:00:55. > :01:01.Hello there. Compliments of the season to you. There is only so much
:01:02. > :01:05.festive cheer you can take before a dollop of football is required, so
:01:06. > :01:10.put your feet up and enjoy a Boxing Day belter in the company of Alan
:01:11. > :01:15.Shearer and Robbie Savage. All 20 Premier League teams are in action,
:01:16. > :01:20.so we had best get cracking. We start with two sides who began the
:01:21. > :01:22.day in first and third. To stay on top, Liverpool would need a
:01:23. > :01:25.monumental effort against a Manchester City team who have
:01:26. > :01:34.destroyed pretty much everyone at the Etihad.
:01:35. > :01:40.Today could be another pointer as to the reality of Liverpool's
:01:41. > :01:46.aspirations as they face a side who have won eight out of eight at home
:01:47. > :01:49.and scored 35 goals in the process. Only one recognised striker in the
:01:50. > :01:54.Manchester is it align up, as Jacko drops to the bench. -- in the
:01:55. > :02:05.Manchester City line-up, Cissokho, after seven weeks out,
:02:06. > :02:10.starts a Premier League game for just the fifth time. Luis Suarez
:02:11. > :02:14.looks to continue a record which now reads 36 goals in his last 18 games
:02:15. > :02:30.for the club. David Silva has been given that
:02:31. > :02:43.license today behind Negredo. Navas was a whisker away from giving
:02:44. > :02:51.Manchester sit even lead inside five minutes. The first time delivery.
:02:52. > :02:59.Negredo could not get there, but Navas did. Pellegrini's team have
:03:00. > :03:18.been untouchable here this season. Only five goals conceded.
:03:19. > :03:23.He was under sufficient pressure from Sakho. That was another warning
:03:24. > :03:43.for Liverpool. He was just offside. Liverpool are
:03:44. > :03:53.furious. The referee's assistant had a look. And that was totally onside!
:03:54. > :04:04.Brendan Rodgers called it. The referee's assistant did not.
:04:05. > :04:16.Coutinho. First blood, Liverpool. Philippe Coutinho's second goal of
:04:17. > :04:22.the season. Suarez did not score this one, but he was certainly
:04:23. > :04:25.involved in it. Sterling had the first opportunity. Coutinho took
:04:26. > :04:32.over and rolled it into the back of the net. No clean sheet for
:04:33. > :04:56.Manchester City on. -- again. He was fouled by Lucas. Manchester
:04:57. > :04:57.is it free kick just outside the penalty area, the Brazilian on the
:04:58. > :05:44.Argentinian. It was a clumsy one. Skirt all tried to get there. He
:05:45. > :05:52.could not, and Kompany did. Manchester sit to our level. --
:05:53. > :05:57.Manchester is it to our level. They were very close to each other, and
:05:58. > :06:03.it was a great leap from Kompany to get ahead of Martin Skrtel. Vincent
:06:04. > :06:36.Kompany scores for the second weekend running. All square again.
:06:37. > :06:44.Coutinho, denied by Joe Hart. What a goal that would have been. It was
:06:45. > :06:49.fabulous from Liverpool. Excellent refereeing from Lee Mason to let
:06:50. > :06:50.play continued. The interchange between Suarez and sterling and the
:06:51. > :07:25.effort from Coutinho. Martin Skrtel, back in the nick of
:07:26. > :07:29.time. The first real sight of goal that Negredo has had. A desperate
:07:30. > :07:52.and important block from the Slovakian.
:07:53. > :08:03.Negredo! . Inside stoppage time at the end of the first half. Mignolet
:08:04. > :08:15.could not keep it out. From one down, to lead two to one.
:08:16. > :08:23.Mignolet got a hand to it, and he will be a little disappointed that
:08:24. > :08:27.he could not deal with it. It will not worry the Spaniard. His eighth
:08:28. > :08:34.Premier League goal for Manchester City. Inside stoppage time at the
:08:35. > :08:45.end of the first half, they take the lead.
:08:46. > :08:51.Joe Hart quite rightly did not take his foot off the ball. And then
:08:52. > :09:01.Henderson stopped the shot from Suarez, and he was in an offside
:09:02. > :09:08.position. Fabulous ball from Stirling. Great run from Henderson,
:09:09. > :09:09.great goalkeeping. Suarez's shot was blocked by Henderson in an offside
:09:10. > :09:28.position. Negredo went for the chip. He was
:09:29. > :09:31.not going to beat Mignolet on that occasion. It shows the confidence in
:09:32. > :09:55.the Manchester City. The heavy touch from Glen Johnson.
:09:56. > :09:56.If he had been able to bring it under control he would have had a
:09:57. > :10:23.free shot at goal. Very nearly a very good improvised
:10:24. > :10:30.touch from Jordan Henderson. In ahead of Joleon Lescott, but did not
:10:31. > :10:39.fall Joe Hart. -- he did not full him.
:10:40. > :10:52.Would you believe that? He certainly can't. The best chance of the second
:10:53. > :10:56.half, created by Luis Suarez. Suarez saw him, onside. Six yards out, he
:10:57. > :11:01.has to be hitting the target and putting it away. Brendan Rodgers
:11:02. > :11:27.could not believe that was not the equalising goal.
:11:28. > :11:34.It went towards Suarez, who was appealing that he was pushed. It was
:11:35. > :11:39.a rather theatrical appeal, in all honesty. He was having his shirt
:11:40. > :11:45.held, but not enough force to go down the way he did. He might have
:11:46. > :11:54.had more of a case if he had stayed on his feet. It is Manchester
:11:55. > :11:58.City's day. It is yet another home Premier League victory for Manuel
:11:59. > :12:04.Pellegrini, and this one is a significant one.
:12:05. > :12:11.It was important when we were losing 1-0 to have the character and
:12:12. > :12:15.personality to go for the match. We scored two goals and had another
:12:16. > :12:22.chance in the first half to have the advantage. It was a very close game,
:12:23. > :12:27.very difficult. We were outstanding. We conceded two Paul goals, but that
:12:28. > :12:31.aside, the aggression in our game, the quality of our passing, the
:12:32. > :12:37.confidence that we showed against a very, very good side, I was
:12:38. > :12:42.delighted with. Obviously, you are disappointed to lose. A marvellous
:12:43. > :12:51.game between two very good sides with little to choose between them.
:12:52. > :12:55.Liverpool were very good. They caused City a number of problems all
:12:56. > :12:59.afternoon and played their part in a fantastic game, particularly going
:13:00. > :13:07.forward. I thought they were a threat on numerous occasions.
:13:08. > :13:13.The threat of Suarez, and Stirling linking up with him. This was a
:13:14. > :13:19.constant theme. Suarez timing his runs. That was a good tackle from
:13:20. > :13:29.Kolarov. One-on-one, Suarez again short. This was a terrible decision.
:13:30. > :13:35.Not even close. It should have been a goal. This time, Suarez comes
:13:36. > :13:41.short for a reason, to do that, to create the space behind for Stirling
:13:42. > :13:47.and Coutinho. These three caused them problems like this. Link up
:13:48. > :13:54.play was brilliant. If this went in, we would be talking about it for the
:13:55. > :13:58.next four or five weeks. It was a brilliant save from Joe Hart, who
:13:59. > :14:02.was back to his best. This time, he goes long to create space for
:14:03. > :14:07.Henderson in between the full-back and centre half, and another good
:14:08. > :14:11.save from Joe Hart. I am afraid Stirling will be lying awake at
:14:12. > :14:16.night thinking of this. He should have put it away. It was a brilliant
:14:17. > :14:23.ball from Suarez. You take the weight off it and make sure it gets
:14:24. > :14:27.down. He has to score. You mention the offside. Brendan Rodgers came
:14:28. > :14:32.out in his press conference and had a rant at the officials. He said he
:14:33. > :14:36.did not think it was right and was surprised by the fact that the
:14:37. > :14:41.referee was from Greater Manchester. It has made all of the newspapers.
:14:42. > :14:45.He can have a rant at the assistant referee forgiving the horrendous
:14:46. > :14:50.offside decision, but other than that, I thought he got most of the
:14:51. > :14:53.decisions right. Yes, he can moan that Lescott was pulling on Suarez
:14:54. > :15:08.for the corner, but on every other corner, Martin Skrtel was doing the
:15:09. > :15:14.same thing on Row. -- on Kompany. Who is going to stop them at the
:15:15. > :15:19.Etihad? Nine wins out of nine. Their play was fantastic. So many
:15:20. > :15:25.highlights. This break was so much pace.
:15:26. > :15:31.The shot goes over the bar. Watch the one, two here. Silva takes three
:15:32. > :15:37.players out of the game with a clever one touch past. Negredo with
:15:38. > :15:44.a great run off Skrtel. Skrtel played well today. Great block.
:15:45. > :15:49.Watch this again. Toure, bang! It's just unbelievable play. Liverpool's
:15:50. > :15:57.back four retreat. The shot comes to nothing. This is the goal. Just
:15:58. > :16:04.watch the pass from Toure, not much, but beautiful. Out wide to Navas.
:16:05. > :16:09.Mignolet has had a Poweller there. -- howler there. What is he trying
:16:10. > :16:16.to do? Stand tall, stand big and catch it. Why do we see goalkeepers
:16:17. > :16:22.trying to do flash stuff. Stand tall and catch it. Good players know when
:16:23. > :16:26.to play one or two touches. When you get near them the ball is gone and
:16:27. > :16:37.it's too late. City are brilliant at that. Excellent game of football.
:16:38. > :16:40.Next, it's the team who prior to the Boxing Day fixtures were sandwiched
:16:41. > :16:44.between the two sides we've just seen. Arsenal were involved in a
:16:45. > :16:47.London Derby at West Ham. Our man at Upton Park was Steve Wilson.
:16:48. > :16:56.Morrison has a groin injury and is out. Arsenal are without the
:16:57. > :17:03.suspended Wilshere. Today without the injured Rosicky.
:17:04. > :17:13.Mertesacker. Arteta. Brilliant little turn from Ozil. Fooled Kevin
:17:14. > :17:18.Nolan. Finds Ramsey. Ball into Walcott. He should have scored. He's
:17:19. > :17:24.onside and he should have scored. Decided to take it first time. It's
:17:25. > :17:33.debatable whether he needed to. Wonderfully created and wastefully
:17:34. > :17:38.finished by Walcott. Giroud is onside here, and put it wide. He
:17:39. > :17:41.missed a couple of chances late on against Chelsea. He missed another
:17:42. > :17:45.here. Arsene Wenger is looking concerned. That never threatened to
:17:46. > :17:48.go in. At times in this first half Arsenal have just threatened to be
:17:49. > :17:59.very good indeed, but never quite managed it. Ozil finds Cazorla. Left
:18:00. > :18:05.by Walcott. Ozil here, right across the face of goal. Giroud was there,
:18:06. > :18:10.he didn't get a chance. Another chance has gone. Giroud seemed so
:18:11. > :18:14.let it go. Straight back to Giroud. Cazorla to Ramsey.
:18:15. > :18:24.Played in to Gibbs on the overlap, three had the middle. -- in the
:18:25. > :18:28.middle. Any touch here, you think it has to be a goal. Again there just
:18:29. > :18:30.isn't one from Giroud. Podolski must be sitting on the bench going -
:18:31. > :18:44.please give me a chance like that. Diame striding on towards the edge
:18:45. > :18:51.of the penalty area. Decent ball in. Away to Nolan. Carlton Cole puts
:18:52. > :18:58.West Ham in front. 46 seconds into the second-half. Carlton Cole for
:18:59. > :19:06.West Ham. Szczesny spilled it. Cole reacted. Watch a turn up. They've
:19:07. > :19:11.had almost no opportunities at all in this game, West Ham. Nolan hits
:19:12. > :19:16.it really well on his sidefoot. The keeper couldn't hold it. When it
:19:17. > :19:19.came back to Carlton Cole, he certainly wasn't going to miss it.
:19:20. > :19:24.West Ham, having been second best, are in front. If Arsenal can't find
:19:25. > :19:33.their shooting boots now, then they are in trouble.
:19:34. > :19:42.Great noise around the old bowling ground. Arteta, it's a free-kick.
:19:43. > :19:48.Diame on Arteta. Could be a really good second-half this now. West Ham
:19:49. > :19:52.will say Arteta was falling anyway. A free-kick has been given. Arteta
:19:53. > :19:57.taking. Looking for Giroud. Got a head on it. Walcott attacks it.
:19:58. > :20:01.Mertesacker. Deflected, big shout for handball. Mertesacker on his
:20:02. > :20:10.knees absolutely screaming for handball. Phil Dowd said not. He has
:20:11. > :20:15.his back turned, Tomkins it is. It looks like it would have been a
:20:16. > :20:21.harsh penalty. Diame. Four in the middle, West Ham. Diame. Lovely
:20:22. > :20:25.little cross on. Just wide. Only just wide from Joey O'Brien, of all
:20:26. > :20:42.people. Almost 2-0 to West Ham. Mark Noble for West Ham, leading by
:20:43. > :20:52.1-0. Rat, charging forward. Rat, great ball. Cole... Oh, just wide!
:20:53. > :20:57.Fantastic West Ham break away. Just about level Carlton Cole, certainly
:20:58. > :21:04.not flagged. The first half was flat in all honesty, the second has been
:21:05. > :21:13.absolutely brilliant. Arteta. Cazorla again. A chance. Brilliant
:21:14. > :21:22.save. Ozil denied by the legs of the goalkeeper, Adrian. When Adrian made
:21:23. > :21:27.a save and it came out Ozil was denied by the keeper's legs. The
:21:28. > :21:31.German international, who hasn't played since August when he last
:21:32. > :21:40.featured in the Champions League play-off second leg, replaces Aaron
:21:41. > :21:45.Ramsey. Arteta. Ozil helps along Cazorla. Found Walcott. Walcott. Oh,
:21:46. > :21:51.straight through the keeper! Theo Walcott has equalised for Arsenal,
:21:52. > :21:55.midway through the second-half. Well, if Szczesny made a mistake for
:21:56. > :22:05.the West Ham goal it wasn't anything like this from Adrian. Arsenal,
:22:06. > :22:12.looking for a bit of luck have got it. Adrian who recently has replace
:22:13. > :22:35.Jaaskelainen in the West Ham side. That's a wicked ball in, and it's
:22:36. > :22:40.in. Walcott with another. Arsenal in front. Two goals in little over two
:22:41. > :22:46.minutes for Theo Walcott. It's a cracking ball in by Podolski, it
:22:47. > :22:51.really is. Theo Walcott met it firm and true. He got it down, no
:22:52. > :23:00.faulting the keeper here. West Ham one, Arsenal two. Theo Walcott, huge
:23:01. > :23:07.goal for Arsene Wenger. Arsenal needed to get back to winning ways.
:23:08. > :23:13.They are now in front. He's onside, Podolski. Good save by the keeper.
:23:14. > :23:18.Give him some credit, he has picked his ball out of the net twice in the
:23:19. > :23:24.space of a couple minutes. That is a good save to deny Podolski. Done
:23:25. > :23:34.well since he came on, Podolski. Arteta. Walcott. Clipped in to
:23:35. > :23:42.Giroud. He can layback to Podolski! Great finish. That's a fabulous
:23:43. > :23:46.finish from Lucas Podolski. It's probably put this game out of West
:23:47. > :23:54.Ham's reach. Arsenal's three goals have come in the space of just 11
:23:55. > :24:00.minutes. This is a great finish. Credit Giroud, who, in front of goal
:24:01. > :24:06.has not had the happiest day, he set up Podolski. That is a rattling good
:24:07. > :24:15.goal. West Ham one, Arsenal three. It's been a torturous route for
:24:16. > :24:19.Arsenal. We were lucky we didn't score the second goal. I'm proud and
:24:20. > :24:25.happy with the response we have shown after that and we have played
:24:26. > :24:31.in a very convincing way and scored three goals. I think we put a great
:24:32. > :24:34.performance in today. A great shame after the great effort the players
:24:35. > :24:38.put in today and the way that they've shown how they can play
:24:39. > :24:42.against a top side in this country at the minute. Top of the league.
:24:43. > :24:46.They had the opportunity to win the game, unfortunately they didn't
:24:47. > :24:50.take. It The boss has been on my back, my first header. I should get
:24:51. > :24:55.more of those. My dad will be pleased with that I'm sure. He tells
:24:56. > :25:00.me he likes headed goals. Fantastically for me personally.
:25:01. > :25:05.When you say first header, do you mean ever? I do. I'm not known for
:25:06. > :25:11.my heading ability. I'm sure that will give me confidence to leap it
:25:12. > :25:16.on the back stick. Dad had a long wait. I can't believe that is his
:25:17. > :25:20.first header, quite a stat extraordinary really considering the
:25:21. > :25:25.the amount of goals. Very impressed with him at the Etihad when he got
:25:26. > :25:28.two goals. Threat then. A constant threat today. He should have had a
:25:29. > :25:35.hat-trick really. This was his first chance in the first half. . Times
:25:36. > :25:39.his run to perfection. He should score there. His decision-making for
:25:40. > :25:44.me is brilliant now. He can go down the right there. That is a beautiful
:25:45. > :25:50.ball in. Deserves to, for a forward to be on the end of it. When I say
:25:51. > :25:56.his decision-making, whether he will hog the line or come inside and
:25:57. > :26:00.support the forward, he went down the right before, he comes in on the
:26:01. > :26:05.left. Albeit the goalkeeper makes a hash of it. This is his headed goal.
:26:06. > :26:09.When is absolutely right. When you see the way he heads it in, it's a
:26:10. > :26:15.very powerful header. He gets it well. Gets in between the full-back
:26:16. > :26:19.and the centre half. He gambles. It's a fantastic header. He plays
:26:20. > :26:24.his part in the third one as well. He looks up here. There. He looks at
:26:25. > :26:30.Giroud, who is is poking where he wants it. He doesn't -- pointing
:26:31. > :26:36.where he wants it. He doesn't disappoint him. Right at his feet.
:26:37. > :26:39.Lovely finish. Arsenal showed great character coming back from a goal
:26:40. > :26:44.down. , I don't know how many times we have said it this season, it's
:26:45. > :26:48.obvious what their problem is, they can't stick it in the net enough?
:26:49. > :26:53.They have to do it. They are in serious trouble. They got their goal
:26:54. > :26:59.after half-time. They had three big, big chances. They didn't take them.
:27:00. > :27:04.Lovely ball in to Jarvis. He should score. Decent effort. He should
:27:05. > :27:08.score. Diame, out wide. Ball into O'Brien. This time doesn't hit the
:27:09. > :27:13.target. Good position, poor header. Rat whip as great ball into Charlton
:27:14. > :27:17.Cole, this is the biggest sitter of the lot. You can see what Sam
:27:18. > :27:22.Allardyce thinks of that. West Ham are in serious trouble and will be
:27:23. > :27:26.until they stick those chances away. Top of the league. They have gone
:27:27. > :27:29.through a sticky patch, haven't they, it will restore the
:27:30. > :27:36.confidence. It could have gone wrong? With Chelsea lot of
:27:37. > :27:37.frustration in the crowd. Today made good sub Tuesdays won the game, top
:27:38. > :27:47.of the league. Happy. . The day's early kick off was at Hull
:27:48. > :27:50.where the visitors Manchester United were hoping to continue their
:27:51. > :27:54.winning run. It was never going to be easy. The Tigers have only lost
:27:55. > :27:57.one at home this season. At the KC Stadium was Guy Mowbray. Steve Bruce
:27:58. > :28:00.has never beaten Manchester United as a manager. Drawn four, lost 14 is
:28:01. > :28:02.the record. Is there a chance today? His Hull side have been strong at
:28:03. > :28:06.home this season. . A stability about them too. Darren Fletcher will
:28:07. > :28:09.have played in a few of those games. It's great to see him back today.
:28:10. > :28:12.His first United start for almost 13 months. He is fit and hopefully
:28:13. > :28:25.healthy again for the long run. Chester. Strong Manchester United
:28:26. > :28:34.connection in the Hull side. Livermore. It will be a Hull City
:28:35. > :28:40.corner. Huddlestone will take the corner for the Tigers. A name which
:28:41. > :28:48.is still a bone of contention around here. Always been the nickname. That
:28:49. > :28:54.is all Hull City fans want it to be. It's put into the roof of the net by
:28:55. > :29:00.James Chester. What a start for Hull. One of those in the Hull camp
:29:01. > :29:04.who started his career as a Manchester United junior. Now his
:29:05. > :29:09.first Premier League goal has come against them. Alex Bruce with a
:29:10. > :29:13.super leap. Another who was released by United as a teenager. He got up
:29:14. > :29:26.to put the pressure on. No pressure at all on Chester. Came off a United
:29:27. > :29:30.hand hit Evra on the way through. Straightaway it was from the corner
:29:31. > :29:34.that Hull City scored. Hull may argue they should have had a
:29:35. > :29:39.free-kick anyway. Chester, just one appearance for Manchester United as
:29:40. > :29:41.a senior player. That is his fifth goal for the club and against
:29:42. > :30:06.Manchester United of all teams. It has gone in. 2-0 to Hull City.
:30:07. > :30:16.David Meyler has scored. 12.5 minutes into Boxing Day. It was a
:30:17. > :30:19.great touch by the Irishman. Manchester United had several
:30:20. > :30:24.opportunities to get it away. There were plenty of white shirts but they
:30:25. > :30:29.could not get it away. In the end, it was a mishit shot by Meyler. How
:30:30. > :30:37.did it go in? A touch of Evans, maybe. De Gea dived past it. But it
:30:38. > :30:46.is David Meyler's goal, and Hull's second. The best possible beginning
:30:47. > :30:54.to Boxing Day for Hull City and their management team. That was a
:30:55. > :30:58.needless challenge. Frustration coming to the fore. Just a free
:30:59. > :31:17.kick. No further punishment. Free kick to United and a yellow
:31:18. > :31:21.card. That has got some of the Hull fans angry because they feel that
:31:22. > :31:25.Rooney should have had a yellow card for his kick on Huddlestone a few
:31:26. > :31:31.minutes ago. But I think that was a yellow card. His fourth yellow card
:31:32. > :31:35.this season, which means he will have to be careful against Fulham in
:31:36. > :31:41.a couple of days or he will miss the New Year's Day game at Liverpool.
:31:42. > :31:45.Chris Smalling has very calmly planted that one in. Goals goal or
:31:46. > :31:56.at the KC. It was a great leap from Chris
:31:57. > :32:03.Smalling. He was Armin arm with Davies, and he got the highest. He
:32:04. > :32:08.directed it beautifully. Steve Bruce had called for his team to make the
:32:09. > :32:13.most out of Manchester United's late arrival at the KC, after their coach
:32:14. > :32:18.was caught in traffic. It looks as though United are just starting now.
:32:19. > :32:27.Welbeck was caught by Huddlestone. No yellow card for that. A chance
:32:28. > :32:39.for Manchester United to draw level. Just wide.
:32:40. > :32:44.Great save by McGregor. That was pending in from Cleverley. A
:32:45. > :33:08.wonderful shot. A marvellous save. What a goal! That is a superb
:33:09. > :33:14.strike. To bring up 150 goals in the Premier League for Manchester United
:33:15. > :33:19.for Wayne Rooney. Got it back from Curtis Davies. One touch to control
:33:20. > :33:28.it, and the second touch was a belter. On the volley past McGregor
:33:29. > :33:29.into the net. He ends a run of four games without scoring, in some
:33:30. > :33:43.style. Valencia missed it and then he
:33:44. > :33:50.tumbled into Sagbo. The yellow card is out. They are asking the referee
:33:51. > :33:54.why it is not a clear goal-scoring opportunity. A lot could have
:33:55. > :33:56.happened from there. He was always in trouble when the ball was sailing
:33:57. > :34:08.over his shoulder. There was a big deflection.
:34:09. > :34:13.According to the statisticians, going into last weekend, he has had
:34:14. > :34:16.the most shots without scoring in the Premier League this season.
:34:17. > :34:23.Eventually, one will fly in for Tom Huddlestone. Off the post, with De
:34:24. > :34:45.Gea stranded. So close. It is headed into his own net by
:34:46. > :34:49.James Chester. The second time he has scored in that goal today. This
:34:50. > :34:54.time it is for his old team, rather than his present. Figueroa was at
:34:55. > :35:00.fault, too, missing the ball altogether. It meant that Young
:35:01. > :35:04.could get the cross in unencumbered. With Wayne Rooney behind him,
:35:05. > :35:10.Chester had to do something. Anything but that. Manchester United
:35:11. > :35:39.have the lead at the KC Stadium, through one of their own.
:35:40. > :35:48.De Gea got lucky, but he got lucky -- he got the ball in the end. He
:35:49. > :35:54.resisted the chance to wrap his arm around Graham. When he tackled with
:35:55. > :35:58.his feet, he took the ball. Have you ever seen David Moyes as animated as
:35:59. > :36:03.this since taking the reins at Old Trafford. Used to see Ferguson
:36:04. > :36:10.getting steamed up. More relaxed in the comfortable seats.
:36:11. > :36:18.Valencia kicked the ball away. Anything here? He is going to his
:36:19. > :36:22.pocket, is he? He is. It is a second yellow card for Antonio Valencia.
:36:23. > :36:45.Manchester United are ending the game with ten. This is pointless.
:36:46. > :36:53.What a story that would have been. He has already scored one for each
:36:54. > :37:00.side. It was a great lock tackle from De Gea. He stood up, made
:37:01. > :37:04.himself as big as possible. Manchester United management were
:37:05. > :37:16.screaming for Michael Oliver to blow the whistle. Bruce has shanked it
:37:17. > :37:20.wide. We have had it all going on. After a cracker of a game,
:37:21. > :37:30.Manchester United win. I thought it would be a long road to
:37:31. > :37:34.get back, but the players have done it. They played terrifically well to
:37:35. > :37:39.get back in the game, made opportunities, and in the end we got
:37:40. > :37:44.three points. We made too many mistakes at crucial times. We can
:37:45. > :37:48.take a big pat on the back. We created umpteen opportunities but
:37:49. > :37:53.made some poor mistakes against a team like this. You will get
:37:54. > :38:00.punished. Another terrific game, but that resembled a Manchester United
:38:01. > :38:03.team. Yes, it did. Hull were magnificent and deserved a point,
:38:04. > :38:08.but the inspiration again was Wayne Rooney. The amount of times this
:38:09. > :38:12.season he has pulled the strings, whether in defence, clearing stuff,
:38:13. > :38:14.or in the middle of the park, tracking back, and in attack. Again,
:38:15. > :38:24.he was the key. It did not start well, when he lost
:38:25. > :38:28.Chester, who put it in the back of the net. Trust racial, and he kicked
:38:29. > :38:34.out at Huddlestone. That could have been a yellow card. But he came back
:38:35. > :38:43.with a fantastic free kick. And this here. Chest control. What a strike,
:38:44. > :38:49.outside of the right foot. Again, picking up the ball in the middle of
:38:50. > :38:54.the park. His desire to get into the box. He does not score the goal, but
:38:55. > :39:02.ultimately he puts James Chester off, by being behind him. Great
:39:03. > :39:08.desire. There is an argument to say at 3-2 up, having been booked, on
:39:09. > :39:13.another day, some referee might book him for simulation. That would have
:39:14. > :39:20.been a second yellow card. But he was magnificent, and where would
:39:21. > :39:24.Manchester United be without him? Hull City have given the Premier
:39:25. > :39:28.League a lot. Steve Bruce can be proud of his team, not only today,
:39:29. > :39:33.but for the season. They have given the fans hope and I think they will
:39:34. > :39:39.do well. Lots more to come. The next game featured two of the form sides.
:39:40. > :39:43.Newcastle have won six of their last eight games, whilst Stoke are
:39:44. > :39:51.unbeaten in four. At Saint James Park, Martin Fisher.
:39:52. > :39:54.A return to the starting line-up for Hatem Ben Arfa. His penalty at
:39:55. > :40:00.Palace on Saturday as a substitute was his first goal since mid-set
:40:01. > :40:01.temblor. It is Sorensen's first Premier League outing for Stoke
:40:02. > :40:32.since May. Assaidi! Brilliant goal! Assaidi,
:40:33. > :40:38.who scored the winner against Chelsea three weeks ago, fires
:40:39. > :40:39.stoked in front. He dropped his shoulder and curled it deliciously
:40:40. > :40:53.beyond Tim Krul. Fabulous. There was a bit of afters between
:40:54. > :40:59.Cabaye and the Irishman. The referee is on top of this and it is boiling
:41:00. > :41:04.up. You can see the yellow card is out for Glenn Whelan, shown for that
:41:05. > :41:08.challenge on Cabaye. If anything, Cabaye's challenge on him looked
:41:09. > :41:13.worse. Six wins in their last eight games.
:41:14. > :41:20.Cabaye stole it, and was caught late by Whelan. Whelan has a ready been
:41:21. > :41:26.booked and the referee reaches for his card again, and Glenn Whelan is
:41:27. > :41:30.sent off. He fouled Cabaye earlier in the first half and he knew when
:41:31. > :41:38.the whistle went that he was heading off the pitch. We can tell you that
:41:39. > :41:41.Mark Hughes has been sent off as well, for something he said to the
:41:42. > :41:49.fourth official, or maybe kicking the ball away.
:41:50. > :41:59.Is that a penalty? Yes, it is. Wilson holding back Remy, and Wilson
:42:00. > :42:01.is sent off as well. A clear goal-scoring opportunity for Loic
:42:02. > :42:07.Remy, and Wilson knew what he was doing. He got hold of the Frenchman.
:42:08. > :42:12.Martin Atkinson has brandished two red cards in the space of two
:42:13. > :42:18.minutes, and the whole game has been turned on its head.
:42:19. > :42:27.Saved! Purley and by Sorenson. The veteran keeper keeps it at 1-0. --
:42:28. > :42:39.brilliant by Sorenson. What a four minute spell. It might
:42:40. > :43:08.get even more dramatic. Remy has scored! He missed the
:43:09. > :43:14.penalty 60 seconds ago, but with the help of at least one, possibly two
:43:15. > :43:25.deflections, he beat Sorensen. And it is all square.
:43:26. > :43:29.It will be like a training exercise in this second half, attackers
:43:30. > :43:42.against defenders. Gouffran has done it again. He
:43:43. > :43:47.cannot stop scoring at Saint James 's Park. He hasn't scored in each of
:43:48. > :43:51.his last five games. The question is, did the ball crossed the line?
:43:52. > :43:56.Is that more rough justice for Stoke to complain about afterwards? They
:43:57. > :43:58.still had more chances to deal with it and failed to do so. And Gouffran
:43:59. > :44:06.scores his seventh of the season. That was a big call for the
:44:07. > :44:21.experienced assistant referee. Remy cleverly won the corner of
:44:22. > :44:34.Shawcross, who rather foolishly blasted the ball into the crowd.
:44:35. > :44:41.Ben Arfa strikes the post. Fabulous work between the French duo. When
:44:42. > :44:52.Ben Arfa was not closed down, he took aim and fired.
:44:53. > :45:05.Sissoko. In by Remy. 3-1, Newcastle. Sissoko got the first touch, Remy,
:45:06. > :45:11.take it is into double figures for the season. Newcastle closing in
:45:12. > :45:24.strongly now on what will be their 200th Premier League win at St
:45:25. > :45:30.James' Park. It's Remy. This might run for Ben Arfa. Away from the
:45:31. > :45:42.defender, Ben Arfa, for number four, taking his time, and hitting the
:45:43. > :45:55.bar! Remy denied. Well, it was all too easy.
:45:56. > :46:04.Sissoko picks out Debuchy. Ameobi. Now Debuchy. Clever play. And goal
:46:05. > :46:13.number four, Cabaye with it. His third in the last three games. Calm
:46:14. > :46:18.play by Debuchy to pick him out. Cabaye just picks his spot. On his
:46:19. > :46:21.return to Premier League duty, it has been a miserable experience for
:46:22. > :46:36.Sorensen. Haidara'ses cross, all the way
:46:37. > :46:42.across. Ben Arfa's turn. He has hit the post, he has hit the bar. What
:46:43. > :46:53.will he do here? Ah... He's won a penalty. That's what he's done. Can
:46:54. > :46:58.this day get any worse, wanders Eric Pieters. Ben Arfa lost his footing.
:46:59. > :47:12.Afterwards, Pieters catches him and not the ball. It is a penalty. Remy,
:47:13. > :47:18.on a hat-trick says I won't take it. . It's 5-1 Newcastle. The man who
:47:19. > :47:23.scored the last-minute winner here against Stoke last season is back on
:47:24. > :47:28.the Premier League scoresheet. Mark Hughes now is gagging for the final
:47:29. > :47:34.whistle. The initial sending off was very, very harsh. Ridiculous in
:47:35. > :47:38.fact. The second one, he will argue that is a correct decision denying a
:47:39. > :47:44.goalscoring opportunity. We will argue against that. It's not easy to
:47:45. > :47:48.have a strike force like that against nine men. They conducted it
:47:49. > :47:53.well. It was a shame for Stoke. The two sending office obviously have
:47:54. > :47:58.been the major factor in us oning with the scoreline -- us winning
:47:59. > :48:03.with the scoreline. You were sent to the stands? Is There was a ball near
:48:04. > :48:06.to me and I kicked it on the pitch. I like to think people could
:48:07. > :48:12.understand my frustration even though it's the wrong thing to do.
:48:13. > :48:15.We were totally dismayed by the referee's performance today. Was
:48:16. > :48:20.easy in the end for Newcastle, your team, wasn't it? It wasn't easy for
:48:21. > :48:23.the first half an hour or so, that is for sure. Mark Hughes upset with
:48:24. > :48:28.the decisions that turned that particular game. Has he a point? I
:48:29. > :48:32.think he has point in two or three of them, yeah. Probably agree with
:48:33. > :48:36.him on the first one here. We don't know what he got booked for, the
:48:37. > :48:41.tackle, kicking the ball away. Cabaye carries on there in the
:48:42. > :48:45.tackle. It's not a yellow card for me, I don't think. Having said all
:48:46. > :48:50.that, once you are on a yellow card, that is just silly. The the referee
:48:51. > :48:55.is there. He is making him make a decision. He has given a foul away.
:48:56. > :48:59.He has to give him a second yellow card then. This, I think, the
:49:00. > :49:04.referee gets absolutely right. A lovely ball in. Wilson has hold of
:49:05. > :49:09.Remy. Shawcross is not getting across there. It's a goalscoring
:49:10. > :49:15.opportunity. Clear. He pulls him back. Once he gives him the penalty
:49:16. > :49:21.he has to show him the red card. Unlucky all day. Nine times out of
:49:22. > :49:24.ten that is given. That is a poor decision. To make matters worse they
:49:25. > :49:31.went straight up the other end and they scored from a slight
:49:32. > :49:35.deflection. Ben Arfa, to be fair, he was fantastic today. He showed great
:49:36. > :49:41.pace there, but the ball is out of play. That should be blown. That
:49:42. > :49:45.goal should not count. The assistant should be giving that, not so much
:49:46. > :49:49.the referee. Freeze it at the point the ball is over the line. The
:49:50. > :49:54.assistant should give that. Tough day for Stoke. A lot of decisions
:49:55. > :49:58.went against them. You can see Mark Hughes there, he takes his coat off
:49:59. > :50:02.in disgust when he has been sent to the stands. He it on in the
:50:03. > :50:06.second-half It was that cold up there. Newcastle, they are flying at
:50:07. > :50:08.the moment. It should be some game on Sunday against Arsenal. Will be a
:50:09. > :50:18.big one, that is for sure. No team have lost fewer games than
:50:19. > :50:21.Everton this season. They were also unbeaten at Goodison Park this
:50:22. > :50:24.calender year. Given the fact they've beaten Sunderland at home on
:50:25. > :50:27.their last six visits and scored 20 goals in the process, you might be
:50:28. > :50:31.forgiven for thinking that the bottom of the table club were in for
:50:32. > :50:34.a tough afternoon. Alistair Mann saw this one. Everton unbeaten at home,
:50:35. > :50:38.Sunderland winless away. It would be a stunning result if the visitors
:50:39. > :50:43.should defy the odds today. In the form they are in, just one defeat
:50:44. > :50:47.all season, Martinez has found it largely unnecessary to change a
:50:48. > :50:54.winning pack, one alteration as Barkley is rest the to the bench.
:50:55. > :51:10.Leon Osman his able replacement. The visitors make four changes, more
:51:11. > :51:18.significantly at the back when Roberge. Fletcher never looked as
:51:19. > :51:22.though he would get to. It I was wondering Howe ward would deal with
:51:23. > :51:26.it. It was a casual header, if anything, back to Tim Howard. Good
:51:27. > :51:35.goal keeping by the American. Their away record isn't great. Three draws
:51:36. > :51:41.is all they have managed. Good effort. Hard luck. Swinging a little
:51:42. > :51:44.bit in the air as he hit it. Mannone's positioning made it a
:51:45. > :51:48.simple save. The element of surprise could have caught out a goalkeeper
:51:49. > :51:53.who wasn't concentrating early on. Everyone expected a comfortable
:51:54. > :51:57.afternoon's work for Everton. He was ensuring there was no such
:51:58. > :52:02.complacency among his players pre-match. Mistake, terrible. He has
:52:03. > :52:06.been brought down. This could be a red card. This match might well have
:52:07. > :52:12.transformed in the space of a couple of moments. There it is. That was
:52:13. > :52:18.extraordinary. A little backpass between Tim Howard and Leon Osman,
:52:19. > :52:23.it was too short and Ki was in. Howard brings him down. Goalscoring
:52:24. > :52:31.opportunity. Red card. Everton, down to 10. The first job of the
:52:32. > :52:36.goalkeeper will be to save a penalty. Does he jump over the top
:52:37. > :52:41.of the leg. The moment mument of Howard's challenge certainly brings
:52:42. > :52:54.him down. Does he get caught? Can Ki put Sunderland ahead at Goodison
:52:55. > :52:58.Park? He does. Delight for the visiting supporters. In the blink of
:52:59. > :53:05.an eye, all of a sudden the visitors are not only in front, but they are
:53:06. > :53:12.up against 10 men. What a bonus for Sunderland. Is Martinez will have
:53:13. > :53:21.witnessed in the early couple of moments that Everton played a poor
:53:22. > :53:25.backpass and Howard had to get Everton out of a hole. The second
:53:26. > :53:35.time that problem was administered, Howard gets sent off. Ki. On target.
:53:36. > :53:42.Roberge has split it. Good save on the second one by Roberge. He may
:53:43. > :53:51.have made an error with the first save. He more than returns with
:53:52. > :54:03.reaction for the second. Out for a corner. Good pressure from the
:54:04. > :54:09.hosts. Sunderland are hemmed in. Jagielka, good save. Really good
:54:10. > :54:18.save by Mannone. Jagielka looked odds on to put that in. Martinez
:54:19. > :54:25.remember is protecting an unbeaten home record in 2013. Barkley hits
:54:26. > :54:29.the shot. Mannone makes the stop. Still asking questions, Everton,
:54:30. > :54:32.didn't look as though Mannone ought to have been beaten. It bounced.
:54:33. > :54:51.They are never easy. Takes a tumble, but nothing doing.
:54:52. > :54:55.It would have been a brave referee to have given two penalties against
:54:56. > :55:00.the home side. That is for sure. I don't think that was ever in
:55:01. > :55:03.question. Here's Distin. We understand why defend remembers
:55:04. > :55:09.coming forward for Everton. Here's Oviedo. Good hit! Super save. You
:55:10. > :55:13.have to say that, bearing in behind she a left-footed player, I don't
:55:14. > :55:22.think that Oviedo could have done much more with this right-footed
:55:23. > :55:26.shot. Now Fletcher. A chance to seal the contest. He's missed. Golden
:55:27. > :55:36.chance. That would have been game over. He dragged it horribly. There
:55:37. > :55:39.have been times this afternoon when you count the number of Everton
:55:40. > :55:44.shirts. They have managed to sustain so much pressure on Sunderland that
:55:45. > :55:52.you forget that they have 10. That is a foul. Free-kick every tonne.
:55:53. > :55:58.Foul by Roberge. Sunderland players protest. Roberge is penalised. He
:55:59. > :56:07.scored a stunning winning goal at Swansea, from a free-kick. Can Ross
:56:08. > :56:14.Barkley do it again? It's on target! Super save. Mannone, with another
:56:15. > :56:21.terrific stop. Mannone is emerging as Sunderland's man of the match.
:56:22. > :56:34.And, off the line! Jelavic's header. Was it Borini, the Liverpool man,
:56:35. > :56:40.who got it away? I think it was. Poyet preparing to celebrate the
:56:41. > :56:43.famous win. The Sunderland support verse been chanting the name of
:56:44. > :56:50.Mannone. Everybody forward. Nobody back. Distin jumps, Jelavic misses.
:56:51. > :56:55.Lukaku hawks it. Claims of handball, no way says the referee. Another
:56:56. > :57:04.corner. There is time, just. There was a claim of handball. Well, did
:57:05. > :57:14.strike the arm. Lukaku misses it. Robles nearly got to it. Jelavic
:57:15. > :57:21.can't hook it goal-bound. Good tackle by McCarthy though. Not a
:57:22. > :57:25.great backpass. Oviedo, Robles is not bothering. He knows time is up.
:57:26. > :57:32.There is the whistle. Sunderland have won. What an extraordinary
:57:33. > :57:38.match. Ki's penalty has won it. Everton nil, Sunderland one, Mannone
:57:39. > :57:43.is the hero. You kept out Oviedo, Jagielka and Barkley, which was the
:57:44. > :57:49.pick of the saves for you? I think the free-kick because from Barkley
:57:50. > :57:54.was a good free-kick. Thankfully, I could tip it over. Having a man sent
:57:55. > :57:58.off that's what probably affected the game a little bit. I couldn't
:57:59. > :58:02.have been prouder of the performance. I'm sure the fans will
:58:03. > :58:05.be disappointed with the scoreline. Everyone saw the incredible
:58:06. > :58:09.performance we had in the second-half. You are looking in a
:58:10. > :58:14.game that you go down to 10 men the normal thing is that the opposition
:58:15. > :58:17.takes advantage and it becomes one-way traffic. It couldn't have
:58:18. > :58:28.been further from that. I was delighted. We didn't win against
:58:29. > :58:34.Norwich and everything was dark. Let's hope we can recover proper. I
:58:35. > :58:39.don't think too many people saw that coming. A could you upon buster in
:58:40. > :58:43.many ways. Sunderland came with a plan and goalkeeper. Everton were
:58:44. > :58:47.magnificent as well, by the way. Mannone made a string of fantastic
:58:48. > :58:51.saves. The gameplan seemed to work. In that first 20 minute what ises
:58:52. > :58:56.they decided to do was sit deep, condense the space. Not allow
:58:57. > :59:00.Everton's attacking threat to get in between the lines in that final
:59:01. > :59:04.third. They did it exceptionally well. This was in the first 10
:59:05. > :59:08.minutes. Not much space at all in between the lines where Everton's
:59:09. > :59:12.attacking players like to get into that space and have an impact on the
:59:13. > :59:18.game. They were forced back time after time. What you see when
:59:19. > :59:22.Everton are flowing in the early stages, them two players getting in
:59:23. > :59:26.between the lines on the half turn. It didn't happen. They were playing
:59:27. > :59:29.in front of Sunderland. What Sunderland do, they grew in
:59:30. > :59:38.confidence. They were chasing stuff down. Fletcher. Backpass from
:59:39. > :59:44.Jagielka. Taking chances. It worked on this one, Osman, mistake. A
:59:45. > :59:48.penalty. What will happen with Everton under Martinez they will be
:59:49. > :59:53.asked to play like that and will make mistakes. Definite penalty. He
:59:54. > :59:55.calfs his right foot. Howard has to be sent off. Great penalty. What a
:59:56. > :00:07.performance from Sunderland. it gives them a glimmer of hope just
:00:08. > :00:10.before the end of the year. It is an important win for them. I thought it
:00:11. > :00:18.was a good game. Everton, down to ten men, more efforts on goal, more
:00:19. > :00:21.corners, plenty of positives. Such is the madness surrounding Cardiff,
:00:22. > :00:26.that the games sometimes seem to get in the way. Not long ago, there were
:00:27. > :00:35.similar goings-on at Southampton. They met, watched by John Roder.
:00:36. > :00:43.This is a site we did not expect, Malky Mackay in the home dugout.
:00:44. > :00:46.Yoshida makes only his second Premier League appearance of the
:00:47. > :00:52.season, coming into the Southampton defence. Campbell is the only man
:00:53. > :01:11.forward for the home side. A fantastic early chance for Peter
:01:12. > :01:15.Whittingham. Malky Mackay's side have just one win in their last
:01:16. > :01:19.seven in the Premier League, victory against West Albion 12 days ago,
:01:20. > :01:28.which resulted in the departure of Steve Clarke from the Baggies.
:01:29. > :01:37.Rodriguez! Early and penetrative move from Southampton. It was all
:01:38. > :01:42.about the timing of the pass over the top two Lallana, and his run
:01:43. > :01:47.forward. Rodriguez in the centre circle, but the ball was not play to
:01:48. > :01:50.him. It was two Lallana. Rodriguez was clearly behind him, and
:01:51. > :01:58.Rodriguez gets his eighth goal of the season.
:01:59. > :02:03.Rather quiet at the City of Cardiff stadium. You would expect it to be a
:02:04. > :02:18.bit more raucous. Rodriguez! A second goal for Jay
:02:19. > :02:23.Rodriguez. And Malky Mackay's side are being torn apart. Not once, but
:02:24. > :02:33.twice. Rodriguez was definitely level. He notches up his ninth of
:02:34. > :02:40.the season. What a start for the Saints. It has been a terrific form
:02:41. > :02:57.and is so far from Pochettino's team. -- a terrific performance.
:02:58. > :03:08.Not much has gone right for Cardiff so far.
:03:09. > :03:15.It just gets better and better for Southampton. Chambers with the
:03:16. > :03:22.lofted ball in, Rodriguez with the knock-down, and Lambert had just got
:03:23. > :03:27.away. And you cannot give Ricky Lambert that much time and space. He
:03:28. > :03:32.is going to score. And that is what he did. I wonder what the Cardiff
:03:33. > :03:43.owner thinks of the opening half an hour of this game.
:03:44. > :03:51.The ball came off Jose Fonte, and the scent trilled offender was
:03:52. > :03:56.grateful that his goalkeeper was alert and alive to the possibility.
:03:57. > :04:04.-- the central defender. There is a huge half-time team talk coming up
:04:05. > :04:06.from Malky Mackay. Cardiff are badly missing my Dell just ahead of their
:04:07. > :04:16.back four. So far the second half has not seen
:04:17. > :04:18.the fluid foot wall we saw in the first period from Southampton. --
:04:19. > :04:32.foot tall. It is a very crowded six yard area,
:04:33. > :04:39.and Gazzaniga could only palm it high for another corner. It has been
:04:40. > :04:41.better from Cardiff in the second period but it would be hard to be
:04:42. > :04:55.worse. Rodriguez would have been in there
:04:56. > :05:07.for his third of the match. It has been a miserable Boxing Day
:05:08. > :05:12.for Malky Mackay and Cardiff City. Vincent Tan, the Cardiff owner, has
:05:13. > :05:16.already left. Many Cardiff supporters are exiting the stadium
:05:17. > :05:23.as well. What does the future hold for the Cardiff manager?
:05:24. > :05:29.When you lose goals like that, there is no way back. We played against a
:05:30. > :05:34.good team today. We cannot lose three goals like that. To what
:05:35. > :05:38.extent was that the perfect day for Southampton?
:05:39. > :05:44.TRANSLATION: The victory was fully deserved. He had a really great
:05:45. > :05:52.performance. Overall we did well over the 90 minutes and deserved the
:05:53. > :05:58.win. That was really good for us. We did not want to rest on 3-0, so it
:05:59. > :06:02.was a good performance. Have events off the pitch been affecting events
:06:03. > :06:07.on the pitch? I am not going to be using any excuses. My staff and
:06:08. > :06:12.players prepare, work hard and professionally and the fans have
:06:13. > :06:16.been fantastic. Do you expect to meet with Vincent Tan before the
:06:17. > :06:23.game on Saturday? If that is the case, it has not been conveyed to
:06:24. > :06:29.me. It goes on and on. It was all over in 27 minutes. A great result
:06:30. > :06:32.for Southampton after a rocky spell, but Cardiff's problems keep going
:06:33. > :06:37.on. It can't be hopeful. They should be enjoying this season. As much as
:06:38. > :06:41.he says it will not affect performance on the pitch, it has to,
:06:42. > :06:45.because the players are reading about negativity. It is obvious that
:06:46. > :06:51.the owner does not want the manager, so the sooner the better, for me.
:06:52. > :06:55.Malky Mackay has done a magnificent job at Cardiff. What does the owner
:06:56. > :06:58.want? Does he think they should be challenging for the Premier League
:06:59. > :07:03.gesture market does not work like that. He has done a magnificent job
:07:04. > :07:07.for them over the past couple of seasons. Given time, he would
:07:08. > :07:13.continue that, but it is not going to happen. If it continues, you will
:07:14. > :07:18.see more results like that. As far as I'm concerned, he will on and
:07:19. > :07:27.we'll get a good job, because of the job he has done at Cardiff. -- he
:07:28. > :07:30.will move on. Could the Swans ruin Chelsea's
:07:31. > :07:36.Christmas? Watching this, Simon Brotherton.
:07:37. > :07:42.Ashley Cole starts in the Premier League for the first time since the
:07:43. > :07:47.defeat at Newcastle on November the 2nd. Swansea City make six changes,
:07:48. > :07:49.among them a return for Leon Brittan, who has recovered from a
:07:50. > :08:38.broken toe. The keeper had to make sure. It was
:08:39. > :08:40.well one back by Oscar. And John Terry's volley was drilled into the
:08:41. > :09:06.floor. Chelsea have another corner. Off the line by Ashley Williams.
:09:07. > :09:12.John Terry, so close to scoring. Mata, his second delivery. Ashley
:09:13. > :09:15.Williams got it away. Michael Laudrup's team will head to
:09:16. > :09:19.Birmingham after this in preparation for their match at the weekend
:09:20. > :09:32.against Aston Villa, and away Day double-header for Christmas.
:09:33. > :09:45.Hazard for Chelsea. Chelsea's top scorer this season now has nine. The
:09:46. > :09:50.misplaced pass, and Hazard was on to it like a flash. One moment Swansea
:09:51. > :09:56.City were attacking, and the next they are picking the ball out of
:09:57. > :10:03.their net. Jamal got a touch but could not keep it out. -- Tremmel.
:10:04. > :10:16.And Chelsea have the lead they deserve.
:10:17. > :10:27.Just over the top from Vazquez. A rare sighting of goal for Swansea
:10:28. > :10:29.City in this first half. Vazquez till looking for his first goal for
:10:30. > :10:48.Swansea. -- still looking. Good save. Reacting well under
:10:49. > :10:51.pressure, as Chelsea threatened a second goal. Samuel Eto'o was
:10:52. > :11:20.onside. It was nearly the perfect start to
:11:21. > :11:29.the second half, just 15 seconds after the restart. David Luiz with
:11:30. > :11:32.the pass, Mata onside, Eto'o in the centre. He could not quite turn it
:11:33. > :11:49.past the goalkeeper. Chelsea still have not put the game
:11:50. > :12:30.to bed. Frank Lampard come off the bench,
:12:31. > :12:31.almost making an impact. Not a classic game, but three points for
:12:32. > :12:42.Chelsea. We had so many chances that you have
:12:43. > :12:46.to score at least once and create a more comfortable situation. But I
:12:47. > :12:53.have to say that today the biggest responsible for that one was their
:12:54. > :13:00.goalkeeper, because he made some fantastic saves. The first half was
:13:01. > :13:05.OK, apart from the goal. We kept them down to two chances. The only
:13:06. > :13:09.disappointing thing was the first 20 seconds of the second half, when we
:13:10. > :13:14.could have given them a second goal. But then I think we did well. We
:13:15. > :13:21.stayed in the game until the last second. Stayed in the game but did
:13:22. > :13:24.not get any points. Mourinho was decrying the fact that they cannot
:13:25. > :13:28.score enough goals. But they are still just a couple of points off
:13:29. > :13:34.the top. But that has cost them this season. It cost them against Stoke,
:13:35. > :13:39.against Newcastle. Not today, but it does not take a genius to see where
:13:40. > :13:45.he wants to improve the team. Five goals from his strikers is not
:13:46. > :13:51.enough. Not easy to find top players in the window. But he will be
:13:52. > :13:55.looking. Shortly, Crystal Palace at Aston Villa. First, let's find out
:13:56. > :14:00.how Fulham fared at Norwich. They tend to do well there. They are
:14:01. > :14:09.unbeaten in their last 12 meetings. The commentator, Dan O'Hagan.
:14:10. > :14:17.It is the same Norwich team that drew at Sunderland. Goals in short
:14:18. > :14:22.-- short supply. Elmander's only Norwich goals have come in the
:14:23. > :14:55.league cup. Berbatov failed a fitness test.
:14:56. > :15:03.Hooper from distance, deflected in. The first Norwich home goal in the
:15:04. > :15:10.Premier League on Boxing Day ever. And hooper has it, via a big
:15:11. > :15:20.deflection. From range, off the studs of Aaron Hughes, up and over
:15:21. > :15:33.and in. Good to see Alan Curbishley after five years away from foot all.
:15:34. > :15:42.Wide somehow. This their best moment of the match.
:15:43. > :15:51.Scott Parker. Parker, twist, turns, was he caught? Yes, he was. There
:15:52. > :16:01.was no Fulham advantage in play called back for this free-kick on
:16:02. > :16:15.Scott Parker. He has take continue see pressurely. Fulham are now
:16:16. > :16:21.level. This kick goes through the Norwich wall. I'm sure it will be
:16:22. > :16:30.cause for debate among themselves. The wall parts and Fulham take the
:16:31. > :16:37.dividends. Good attack for the home team. Redmond still. Redmond's
:16:38. > :16:43.blast. It is a corner. Redmond's shot in the end comes off Sidwell.
:16:44. > :16:52.Norwich players are arriving off the line. Fulham can bring the ball
:16:53. > :16:58.clear. The corner met by fierce header from Fer.
:16:59. > :17:15.It stay in play. Rita. That will be a corner for Fulham. To the
:17:16. > :17:19.far-post. It's half away. Fulham appeal. The referee of course has
:17:20. > :17:27.the help of technology. It doesn't stand. No goal the outcome. It
:17:28. > :17:37.works. Proof in the Christmas pudding here. Rita's cross. Scott
:17:38. > :17:45.Parker, makes the space. Parker! Absolutely wonderful. It's a belter,
:17:46. > :17:51.a beauty on Boxing Day, Scott Parker for Fulham. What a goal. Has a
:17:52. > :17:57.swing. Has a good fly. It rips its way beyond Ruddy. Fulham with maybe
:17:58. > :18:03.a massive goal. That is something else. We have been working so hard
:18:04. > :18:09.since I took over. We had a run of really difficult games. Which we
:18:10. > :18:13.only won one against Aston Villa. All the others I thought we should
:18:14. > :18:19.have got something out of the game. We didn't. That is why it was
:18:20. > :18:22.important we did that today. Real good clear-cut chances. A lot of
:18:23. > :18:26.balls into the box, good crosses into the box. There is always a
:18:27. > :18:39.concern when you are perhaps not getting the result that you feel the
:18:40. > :18:51.performance warranted. Villa are without Benteke, Westwood is banned,
:18:52. > :19:00.Agbonlahor is back from suspension. A reshuffle sees Bannan move further
:19:01. > :19:05.forward to support Cameron Jerome. Villa have won one of their last
:19:06. > :19:12.five games here. Scoring goals have been a problem on this ground this
:19:13. > :19:18.season. A wrestle there. Which way is the referee going with this? With
:19:19. > :19:26.Aston Villa. A scrappy end to the first half. Albrighton with the
:19:27. > :19:31.free-kick. Cleared out. Deflected. Away for a corner. Only seconds left
:19:32. > :19:40.of the first half. The Moroccan had a go. Albrighton's corner. Kozak is
:19:41. > :19:46.up there. Cleared off the line. With that, it's half-time. A first half
:19:47. > :19:50.that has lacked quality and chances. How close were Villa there to
:19:51. > :19:57.breaking the deadlock? It was headed over his own bar by Mariappa.
:19:58. > :20:10.Albrighton. That is a great delivery. Kozak was waiting. Clips
:20:11. > :20:15.it again. Here's Weimann. Straight at the goalkeeper. Villa's best
:20:16. > :20:21.chance. When it came, Weimann didn't make the most of it. The game is
:20:22. > :20:26.getting stretched now. Bannan. Good save, Guzan. Bannan swept it goal
:20:27. > :20:31.wards first time. Really good stop. The woodwork came to Villa's aid
:20:32. > :20:39.too. Albrighton. Lovely ball. Pulled back here to Weimann. What a chance.
:20:40. > :20:43.What a chance! Lovely play. Great ball round the back. Weimann takes
:20:44. > :20:59.up a great position, but should have hit the target. Skied it instead.
:21:00. > :21:05.Punch. Bolasie will go after it. Can he keep it? He will. Spots the gap.
:21:06. > :21:11.Chance for Bannan. Missed. Now Puncheon. Good save Guzan. Villa's
:21:12. > :21:16.keeper comes up good once more. How have Palace not scored. Puncheon
:21:17. > :21:24.denied by the Villa keeper Guzan. Looks like they could play all night
:21:25. > :21:30.and we could still not see a goal. This is Lowton. He has hit them from
:21:31. > :21:35.this range before. Lowton's ball in. Great header. Good save, Speroni.
:21:36. > :21:59.Lowton's ball in. Delph. Bowery. Here is Gayle. It's
:22:00. > :22:07.one-on-one this. Gayle! Oh, what a goal! Dwight Gayle settles it in
:22:08. > :22:13.stoppage-time at Villa Park. What a sensational goal. It's pandemonium
:22:14. > :22:18.in the corner. What a brilliant strike. It's what the game has
:22:19. > :22:22.craved. It's a match that has lacked quality, but that has quality
:22:23. > :22:30.stamped all over it. Wonderful goal from Dwight Gayle. Guzan could get
:22:31. > :22:33.nowhere near it. That is a big, big goal for Tony Pulis and Crystal
:22:34. > :22:39.Palace. It's a hard season. Nobody knows that better than me. We have
:22:40. > :22:42.an easy game at Man City, when is it two-days time. From now? They are
:22:43. > :22:47.averaging four-and-a-half, five goals a game. We know how difficult
:22:48. > :22:58.it will be. I can't criticise the lads' effort. As long as they
:22:59. > :23:03.maintain it, it will turn. We have played big clubs. I have never run
:23:04. > :23:06.away from anything in my life. I'm certainly not running away from this
:23:07. > :23:11.one. They are not happy at Aston Villa. The bottom three all won
:23:12. > :23:16.today, all away from home. The price this morning with the bookies was
:23:17. > :23:24.145-1. They won with a couple of great goals in those games, Fulham
:23:25. > :23:31.and Palace. Gayle, good ball down-the-line. Cuts inside. What a
:23:32. > :23:36.fantastic finish. Superb, wasn't it? He does it on the big stage. Scott
:23:37. > :23:43.Parker, not renowned for his goals. Shifts it on to his right foots. Get
:23:44. > :23:45.in. Wh a goal. Not bad. Not bad at all. The bottom-of-the-table is
:23:46. > :23:55.getting very tight indeed. Our final game was at White Hart
:23:56. > :23:59.Lane, where a Tottenham side, who've just appointed a new full-time boss,
:24:00. > :24:02.faced a West Brom side who've yet to appoint a new full-time boss. Our
:24:03. > :24:05.long time boss of the commentary box was John Motson. Tim share wood
:24:06. > :24:14.walks out as head coach of Tottenham with an 18-month contract and a
:24:15. > :24:22.passionate determine takes to take the team forward. It's a much
:24:23. > :24:30.changed Albion side for his opposite number Keith Downing's second match
:24:31. > :24:38.in charge. This is Morrison. Not a bad ball to Vydra. Vydra takes on
:24:39. > :24:46.Dawson. Little one, two here. Vydra's in. Well, Lloris make as
:24:47. > :24:52.despairing save. It was nearly 1-0 to West Brom. It's a busy period
:24:53. > :24:59.this. Spurs are at home again on Sunday against Stoke. They may have
:25:00. > :25:03.to go to Old Trafford. Lloris likes to come out and join in the play.
:25:04. > :25:08.That has been given away between him and Danny Rose. There goes Vydra.
:25:09. > :25:12.The flag has stayed down. This time the goalkeeper snatches it off the
:25:13. > :25:19.toes of Vydra. Another warning for Spurs. Another good chance for West
:25:20. > :25:26.Bromwich Albion goes begging. I have to say that whatever the possession
:25:27. > :25:29.statistics tell you, they can be misleading, West Brom have had the
:25:30. > :25:36.best chances of the much match. They have both fallen to Vydra. Walker.
:25:37. > :25:41.Can he feed this in into to Eriksen, yes he can. Oh, the referee, Spurs
:25:42. > :25:44.had the ball and were playing right to left, now the referee has taken
:25:45. > :25:54.the play back to where the original tackle took place. It was a clumsy
:25:55. > :26:01.challenge. Is it going to be a set play goal for Eriksen? It is!
:26:02. > :26:06.Christian Eriksen, his first goal in the Premier League. Right into the
:26:07. > :26:15.roof of the net. Look at that, it starts outside the
:26:16. > :26:24.post and curls back in off the bar. Christian Eriksen. A breakthrough
:26:25. > :26:32.for Spurs. The smile on the face of the new head coach. Oh, Eriksen,
:26:33. > :26:39.only a couple minutes after scoring, pulls back Morrison, he will get a
:26:40. > :26:46.yellow card. West Brom try to make a quick riposte.
:26:47. > :26:56.Oh, Olsson. They have equalised! Olsson, within two minutes. Not too
:26:57. > :27:02.sure about the Tottenham defending here. Albion have packed the box.
:27:03. > :27:07.Two or three players swung and missed, Olsson didn't. He plotted
:27:08. > :27:13.out that foot to steer it away from Lloris. It's Tottenham one, West
:27:14. > :27:17.Bromwich Albion one. Two goals in two minutes at White Hart Lane.
:27:18. > :27:22.After their victory at Southampton Spurs fan woos have been hoping for
:27:23. > :27:28.a flamboyant performance this afternoon. This is Danny Rose. Oh,
:27:29. > :27:31.they all remember his goal here against Arsenal. Danny Rose not
:27:32. > :27:49.afraid to try himself here. Oh, that is a foul. Oh, dear me.
:27:50. > :27:55.He's been booked already, hasn't he, Steven Reid. Got the ball first, in
:27:56. > :28:04.all honesty, but then took Danny Rose. Reid is OK. He can carry on.
:28:05. > :28:10.Walker, fires one. Oh, Ben Foster, back in England contention, has
:28:11. > :28:15.turned that to one side. Saw it coming. It was a long way out. It
:28:16. > :28:22.had power from Kyle Walker. Another good run by Danny Rose. He has won
:28:23. > :28:34.the corner off Reid. Eriksen's going to take it. The flicked header. He's
:28:35. > :28:40.just wide, Soldado. Nothing is going for him. If you are going to play
:28:41. > :28:45.four, four two, one Orr both of your strikers has got to fire. -- one or
:28:46. > :28:52.both of your strikers has got to fire. A little bit more guile. But
:28:53. > :28:55.overall I think we will improve. A new voice. We are asking them to
:28:56. > :29:00.play in a different manner. Hopefully, he will get better and
:29:01. > :29:04.better at it. Good discipline, good organisation, fantastic big hearts,
:29:05. > :29:07.as I knew they had. Real big characters in there. I thought, you
:29:08. > :29:11.know, there was going to be a little bit of pressure near the end. We got
:29:12. > :29:15.tired. Sat deeper. All in all, I thought there was some really good
:29:16. > :29:18.performances out there. With 10 games to fit in we are about out of
:29:19. > :29:25.time. Before we leave you let us look at the Barclays Premier League
:29:26. > :29:30.table: Liverpool drop from first to fourth as Arsenal regain top spot.
:29:31. > :29:34.Chelsea leapfrog Liverpool into third, Manchester United are up to
:29:35. > :29:41.seventh. Crystal Palace are out of the relegation places for the first
:29:42. > :29:47.time since September. Bottom three clubs all won. West Ham sink into
:29:48. > :29:52.the danger zone. Another defeat for Cardiff leaves them precariously
:29:53. > :29:55.poised. Arsenal are back on top then as Theo puts them ahead. From all of
:29:56. > :30:01.us here, goodbye.