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are in front, the other teams can win it. | :01:20. | :01:39. | |
I am sure that the three will fight win it. | :01:40. | :01:46. | |
I am sure that the three will fight until | :01:47. | :01:46. | |
Each one of our games is all playing today. Arguably | :01:47. | :02:16. | |
Each one of our games is significant. There are seven of | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
them, top, bottom, or both. Those teams who did not play in the FA Cup | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
last week took their respects -- took their opportunity to pay their | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
respects to the late great Sir Tom Finney. | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
Sir Tom spent his whole career at suppressed -- at Preston North End | :02:37. | :02:51. | |
and scored many goals. He died last Friday night at the age of 91. Our | :02:52. | :03:01. | |
first game tonight takes us to the errors. Sunderland will be in London | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
next weekend hoping to win this season's first piece of silverware. | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
The League Cup finalists were playing the Arsenal. | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
But cast in bronze, another statue the Gunners great unveiled by the | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
man himself before Arsenal face opponents against whom he scored one | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
of his greatest goals, January 1997. It left as all speechless. | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
Plenty of chatter about today's Arsenal team which shows five | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
changes from Wednesday's defeat to Bayern Munich. Amongst those left | :03:36. | :03:43. | |
out, Ozil, not on the bench either due to an old-fashioned term is a | :03:44. | :03:47. | |
dead leg. Eight changes for Sunderland after their win last | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
weekend. Only John O'Shea, Vergini and Borini stay in, with the Deeney | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
getting his first Premier League starts, for in the suspended Wes | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
Brown. That is the only difference from their last league action two | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
weeks ago. Sunderland just can't get near the ball right now. Exhibition | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
stuff from Arsenal. It is Giroud, 1-0! Arsenal have | :04:11. | :04:31. | |
dominated from kick-off. Wilshere combined well with two team-mates | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
and a clever ball into Giroud. It was not picked off -- up. Giroud | :04:36. | :04:44. | |
ends a run of four games without a goal with his 15th of the season in | :04:45. | :04:46. | |
all competitions. And Arsenal corner. The Gunners keep | :04:47. | :05:04. | |
on coming. Adam Johnson, the first time we have | :05:05. | :05:19. | |
seen him on the ball. Sunderland are on the break for the | :05:20. | :05:34. | |
first time. It nearly caught Szczesny out. I don't think Marcos | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
Alonso was intentionally going for gold air. It just shows what could | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
happen to Arsenal. Having most of the ball, playing most of the game | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
in the Sunderland half, but look how Sunderland could break. | :05:50. | :05:59. | |
That touch was a little too intricate from Giroud, although it | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
did deceive Vergini. There was some power behind that | :06:05. | :06:31. | |
shot. The Arsenal fans behind the goal initially were urging Wilshere | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
to have a go. He did not fancy it. Podolski was also going to. -- was | :06:37. | :06:44. | |
always going to. Arsenal, unbeaten in the last 14th home league games | :06:45. | :06:52. | |
against the Black Cats. The last Sunderland away win, at Highbury, in | :06:53. | :06:54. | |
1983. Giroud is in and he has finished | :06:55. | :07:07. | |
expertly. An absolute gift. A nightmare moment for Vergini. | :07:08. | :07:20. | |
No real conviction in what they were doing here. Nowhere for Bardsley to | :07:21. | :07:27. | |
go, in fairness. That was just careless. How well did he take this | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
first time tucked in beautifully. Gus Poyet had said in the build-up | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
to this game that Vergini's form meant that Wes Brown might not get | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
his place back for the Capital Cup Final next weekend. That might have | :07:42. | :07:43. | |
made up the head coach's mind. Rosicky is in, brilliant! Absolutely | :07:44. | :08:05. | |
brilliant. Rosicky first involved there and again from Wilshere and | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
again to finish it off. It is his first Premier League goal | :08:09. | :08:22. | |
of the season. He will not get one better than that in this campaign. | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
Arsenal might be out of sight before half-time. That is the best of the | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
bunch additives Arsenal three, Sunderland nil. -- that is the best | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
of the bunch additives Arsenal three, Sunderland nil. | :08:38. | :08:50. | |
Borini, going for gold and Szczesny, forced to save. | :08:51. | :09:20. | |
Vergini, he is having one. He is having one. That would top it off. A | :09:21. | :09:31. | |
hapless slice into his own net. It comes towards Koscielny! Arsenal | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
don't need any help in scoring goals. Koscielny had the freedom of | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
the penalty area to attack that. Firmly off the forehead, his first | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
goal of the season, Arsenal's fourth of the day. | :09:50. | :09:56. | |
He has a way of getting his team ready for freezing Manchester City | :09:57. | :10:04. | |
at Wembley, this has not gone to plan for Gus Poyet. Arsene Wenger is | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
backed to winning ways, delighted. The title challenge is well and | :10:10. | :10:12. | |
truly on for Arsenal. Sunderland, still in the thick of the relegation | :10:13. | :10:14. | |
scrap. Lord out by Szczesny, finally it is | :10:15. | :10:30. | |
away from calm passion -- push from Flamini. He's an young thought he | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
had got a measure of consolation for Sunderland there. -- Ki Sung-Yueng. | :10:36. | :10:51. | |
It is Gnabry, straight at Mannone. Four Arsenal shirts in the box. He | :10:52. | :10:58. | |
lacked composure. Good, midfield running from Jack Wilshere here. It | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
was that touch, that first touch of the ball took the chance away from | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
him. He has got his scarf on and the model of himself outside. Ask the | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
question at half-time about possibly becoming the boss of Arsenal one | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
day, I am not sure that Dennis Bergkamp can. When the manager can't | :11:20. | :11:25. | |
fly, you have a problem for away ties in Europe. | :11:26. | :11:34. | |
The way this has been going, with ten minutes left, then maybe a bit | :11:35. | :11:41. | |
of consolation or goal difference damage limitation for Sunderland | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
before the end of the day. Well delivered by Larsson, a little too | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
close to Szczesny. Now it is Ceccherini. How on earth did he find | :11:51. | :11:56. | |
a gap through that lot? -- Giaccherini. One to control, two to | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
hit it. A crowd of players in the way, there is no touch of anybody | :12:03. | :12:06. | |
else. It is cleanly and from his boot. It is Arsenal four, Sunderland | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
one. The Italian has his fourth goal of the season. | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
Wednesday night we had to give a lot, to win today is fantastic. The | :12:19. | :12:26. | |
three points are welcome. It is always tricky after a Champions | :12:27. | :12:29. | |
League game. We want to show we are committed and up for it and we | :12:30. | :12:32. | |
played some fantastic football today. The reaction of the team was | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
really good, convincing, the way we won the game and I am happy to be | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
where we are. It was a great ball and that is what the supporters want | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
to see. We enjoy passing move football. I am glad I scored today. | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
They are quality team, you have to be on top of your game and they can | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
carry one or two players but if the whole team is having a bad day it is | :13:00. | :13:05. | |
a tough start. If we play similar to today, we are going to be | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
embarrassed again next week so we need to be very careful and try to | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
make sure that we do things better as a team that we control the game | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
better, because we give the ball to the opposition all the time and | :13:19. | :13:21. | |
sooner or later Manchester City is going to score. We are there, it is | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
down to the consistency of our performances and it was important to | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
win the game because we played the draw against Manchester United and | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
it was important to win a gay. Arsenal are back to winning ways | :13:37. | :13:39. | |
after a miserable midweek and they never looked comfortable today. Back | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
to the winning ways and their best, they have had a sluggish couple of | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
weeks by their own high standards. They were a better team today, | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
thoroughly deserved the victory. Sunderland were one or two players | :13:53. | :13:55. | |
have their eye on their Cup Final next week and never really got | :13:56. | :14:00. | |
started. The game was over within 40 minutes and some of the performances | :14:01. | :14:03. | |
for Sunderland were really poor. You had a good look at Giroud today. | :14:04. | :14:08. | |
They are better team with Giroud in team. It is tough playing up front | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
on your own. You have to have midfielders who are prepared to | :14:16. | :14:17. | |
support you but prepared to run beyond you and it makes your life as | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
a forward a lot easier because often you are fighting two Centre has on | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
your own. You see Giroud, marked by crochet, he is a decent position but | :14:27. | :14:33. | |
he has nothing to do until he has a decision to make. Wilshere and | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
Rosicky there, he goes in short and leaves the space behind them, which | :14:38. | :14:42. | |
crochet has to go into, so runners of the ball and it is a beautiful | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
goal, a beautiful weight of pass, a very good finish. In this goal, it | :14:47. | :14:51. | |
is sensational. The passing, the moving, the weight of the pass, off | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
the ball, one touch and the finish is absolutely sublime as well and it | :14:57. | :15:01. | |
is right up there with the goal Wilshere scored against Norwich, I | :15:02. | :15:04. | |
think it was. The passing and movement is brilliant and Rosicky is | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
prepared to get past Giroud, making his life easier, not having to fight | :15:10. | :15:13. | |
two centre halves. I have Giroud circles, look at the four willing to | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
get beyond him, to get into the box. Wilshere has run with the ball, | :15:20. | :15:23. | |
Gnabry has come on as a sub, through the legs, should actually do | :15:24. | :15:27. | |
better. Sunderland were all over the place but it was a very good | :15:28. | :15:29. | |
performance from Arsenal. Giroud got two and Arsenal don't | :15:30. | :15:37. | |
play their best sometimes against the best sides? If you look at | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
Arsenal and their performances this season, I can't remember too many | :15:44. | :15:47. | |
sides who have gone away from home and losing six at Etihad and five | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
and Anfield. They keep on passing the test. I just feel that, because | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
blowing it away at Etihad and Anfield, the way that Liverpool | :16:00. | :16:03. | |
annihilated them. The big games, lots coming up, I think the | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
opposition will start very, very qu lyly against Arsenal and it will be | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
up to them to resist. Can they resist? We will wait and see. When | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
teams win it is because their forwards win goals. It's not the | :16:17. | :16:23. | |
forwards fault. How many did Suarez score? Absolutely. You are trying to | :16:24. | :16:31. | |
tell me that Suarez had a bad season. Arsenal are a better team | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
with Giroud in it. They are. I was surprised he left him out on | :16:38. | :16:41. | |
Wednesday night against Bayern Munich. Poyet said no-one was | :16:42. | :16:49. | |
quaranteed a place on the team? They have done so well, Sunderland, Wes | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
Brown and O'Shea who have played together for a long time. Today, the | :16:56. | :16:59. | |
first two goals, the third goal was brilliant. The first two goals were | :17:00. | :17:07. | |
give mes. Unlike Sunderland. So three points for Arsenal, could the | :17:08. | :17:10. | |
league leaders match that? Here's a little statistic to warm the hearts | :17:11. | :17:13. | |
of Chelsea fans. Whenever Mourinho has been top of a league in | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
February, in any country, he has never lost the title. Today, Everton | :17:18. | :17:20. | |
were the visitors to Stamford Bridge under the watchful eye of Simon | :17:21. | :17:21. | |
Brotherton. never lost the title. Today, Everton | :17:22. | :17:21. | |
were the visitors to Stamford Frank Lampard makes his 572 Premier League | :17:22. | :17:27. | |
appearance, joint second on the all-time list alongside David James, | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
but behind Ryan Giggs. Everton have been forced into making a change | :17:34. | :17:38. | |
minutes before the kick-off. Steven Naismith, who scored the winner in | :17:39. | :17:43. | |
the reversed fixture starts instead of Armand Traore, who injured his | :17:44. | :17:52. | |
hamstring in the warmup. Good pass from Osmond. Naismith with the | :17:53. | :17:59. | |
layoff. Tremendous shot. Fine save. A rise g drive. Petr Cech pushed it | :18:00. | :18:06. | |
behind for a corner. Good play from Everton. The win earlier this season | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
at Goodison over Chelsea was Everton's first in the Premier | :18:13. | :18:15. | |
League under Roberto Martinez. Pienaar, looking for Mirallas. This | :18:16. | :18:23. | |
is Naismith. Promising for Everton. A little deflection behind off Gary | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
Cahill. Take it is for a corner. There was a real threat from Roberto | :18:28. | :18:31. | |
Martinez's team. It wouldn't come down quickly enough for Kevin | :18:32. | :18:36. | |
Mirallas. The that unbeaten home record, still very much intact. The | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
only one in the Premier League. Eden Hazard, away from Gareth Barry. | :18:43. | :18:45. | |
Checking his run. Willian. Hazard and Eto'o, Eto'o with a | :18:46. | :19:01. | |
chance. Saved by the legs of Tim Howard. Rare shot on goal for | :19:02. | :19:05. | |
Chelsea in this first half. Here's Hazard. Good movement by | :19:06. | :19:25. | |
Lampard. Saved by Howard. It's away by Jagielka. Lampard found himself | :19:26. | :19:33. | |
in a great position there. Every goal from him seems like a landmark | :19:34. | :19:39. | |
goal. His next one will be as well, the 250th of his club career. Here | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
is Samuel Eto'o now. Looking for Hazard again. Shouts for handball. | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
It goes behind. Chelsea's players claiming for a handball. Let's have | :19:49. | :19:53. | |
a little look here. It is blocked by Phil Jagielka's arm. No wonder they | :19:54. | :19:57. | |
were shouting for a penalty. Initial shot saved by Tim Howard. We still | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
await the first goal of the match. The Everton fans aric maing all the | :20:03. | :20:09. | |
noise inside Stamford Bridge. Is -- who are making. Osman. A little | :20:10. | :20:18. | |
deflection almost squeezed it inside the near-post. Cech just able to get | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
down at the last moment. Good save by Petr Cech. Look at the space for | :20:24. | :20:32. | |
Lampard. Can he make the most of it? Willian. | :20:33. | :20:38. | |
He needs to be on his toes here. It was off Naismith head. It will be | :20:39. | :20:51. | |
another corner. Willian with the kick. Naismith, | :20:52. | :21:02. | |
again, with the header clear, only as far as Hazard. Shot from Hazard. | :21:03. | :21:09. | |
Good save. Eto'o, with the header. Ivanovic, blocked again! Aerobatic | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
stuff from the Everton goalkeeper. Tim Howard, faced by a flurry of | :21:15. | :21:18. | |
activity, making the save the first time, then the second. Everton | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
survive. How about this for making yourself look big and making the | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
block? Most of those Chelsea supporters a little disappointed, I | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
think, with what they've seen so far. Hazard. Now Ramires. Ramires | :21:34. | :21:40. | |
may fancy this one. Oh, he wasn't too far away. There wouldn't have | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
been much time for Everton to respond had he sneaked that one into | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
the corner of the net. Just wide of Tim Howard's right hand post. | :21:50. | :21:56. | |
Still time for a chance or two. Ramires. Looking to carve one out. | :21:57. | :22:03. | |
Still going, down he goes, over the leg of Jagielka. He gets a yellow | :22:04. | :22:11. | |
card. Let's have a look again. It should be the angle. Jagielka just | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
left his leg out. A couple of minutes gone in added time. Not | :22:17. | :22:22. | |
quite now or never, not far off it for Chelsea. Frank Lampard will take | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
it. Good ball in. It's a goal! Chelsea have won it. John Terry, | :22:27. | :22:30. | |
right at the end of the game, in the third minute of added time. There | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
will be no coming back for Everton now. Chelsea, set is to stay top of | :22:36. | :22:40. | |
the Premier League. My goodness me, they left it late. Finally, | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
Everton's defence is breached. It's two of the old guard that have done | :22:47. | :22:50. | |
the job, Frank Lampard with the free-kick. Blocked by Tim Howard. | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
John Terry was right there. It may have gone in off Tim Howard. Chelsea | :22:56. | :23:01. | |
won't worry about that. 12 unbeaten for Chelsea now in the Premier | :23:02. | :23:04. | |
League. It guarantees them top spot for the rest of the weekend. The | :23:05. | :23:11. | |
last-minute, luck is a word that comes immediately into the picture, | :23:12. | :23:14. | |
but I think the players never gave up. They were always trying to win. | :23:15. | :23:20. | |
We played eye to eye from the beginning until the end. We had the | :23:21. | :23:24. | |
bleter chances -- better chances from open play. The team were at | :23:25. | :23:28. | |
their best in the first 10-15 minutes. Over all we were the team | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
that deserved the victory. There is a gap between deserving the victory | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
and getting the victory. That is where the work needs to be in. We | :23:37. | :23:39. | |
went to Everton earlier in the season, we were in control and we | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
lost a tight game. There this is the way it goes.s we see these games | :23:45. | :23:49. | |
time and time again. We might have deserved that luck for certain | :23:50. | :23:53. | |
performances lately. You found a way to win in the end. The it keeps the | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
pressure up on everybody else at the top? Can ask them. For us, it's a | :23:58. | :24:02. | |
good feeling to be one more week in that position. Good feeling for us | :24:03. | :24:06. | |
to go for the next game against Fulham and put the foot in -- at | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
Craven Cottage as the leaders of the Championship. That's a good feeling. | :24:13. | :24:17. | |
How important a goal was that? How big and significant a win was that? | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
It was big, mega big. I'm not saying they didn't play that well, it was a | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
tight performance, we are coming to expect from Chelsea. Average. You | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
are watching them and the superstars and the side, the quality players. | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
I'm thinking, it 's a dull game. Nothing much is happening here. | :24:37. | :24:40. | |
Everton I think, I don't agree with Roberto Martinez, I don't think they | :24:41. | :24:44. | |
deserved to win but I thought they would get something out of the game. | :24:45. | :24:48. | |
I thought it was harsh about Everton. You can't make a decision | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
about who scored the goal. I think you will find we are definitive | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
about who scored the goal. Go on We think it's an own-goal. The school | :24:58. | :25:04. | |
of thought - Ivanovic clicks it. He doesn't get anywhere near it. Terry | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
doesn't get near it. Where it's possible I would give the goal to | :25:10. | :25:12. | |
the attacking player. On this occasion I can't. It touched Tim | :25:13. | :25:18. | |
Howard, gone in, it's an own-goal. It has been credited to John Terry. | :25:19. | :25:22. | |
Three people were credit #d, an own-goal, Frank Lampard then finally | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
Terry. Quite a few suggesting that Ivanovic did get a touch. Terry may | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
have been offside. We thought we would make - You have eyes. What do | :25:32. | :25:37. | |
you think? It's not for me, I haven't got opinions. Actually, I | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
was going to ask our viewers to make a decision. You lot can be the | :25:42. | :25:47. | |
dubious goals committee tonight. Who do you think scored the winner. Go | :25:48. | :26:05. | |
to the BBC website site. Cast your vote or tweet hashtag plus one of | :26:06. | :26:08. | |
the surnames on screen to @bbcmotd. We shall reveal the answer at the | :26:09. | :26:12. | |
end of the show. England's centre half is undoubtedly John Terry. You | :26:13. | :26:16. | |
say, position, position, position. Jagielka, is good positioning. John | :26:17. | :26:20. | |
Terry is one of the best there has ever been. Where Jagielka scores | :26:21. | :26:26. | |
highly is pace. John Terry looks as if he is running in quick sand. Good | :26:27. | :26:34. | |
save by Cech. Jagielka is quick, up against Hazard, matches him. Hazard | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
is no slouch. There are a couple of bits of play coming up here. The | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
first one, John Terry looks as though he will dive in there. He | :26:43. | :26:46. | |
takes him back into the box. Sometimes it can be dangerous. He | :26:47. | :26:50. | |
has tan him down-the-line. That is magnificent play. For the goal, | :26:51. | :26:54. | |
leading up to it, the free-kick, in my opinion, this is a poor challenge | :26:55. | :26:59. | |
by Jagielka. He can take Ramires, down-the-line. He is relatively | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
quick. Leaves the leg there. The referee has no option. Heading | :27:04. | :27:06. | |
ability, a up could of clips here. What is impressive about these two | :27:07. | :27:10. | |
clips is how far they get the distance on the head there. Terry | :27:11. | :27:15. | |
scores massively is in possession. Two great feet. Is he left-footed or | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
right-footed? Is comfortable either side. Such a massive advantage | :27:21. | :27:24. | |
because you can build up the play. You can link. Jagielka, all right | :27:25. | :27:28. | |
footed. He doesn't want to come back on his left. He can come back and | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
join the play. Come inside play it to Barry, play it to Disley. Tin. He | :27:34. | :27:43. | |
fires down-the-line. Club partnerships are sometimes the best. | :27:44. | :27:46. | |
We know he will not play for England. Mr Shearer, do you think | :27:47. | :27:50. | |
the fact that he knows he is not playing for England, does that make | :27:51. | :27:56. | |
him a better player for Chelsea? I'm convinced he doe does. I retired | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
from England before 30, I had three serious injuries. It gave me six | :28:02. | :28:07. | |
years of a career at the top level. I'm convinced the same thing is | :28:08. | :28:11. | |
happening to John Terry. You don't have to travel across the world, | :28:12. | :28:14. | |
nine or ten times, friendlies, you can rest at home, not training. The | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
pressure of playing for England and being England captain, put that | :28:20. | :28:22. | |
together, he has had one or two injuries this season, he is playing | :28:23. | :28:26. | |
as well as he ever has done. That is the reason why. We concentrated on | :28:27. | :28:32. | |
Chelsea. You thought Everton should have deserved a draw? They did. | :28:33. | :28:36. | |
Impressive away from home. Apart from going hammered at Anfield. They | :28:37. | :28:41. | |
have an impressive record away from home. They played quite well today. | :28:42. | :28:50. | |
Let's move on. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had his abacus out this week | :28:51. | :28:54. | |
targetting five wins from 12 games to keep Cardiff in the Premier | :28:55. | :28:57. | |
League. Steve Bruce and Hull went cross-country hoping to mess up his | :28:58. | :29:00. | |
maths. Invigilating the 90 minute exam in South Wales was Alistair | :29:01. | :29:05. | |
Mann. Fife changes for Cardiff as they seek to end the month as they | :29:06. | :29:09. | |
began it with a home win. There is a Premier League debut for Cala. | :29:10. | :29:18. | |
Two alterations for the visitors, the league return of McGregor from a | :29:19. | :29:24. | |
three-match ban for his sending off at CIS al-Palace. Jelavic | :29:25. | :29:33. | |
partnership continues upfront. A great tackle by Long. That is just | :29:34. | :29:47. | |
the kind of player he is, not just content with making forward groans | :29:48. | :29:50. | |
-- forward runs, Shane Long. Here is the Zaha, trying to weave | :29:51. | :30:02. | |
his way through and rings out the best in McGregor, who saves it at | :30:03. | :30:07. | |
the second attempt. A wonderful player, particularly when Crystal | :30:08. | :30:11. | |
Palace were making their run to the Premier League in the last campaign | :30:12. | :30:14. | |
and now with an opportunity at Cardiff, Zaha is taking it. Here is | :30:15. | :30:19. | |
Jones, talking of taking opportunities, and he almost does | :30:20. | :30:23. | |
there and is stopped by McGregor. Two saves within a minute and | :30:24. | :30:28. | |
suddenly Cardiff City has started to open up Hull down the middle. Ole | :30:29. | :30:32. | |
Gunnar Solskjaer was saying before the game that his opposite number, | :30:33. | :30:37. | |
Steve Bruce, trying to convince him not to go into management, but it | :30:38. | :30:46. | |
was too much hassle. He has given that away to Jelavic and he has Long | :30:47. | :30:55. | |
in support of him top and he returns it to Jelavic. I wonder. In the end | :30:56. | :30:57. | |
to keep it at 0-0. He drilled into the corner of the | :30:58. | :31:10. | |
net and Hull City do take the lead! It was a lovely combination between | :31:11. | :31:15. | |
Long and Jelavic. Marshall did well to spread himself, but when the ball | :31:16. | :31:18. | |
was prodded into the path of Huddlestone by Livermore, | :31:19. | :31:21. | |
Huddlestone drove it into the corner of the goal. There is a real | :31:22. | :31:27. | |
deflection off Taylor as Huddlestone hits it and it sends it away from | :31:28. | :31:29. | |
the despairing Marshall. A great ball in, Figueroa just about | :31:30. | :31:49. | |
got it. Jones could not steer it in. Wolff Eikrem never really connected | :31:50. | :31:54. | |
with the intended shot but Jones almost turned into a cross and | :31:55. | :31:55. | |
prodded it wide with his head. The flag stays down, Long with an | :31:56. | :32:26. | |
opportunity, finds Jelavic. Wonderful, that is absolutely | :32:27. | :32:30. | |
terrific from the new strike partnership. They have not been | :32:31. | :32:34. | |
together very long, but they have clearly got a wonderful | :32:35. | :32:39. | |
understanding and between the two of them they have cooked up a second | :32:40. | :32:41. | |
goal. Long lays it beautifully into his | :32:42. | :33:00. | |
path, but there was still plenty of work to do and Jelavic did it with | :33:01. | :33:04. | |
aplomb. No wonder there is a massive smile on his face and a scowl on | :33:05. | :33:07. | |
his. Forward, Hull City, with Long, who | :33:08. | :33:11. | |
eats up the ground. Jelavic, what a chance that was. He | :33:12. | :33:38. | |
turns away in disgust, because he could have wrapped this game up and | :33:39. | :33:40. | |
he hooked it beyond the post. Jones and Campbell looking for it, | :33:41. | :33:57. | |
and it was Huddlestone that got the final touch. It was a brave | :33:58. | :34:01. | |
challenge from Tom Huddlestone, as Campbell was about to pull the | :34:02. | :34:07. | |
trigger. Very bravely done. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes it will be | :34:08. | :34:10. | |
their home guard -- their home games that will ultimately decide their | :34:11. | :34:14. | |
fate. This will have been warned that he targeted for maximum points. | :34:15. | :34:21. | |
Gash this will have been warned that he targeted for maximum points. | :34:22. | :34:27. | |
That is game over, surely. Three goals, two for Jelavic, who goes | :34:28. | :34:35. | |
over to the jubilant Hull City supporters, who have made their way | :34:36. | :34:40. | |
to South Wales and Jelavic, who scored a sweet one in the first | :34:41. | :34:44. | |
half, has scored an equally clever one in the second. Good, powerful | :34:45. | :34:49. | |
header, out of the reach of the despairing Marshall. | :34:50. | :34:59. | |
He is concealing his emotions but the pride that he must be feeling in | :35:00. | :35:02. | |
his side must be immense. Livermore, 4-0 to Hull City. There | :35:03. | :35:28. | |
are still 23 minutes to go and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer slumps into his | :35:29. | :35:35. | |
chair. Poor communication allowed Elmohamady to burst through and he | :35:36. | :35:42. | |
saw the run-off Livermore and there was a slide rule pass into the | :35:43. | :35:46. | |
corner of the net and it makes Hull City's afternoon that little bit | :35:47. | :35:50. | |
more pleasurable. Hundreds of Cardiff City fans just bolted for | :35:51. | :35:54. | |
the exit is that ball hit the back of the net and there is more joining | :35:55. | :35:56. | |
them. Was that a faultless performance? We | :35:57. | :36:06. | |
could have passed it better in the first half. It is important you have | :36:07. | :36:09. | |
something at the top end of the pitch and the bits of magic we | :36:10. | :36:13. | |
produced at the top end of the pitch have won the game and changed the | :36:14. | :36:17. | |
dimensional and Jelavic is going to get the plaudits but Long has made | :36:18. | :36:22. | |
two as well which is terrific to see. The lads who came in January, | :36:23. | :36:30. | |
we are thankful they have got a couple of goals since they got here | :36:31. | :36:34. | |
and they are all around players. As a manager you have to try positives | :36:35. | :36:38. | |
out of circumstances like that. Which will you take? Non-, today. | :36:39. | :36:45. | |
You can't, because you cannot find any positives when you lose 4-0 | :36:46. | :36:50. | |
against a team which is around the same position as you are, especially | :36:51. | :36:58. | |
not when we dominated and created chances. These are the games you | :36:59. | :37:03. | |
need points from. Even Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks a little bit older | :37:04. | :37:06. | |
after that one. It is easy to get things wrong in the January transfer | :37:07. | :37:10. | |
window. Many clubs have done it, Steve Bruce up very well. He bought | :37:11. | :37:17. | |
very well in January and the summer, he got Huddlestone, Livermore, who | :37:18. | :37:21. | |
is on loan, Steve Bruce is right. The two at the top make the | :37:22. | :37:24. | |
difference. They were a constant threat today. You create chances and | :37:25. | :37:28. | |
these guys will score goals. They are working very hard there to get | :37:29. | :37:33. | |
the ball back, to help the team out into Jelavic. Unselfish, from Long. | :37:34. | :37:38. | |
Jelavic should score there, he does not. It is a good save from | :37:39. | :37:43. | |
Marshall. The ball comes back to Huddlestone, he gets a bit of luck | :37:44. | :37:49. | |
with his strike but it is a good strike. Their movement I thought was | :37:50. | :37:54. | |
brilliant. A little turn inside, watch the way Long runs in behind. | :37:55. | :37:58. | |
He has pace, he will do that all afternoon, trying to running behind. | :37:59. | :38:03. | |
They worked very well together and it is a very good finish. I | :38:04. | :38:07. | |
mentioned Long, running in behind, defenders hate that. They don't like | :38:08. | :38:12. | |
running back towards their own goal. Rosenior picks it up on the | :38:13. | :38:16. | |
far end. Long is trying to get in there, Jelavic is in there, a good | :38:17. | :38:21. | |
ball, a very good header. The partnerships, the best partnerships | :38:22. | :38:25. | |
I played in, in Ferdinand and sharing and Sutton, I did not have | :38:26. | :38:29. | |
to work at it. It just worked and happened. It clicks from the start? | :38:30. | :38:36. | |
It just clicked and looking at -- the same thing has happened. There | :38:37. | :38:42. | |
have been five goals, it is working. Hull away from trouble, Cardiff are | :38:43. | :38:46. | |
in the thick of it. Solskjaer said he wanted five wins from 12 games, | :38:47. | :38:52. | |
he needs five from 11. Can he get that? Where do you want me to start? | :38:53. | :38:59. | |
They have no chance. They rely so heavily on the goalkeeper, the | :39:00. | :39:03. | |
goalkeeper against Villa, against Norwich, where they got three points | :39:04. | :39:06. | |
at home was sensational. The minute they come away from the 18-yard line | :39:07. | :39:12. | |
they are in trouble. They have won five in 27, so I can't see them | :39:13. | :39:18. | |
winning five in 11. It has been a packed day in the Football League, | :39:19. | :39:22. | |
all the talking points followers with Manish. There is the details. | :39:23. | :39:28. | |
On Sunday, Match Of The Day 2 returns with a tasty triple. | :39:29. | :39:56. | |
That means that Match Of The Day 2 Extra is back as well on Sunday. BBC | :39:57. | :40:03. | |
One at 12:15pm for healthy lunchtime debate. At the start of February, | :40:04. | :40:07. | |
West Ham were in the bottom three, one win in ten and questions over | :40:08. | :40:11. | |
the future of their manager. They went into today's game at home to | :40:12. | :40:15. | |
Southampton looking for their fourth straight win. Playing Connect Four | :40:16. | :40:17. | |
at Upton Park was Martin Fisher. Adrian has kept four clean sheets in | :40:18. | :40:30. | |
a row. Another shutout today would see him match Phil Parkinson Mac | :40:31. | :40:34. | |
record from 1985. The Hammers are unchanged. Squad rotation may have | :40:35. | :40:39. | |
played its part in Southampton's exit last week, no such gamble today | :40:40. | :40:45. | |
at Schneiderlin and Cork all start. Six changes but it is the same team | :40:46. | :40:47. | |
that beat Hull two weeks ago. Lallana wants it back. That there is | :40:48. | :41:11. | |
a free kick. -- that is a free kick. Steven Davis with this free kick, | :41:12. | :41:15. | |
plenty forward for Southampton. There is the goal, a beautiful | :41:16. | :41:19. | |
header. Yoshida with it. A delightful header. | :41:20. | :41:34. | |
It is a glancing header from the Japanese and Adrian, who has been in | :41:35. | :41:42. | |
such superb form of late, has no answer to that. West Ham have been | :41:43. | :41:48. | |
warm weather training in Dubai over the last week or so. It looks like | :41:49. | :41:53. | |
they were still having the sunshine when Yoshida flicked that goal | :41:54. | :41:58. | |
beyond the goalkeeper, Adrian. Lovely football from Southampton. | :41:59. | :42:04. | |
There is the commentator's curse! As soon as you heap praise on them, | :42:05. | :42:10. | |
they give the ball away. Kevin Nolan, the flag stays down, Jarvis! | :42:11. | :42:17. | |
He equalises. His first Premier League goal since last April. | :42:18. | :42:32. | |
That this tight. I think it is Fonte who may have been level. Boruc, as | :42:33. | :42:45. | |
he came out, could not smother the shot and Jarvis does enough to poke | :42:46. | :42:48. | |
it beyond the Polish keeper. Jarvis with his first goal since he | :42:49. | :43:05. | |
netted against Wigan last April. Six games since they were beaten at home | :43:06. | :43:09. | |
by Chelsea on New Year's Day. Searching ball from McCartney. | :43:10. | :43:19. | |
Downing wins the corner of Chambers. Tomkins, Collins, Cole and Demel, | :43:20. | :43:29. | |
all looking to attack this. Kevin Nolan in his usual position, back to | :43:30. | :43:34. | |
goal, looking for the second bowl. West Ham in front! Two minutes after | :43:35. | :43:43. | |
equalising, West Ham take the lead. It is Carlton Cole, the man in for | :43:44. | :43:50. | |
the suspended Andy Carroll. That is his 50th Premier League goal, | :43:51. | :43:54. | |
unlucky not to score there but first to respond, Yoshida made a mess of | :43:55. | :43:59. | |
clap trying to clear his lines and Cole Hammers it home. For the third | :44:00. | :44:05. | |
time in a row, West Ham have scored twice in a game. It is a real sign | :44:06. | :44:09. | |
of the newly discovered confidence in the West Ham ranks that they have | :44:10. | :44:14. | |
responded so impressively from going behind so early on. | :44:15. | :44:27. | |
He got the header away against the post. He cleared brilliantly. | :44:28. | :44:37. | |
Rodriguez! Lambert desperately unfortunate. He got the better of | :44:38. | :44:40. | |
Collins. He has won the corner of Downing. | :44:41. | :44:54. | |
Strong shouts from the Southampton supporters in that corner of the | :44:55. | :44:59. | |
grand suggesting it might have come off the arm of Downing. The corner | :45:00. | :45:05. | |
has been taken quickly. Appeals for handball. Nodded behind by Carlton | :45:06. | :45:11. | |
Cole. Southampton felt there was a hand. Did it strike hand of James | :45:12. | :45:19. | |
Collins? It just strikes the left hand. Mark Clattenburg, again cause | :45:20. | :45:24. | |
of some irritation. A difficult one for the referee to see. Collins was | :45:25. | :45:31. | |
the meat in the Southampton sandwich. | :45:32. | :45:41. | |
The goalkeeper is still to be tested in the second half. Ramires saw | :45:42. | :45:51. | |
James Collins brilliantly that he could not supply the finish. | :45:52. | :46:00. | |
Adam Lallana took it early and he has put it wide. The chances are | :46:01. | :46:06. | |
coming the Southampton but they are not taking them. I think Adam | :46:07. | :46:13. | |
Lallana panicked. He felt that McCartney was going to get back and | :46:14. | :46:20. | |
snuffle at the opportunity. Southampton are trailing the 20 | :46:21. | :46:24. | |
minutes to go. West Ham are pushing for a third goal with Stewart | :46:25. | :46:32. | |
Downing. A lovely cross. Nolan! 3-1, West Ham. How many goals does he | :46:33. | :46:39. | |
score from inside the six yard box! Joyous scenes in the stands at Upton | :46:40. | :46:44. | |
Park. Daylight between the home side and the visitors. Southampton has | :46:45. | :46:51. | |
pressed throughout the first half and missed several opportunities. | :46:52. | :46:55. | |
West Ham and their captain, Kevin Nolan, was not going to miss this. | :46:56. | :47:02. | |
Cole almost scored. Nolan with great acrobatics did. West Ham are on | :47:03. | :47:09. | |
course for their fourth consecutive Premier league victory. They have | :47:10. | :47:12. | |
beaten Swansea, Aston Villa, Norwich and are now well on the way to | :47:13. | :47:18. | |
beating Southampton. Exam must be in line for the Manager of the Month | :47:19. | :47:20. | |
award. -- Big Sam. That was a good effort and it was | :47:21. | :47:34. | |
against the bar. A spectacular attempt at goal from the Senegalese | :47:35. | :47:40. | |
international. We have carried on where we left off. Four wins on the | :47:41. | :47:46. | |
trot from the position we have started from has been outstanding. | :47:47. | :47:50. | |
We started with the resilience at Chelsea. We were quite lucky today. | :47:51. | :48:03. | |
We conceded our first and then there was a clear penalty in the second | :48:04. | :48:09. | |
half which would have meant 2-2. At the penalty gone through, we could | :48:10. | :48:14. | |
have won. We were unlucky with the decision. It was an unlucky day for | :48:15. | :48:20. | |
us. Any danger of you getting the Manager of the Month award? None. We | :48:21. | :48:29. | |
spoke to the big contender for man of the month. | :48:30. | :48:36. | |
What a February it has been. We knew, once we had all our injured | :48:37. | :48:45. | |
players back, suspended players back, we would have a really good | :48:46. | :48:50. | |
chance of picking up points. We were really good at home last year | :48:51. | :48:54. | |
picking up points. This year, the first six months was really tough. | :48:55. | :49:02. | |
We stuck together. We have kept the camaraderie tight. We have kept | :49:03. | :49:07. | |
together. Now we are getting the rewards. It was not too long ago you | :49:08. | :49:13. | |
were receiving criticism for your two red cards. Your manager said he | :49:14. | :49:17. | |
needed to get back in the squad as soon as possible and repay the team. | :49:18. | :49:23. | |
Do you feel you have done that? When I spoke to Sam, after the New Year's | :49:24. | :49:28. | |
Day incident, the second one, it was really cards on the table stuff. | :49:29. | :49:33. | |
Everything got said there and then. It was put to bed quite quickly. You | :49:34. | :49:39. | |
know him so well. It is a long-term relationship with than -- Sam. There | :49:40. | :49:50. | |
was a lot of criticism. I do tend not to read the papers and not to | :49:51. | :49:56. | |
try to watch you boys and watch sky sport and everything that is going | :49:57. | :50:01. | |
on. I knew what I had to do and that was to work hard, knuckle down and | :50:02. | :50:06. | |
make sure that I started to repay the boys. The people who stuck by me | :50:07. | :50:13. | |
within that time. I had all my family who were absolutely terrific | :50:14. | :50:19. | |
at that time. I worked really hard with our psychologist. Your goal | :50:20. | :50:24. | |
this afternoon was acrobatics. You are 31 years old. Does it come to a | :50:25. | :50:29. | |
stage when you think, that will hurt the hip tomorrow! ? I have got a | :50:30. | :50:39. | |
sore hip. Everyone knows that Sam builds a great backroom staff. They | :50:40. | :50:43. | |
have been looking after me massively this week. I was quite confident. | :50:44. | :50:51. | |
Thankfully I'm not feeling 31. I know you have your four-year-old | :50:52. | :50:55. | |
lad. He has watched you today as well. Is he a proud young man? Say | :50:56. | :51:06. | |
hello, mate. He is a proper fan. He loves West Ham. He has been in the | :51:07. | :51:12. | |
box all day. He was brought down because he wanted to see me. He is a | :51:13. | :51:18. | |
great kid. I must mention my daughter, Jasmine, as well or I will | :51:19. | :51:24. | |
be in trouble. She is not interested in all of that. Thank you. Cheers! | :51:25. | :51:33. | |
It is interesting that he said exam stuck with him, the club stuck with | :51:34. | :51:42. | |
Big Sam and everyone is happy. -- Big Sam stuck with him. He was | :51:43. | :51:49. | |
always going to get them out of trouble with his experience. | :51:50. | :51:53. | |
Pochettino was having a moan about some of the decisions that went | :51:54. | :52:02. | |
against Southampton. He was right with won and wrong with the other. | :52:03. | :52:09. | |
Jarvis was offside. Once he got in there, it was a decent touch. The | :52:10. | :52:15. | |
goalkeeper came out and it was a good goal. The assistant was on the | :52:16. | :52:22. | |
line. This was a handball. It looked that it might have been Collins. | :52:23. | :52:35. | |
There is a bit of history there. I am glad he got one right. Thank you | :52:36. | :52:46. | |
very much for clearing that up. Barcelona were in Manchester this | :52:47. | :52:51. | |
week. Mark Hughes took Stoke back to his old club, hoping to prolong the | :52:52. | :52:58. | |
Blue Moon Blues. Jonathan Pearce was over the moon to be watching this | :52:59. | :53:00. | |
one. Martin Demichelis keeps his place in | :53:01. | :53:19. | |
the team. Stoke are unchanged, predicting a three match unbeaten | :53:20. | :53:21. | |
run. -- protecting. All Pellegrini needs to do is look | :53:22. | :53:38. | |
at Mark Hughes to see what perceived failure brings for a Manchester City | :53:39. | :53:39. | |
boss. Stoke with 11 men behind the ball. | :53:40. | :53:53. | |
Time for Fernandinho to measure the shot. It was always rising. Ryan | :53:54. | :53:58. | |
Shawcross! A gentle pass back. He had it all to | :53:59. | :54:16. | |
do, so did Joe Hart. That was really good goalkeeping. A good move by | :54:17. | :54:22. | |
Stoke City. It was a passing move. The touch gave Charlie Adam too much | :54:23. | :54:28. | |
to do. He got there well. Well done, Joe Hart! His team do not have the | :54:29. | :54:34. | |
luxury of being safe yet, far from it. | :54:35. | :54:39. | |
David Silva making the run. Edin Dzeko has been the game 's brightest | :54:40. | :54:47. | |
player. That would have been a lovely goal. The best move of the | :54:48. | :54:54. | |
game for Manchester City by some margin. He nearly made them pay. | :54:55. | :55:13. | |
Good approach work but no finish. Manchester City, in comparison with | :55:14. | :55:23. | |
their performances here earlier in the season, were a bit lacklustre. | :55:24. | :55:31. | |
An effort from range stand the keeper. No one was there for the | :55:32. | :55:36. | |
follow-up. A rare moment of direct the ball from Manchester City. It | :55:37. | :55:43. | |
was pending. Their first effort from target in the second half. It came | :55:44. | :55:45. | |
from the substitute. That was an interesting substitution | :55:46. | :56:13. | |
by Manchester City. I thought it was one they would make earlier. I | :56:14. | :56:21. | |
thought they would take off Samir Nasri or a forward. | :56:22. | :56:31. | |
The deadlock is finally broken. Yaya Toure! The manager made a | :56:32. | :56:39. | |
substitution, changed his mind, made another one. Yaya Toure has broken | :56:40. | :56:48. | |
the deadlock. 1-0 to Manchester City. Eventually it has come. The | :56:49. | :56:54. | |
keeper got a hand to it and could not keep it out. They got in | :56:55. | :57:02. | |
behind. A lovely, low fizzing cross. Into the corridor of uncertainty and | :57:03. | :57:08. | |
Yaya Toure made certain. It has not been the best game of his career. A | :57:09. | :57:13. | |
very important substitution made by the manager. Was the substitution | :57:14. | :57:21. | |
made for tactical reasons or injury reasons? He has another look across | :57:22. | :57:31. | |
the bench. There is is. I think that signifies he has a tight hamstring. | :57:32. | :57:38. | |
It was not tactical. What a relief that will be for Yaya Toure. I think | :57:39. | :57:42. | |
he knew he was not playing that well. Not his sort of a game will | :57:43. | :57:49. | |
stop the introduction of Garcia allowed him to make that forward | :57:50. | :57:56. | |
thrust. Charlie Adam was gobbled up by Yaya Toure. What a mess! He has | :57:57. | :58:07. | |
kicked the post in anger. What a glaring opportunity. If you make the | :58:08. | :58:11. | |
sort of impact he did on the post on the ball, it would have been 2-0. | :58:12. | :58:26. | |
That was a great block. A magnificent challenge. A lovely | :58:27. | :58:36. | |
move, the best move of the game. Look at that flick! | :58:37. | :58:58. | |
Was it a handball? That would have been a moment. Back in his first | :58:59. | :59:06. | |
club in England, it would have been a good point to prove. It was not | :59:07. | :59:11. | |
handball. It was a darting effort at a short but it was worldwide. | :59:12. | :59:20. | |
Based on our clean sheet, I think it is very important to be very | :59:21. | :59:25. | |
concentrated for the counter attack, set pieces. If we are | :59:26. | :59:34. | |
defending in that way, it could be one - zero. It was very important to | :59:35. | :59:39. | |
keep a clean sheet and to be patient. Find we executed our game | :59:40. | :59:44. | |
plan really well. We were a threat on the break when we read gained | :59:45. | :59:49. | |
possession. I thought we were organised. It was difficult to break | :59:50. | :59:57. | |
us down. We dragged ourselves back into the game. We had a few chances | :59:58. | :00:04. | |
sporadically. It was a dangerous game. We had control and created | :00:05. | :00:10. | |
more chances. As I said, ultimately, we deserved to win but it was a very | :00:11. | :00:11. | |
tricky game. A significant win for Manchester | :00:12. | :00:22. | |
City. Do you think they are having a wobble? Wobble? They have lost one | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
in 15 and if they win the game in hand, they go top of the league. Not | :00:27. | :00:32. | |
about wobble, is it? It is because of the way they are playing. Chelsea | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
beat them at home, they drew at Norwich, Barcelona hammered them. | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
Today, no pace, intensity. The way they have been playing at home, they | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
have been brushing sides away. The passing wasn't there, the movement | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
wasn't there, Stoke were comfortable and in the first half they had the | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
better chances. When it is like that you have to have a plan B. Height | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
and strength, stick somebody up front with height and strength and | :00:58. | :00:59. | |
that is front with height and strength and | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
that what they did. Yaya Toure, who is a brilliant player, he can't | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
influence anything back there. You have is to be a world beater to play | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
a killer pass from there. It is a waste of time to play there. You | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
have to get him forward. When he got forward in the second half, this is | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
what happens as well, you get frustrated. He plays the ball to | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
Zabaleta. It is a terrible pass. But look, you can see the passion there | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
and he wants to win. He gets forward, a brilliant ball in there | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
and Dzeko, you would have scored that, Dan. It is that bad. The | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
reaction is great as well. Get him in a forward position. The last 25 | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
minutes, they created four or five chances. This is what he is | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
brilliant at, getting forward, driving forward, getting Manchester | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
City in play. This is a goal, the way he adjusts his feet was | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
terrific. Watch the feet. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Why would he | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
play him anywhere else? Well, Manchester City for the last three | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
or four years have played him in a whole roll and when they get | :02:08. | :02:09. | |
desperate they get him forward and it is a good plan B but I would play | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
him forward all the time. Like Chelsea, they did not play | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
particularly well but they found a way to win. Mark Hughes accused them | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
of being a bit way to win. Mark Hughes accused them | :02:22. | :02:23. | |
of being a professional in their challenges. We are one month away | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
from Sport Relief, which gives you plenty of time to get involved in | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
this. Life is all about challenging yourself and achieving your own | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
goals. Sport Relief is back. Could you do it? I can do it. I could do | :02:37. | :02:46. | |
it. I could do it. We could all do it. To enter an event, visit... | :02:47. | :03:02. | |
Also, life without curling and slopestyle starts on Monday. It is | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
the final day of the Winter Olympics on Sunday, followed by the opening | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
ceremony. If you are watching on the iPlayer, | :03:09. | :03:19. | |
it can all this entirely. The highest-paid man in the history of | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
English football was on display at Selhurst Park today. Rooney and Coke | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
turned up to face Crystal Palace side who were looking for a fourth | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
straight win and -- with the team under Marc Pugh list. -- Marc Pugh | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
list. He returns today, nine months after | :03:37. | :03:48. | |
injuring his knee in the play-off semifinal. The loss of Wayne Rooney | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
to Manchester United would have been almost ill calculable. Certainly | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
more than nearly ?5 million his five and a half year new deal will cost. | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
Signing and paying a player of similar calibre would have been more | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
expensive. It has been quite a turnaround since Tony Pulis came to | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
Selhurst Park. There seems to be little hope for them, in all | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
honesty. A lovely lay-off to Januzaj. He struck the shot wide. | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
But he is already looking lively, Januzaj. He featured more as a | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
substitute than a starter in recent weeks, just taking him out of the | :04:31. | :04:31. | |
spotlight a little bit. Januzaj has generally stayed wide on | :04:32. | :04:45. | |
the left touchline, waving his foot at the ball but not fooling ward. He | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
gets a corner. It is requiring stewards to keep a | :04:48. | :05:00. | |
barrier between those Palace fans and Wayne Rooney. I suspect | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
something might have been thrown in the direction of Wayne Rooney from | :05:06. | :05:06. | |
the Crystal Palace supporters. A lovely, floated ball which is | :05:07. | :05:25. | |
headed right off the line and over the bar by Vidic. That is the | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
nearest we have had to a goal. Rooney clipping beautifully. Vidic | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
could not quite convert it when it dropped down. He perhaps should have | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
done. Crystal Palace have won their last three Premier League games at | :05:42. | :05:49. | |
home. Palace have a free kick. Inter Milan saying this week they are | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
close to agreeing a deal to sign Vidic at the end of the season when | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
he leaves Old Trafford. Not a huge amount in that, to be honest. Tom | :05:59. | :06:00. | |
Ince looks quite keen on this. De Gea is down at his near post, | :06:01. | :06:15. | |
pushes it out for a corner. Whether it was going in or not, I don't | :06:16. | :06:24. | |
know, but neither did De Gea. I don't think either side has done | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
enough to be in front, Manchester United might argue they have had the | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
best chance and they would be right too, but here is Fellaini looking | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
for Van Persie, who is onside. It might come to Fellaini, who misses | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
the target. A big chance for Fellaini. What a time to score it | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
would have been as well, half-time approaching. Mata made sure it came | :06:46. | :06:52. | |
back to the Belgian and he has missed the target and missed it by a | :06:53. | :07:01. | |
couple of yards. Manchester United, five defeats and just three wins in | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
their last ten. Here is Puncheon. Well, he got some sort of shot away | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
but it was not much of one. Comfortably saved by De Gea. A good | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
start to the second half for Tony Pulis and Crystal Palace. | :07:17. | :07:26. | |
Evra, what does the referee say? Penalty! Patrice Evra, brought down | :07:27. | :07:34. | |
on the edge of the penalty area and Manchester United have the | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
opportunity to take the lead. Januzaj into Evra, Chamakh flies in. | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
There is contact. I think it is just inside the penalty area. Michael | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
Oliver has a great view of it and it is a foolish striker's challenge | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
from Chamakh and it is a penalty to Manchester United. Robin Van Persie | :07:55. | :07:55. | |
is going to take it. Speroni moved the wrong way. Cool as | :07:56. | :08:19. | |
you like, Robin Van Persie strikes home for Manchester United and it | :08:20. | :08:22. | |
has been quite a return from injury from the Dutchman. It is his fourth | :08:23. | :08:29. | |
goal in just over four and a half games since he came back from that | :08:30. | :08:31. | |
injury. A good save, Chamakh trying to get | :08:32. | :08:52. | |
to the rebound has fouled Patrice Evra. A good save by De Gea, to deny | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
Cameron Jerome, who has only been on the pitch for a matter of seconds. | :08:58. | :09:04. | |
It is a really good save bided gay. -- by De Gea. | :09:05. | :09:13. | |
It comes to Rooney, a great finish. A tremendous finish from Wayne | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
Rooney. He fires home a great right footed volley, to make it two and | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
put the game beyond the reach of Crystal Palace and to show a gain | :09:26. | :09:32. | |
white Manchester United are investing so much in his future. | :09:33. | :09:43. | |
Surely, Manchester United home and dry. That is quite a goal. Wayne | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
Rooney moves to 209 for Manchester United. | :09:51. | :10:04. | |
He did not quite get the angle, but he was not far away. The angle | :10:05. | :10:11. | |
seemed to be getting more difficult all the time for Robin Van Persie | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
but he nearly got the job at you right. That would have knocked the | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
stuffing out of Crystal Palace. -- he nearly got the angles right. I | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
good drive, it moved a bit and I think De Gea saw its late as it came | :10:26. | :10:31. | |
through Rooney. A decent game, a good win for United. Palace nil, | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
Manchester United two. We have not conceded many goals, Tony has had | :10:39. | :10:41. | |
them well organised and hard to play against. It was not easy for us. We | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
thoroughly deserved victory and played well enough to get it and in | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
the end we got there. No excuses, we have played like today, what we have | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
to do is dust ourselves down and get on with the last 12 games of the | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
season. Wayne is great, his training, his effort, what he has | :11:04. | :11:06. | |
done for the team and his performances have merited being as | :11:07. | :11:14. | |
good as talked about as he has been. It was just a matter of getting it | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
done and enjoying my football and it is great for myself and hopefully | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
for the fans that I am here to stay and help the club be successful and | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
hopefully we can do that. A much-needed win for Manchester | :11:30. | :11:32. | |
United, bringing to an end an impressive Palace run-up home. He | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
was all over the papers this morning and the pitch today, but in a good | :11:36. | :11:41. | |
way. Yes, I think using just -- he is adjusting the game to accommodate | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
Mata. He is playing in a deeper role, you can see him picking up the | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
ball on the halfway line and he did that a lot today. By living the | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
other two guys up front, Van Persie and Mata, we freeze it when the ball | :11:58. | :12:04. | |
goes out wide to Mata. He has four guys ahead of him including Van | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
Persie, Mata and Januzaj, and he played that position in more of a | :12:10. | :12:12. | |
supporting role. Exactly the same again, coming into the halfway line. | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
He is trying to pick the pass over the top into Mata. There is the | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
three guys ahead of him again and he is limiting his time in the | :12:23. | :12:25. | |
opposition box, but when he gets there, as we see here, he still is | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
deadly. There is no doubt about that. What a finish that is, a great | :12:31. | :12:36. | |
technique. He does his shift in his old -- in his own box. He heads the | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
ball out. It is great use for all four United that he has committed | :12:43. | :12:46. | |
his long-term future there. -- it is great news. When you think he will | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
be there for five and a half years, will the crown be passed on to young | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
Wayne? If one guy can do it, it is him. If he keeps scoring goals, he | :12:59. | :13:04. | |
can do it. Some people get very angry about the months Wash get very | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
angry about the amount of money he is paid. He has earned ?2500 during | :13:10. | :13:17. | |
the course of Match Of The Day! I tell you what, Manchester United are | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
better with him than without him because what he brings to the table | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
is quality and industry. The cost to replace him would have been more | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
than what his contract is, salary, transfer fee and... Crystal Palace | :13:31. | :13:38. | |
are better with clueless. -- with Tony Pulis. We come to two teams | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
that like a managerial shuffle, at the Hawthorns it was manager number | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
two against manager number three for Steve -- against manager number 34 | :13:49. | :13:55. | |
Fulham. Steve was watching this one. They have had five managers but ten | :13:56. | :14:03. | |
wins between them this season. Fulham are hoping that Felix Magath | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
is the man to save them. A recall for Rodallega, a second league start | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
in over a year. His Spanish counterpart has not managed to win | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
at West Brom, Pepe Mal's six attempt to do so is aided by the return of | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
Olsson in defence after a hamstring injury. Fulham get the Felix Magath | :14:25. | :14:29. | |
era under way, 12 games to go and their third Manager of the Season | :14:30. | :14:32. | |
thinks they need to win six of them. Survival very much at the | :14:33. | :14:38. | |
forefront of West Bromwich Albion minds as well. Heitinga's free kick. | :14:39. | :14:47. | |
Rodallega was close. In came Sidwell. Another big chance for | :14:48. | :14:53. | |
Fulham. It was Steve Sidwell who it fell to. Again, it came from | :14:54. | :14:55. | |
Dejagah. He was unmarked. Reet -- Riether's throw. West Brom might | :14:56. | :15:24. | |
be able to break here. It's back to Bifouma. A real chance. Denied. | :15:25. | :15:34. | |
Bifouma had time. Stekelenburg made the save. He lost his gum, he was | :15:35. | :15:42. | |
that irrate trying to get his instructions across there. That | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
one's for the bin. Three in the centre. It's Dejagah. 1-0, Fulham. | :15:49. | :16:02. | |
Ashkan Dejagah, he won a title in Germany. He scores the first Fulham | :16:03. | :16:10. | |
goal to give the visitors a lead. Straightaway he ran over to his new | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
manager. Lovely weight pass from Rodallega. Richardson's pass could | :16:16. | :16:23. | |
have reached Holtby. Dejagah showed good composure. He drilled home his | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
second ever Premier League goal. Past the dive of Ben Foster. 29 | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
minutes gone. The bottom club are in front at the Hawthorns. | :16:33. | :16:43. | |
McAuley, very nearly with a heavy touch, allowed Fulham in. It has | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
come back to Rodallega. It's still Rodallega! That needed dealing with | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
by Ben Foster. Hugo, Rodallega, on only his second Premier League | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
start, in over a year, very nearly scored for the first time in 13 | :16:59. | :17:00. | |
months. Ridgewell. Nice foot work from Morrison. | :17:01. | :17:21. | |
Straight back at Fulham at the moment though. Brunt. Morrison. Good | :17:22. | :17:27. | |
block by Dejagah. Headed away by Sidwell. Then brunt! Somehow, | :17:28. | :17:37. | |
Maarten Stekelenburg was able to keep that out. This was travelling | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
from Chris Brunt. A very good save by the Dutch international. Olsson. | :17:42. | :17:48. | |
Now, Brunt. Good turn from Morrison. Good hit too as well. Denied by | :17:49. | :17:59. | |
Stekelenburg. Berahino couldn't keep it in. He has been worth much more, | :18:00. | :18:06. | |
the Dutch goalkeeper, so far he has his cleansheet intact. Anichebe. | :18:07. | :18:14. | |
Caught by Parker. Yellow card, for the Fulham midfielder. No complaint | :18:15. | :18:22. | |
about that one. Quickly taken by West Brom. Pulled back, Vydra. Has | :18:23. | :18:31. | |
it gone over? Is Mike Dean looks to his assistant and says yes, West | :18:32. | :18:35. | |
Bromwich Albion have the breakthrough. They have done it | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
again, four home games running, trail 1-0, they've pulled it back to | :18:41. | :18:44. | |
1-1. Stekelenburg thought he kept it out. Tried to retrieve the | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
situation. The Dutch international goalkeeper won't want to see it | :18:51. | :18:54. | |
again. His desperate second attempt to retrieve it failed. Let's clear | :18:55. | :18:58. | |
this up with the goal decision system. No doubt. Big moment for | :18:59. | :19:01. | |
West Brom. Killer moment for Fulham. Mitroglou for Fulham. They feel they | :19:02. | :19:14. | |
can score at the other end as well. Anichebe. It's all about the | :19:15. | :19:36. | |
delivery. It came off the player for a West Ham corner. Brunt has the | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
angle for the shot. Well kept out. Anichebe! Stekelenburg might have | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
been at fault for the goal, but this was a really good save, down to his | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
left hand side. That was on target. Is that a hard one to take, given | :19:51. | :19:57. | |
the time of the equaliser? Sure. So near to victory. Yeah, disappointed, | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
sure, but the whole game it was correct, yeah. I think it was quite | :20:04. | :20:10. | |
good. The first half bad. Too open on the pitch. The second-half, a | :20:11. | :20:20. | |
good, but we need two points more. New manager walks in. A fresh start | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
for everyone. New faces. So, it's a clean slate for everyone. Autumn the | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
boys know that they are involved in the remaining 11 games. The Premier | :20:32. | :20:36. | |
League is very, very beautiful for the fans, for The Spectators. This | :20:37. | :20:50. | |
is very, very bad for the coaches. The newest Premier League boss, | :20:51. | :20:53. | |
great pair of glasses. What about his team, what did he learn? He has | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
to stop his game conceding silly do goals. They have conceded 59 goals | :20:59. | :21:01. | |
this season. That is far too many. So if they are going to get out of | :21:02. | :21:08. | |
it, he has to do something there. No wins for Mel at West Brom. You | :21:09. | :21:12. | |
looked at player that makes a difference to him. The last three | :21:13. | :21:16. | |
home games, Anichebe scored two games. He contributed massively | :21:17. | :21:25. | |
today. Liverpool at home, came on as sub1-0 down. Suicidal pass back, | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
passe cross the goal. Good hit. This is against Chelsea. He leaves Leeds | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
for dead and gets in front of Cech. Today came on, 1-0 down, he turns, | :21:37. | :21:43. | |
Scotty Parker brings him down. Gets up quick, gets on with it. Takes the | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
pass. Strength and aggression. A good cut back to Vydra. It's in the | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
back of the of net. Eventually. Eventually. Massive mistake by the | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
goalkeeper. Good point for West Brom. If they are going to stay up, | :21:59. | :22:04. | |
they will have to start winning You said Cardiff no chance. Do you give | :22:05. | :22:09. | |
Fulham a chance? No. Concede too many goals. 59. Far too many. Let's | :22:10. | :22:17. | |
get the result of our Match of the Day Who Scored poll. Ic it was | :22:18. | :22:27. | |
Ivanovic. The majority agree with you, they think it's a Howard | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
own-goal. For once. I want to know who the 2% are? That doesn't affect | :22:33. | :22:42. | |
the table. Let's look at how today's results have affect the top of the | :22:43. | :22:45. | |
Premier League table. Manchester United are into the top | :22:46. | :22:58. | |
six for the first time since the turn of the year. There's no change | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
in the relegation zone. Fulham stay bottom, although they and West Brom | :23:03. | :23:05. | |
were the only teams in the bottom seven to avoid defeat. Now the | :23:06. | :23:08. | |
papers tomorrow. Most of them dominated by the Six Nations. The | :23:09. | :23:12. | |
Mailon Sunday leads with Martinez accusation that the Chelsea used | :23:13. | :23:15. | |
every trick in the book to try and gain an advantage. In the Sunday | :23:16. | :23:20. | |
Times, they say Drogba is considering an offer to rejoin | :23:21. | :23:23. | |
Chelsea in the summer as both a player and a coach to the club's | :23:24. | :23:29. | |
strikers. That is it for another Match of the Day. Alans' thank you | :23:30. | :23:34. | |
very much. I don't know what the collective noun is for Alans. | :23:35. | :23:40. | |
Whether it came off the the foot, the hair it counted and it could be | :23:41. | :23:43. | |
a crucial one. Goodbye. | :23:44. | :23:50. |