:00:54. > :01:00.Good evening. The Premier League returns with seven games and
:01:01. > :01:04.possibly the earliest mention on record of squeaky bum time. We have
:01:05. > :01:09.managers under pressure and relegation six pointer is. -- six
:01:10. > :01:37.pointers. We have two Scottish people in the
:01:38. > :01:43.studio, a warm welcome to Ballmer Cardiff manager Malky Mackay. We
:01:44. > :01:47.begin with a again at the bottom of the table, Sunderland beat
:01:48. > :01:51.Manchester United in their League Cup semifinal first leg this week
:01:52. > :01:54.but faced a full side just two points above the drop zone. -- a
:01:55. > :02:02.full side. Wembley might be within touching
:02:03. > :02:06.distance of Sunderland in the Capital One Cup but their plight in
:02:07. > :02:10.the Premier League remains desperate, still bottom of the pile.
:02:11. > :02:22.Full bounce back from their horror show to beat West Ham and climb out
:02:23. > :02:25.of the relegation zone. -- Fulham. Clint Dempsey makes his second
:02:26. > :02:30.Premier League debut for the club, he is on loan for two months, he
:02:31. > :02:37.scored 50 Premier League goals in his first spell here. Sunderland
:02:38. > :02:40.make two changes to the side that started on Tuesday against
:02:41. > :03:00.Manchester United, Adam Johnson and Jack Colback are preferred.
:03:01. > :03:06.The big discussion around these parts is whether Berbatov will still
:03:07. > :03:13.be at the club come the end of the January transfer window.
:03:14. > :03:22.Berbatov didn't get hold of it at all, down into the turf. It is a
:03:23. > :03:32.sin. In the end for Mannone. -- a simple stop.
:03:33. > :03:41.Another wonderful opportunity for the Fulham striker, and Wes Brown is
:03:42. > :03:48.the most relieved man in the ground. It is a lovely ball, Berbatov could
:03:49. > :03:49.have had a touch, if truth be told. At the moment, Fulham are
:03:50. > :04:07.considerably the better side. The shot came off the back of Jack
:04:08. > :04:12.Colback, it is a good save by Stockdale. It's the closest
:04:13. > :04:17.Sunderland have come so far. Stockdale was a cross swiftly.
:04:18. > :04:28.The foul is by Sidwell. Mike Dean, right under the visitors. Adam
:04:29. > :04:29.Johnson, probably the most skilled exponent of free kicks, looking for
:04:30. > :04:39.O'Shea. And Steven Fletcher missed the
:04:40. > :04:47.target. A well rehearsed routine, this. Fletcher had lost his marker.
:04:48. > :04:49.Just one win for Sunderland in their last nine games. It came on Boxing
:04:50. > :05:10.Day against ten man Everton. Taarabt! A great save by Mannone.
:05:11. > :05:15.And Taarabt's search for his first Fulham bowl in the Premier League
:05:16. > :05:25.continues. Horrific stop. -- terrific stop.
:05:26. > :05:30.He was just clipped by Sidwell as he looked to pull the trigger. The
:05:31. > :05:33.slightest of touches, but there was a touch. Johnson is beginning to
:05:34. > :05:47.have an influence on proceedings. And he scored! Stockdale got a
:05:48. > :05:52.fingertip to it but Adam Johnson, on his return to the starting line-up
:05:53. > :05:59.gives Sunderland the lead. Should Stockdale have done better? Having
:06:00. > :06:02.got both hands to it, maybe he should have kept it out. Adam
:06:03. > :06:07.Johnson, who scored against Carlisle a week ago in the FA Cup, has scored
:06:08. > :06:13.a far more important goal here today. Gus Poyet describe this game
:06:14. > :06:16.is not quite a cup final, more other semifinal. You get history, it's
:06:17. > :06:33.important. -- you get his drift. That was a reckless challenge, oh
:06:34. > :06:38.yellow card for the Norwegian. Somewhat theatrical run Marini, the
:06:39. > :06:52.leap into the sky. But it was a reckless challenge.
:06:53. > :06:57.It was pulled back for Ki Sung-Yueng, and it is goal number
:06:58. > :07:03.two! Whatever they did on the training ground has worked!
:07:04. > :07:09.Sunderland are leading 2-0, five minutes before half-time. Senderos
:07:10. > :07:16.might have got a touch. What matters is it ends up in the back of David
:07:17. > :07:26.Stockdale's net. Not many people saw this coming. No team has conceded
:07:27. > :07:42.more than one's 44 this season. -- than temp macro's 44.
:07:43. > :07:51.Alonso got the shout to turn that time. Good spell of pressure from
:07:52. > :07:56.Fulham. There is one back! Steve Sidwell with it. Poor marking from
:07:57. > :08:02.Sunderland, six minutes into the second half, Fulham are back in this
:08:03. > :08:09.one. Who were supposed to be marking him? He drifted away from Marcos
:08:10. > :08:12.Alonso. A shocker from Sunderland point of view. Sidwell, with his
:08:13. > :08:19.fifth of the season. So far this season, when Sidwell has scored,
:08:20. > :08:23.Fulham have not lost. Just what they wanted. Get one back early on and
:08:24. > :08:37.see what happens after that. Cattermole went for it, Stockdale
:08:38. > :08:38.kept it out at full stretch. Cattermole doesn't score goals, only
:08:39. > :09:04.four in his whole career. A lovely return pass. Johnson! Two
:09:05. > :09:10.goals in an afternoon for Adam Johnson! What a wonderful day on the
:09:11. > :09:17.banks of the Thames for Adam Johnson. Sunderland's forgotten man.
:09:18. > :09:22.There is daylight again between Sunderland and Fulham, a breakaway
:09:23. > :09:27.goal. A great ball from Altidore, even better from Ki Sung-Yueng.
:09:28. > :09:31.Through the legs of Stockdale. It's a wonderful counterattack from
:09:32. > :09:35.Sunderland and surely the three points are safe now.
:09:36. > :09:48.Fulham, facing the prospect of their seventh home defeat of the season.
:09:49. > :10:07.It looped awkwardly for Mannone. He backpedalled furiously to palm away.
:10:08. > :10:18.This would wrap it up. Altidore goes down. Penalty given. It was clumsy
:10:19. > :10:23.from Senderos. It was a careful decision by the referee, because it
:10:24. > :10:26.was a somewhat theatrical fall to the ground by Altidore, but he was
:10:27. > :10:33.definitely caught badly by Senderos, nowhere near the ball. Mike Dean had
:10:34. > :10:40.a good look at this, no second guesses as to who will take it.
:10:41. > :10:47.What a glorious day for Adam Johnson and Sunderland. Sunderland with
:10:48. > :10:51.three vital, vital points in their attempt to remain a Premier League
:10:52. > :10:55.club next season. Could not have gone much better for Sunderland, it
:10:56. > :10:59.certainly could not have gone much better for Adam Johnson. He scored
:11:00. > :11:09.three and set up the other goal. We all know how important it is to
:11:10. > :11:13.win your home games, especially against the teams around you, it was
:11:14. > :11:20.a massive opportunity missed to slide up the table. We done it, we
:11:21. > :11:23.did it in style, we are in a position where there are not too
:11:24. > :11:32.many games to play, so very good performance today. What about Adam
:11:33. > :11:39.Johnson? So please him. The other day he made my day, today he went a
:11:40. > :11:46.bit further! I just said to myself, it's a new start now, New Year, get
:11:47. > :11:52.to playing how I used to. You must be nudging Roy Hodgson now. It was
:11:53. > :11:55.always on my mind, you never know, stranger things have happened.
:11:56. > :12:01.Hopefully I will force my way back into the squad.
:12:02. > :12:05.Great day for him and Sunderland. He promised so much for long, but
:12:06. > :12:11.rarely delivered, he certainly did today? We had him at Watford when he
:12:12. > :12:15.was a youngster, he ripped up the Championship at that point. The
:12:16. > :12:20.confidence is needed. Under the last manager there was a confidence
:12:21. > :12:25.problem with him. Gus is talking today about no more excuses, it's
:12:26. > :12:30.time for him to sit up and take his chance to go to the World Cup.
:12:31. > :12:34.Set-pieces. Great move here, involved in. Anything... Even his
:12:35. > :12:40.defending. Comes back there and, you know, as I said, everything that was
:12:41. > :12:48.good about Sunderland, beautiful set-piece. Everything that
:12:49. > :12:53.confidence again in the flick. The style that Gus Poyet brought in will
:12:54. > :13:00.help him? Very much so. He wants to attack. Here he's creating as well.
:13:01. > :13:05.This is the one where he comes inside. Was he touched there? It was
:13:06. > :13:10.minimal contact, but it does take place. There is an argument he takes
:13:11. > :13:17.two steps and he still buys the foul. That is where the goal comes
:13:18. > :13:23.from, as you see. Stockdale got both his hands to it, he can do better.
:13:24. > :13:29.Great technique, but on another day he would push that out. This is
:13:30. > :13:34.great. O'Shea makes the move. He starts it off and shows leadership
:13:35. > :13:38.qualities. Gus will be delighted that training ground move took
:13:39. > :13:44.place. Riise will be disappointed, sees Adam there and let's him go. He
:13:45. > :13:49.sticks his third goal in. Now he is telling us how many goals he scored
:13:50. > :13:55.going off the pitch. He is a massive talent. If he goes like that, he can
:13:56. > :13:58.keep Sunderland up. When he is not playing so well he has to do more.
:13:59. > :14:03.He has to want it more. He has to have that belief. Work harder.
:14:04. > :14:09.Fulham, they are consistently inconsistent? They are a funny old
:14:10. > :14:15.team. They have lost 46 goals in 21 league games, 11 more than any other
:14:16. > :14:21.side, Norwich, that will tell their own story for me. They are an ageing
:14:22. > :14:25.side. You would fancy Sunderland to stay up and Fulham to go down after
:14:26. > :14:28.today. They have three away games in the next four, Arsenal, Swansea and
:14:29. > :14:34.Manchester United. That could define the season for them. Big time ahead.
:14:35. > :14:40.Big trouble for Big Sam, West Ham second from bottom in the table were
:14:41. > :14:47.thrashed by 5-0 in the FA Cup and 6-0 by Manchester City in the League
:14:48. > :14:51.Cup today they faced Cardiff for who Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was making his
:14:52. > :14:56.debut as manager. Premier League bow for one manager, could it also be a
:14:57. > :14:59.potential farewell for the other? The contrast between Ole Gunnar
:15:00. > :15:10.Solskjaer and Sam Allardyce couldn't be much greater. There have been
:15:11. > :15:13.four changes to the side that won against Newcastle in the Cup last
:15:14. > :15:21.weekend: The key decision for Big Sam is
:15:22. > :15:25.whether he could thurst Carroll into his first game of the season after
:15:26. > :15:28.an eight month absence, the answer, just from the bench, that has been
:15:29. > :15:33.described as a calculated risk. There are four alterations to the 11
:15:34. > :15:36.who lost at Manchester City with Roger Johnson making his first
:15:37. > :15:47.Premier League appearance since joining this week. Great ball in.
:15:48. > :15:56.It's almost gone in. It stopped, only just. Jarvis back in. West Ham
:15:57. > :16:01.United very nearly in front. The ball was delivered into the area.
:16:02. > :16:09.Nobody went for it. It came off the right hand upright.
:16:10. > :16:17.Ball in, a cracker. Campbell did his very best to get to it. I think he
:16:18. > :16:20.hit the post on the way through. I think he's OK though. Here is Noone.
:16:21. > :16:30.Campbell tries to get to it. Was that a push? No. A collision, says
:16:31. > :16:40.Lee Mason. In fairness, he might have got that right, Lee Mason.
:16:41. > :16:48.Certainly leans into him, doesn't he Demel, before he takes a whack
:16:49. > :17:00.himself. That is a very distressing sight indeed.
:17:01. > :17:16.Nice drop of the shoulder. Nice exchange of the feet. Nice skills
:17:17. > :17:21.from Odemwingie. Noone was hoping to benefit from Odemwingie's guile and
:17:22. > :17:32.craft. It was McCartney who made a really good block here. Now, Kim.
:17:33. > :17:35.Urged on by those donned in red. The deflection, take it is off the
:17:36. > :17:39.underside of the bar. Then, is it over the line? We've got the
:17:40. > :17:42.technology these days. Actually, there was a foul. It's all about
:17:43. > :17:49.whether that first ball crossed the line. The second one doesn't matter.
:17:50. > :17:53.It was very close to the line. But not over it. Then there a foul by
:17:54. > :18:11.Campbell. That would have been a goal. Taylor.
:18:12. > :18:24.No offside. Carlton Cole will score. What a big goal that is. Lovely
:18:25. > :18:27.little clip over the top. No offside. And and, Carlton Cole
:18:28. > :18:32.provides Sam Allardyce with a key moment that could be possibly a
:18:33. > :18:41.turning point for his team and himself. Lovely layoff by Jarvis,
:18:42. > :18:43.and Carlton Cole thumps it into the net. That will make everyone feel a
:18:44. > :19:00.lot better, but him especially. Whittingham and now Noone. Oh, now
:19:01. > :19:04.that definitely struck an arm. I don't think that McCartney knew a
:19:05. > :19:11.whole heap about it. I'm convinced it bounced off his arm. It does. But
:19:12. > :19:17.the feeling is there was no deliberate intent to hit the ball
:19:18. > :19:24.with the arm. Well, a big decision to back the manager, David Gold
:19:25. > :19:33.believing they have the right man. Here's Medel, opens up to be hit.
:19:34. > :19:42.Bellamy lifts it in. Claims of a penalty dismissed. Lee Mason had a
:19:43. > :19:47.good look, and could not have been more dismissive. Now, looking at
:19:48. > :19:57.that angle, does McCartney have a couple of arms around Campbell?
:19:58. > :20:10.Kym, Bellamy skavrperring. Here is Bellamy. In towards Campbell. Great
:20:11. > :20:15.save. Fantastic save by Adrian. Saves don't get much more
:20:16. > :20:31.significant than that. Should West Ham keep their cleansheet, they will
:20:32. > :20:39.thank their keeper. That's a foul by tomorrow skins. That is a foul. He's
:20:40. > :20:50.going through his paces. Is it just to keep warm or are we about to see
:20:51. > :20:54.Andy Carroll? Bellamy. Good tackle. Campbell. Still with Campbell. And
:20:55. > :21:01.Noone. Foul on Campbell, free-kick on the edge of the area. Yellow card
:21:02. > :21:13.for Johnson. Not a pretty challenge, was it? It is Bellamy. It's just
:21:14. > :21:19.beyond the post. Adrian hurled himself at it, couldn't get there,
:21:20. > :21:25.but it was beyond his post. Well, here is the change that has been
:21:26. > :21:30.spoken about all week. Carlton Cole, the goalscorer, coming off, but most
:21:31. > :21:42.significantly, Andy Carroll is coming on. If Carlton Cole is to be
:21:43. > :21:51.the hero, he will be on the bench to celebrate it. Now, that's a foot up
:21:52. > :22:01.by Tomkins. Yellow card. He's already had one. And, he is off.
:22:02. > :22:08.Well, he misses the ball and catches Campbell square in the face and now
:22:09. > :22:15.this extraordinary match takes another dramatic twist.
:22:16. > :22:26.Good ball by Carroll. Noble. Finishes it! A heroic display,
:22:27. > :22:30.celebrate joyiously by those who have come from the East End of
:22:31. > :22:36.London and those who had faith in the manager. Sam Allardyce has his
:22:37. > :22:42.win. They have their win. A miserable, miserable week has a
:22:43. > :22:46.very, very happy ending. If performances say a lot about what
:22:47. > :22:52.players think of the man in charge, then this is a performance that says
:22:53. > :23:00.- we want him to stay in charge. It is a big win. A huge win. And, the
:23:01. > :23:05.support from the Board has been vindicated. There didn't seem to be
:23:06. > :23:07.any problems out there? It's only a lack of confidence when you are not
:23:08. > :23:11.winning games or not getting points where you feel as though you can.
:23:12. > :23:14.They are certainly battling for themselves as well as the
:23:15. > :23:18.supporters, as well as the staff, certainly the manager. I think that
:23:19. > :23:21.shows the way we went down to 10 men. They put their bodies on the
:23:22. > :23:26.line and got their just rewards. Great to keep a cleansheet and get
:23:27. > :23:30.three points. We wanted a win here today, it wasn't to be. We had about
:23:31. > :23:34.double the possession of them. We had twice the shots. So sometimes
:23:35. > :23:40.football is that way, that you don't get what you deserve. 11 goals in in
:23:41. > :23:44.the last two games. As a professional player you don't want
:23:45. > :23:49.that to happen. The our first... Certainly today was to get a
:23:50. > :23:55.cleansheet we build from there. How was Big Sam in the dressing room. He
:23:56. > :23:58.has come urned pressure? He certainly has. He showed today in
:23:59. > :24:04.his team selection he got it right. He is in a good place today. That is
:24:05. > :24:10.for sure. Big Sam refrained from talking to the media after losing
:24:11. > :24:20.his voice shouting I would imagine. Great turn around. Credit to them. I
:24:21. > :24:24.think it's great to see that sometimes when a manager is under
:24:25. > :24:28.pressure the players are under pressure, the club is under pressure
:24:29. > :24:32.for the players to come out and give a performance that was just
:24:33. > :24:35.absolutely phenomenonal. When you talk about the grit and
:24:36. > :24:39.determination and the fighting spirit of those players today, that
:24:40. > :24:43.played for West Ham, it was magnificent to see. They got one or
:24:44. > :24:47.two breaks. They rode their luck at times, it might have been different.
:24:48. > :24:51.That would never detract from the performance. Sam must have said
:24:52. > :24:56.something special in the dressing room before the start of the game.
:24:57. > :25:00.This is Kim. If that goes in 0-0, it might be different. Then they are a
:25:01. > :25:06.couple of penalty appeals Cardiff. That one with McCartney. The next
:25:07. > :25:12.one McCartney and phrasel Campbell, the referee might have given that.
:25:13. > :25:15.Every time that Cardiff have a shot, strikes straight down the throat of
:25:16. > :25:21.the West Ham goalkeeper. Finally, this is the best save of the lot.
:25:22. > :25:24.Again, that would never detract from the West Ham performance it was
:25:25. > :25:28.phenomenonal. I suppose, in these circumstances, you need your big
:25:29. > :25:34.players to stand tall. No bigger player on that pitch today than Mark
:25:35. > :25:39.Noble. The clips cannot do him justice. He is injured here, a nasty
:25:40. > :25:45.one there. He is down. I said to Malky Mackay, he's off, it was that
:25:46. > :25:50.bad. He he played virtually every position. That is in the hold in
:25:51. > :25:54.front of the back four. We pick him up here, spotting the danger.
:25:55. > :26:00.Identifying the danger and clears it, hooks it away. Same again. Just
:26:01. > :26:05.nips it away and West Ham in possession. This time he is at right
:26:06. > :26:12.back. Blocks the cross. Then he goes to centre-back. Great header. Then,
:26:13. > :26:16.the last like 10-15 minutes he is now an attacking midfield player.
:26:17. > :26:21.Gave him so much respite in position. Andy Carroll who came on,
:26:22. > :26:30.he has run like 50 odd yards there. This time, he is buy time. Keep hold
:26:31. > :26:34.of the ball. Get it in the corner. He is supporting Andy Carroll. He
:26:35. > :26:38.comes in. A great finish. Well-deserved. I tell you something
:26:39. > :26:42.else. If there is a better performance today or tomorrow than
:26:43. > :26:45.that, I want to see it. It will be a good one. Malky Mackay
:26:46. > :26:48.two-and-a-half years you were manager of Cardiff City football
:26:49. > :26:53.club, they lost that game today. What state do you think they have
:26:54. > :26:56.left them in? I think we have a squad who are absolutely competitive
:26:57. > :27:00.and can stay up. They are a great group of players. They have got a
:27:01. > :27:04.lot of togetherness on there. There is a good structure and balance to
:27:05. > :27:10.the football club. A terrific group of fans. That home stadium has most
:27:11. > :27:15.of the bottom 10 to play at home. Missing it? Absolutely. I loved my
:27:16. > :27:19.time at the club. Loved my job and liked living in Cardiff and the
:27:20. > :27:33.people of Wales. Surely you would rather be with us? Apart from you
:27:34. > :27:39.being with with you. How do you look back at your time Very fondly. This
:27:40. > :27:43.year, we went and beat two or three of the big teams and managed to beat
:27:44. > :27:45.Swansea the local rivals. Really fondly. I would like to get your
:27:46. > :27:57.opinion on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. A good appointment? A good job for
:27:58. > :28:02.him? I think it is a great job from him, coming into the Premier League
:28:03. > :28:06.and into the club that has the structure and the staff and he has a
:28:07. > :28:09.decent training ground, 30,000 people want to come to the games
:28:10. > :28:13.every week and a team that are absolutely competitive and go and
:28:14. > :28:18.have a chance of staying up. The right man to come in? A decent
:28:19. > :28:23.appointment. He has done when -- done well, he has done well in
:28:24. > :28:27.Norway. It is different managing in the Premier League. There is a
:28:28. > :28:31.culture shock as well. I am sure. We have seen two games from the bottom
:28:32. > :28:36.of the table and we want you to pick the team you think is most likely to
:28:37. > :28:38.be relegated this season. Go to the BBC Sport website to cast your vote,
:28:39. > :28:47.or you can tweet. We will come up with your bottom
:28:48. > :28:50.three at the end of the programme. In the day's early game Chelsea had
:28:51. > :28:55.the chance to go top of the table but to do so they had to beat Hull
:28:56. > :28:58.City side who have kept six clean sheets at home, the most in the
:28:59. > :29:04.division. Guy Mowbray was at the KC Stadium.
:29:05. > :29:12.Tom Huddlestone has had a haircut, he has raised over ?6,000 for cancer
:29:13. > :29:16.research. Hazard it's a more regular scorer from the Chelsea midfield.
:29:17. > :29:20.The team's top scorer, with ten goals, two have come in the last
:29:21. > :29:25.three Premier League games. Petr Cech stands on the brink of a club
:29:26. > :29:31.record. His next clean sheet will be his 209th for Chelsea, one more than
:29:32. > :29:36.the great Peter Bonetti. They have a pretty close relationship, Steve
:29:37. > :29:37.Bruce and Jose Mourinho. Seven previous management meetings. Jose
:29:38. > :30:05.Mourinho has won five and drawn two. Littlemore goes for goal and Cech,
:30:06. > :30:09.it must have been moving. He got himself in the good position, Cech,
:30:10. > :30:14.he was watching it and felt the safest course of action was to beat
:30:15. > :30:16.the ball clear. There was a wobble under swerve under save. Tom
:30:17. > :30:31.Huddlestone with the Hull corner. You can tell he feels he should have
:30:32. > :30:38.done better than that. He managed to get away from Ramires, not quite a
:30:39. > :30:40.free header but fairly free. We used to see Bruce senior pop a few of
:30:41. > :30:51.those in from that sort of position. It is Sagbo. He has missed the
:30:52. > :30:57.target and it was a chance that was gifted to him by the Chelsea
:30:58. > :31:01.captain. Too casual, closed down by Liverpool, deflected to Sagbo, who
:31:02. > :31:06.felt he had to take it first-time and smash it and it swerved
:31:07. > :31:11.viciously wide. Both bosses are prowling. Steve Bruce has not taken
:31:12. > :31:14.a seat from the start. Jose Mourinho has been up and down. A bit of a
:31:15. > :31:32.scowl across his face as well. Oscar, what a save by McGregor. What
:31:33. > :31:36.a save! Oscar had time. Chelsea fans at the other end were revving
:31:37. > :31:40.themselves up to celebrate what looked a certain goal. Look at
:31:41. > :31:45.Oscar, he had all the time in the world, it seems. A really good
:31:46. > :31:50.reaction save. Three minutes of the 45, plus whatever is added on for
:31:51. > :31:53.Chelsea to find a goal and for Jose Mourinho to finish his half-time
:31:54. > :32:02.teat not -- his half-time team talk notes.
:32:03. > :32:09.Six of one, half a dozen of the other in Mark Clattenburg's view.
:32:10. > :32:16.Livermore making the indication that he thinks David Luiz made far too
:32:17. > :32:19.much of that. They are going to sort it out between themselves. David
:32:20. > :32:24.Luiz is taking Livermore away, saying, let's have a chat about it.
:32:25. > :32:29.What about the early block from Meyler on Hazard? It is inside the
:32:30. > :32:33.box. A good old-fashioned shot off the shoulder. It is the next tackle
:32:34. > :32:37.that Chelsea did not like, a feeling that Livermore came over the top.
:32:38. > :32:41.Mark Clattenburg is explaining why he has given the free kick. He
:32:42. > :32:45.doesn't view it as a reckless challenge, or a card would be out
:32:46. > :32:50.and David Luiz is happy to forget about it. It will be forgotten about
:32:51. > :32:56.by Chelsea if they can do something from this. Just two in the wall,
:32:57. > :33:00.Huddlestone and Boyd. There is a Chelsea part of it, Gary Cahill.
:33:01. > :33:06.David Luiz over the wall and McGregor had to do what he needed to
:33:07. > :33:09.do. Don't even think about it while backpedalling and looking at the
:33:10. > :33:19.pace of the ball, just get it up and away.
:33:20. > :33:24.Alex Bruce was trying to keep control, struggling on the floor.
:33:25. > :33:28.The whistle went, everybody stopped and looked at Mark Clattenburg, who
:33:29. > :33:32.after explaining his decision told everybody it was a free kick for
:33:33. > :33:34.Chelsea. David Luiz has already tried one. It might be him going for
:33:35. > :33:43.the Big Dipper again. Parried clear by McGregor, a
:33:44. > :33:48.different sort of safe to have to make, but another one made. That one
:33:49. > :33:53.swerving rather than dipping. Maybe a bit of both involved. Did not have
:33:54. > :34:03.enough pace in it to truly troubles the Hull keeper.
:34:04. > :34:15.He has scored! Hazard. He picked the right moment, found the right spot.
:34:16. > :34:20.Hull City nil, Chelsea won. He has been the most skilful player on the
:34:21. > :34:25.pitch since the start of the game. Number 11 for him. You would not
:34:26. > :34:39.fancy Hull to get back into it, even at just 1-0.
:34:40. > :34:47.Pinpoint perfect with the accuracy. What have Hull got about them now?
:34:48. > :34:51.Hull City nil, Chelsea one. Celebrated by everybody with Chelsea
:34:52. > :34:54.at heart, except one man, who will be doing it inside in his own
:34:55. > :35:00.special way. Scored at Southampton on New Year's Day. The first one
:35:01. > :35:04.went in on the hour mark, the last one on the 82nd minute. This is
:35:05. > :35:07.Chelsea's sort of time to take the lead and turn the screw. It looks as
:35:08. > :35:12.if the pattern is starting to repeat.
:35:13. > :35:20.Torres is desperate for a goal. A really good run, he has got his
:35:21. > :35:24.goal! Fernando Torres, on target for the second Premier League game in a
:35:25. > :35:29.row. Chelsea wrap up the points. Torres scores on the occasion of his
:35:30. > :35:34.200th appearance in the Premier League. He has been quiet for such a
:35:35. > :35:36.lot of the game but as soon as he took up possession he had his mind
:35:37. > :35:52.set on scoring. Chelsea, at least for a short while,
:35:53. > :36:01.and going to the top of the Barclays Amir league. If we being honest it
:36:02. > :36:04.was arguably our poorest performers against one of the big teams. When
:36:05. > :36:08.you play against a big team you have to play really well. I know
:36:09. > :36:12.everybody is on top of their game. Today, we just didn't pass the ball
:36:13. > :36:15.well enough. We kept surrendering the possession of one thing you have
:36:16. > :36:18.to do is keep hold of the ball because if you give it back to them
:36:19. > :36:22.then eventually they will create something. We had some difficulties
:36:23. > :36:26.in the first half and it was difficult to open it up and once the
:36:27. > :36:33.opportunity came McGregor made two great saves to keep the score level.
:36:34. > :36:37.The second half, we stepped up our game and the first goal changed
:36:38. > :36:41.everything. The goal has to arrive and it will arrive and the good
:36:42. > :36:49.thing is that after that we were comfortable. It was not the
:36:50. > :36:54.situation, not that it was comfortable and when Torres scored
:36:55. > :37:02.the second goal I think it was going in that direction and in the 1-1
:37:03. > :37:06.direction, so well done. Chelsea go top of the table for the first time
:37:07. > :37:12.this season. He is a canny old Portuguese so-and-so? Very
:37:13. > :37:15.impressive today. When they went away from home against Manchester
:37:16. > :37:20.United and Arsenal, it was nothing game, he was castigated for doing
:37:21. > :37:26.it. Today, they take no chances. It is tricky to go to Hull, the front
:37:27. > :37:31.four at times were against nine men. If anybody joined in the front
:37:32. > :37:34.four automatically one of the four would come out and left it four
:37:35. > :37:38.against nine. The theory of all this is eventually he thinks that quality
:37:39. > :37:44.will take over and that is what he was proved right.
:37:45. > :37:50.We have the front four, there is nobody coming in and eventually the
:37:51. > :37:57.two coming but there is four against nine, so as I say when the ball
:37:58. > :38:02.comes out if any of the two want to join in, the right back comes into
:38:03. > :38:06.the picture. But there is still four up front against the nine, then
:38:07. > :38:10.David Luiz goes in, Willian comes out and you have the four. So what
:38:11. > :38:14.you are doing is you have plenty in reserve, you take no chances
:38:15. > :38:19.whatsoever. They switched the play. Ashley Cole comes in, Hazard comes
:38:20. > :38:24.out. What have you got? You have still got the four. It was amazing
:38:25. > :38:29.in the first half how this pans out. It was like time after time that you
:38:30. > :38:34.would still have the four and it did not matter who joined up. You always
:38:35. > :38:38.have the two home players and the back four. John Terry came forward
:38:39. > :38:42.in one instance and Mourinho shouted, get right back. Of course
:38:43. > :38:47.it worked an absolute treat because in the end it was so comfortable.
:38:48. > :38:51.Even the counterattack, you have a different four there but it is four.
:38:52. > :38:57.Ramiro is has joined in, Willian has gone back. You have got to have a
:38:58. > :39:01.lot of discipline to do that. It is not easy. It looks easy there but I
:39:02. > :39:06.tell you what, he must have drilled them in training to do that sort of
:39:07. > :39:10.thing. You talked about the quality would see them through and so it
:39:11. > :39:15.proved. Hazard in particular is wonderful. Such a great player. He
:39:16. > :39:19.has talent and ability. He scored today, his ninth goal, it equals his
:39:20. > :39:23.tally for last season. He is so tricky. He has got stronger in the
:39:24. > :39:27.time he has been in the Premier League. This is wonderful, he gets
:39:28. > :39:31.up quick and gets the ball from Ashley Cole and produces a great
:39:32. > :39:41.cross for Oscar. A brilliant save from McGregor. Here, Curtis Davies,
:39:42. > :39:43.on another day you might have got something for that but Huddlestone,
:39:44. > :39:49.one against one, leaves him for dead. Then, when it comes to the
:39:50. > :39:54.goal he scores, five minutes before it he is in the same position. He
:39:55. > :40:01.cuts inside. There is a bit -- there are about six after him and it goes
:40:02. > :40:07.wide. The goal is so much quality. He goes to hit, fantastic. Behind
:40:08. > :40:12.the goals, look at that. Phenomenal ability. They are right in the mix.
:40:13. > :40:17.I am not kidding you. Again, they have talked about Chelsea all season
:40:18. > :40:19.and the board, the first half against Liverpool, they have
:40:20. > :40:25.multitalented players and he has done the job before. Malky, as the
:40:26. > :40:28.Hull, difficult for them today but they are in the middle of the
:40:29. > :40:33.table. They came up with you last season. He has done a good job,
:40:34. > :40:38.Steve Bruce? I have watched a lot of them and Steve will be delighted.
:40:39. > :40:42.Disappointed today but overall they have been competitive, resilient and
:40:43. > :40:46.they have had a couple of big scalps this season. He has done a really
:40:47. > :41:05.good job this year. Three down and four more games still to come.
:41:06. > :41:11.Now, to Old Trafford when Manchester United's record in 2014 reads three
:41:12. > :41:17.games, three defeats in three different competitions. It is their
:41:18. > :41:23.worst run for 13 years. Obviously we are not in the best spell of format
:41:24. > :41:28.the moment. He could shoot, he finds Eriksen instead, 2-0 to Spurs.
:41:29. > :41:36.Unbelievable that the referee does not give a penalty kick. Howard Webb
:41:37. > :41:40.is not giving anything. He knocks Manchester United out for sure. It
:41:41. > :41:45.is what you do with them and how we move on. It is a penalty to
:41:46. > :41:56.Sunderland. How could a linesman give that? Borini scores. David
:41:57. > :41:59.Moyes' men faced the Swansea side who knocked them out of the FA Cup
:42:00. > :42:06.last week. Steve Wilson is your commentator.
:42:07. > :42:13.Danny Welbeck has been doing what he can in the absence of Wayne Rooney
:42:14. > :42:21.and van Persie. Another defeat here will equal Manchester United's worst
:42:22. > :42:25.run in 54 years. Is this and other day, or Groundhog Day? -- another
:42:26. > :42:40.day or Groundhog Day. Raphael went down holding his face.
:42:41. > :42:45.The referee's whistle was swift, and gave the free kick. I am not sure
:42:46. > :42:51.that Jonjo Shelvey actually caught him in the face.
:42:52. > :42:59.Swept over the top of the bar by Vidic! He is saying he was pushed. A
:43:00. > :43:07.really good ball in by Januzaj, no question about that. Is he pushed?
:43:08. > :43:17.That is an arm in the back. Not the world's biggest push.
:43:18. > :43:25.Valencia can hit it! Tremendous save. Tremmel with a really good
:43:26. > :43:30.save, in the Swansea goal. I think the referee had already blown for a
:43:31. > :43:37.free kick. He had given it, so it wouldn't have counted.
:43:38. > :43:49.Januzaj hit the woodwork. Tremmel got there just ahead of Fletcher. It
:43:50. > :43:52.is a foul on Valencia. Januzaj against the crossbar, unlucky.
:43:53. > :43:56.Tremendous free kick. The goalkeeper is beaten. A couple of inches lower,
:43:57. > :44:17.it would have been a goal. Routledge's pull-back was behind
:44:18. > :44:23.Wilfried Bony. It was a great fall from Jonjo Shelvey. It came to
:44:24. > :44:42.Routledge, he was onside, but that was a poor touch.
:44:43. > :44:52.It was hit by Fletcher. Rising too much. Better from Manchester United.
:44:53. > :44:59.At times in this game, they have really put Swansea under the cosh.
:45:00. > :45:02.That was well worked. They would love to see him in a Manchester
:45:03. > :45:06.United shirt rather than in a padded coat. Sir Alex Ferguson is not here
:45:07. > :45:25.today. Welbeck Mrs! Great opportunity. The
:45:26. > :45:33.best of the game. Beautifully worked, too. Valencia picked out
:45:34. > :45:39.Raphael, and he could do no more, it's just required Danny Welbeck to
:45:40. > :45:40.hit the target. And he didn't. And his reaction tells you that he knows
:45:41. > :46:20.he should have done. A great save! Valencia, 1-0! Antonio
:46:21. > :46:25.Valencia with the goal for Manchester United. And they have the
:46:26. > :46:29.lead right at the start of the second half. Januzaj here, waited
:46:30. > :46:37.his moment and then delivered a great ball. A good save by Tremmel,
:46:38. > :46:40.who is unlucky. You don't play for Manchester United if you can't stick
:46:41. > :46:45.the ball into an unguarded net from three yards, and Valencia scores.
:46:46. > :46:49.Great start the half for Manchester United. A little over a minute, they
:46:50. > :47:08.lead. He couldn't get it away from Davis,
:47:09. > :47:09.it is a corner only. One or two United players thought that might
:47:10. > :47:29.have been a foul. Januzaj did well, in October
:47:30. > :47:39.Routledge. You just feel a second goal is coming.
:47:40. > :47:49.The touch from Welbeck, 2-0! And Manchester United look safe now.
:47:50. > :47:59.Tremmel tried to get Swansea going on the counter and yen won it back,
:48:00. > :48:04.knocking over Routledge. Then it is Kagawa's, and they never really get
:48:05. > :48:10.it away. The little glancing touch from Welbeck was enough. And
:48:11. > :48:19.Manchester United doubled their lead. Two goals in the first 15
:48:20. > :48:20.minutes of the second half, very difficult to say a way back into
:48:21. > :48:42.this game for Swansea City. The United corner. He is flying, the
:48:43. > :48:50.boy. And Swansea are really struggling to cope with him.
:48:51. > :49:05.I think I did say after the first goal that you don't play for
:49:06. > :49:09.Manchester United if you can't put the ball into the back of an
:49:10. > :49:12.unguarded net from three yards. Turns out that Chris Smalling can't,
:49:13. > :49:18.on this occasion, you really should have done. Not bad on the high bar
:49:19. > :49:40.but not great in front of goal! He should have done better. That was
:49:41. > :49:54.a clear opportunity, wasted. He got his timing or wrong. -- all wrong.
:49:55. > :50:07.The right pass, Kagawa is in. Can he finished? Nelly Carte! -- know he
:50:08. > :50:15.can't! You feel there is a real desire in Old Trafford to see Shinji
:50:16. > :50:17.Kagawa flourish and do well, but the opportunities that come his way to
:50:18. > :50:22.do that have not always been taken. This was another.
:50:23. > :50:29.The crowd have been terrific at Old Trafford, we gave them something to
:50:30. > :50:36.shout about especially in the second half, not so much the first. I think
:50:37. > :50:39.we did well in the first half but of course, giving away after 90 seconds
:50:40. > :50:44.in the second half, that was the thing we didn't want, and just the
:50:45. > :50:52.thing they wanted, so it gave them much more confidence and they are
:50:53. > :50:56.good players. We should have scored three or four, we missed some good
:50:57. > :51:00.chances. Even though we won the game, we are still expecting more
:51:01. > :51:04.from each other, that is the sort of performance we should be putting in
:51:05. > :51:11.every week. It isn't players getting carried away, that should have been
:51:12. > :51:19.one today. Great to see him backplane. Significant feature was
:51:20. > :51:24.that David Moyes change things. He put Januzaj back out wide. He put
:51:25. > :51:30.Kagawa where he really should be plain, as a number ten.
:51:31. > :51:35.You see here, he's involved in everything that went well in the
:51:36. > :51:42.second half. He became massively influential throughout the game, his
:51:43. > :51:48.balance, running with the ball, that is like a young Ryan Giggs. And I
:51:49. > :51:52.think he is believing he can be playing at that level for Manchester
:51:53. > :51:59.United, that is a huge bonus. Special talent. They think really
:52:00. > :52:06.highly of him here at Old Trafford. You see him linking up with Danny
:52:07. > :52:13.Welbeck, puts a beautiful ball in, a really teasing ball to the back
:52:14. > :52:17.post. And it leads to Valencia scoring the goal. You see him here,
:52:18. > :52:25.back tracking, he sets up this goal here, I tracking back. They give it
:52:26. > :52:29.to him out wide, and again, good delivery. He has a bit of
:52:30. > :52:37.everything, he can trouble, the intelligence to bring other people
:52:38. > :52:41.into the game. -- he can dribble. After three defeats like that, at
:52:42. > :52:44.the start of the year, that was vital. Absolutely, and they played a
:52:45. > :52:52.lot better. If you win a title easily, you don't
:52:53. > :52:58.become a bad side overnight but if you have one or two set backs, the
:52:59. > :53:02.confidence goes. It is always the same, you have the best team that
:53:03. > :53:06.has ever been in England, you still need to look to strengthen, doesn't
:53:07. > :53:11.matter who you are. If you have won the title with a distinctly average
:53:12. > :53:18.side maybe, you need five or six new faces. They have maybe five players
:53:19. > :53:22.there that, not past their best, but coming to the end of their career.
:53:23. > :53:27.That wind changes nothing for Manchester United. They are in
:53:28. > :53:33.touching distance of the Champions' League but they need fresh faces.
:53:34. > :53:39.It's difficult transfer window in January. There are special players
:53:40. > :53:46.who are needed to come in, but they have missed players, the likes of
:53:47. > :53:50.Vidic, Fletcher, Michael Carrick. And van Persie who were so
:53:51. > :53:58.influential last year. Chelsea next week. Mice and easy! The thing is,
:53:59. > :54:07.if they go to Chelsea and get eaten, they are back to square one. -- get
:54:08. > :54:15.beaten. Two games tomorrow which will also feature the December goal
:54:16. > :54:59.of the month. -- two games on the programme tomorrow.
:55:00. > :55:07.Tonight, we have all the goals from the foot will leak, we have 15 in
:55:08. > :55:11.our three featured games -- the football league. We have two
:55:12. > :55:14.Tremadog local derbies, Sheffield Wednesday up against Leeds, while
:55:15. > :55:16.leaders Leicester took on