:00:51. > :00:54.Hello, we're interrupting England's inevitable and relentless march to
:00:55. > :01:00.World Cup glory for another day of Premier League drama. 10 rounds of
:01:01. > :01:02.games to go, 10 teams in action and the title or relegation at stake in
:01:03. > :01:34.every game. Two men familiar with the sharp end
:01:35. > :01:37.of a Premier League season are here in the studio, Danny Murphy and
:01:38. > :01:42.Robbie Fowler are across all the talking points. We start with a
:01:43. > :01:44.London derby which is always highly-charged. League leaders
:01:45. > :01:47.Chelsea played host to a Spurs side for whom Champions League
:01:48. > :01:51.qualification was still a realistic possibility. Apparently, though,
:01:52. > :01:56.it's been a while since they won at Stamford Bridge. Steve Wilson was
:01:57. > :02:01.the commentator. Chelsea have the chance to go seven-points clear at
:02:02. > :02:05.the top. Yes, they will have played more games than their three title
:02:06. > :02:09.rivals. Yes, they could still be caughtment would the rest rather
:02:10. > :02:12.have the points or the games, absolutely, yes. Mourinho lost
:02:13. > :02:16.Fernando Torres in the warmup to what looked like a groin injury.
:02:17. > :02:20.Samuel Eto'o is his last-minute replacement. Chelsea haven't lost
:02:21. > :02:25.here to Spurs since a Gary Lineker goal in 1990 and have lost only of
:02:26. > :02:30.their last 56 meetings with Tottenham on any ground. Interesting
:02:31. > :02:35.team selection from Tim Sherwood who makes four changes.
:02:36. > :02:46.Kaboul's second game since November. Sigurdarson's first since January.
:02:47. > :02:53.Michael Oliver is the referee. It's Tottenham who will get the game
:02:54. > :03:03.underway from left to right in the first 45 minutes.
:03:04. > :03:16.Given away by Dawson to Schurrle. John Terry, with the header. Played
:03:17. > :03:20.through to Eto'o. He's offside. It was tight. The flag was up very
:03:21. > :03:30.quickly. He's hurt, Samuel Eto'o, in the first 30 seconds of the game.
:03:31. > :03:35.The flag from Andy Garrett was almost instand townious here. He is
:03:36. > :03:39.almost level. He gets there ahead of Lloris. If that flag had stayed
:03:40. > :03:44.down, Lloris might well have received a red card. Mourinho
:03:45. > :03:51.already has half a Ied soo of notes. Samuel Eto'o is saying to Hugo
:03:52. > :03:54.Lloris, be careful. More excitement in the first minute than you
:03:55. > :04:06.sometimes get in the first half. Here's John Terry.
:04:07. > :04:13.Nice touch into Samuel Eto'o. Hazard in a great position. Well found,
:04:14. > :04:18.Eden Hazard, skipping around Lloris, and missing the target. You would
:04:19. > :04:22.put have your house on Hazard here. 14 goals this season. It should have
:04:23. > :04:27.been 15. Great weight on the pass from Eto'o. At that point, you think
:04:28. > :04:31.he has to score. It's not a sitter. A player of his quality would expect
:04:32. > :04:36.to put that into the net, not the sidenetting. Almost half way through
:04:37. > :04:43.the first half. Dawson. That's a good ball. Well controlled too by
:04:44. > :04:49.Vertonghen. Driven back in. What a good save by Cech. Down to his right
:04:50. > :04:54.hand side to deny Sandro. Petr Cech has not been overworked. He had to
:04:55. > :05:04.go get down quickly there. A good strike.
:05:05. > :05:14.Lovely ball. Schurrle didn't have the touch. He is really having one
:05:15. > :05:20.today, Schurrle. Not got any kind of contact on it. Schurrle scored for
:05:21. > :05:25.Chelsea at Chelsea, in the big win against Manchester City. Vertonghen
:05:26. > :05:33.slip. That has come through to Eto'o. One-on-one with the keeper.
:05:34. > :05:40.Scores! Horrible moment for Vertonghen. He slipped and then set
:05:41. > :05:50.up Eto'o. The old man, Samuel Eto'o, strokes Chelsea in front. He will be
:05:51. > :05:56.33 on Monday, honest! Well, Jan Vertonghen, a slip, then trying to
:05:57. > :06:00.make amends, set up Eto'o. Samuel Eto'o simply wasn't going to miss.
:06:01. > :06:07.The old man has still got it. If you give him a chance like that, you can
:06:08. > :06:14.bet on Samuel Eto'o to take it. Chelsea, the league leaders, are in
:06:15. > :06:28.front. A good bit of humour in Eto'o's
:06:29. > :06:38.celebration after the Mourinho comments about his age. Defeat for
:06:39. > :06:43.Spurs would leave them six-points behind Liverpool and Arsenal.
:06:44. > :06:50.John Terry, that is a good ball. Here is Eden Hazard. Samuel Eto'o,
:06:51. > :06:58.in the middle. Well found, Eto'o, Kaboul with the challenge. Penalty
:06:59. > :07:04.kick. It's all going wrong for Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge
:07:05. > :07:12.again. It's a red card for Kaboul. Straight red. This game has emloaded
:07:13. > :07:27.for Spurs in the space of just a few short minutes. Falling behind on 56
:07:28. > :07:36.minutes, they concede a penalty in the 59th minute. Hazard scores,
:07:37. > :07:43.Chelsea two, Tottenham Hotspur nil. A long 2 year sequence without
:07:44. > :07:47.success at Stamford Bridge looks set to continue. Chelsea, surely, are
:07:48. > :07:53.extending their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League. It was
:07:54. > :08:00.pretty central. Lloris had gone. It's two. It's 15 for the season for
:08:01. > :08:13.Chelsea's little Belgian. . He feeds Oscar. Lloris did well. A
:08:14. > :08:20.split second there, Oscar looked favourite to reach that. Good goal
:08:21. > :08:30.keeping from Lloris, advanced really quickly off his line.
:08:31. > :08:38.And Oscar is wasteful. For a player who strikes a ball so cleanly, Oscar
:08:39. > :08:53.has missed by a distance here. Oscar, Hazard. Hazard back in to
:08:54. > :09:06.Oscar. Looking for Demba Ba. Sandro's mistake, handball was it,
:09:07. > :09:10.it doesn't matter, Ba scores, 3-0. Demba Ba, with the goal. A slip from
:09:11. > :09:16.Sandro. It might have been a handball in there, Demba Ba stuck it
:09:17. > :09:20.into the back of the net anyway. There definitely was a handball in
:09:21. > :09:24.there. In a way, Tottenham might be grateful that wasn't given because
:09:25. > :09:31.Sandro would have found himself sent off. As it is, it's just a goal
:09:32. > :09:37.rather than a penalty and a red card. Demba Ba will be glad. It's
:09:38. > :09:40.only his fourth of the season and only his ninth for Chelsea. It's
:09:41. > :09:46.3-0. Michael Oliver, for a long time now,
:09:47. > :09:51.I think was trying to - here we are, it might be another one here for
:09:52. > :09:55.Demba Ba. Demba Ba, into the back of an unguarded net. Tottenham Hotspur
:09:56. > :10:01.conceded again. Demba Ba can't believe his luck. He has scored more
:10:02. > :10:02.goals in the last three minutes than he has scored in the last four
:10:03. > :10:14.months. Chelsea have four. What is Kyle
:10:15. > :10:15.Walker doing there with the header? Completely sold his goalkeeper
:10:16. > :10:35.short. 76 seconds between Demba Ba's two
:10:36. > :10:42.goals. Hugo Lloris is entitled to be unhappy. The Samule is 33 on Monday,
:10:43. > :10:49.honest, and played really well? Yeah. It's the best way to celebrate
:10:50. > :10:55.his birthday. He is celebration on the pitch is brilliant. Great idea
:10:56. > :11:00.to make fun of a story. So important for us that goal. He played really
:11:01. > :11:03.well. The movement, the way he assisted, the way he hold the ball,
:11:04. > :11:08.very happy. Perhaps you could see why he gave a penalty. The red card
:11:09. > :11:11.looked extremely harsh? Is Yeah, I couldn't see. I have looked at it
:11:12. > :11:16.again. I can't see why he gave a penalty. When you play here, it's a
:11:17. > :11:19.tough decision. Referee's have a real tough job. You can't hide
:11:20. > :11:25.behind that. That would be two. That is a sending off. That's the game
:11:26. > :11:30.over. We still conceded another two goals after that. Demba Ba,
:11:31. > :11:33.congratulations a good day for you and good win? Very good win, an
:11:34. > :11:38.important win for the rest of the season, yeah. Personally, not bad as
:11:39. > :11:42.well. I think this is possibly a wake-up call for everyone. You know,
:11:43. > :11:48.we keep harping on about the top four. We want to finish in the top
:11:49. > :11:52.four, realistically, you know, let's be honest. Lack of characters. Too
:11:53. > :11:59.enema of them too nice to each other. Need to show a bit more gut,
:12:00. > :12:04.you know, and not want to be someone's mate all the time. You
:12:05. > :12:08.know, can't always be me having a pop at them. Need to drag it out of
:12:09. > :12:12.each other. I don't want to count out Liverpool and Arsenal,
:12:13. > :12:16.obviously, would you Raith rather be nine points ahead having played
:12:17. > :12:21.three games more or nine points behind having three games in hand
:12:22. > :12:26.The team that has the games in hand can be leader. I would prefer to
:12:27. > :12:31.have three matches in hand and if I win the three matches I lead because
:12:32. > :12:37.in this moment I have nine-points more than them, but if they win, I'm
:12:38. > :12:41.second. So I prefer to be in their position. If they win, they are on
:12:42. > :12:45.top of the league. I'm not sure I believe you. It's very convincing?
:12:46. > :12:49.It's true. It's logic. If they win, they are top of the league. They
:12:50. > :12:52.have control of their destiny. We don't have control of our destiny
:12:53. > :13:00.fchl we win the next nine matches maybe, I'm not Champion. OK. If they
:13:01. > :13:05.win the 12 matches, they are champions. Thank you. It's up to
:13:06. > :13:10.them. Logical. Thank you. He has got a point. He has got nine-points of a
:13:11. > :13:16.lead. I think you would take that realistically, wouldn't you? O oh,
:13:17. > :13:19.yes, all day long. Whatever he says. Almost the star of the show was a
:13:20. > :13:25.man who wasn't meant to start, Samuel Eto'o. It was funny. We were
:13:26. > :13:30.talking about he is the self-proclaimed "special one" today
:13:31. > :13:36.he was the "lucky one" Fernando Torres pulls his groin in the
:13:37. > :13:44.warmup. Fizz Yeo giving him... He took it to them. He was sharp, he
:13:45. > :13:49.was busy. The keeper might have gone there. Again, good ball through.
:13:50. > :13:54.Hazard should really do better. He should score a goal. This one. The
:13:55. > :13:59.ball falls to him. Really I'm waiting for him to pass it. He takes
:14:00. > :14:04.another touch. Good defending by Kaboul, forced him out wide. Gets
:14:05. > :14:08.the shot away. This unwith, here we see Kaboul doing his shoe. I don't
:14:09. > :14:12.think that is relevant to the goal, to be fair. Vertonghen does a little
:14:13. > :14:18.slip. I can't see why he has done that. He put the ball back into the
:14:19. > :14:22.the danger area. Samuel Eto'o can have credit. He read what happened.
:14:23. > :14:27.The celebration is brilliant. 35-year-old. We have seen him, on
:14:28. > :14:31.side early doors. He timed his run brilliantly. Is it a penalty? I
:14:32. > :14:36.think it's harsh. I can understand why the referee has given it. He has
:14:37. > :14:39.a good position. He gives - Ball going away from goal. Is it a
:14:40. > :14:44.goalscoring opportunity, I don't know, harsh? It's a funny one. The
:14:45. > :14:47.referee, he gave the penalty, he feels he has to send him off. I
:14:48. > :14:51.don't necessarily if that is the case. I agree. I think I can see why
:14:52. > :14:57.the penalty has been given. It's not a sending off. That kills the game.
:14:58. > :15:01.If it's a goalscoring chance and he gives the penalty he has to send the
:15:02. > :15:05.man off. Not every time someone takes a touch in the box is it a
:15:06. > :15:10.goalscoring chance. Or a bad touch. Yeah. Chelsea have conceded four
:15:11. > :15:15.goals in the last 13 games. Why are they so strong in that department?
:15:16. > :15:17.Mourinho has a group of players that work for him. That is the simple
:15:18. > :15:28.thing. Tottenham have good possession in
:15:29. > :15:34.the game, in the first half especially. They are all at it, the
:15:35. > :15:41.next one is in there behind, four players around Lennon, spotting
:15:42. > :15:44.danger. Matic helps out, there is no space for Tottenham to go.
:15:45. > :15:50.Sigurdsson tries to get in the gaps, which is where you find space.
:15:51. > :15:53.Matic gets the ball, this was happening time and time again.
:15:54. > :15:58.Ivanovic has the header, Tottenham are high up the pitch with good
:15:59. > :16:02.possession and as Lennon comes in on his right foot trying to get shot
:16:03. > :16:07.away, there are eight players within 20 yards of the ball. People talk
:16:08. > :16:12.about big egos, but the attitude and were set -- on the work ethic was
:16:13. > :16:15.fantastic. That is why they have had so many positive results, even when
:16:16. > :16:21.their performances have not matched. We see the mirrors getting beaten,
:16:22. > :16:26.Lampard is next, Schurrle is coming over, Ramires that a game, he was
:16:27. > :16:29.one of the best players on the pitch and the constant pressure means
:16:30. > :16:35.Tottenham make mistakes. All Tottenham's possession, they did not
:16:36. > :16:39.trouble Cech. What did we make of Tim Sherwood's comments? He was
:16:40. > :16:42.critical of his player. He criticised their characters, said
:16:43. > :16:46.they did not have enough guts on the side, people were too nice to each
:16:47. > :16:52.other. It is unusual. We never hear Mourinho say anything like that. It
:16:53. > :16:57.is rare that a manager comes out and has a go at his players. I think he
:16:58. > :17:03.is maybe frustrated. There were many times in the game when Tottenham
:17:04. > :17:07.frustrated Chelsea. 4-0 looks around, but that is what made him
:17:08. > :17:15.angry. The sending-off changed the game. He said it had no relevance to
:17:16. > :17:21.the game, for me, it did. Is it wise? He is new to the job, for long
:17:22. > :17:24.periods they did OK, there were two big errors that changed the game but
:17:25. > :17:29.it shows he cares and he is realistic. He knows the squad needs
:17:30. > :17:34.improvement. To the lower reaches of the table and a crucial game between
:17:35. > :17:38.the bottom two. Cardiff and Fulham have mustered five managers between
:17:39. > :17:41.them this season, but their latest two have scored European Cup final
:17:42. > :17:48.winners. Steve Bower was in South Wales.
:17:49. > :17:55.The countdown and well -- the countdown has well and truly begun
:17:56. > :17:58.in the countdown fight. Three points would offer encouragement that it
:17:59. > :18:02.was possible to go the distance. Lead Solskjaer has lost six of his
:18:03. > :18:08.eight games in charge so far. He three changes Kenwyne Jones returns
:18:09. > :18:18.to the attack, Mutch and Noone are recalled. Felix Magath double
:18:19. > :18:21.surprise by handing a full debut to Mitroglou and a 19-year-old debutant
:18:22. > :18:26.in the form of Academy graduate Corley would row. Holtby and Riise
:18:27. > :18:44.return. -- would row. There is a psychological lift,
:18:45. > :18:52.potentially, a lot of football to be played before they can get to that
:18:53. > :19:00.target. It is a full free kick. -- it is a Fulham free kick.
:19:01. > :19:05.He could not pull the cross back enough and he is understandably
:19:06. > :19:13.frustrated, the Iranians. He could not get enough purchase on it.
:19:14. > :19:20.Kenwyne Jones, dropping a little deeper, trying to pick out Campbell.
:19:21. > :19:26.They need to get bodies in the box. Campbell has gone for goal.
:19:27. > :19:31.Stekelenburg was able to deal with it. The first time the goalkeeper
:19:32. > :19:45.has been troubled in the game so far. Neatly done by Caulker.
:19:46. > :19:53.Mutch was looking for Kenwyne Jones. He wasn't able to really generate
:19:54. > :20:01.the power or the direction with the header.
:20:02. > :20:10.Noone has picked out Mutch. Jones has made the run towards the back
:20:11. > :20:16.post. Here he is, Jones! Stekelenburg denies it. The clearest
:20:17. > :20:21.opportunity of the first half and the Dutch international goalkeeper
:20:22. > :20:23.was equal to it. A first-time effort from Jones. He managed to get two
:20:24. > :20:49.hands to it. It has come through to Noone, a
:20:50. > :20:54.chance, and in, Caulker! In stoppage time, at the end of the first half,
:20:55. > :20:59.it is the Cardiff skipper in the right place at the right time for
:21:00. > :21:15.what could be a golden goal for Cardiff.
:21:16. > :21:25.Caulker couldn't miss. His third goal for the club. They will hope it
:21:26. > :21:30.is a season changing one. It is a very different atmosphere around the
:21:31. > :22:05.stadium now. Cardiff one, Fulham Neil-macro. -- Fulham Neil-macro.
:22:06. > :22:12.Holtby, an excellent save from Marshall, to deny Lewis Holtby.
:22:13. > :22:16.Quickly down to his left hand side, didn't have a clear view of this
:22:17. > :22:23.either, Marshall. He got both hands to it. The Fulham glasses are
:22:24. > :22:36.already on full Felix Magath, can he see a victory through them?
:22:37. > :22:44.Floated in towards Kenwyne Jones, what a golden chance for Kenwyne
:22:45. > :22:50.Jones. But on a plate by Noone and that wasn't the connection he was
:22:51. > :22:54.looking for, or hoping for. The goal was open, wide of the target. Will
:22:55. > :23:04.Cardiff look back on that in minutes to come?
:23:05. > :23:14.Put behind by Fabio. It is a good spell this, for Fulham. Their third
:23:15. > :23:23.corner of the game. All hands to the Cardiff pump now. Karagounis with
:23:24. > :23:28.the corner. Heitinga with the header and finished by Lewis Holtby and
:23:29. > :23:29.Fulham are level! The on loan Spurs midfielder with his first goal for
:23:30. > :23:46.the club has levelled it up. A good response from Fulham in the
:23:47. > :23:51.second half and they have been rewarded with the equaliser through
:23:52. > :23:59.Lewis Holtby. Cardiff one, Fulham won. -- Fulham one. The 50th Premier
:24:00. > :24:00.League goal that Cardiff have conceded in this Premier League
:24:01. > :24:20.season. Denied by the legs Oster
:24:21. > :24:27.Kellenberger. Almost caught Fulham out. -- denied by the legs of
:24:28. > :24:37.Stekelenburg. Cardiff are back in front! It is
:24:38. > :24:45.Caulker again, but steps the captain once more. He has scored four goals
:24:46. > :24:48.this season, three have come against Fulham and that is one that
:24:49. > :24:59.Stekelenburg will not want to see again.
:25:00. > :25:07.Caulker, just in front of Campbell, and the home team have their noses
:25:08. > :25:15.in front once more. Two for Caulker, two for Cardiff, 2-1.
:25:16. > :25:22.Good work from Mutch. Lovely skills from him. The referee plays on. --
:25:23. > :25:42.lovely skills from Kim. That is a good ball in, and it is
:25:43. > :25:48.in! 3-1, Cardiff. Oh, what a huge goal that could be. The release of
:25:49. > :25:56.relief from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, they have a two goal cushion. It was
:25:57. > :26:08.Noone's cross that caused the problem.
:26:09. > :26:15.Riether knew nothing about this and just look at the reaction. That is
:26:16. > :26:21.how much it means on this crucial day. Fulham have now conceded 65
:26:22. > :26:43.goals this season. He is back to make sure that is only
:26:44. > :26:47.a corner, not a goal, from Mitroglou. A momentary breakdown in
:26:48. > :27:06.communication. Marshall must have seen that late.
:27:07. > :27:09.Decent reactions are going, to keep out the Greek international. An
:27:10. > :27:17.instinctive effort, turned away by David Marshall. If you are on the
:27:18. > :27:29.bottom of the league, you have to fight and maybe we have not players
:27:30. > :27:34.that are used to it. They come from situations where they never had a
:27:35. > :27:44.relegation fight, so they are not used it, so they are not fighting
:27:45. > :27:49.enough. It is a scramble, dog eat dog. Does this send Fulham out of it
:27:50. > :27:54.now? It is hard to say. It will have dented their confidence. We knew the
:27:55. > :27:58.win or lose of this game would be either really buzzing or struggling,
:27:59. > :28:02.so it is going to be tough for them but they have some great players
:28:03. > :28:06.there and you can never say never in this league. Mitroglou, how do you
:28:07. > :28:11.assess his performance? Everybody has to get used to a new league and
:28:12. > :28:17.the English league is the best league in the world, so the Greek
:28:18. > :28:23.league isn't on that level, so we have to be patient and give him
:28:24. > :28:28.time. Does this squad feel like it can still get out of trouble? We
:28:29. > :28:35.have got a lot of spirit. You saw that today, when they equalised we
:28:36. > :28:42.had fighting spirit and we can stay up. After the game, I spoke to a
:28:43. > :28:45.very happy Cardiff manager. There are games that you have to win, then
:28:46. > :28:50.there are games that you have to win, and this was one of them. Yes,
:28:51. > :28:57.we could not consider losing this one. It is one of them, both teams
:28:58. > :29:01.new would be adrift if you lose. What pleased you most about the
:29:02. > :29:04.performance today? You know, the response after they scored, that was
:29:05. > :29:12.the biggest thing for me. We spoke about the game, in these games if
:29:13. > :29:15.you are in after 60 minutes with a shout to win the game, that is what
:29:16. > :29:21.we wanted and we were. They responded really well and it is very
:29:22. > :29:24.pleasing. There is fighting this team. You have lots of experience of
:29:25. > :29:25.playing in the Premier League, but always at the
:29:26. > :29:30.playing in the Premier League, but always other end of the table. How
:29:31. > :29:34.has this differed? It is a new experience for you. It is a new
:29:35. > :29:40.experience but it is the same as, you look not too far ahead. We have
:29:41. > :29:43.regrouped after the big defeat against Hull City and we have looked
:29:44. > :29:48.like a team again and that is pleasing me the most as well. You
:29:49. > :29:52.came in under slightly unusual circumstances, a manager was fired
:29:53. > :29:57.that was pretty popular amongst supporters. There has been lots of
:29:58. > :30:02.complaints. As that made life more awkward? You know when you come in
:30:03. > :30:05.and normally you have a preseason, you can prepare the way you are
:30:06. > :30:10.playing football and do it in the middle of a fight for survival, that
:30:11. > :30:15.has been a big challenge. The fans always support the team anyway and
:30:16. > :30:18.they have been fantastic. Under these circumstances with fighting
:30:19. > :30:23.relegation, you can't really impose everything that you wanted at the
:30:24. > :30:27.moment. It is just about survival, isn't it? One layer at a time, when
:30:28. > :30:32.you paint your house maybe you didn't paint your house, but it is a
:30:33. > :30:37.ladder at a time and that is what we have got to do. We have to come into
:30:38. > :30:41.training, we have changed a few things but we have not radically
:30:42. > :30:44.changed the philosophy because we had a great group of players, good
:30:45. > :30:50.foundation that you have to build on.
:30:51. > :30:53.You have a number of games coming up against sides who are fighting
:30:54. > :30:57.relegation. That must give you some real hope Definitely. We have looked
:30:58. > :31:01.at the games. Nine games to go, if you get another four wins, I think
:31:02. > :31:06.that will be it. That is the big thing. We have had a bad, bad run. A
:31:07. > :31:11.really bad spell. We are still in with a shout. If it had been six,
:31:12. > :31:16.eight points adrift now that would be a worry. We are in with a shout,
:31:17. > :31:19.one more win in the next couple of games will be important. Do you
:31:20. > :31:22.believe you will do it? Yeah, definitely. I believe in the lads. I
:31:23. > :31:26.trust in the players. You can see the character of them. When you work
:31:27. > :31:30.with them every single day, you do believe. Well done, thank you for
:31:31. > :31:35.talking to us. No incentives were required today. Pleasure. Well done.
:31:36. > :31:41.Cheers. It was a US m win of six points, you can throw whatever
:31:42. > :31:46.cliche you want at that game. A vital win and vital three points for
:31:47. > :31:50.Cardiff. There wasn't that much between the teams actually. It
:31:51. > :31:55.wasn't a great game. There wasn't lots of quality. There was a stand
:31:56. > :31:58.out performer. He was the difference between the teams, that was
:31:59. > :32:04.Cardiff's Craig Noone. He has been a bright spark for them. Today he was
:32:05. > :32:07.sensational. At times like this, when you are at the bottom of the
:32:08. > :32:12.league, you need players to be brave. Nicking the ball back early
:32:13. > :32:15.in the game. That set the tone. Demanding the ball. Beating players.
:32:16. > :32:20.Direct, positive. Trying to make things happen. That's not easy when
:32:21. > :32:24.you are playing under pressure. The Cardiff fans haven't been happy with
:32:25. > :32:28.what they are seeing. He is running and committing players. Not the best
:32:29. > :32:33.shot at the end of it. Getting the crowd going. He sees the space. He
:32:34. > :32:37.doesn't run in and condense it. He waits for it to come out. Great
:32:38. > :32:41.quality. Good decision to hit the ball hard across the box. It gives
:32:42. > :32:45.them the lead. The second-half he carried on where he left off. Here,
:32:46. > :32:49.really slowly you can see him look up, before he crosses it and sees
:32:50. > :32:53.Kenwyne Jones in the space at the back post. That is the header I
:32:54. > :33:01.would finish with. He should score them and put them put the game to
:33:02. > :33:05.bed. His -- put the game to bed. His quality and end product was there
:33:06. > :33:08.for all to see. That is an absolutely wonderful cross. Yes,
:33:09. > :33:12.they get luck with the finish, but his performance was the difference.
:33:13. > :33:20.If he carries on playing like that, he gives them a chance. Yeah.
:33:21. > :33:25.Fulham, your old club, they are in desperate straits. He has thrown in
:33:26. > :33:29.a couple of new players, new striker. He seemed to struggle, as
:33:30. > :33:36.you would expect? He inherited the players. He didn't sign them. He put
:33:37. > :33:40.them up front with Woodrow. Neither of these players have played in the
:33:41. > :33:48.Premier League before. A weak shot there. A bit rusty. He got better as
:33:49. > :33:51.the game went on. Here we see Woodrow laying off the ball. They
:33:52. > :33:54.didn't have a connection. Understandable, they haven't played
:33:55. > :33:59.together. A knock down to Woodrow would have been better choice. He
:34:00. > :34:03.showed quality in his movement. Here he pulls away and finds the space.
:34:04. > :34:07.Good block from Kenwyne Jones. You could see the striking quality in
:34:08. > :34:12.him. This is not particularly a good finish. He is in there. Every chance
:34:13. > :34:16.fell to him. Strength, chest the ball down. Looking to get the shot
:34:17. > :34:22.away. Showed good qualities. He looked ring rusty. Maybe it's too
:34:23. > :34:30.late. This is his best chance. Not long left. Why sign him now if he is
:34:31. > :34:34.not ready. We want Fulham to make a game of it, but it will be tough for
:34:35. > :34:38.him coming into the Premier League. I wouldn't blame any of the players,
:34:39. > :34:44.I would blame the manager. That was a US m win game from Fulham. He is
:34:45. > :34:46.playing two players up front who have never played in the Premier
:34:47. > :34:52.have never played in thePremier Premier League. To see the players,
:34:53. > :34:56.get them in there. He has been On the training pitch with emthis. The
:34:57. > :35:00.Fulham players better get their spikes sharpened. They will be doing
:35:01. > :35:06.running on Monday. Given up on them I hate so say, I have. You have a
:35:07. > :35:12.proven goalscorer in Darren Bent sitting on the bench. OK. Manish
:35:13. > :35:16.follows us as usual this evening with all the goals and talking
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:35:29. > :35:31.this week, but there is a big game in the Six Nations rugby. England v
:35:32. > :35:36.Wales live from Twickenham, coverage starts at 2.30pm on BBC One.
:35:37. > :35:40.Not often in recent memory has a Manchester United game in March
:35:41. > :35:44.seemingly meant more to their opponents than to them, but that was
:35:45. > :35:47.arguably the case in the lunchtime game. The Reds kicked off 12-points
:35:48. > :35:51.adrift of a Champions League place, while West Brom were just a point
:35:52. > :35:54.above the drop zone. Albion fans had much loftier ambitions after a
:35:55. > :36:02.famous victory at Old Trafford back in the autumn.
:36:03. > :36:11.COMMENTATOR: He's in here. And scores! It's in. The equaliser.
:36:12. > :36:19.. It's a great goal. Berahino. Fellaini. He's offside. This is West
:36:20. > :36:25.Bromwich Albion victory at Old Trafford for the first time since
:36:26. > :36:35.1978. Guy Mowbray was our man at the Hawthorns. A start for Victor
:36:36. > :36:40.Anichebe one of four changes. All three of his Albion goals to date
:36:41. > :36:50.have come as a substitute. Lots of talk about Robin van Persie's form
:36:51. > :36:56.and future. He remains United's most potent goal threat with 14 for the
:36:57. > :37:05.season. Before we start, a tribute to Stand Rickaby. He played 205
:37:06. > :37:11.times for the West Brom side of the early 1950s and was the last link to
:37:12. > :37:20.what was said to be their Team of the Century. Pepe Mel will want to
:37:21. > :37:24.see intensity from the off. Too high for Rooney, it has come to Fellaini.
:37:25. > :37:32.Won't come down to his boots quickly enough. Anichebe. Steps on the
:37:33. > :37:35.power. Trying to burst away from Smalling. Jones is covering too.
:37:36. > :37:43.Anichebe, nearly bundled between them. In comes Brunt. The ball has
:37:44. > :37:47.just run out of play. That's what Victor Anichebe, at his best, can
:37:48. > :37:53.bring for West Bromwich Albion. Credit to Chris Smalling he here. I
:37:54. > :37:57.thought he would be left behind. He got back at the Albion striker
:37:58. > :38:02.really well and did the job really well too. Rooney. Evra, still
:38:03. > :38:12.forward. Manchester United corner. First spell of United pressure,
:38:13. > :38:15.Albion's defenders having to go about their duties. Rooney in,
:38:16. > :38:18.Fellaini. Headed towards his own-goal by Brunt. Cleared off the
:38:19. > :38:34.line by Mulumbu. Rooney. I think it was going wide off the
:38:35. > :38:36.head of Chris Brunt. Maybe not, curling back in all the time. Good
:38:37. > :38:48.job Mulumbu was there. Mata, side steps the annoying
:38:49. > :38:56.plastic bag that has been blowing around the central circle for a good
:38:57. > :39:01.1 a a 5 minutes now. Rafael. I think Foster got his hands on that.
:39:02. > :39:11.Ridgewell, he gets his head on it. Brunt puts his foot through it. Did
:39:12. > :39:17.Ben Foster misjudge the first cross? He's stranded there. That's a good
:39:18. > :39:25.save. Rafael did the right thing. It's tipped onto the play er.
:39:26. > :39:27.Manchester United just looking as though they are ready to step up a
:39:28. > :39:42.gear or two now. Couldn't properly avoid the
:39:43. > :39:48.challenge. Kept his balance there. Couldn't there.
:39:49. > :39:59.Van Persie, to get the curl. The finishing touch is applied by Phil
:40:00. > :40:04.Jones. Albion expecting the shot. It was kind of a hybrid from van
:40:05. > :40:08.Persie. A shot that invited others to come and do what they wanted with
:40:09. > :40:14.it. Jones did that. Just what his manager wanted. All he had to do was
:40:15. > :40:18.divert it. The power was already applied. Phil Jones scores his first
:40:19. > :40:26.goal in the Premier League this season. Only his second EVER! It is
:40:27. > :40:30.West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester United 1.
:40:31. > :40:39.Jones, to shoot! Not shoot very far wide at all. There might have been
:40:40. > :40:42.mention recently of Albion's players not understanding their manager all
:40:43. > :40:48.the time. They are certainly playing for him.
:40:49. > :40:56.Fellaini, lovely ball. Mata, can he find van Persie, who is flying
:40:57. > :41:01.forward here? Foster, had to be sure. Did he tap it against his
:41:02. > :41:06.hand? Was he outside the area? That's the van Persie claim. The
:41:07. > :41:11.assistant referee is unmoved. He is just outside the box. It aes poor
:41:12. > :41:24.attempt to control it with his foot. Definitely off the left arm.
:41:25. > :41:34.Van Persie, a little too eager to win the ball. It's going to be a
:41:35. > :41:39.yellow card for Robin van Persie. Amalfitano has been wriggling around
:41:40. > :41:42.some what. Van Persie does make some contact with the ball. He had to go
:41:43. > :41:46.significantly through his opponent to get there.
:41:47. > :41:55.Lovely ball, beautifully weighted for van Persie. He has gone in on
:41:56. > :42:02.Steven Reid. You can hear what the Albion fans are desperate for. John
:42:03. > :42:09.Moss is giving himself time to think. Van Persie, in the book.
:42:10. > :42:19.I think the message from the ref is, no more. That is his final warning.
:42:20. > :42:26.Albion feel that is a foul too far. Reid is there first. It's not a
:42:27. > :42:30.clatering. Reid has waited, knowing that the challenge is coming. He
:42:31. > :42:32.actually gets to the ball first. He does acknowledge that he was
:42:33. > :42:35.stretching. You can see the explanation. I was going for the
:42:36. > :42:46.ball. I got the ball. He feels he was in control of himself.
:42:47. > :42:52.Fellaini's chance. Ridgewell, saw the ball sailing over his head at
:42:53. > :42:57.first, but got himself up to make the block.
:42:58. > :43:08.Fellaini, McAuley's header, it's van Persie. Rafael goes for the
:43:09. > :43:12.spectacular - it was anything but. West Brom fans responding to what
:43:13. > :43:14.they feel is rough justice. They have cranked up the volume.
:43:15. > :43:20.Manchester United are responding as well. No surprise to see Robin van
:43:21. > :43:24.Persie up with a Manchester United substitution. Before he goes he has
:43:25. > :43:27.just offered another bit of an apology to the referee, who is
:43:28. > :43:37.pointing him to the touchline. You are not sent off, Robin, you are
:43:38. > :43:55.being taken off. Van Persie will be replaced by Danny Welbeck.
:43:56. > :44:03.Rafael, time to get himself ready. Rooney! 2-0, United. It's another
:44:04. > :44:06.cross that has done for West Bromwich Albion. A goal that, in the
:44:07. > :44:11.end, looked as easy as you like. Wayne Rooney makes it seven goals in
:44:12. > :44:16.his last seven games against West Bromwich Albion. Doesn't score many
:44:17. > :44:21.ease goals than that throughout the course of the season. Look at him
:44:22. > :44:26.drifting in all alone. They all the all let him run. Rafael picks him
:44:27. > :44:31.out perfectly. No missing that one. Rooney takes his total for the
:44:32. > :44:54.season to 13 goals. West Bromwich Albion, nil, Manchester United two.
:44:55. > :45:02.Welbeck finishers brilliantly. What a wonderful team goal. The passing,
:45:03. > :45:06.the moving, it was all marvellous. The finish matched up, as well. You
:45:07. > :45:13.might say it is more like Manchester United. They are getting closer with
:45:14. > :45:17.every pastels to the one through to Welbeck was wonderful but he still
:45:18. > :45:18.had an awful lot to do from there. He is into double figures for the
:45:19. > :45:35.campaign. Problems for the West Brom
:45:36. > :45:38.hierarchy. It was more like it, we were more creative and created more
:45:39. > :45:43.opportunities and we played well today as well. It is never the
:45:44. > :45:46.easiest place to come, over the years and we lost earlier in the
:45:47. > :45:54.season so it was good to get a good result today. For us, it was bad
:45:55. > :46:01.luck. The second yellow for Van Persie is very important in the
:46:02. > :46:07.match. Do you think that was a yellow card offence, that second
:46:08. > :46:18.tackle? Yes, I think so, but it is the referee. I think the tackle was
:46:19. > :46:22.a foul, we are going soft. Rafael was in space, out wide and you have
:46:23. > :46:27.to put yourself in the box, it was a great cross and all I had to do was
:46:28. > :46:33.finish it off. The fans talk about you being under pressure already. Do
:46:34. > :46:44.you feel that? No, only my problem is work tomorrow and I prepare the
:46:45. > :46:54.team and I hope for good work this week for the next match.
:46:55. > :46:56.Fourth-place, is it still a goal? Hopefully it will become available
:46:57. > :47:00.but it looks difficult at the moment. You never know in football.
:47:01. > :47:03.We will keep going and come the last game of the season we have a
:47:04. > :47:07.chance, then hopefully we will take it but it will be tough but all we
:47:08. > :47:12.can do is keep trying to win games and pick up points. Lots to do on
:47:13. > :47:17.that front, but that was more like it from United, particularly in the
:47:18. > :47:21.second half. They were much better today, fairly comfortable. West Brom
:47:22. > :47:25.have been struggling, Pepe Mal has not got a win yet but to go there
:47:26. > :47:31.and win 3-0 was a good all-round performance from Manchester United.
:47:32. > :47:35.Lots of positives, but it is great to have you here and get the
:47:36. > :47:39.striker's assessment of someone like Robin Van Persie because he doesn't
:47:40. > :47:44.seem entirely happy with his world? With Van Persie, by all means we're
:47:45. > :47:49.not having a go because we think he is a bad player, the standard has
:47:50. > :47:54.been set for himself and today, he looked out of sorts. There was a bad
:47:55. > :47:59.touch there. Here, or right he is tracking back, a little bit of
:48:00. > :48:04.credit, but it is a foul. His delivery is superb. Jones can't miss
:48:05. > :48:10.the header really. The frustration sets in. He wants a foul, it is not
:48:11. > :48:16.a foul. This one, a blatant yellow card, the tackle from behind. Just
:48:17. > :48:22.pure frustration all-round from him. The referee has given it there. This
:48:23. > :48:25.one, a good little turn, a heavy touch and slow motion, we see he has
:48:26. > :48:28.got the ball but don't give the referee the chance to give you a
:48:29. > :48:34.booking, especially when you have already been yellow carded. This
:48:35. > :48:38.one, the other week he was talking about players running into space.
:48:39. > :48:42.Wayne Rooney has run into the space there, but he has not looked up and
:48:43. > :48:46.Wayne Rooney has stood there and we see a shake of the head and that
:48:47. > :48:51.tells me he is not happy at the minute. There is lots of talent in
:48:52. > :48:56.the United forward line. It is a question of how they fit them all
:48:57. > :49:01.in. It is, you ask how the three will play together. We see this
:49:02. > :49:05.goal, from Welbeck, Mata, Rooney were all involved. The three of them
:49:06. > :49:08.can play together and I am not having a go at Welbeck but Van
:49:09. > :49:13.Persie is a better player, so that tells me they can. Mata was
:49:14. > :49:19.involved, a good ball by Rooney, straight through, and a great finish
:49:20. > :49:25.but when Welbeck came on the game changed and Manchester United looked
:49:26. > :49:30.a bit better, crisper, fresher. I think he has problems, I think. What
:49:31. > :49:33.do you think is the best system for David Moyes to play with those
:49:34. > :49:38.particular players because that is where their class is, isn't it? In
:49:39. > :49:41.games like today against West Brom or lesser teams where they have
:49:42. > :49:44.possession, you can mix up positions and it doesn't matter too much
:49:45. > :49:49.because they are clever players. It is the big players -- it is in the
:49:50. > :49:56.big games that I worry. None of them want to play wide. Mourinho did not
:49:57. > :49:59.keep Mata and if you play Rooney wide, he is more disciplined and
:50:00. > :50:03.loses attacking flair. It is a problem. I said it would be an
:50:04. > :50:08.issue. Why is Robin Van Persie so frustrated? What is going on? He is
:50:09. > :50:15.in the team, enjoy it, try to get back to the form he was in once --
:50:16. > :50:19.the form he was in last season. West Brom are in a precarious position.
:50:20. > :50:21.They are out of the bottom three on goal difference. It is not really
:50:22. > :50:27.working for any of them. goal difference. It is not really
:50:28. > :50:31.working for You want to see a new manager getting results and it
:50:32. > :50:38.hasn't happened for Pepe Mal. We see the statistics there, they are not
:50:39. > :50:41.lying, but the season under Steve Clark, they had a few good results
:50:42. > :50:46.and a few bad results but they don't look any better now than they were
:50:47. > :50:51.under him. Our next game sees Crystal Palace were still far from
:50:52. > :50:58.safety dislike Tony Pulis's managerial heroics, host Southampton
:50:59. > :51:01.side luxuriating in table. Simon Brotherton was at Selhurst Park.
:51:02. > :51:06.After missing much of the season recovering from injury, Murray makes
:51:07. > :51:12.his second start of the season after scoring at Swansea. Chamakh is out
:51:13. > :51:15.with a hamstring injury. Lambert has happy memories of Selhurst Park, he
:51:16. > :51:19.scored both goals for Southampton last time they were here a couple of
:51:20. > :51:24.years ago when both sides were in the Championship. The man in charge
:51:25. > :51:31.today as Howard Webb, who will be England's representative at the
:51:32. > :51:38.World Cup finals this summer. Jedinak, making his 100th league
:51:39. > :51:44.appearance for Crystal Palace today. Murray trying to get the shot in.
:51:45. > :51:49.Just overrun by Shaw. He now has the chance to break away. Jedinak goes
:51:50. > :52:05.after him. Rhodri Gross, closed down quickly by
:52:06. > :52:09.Delaney. A promising situation for Crystal Palace almost turned into a
:52:10. > :52:14.troublesome one at the other end of the field in a matter of seconds.
:52:15. > :52:19.They always play good football, Pochettino's side, but they have won
:52:20. > :52:26.four off the last 17 matches in the league.
:52:27. > :52:34.Palace players are piling into the penalty area and it is going to be a
:52:35. > :52:45.corner. Is this going to turn into a good late spell for the home side?
:52:46. > :52:45.The crowd are doing their bit here. Southampton's defenders are queueing
:52:46. > :53:01.up to head it away. This could be a great chance. It is
:53:02. > :53:04.Rhodri grows! And Southampton have the lead. A sucker punch for Crystal
:53:05. > :53:20.Palace there -- it is Rhodri grows. All he had to do was guide it into
:53:21. > :53:27.the empty net. Speroni had to win that jewel. He did not and he was
:53:28. > :53:32.able to guide the ball home. Having been attacking at one end of the
:53:33. > :53:37.field, Crystal Palace suddenly hit for a knockout blow at the other end
:53:38. > :53:38.and Jay Rodriguez with his 13th goal of the season gives Southampton the
:53:39. > :53:51.lead here with 37 minutes played. Southampton are just getting the
:53:52. > :54:07.upper hand here. Lovely play by Luke Shaw.
:54:08. > :54:19.Completely' a chance for Southampton but it is headed away by Dann. Davis
:54:20. > :54:21.had yards and yards of space on the edge of the penalty area. It could
:54:22. > :54:39.easily have been 2-0. Rickie Lambert, oh, so lucky for
:54:40. > :54:43.Crystal Palace that they are not two down. Well, Lambert scored twice the
:54:44. > :54:49.last time he was at Selhurst Park and he nearly had one there. Ledley
:54:50. > :54:57.goes to ground and Fonte will have his name taken by Howard Webb. Well,
:54:58. > :55:01.that was those call there for Crystal Palace. 2-0 down would have
:55:02. > :55:03.been a long way back before half-time for a team who have only
:55:04. > :55:14.scored 19 all season. Wanyama, just getting his head on
:55:15. > :55:26.that. Southampton's lead not guaranteed at the break yet.
:55:27. > :55:33.Boruc makes the save and Bolasie was denied, almost on the stroke of
:55:34. > :55:38.half-time. At last, Southampton's goalkeeper was forced to make a
:55:39. > :55:48.save. Hit firmly by Bolasie. Boruc, download, able to grab it at the
:55:49. > :55:52.second attempt. -- down low. That has Speroni scrambling and it is
:55:53. > :55:58.behind for a corner. The defending was done by Joel Ward.
:55:59. > :56:08.A good save, Speroni, and that is the last action of the first half.
:56:09. > :56:10.It was a slow burner but it got better towards the break and an
:56:11. > :56:22.important saved by Speroni at the end of the first half.
:56:23. > :56:31.Good play by Bolasie, he was fouled by Lovren. There will certainly be a
:56:32. > :56:36.card. Crystal Palace fans screaming for red, but it is yellow. Bolasie,
:56:37. > :56:37.making a gallop for the goal and he kept on going here until Lovren
:56:38. > :56:51.chopped him down. What can Crystal Palace do here?
:56:52. > :56:55.Jedinak, the captain, looks like he fancies this, Puncheon nearby as
:56:56. > :57:00.well. Everybody behind the ball for Southampton. It is Jedinak for
:57:01. > :57:05.Palace, and it is not close. Frustration for the Crystal Palace
:57:06. > :57:08.captain. He has had a big week, skippering Australia. Southampton
:57:09. > :57:13.have won ten matches this season, all but one has seen them keep a
:57:14. > :57:33.clean sheet at the other end and it is following that pattern so far.
:57:34. > :57:41.Speroni, right behind it. Luke Shaw, looking for his first goal for
:57:42. > :57:46.Southampton. Fairly comfortable for the goalkeeper. Tony Bloom -- Tony
:57:47. > :57:51.Pulis's team will draw a blank. It was difficult, we got 20 crosses in
:57:52. > :57:54.the box and six or seven corners but they defended well. They are good
:57:55. > :57:57.side, they have more quality than we have got but you can't fault the
:57:58. > :58:05.players. They were very good they kept going and they kept at it and
:58:06. > :58:07.it was a very tight game. TRANSLATION:
:58:08. > :58:12.We were brave, outgoing, industrious. The team played very
:58:13. > :58:16.well. We played in the same style we always played, outgoing. In front we
:58:17. > :58:20.were facing tough opposition, a tough team that is in need of
:58:21. > :58:23.points. They were aggressive and tough, but we did well in the end to
:58:24. > :58:27.get a good result. We got lucky, the tough, but we did well in the end to
:58:28. > :58:32.get a good result. We got ball landed in my path and I took it and
:58:33. > :58:34.it was 50-50 and it bounced towards myself and I put it in so I was
:58:35. > :58:37.pleased. it was 50-50 and it bounced towards
:58:38. > :58:43.myself and I put We had a couple of good chances in the first half, it
:58:44. > :58:47.was dog eat dog times. They play in a particular way, they put it in
:58:48. > :58:52.dangerous areas and we showed character and resilience to hold in
:58:53. > :58:56.their and I thought we fully deserved the point, especially on
:58:57. > :59:00.our first-half display. A lot of dog eat dog comments tonight! It is
:59:01. > :59:03.getting towards that stage of the season. That fellow doesn't play in
:59:04. > :59:08.a particular style, does he? It has got to the stage where he has surely
:59:09. > :59:11.played himself not only into the England squad but possibly the
:59:12. > :59:22.starting line-up. It is just where he plays. I think so. Everything
:59:23. > :59:28.Southampton did well was through him. It looks like there's nothing
:59:29. > :59:32.on, but he drives 60 yards and he pulls into the final third. For me,
:59:33. > :59:36.he's brilliant. He should be playing for me.
:59:37. > :59:43.He finds the space, and he should do better with the cross. Southampton
:59:44. > :59:48.should maybe have scored. Good players around him, and he confined
:59:49. > :59:54.space. Left footed, puts in a great cross -- he can find space. Great
:59:55. > :59:57.effort, deserved a goal. He showed a different side of his game where he
:59:58. > :00:00.showed a different side of his game when he's not just passing and
:00:01. > :00:08.create space, he can run the players as well. Controlling the game, and
:00:09. > :00:12.he finds some space. Gary, you said before, will he be on the plane?
:00:13. > :00:16.England need players like this. We go on about English players about
:00:17. > :00:21.them not being very good on the ball, but he proved he is. Players
:00:22. > :00:32.around him, and he gets ten yards of space. He is Spanish. Well, he could
:00:33. > :00:37.be. A lot of it was in the first half. Tony Pulis went in at
:00:38. > :00:45.half-time and said to stop Southampton we need to stop the Lana
:00:46. > :00:53.-- Adam Alana. Where should Roy Hodgson play him? His best position
:00:54. > :00:57.is a free role. The place you will get in the team is on the left, or
:00:58. > :01:02.maybe the right where he will have to be more disciplined. In the
:01:03. > :01:05.central areas you are looking at taking Steven Gerrard's position,
:01:06. > :01:10.and he won't do that. But he is a certainty to me.
:01:11. > :01:20.Goal in the game, and it went to Jay Rodriguez. An unusual goal in many
:01:21. > :01:21.aspects. -- only one goal. Here's another possible to the plane and
:01:22. > :01:32.has had a great season. He heads the ball out from the
:01:33. > :01:36.corner and he does not admire it, he is chasing his own clearance. A bad
:01:37. > :01:42.header from Jason Puncheon. This is commitment at its best. He wants to
:01:43. > :01:46.win the ball and score a goal. Everything he's done this season has
:01:47. > :01:51.got better and better, and the confidence of being in the England
:01:52. > :01:56.squad, the keeper should do better. I think so. A bad error by Jason
:01:57. > :01:59.Puncheon, but with the ball travelling 30 yard you want the
:02:00. > :02:05.goalkeeper to be on his toes. Come out and clear the ball. It ends up
:02:06. > :02:09.being a 50/50 challenge, and the keeper, being the last man, he
:02:10. > :02:17.should be stronger. Tony Pulis will be having words. Palace fans up in
:02:18. > :02:23.arms about a possible sending-off. My gut instinct was it was a
:02:24. > :02:28.sending-off. Bolasie on a great run, and he is in on goal. What you
:02:29. > :02:32.don't quite see and we have had the luxury of seeing it is the angle of
:02:33. > :02:38.the ball after. Instinctively, I thought it was a sending-off. I
:02:39. > :02:42.disagree and he rides through the challenges. Those against him, just
:02:43. > :02:46.before he touches the final ball, he was stretching. -- what goes against
:02:47. > :02:49.him. I don't know if he would have got to the ball before the fallback.
:02:50. > :02:59.-- the fallback. Two teams who needed points to
:03:00. > :03:03.ensure Premier league football next season. Norwich City against Stoke
:03:04. > :03:16.City watched by Jonathan Pierce. It is Duncan's day, as the team get
:03:17. > :03:20.behind Duncan Forbes. He spent 33 years at Norwich and now he fights
:03:21. > :03:24.Alzheimer's disease. Today's fundraising will help the family pay
:03:25. > :03:32.for medical care. Former team-mates and former managers of Duncan Forbes
:03:33. > :03:35.take the field at Carrow Road. He would have loved their home
:03:36. > :03:41.defensive record because they have not conceded here in 2014. Van
:03:42. > :03:48.Wolfswinkel returns from the knee defeat -- injury that kept him out
:03:49. > :03:52.of the defeat against Aston Villa. Stoke beat Norwich at home unable to
:03:53. > :03:54.secure safety and another victory here would take them to within seven
:03:55. > :04:15.points of safety again. Straight at the goalkeeper. Could
:04:16. > :04:21.not get it off the ground, Peter Crouch. That was a big chance. How
:04:22. > :04:25.Duncan Forbes would have relished playing against him. That is the
:04:26. > :04:34.sort of tackling it would have loved. It breaks to Arnautovic.
:04:35. > :04:39.Walters. Mark Hughes will be concerned that the chances have, and
:04:40. > :04:46.it -- they have not put them away. Hoolahan. Played back to the
:04:47. > :04:48.fallback -- Well, today's game at the Amex, featured two clubs with
:04:49. > :04:59.the that's the best we've seen from
:05:00. > :05:10.Norwich so far. Johnson, cut out by the fallback. Redmond. He beats one,
:05:11. > :05:23.then two. Brings in Martin. Another chance comes and goes, and this time
:05:24. > :05:28.it is for the home side. England do possess young men with pace and here
:05:29. > :05:31.is another one on the conveyor belt. Van Wolfswinkel dropping deep to
:05:32. > :05:41.bring others into play. Martin on this occasion. Snodgrass. Hoolahan.
:05:42. > :05:49.Going inside, Martin on the outside. Snodgrass. -- Snodgrass going
:05:50. > :05:52.inside. A good save to keep the score 0-0. Reacting quickly to get
:05:53. > :05:53.the shot away early. That's why it's a good save because the goalkeeper
:05:54. > :06:12.had to react. Bassong. Hoolahan. A corner, but had he got the
:06:13. > :06:14.crossing, Norwich and three at the far post and Stoke City had four
:06:15. > :06:26.people. Van Wolfswinkel! He has had the luck
:06:27. > :06:28.of the dammed this season. Did well to get away from his marker but it
:06:29. > :06:34.goes wide. Only one clean sheet in 12 games in
:06:35. > :06:54.the league for Stoke. The shot almost slipped through the
:06:55. > :07:00.hands of Begovic. The most ghastly moment. Perilously close. -- almost
:07:01. > :07:03.a ghastly moment. Snodgrass is found.
:07:04. > :07:17.Johnson is in there. Martin is in there. Yobo, up from the back.
:07:18. > :07:26.It is in! Johnson. How precious might that prove? Well, today's game
:07:27. > :07:36.at the Amex, featured and he put his head right through
:07:37. > :07:42.it. A lovely header. Question marks about the defending. Shawcross took
:07:43. > :07:51.off too late. Johnson got the Liz Bonnin. Johnson gets the girl.
:07:52. > :07:56.Norwich lead. Dog -- Johnson gets the goal. What to do next? Redmond.
:07:57. > :08:04.Cutting in from the left-hand side great effort. -- great effort from
:08:05. > :08:12.the left-hand side. Snodgrass close-down. Crowded out. Stoke can
:08:13. > :08:16.break here. Arnautovic. -- Snodgrass closed down.
:08:17. > :08:32.The goalkeeper is looking into strong sunshine and he drifted away.
:08:33. > :08:48.In towards Walters. Olson was there. Bassong has tumbled into Guidetti
:08:49. > :08:51.and given away a penalty. He was late getting there and bundled into
:08:52. > :08:54.the young Swedish player and gave away a penalty. And Jon Walters
:08:55. > :09:10.steps up to put Stoke level. It is the first home guard at
:09:11. > :09:18.Norwich have conceded in a 455 minutes of football. He hit it with
:09:19. > :09:22.confidence. And that was something that was missing from the dreadful
:09:23. > :09:26.run of misses from the spot -- home goal. It was a confident strike.
:09:27. > :09:36.Another very important goal from Jon Walters.
:09:37. > :09:43.Stoke fans are singing Delilah. Walters protests his innocence to
:09:44. > :09:51.the referee but he's in trouble here, I think. Tettey has gone down
:09:52. > :09:55.holding his face and Walters is off. Jon Walters knew that something had
:09:56. > :09:58.happened, and something he had done was wrong because he turned to the
:09:59. > :10:07.referee in and and pleaded innocence. He followed through with
:10:08. > :10:11.a challenge, but that is a sending-off or not? The foot did
:10:12. > :10:18.come up. Courting late. Watch Jon Walters after this. Watch him go
:10:19. > :10:23.towards the referee. -- caught him late. I think he knows he's in
:10:24. > :10:32.trouble. You could not see him -- this second-half coming. Olsson.
:10:33. > :10:39.This needs a quality cross. Well played. Johnson, that wasn't. That
:10:40. > :10:44.is a big late opportunity that has gone away. Really well served and he
:10:45. > :10:53.got it all wrong. We have shot ourselves in the foot
:10:54. > :10:59.because it's a bad goal to concede. From the referee's point of view, a
:11:00. > :11:03.very soft penalty. Some of those would be given and some wouldn't,
:11:04. > :11:07.but unfortunately for us on this occasion the referee has given it. I
:11:08. > :11:10.thought it was very soft. But we should not have allowed ourselves to
:11:11. > :11:16.be in that position in the first place. At this moment it feels like
:11:17. > :11:18.two points lost. We have the character and determination in the
:11:19. > :11:24.group and once again that has come to the floor and helped us get a
:11:25. > :11:26.really important point. It has probably hindered Norwich because
:11:27. > :11:36.points at home are vital, and we know that ourselves. It is a good
:11:37. > :11:40.day for us, I would suggest. In some ways it satisfies both with honours
:11:41. > :11:43.even because Norwich go above the drop zone, Stoke are six points
:11:44. > :11:45.above it. One or two decisions could have influenced things in a
:11:46. > :11:50.different way, certainly the penalty.
:11:51. > :11:56.Chris is unhappy with a penalty, but it is a penalty for me. The referee
:11:57. > :12:00.is in a good spot. Bassong does not need to tackle him. There is no
:12:01. > :12:05.danger for me. It is more clumsy than anything. For me, it was a
:12:06. > :12:11.penalty. He gives the referee the opportunity. When you give the
:12:12. > :12:18.referee an opportunity, to be fair to Jonathan Walters, it's a good
:12:19. > :12:25.penalty. He goes from there, hero to zero. It is a naughty one. The
:12:26. > :12:29.referee is in a good position, but let's give the referee some credit
:12:30. > :12:35.as we tend to hammer them. It is a bit clumsy and late. When you slow
:12:36. > :12:38.these things down and they look nasty, but it is a sending-off and
:12:39. > :12:42.he will be disappointed because Stoke had momentum at that point.
:12:43. > :12:51.We think Stoke will be fine, and Norwich have a crush on, but a tough
:12:52. > :12:57.run-in. The result is better for Stoke today. Their last four games,
:12:58. > :13:02.they need the points on the board -- Norwich have a cushion. Gentlemen,
:13:03. > :13:28.thank you very much. Let's have a look at the table.
:13:29. > :13:34.Let's see what the morning papers have to say. The mail on Sunday says
:13:35. > :13:40.that David Moyes is planning to offer Tom Cleverley a new five-year
:13:41. > :13:44.deal. While the daily Star reports Manchester City are eyeing up moves
:13:45. > :13:56.for Luke Shaw and Ross Barkley. Chelsea seven points clear thanks
:13:57. > :13:57.largely to Chelsea. Goodbye. -- thanks largely to a Chelsea
:13:58. > :13:59.pensioner.