational. 2-0,
:24:13. > :24:18.Chelsea. Two more goals for Eden Hazard, who has passed his tally for
:24:19. > :24:33.the whole of last season. What a fantastic goal. Brilliant from start
:24:34. > :24:39.to finish. Eden Hazard, Samuel Eto'o. 2-0 Chelsea. A thing of
:24:40. > :24:51.beauty, it's 2-0. Not in the title race, what a load of tosh, and he
:24:52. > :24:57.knows it. Ben Arfa, forward. Floated in towards de Jong, it might reach
:24:58. > :25:02.him too. A little bit more power on that header and it might have been
:25:03. > :25:06.2-1. Chelsea have possession again. Worth chasing. Oh, and Krul's
:25:07. > :25:16.misjudged it. Oscar can't quite reach it. Almost a comedy of errors
:25:17. > :25:21.there. David Luiz's clearance almost went in on its own. Oscar couldn't
:25:22. > :25:25.quite reach it. They are eighth in the Premier League, Newcastle. You
:25:26. > :25:27.would think they were having a disastrous season, judging by some
:25:28. > :25:32.of the things that have been written about the club. The Hazard,
:25:33. > :25:43.brilliant awareness. Oscar, Eto'o takes over. Willian. Space for
:25:44. > :25:46.Ivanovic. Options too. Eto'o, great block by Williamson. Great
:25:47. > :25:52.defending. Eto'o has had a great day today. Denied here by a terrific
:25:53. > :25:56.challenge by Mike Williamson. Gary Cahill.
:25:57. > :26:06.He let that get away from him. Eden Hazard, he is dhebgd -- checked by
:26:07. > :26:11.the full-back. It will be a free-kick. Yellow card here. This is
:26:12. > :26:16.pretty poor defending. Not much of an angle for Lampard to see the goal
:26:17. > :26:22.here. Lampard does go for goal. A good save by Krul. He's done well
:26:23. > :26:30.here, Lampard, just to get it on target. Very little angle to same
:26:31. > :26:36.for. A poor corner, Ameobi kneed it away. The referee has given a
:26:37. > :26:43.penalty. Eto'o went over inside the penalty area. In the opinion of the
:26:44. > :26:52.referee he was pulled over. You can't argue with that. That is a
:26:53. > :27:03.rugby tackle, isn't it? Eden Hazard, has the chance to complete a
:27:04. > :27:11.hat-trick. 3-0. Made it look ridiclous easy. Eden Hazard, with
:27:12. > :27:14.the hat-trick. Chelsea have an unassailable three goal lead. Beat
:27:15. > :27:19.the keeper with his eyes, Eden Hazard, I suspect here. Krul started
:27:20. > :27:34.to move right. Realised instantly he'd got it wrong and end up being a
:27:35. > :27:43.spectator to Hazard's hat-trick. Three on to two here. Oscar.
:27:44. > :27:54.Salah... Saved by Krul. The big moment beckoned. So did Tim Krul.
:27:55. > :28:13.Great chance here. Into Marveaux. Marveaux misses for Newcastle. By
:28:14. > :28:20.hook or by crook, it's still only 3-0. The game swung on a big chance
:28:21. > :28:24.for us. Then they went straight down the other end when we were carrying
:28:25. > :28:27.an injury and got the second which kind of took the steam out of us a
:28:28. > :28:30.little bit. Off the back of a great result the other night, it was
:28:31. > :28:36.important we carried that on and got the result today. Our home form has
:28:37. > :28:43.been good of late. Weed didn't want that to slip. We got the right
:28:44. > :28:50.result. We are happy. After the game I spoke to the Chelsea boss.
:28:51. > :28:58.The little horses are learning quickly? We work hard, in training,
:28:59. > :29:03.we work hard in matches. People are improving. Individually, it is easy
:29:04. > :29:10.to understand we have players better this season than in previous
:29:11. > :29:16.seasons, but I look, I want to know tomorrow, Tottenham and United and
:29:17. > :29:20.Fulham. When we are far from the fifth and we are in a Champions
:29:21. > :29:25.League position, under control, it will be time to look to City and
:29:26. > :29:30.Arsenal and see where they are, to see the distances and from that
:29:31. > :29:34.point we can start thinking about other things. I don't know whether
:29:35. > :29:37.you are aware of the expression, we do say that you should always back
:29:38. > :29:42.the outside of three in a horse race. So while you are looking at
:29:43. > :29:46.fifth place, we think you have got a real chance of winning the league.
:29:47. > :29:54.What are your real thoughts? My thought is we have a chance to win
:29:55. > :29:58.Tuesday, but so do West Brom. It is not in our objective to win the
:29:59. > :30:03.league this season, but it is our objective to win the game next
:30:04. > :30:08.Tuesday. Eden Hazard was really the star of the show today. All three
:30:09. > :30:14.goals. He has been brilliant for you, this season, hasn't he? I have
:30:15. > :30:17.to say yes but maybe not because this player didn't get one single
:30:18. > :30:22.award from the Barclays Premier League of Player of the Month. I see
:30:23. > :30:27.players who get that award month after month and this kid has empty
:30:28. > :30:32.pockets. He is the best young player in the world, under 23, under 24,
:30:33. > :30:39.for sure the best in the world. If he goes in this direction, who knows
:30:40. > :30:44.where he can arrive, but for me, he is amazing, the fact he is so
:30:45. > :30:49.different than the Eden Hazard I found in the ferns training session,
:30:50. > :30:54.so different. That for me is a real pleasure as a coach. Thanks for
:30:55. > :30:59.talking to us and good luck with finishing fourth! I hope so! So we
:31:00. > :31:06.don't play the qualification, thank you! He is a canny soul, isn't he? I
:31:07. > :31:10.don't know about empty pockets but Eden Hazard was the star of the
:31:11. > :31:14.show. He was brilliant. Man of the match the other night, I thought,
:31:15. > :31:20.against City and he was without doubt man of the match today.
:31:21. > :31:26.You can see where he does his damage. He is everywhere, left,
:31:27. > :31:30.right, centre, he loves to attack and when he has the ball and is
:31:31. > :31:34.running at you, he is brilliant. Look at his vision here. Talk about
:31:35. > :31:40.having a picture in your head. He knows what is behind him, he knows
:31:41. > :31:45.Eto'o is there. These two link to all well. He was not content with a
:31:46. > :31:50.little flick. The same thing here, a little look behind, he knows where
:31:51. > :31:54.the defend is. He plays the ball out to Ivanovic and Ivanovic did it in
:31:55. > :32:00.return. A great weight in the pass and gratefully us Le Carre -- look
:32:01. > :32:03.at Willian here, and defensive corner for Chelsea. Anyone that
:32:04. > :32:07.plays against Chelsea this season will face this, whether they are at
:32:08. > :32:11.home, because they did it at City the other night, they are going to
:32:12. > :32:17.leave two players up. It is bold, brave, very attacking, and it
:32:18. > :32:20.works. Both Eto'o and Hazard up there and I mentioned Willian, look
:32:21. > :32:25.at his determination to get up there, to support Hazard, and he was
:32:26. > :32:29.the one closing down the ball at the near post. A great run to take the
:32:30. > :32:36.defender away to create the space for Hazard. That is sensational.
:32:37. > :32:41.Magical. Brilliant. Another flick from him. He is full of confidence.
:32:42. > :32:47.The pass this time into Eto'o, again, a picture in his head. He
:32:48. > :32:52.knows what he's doing when the ball comes to him. This is his hat-trick
:32:53. > :32:57.goal, full of confidence. He is 23 years of age. He has 12 goals this
:32:58. > :33:03.year. He is already a top player. He is going to get better. Thing I
:33:04. > :33:08.noticed from your analysis. If the team leaves two .com you have to
:33:09. > :33:14.leave three back, don't you? At times you have to. Newcastle left
:33:15. > :33:18.two onto 1's got punished. They did against city the other day, so they
:33:19. > :33:23.are doing it away from home as well so they are full of confidence. You
:33:24. > :33:30.are both former Newcastle players. It has gone flat for them, hasn't
:33:31. > :33:34.it? It has tailed off, they have lost five of the last seven, the
:33:35. > :33:39.director of football left their best player for Paris St-Germain,
:33:40. > :33:43.Cabaye, and the whole camp and team are looking uncertain at the
:33:44. > :33:47.moment, disillusioned. They need a spark from somewhere because there
:33:48. > :33:52.is football to be played. Manchester City next. They failed for the Earps
:33:53. > :33:56.time -- they failed to score for the first time on Monday night and
:33:57. > :34:03.travelled to Norwich. Keeping count was Jonathan Pearce.
:34:04. > :34:14.45 months after his last Premier League appearance, Yobo steps into
:34:15. > :34:30.the Norwich breach. Fer Andy Redman also return. If to bridge gets a
:34:31. > :34:36.start. Clichy and Milner are back. -- Jovetic returns.
:34:37. > :34:51.A lovely piece of control by Redmond.
:34:52. > :35:01.Manchester City playing well within themselves.
:35:02. > :35:11.That gives further food for thought for his critics. Manuel Pellegrini
:35:12. > :35:12.is such a perfectionist. If his team wins 4-1, he is unhappy about the
:35:13. > :35:25.one. Hooper, half a chance. Oh, no composure, dear, oh dear.
:35:26. > :35:27.They will not get many chances against Manchester City and that was
:35:28. > :35:55.a really big one. Norwich pounds, Hooper from close
:35:56. > :35:59.range and the flag is raised and it won't count! For one moment, they
:36:00. > :36:02.thought they may be on the way to a major shock. The assistant referee
:36:03. > :36:20.got it absolutely right. Negredo was off-site. -- offside.
:36:21. > :36:21.His arm looked beyond the last defender, but I am not sure his feet
:36:22. > :36:57.were. Can Norwich counter here? No,
:36:58. > :36:59.Kompany got back. Manchester City with their first really potent
:37:00. > :37:11.attack, very nearly opened the scoring.
:37:12. > :37:19.Ruddy got down well. The quality of the past there was superb. Ruddy
:37:20. > :37:24.thought about coming, then has to backpedal. He has to get his balance
:37:25. > :37:32.right. He got it at the second time of asking. There has been a
:37:33. > :37:35.hesitancy about Manchester City. The result against Chelsea has
:37:36. > :37:57.undermined confidence, there is no doubt about that.
:37:58. > :38:06.Terrific. Martin Olsson, really brave blocking. Bassong played his
:38:07. > :38:11.part and was hurt in doing it. A really brave block and that -- and I
:38:12. > :38:25.think after the ball had gone, Olsson fell into his own team-mate.
:38:26. > :38:35.It stays out. Really brave defending their by Martin. Just did enough to
:38:36. > :38:39.put off the Manchester City striker. Manchester City are in danger of
:38:40. > :38:41.going two games without a win for the first time since the start of
:38:42. > :38:56.October. Norwich have given it away. Blocked by Yobo. Three or four weeks
:38:57. > :39:01.ago he would have got a decent cross in there. Manchester City has been
:39:02. > :39:02.underwhelming. Norwich have been competitive and stopped them
:39:03. > :39:14.playing. Is this a famous moment? Oh!
:39:15. > :39:21.Goodness me, behind Van Wolfswinkel and behind Pilkington and the whole
:39:22. > :39:24.title race would have been opened up there. The situation at the bottom
:39:25. > :39:32.would have been looking rosy for the Canaries.
:39:33. > :39:36.Demichelis hooks it away. Suddenly it is Manchester City that is
:39:37. > :39:46.defending desperately. Redmond has held the key all
:39:47. > :39:49.afternoon to unlock Manchester City. He could have created real damage.
:39:50. > :40:02.That is a defensive deflection. Pilkington! Goodness me. The
:40:03. > :40:08.headlines nearly belonged to Norwich City. Not that the latter's finest
:40:09. > :40:12.hour. Pilkington had options, he could have pulled it back in the
:40:13. > :40:16.middle. There were players waiting and that was the first chance. The
:40:17. > :40:22.pace of Redmond come and it beat them all.
:40:23. > :40:33.Van Wolfswinkel has stayed down. He is holding the pit of his back. Did
:40:34. > :40:37.he kick out at him, Yaya Toure, when the ball was on the ground? Rarely
:40:38. > :40:40.in the world of football do you get such an intense performance from a
:40:41. > :40:48.struggling team against one of the lofty title challengers.
:40:49. > :40:55.How frustrated were you buy that? Frustrated because we could not win.
:40:56. > :40:59.We didn't all we could to win it but the team defended well today. There
:41:00. > :41:03.isn't any team that doesn't have to defend well against Manchester City
:41:04. > :41:06.to get something but over the 90 minutes I thought we deserved it. I
:41:07. > :41:15.said at the beginning this Premier League will be five or six teams
:41:16. > :41:25.fighting for the title. We are two points and we have 39 points...
:41:26. > :41:31.Another of your form teams, they have one macro in every game so
:41:32. > :41:35.far. Norwich were spectacular, a gritty performance. Manchester City,
:41:36. > :41:37.the first time they have failed to score into consecutive games in over
:41:38. > :41:46.two years? Norwich deserved the point today.
:41:47. > :41:52.There was only one man in the box, Jovetic closes. It is too late and
:41:53. > :41:55.the ball is cleared. They didn't manage a single shot on goal in the
:41:56. > :42:01.first half and if you see these clips, you know why. Navas arrives
:42:02. > :42:05.too late in the box. Then, towards the end of the half, this is how
:42:06. > :42:09.desperate they were. Negredo, they played with one centre forward,
:42:10. > :42:13.picks the ball up, 25 yards and tries a shot from distance. In the
:42:14. > :42:17.second half it was a different story, they committed players
:42:18. > :42:22.forward but superb defending by Norwich. We see some last-ditch
:42:23. > :42:28.blocking by Johnson. They tried and they were more urgent in the second
:42:29. > :42:31.half. This is the best tackle of the whole game, Olsson, last-ditch
:42:32. > :42:39.defending and they put their bodies on the line and they deserved their
:42:40. > :42:44.point. Johnson was a block and Norwich have been fantastic. They
:42:45. > :42:50.were under the cosh for most of the 90 minutes but City only managed to
:42:51. > :42:53.macro shots on target and you can say that very often. When you
:42:54. > :42:57.consider in the reverse fixture I was very critical of Norwich when
:42:58. > :43:01.they got stuffed seven goals, today, I think that could be a very, very
:43:02. > :43:06.important point and I thought they deserved it. Could Yaya Toure be on
:43:07. > :43:11.the spot of bother? You spotted a little bit of a kick out in that
:43:12. > :43:16.game? I think he will be in trouble because the rule says if the referee
:43:17. > :43:21.doesn't see the incident then they can act we seek Van Wolfswinkel goes
:43:22. > :43:25.down, Torre gets a knock on the head, he gets angry and hits him in
:43:26. > :43:31.the back. I don't condone the player, it wasn't as harsh as he
:43:32. > :43:35.makes out. But at the end of the day if you are Yaya Toure, don't give
:43:36. > :43:40.him the opportunity to do that. The referee did not look. I will be
:43:41. > :43:45.surprised if he doesn't get it. It is hardly a lash out. If you pick
:43:46. > :43:55.somebody off the ball, you can't do it. He knows, he did it himself. Way
:43:56. > :44:01.back when. Significant day possibly in the title race. Pivotal possibly?
:44:02. > :44:09.Chelsea have been brilliant all week, had two massive results.
:44:10. > :44:14.Despite whatever Jose say it, they are in it and in it big style. I've
:44:15. > :44:18.said from day one, before a ball was kicked, that I fancied Chelsea. I
:44:19. > :44:22.ain't changing my mind. Certainly not after this week anyway. First
:44:23. > :44:31.time Chelsea have been favourites this season. Manuel Pellegrini has
:44:32. > :44:38.only won one title of any significant. Testing time. He didn't
:44:39. > :44:42.work with many big clubs to win trophies. Only with Real Madrid. A
:44:43. > :44:50.big few weeks. First time they are not favourites any more. No Aguero
:44:51. > :44:54.or Nasri. They lacked quality. They have to pick them up very quick.
:44:55. > :45:00.Quickly things can change in football. Our next game sees only
:45:01. > :45:03.the second ever top flight match between Swansea and Cardiff. There
:45:04. > :45:06.were two new faces in the Derby dug-out after Michael's Laudrup
:45:07. > :45:09.departure this week. Throw in the added spice of a relegation battle
:45:10. > :45:13.and it's not surprising why this game means so much. Your commentator
:45:14. > :45:19.at the Liberty is Martin Fisher. We can't wait for the game. The Derby
:45:20. > :45:27.is nearly here. We won the last one. One name for you, Caulker. The thing
:45:28. > :45:34.is with them they think they are better. We are not in the relegation
:45:35. > :45:38.zone. Are the bigger club, we have more history. It's our time to do it
:45:39. > :45:40.again. This is our time to do it again. It's time to put the record
:45:41. > :46:06.straight. Vorm returns. Emnes three years ago
:46:07. > :46:16.scored the winner in the Derby. Bellamy got the winner on their last
:46:17. > :46:27.visit here. It was Saha who came off the bench to star. He is in from the
:46:28. > :46:31.start today - Zaha. Bony through the centre. He has gone for rout rout.
:46:32. > :46:38.Chance early on. Rout rout didn't really get hold of that. No real
:46:39. > :46:45.meat in the drive. It's one of the more simple stops that Marshall will
:46:46. > :46:51.expect to make today. 10 years as a player. In the 10 years he led them
:46:52. > :46:58.from League Two to the Premier League. It will drop for
:46:59. > :47:05.Whittingham. It was on target. Vorm produces his first save of the
:47:06. > :47:12.afternoon. It was swinging in. Vorm needed to stop it. A first half that
:47:13. > :47:19.brought plenty of bluster, not much quality. The stakes are so high that
:47:20. > :47:26.players are so nervous they might make an error. Hernandez. Brilliant
:47:27. > :47:34.ball. Rout rout... Scores! Swansea take the lead. Wayne Routledge
:47:35. > :47:39.buries this opportunity. Brilliant ball from De Guzman. Rout rout in
:47:40. > :47:45.behind a sleepy Fabio. An excellent finish from a man who has played for
:47:46. > :47:48.Cardiff in this fixture before. First-strike, Swansea. In the last
:47:49. > :47:53.three meetings between these clubs, one goal has been enough to settle
:47:54. > :47:57.it. Look at the joy on Garry Monk's face. His former colleague, at the
:47:58. > :48:03.heart of the central defence for Swansea, comes across to celebrate.
:48:04. > :48:10.Swansea one, Cardiff nil. Now, we've got a game on. Zaha. Trying to get
:48:11. > :48:17.away from Rangel. Bellamy takes over. Can he get the shot away? Yes,
:48:18. > :48:22.can! Against the bar. Vorm was beaten. Bellamy so close. The bar
:48:23. > :48:26.still shaking. Cardiff's recent away record has been awful. They've lost
:48:27. > :48:35.their previous five in a row. They have found scoring goals away from
:48:36. > :48:41.home very difficult all season. Kim has gone down and stayed down.
:48:42. > :48:44.Swansea have player down too. De Guzman taking a blow to the back of
:48:45. > :48:48.the head. This is how De Guzman, well, he knew what he was doing
:48:49. > :48:57.Craig Bellamy. Thats with a little bit naughty. Bony. Dyer.
:48:58. > :49:05.Dyer's strike. It was always rising. Marshall was at full stretch, it
:49:06. > :49:12.wasn't required. For a moment there he was worried. Much quickly
:49:13. > :49:18.involved. Away from the figure of Chico. He has been caught by
:49:19. > :49:23.Hernandez. For the fist time this afternoon the card is brought out.
:49:24. > :49:28.Inept defence, first from Chico and then from Pablo Hernandez. A good
:49:29. > :49:31.opportunity for Cardiff. Bellamy's delivery. Whipped in towards the
:49:32. > :49:34.back post. Swansea haven't cleared it. It's hooked over the crossbar.
:49:35. > :49:39.Kim it was with the effort. It looked as though it was too strong
:49:40. > :49:41.this. It was kept alive at the back post. Kim trying to hook it across.
:49:42. > :49:53.Unable to keep it down. Bony. Pablo. Rout rout wants it through
:49:54. > :49:58.again. Pablo delays the pass. Rout rout has it now. Too strong for
:49:59. > :50:06.Bony. Dyer is arriving. Dyer scores! The smallest man on the pitch,
:50:07. > :50:13.stoops to conquer, Swansea go two in front. Surely, the South Wales Derby
:50:14. > :50:17.is settled now. Careful in the build-up, Swansea. Pablo looked as
:50:18. > :50:23.though he made the wrong pass there. Rout rout floats in one. Too strong
:50:24. > :50:29.for Bony. Dyer nips in between the two Cardiff City defenders to beat
:50:30. > :50:36.Marshall from close-range. His third goal against Cardiff and surely it
:50:37. > :50:41.settles the issue. He can barely contain his delight, Garry Monk, why
:50:42. > :50:50.should he? This means so much in in these parts. Mr Jenkins who sacked
:50:51. > :51:00.Michael Laudrup. The gamble to put Garry Monk in charge, what a dream
:51:01. > :51:08.start. Pablo. Dyer. It's brilliant play. He was caught, a free-kick.
:51:09. > :51:12.John has had his work cut out to keep Dyer quiet. Most of the Liberty
:51:13. > :51:15.Stadium is rocking. Swansea fans around this stadium, bouncing
:51:16. > :51:19.up-and-down, celebrating this scoreline. Cardiff fans, at the
:51:20. > :51:26.other end of the ground, silent. It could get get worse. Pablo's
:51:27. > :51:32.delivery. Bony! It has got worse. Swansea City three, Cardiff City
:51:33. > :51:44.nil. Bony does it again. Who is the top dog in South Wales now? Great
:51:45. > :51:51.delivery from Pablo Karanka. -- Hernandez. He couldn't have dreamt
:51:52. > :51:54.it would go this well last night. I thought, get the players prepared
:51:55. > :51:58.and ready and you know get the Swansea way. The way we built things
:51:59. > :52:03.up. I understand that stuff. That is what I tried to put across to the
:52:04. > :52:06.players today. Thankfully we gave a great performance. Everyone is
:52:07. > :52:09.devastated, which they should be. They have lost maybe the most
:52:10. > :52:15.important game of the year. The they've got to bounce back ability,
:52:16. > :52:22.as has been said so many times. The character in the lads is great. I
:52:23. > :52:25.just want to thank, it's not an oscar, thank the staff, the
:52:26. > :52:29.Chairman, the board of directors, the fans themselves. Magnificent. I
:52:30. > :52:32.can't thank them enough. I guess we have to carry on the work now and
:52:33. > :52:38.make sure the boys take the belief of this game into the next games
:52:39. > :52:43.coming. Quite a strt start for him We saw Ole Gunnar Solskjaer make
:52:44. > :52:48.substitutions that changed the game and Cardiff won. This time Garry
:52:49. > :52:55.Monk did stha? Hernandez did what Solskjaer did to opposing teams in
:52:56. > :53:00.his long career. Hernandez came on and played off Bony. We see him
:53:01. > :53:04.within two minutes. Gets the ball, spots the pass. Great skill.
:53:05. > :53:09.Releases rout rout. Who puts it into the bottom corner, 1-0 after two
:53:10. > :53:14.minutes coming on. Hernandez made the difference. Little one, two with
:53:15. > :53:17.Dyer, switches the play. He kept that throughout the second-half. He
:53:18. > :53:21.kept the ball. He kept the game flowing. This is towards the end
:53:22. > :53:25.there, they are 2-0 up. Needs to waste time. Get a corner, run the
:53:26. > :53:31.clock down. This is right towards the end. Great ball in. Bony loses
:53:32. > :53:35.Turner make it is 3-0. Hernandez had a major impact on this game. He
:53:36. > :53:39.changed the game. When you have someone who can pass a ball like
:53:40. > :53:41.that for a forward. When you are making runs knowing the ball will
:53:42. > :53:46.come. They didn't have it first half. They had it second-half. Is so
:53:47. > :53:49.true. We had an incident where a player might find himself in
:53:50. > :53:58.trouble. Craig Bellamy, Alan, your view of this? It's probably
:53:59. > :54:05.frustration. Getting beaten 1-0. He doesn't swing an elbow at him. The
:54:06. > :54:11.referee has a decent view. What could save him is that the referee
:54:12. > :54:15.can say he didn't see it. He has a decent view of it then. He doesn't
:54:16. > :54:18.swing the elbow. He lifts it up to run into him rather than elbow him.
:54:19. > :54:28.OK. Well, Jose will be watching Sunday's
:54:29. > :54:31.Match of the Day 2 for the jostling for those top four spots. Spurs take
:54:32. > :54:34.on Everton and Manchester United play Fulham, plus there's your
:54:35. > :54:39.chance to vote for January's Goal of the Month. Could Eden finally win a
:54:40. > :54:45.prize? Here's Johnson. It's positive. . Adam Johnson. What a
:54:46. > :54:58.strike! He scored. He might fancy a go. He does.
:54:59. > :55:07.Charlie Adam! He is going to have a go. He is. Tremendous strike from
:55:08. > :55:16.Ashley Young. Oh, it's an absolute screamer.
:55:17. > :55:22.Mark Chapman will help you warm up for that nicely at lunch-time with
:55:23. > :55:25.Match of the Day 2 Extra. We're back on Wednesday night with highlights
:55:26. > :55:29.of all 10 midweek Premier League games. 10.35pm on BBC One. If the
:55:30. > :55:37.Football League is your bag, Manish is here.
:55:38. > :55:41.Crystal Palace fans may have been planning for the Championship, but
:55:42. > :55:51.Tony Pulis has lifted the Eagles out of the relegation zone and added
:55:52. > :55:55.some useful acquisitions. Not much new blood for West Brom, but a
:55:56. > :55:56.useful point against Liverpool was a step in the right direction. Your
:55:57. > :56:26.commentator is Dan O'Hagan. McAuley for Billy Jones. The baggy
:56:27. > :56:30.fans have been clamouring to get a chance. One game in the Premier
:56:31. > :56:39.League so far this campaign for him. On the chase. Here's Anichebe. He
:56:40. > :56:42.should have scored. Anichebe, who scored at the Hawthorns on Sunday,
:56:43. > :56:50.to earn a point, here has missed what must go down as a really good
:56:51. > :57:09.chance for West Brom. The Albion one in 14 since beating Palace at the
:57:10. > :57:21.Hawthorns. The first corner ball here. Off McAuley. Good work by Tom
:57:22. > :57:31.Ince. In goes that corner ball. Off the line. It's Dann who has the
:57:32. > :57:51.second bite at it. Is Mulumbu, onto Dann, up-and-over. The tempo is
:57:52. > :58:03.unrelenting. Bolasie. Tom Ince in here. Debut goal. Thomas Ince,
:58:04. > :58:12.welcome to the Premier League. Many believe he could be a top player.
:58:13. > :58:17.Lovely, delicate finish. He shows at this level he can deliver. Many
:58:18. > :58:24.wanted him. Palace got him. That's exactly why they got him. Bolasie,
:58:25. > :58:31.who got through the ball through to Tom Ince, he finished magnificently.
:58:32. > :58:38.New fans to adore him, and a giant eagle! Three home games here without
:58:39. > :58:41.defeat for Palace. In 2014 Norwich got a goal here. Wins over Stoke and
:58:42. > :58:48.Hull by a single goal. Yacob there with a blatant shove on
:58:49. > :58:57.Tom Ince. It is going to be a corner for
:58:58. > :59:14.Crystal Palace. Ince takes it. A debut go for
:59:15. > :59:17.Ledley! But where was the Mark King in West Bromwich Albion? Where was
:59:18. > :59:27.it? He gets through, no one near him.
:59:28. > :59:34.Double debut delight at Selhurst Park.
:59:35. > :59:44.There have been two changes, Sinclair and Thievy. Thievy, his
:59:45. > :59:52.debut for the Baggies today. He has lots of pace.
:59:53. > :00:03.Thievy goes on, what a debut start for Thievy! Well, the half-time
:00:04. > :00:04.change inside the first 40 seconds of the half, plays instant
:00:05. > :00:21.dividends. Bifouma becomes the third debut goal
:00:22. > :00:23.scorer. That is brilliant. The game is brought to life by West Bromwich
:00:24. > :00:46.Albion. Morrison! A superstate -- save,
:00:47. > :00:47.Speroni. Full extension, palms it away brilliantly. An absorbing
:00:48. > :01:09.contest. I deflection, a chance, Speroni
:01:10. > :01:16.again. A remarkable save from Speroni. Heroics from Palace's cult
:01:17. > :01:23.hero. That is a wonderful save, it really is.
:01:24. > :01:35.Chamakh is away from McAuley. Caught by Foster. A penalty! Chamakh goes
:01:36. > :01:40.through here. Does the goalkeeper get a touch? I think he does, you
:01:41. > :01:47.know. He does get to do that. The referee, Chris Foy, is not for
:01:48. > :02:04.moving. A Palace penalty. No further action taken against Ben Foster.
:02:05. > :02:14.Cool, calm, composed, opposition penalty.
:02:15. > :02:22.Congratulations, a perfect start. Yes, I played a bit out of position,
:02:23. > :02:26.but to get a goal is fantastic. An opportunity for me to make my debut
:02:27. > :02:31.and it is brilliant to be a Premiership footballer now. To score
:02:32. > :02:37.on my debut as a nice way to start but this is not just keeping my
:02:38. > :02:40.feet, I have to keep firmly on the ground and see if I can get in the
:02:41. > :02:44.squad for Wednesday. You must have been pleased with those making their
:02:45. > :02:47.debuts? Delighted. The most important thing is we got three
:02:48. > :02:51.points against a very good West Brom sight, who have been in the
:02:52. > :02:56.Premiership a long time. -- a good West Brom sight. We have tough games
:02:57. > :02:59.coming up. TRANSLATION:
:03:00. > :03:03.We had a poor first half, the second half was better. I don't know why
:03:04. > :03:10.there was a difference between the two has. The penalty, not happy with
:03:11. > :03:12.it? West Brom have played two games away from home and we have had to
:03:13. > :03:19.macro penalty decisions go against us which are laughable. Palace's
:03:20. > :03:23.remarkable recovery and a Tony Pulis continues and the new boys played
:03:24. > :03:30.their part, Alan? They did and whatever Tony Pulis is doing, he can
:03:31. > :03:31.do no wrong, can he? His signings came up trumps today. Tom Ince, I
:03:32. > :03:40.was impressed. He gave them an option to running
:03:41. > :03:45.behind. A free roll up front to play where he wanted Tom at ago and cause
:03:46. > :03:51.some damage and running behind, this is a quality finish. There is still
:03:52. > :03:56.a lot to do there, composed finish. The other new guy, Joe Ledley, a
:03:57. > :04:00.good ball in. He gets away from Billy Jones Fatou easily. Ben Foster
:04:01. > :04:04.is nowhere but that is a good header. Another good sign for the
:04:05. > :04:09.Palace fans is Glenn Murray coming back. He will be like another
:04:10. > :04:12.signing for him, 30 goals in the Championship last year so things are
:04:13. > :04:18.looking very good for Palace. Lewis has done a great job. West Brom will
:04:19. > :04:21.be worried. He has not had the immediate effect we sometimes see
:04:22. > :04:27.with the managers. It has been a struggle? The way it is with
:04:28. > :04:30.clueless, he is new to the Premier League, he does not speak the
:04:31. > :04:36.language which makes it hard to get his point across. They sold Shane
:04:37. > :04:41.Long, a proven player, Anelka is out injured and the band may be coming,
:04:42. > :04:44.we don't know how long he will be out for and there are inexperienced
:04:45. > :04:49.players on the bench. They go to Chelsea on Tuesday, it doesn't get
:04:50. > :04:53.any easier. West Brom is in trouble. To St Mary's and two teams who
:04:54. > :04:56.enjoyed impressive victories last weekend, Southampton took on Stoke
:04:57. > :04:58.City with all three of the previous Premier League meetings ending in
:04:59. > :05:04.draws. The commentator was John Roder.
:05:05. > :05:09.Southampton and Stoke are two places apart in the Premier League table
:05:10. > :05:13.but they are separated by ten points, a huge difference. While the
:05:14. > :05:18.Saints look good for a top ten finish, Stoke are only three points
:05:19. > :05:22.above the relegation zone. It is a very blustery day at St Mary's, just
:05:23. > :05:27.as it was a the Britannia, when Begovic scored after only 14 seconds
:05:28. > :05:34.in a draw against Southampton in November. Cork hasn't scored for the
:05:35. > :05:39.same since joining in 2011. It starts in midfield. One of Rod
:05:40. > :05:56.requires's goals this season came in that draw at Stoke three months ago.
:05:57. > :06:03.Charlie Adam with the challenge, it was wonderfully timed. The Stoke
:06:04. > :06:10.midfielder managers to recover at the expense of a corner. The corner
:06:11. > :06:14.taken quickly. Appeals for hand ball, it has been given. It is just
:06:15. > :06:20.outside the penalty area, clearly so. Rickie Lambert to fire this ball
:06:21. > :06:28.across the goal, or Mike Teague go direct to the goal? -- or might he
:06:29. > :06:33.go direct to the goal? Lambert, brilliant! Utterly brilliant, from
:06:34. > :06:39.Rickie Lambert! Southampton make the early breakthrough. Rickie Lambert,
:06:40. > :06:42.after just six minutes at St Mary's, this is placed absolutely
:06:43. > :06:56.perfectly. His ninth goal of the season.
:06:57. > :07:02.Southampton one, Stoke nil. The rain is sweeping in. It is almost as if
:07:03. > :07:13.somebody has turned on the garden hose.
:07:14. > :07:17.Odemwingie gets the equaliser for Stoke City! His first goal for his
:07:18. > :07:32.new club. The ball forward was absolutely
:07:33. > :07:35.perfect. With the goalkeeper advancing, Peter Odemwingie, with
:07:36. > :07:58.only one thought in his mind, to place it first time past Boruc.
:07:59. > :08:06.It is an awkward one, it has gone all the way in! Goodness gracious
:08:07. > :08:09.me. Stoke back on level terms. Steven Davis has got Southampton's
:08:10. > :08:32.second. It is a very soft goal indeed as far
:08:33. > :08:45.as Stoke are concerned. Southampton two, Stoke one.
:08:46. > :08:52.Charlie Adams' delivery for Stoke's equaliser was pinpoint perfect. What
:08:53. > :09:00.can he do here? Boruc could not get there, it is turned in! Peter Crouch
:09:01. > :09:05.scores against his old club, what a time at St Mary's. Look at the run
:09:06. > :09:16.of Crouch here as he gets away from his marker.
:09:17. > :09:32.Both Stoke goal created by Charlie Adam. -- goals.
:09:33. > :09:39.He puts it behind for the corner kick.
:09:40. > :09:47.Rodriguez could not make the most of it, off target. An excellent chance
:09:48. > :09:50.for Jay Rodriguez. Begovic trying to get it but he did not need to make
:09:51. > :10:18.the save. Can Southampton break? He could not find a team-mate in the
:10:19. > :10:25.middle. Was there a hand ball here? Southampton were asking the
:10:26. > :10:33.question. As the ball stuck dash-macro/Glenn Whelan there. -- as
:10:34. > :10:36.the ball struck Glenn Whelan there. This match is drawing to a close.
:10:37. > :10:59.Everybody back for Stoke. Driven into the side netting. A
:11:00. > :11:00.chance for Schneiderlin. Chambers, the substitute, floating that ball
:11:01. > :11:12.forward. Schneiderlin just wide. Was 2-2 about the right result?
:11:13. > :11:18.TRANSLATION: It is a shame because in the end
:11:19. > :11:21.does not reflect the superiority that the other two was lacking. We
:11:22. > :11:28.needed to be more clinical in front of the goal and also we need to be
:11:29. > :11:35.-- we need to be more on the ball in terms of not conceding goals. I
:11:36. > :11:43.thought we were the better team in the first half but went behind
:11:44. > :11:47.twice, but the second half it was a case that we cancelled each other
:11:48. > :11:50.out to a certain extent. Overall, we are satisfied with the performance
:11:51. > :11:55.away from home given the problems we have had on the road this season.
:11:56. > :11:59.The first half was better than the second. You Germans are always
:12:00. > :12:03.producing real talent, aren't you, but if there is one club we can rely
:12:04. > :12:06.on in England to produce players in recent times, it seems to be
:12:07. > :12:11.Southampton. They have loads of them. Yes, a very long list in the
:12:12. > :12:15.past to have made it into the top clubs in England and Europe and they
:12:16. > :12:17.have another one in Luke Shaw. He came through the ranks, made his
:12:18. > :12:28.debut when he was 16. He reminds me a little bit of Gareth
:12:29. > :12:33.Bale. If you look at him he is a very strong runner. He is a very
:12:34. > :12:36.powerful runner. But he is only 18. You make mistakes and here we see
:12:37. > :12:42.for the first goal how he is attracted to Odemwingie. As soon as
:12:43. > :12:45.the ball is transferred he has to go five or six yards across, link up
:12:46. > :12:50.with the centre half, Odemwingie gets ahead of him, Charlie Adam
:12:51. > :12:54.plays a great ball through. You make mistakes and you have to learn from
:12:55. > :12:59.them, but what a tremendous talent they have got in Shaw. He will not
:13:00. > :13:03.feel very good tonight but that will do him good in the long term because
:13:04. > :13:13.the games after, he will not want to repeat that mistake. Peter Crouch,
:13:14. > :13:18.his 42nd header, he is now third in the Premier League list. Top of that
:13:19. > :13:23.list is yourself, Alan. It is all about the service, Gary! It must
:13:24. > :13:28.have been. Before we move on, a reminder that there is plenty of
:13:29. > :13:33.sport on the BBC this weekend. On Sunday, France take on Italy at 2.30
:13:34. > :13:43.on BBC One. Also, the Winter Olympics is under way in Sochi.
:13:44. > :13:53.Shortly, we will see Steve Bruce looking for a victory with Hull. But
:13:54. > :14:00.first, Aston Villa, who have kept just one clean sheet in their last
:14:01. > :14:06.11, against West Ham, who have failed to score in nine out of 24
:14:07. > :14:12.matches this season. Gabby Agbonlahor returns. Ron Vlaar misses
:14:13. > :14:17.the match with a hamstring problem, so Matt Lowton comes in. Meanwhile,
:14:18. > :14:21.Andy Carroll starts his much debated three match ban for West Ham. So,
:14:22. > :14:29.Carlton Cole leads the attack against one of his former clubs.
:14:30. > :14:32.Neither side could manage a goal in the reverse fixture at Upton Park
:14:33. > :14:40.back in November. Jarvis gets in behind! Great chance for Downing, he
:14:41. > :14:43.cannot take it! It really opened up for West Ham, Java is getting in
:14:44. > :14:49.behind Lowton. It was a tremendous ball, and Downing came in, Bertrand
:14:50. > :14:56.doing everything he could to get in the way.
:14:57. > :15:04.Bertrand collided with the upright, thankfully, no lasting damage done.
:15:05. > :15:09.West Ham have been stewing for most of the week over the three match ban
:15:10. > :15:17.handed out to Andy Carroll. Jarvis puts it wide! He claims that there
:15:18. > :15:19.was a touch off a Villa player, but referee Mike Dean has given a free
:15:20. > :15:46.kick. That was a rare bright moment for
:15:47. > :15:54.Aston Villa in the first half. Could not quite find the bottom corner.
:15:55. > :15:59.West Ham United are looking for their first win at Villa Park since
:16:00. > :16:03.2006, which was in the FA Cup semifinal against Middlesbrough.
:16:04. > :16:07.Those were the days when Alan Pardew was in charge, and they went on to
:16:08. > :16:15.lose the final on penalties to Liverpool. What a good goal!
:16:16. > :16:20.Superbly created by Stewart Downing, finished by Kevin Nolan.
:16:21. > :16:26.But it was Downing who created it. Just seconds gone in the second
:16:27. > :16:37.half, and here is Downing... He gets away from Ryan Bertrand, put -- puts
:16:38. > :16:43.it in, and what a flick that was from Kevin Nolan. West Ham United
:16:44. > :16:44.have the lead. And on the balance of play and chances created, they
:16:45. > :16:56.deserve it. Fabian Delph dispossessed. Great
:16:57. > :17:02.chance for two! And it is two! And it is Kevin Nolan on the double! Two
:17:03. > :17:07.goals in three minutes at the start of the second half. And what a big
:17:08. > :17:19.result this could be for West Ham if they can hang onto this. Sloppy play
:17:20. > :17:26.by Villa. Delph was dispossessed. Villa are in a big hole now.
:17:27. > :17:39.West Ham in recent times have not got such a good record at Villa
:17:40. > :17:42.Park. Benteke with a chance! Albrighton's first touch, straight
:17:43. > :17:51.off the bench, was a beautifully flighted delivery. Into Benteke,
:17:52. > :17:59.just goes under his foot. Villa having all the play. But creating
:18:00. > :18:06.little. Albrighton! West Ham were so lucky. Marc Albrighton, who had
:18:07. > :18:10.created a great chance for Benteke, almost had a goal from nothing. And
:18:11. > :18:21.Adrian is lucky, that could easily have deflected in. Albrighton.
:18:22. > :18:33.Albrighton continuing his run, and he has done really well against
:18:34. > :18:42.Demel. Benteke, so close! That is twice now that Villa have hit the
:18:43. > :18:43.frame of the goal. This time it was Albrighton who was the creator, for
:18:44. > :18:59.Benteke. Marc Albrighton. Cleared by
:19:00. > :19:04.Tomkins, corner to Villa. West Ham inching towards the line, they have
:19:05. > :19:12.got just over ten minutes to go. Benteke! What a spec tech killer
:19:13. > :19:25.goal that would have been. -- spectacular.
:19:26. > :19:29.A thoroughly professional performance in the second half, but
:19:30. > :19:32.in the first half, in terms of attacking play, we were excellent,
:19:33. > :19:37.but could not find the goal. Kevin came up with the goods again. He
:19:38. > :19:43.showed today he does not need Andy Carroll to score. We are really
:19:44. > :19:46.proud of that clean sheet, and it just needed somebody to start
:19:47. > :19:50.scoring goals. Hopefully from now until the end of the season, I can
:19:51. > :19:58.start doing that to get us back up the league. Sam Allardyce's teams
:19:59. > :20:04.are always pretty difficult to breakdown, but the goals we conceded
:20:05. > :20:08.were really, really poor. Sunderland's momentum has been
:20:09. > :20:12.gathering, but that of Hull has been faltering. A 9-point gap between
:20:13. > :20:19.them has been eradicated since the start of the year. The form of Adam
:20:20. > :20:23.Johnson has been a major factor, and Roy Hodgson has come to see the
:20:24. > :20:29.improvement for himself. Sunderland are unchanged. Shane Long scored in
:20:30. > :20:34.the draw with Spurs last weekend, his first since he joined the club
:20:35. > :20:37.in January. His new strike partner, Nikica Jelavic, is seeking his first
:20:38. > :20:43.Premier League goal since last March.
:20:44. > :20:52.That is a terrible ball from Bardsley, an absolute gift for Shane
:20:53. > :20:58.Long. Brown with the challenge, he has caught him! Is it denying a
:20:59. > :21:03.goal-scoring opportunity? Yes, says Mike Jones. A calamitous ball by
:21:04. > :21:09.Bardsley put his team under incredible problems, and suddenly,
:21:10. > :21:14.Brown was faced with Shane Long, and he brought him down, and he has seen
:21:15. > :21:18.a red card. In reality, I do not think the referee had any
:21:19. > :21:26.alternative. Huddlestone will take the resulting free kick. And Mannone
:21:27. > :21:32.manages to hold onto the rebound! He stopped the free kick from
:21:33. > :21:35.Huddlestone first of all. You would imagine that Hull will dominate
:21:36. > :21:40.possession now. But Sunderland will make it as awkward as possible.
:21:41. > :21:49.Excellent save from Mannone, to deny Livermore. Lovely touch, which set
:21:50. > :21:58.up Livermore, and a fabulous stop from Mannone, who is emerging as a
:21:59. > :22:03.regular hero. Livermore, and this time it is turned in! And Shane Long
:22:04. > :22:10.gets a little touch, just in front of the goalkeeper, and scores his
:22:11. > :22:14.second goal in successive weeks. Steve Bruce conceals his emotions,
:22:15. > :22:19.but his side, which has a one-man advantage, now has a goal AdVantage.
:22:20. > :22:25.The predatory instincts which he acquired from West Brom, he now sees
:22:26. > :22:28.for himself for a second week running, as he turns it in, beyond
:22:29. > :22:49.the despairing Mannone. Rosenior keeps it in play, and
:22:50. > :22:53.Jelavic with the header! Clawed away by Mannone. The flag was up for
:22:54. > :22:59.offside, but the goal would have stood, had Jelavic got it beyond
:23:00. > :23:19.Mannone. Where was the marking? Off the inside of the post!
:23:20. > :23:25.Brilliant effort from Long. He has it within him not just to score
:23:26. > :23:34.predatory goals, as he did today, but also to hit it from range.
:23:35. > :23:44.Vergini up towards Bardsley. Johnson's volley! Well, it was on
:23:45. > :23:48.target, but the positioning of steam -- the position of Steve Harper was
:23:49. > :24:06.perfect. Meyler tries to find Jelavic, and he
:24:07. > :24:11.succeeds, but Jelavic has put it wide. That is how it has been going
:24:12. > :24:16.for him, without a Premier League goal since March of last year. This
:24:17. > :24:23.is his first return since he was sacked here at the Stadium of Light.
:24:24. > :24:28.Hull City's only Premier League away win this season was at St James'
:24:29. > :24:32.Park. They quite like playing in the north-east. Jelavic! His first
:24:33. > :24:38.Premier League goal in almost a year, and surely now, the points
:24:39. > :24:44.belonged to Hull. He has waited an awful long time, Nikica Jelavic,
:24:45. > :24:49.hence the delight. The shot from Figueroa just popped up off the
:24:50. > :24:55.heels of the defender, and invited Jelavic to head it yawned the
:24:56. > :25:00.despairing dive of Mannone. A little unfortunate for Sunderland that it
:25:01. > :25:07.popped up, perhaps. Jelavic was definitely on side.
:25:08. > :25:16.Surely, Hull have their second away win of the campaign.
:25:17. > :25:19.It is not often you come away to a Premier League club and have total
:25:20. > :25:26.domination, even when you are playing against ten men. We posed
:25:27. > :25:29.them problems all afternoon. In the last 15-20 minutes, if our pass
:25:30. > :25:37.selection had been right, we might have got a couple more. To get the
:25:38. > :25:42.goal last week was a good start. To get another one today, I am
:25:43. > :25:48.delighted. It is a good start to the end of the season for us. We have
:25:49. > :25:51.still got a lot of hard work to do. We are in probably the best
:25:52. > :25:56.situation this season, and everything was looking bright, and
:25:57. > :26:00.you go into the game with a possible at the of winning it, and after five
:26:01. > :26:06.minutes, the sending-off, and the whole game changes. We had to
:26:07. > :26:09.reorganise. It was a difficult afternoon, we need to accept that,
:26:10. > :26:17.there is nothing to analyse. We will be the judge of that! A combined
:26:18. > :26:24.total of ?13 million I think is very good business here. It was a poor
:26:25. > :26:33.backpass. But the pace of Long gets him away from Brown. And this was
:26:34. > :26:36.great skill. Very unlucky to hit the inside and come back out. And they
:26:37. > :26:43.worked well together as accommodation. This time Jelavic
:26:44. > :26:48.should have hit the target. This was a lucky deflection, but very good
:26:49. > :26:53.header. But I think Steve Bruce has had a great season, and that is very
:26:54. > :27:04.good business, on those two. And a terrific win for West Ham, Didi?
:27:05. > :27:09.Yes, Kevin Nolan got himself sent off twice and missed vital games
:27:10. > :27:14.against Liverpool and Fulham, but today, he changed the game and
:27:15. > :27:24.decided a game with his goal, as he did last week. Great imagination and
:27:25. > :27:28.innovation by Kevin Nolan. And the second one, this is what he is all
:27:29. > :27:39.about, hard work, desire and finishing. He closes Delph down, and
:27:40. > :27:43.he repays the faith shown in him by the manager. We are out of time.
:27:44. > :27:48.Thank you very much, but before we leave you, let's have a look at the
:27:49. > :27:54.table. Chelsea are looking down on the rest. Liverpool keep up their
:27:55. > :28:00.title challenge, in fourth. At the bottom, Fulham stay at the foot of
:28:01. > :28:08.the table. They play Manchester United on Sunday. West Brom drop
:28:09. > :28:13.into the bottom three. A quick look at the morning papers. Arsene Wenger
:28:14. > :28:20.holds his hands up after Arsenal were thrashed by Liverpool.
:28:21. > :28:31.In the Daily Express, an airborne Martin Skrtel. So, one point from
:28:32. > :28:35.six for Manchester City. All our pundits say Arsenal cannot win it.
:28:36. > :28:41.Jose Mourinho is settling for third spot, and Brendan Rodgers is
:28:42. > :28:48.settling for fourth. Well, someone has got to win it, surely! Goodbye.