:00:54. > :00:57.Hello, just when you thought this Barclays Premier League season
:00:58. > :01:01.couldn't throw up any more twists and turns, we have another week full
:01:02. > :01:03.of excitement and surprises. Six games coming up and here's to more
:01:04. > :01:37.of the same. In the studio, two men who have seen
:01:38. > :01:40.pretty much everything a Premier League season can offer, but this
:01:41. > :01:43.time round even they're getting excited, honest! We start with
:01:44. > :01:46.bottom club Sunderland's trip to Chelsea. Gus Poyet did his former
:01:47. > :01:55.club a favour on Wednesday night, but it could have been so much
:01:56. > :02:05.better. Promising this for City with Aguero. Lovely. Manchester City
:02:06. > :02:14.lead, inside two minutes. Great ball in. Tap-in for Connor Wickham. Going
:02:15. > :02:23.for goal. Finds the goal. What a strike from Connor Wickham. Nasri.
:02:24. > :02:30.He can't keep it out. That could be a huge moment at the top and the
:02:31. > :02:37.bottom. Your commentator at Stamford Bridge is Simon Brotherton. Hletico
:02:38. > :02:44.Madrid and Liverpool loom large on the horizon. Chelsea's focus has to
:02:45. > :02:46.be on the here of the now. Bottom-of-the-table Sunderland
:02:47. > :02:53.knocked them out of the Capital One Cup this season. A similar result
:02:54. > :02:57.could prove to be a knockout blow to Chelsea's title aspirations. Petr
:02:58. > :03:02.Cech is ruled out through illness. Misses a Premier League game for the
:03:03. > :03:07.first time this season. Schwarzer replaces them. Eto'o returns to lead
:03:08. > :03:15.the attack. Sunderland came within two minutes of an unexpected win at
:03:16. > :03:19.Manchester City during the week. No surprise that Gus Poyet has kept
:03:20. > :03:23.with the same starting 11. Chelsea haven't conceded a goal at home
:03:24. > :03:27.since the middle of January. The best record at home in the Premier
:03:28. > :03:28.League, up against the team who are at the bottom at the moment,
:03:29. > :03:31.Sunderland, without a win in at the bottom at the moment,
:03:32. > :03:36.ahead of this one. This is a fixture the Chelsea have enjoyed in the
:03:37. > :03:40.Premier League era, averaging three goals a game at home to Sunderland
:03:41. > :03:50.in the 12 matches they have played in this stadium. Here is Eto'o. He
:03:51. > :03:52.was away from O'Shea. Good play from Eto'o. Which almost set up a
:03:53. > :04:04.shooting opportunity. Willian, squinting into the late
:04:05. > :04:14.afternoon sun light. Oh, Chelsea are ahead! Samuel Eto'o is there. In the
:04:15. > :04:20.12th minute. Chelsea have the early breakthrough they were looking for.
:04:21. > :04:24.Eto'o, back in the team, back among the goals. Here it is again. As the
:04:25. > :04:29.bam comes over, it wasn't great defending in trying to keep hold of
:04:30. > :04:34.Eto'o. Samuel Eto'o has his 12th goal of the season. It came in the
:04:35. > :04:37.12th minute of the game. A reminder, victory today and Chelsea will be
:04:38. > :04:46.top of the Premier League tonight, with Liverpool not playing until
:04:47. > :04:52.tomorrow. Of course, it just adds to Liverpool's pressure if Chelsea get
:04:53. > :05:03.all three points here. Gus Poyet finds his team in a hole already.
:05:04. > :05:10.Johnson looking for the forward run of Marcos Alonso. A corner, the
:05:11. > :05:15.first of the game for Sunderland. O'Shea had a couple of chances at
:05:16. > :05:22.the Etihad against Manchester City during the week. A first test coming
:05:23. > :05:27.up for Schwarzer. Borini being ushered away by Azpilicueta. Alonso
:05:28. > :05:32.the shot. Saved by Schwarzer. It's an equalising goal! Sunderland are
:05:33. > :05:38.level. Connor Wickham has done it again! Schwarzer making the initial
:05:39. > :05:45.save, but Connor Wickham the first to pounce. Here it is again. Look at
:05:46. > :05:51.that space there for Alonso. That's a close call as to whether he was
:05:52. > :05:54.off or on. I think Wickham was onside when the ball was played
:05:55. > :06:03.forward. Wickham got there first ahead of John Terry to stab the ball
:06:04. > :06:07.by Schwarzer. Having thrown a spanner in Manchester City's hopes
:06:08. > :06:14.during the week, are they going to do the same to Chelsea today?
:06:15. > :06:24.Ramires up against Colback. Look at the space for Oscar. The run halted.
:06:25. > :06:36.Alonso able to get it away. Johnson will be penalised for that one. That
:06:37. > :06:41.was on Cesar Azpilicueta. Mike Dean hasn't shown a card for that. High
:06:42. > :06:53.boot. Seems rather odd. Willian with the free-kick. Foul. John Terry's
:06:54. > :07:01.goal will not count. It was given against Matic. A massive trilogy of
:07:02. > :07:04.games coming up, Liverpool match between those two Champions League
:07:05. > :07:10.semi-finals. They cannot take their eye off this game for one second.
:07:11. > :07:18.Larsson, timed it well. Third corner of this first half for
:07:19. > :07:22.Chelsea. They have won the last six matches against Sunderland. They are
:07:23. > :07:28.being held so far. Remember, four wins to end the season, Chelsea will
:07:29. > :07:33.be champions. Saved by Mannone. And off the bar. Chelsea a whisker away
:07:34. > :07:39.from restoring their lead. So, so close. As the ball came in, Ivanovic
:07:40. > :07:50.with the header, flicked up into the air by Mannone. Sunderland trying to
:07:51. > :07:55.keep it tight to the break. Mannone is there again to stop the ball
:07:56. > :08:00.getting to Samuel Eto'o. Only half cleared by John O'Shea. Matic. Now
:08:01. > :08:05.Azpilicueta. Chelsea looking to turn the screw. Doesn't quite fall for
:08:06. > :08:09.Salah. Claiming for handball. They will not get anything from the
:08:10. > :08:15.officials. Mike Deans with a long way away. Was it a handball from
:08:16. > :08:19.Marcos Alonso? It was put onto his arm by Borini. There is no way the
:08:20. > :08:27.referee could have any possible way of seeing that. Mannone has been a
:08:28. > :08:32.busy boy in this first half. He makes the double save which stopped
:08:33. > :08:40.the ball falling to Eto'o on the follow-up. Salah has a fair old turn
:08:41. > :08:44.of pace on him, hasn't he? In towards Willian. Ramires, knocked
:08:45. > :09:00.out of the way by Larsson, at the vital moment. Just ASRAAM ram -- as
:09:01. > :09:08.Ramires thought he was going to get a goal. Kept at bay. Larsson nudging
:09:09. > :09:13.him out of the way. Ramires. Chelsea looking to finish the first half
:09:14. > :09:18.with a flourish here. It's Oscar out wide to Ivanovic. Blocked by Alonso.
:09:19. > :09:24.Larsson on the ground. Took a bang as the ball was being played
:09:25. > :09:27.forward. Well, you can see what Larsson is suggesting has happened
:09:28. > :09:32.there. Just watch that from Ramires. Ramires needs to be careful theres
:09:33. > :09:41.it was only a few weeks ago hi was sent off at Villa Park. He is lucky
:09:42. > :09:45.no-one saw that. Drilling that one in.
:09:46. > :09:52.Azpilicueta is underneath this. Ivanovic, turning clear of John
:09:53. > :09:58.O'Shea. It could open now for Willian. Eto'o on the Harringified.
:09:59. > :10:02.Salah on the near side to his right. Willian still going. Here is Eto'o.
:10:03. > :10:07.Teeing it up wide of the goal. He can't quite believe it himself. What
:10:08. > :10:12.a break this was from one end of the field to the other. Willian took his
:10:13. > :10:16.time, considering his options, he had two, three, if you include him
:10:17. > :10:20.backing himself. Samuel Eto'o not quite able to hone in on the goal,
:10:21. > :10:24.to add to that one he put away in the first half. This is going to be
:10:25. > :10:32.some final 25 minutes or so. Willian. Chelsea urged forward by
:10:33. > :10:36.the Stamford Bridge crowd. Ba, Willian, he has given half the
:10:37. > :10:42.Sunderland defence the slip. Demba Ba with a chance there. Got his
:10:43. > :10:45.wires crossed in front of goal. Willian suddenly skipping free of
:10:46. > :10:50.the Sunderland backline. There is space there for Demba Ba. Wasn't
:10:51. > :10:52.able to line up the shot. There is an anxiety in the air around
:10:53. > :11:04.Stamford Bridge. Attention filled final 10 minutes.
:11:05. > :11:09.Altidore, trying to take advantage of the slip. Have Sunderland got a
:11:10. > :11:15.penalty? They have. Is Chelsea's title challenge about to come
:11:16. > :11:20.unravelled. 10 minutes to go exactly. Has Cesar Azpilicueta got
:11:21. > :11:27.himself in all sort of trouble there. Altidore, big. Was it a foul?
:11:28. > :11:33.He caught that left leg of Altidore. Here's the view of Mike Dean, the
:11:34. > :11:37.referee. Has a little look across to his assistant and gives the
:11:38. > :11:43.decision. Now Borini, back at his old club, with a chance to put
:11:44. > :11:49.Sunderland ahead. And he has! What a turnup. What a blow potentially to
:11:50. > :11:52.Chelsea's hopes of lifting the Premier League title. Drama at
:11:53. > :11:58.Stamford Bridge. Who would have thought it? Chelsea, who have never,
:11:59. > :12:02.EVER been beaten at home in the league, under Jose Mourinho, in both
:12:03. > :12:07.of his spells in charge, are behind here to the bottom club in the
:12:08. > :12:11.Premier League. As Borini scores againsts his former team. As we
:12:12. > :12:17.speak, the title initiative is firmly being handed towards
:12:18. > :12:23.Liverpool. Are Sunderland going to be key players in this title race.
:12:24. > :12:27.Chelsea's back room staff getting highly agitated. Jose Mourinho
:12:28. > :12:35.having to step in as peacemaker. Who would have thought that? And, Rui
:12:36. > :12:43.Faria being removed forcibly from the touchline, as tempers fray. Now,
:12:44. > :12:50.what have Chelsea got left in the lock-up? Here is Schurrle. Schurrle,
:12:51. > :12:57.firing in the shot. Oh, what a save there by Mannone! What a stupendous
:12:58. > :13:02.final few minutes we will have to this game. Mannone making sure with
:13:03. > :13:05.that flying save. Stamford Bridge emptying rapidly. A look at the
:13:06. > :13:10.watch from Mike Dean. Sunderland are almost over the line. It's a
:13:11. > :13:15.sensational win for Sunderland. What a bitter blow for Chelsea's title
:13:16. > :13:20.hopes. They have handed the initiative to Liverpool here. The
:13:21. > :13:27.final score, Chelsea 1, Sunderland 2. Before the match, not many people
:13:28. > :13:31.saw this result coming today? I said we needed a miracle, things changed
:13:32. > :13:37.for us. I think it's the way that the players keep believing. We have
:13:38. > :13:40.been in a bad spell. We have in the position where we couldn't win
:13:41. > :13:43.games, playing well, deserving to win. Something you need something
:13:44. > :13:48.special and unique. We have done it in four or five days. It's not
:13:49. > :13:51.finished. We are still there. We have a big fight. We have a
:13:52. > :13:55.possibility. It's up to us. We need to stop thinking about what we've
:13:56. > :14:01.done and start thinking about the next game. At Manchester when we
:14:02. > :14:07.were 2-1 up and to go home with the three points here is even better. We
:14:08. > :14:12.got good four points that nobody expected us to win any points. That
:14:13. > :14:17.is a great confidence for us to take us to the next game. Congratulations
:14:18. > :14:24.to my players because they gave everything. They tried everything.
:14:25. > :14:30.They left everything they had on the pitch from the first minute to the
:14:31. > :14:33.last-minute. Secondly, congratulations to Sunderland. They
:14:34. > :14:38.won. They won three important points for them. Doesn't matter how and
:14:39. > :14:44.why, they won. Congratulations to them. Third, congratulations to Mike
:14:45. > :14:50.Dean, his performance was fantastic. I think really amazing performance.
:14:51. > :14:56.Congratulations to him. Finally, congratulations to Mike Riley the
:14:57. > :15:03.way he organised things this season. Referees are doing really well
:15:04. > :15:06.according to the objectives. So congratulations also to Mike Riley I
:15:07. > :15:19.have nothing more to say. He has lost his unbeaten record at
:15:20. > :15:24.Stamford Bridge, 77 and out in Premier League football. Churlish
:15:25. > :15:28.perhaps that the end, it was hard to know where the sarcasm started and
:15:29. > :15:34.ended? It must be Mike Riley that they got beaten at Stoke and Villa
:15:35. > :15:37.also. I am a huge fan of his, not because Chelsea are the best team
:15:38. > :15:40.but because I believe he is the best manager, but there is a way to lose
:15:41. > :15:44.football and that was not the right way to say anything after the game
:15:45. > :15:50.like that. I thought that was wrong. A significant result in the
:15:51. > :15:53.title race? We have seen the last two Sunderland matches, there are no
:15:54. > :15:57.bankers. You could say three points, but it doesn't work like that. For
:15:58. > :16:02.Liverpool going to Norwich tomorrow, the same sort of thing. Sunderland,
:16:03. > :16:07.a magnificent result against Manchester City. They come today on
:16:08. > :16:11.a high, they get the team sheet checking, right away you are
:16:12. > :16:15.thinking Schwarzer, a good goalkeeper, a great track record but
:16:16. > :16:20.hasn't played a lot, getting a bit old and the tooth. The first time he
:16:21. > :16:26.has to answer the question he spills it. They score. Chelsea, the last
:16:27. > :16:29.twice they have been beaten, Palace away, Sunderland today, against
:16:30. > :16:34.blanket defence, men behind the ball. You have to give credit, the
:16:35. > :16:39.two centre backs were magnificent, organised. They created one or two
:16:40. > :16:45.chances. Chelsea haven't got natural width and struggle against blanket
:16:46. > :16:48.defence. As I say, Sunderland, four points out of six cannot believe it
:16:49. > :16:52.and if they win the game in hand they are out of the bottom three.
:16:53. > :16:58.What a season. Unbelievable. Quite a few dates for Sunderland. They
:16:59. > :17:01.forced Chelsea into making mistakes. Chelsea have the best defensive
:17:02. > :17:05.record in the league. You would not have thought but today, so many
:17:06. > :17:10.mistakes, starting with the goalkeeper. A corner here, Chelsea
:17:11. > :17:14.always leave two up so everyman is taken there. I think Gus Poyet out
:17:15. > :17:19.thinks Chelsea here. He has looked at that and thought they leave two
:17:20. > :17:24.up, I will put one on the edge of the box. Not one person picks him
:17:25. > :17:29.up. Either Eto'o or Salah decides it is too late, he comes now, it is too
:17:30. > :17:32.late, he should have come five seconds earlier and they have a free
:17:33. > :17:37.shot at goal and Schwarzer should parry that away and it is a very
:17:38. > :17:40.good finish. This time, Borini runs through the middle, John Terry is
:17:41. > :17:44.trying to play offside, I don't know why. They get away with it and don't
:17:45. > :17:50.learn their lesson. Good play from Sunderland. No one around
:17:51. > :17:55.Azpilicueta here. All the time, in the work -- all the time to take it
:17:56. > :17:59.clear it, messes around on the ball, Johnson should do better, get his
:18:00. > :18:05.shot away. A long ball up, three of them going for the ball, Matic,
:18:06. > :18:08.Ramires, no one, slipped from Azpilicueta Rogaine, Altidore is
:18:09. > :18:12.onto it. I don't know what the debate is because that is the
:18:13. > :18:16.penalty. It really is a stonewall penalty. No one appeals from the
:18:17. > :18:21.Chelsea players. They do not go to the referee. Altidore is in front of
:18:22. > :18:25.him. It is a desperate challenge to try and get back to rectify his
:18:26. > :18:31.mistake. Just watch here. This is the angle that shows it. Altidore
:18:32. > :18:34.there, he puts his foot down, Azpilicueta impedes him and takes
:18:35. > :18:40.him down. No debate, that is the penalty. He tries to put his foot
:18:41. > :18:45.down, Azpilicueta dives in, does not get the ball and he impedes on -- he
:18:46. > :18:49.impedes Altidore added to the penalty. Could a Liverpool player
:18:50. > :18:54.have just won the title full of the pool? And given the Sunderland a
:18:55. > :18:57.decent chance of staying up. It is an amazing thing when you have a
:18:58. > :19:01.great defence, how many mistakes they make. The opening goal,
:19:02. > :19:05.Schwarzer spills it, but the standard defending, you have a man
:19:06. > :19:10.in the middle of the six yard area, a man in the penalty spot, a man on
:19:11. > :19:15.the edge of the box, basics. Lack of concentration probably. We asked you
:19:16. > :19:21.to have your say on whether you thought it was a penalty or not. 67%
:19:22. > :19:26.thought, yes, and 33% of Chelsea fans thought perhaps it wasn't. Keep
:19:27. > :19:31.voting, if it changes drastically we might tell you at the end of the
:19:32. > :19:35.show. I suspect it won't. There were a couple of controversial moments. I
:19:36. > :19:43.thought the referee had a decent game. Adam Johnson goes in a foot
:19:44. > :19:50.high, he was booked. It could have been read. Could have been. The foot
:19:51. > :19:55.is high. It is dangerous. It is a maybe. As far as Ramires is
:19:56. > :19:59.concerned, this is like 30 seconds before, the best piece of defensive
:20:00. > :20:06.play all day. Larson loses Ramires and then all of a sudden he tracks
:20:07. > :20:10.back, he sprints because it is a certain goal. He averts it,
:20:11. > :20:15.brilliant defending. 30 seconds later, he has a little nip at
:20:16. > :20:20.Ramires here, just coming up. Just there, right in front of Mike Dean.
:20:21. > :20:25.Then, he is off, a straight red card. The referee is three yards
:20:26. > :20:31.away. You cannot believe he has not seen it. Larson goes to the referee.
:20:32. > :20:34.I can't understand why Mike Dean did not see it and send him off. This is
:20:35. > :20:38.the assistant Chelsea manager Rui Faria, he loses it completely. There
:20:39. > :20:45.might be some sort of enquiry into that. They always the Ramires. Are
:20:46. > :20:49.you counting your Liverpool chickens? You cannot count anything
:20:50. > :20:53.until you get the medal in your hand. That has always been the way.
:20:54. > :20:58.Brendan Rodgers, before the start of the match tomorrow at Norwich, will
:20:59. > :21:01.be emphasising to his players, you have won nothing yet. You can
:21:02. > :21:05.imagine the Liverpool players watching that game this afternoon
:21:06. > :21:11.and thinking, what a chance we have got. To the day's early game and the
:21:12. > :21:13.London derby between Tottenham and Fulham. Back to the day's early game
:21:14. > :21:16.and the London derby between Tottenham and Fulham. Back-to-back
:21:17. > :21:19.wins for the Cottagers, and they travel to Spurs side who have gone
:21:20. > :21:24.behind in each of their last eight games.
:21:25. > :21:32.Tim Sherwood has been reflecting they might have sold out in the
:21:33. > :21:36.summer, occasionally pleasing but not the real deal. Perhaps only
:21:37. > :21:41.Eriksen has really looked the part. Maybe Fulham have found a winning
:21:42. > :21:45.formula, with back-to-back victories. Rodallega scored two in
:21:46. > :21:48.two, giving hope to a side who many people considered to be all but
:21:49. > :22:05.relegated only a fortnight ago. A little bit short for Paoli know,
:22:06. > :22:11.to be honest. Riise's their rents turns into a pass for Rodallega, who
:22:12. > :22:14.is onside and fluffs the finish. He was onside, Rodallega. Just a
:22:15. > :22:19.clearance really from Riise, but he is inside his own half, the
:22:20. > :22:27.Colombian, and he charged away. He mishit the volley badly in the end.
:22:28. > :22:34.Two points behind Norwich at start of play, Fulham. But with a much
:22:35. > :22:38.easier run-in. Parker, caught by Eriksson but play on. Parker back on
:22:39. > :22:42.his feet quickly. It almost came to Rodallega, it did. It would have
:22:43. > :22:46.counted, Lloris has made a big safe here. Advantage played when Parker
:22:47. > :22:50.was fouled, then Parker was very quickly back to his feet and it fell
:22:51. > :22:59.beautifully for Rodallega and Lloris here, with his left arm, has made a
:23:00. > :23:05.very important save. He managed practically half the goods in the
:23:06. > :23:10.Bundesliga, Felix Magath. And track Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich,
:23:11. > :23:20.Wolfsburg and Schalke. I am not sure -- he is not short of experience.
:23:21. > :23:33.He has lost it, Paulinho can feed Kane here, he should have done.
:23:34. > :23:37.Heitinga away, Eriksson ahead of... Up to London. Somehow it has not
:23:38. > :23:43.gone in. Stockdale got something on it, there might have been some post
:23:44. > :23:46.as well, but it stayed out. Lennon, with a volley on his right foot,
:23:47. > :23:53.looked like he was about to put Tottenham in front. A touch from the
:23:54. > :23:57.keeper onto the post. It is just a passage in the game in which
:23:58. > :23:59.Tottenham have looked stronger, after Fulham had matched them for
:24:00. > :24:11.the first 30 minutes or so. I fouled by Dejagah. Tottenham have
:24:12. > :24:18.a free kick. In a good position from which to provide something for those
:24:19. > :24:25.in the middle. It is Eriksson, with real pace and info Paulinho.
:24:26. > :24:26.Tottenham take the lead. It is Paulinho, who just had to touch it
:24:27. > :24:45.home from almost on the line. The delivery is brilliant. They let
:24:46. > :24:51.Paulinho go, and all he had to do was make contact. From a matter of
:24:52. > :24:57.inches, Paulinho puts Tottenham in front. Strangely, it is his first
:24:58. > :24:59.goal at White Hart Lane. The seventh of the season. The previous six were
:25:00. > :25:12.all away from home. Sidwell riding the Paulinho
:25:13. > :25:17.challenge, still going. Sidwell, he has equalised for Fulham! Well, with
:25:18. > :25:22.a little bit of luck and skill and a lot of determination, Steve Sidwell
:25:23. > :25:25.ran through the wall and Spurs were only in front for about 90 seconds.
:25:26. > :25:42.Steve Sidwell makes it one each. What a crucial equaliser for Fulham,
:25:43. > :25:49.coming so soon after they fell behind. It is a very composed finish
:25:50. > :26:09.from Sidwell. He allows himself a chuckle.
:26:10. > :26:18.It is flicked on by Kane. Two and a half minutes into the second half.
:26:19. > :26:23.Harry Kane makes it three goals in three games. Aaron Lennon provided
:26:24. > :26:39.the cross. He scored last weekend at West
:26:40. > :26:45.Bromwich Albion and scores here again today. Suddenly, they have it
:26:46. > :26:52.all to do again. Having played pretty well in the first half.
:26:53. > :26:59.Dejagah, for Fulham, looking for Riise. Rodallega in the middle. What
:27:00. > :27:03.a good safe by Lloris. Fantastic header from Rodallega and he enjoyed
:27:04. > :27:06.the save all much as much as the French man, by the look of it. He
:27:07. > :27:11.could not have met it better, Rodallega. A wonderful save by
:27:12. > :27:22.Lloris. Lovely reaction from the Colombian.
:27:23. > :27:34.Heitinga made contact, a free kick. A yellow card here for Heitinga. The
:27:35. > :27:41.ball had long gone. I wonder if he'd is working out if he can squeeze it
:27:42. > :27:45.in, Eriksson. Oh, it is in! Kabul, 3-1 Tottenham. That could be at for
:27:46. > :27:50.Fulham even though there is half an hour to go. The quality delivery
:27:51. > :27:52.from Christian Eriksen, the first goal was Paulinho's touch, the third
:27:53. > :28:06.Kabul. Kabul stuck out a knee and it hit
:28:07. > :28:09.the roof of the Fulham net and it is a big ask now for relegation
:28:10. > :28:15.threatened Fulham to get back into this game. Kabul's first goal of the
:28:16. > :28:36.season just might have settled the outcome of this game.
:28:37. > :28:47.They are claiming hand ball. A penalty. Eriksson, a route back into
:28:48. > :28:52.this for Fulham. You can't argue with the decision. He has just moved
:28:53. > :28:57.his right arm in the direction of the ball and Lee Probert points to
:28:58. > :28:59.the spot. Potentially a huge moment. He has already beaten Lloris
:29:00. > :29:11.once in this game. Can he do it again? No, he can't. He
:29:12. > :29:16.went straight down the middle and the French man read it and saved it.
:29:17. > :29:21.It is pretty much straight down the middle and if the goalkeeper guessed
:29:22. > :29:24.right, he was always likely to save it and Lloris did. Fulham deep in
:29:25. > :29:36.still. Spurs three, Fulham one. Whenever you get a set piece, you
:29:37. > :29:40.know that Christian Eriksen is going to make something happen? Yes, but
:29:41. > :29:46.it is not something which just happens. He is out on the training
:29:47. > :29:50.field every day, and I have to call time. He wants to improve himself
:29:51. > :29:55.all the time. And he is not just a training ground player, as you can
:29:56. > :30:00.see. We have to win all of our home games, and if we get six points, it
:30:01. > :30:09.could be enough. Maybe we will have a chance to get another point at
:30:10. > :30:13.Stoke. You seem very confident that Fulham can do it? Yes, I am
:30:14. > :30:19.confident, and I am sure that we will stay up, because there are some
:30:20. > :30:23.reasons why we were not as good as Tottenham today, but next week I
:30:24. > :30:28.think we will get better. Normally, to be a Premier League striker, you
:30:29. > :30:32.need to things, a big transfer fee and a foreign passport, and you have
:30:33. > :30:36.not got either of them? No, I am a local lad and I have great pride in
:30:37. > :30:41.wearing the shirt. I knew that when I had a chance, I had to take it. We
:30:42. > :30:47.know that Sandro has got involved today, saying, to make it clear, I
:30:48. > :30:51.am not injured, what are your feelings? He is entitled to do
:30:52. > :30:56.whatever he wants to do. He is white, he is not injured. He is not
:30:57. > :31:00.selected, he is not good enough to play in my team at the moment. When
:31:01. > :31:04.I think he is good enough, he will play. I do not care about
:31:05. > :31:08.reputation, I like him as a kid, and he has got qualities, but at the
:31:09. > :31:15.moment I am picking other people ahead of him. Sandro responded to
:31:16. > :31:22.that with another Tweet later on. But he is being honest. He made the
:31:23. > :31:25.right decision, he left him out and they won the game, nothing more
:31:26. > :31:31.should be said. Sandro should be proving to the manager that he
:31:32. > :31:37.deserves to be in the team. Fulham have conceded 77 goals this season,
:31:38. > :31:42.which is a lot. So, it is hardly surprising that you might be about
:31:43. > :31:48.to have a look at their frailties in that area. Other than Cardiff, it is
:31:49. > :31:54.20 more than anyone else, and it was the same old story for two quality
:31:55. > :31:59.balls in, it has to be said, from Eriksen. But look at Paulinho, where
:32:00. > :32:05.is the marking?! He is two yards out, thank you very much, tap-in. It
:32:06. > :32:14.is incredible. Hangeland is not marking anyone. There you go. Once
:32:15. > :32:20.again, Rodallega has not got a clue where Kaboul is. Again, it is sloppy
:32:21. > :32:23.marking. And it is so, so easy. Other than that, they would give
:32:24. > :32:28.themselves a chance at winning games. Alan is the fish, they have
:32:29. > :32:36.got to defend better. But despite that tendency to leak goals, you
:32:37. > :32:41.have seen some signs of hope? I thought in the dark days, when they
:32:42. > :32:46.were leaking goals, but in open play, they were chronic. They have
:32:47. > :32:51.beaten Norwich and Aston Villa, and today, I thought they had moments in
:32:52. > :32:57.the game where they played decent stuff. If you can eradicate the
:32:58. > :33:00.defensive frailties, then they might have a chance. Five or six weeks
:33:01. > :33:08.ago, I thought they were goners, but now, I am not social. They have got
:33:09. > :33:12.this system with the two holding and the four getting forward, and they
:33:13. > :33:17.caused Tottenham a lot of problems. Four men getting forward.
:33:18. > :33:22.Eventually, they get to the byline, a good ball into the box, and decent
:33:23. > :33:30.defensive play. Once again, bodies forward, the 'keeper comes out,
:33:31. > :33:36.Lloris, and makes a great save. That could have gone in. This is the
:33:37. > :33:46.goal, gets forward, gets a break of the ball, and they get back into the
:33:47. > :33:50.game. Some great play. Back in two Rodallega and at this stage, they
:33:51. > :33:55.were causing Tottenham all kinds of problems. And this was in the second
:33:56. > :34:00.half, great save from the 'keeper. So, there is room for optimism at
:34:01. > :34:04.sea like they say, if they win their home games at sea that is the
:34:05. > :34:17.dilemma, who is going to go down? I do not know. They have got an
:34:18. > :34:21.opportunity. Next to Cardiff, where the Bluebirds have been given a
:34:22. > :34:26.glimmer of hope after last week's victory at Southampton. They took on
:34:27. > :34:31.Stoke City, who are chasing their first ever top half finish in
:34:32. > :34:38.Premier League history. John Roder is your commentator.
:34:39. > :34:46.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has named the same team which played Southampton
:34:47. > :34:49.last week. Odemwingie has four goals since moving from Cardiff in
:34:50. > :34:53.January, a move which saw Kenwyne Jones going the other way. Stephen
:34:54. > :35:02.Ireland will be hoping to celebrate his new contract. Three wins, two
:35:03. > :35:05.draws and nine defeats in the Premier League so far for Cardiff
:35:06. > :35:11.City under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. That is a lovely ball through. First
:35:12. > :35:14.chance of the afternoon, Jordon Mutch with the shot. The ball was
:35:15. > :35:17.sleeping in perfectly beyond Shawcross. Cardiff have started
:35:18. > :35:36.brightly. Campbell! It is a corner. Two Stoke
:35:37. > :35:42.defenders threw themselves in the way of that shot, and it has gone
:35:43. > :35:52.for a corner. Caulker gets his head to it. Stoke were able to clear.
:35:53. > :35:55.Ireland, he is all on his own, Stephen Ireland. Odemwingie racing
:35:56. > :36:01.forward to join him. Peter Odemwingie! Washed away by Marshall,
:36:02. > :36:10.only as far as Peter Crouch. -- pushed away. Peter Odemwingie,
:36:11. > :36:21.unable to score on his return to his old club. A terrific stop from David
:36:22. > :36:22.Marshall. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has asked for patience from the Cardiff
:36:23. > :36:35.City fans this morning. Campbell went to ground easily - oh,
:36:36. > :36:41.no, it is a free kick. He was caught by Wilson. Whittingham! Just off the
:36:42. > :37:07.outside of the post. Odemwingie eventually realises he
:37:08. > :37:16.cannot do it all himself. Driven in by Muniesa. This gets a deflection
:37:17. > :37:23.off the head of Caulker, and it is a corner to Stoke. We are in stoppage
:37:24. > :37:34.time at the end of the first half. Back in by Shawcross. Odemwingie
:37:35. > :37:40.goes down. Oh, Howard Webb points to the penalty spot! And the Cardiff
:37:41. > :37:45.supporters feel that Peter Odemwingie went to ground to easily
:37:46. > :37:50.here. You can see Howard Webb's position, it is a perfect one, and
:37:51. > :37:57.he judges that that is a penalty kick. That will be a decision which
:37:58. > :38:06.will be much debated. Arnautovic, 25 today. Can he put Stoke ahead on his
:38:07. > :38:10.birthday? Yes, he can. Cardiff have had a lot of the play in this first
:38:11. > :38:19.half, but it is the visitors who are in front.
:38:20. > :38:30.It is a huge blow to Cardiff's hopes of staying up. Cardiff you sense
:38:31. > :38:34.just need a good beginning to this second-half to re-establish the
:38:35. > :38:39.belief which Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been asking for.
:38:40. > :38:54.Approaching four minutes gone in the second half. Whittingham delivers.
:38:55. > :39:04.Kim is onside. Looking to take on Muniesa. Campbell goes down! Howard
:39:05. > :39:13.Webb points to the spot. It is a penalty this time to Cardiff City!
:39:14. > :39:17.It was Nzonzi with the Challenger and Frazier Campbell. Howard Webb
:39:18. > :39:24.had a good long think about this before eventually giving the home
:39:25. > :39:29.side the chance to level. And Cardiff are back on level terms.
:39:30. > :39:44.Now, there is renewed optimism! Whittingham gets his third goal of
:39:45. > :39:45.the season, and Cardiff's hopes of the great escape are very much
:39:46. > :39:57.alive. Campbell... He gets a free kick
:39:58. > :40:01.following the challenge from Wilson. And there are one or two words being
:40:02. > :40:08.directed towards Frazier Campbell from Steven Nzonzi. And Nzonzi is
:40:09. > :40:15.cautioned. The initial challenge was from Wilson.
:40:16. > :40:23.Whittingham takes the free kick. It was missed completely by Campbell.
:40:24. > :40:28.The Cardiff City fans are now in full voice, right behind Ole Gunnar
:40:29. > :40:35.Solskjaer's side. Lovely play from Whittingham.
:40:36. > :40:50.Caulker with the shot! It is surely in! Unbelievable! But it has been
:40:51. > :40:58.disallowed! And Cardiff's jubilation is quickly cancelled out.
:40:59. > :41:05.Cala was offside, it took a touch off the goalkeeper. The momentum of
:41:06. > :41:13.the match is very much with Cardiff, but it could swing the other way.
:41:14. > :41:19.Whittingham, I'm towards Campbell. Back towards Frazier Campbell, who
:41:20. > :41:30.goes down! And this time, Howard Webb is unmoved.
:41:31. > :41:42.Can his side get all three points? They really need them.
:41:43. > :41:48.Walters, trying to position himself for a shot. Odemwingie. Marshall
:41:49. > :42:03.makes the save at his near post. You can sense the tension around the
:42:04. > :42:12.ground amongst the home supporters. Into the last 30 Assaidi! Marshall
:42:13. > :42:19.with the block. And that could be a huge save in the context of
:42:20. > :42:26.Cardiff's season. A minimum of four minutes additional time. Walters!
:42:27. > :42:36.Off the bar! Stoke, so close to a winner. It is just a fraction too
:42:37. > :42:40.high. We felt the penalty against us was a little bit soft. We felt that
:42:41. > :42:45.Campbell was looking for it, very minimal contact, if any. I suppose
:42:46. > :42:50.Cardiff would say it was similar in regard to our penalty, but I would
:42:51. > :42:54.dispute that. All of the players were incensed, but we kept cool and
:42:55. > :43:01.we tried to do the right things, not over elaborating. These boys, they
:43:02. > :43:05.have a never say die attitude, a great attitude to come back into the
:43:06. > :43:09.game in the second half. We really got momentum after we got the goal.
:43:10. > :43:14.Towards the end, they could have nicked it as well, so it is a good
:43:15. > :43:18.point. Helps you should have got all three points, when Assaidi was
:43:19. > :43:23.through at the end? Yes, Marshall is a fantastic 'keeper. When I was
:43:24. > :43:27.here, I knew how much he hoped the team, and today he has shown that
:43:28. > :43:31.again. He is probably one of the best in the country. I do not think
:43:32. > :43:37.anybody would argue with that. The two penalties, what did you think?
:43:38. > :43:41.The game was a stinker, I cannot believe it is on third. I thought it
:43:42. > :43:44.should have been on last! But the penalties, you are right, I think
:43:45. > :43:53.Howard Webb got both of them spot on. The first one, Kim on
:43:54. > :43:57.Odemwingie, when you see it from behind, when we slow it down, you
:43:58. > :44:02.can just see the left foot making contact, and to me, that is a
:44:03. > :44:05.stonewall penalty kick. The second one, Mark Hughes did not think was a
:44:06. > :44:12.penalty, but I am going to disagree with him. Campbell comes across,
:44:13. > :44:20.Nzonzi puts a leg out, again, Howard Webb in a decent position, and...
:44:21. > :44:28.The reseller, actually. Yes, but I think two great decisions. -- very
:44:29. > :44:31.similar. I think Marshall could become the most analysed goalkeeper
:44:32. > :44:36.in Premier League history, but he has been remarkable. All season
:44:37. > :44:40.long, he has made crucial saves at crucial times. This is the first one
:44:41. > :44:47.against West Brom, when they are 1-0 down. A fantastic save. And then,
:44:48. > :44:51.two - one down against Norwich, another great save. Phenomenal save,
:44:52. > :45:00.this is probably the best of the lot. And today, Assaidi comes in and
:45:01. > :45:05.he reads it perfectly. It is a fantastic save. And again, the point
:45:06. > :45:12.could be crucial for Cardiff. He has had a magnificent season. I do not
:45:13. > :45:17.think we have ever had a goalkeeper in the team of the year, from a team
:45:18. > :45:20.which has been relegated. I have stopped predicting if Cardiff are
:45:21. > :45:28.going to go down, but he has had a phenomenal season. It's a choice of
:45:29. > :45:36.two for the goalkeeper of the season. Big game next week.
:45:37. > :45:41.Sunderland v Cardiff. I'm not predicting who will go down at all.
:45:42. > :45:47.Even when I retire. We won't ask you then! Three games down, three still
:45:48. > :45:51.to come, but first a reminder there's a pretty tasty trio lined up
:45:52. > :45:53.for you on Sunday. COMMENTATOR: xha a shot. What a
:45:54. > :46:10.goal! What a day. What a strike! Maybe, just maybe...
:46:11. > :46:16.Wonderful goal. Drama like nowhere else.
:46:17. > :46:24.We have two shows coming up over the next three days. Tonight our feature
:46:25. > :46:29.in the Championship is between two dark horses for the play-offs.
:46:30. > :46:33.Watford and Ipswich. We've the best of title favourites Leicester
:46:34. > :46:37.against another play-off contender QPR and we'll see whether Burnley
:46:38. > :46:43.could join the Foxes in the Premier League next season. See you after
:46:44. > :46:50.Match of the Day, otherwise we're on the iPlayer. Before we do it all
:46:51. > :46:53.again on Easter Monday. And also this Bank Holiday weekend, join Sue
:46:54. > :47:00.Barker to celebrate 50 years of memorable sporting moments on BBC,
:47:01. > :47:04.that's Easter Sunday at 8.00pm. On Monday, the Women's Football Show is
:47:05. > :47:08.back on BBC Three at 7.00pm. Back to the action and two sides struggling
:47:09. > :47:11.for form. Swansea travelled to Newcastle with just one win in their
:47:12. > :47:15.last 9, as for Magpies, goals have been so hard to come by, that
:47:16. > :47:18.Sunderland have scored more than them at St James' Park in 2014.
:47:19. > :47:37.Alistair Mann saw this one. Only one change for Newcastle today.
:47:38. > :47:44.The onus remains on Bony to provide the spark. His last three games all
:47:45. > :47:51.came in away matches. There are plenty of sides, Swansea included,
:47:52. > :47:56.who would love to be in Newcastle's position. They have been safe for a
:47:57. > :47:59.long time in the top side of the table since November. There is
:48:00. > :48:03.enough attention on the hosts as there is on the visitors. Swansea
:48:04. > :48:20.get the first attack of the afternoon. The shot off Coloccini.
:48:21. > :48:26.That shot canoned off Coloccini and straight into Chris Foy. He went
:48:27. > :48:30.straight to the floor. He has been refereeing a long time. I suspect
:48:31. > :48:37.that is the first time he has hit the deck like that. Routledge down
:48:38. > :48:41.the left. Hernandez, inside. He momentarily got the better of
:48:42. > :48:47.Coloccini. The pass to de-Guzman. Bony. Very close. Well defended by
:48:48. > :48:52.Williamson. He did enough to put Bony off. He has had to deal with
:48:53. > :48:56.stories of training ground bustups, which he was emphatically saying was
:48:57. > :49:09.just one of those things and was very quickly dealt with. Ameobi.
:49:10. > :49:15.Still with it, and scores! 2 23rd minute. After four games without a
:49:16. > :49:20.goal, at last Newcastle supporters have one to celebrate. Newcastle
:49:21. > :49:32.haven't really mounted an attack so far, but Ameobi holds off a couple
:49:33. > :49:45.of challenges. His first Premier League goal for over a year.
:49:46. > :49:51.Newcastle lead. Here comes the substitution of the referee. Chris
:49:52. > :49:56.Foy coming off. Antony Taylor coming. I wonder how much seconds
:49:57. > :50:00.are added on for a change of officials. His side have dominated.
:50:01. > :50:04.They have been in charge. Five corners. Inside the Newcastle half
:50:05. > :50:10.almost the entirely match. Newcastle's first attempt on target
:50:11. > :50:18.goes into the back of their net. Rangel, trying to get beyond
:50:19. > :50:21.Dummett. It's a corner. Stoppage-time at the end of the
:50:22. > :50:26.first half. Newcastle ahead through Ameobi's goal. Not ahead any longer.
:50:27. > :50:32.Bony, at the near-post. At last, Swansea have a goal for all their
:50:33. > :50:36.possession. It's his fourth goal in a row away from home. In terms of
:50:37. > :50:40.the amount of possession and territory that Swansea have had, you
:50:41. > :50:45.have to say that being on level terms is not unkind. From their
:50:46. > :50:49.sixth corner of the half, Bony levels the count. Newcastle have
:50:50. > :50:55.lost six of the last eight home games. Swansea haven't won any of
:50:56. > :51:01.their last 11 away games. Perhaps we should predict a draw today. Hit by
:51:02. > :51:06.Gosling. Turned round by Vorm. Out of precious little really, a lofted
:51:07. > :51:11.high ball. The marking perhaps a little awry. More than half an hour
:51:12. > :51:18.to go here and a game to be won. Foul by Tiote on Hernandez. The
:51:19. > :51:34.referee has given it the other way. Newcastle free-kick. Vorm was
:51:35. > :51:40.confident his angles were right. This was drifting beyond the post.
:51:41. > :51:44.Much more even second-half this one. Swansea dominated possession in the
:51:45. > :51:54.first. Newcastle have certainly grown into the second-half a lot
:51:55. > :52:01.better. Into the path of Bony. Krul came out quickly. Got his legs on to
:52:02. > :52:09.it. Krul was out bravely. I think he will be quite satisfied with the
:52:10. > :52:18.point, Garry Monk. Boy, referee felt there was backing in. It breaks for
:52:19. > :52:23.Emnes. Coloccini in front of Emnes. Still with Emnes. He is trying to
:52:24. > :52:28.find a way through. Penalty! Swansea get a penalty in stoppage-time.
:52:29. > :52:35.Garry Monk, well he might scarcely look. Tiote is appalled, but Anthony
:52:36. > :52:39.Taylor has pointed to the spot. Emnes trying to weave his way
:52:40. > :52:43.through. Tiote, went for the ball. I'm not sure he got it, you know.
:52:44. > :52:54.No, I think that is a penalty. I think that's the right decision.
:52:55. > :52:58.Wilfred Bony. How vital will this penalty be. Swansea are three points
:52:59. > :53:03.closer to safety. Perhaps they have reached the safety target. Wilfred
:53:04. > :53:07.Bony in stoppage-time, at the end of the first half, made it 1-0. In
:53:08. > :53:12.stoppage-time at the end of the 90, he make it is 2-1. He will know that
:53:13. > :53:18.that penalty may well ensure that Swansea remain among the elite teams
:53:19. > :53:23.of the Premier League. Newcastle 1, Swansea City 2. I felt we played A
:53:24. > :53:28.lot better today. A killer blow the last goal. A free-kick for us. There
:53:29. > :53:33.is no way we should have allowed that to happen, three or four errors
:53:34. > :53:38.in that goal. How pleased were you for the fans you were at the right
:53:39. > :53:42.end of St James' Park. They had a great view of your penalty? It's
:53:43. > :53:48.good. They support us. They keep working for us and push us and give
:53:49. > :53:52.us motivation. It's all we need. We are making errors and getting punish
:53:53. > :53:56.#d for -- punished for it. We can't afford to do that on-the-run we are
:53:57. > :54:02.on. We need to work hard this week and make sure the next three games
:54:03. > :54:08.we get ourselves a win. A finaleful I spoke to the happy Swansea boss.
:54:09. > :54:13.Gary, you described this as "crunch time" you left it late. It was a
:54:14. > :54:17.late, late bite? It was. It was kind of... We started well. First 20
:54:18. > :54:22.minutes. Then they got the goal, obviously. We got sloppy on our
:54:23. > :54:26.passing. Second-half we Wembley Stadium out there. I said if we
:54:27. > :54:29.upped our intensity, you would have a chance in the game you don't care
:54:30. > :54:34.how late it comes, as long as it comes. Wins have been hard to come
:54:35. > :54:38.by of late. How much of a relief were those three points? Massive
:54:39. > :54:43.relief. A case of, we have played pretty well, to be honest with you,
:54:44. > :54:46.in games we, had and come away with nothing. We played better than we
:54:47. > :54:50.did today and come away with nothing. It was pleasing. Which ever
:54:51. > :54:55.way... The time of the season it is, it's whatever it takes to get the
:54:56. > :54:59.job done. Wilfred Bony has scored a lot of goals this season for you.
:55:00. > :55:07.How important has he been? Mass i for us. With Michu and injury
:55:08. > :55:12.problems that he has had. Bo ony stepped up to the plate. He gave us
:55:13. > :55:16.a lot as well, apart from goals, big presence, good footballer and he can
:55:17. > :55:19.help when he doesn't score he assists and gets us up the pitch.
:55:20. > :55:23.Great. Can't speak highly enough of him. You came in mid season,
:55:24. > :55:27.following Laudrup's footsteps, not easy coming into things. How have
:55:28. > :55:31.you found it? I have enjoyed it. I knew it would be difficult. Coming
:55:32. > :55:35.into this and everyone would talk about the experience for myself and
:55:36. > :55:40.stuff like that. This is a club that I've been at for 10 years. Whenever
:55:41. > :55:44.they ask me to do something, I always do it for them. The privilege
:55:45. > :55:48.position they asked me and felt that about myself. I'm trying to go out
:55:49. > :55:55.there every day in training and put the views across to the boys. They
:55:56. > :56:00.have been great with me, the clubs, staff and the fans. You were given a
:56:01. > :56:04.late penalty, justified penalty. Have you asked after the wellbeing
:56:05. > :56:08.of Chris Foy who took one in the face early on Yes... I think he
:56:09. > :56:13.needs to toughen up a little bit, to be honest. He took it full-blown in
:56:14. > :56:19.the face. It was a comical moment. I'm sure he is OK. I think he will
:56:20. > :56:24.have an ice pack on his nose and will be OK for the next match. Wish
:56:25. > :56:28.you well. I'm not sure why it amuses us when a referee gets hurt in
:56:29. > :56:32.anyway, shape or form. Would I be wrong to suggest that Bony was the
:56:33. > :56:36.difference between the two sides? He was. I like him. As a centre
:56:37. > :56:39.forward, have centre halfs playing against you coming off the pitch
:56:40. > :56:45.have to know they have been in the game. With this fella they know. It
:56:46. > :56:49.he was too clever for Williamson. Too quick. A split second ahead of
:56:50. > :56:53.Williamson. Williamson is not with him. He leaves him. Half a second
:56:54. > :56:57.away. Rises above him. Wants it more than him. More determined. He gets
:56:58. > :57:01.his header. He is direct, big, strong. He scores all sorts of
:57:02. > :57:04.goals. Look at his movement there. Williamson, again, doesn't know
:57:05. > :57:09.where he is, he is standing behind him. Split second. He is big and
:57:10. > :57:13.strong. He is exactly that there. Not frightened to have a pop from
:57:14. > :57:17.distance.le again, his movement. Should do better here. Decent save
:57:18. > :57:24.from Tim Krul. This is a pressure penalty. He stick it is away with
:57:25. > :57:29.ease. Confident. That is a huge penalty to keep, to confirm
:57:30. > :57:33.Swansea's - Not quite safe. Not far off. I think they will be OK. I said
:57:34. > :57:37.to you last week I thought they were playing all right. They went to
:57:38. > :57:43.Anfield, played well there, got beatened. 5 minutes against Chelsea,
:57:44. > :57:47.got beaten by odd goal. Playing with 10-men. If you knock-on the door you
:57:48. > :57:53.will get the breaks. They got the break today. Newcastle, five
:57:54. > :57:57.straight defeats, the worse ever in the Premier League history? The fans
:57:58. > :58:00.have had nothing to shout about since the beginning of the year. Out
:58:01. > :58:04.of the FA Cup. Can't score goals or defend. Tough time for them. The end
:58:05. > :58:10.of the season can't come quick enough. A bad combination that.
:58:11. > :58:18.Can't score goals and can't defend. Terrible combination. Recipe for
:58:19. > :58:32.disaster. Back-to-back wins in match provided air optimism for Aston
:58:33. > :58:35.Villa fans. But since then four straight defeats have seen Paul
:58:36. > :58:38.Lambert's side plummet. This week the club suspended two members of
:58:39. > :58:41.the backroom staff and issued a statement calling for unity,
:58:42. > :58:44.starting with today's visit of Southampton. Steve Bower was at
:58:45. > :58:47.Villa Park. He looks to end an uncomfortable week for the club on a
:58:48. > :58:52.much-needed high. They haven't picked up a single point since they
:58:53. > :58:58.beat Chelsea. They make three changes today. Southampton make four
:58:59. > :59:04.changes. They are led by Lallana after his nomination for Player of
:59:05. > :59:06.the Year. And Luke Shaw following his inclusion for the candidates of
:59:07. > :59:20.the Young Player of the Year Award. Powerful run from Luke Shaw. A good
:59:21. > :59:24.cross to Lambert. Couldn't really generate enough power with the
:59:25. > :59:33.header. It was a storming run from Luke Shaw. He just wasn't catching
:59:34. > :59:38.him. Lambert wasn't picked up. He will be disappointed with that.
:59:39. > :59:46.Pochettino has had 15 months in charge. Positive months at
:59:47. > :59:52.Southampton. Second managerial job. Trying to equal their highest ever
:59:53. > :00:07.Premier League position of eighth. Lambert is waiting at the centre.
:00:08. > :00:10.There is another chance. Another let off for Aston Villa. It was
:00:11. > :00:16.deflected along the way. That could easily have been the opening goal.
:00:17. > :00:19.You have to say, Villa have started this game like a team who have lost
:00:20. > :00:36.four in a row. Agbonlahor has stayed onside.
:00:37. > :00:40.Agbonlahor for Aston Villa. Oh, it was a horrible, heavy touch, that
:00:41. > :00:48.allowed Fonte to come across and make the interception. That one
:00:49. > :00:52.there. Phil Neville, Steve round and David Moyes, a full coaching
:00:53. > :00:56.compliment from Manchester United and the Hull manager Steve Bruce
:00:57. > :00:59.watching on. Poll have to come to Villa Park. Manchester United's
:01:00. > :01:01.final game of the season is at Saint Mary is that St Mary's against
:01:02. > :01:23.Southampton. A desperate clearance from Nathan
:01:24. > :01:28.Baker. Well work to gain from Southampton. No real surprise Luke
:01:29. > :01:35.Shaw was involved. -- well worked again from Southampton.
:01:36. > :01:44.Davis, denied by Guzan. Well, Villa were very nearly punished for the
:01:45. > :01:48.lack of defensive communication there. They are thankful for their
:01:49. > :01:55.goalkeeper, for keeping his clean sheet in tax. Baker, what was he
:01:56. > :01:56.thinking? First experience in the Aston Villa dugout, and nervy, edgy
:01:57. > :02:20.one at the moment. That could have gone anywhere. The
:02:21. > :02:24.brightest moment of the first half from Villa's point of view.
:02:25. > :02:26.Unfortunately for Southampton it did not go towards the goal, but wide
:02:27. > :02:37.instead. Not a good kick from Boruc. Straight
:02:38. > :02:49.to Delph. Ella Mahdi, still Ella Mahdi. -- El Ahmadi. A tame effort
:02:50. > :02:52.in the end. Not a good kick out from Boruc. He could not test the
:02:53. > :02:58.Southampton goalkeeper on his left foot. His team have the third worst
:02:59. > :03:07.home league record in the division. Ten defeats, a new club record, an
:03:08. > :03:11.unwanted one. Quickly worked by Davis. Sure down the left-hand
:03:12. > :03:19.side. Lallana is waiting and he couldn't make the contact he wanted.
:03:20. > :03:22.What a chance. The pass from Shaw was just behind Lallana, otherwise
:03:23. > :03:27.any kind of contact and Southampton were in front. They have got ten
:03:28. > :03:33.goals this season, Adam Lallana, and that could easily have been number
:03:34. > :03:35.11. It had to be a much improved second half, and it has been. Still
:03:36. > :03:50.no breakthrough. A decent try. All Brighton was
:03:51. > :03:56.quickest to it. It was on his weaker left foot and Boruc perhaps made a
:03:57. > :04:09.bit more of it in the end -- al Brighton was quickest to it.
:04:10. > :04:16.This is a long period of possession for Southampton.
:04:17. > :04:26.There was an appeal for hands. Let's have a close look at this. Islam it
:04:27. > :04:31.is out, definitely hits it. Aston Villa have at least arrested the
:04:32. > :04:39.slide after four successive defeats. A touch of positivity at
:04:40. > :04:44.the end of the difficult week. That was a massive point after everything
:04:45. > :04:49.that has been happening. I am proud of the players.
:04:50. > :04:52.TRANSLATION: Disappointed, because we do
:04:53. > :04:57.everything well. We did not actually score, which is important in
:04:58. > :05:02.football. After the events and everything that has happened, that
:05:03. > :05:08.performance, if you are talking about commitment to a football club
:05:09. > :05:12.that was evident. There was a clear penalty incident towards the end of
:05:13. > :05:13.the game. What was your view of that?
:05:14. > :05:16.TRANSLATION: It was difficult to see from my
:05:17. > :05:22.point of view but I saw from my point of view it was quite clear and
:05:23. > :05:27.the fact was the linesman was quite close to that action. He did not see
:05:28. > :05:30.it as well. They all played well and enjoyed the game but could not
:05:31. > :05:36.muster up the single goal between them. A bright spark, Luke Shaw, not
:05:37. > :05:41.for the first time. I thought he was the standout player today. His
:05:42. > :05:46.ability, he wasn't really tense did defensively here but going forward I
:05:47. > :05:49.thought he was brilliant -- he was not really tested.
:05:50. > :05:51.defensively here but going forward I thought he was brilliant -- His
:05:52. > :05:56.enthusiasm and desire to get up there and his pace helps him get up
:05:57. > :06:00.there. A great ball in to Rickie Lambert. He should score.
:06:01. > :06:06.Ward-Prowse on the ball. Look at his hunger to get up there. Reading the
:06:07. > :06:10.game. A good ball in once again. I love this one here, because he is
:06:11. > :06:15.thinking half a second before anyone else. Already he is on his way and
:06:16. > :06:20.before the defender realises, it is too late. He can't catch him, he is
:06:21. > :06:24.away. A decent ball to Lallana, who should put that in. It is his
:06:25. > :06:30.thinking and presence. He is ahead of the game. A lovely 1-2. He loves
:06:31. > :06:36.it, he loves getting up there and whipping balls in. No doubt about
:06:37. > :06:40.it, a star of the future. He is a great player and will get even
:06:41. > :06:48.better. Is he going to go to the World Cup? Maybe. That is the next
:06:49. > :06:53.thing. You have Baines and Cole and Shaw, he will go with two out of the
:06:54. > :06:58.three. I felt Ashley Cole should be going, only because of experience.
:06:59. > :07:03.It might be a big ask if Baines was to be injured to put Shaw in, a lack
:07:04. > :07:07.of experience, but Ashley Cole -- but Ashley Cole has hardly played
:07:08. > :07:12.this season. He hasn't had a starting three months. A big ask. He
:07:13. > :07:16.will have played some sort of football. A couple of friendlies,
:07:17. > :07:21.experience are missing. Going forward, brilliant, it won't be
:07:22. > :07:26.about going forward. We will not say that. Nothing to do with going
:07:27. > :07:33.forward against Italy and Uruguay, it will all be going that way. Aston
:07:34. > :07:38.Villa, stop the rot? They have stopped the rot, I think they will
:07:39. > :07:44.be OK, Aston Villa. He cut across me when I was in full flow! Finally to
:07:45. > :07:49.West Ham and Crystal Palace. I will ignore them! Two teams who at the
:07:50. > :07:53.start of the season would be tucked away at the bottom of the running
:07:54. > :07:58.order. Alys reached the golden 40 point target on Wednesday and dented
:07:59. > :08:01.the Champions League hopes in the process.
:08:02. > :08:05.the Champions League COMMENTATOR:
:08:06. > :08:11.30 points from 21 games. In opportunity, beaten away by Howard.
:08:12. > :08:22.Puncheon, 1-0 Crystal Palace. It was a free header, it is 2-0, Dann. A
:08:23. > :08:31.header by Naismith! A good effort, 3-1. It has come through to
:08:32. > :08:34.Mirallas, it has. A huge night for Crystal Palace, they will be playing
:08:35. > :08:39.Premier League football again next season.
:08:40. > :08:44.John Motson was our man at Upton Park.
:08:45. > :08:47.Kevin Nolan is back after missing the midweek defeat by Arsenal. The
:08:48. > :08:51.Hammers arguably need just a point to be sure of a third consecutive
:08:52. > :08:58.year in the top division. George McCartney stands in for sickness fit
:08:59. > :09:03.Demel at right back. Puncheon's goals in the last four games have
:09:04. > :09:06.sensed the Eagles soaring to 40 points and that means Crystal Palace
:09:07. > :09:09.have retained their Premier League status for the first time in five
:09:10. > :09:16.attempts. The victory at Everton cost them the services is Chamakh,
:09:17. > :09:22.but Dikgacoi returns. Loud applause in the memory of West Ham striker
:09:23. > :09:26.Dylan, a 20-year-old Australian who died yesterday following a
:09:27. > :09:31.three-year fight against testicular cancer. He made his senior debut in
:09:32. > :09:35.a League Cup tie against Wigan two years ago and was on the bench with
:09:36. > :09:39.the first team earlier this season. Members of the family have accepted
:09:40. > :09:44.West Ham's offer to retire the number 38 shirt, so Dylan is only
:09:45. > :09:56.the second West Ham player after Bobby Moore to receive that honour.
:09:57. > :10:02.The Hammers have got one or two players in the right place,
:10:03. > :10:12.surrounding water. Puncheon in the six yard box. It was very close.
:10:13. > :10:15.Dikgacoi, who was only passed fit when the team arrived at the ground
:10:16. > :10:20.today, nearly makes a big impression here. It is a decent enough header,
:10:21. > :10:34.but there are people in the way. This is Bolasie. There is Dann. A
:10:35. > :10:37.corner. As the ball comes across, Armero jumps with him and it is a
:10:38. > :10:44.caller to Crystal Palace. Puncheon will take this one. -- it is a
:10:45. > :10:49.corner to Crystal Palace. A diving clearance by Nolan. They say hand
:10:50. > :10:54.ball, Palace. Nolan threw himself at it. Where it hit him was a decision
:10:55. > :10:59.from Martin Atkins and to make. Tony Pulis, who has been placed by many
:11:00. > :11:07.in the category of Manager of the Year. Alys have done really well
:11:08. > :11:13.since he took over -- Palace. It is a good change of direction by Diame.
:11:14. > :11:15.A good save, Speroni. I reckon he turned back over. Diame really gets
:11:16. > :11:27.behind this. Downing goes again. Jarvis is coming
:11:28. > :11:33.in from the far side, as he did at Arsenal. He will retrieve this.
:11:34. > :11:38.Nolan is waiting. Carroll was shoved, surely? Not given. Well, I
:11:39. > :11:42.suppose you would say with Martin Atkins being such -- with Martin
:11:43. > :11:47.Atkins and being in such a good position, that was a tame appeal.
:11:48. > :11:54.Stewart Downing, right across fields to James Tomkins, really spreading
:11:55. > :11:57.the play here, West Ham. He has helped over that side and Carroll is
:11:58. > :12:04.the target again. Comes past Mariappa. Tries to get into Nolan.
:12:05. > :12:11.Oh, there is Diame. A good save, Speroni. I have seen Diame score
:12:12. > :12:17.from there before. This is a cross by Downing, Carroll, saved by the
:12:18. > :12:20.Crystal Palace goalkeeper, Speroni. Firmly headed, a brilliant save by
:12:21. > :12:26.Speroni. He really has had an outstanding season. He could almost
:12:27. > :12:35.poke this in the near post, but Speroni was there again. What a good
:12:36. > :12:40.crossfield pass that was, until Ward caught up with Jarvis and send him
:12:41. > :12:47.down. Could be a counter attack here. Jerome has gone from right to
:12:48. > :12:52.left, Puncheon is outside. Goes down, Jason Puncheon, but the
:12:53. > :12:59.referee is not in the mood to give half-hearted penalty shouts today.
:13:00. > :13:03.The game swinging from end end here. This is Downing again. Carroll in
:13:04. > :13:13.the middle. It is going to come to Andy Carroll.
:13:14. > :13:19.A good stop by Delaney, falling in front of him. Well, there has been
:13:20. > :13:25.so many attempts on goal here that you feel one must come, sooner or
:13:26. > :13:31.later. That is Dikgacoi, looking for Jerome. This is Cameron Jerome,
:13:32. > :13:36.Bolasie is trying to get into the centre. Down goes Jerome, yes,
:13:37. > :13:46.penalty. This time Martin Atkins and says yes. It is a penalty to Crystal
:13:47. > :13:55.Palace. Just inside the line. Jedinak is going to take it. Adrian
:13:56. > :14:00.is the goalkeeper. Jedinak scores, a good penalty. Really struck well. 59
:14:01. > :14:05.minutes, the Palace captain has put them ahead. Is it going to be five
:14:06. > :14:11.wins in a row now? No goalkeeper could have stopped that and Tony
:14:12. > :14:18.Pulis's side have the edge in this London derby.
:14:19. > :14:26.And this is Bolasie. Crystal Palace with another strong attack five
:14:27. > :14:32.forward. And Puncheon could not quite make it. Three on the far
:14:33. > :14:40.post. But it has come back to Dikgacoi. Puncheon lets it go!
:14:41. > :14:46.Puncheon again! Well, how have they failed to score?! Surely Crystal
:14:47. > :14:51.Palace must feel that should be 2-0. There must have been four or five
:14:52. > :14:58.attempts on goal, all in that same attack. But somehow or other, nobody
:14:59. > :15:04.could put it away. Only one Tony Pulis, is the loud
:15:05. > :15:11.chant from the Palace following here. I would have taken this when I
:15:12. > :15:15.walked through the door. The lads were fabulous again today. The
:15:16. > :15:18.biggest thing is the turnover, playing at Everton on Wednesday
:15:19. > :15:22.night and not getting home until half past two in the morning, and
:15:23. > :15:27.then getting a performance like that today. I think we really deserved
:15:28. > :15:31.it. There was some booing at the full-time whistle, do you feel some
:15:32. > :15:36.unrest from the home fans? No more than usual, no more than when I was
:15:37. > :15:43.at Blackburn, Newcastle or Bolton. If you do not win, fans do not like
:15:44. > :15:46.it, especially at home. Times were tough at the start, but I always had
:15:47. > :15:50.faith that we would be able to turn it around. It does surprise you a
:15:51. > :15:55.little bit at this level when you are able to put five consecutive
:15:56. > :16:00.wins together. That is something I think this football club should be
:16:01. > :16:05.very proud of. It has been a strange year, it has been testing it has
:16:06. > :16:10.been a difficult 48 hours, because we have lost one of our very good
:16:11. > :16:13.friends, Dylan. It has been a hard couple of days, but it is one which
:16:14. > :16:20.we are determined to put right next week at West Brom. Our condolences
:16:21. > :16:23.and thoughts go to Dylan's family at this obviously very difficult time.
:16:24. > :16:32.As for the football, five wins on the bounce, it is a remarkable run
:16:33. > :16:35.for Palace. They go from strength to strength. Tony Pulis has had the
:16:36. > :16:40.accolades, and quite rightly so. It is a phenomenal record. His great
:16:41. > :16:45.strength has always been defensive organisation. Anybody can put lots
:16:46. > :16:50.of players behind the ball, but there is a certain way of doing it.
:16:51. > :16:55.Every person that plays for Palace, under Tony Pulis, knows exactly what
:16:56. > :17:01.they are doing. And it shows in the results. This is dream time for
:17:02. > :17:09.them. Not if Liverpool win the title! Let's be serious. As for West
:17:10. > :17:13.Ham, they have been up and down, struggling again at the moment. Big
:17:14. > :17:17.Sam under fire, supposedly. He was under fire at the beginning of the
:17:18. > :17:22.season, when they were on a terrible run, and I urged them to stick with
:17:23. > :17:27.him, and he has got them out of trouble. West Ham fans say to you,
:17:28. > :17:33.he does not play our way, but what is West Ham's way, the one which has
:17:34. > :17:36.been successful for the last four years? I think at the start of the
:17:37. > :17:40.season, the objective was Premier League survival, and they have got
:17:41. > :17:47.that. He does the job, keeps them up. They clearly played a West Ham
:17:48. > :17:51.way. Gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. Before we leave you, let's
:17:52. > :17:56.take a look at the Barclays Premier League table. Liverpool can extend
:17:57. > :18:03.their lead at the top to five points if they beat Norwich on Sunday.
:18:04. > :18:08.Chelsea of course visit Anfield next weekend. That famous win for
:18:09. > :18:14.Sunderland has given the Black Cats renewed hope of a great escape.
:18:15. > :18:19.Cardiff with their point today moved above Fulham but are still deep in
:18:20. > :18:20.trouble. Next weekend is a must win match for both team. Let's have a
:18:21. > :18:42.look at the morning papers. Well, that is it from us, on the day
:18:43. > :18:47.a Liverpool player might just have won the title for Liverpool, without
:18:48. > :18:52.playing for Liverpool. It has been that kind of season. Goodbye.