:00:08. > :00:12.Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
:00:13. > :00:16.COMMENTATOR: Goals came and went. And, Keegan.
:00:17. > :00:20.Look at his face! Just look at his face!
:00:21. > :00:22.Look at that. Oh, look at that!
:00:23. > :00:25.What a goal. Oh, what a goal.
:00:26. > :01:17.Six games from the Barclays Premier League on the way.
:01:18. > :01:23.Danny Murphy and Alan Shearer here to enjoy it all with us.
:01:24. > :01:25.Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe described beating Chelsea last week
:01:26. > :01:27.as the biggest result in the club's history.
:01:28. > :01:29.Next up for the Cherries, Manchester United -
:01:30. > :01:32.who were knocked out of the Champions League in midweek.
:01:33. > :01:38.At the Vitality Stadium, Simon Brotherton.
:01:39. > :01:44.And of the Champions League and out of sorts. Injury hit Manchester
:01:45. > :01:48.United will need to be at it today, against opponents who just keep on
:01:49. > :01:51.going. Bournemouth saw off the champions at Stamford Bridge only
:01:52. > :01:54.last weekend and are more than capable of making life difficult in
:01:55. > :01:58.this first-ever league meeting. Eddie Howe has gone with the same 11
:01:59. > :02:02.as last week, meaning Glenn Murray, the goal-scorer, is once again on
:02:03. > :02:05.the bench. Harry Arter plays, despite the fact he and his partner
:02:06. > :02:12.lost their child at birth earlier this week. The players will wear
:02:13. > :02:15.black armbands as a mark of respect. Manchester United line-up shows
:02:16. > :02:20.three changes to the one that started in Germany on Tuesday.
:02:21. > :02:23.Smalling and Darmian join the injury last, Schweinsteiger starts a three
:02:24. > :02:30.match ban. Cameron Borthwick-Jackson makes his first start and Paddy
:02:31. > :02:36.McNair returns, while Michael Parikh plays in midfield with Schneiderlin
:02:37. > :02:38.named amongst the substitutes. Travelling Manchester United fans
:02:39. > :02:42.are in good voice in this one as Anthony Taylor gets it under way. He
:02:43. > :02:47.was on Champions League duty earlier this week in Paris, PSG against Jack
:02:48. > :02:51.Tasker. Manchester United look to get back on track somewhat, after a
:02:52. > :03:00.turbulent week in which they were dumped out of the Champions League.
:03:01. > :03:04.But Bournemouth pushing forward here, King looking to test a
:03:05. > :03:09.youthful and inexperienced Manchester United defence early on.
:03:10. > :03:18.Blind, the man to really hold them together here. But King looking to
:03:19. > :03:22.unsettle Varela and the Uruguayan slides in. Complaints to the referee
:03:23. > :03:26.that he got his foot to the ball, but it will be a Bournemouth free
:03:27. > :03:30.kick. The first anxious moment here for Manchester United, in the second
:03:31. > :03:35.minute of the game. Whipped into the near post. Bournemouth have a
:03:36. > :03:40.corner, throwing himself at that one, whipped in by Stanislas and the
:03:41. > :03:47.all bouncing behind off Michael Carrick. Oh, what an extraordinary
:03:48. > :03:51.goal! Less than two minutes into the match, what a start the match, what
:03:52. > :03:54.a start for Bournemouth! Junior Stanislas, who brought them back
:03:55. > :03:58.against Everton with two late goals in the last home match, has given
:03:59. > :04:06.Bournemouth a stunning start here, as he gets it beyond David de Gea,
:04:07. > :04:09.in off the far post. Bournemouth one, Manchester United nil. David De
:04:10. > :04:13.Gea has been absolutely outstanding this season. It's only the ninth
:04:14. > :04:20.time he has conceded in the Premier League. In his 12th match of the
:04:21. > :04:23.season. Well, a bad week, it didn't take long to get a bit worse, did
:04:24. > :04:28.it, the Louis van Gaal. For Manchester United. Parolo was
:04:29. > :04:36.available on the near side and that will be a free kick. The challenge
:04:37. > :04:41.by Smith Wash Guillermo Varela. Manchester United looking to hit
:04:42. > :04:45.back almost immediately here. McNair was there, Fellaini, it's a good
:04:46. > :04:52.save, not once, but twice. From Artur Boruc. Boruc keeping Federici
:04:53. > :04:58.out on the side today. Federici, returning on the bench. Dealing with
:04:59. > :05:02.this effort from close range from Fellaini, a good save by the Polish
:05:03. > :05:10.keeper and at full stretch for the second one. Not much for Sir Bobby
:05:11. > :05:17.to smile about so far this evening. Given away thereby Junior Stanislas.
:05:18. > :05:20.A chance here for Martial. Which he cannot take. There is a very
:05:21. > :05:25.relieved man indeed, having put his team ahead at one end, an
:05:26. > :05:30.opportunity at the other. Martial, clean through, unable to take
:05:31. > :05:34.advantage of Bournemouth's generosity. There is the man who was
:05:35. > :05:39.manager when Bournemouth produced one of the great FA Cup upsets, back
:05:40. > :05:46.in 1984, 2-0 winners over Manchester United in the third round, in his
:05:47. > :05:49.first season as manager then with Bournemouth, Harry Redknapp.
:05:50. > :05:54.Stanislas is away from McNair but not round David de Gea. Tremendous
:05:55. > :06:01.break away from Bournemouth there, but Junior Stanislas unable to take
:06:02. > :06:03.it round De Gea, good goalkeeping. Real confidence about the way
:06:04. > :06:12.Bournemouth are approaching this match.
:06:13. > :06:19.Carrick, floating that one in. Tremendous ball, and a good save the
:06:20. > :06:23.game by Boruc. Racing in its Fellaini, who has the final say for
:06:24. > :06:30.Manchester United, and who are back level, 24 minutes in. Marouane
:06:31. > :06:34.Fellaini, who scored against Bruges, in the Champions League qualifier at
:06:35. > :06:37.the start of the season at his first league goal since May, Boruc made
:06:38. > :06:45.the initial save but Marouane Fellaini had the final say. Memphis,
:06:46. > :06:52.taking it in his stride, forcing the save, with the ball sitting up
:06:53. > :06:57.nicely for Marouane Fellaini. Who then, albeit in a rather unorthodox
:06:58. > :07:02.manner, made sure the ball ended up in the back of the net. Bournemouth
:07:03. > :07:05.one, Manchester United won. I think he will be feeling a little happier
:07:06. > :07:12.than he was two minutes into the match, certainly. But towards King,
:07:13. > :07:17.beaten to it by Blind, but it's falling kindly for him here.
:07:18. > :07:20.Gosling, racing into the centre. It's King and now Matt Ritchie for
:07:21. > :07:25.Bournemouth with the shot. Ritchie, who scored a couple already this
:07:26. > :07:30.season, had a clear sighting of goal but David de Gea right behind it.
:07:31. > :07:36.First-ever league meeting between these two clubs, hasn't disappointed
:07:37. > :07:39.so far. Here comes Francis, still going, Simon Francis here for
:07:40. > :07:47.Bournemouth, bringing the save from David de Gea. A rousing run and shot
:07:48. > :07:51.from the Bournemouth defender. Beaten away by the Manchester United
:07:52. > :07:56.goalkeeper for a corner. France's staying up for this one. Ritchie is
:07:57. > :08:01.the man to take it. It's thin, and it is 2-1, Josh King, beautifully
:08:02. > :08:06.worked, wonderfully executed, Bournemouth lead for the second time
:08:07. > :08:15.today. Josh King was Mac second goal of the season, unmarked, on a plate.
:08:16. > :08:23.Into the net. There was King, picked his spot, and Bournemouth lead
:08:24. > :08:28.Manchester United by 2-1, just a week after beating the champions
:08:29. > :08:32.Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. What a second-half we have got in store
:08:33. > :08:37.now, as Manchester United have to pick themselves up off the canvas
:08:38. > :08:42.for the second time in the game. A good response from them in the first
:08:43. > :08:48.half, Borthwick-Jackson can't find Martial and Harry Arter brings it
:08:49. > :08:56.away. Feeding it through. The Josh King. He's away from the United
:08:57. > :09:01.defence, away from Guillermo Varela, and it's just past the post.
:09:02. > :09:08.Manchester United rocked back on my heels, as King's ball fails to
:09:09. > :09:17.either find the far corner or find a team-mate at the far post.
:09:18. > :09:27.Ping is a tremendous ball to the far side. Only half cleared, Fellaini is
:09:28. > :09:31.there. It is scrambled away to safety and again, Manchester United
:09:32. > :09:36.coming back strongly, having conceded, and Fellaini having scored
:09:37. > :09:40.the first once more, bringing the save from Boruc. Another occasion to
:09:41. > :09:46.relish for Eddie Howe. And for Bournemouth.
:09:47. > :09:53.Tremendous ball here from Gosling. It's Murray, he's in, and it's over
:09:54. > :09:58.the top! He won't get a better chance than that between now and the
:09:59. > :10:01.final whistle. To be honest, it would be hard to see the Manchester
:10:02. > :10:05.United coming back from that, had Glenn Murray put the ball away here,
:10:06. > :10:10.and a golden opportunity goes begging. Bournemouth will feel it
:10:11. > :10:16.should be three. Murray collect will stop Blind was there. Made it look
:10:17. > :10:21.very easy as well, getting the ball back for Manchester United here. 76
:10:22. > :10:26.and a half minutes played, and Martial will chase this one. He will
:10:27. > :10:33.get to it first, brilliant feat. Goal kick. Lightning quick there,
:10:34. > :10:37.running into the penalty area, Anthony Martial, from the final
:10:38. > :10:41.shot, said sailing over the top of the crossbar. The home crowd really
:10:42. > :10:48.doing their bit to try and help to see their team over the line in this
:10:49. > :10:53.game. This is Murray. It's a famous, famous night on the south coast. The
:10:54. > :10:59.stadium shaking with excitement. Just a week after topping the
:11:00. > :11:03.champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, brilliant Bournemouth have
:11:04. > :11:07.beaten Manchester United by 2-1. I was very proud of the players again
:11:08. > :11:11.today. Whenever you play the top sides, you need every top side --
:11:12. > :11:16.every part of your game to be good and we were. In a defensive position
:11:17. > :11:20.our shape was good and we nullified their threats and we could have won
:11:21. > :11:24.buy more. Less than two minutes and you must have thought it could be a
:11:25. > :11:31.long afternoon. Yes, but there is 89 minutes we have the time to equalise
:11:32. > :11:35.and win this game and we showed that character, I believe, that I have
:11:36. > :11:40.also said to the players after the match, because I like their
:11:41. > :11:44.attitude. The commitment is very high will stop that is in my opinion
:11:45. > :11:47.the most important thing. Talk me through the winning goal. To be
:11:48. > :11:52.honest it's the first time I scored it. I've been practising in training
:11:53. > :11:55.and I'm glad it went in today. It's good to score against your old club
:11:56. > :12:00.which you've spent five years playing football and didn't make my
:12:01. > :12:05.mark on the first team. Having done the manager -- having met the
:12:06. > :12:09.manager here, and every week. My mind has already gone on to West
:12:10. > :12:14.Brom. It's been a great week for the club. I don't think there's been a
:12:15. > :12:17.week like it. It really has come an extraordinary weekend two fabulous
:12:18. > :12:25.performances. Yes, if you want to see a team play with energy, with a
:12:26. > :12:27.worth X -- work ethic and desire, added with quality, you watch
:12:28. > :12:30.Bournemouth. Today, it was an all-round performance. The start of
:12:31. > :12:34.the show was a former team-mate of mine, Josh King, who has developed
:12:35. > :12:38.in the two years I've known him. He hasn't played this role before. He's
:12:39. > :12:42.normally been a winger in years gone by but with the loss of Callum
:12:43. > :12:46.Wilson, and today, from minute one, he was determined to show a lot of
:12:47. > :12:53.the young lads in the United defence that he was stronger than them,
:12:54. > :12:55.cricket and then, he had more desire. Every aspect of his plague
:12:56. > :12:59.was there today, the hold-up, which is crucial when you are on your own,
:13:00. > :13:04.look at his work ethic. There was ten others on the pitch just as good
:13:05. > :13:07.as him in terms of their effort, but he had been added quality and an
:13:08. > :13:12.product to his game today. This is a good ball in for Ritchie and all day
:13:13. > :13:18.he was going at people. You can see the confidence in the last couple of
:13:19. > :13:22.games have given him, this is the winning goal. Look how strong he is,
:13:23. > :13:28.he throws Blind Watts. He doesn't lash out, as I is calm finish, side
:13:29. > :13:32.foot, nutmegs here, the confidence, back on his right foot and a cheeky
:13:33. > :13:35.effort with the chip. A great day for him, always nice to score
:13:36. > :13:42.against your old club. He deserves the credit today.
:13:43. > :13:48.and a rotten week for Manchester United. I am reluctant to say
:13:49. > :13:51.anything other than praise Bournemouth for the week they have
:13:52. > :13:57.had, beating Chelsea, beating Manchester United. I know Man United
:13:58. > :14:00.had injuries, but if there is wanting to complain about injuries
:14:01. > :14:07.and do not, it is Bournemouth. Tyrone Mings, can Callum Wilson, all
:14:08. > :14:10.big players, record signings for Bournemouth, and the one obvious
:14:11. > :14:16.thing that was standing out today for United was lack of leadership,
:14:17. > :14:21.lack of organisation, particularly from set pieces, which they conceded
:14:22. > :14:25.goals from. The first goal, very good ball in, plenty of web on it,
:14:26. > :14:36.the wind might have helped a little bit, -- whip. He is trying to push
:14:37. > :14:42.the player out of the way, rather than concentrating on the ball. Look
:14:43. > :14:45.at this brilliant set piece, what is Mata doing? He has got to be in the
:14:46. > :14:52.six yard box to block the space, and watch how easily King pushes Blind
:14:53. > :14:56.off. I want that bought more than you, watching shove him off, it
:14:57. > :15:00.works perfectly for Bournemouth, brilliant from their point of view,
:15:01. > :15:06.but for Manchester United, the same thing again, Mata, what is he doing?
:15:07. > :15:13.Come ten yards further back, then you might affected. Blind, an
:15:14. > :15:19.absolute sitter, seven yards out, six yards out, a free effort on
:15:20. > :15:24.goal, that cannot happen, any team, let alone Manchester United. They
:15:25. > :15:27.have got experienced players, no-one is prepared to shout and scream and
:15:28. > :15:32.pull each other around to get into positions, that is what was missing.
:15:33. > :15:37.In the modern game, it seems to me, the way it has evolved is about
:15:38. > :15:42.pressing, energy, short passing, triangles, lots of space, quick
:15:43. > :15:46.tempo, everything that Manchester United do not do, is that an fair?
:15:47. > :15:51.Not really. One player who did give a bit of end product today and cut
:15:52. > :15:55.Bournemouth open was Michael Carrick. He does not seem to play in
:15:56. > :15:59.the bigger games, for some reason, and even though we talked about the
:16:00. > :16:04.injuries, on the bench is Ashley Young, international who has played
:16:05. > :16:08.at full-back, Phil Jones has played for his country, Schneider, and
:16:09. > :16:15.instead of that he has put in inexperienced kids who are not that
:16:16. > :16:19.good, if I am honest. Does never changed, little triangles, passing,
:16:20. > :16:25.even if you are a kid - it is still the basics, you have got to do the
:16:26. > :16:28.basics well. It should come from the coach, though, shouldn't it?
:16:29. > :16:35.Everything comes from the coach, the way you start and finish. Is he
:16:36. > :16:38.still the right man for the job? Given the chance and the amount of
:16:39. > :16:40.money he has been given, he has got a chance to turn it around.
:16:41. > :16:44.Alan Curtis took charge of Swansea for their trip to Manchester City
:16:45. > :16:45.following the sacking of Garry Monk on Wednesday.
:16:46. > :16:48.City were looking to bounce back from last week's defeat at Stoke.
:16:49. > :16:54.Steve Bower was at the Eithad Stadium.
:16:55. > :17:00.After a turbulent week, the task of steadying the Swansea ship falls on
:17:01. > :17:05.the man with a 40 year association, Alan Curtis's immediate challenge is
:17:06. > :17:09.to prevent Manchester City returning to the top of the Premier League.
:17:10. > :17:14.Manuel Pellegrini includes former Swansea striker Wilfried Bony from
:17:15. > :17:17.the start, Kevin de Bruyne is amongst the substitutes, so we
:17:18. > :17:22.recall for Jesus Navas, and a first league action since April for Kyle
:17:23. > :17:28.Clichy, who makes his 100th Premier League appearance for City. -- Gael
:17:29. > :17:36.Clichy. Three changes from the team that lost to Leicester, income Cork
:17:37. > :17:40.and Hernandez and angle wrangle, who played with the former Swansea
:17:41. > :17:46.manager. Jonjo Shelvey is still unavailable due to a calf problem.
:17:47. > :17:50.Swansea back word their Premier League life began, a fixture at the
:17:51. > :18:00.Etihad Stadium to play their first game without Garry Monk.
:18:01. > :18:07.A first chance for Swansea to try and attack, and Ramage has got in,
:18:08. > :18:11.and it needed Joe Hart's legs to make the save. Inside five minutes,
:18:12. > :18:16.the first time that Swansea have been anywhere near the Manchester
:18:17. > :18:20.City penalty area, fantastically worked, Routledge copyright side of
:18:21. > :18:28.Otamendi, but Joe Hart had read the situation and was equal to it. That
:18:29. > :18:32.got the right side. He has warned that Manchester City's concentration
:18:33. > :18:38.levels must be maintained today, just two wins in their last six
:18:39. > :18:45.league matches. Just for a split-second, Silva had lost his
:18:46. > :18:51.man, which is always a concern into Bony, disappointing with the
:18:52. > :19:01.connection, 25 Premier League goals for Swansea. Swansea do not allow
:19:02. > :19:06.David Silva time and space. That is towards Routledge, can he pick the
:19:07. > :19:10.pass? He can, and another save from Joe Hart to deny Sigurdsson. Twice
:19:11. > :19:15.Wayne Routledge has got in behind the Manchester City in the first 15
:19:16. > :19:20.minutes, add the awareness to find a Sigurdsson, and Joe Hart was
:19:21. > :19:23.required. What a week it has been for Huw Jenkins, reluctantly
:19:24. > :19:26.relieving Garry Monk of his duties, having received the OBE for his
:19:27. > :19:34.services to Welsh football, and now he has a big decision to make to try
:19:35. > :19:39.and appoint a new permanent manager before their next game at the
:19:40. > :19:47.Liberty Stadium against West Ham. Bony, Silva, quickly out to Jesus
:19:48. > :19:51.Navas. He shoots, off the head of Ashley Williams, Manchester City's
:19:52. > :19:59.first corner of the game, it has taken them 25 minutes. Nice little
:20:00. > :20:04.turn inside from Navas. Ashley Williams very much in the right
:20:05. > :20:11.place at the right time. Navas himself to deliver the corner. It is
:20:12. > :20:20.an inviting one too, Bony! He has done it again. Against his former
:20:21. > :20:25.club, to settle Manchester City down after all their organisation of the
:20:26. > :20:28.first 25 minutes, Swansea switched off, and it was there for Wilfried
:20:29. > :20:35.Bony to attack, and he couldn't miss. His seventh goal of the season
:20:36. > :20:45.for City, his third in the Premier League, his old club are behind.
:20:46. > :20:50.Manchester City 1, Swansea is a 0. -- Swansea City. The first real
:20:51. > :20:52.threat of the day has resulted in a goal, Swansea will be frustrated
:20:53. > :21:00.with the manner in which they have conceded that.
:21:01. > :21:11.And his departure was sorely felt in south Wales last January. That was a
:21:12. > :21:23.foul by Clichy on Angel Rangel. Suffice to say, Clichy arrived late.
:21:24. > :21:29.In from Sigurdsson. The St John's, Ayew, Swansea's top goal-scorer. --
:21:30. > :21:47.decent chance. He could not find the target.
:21:48. > :21:56.Sigurdsson, it might still come to him, but Joe Hart denied him. He got
:21:57. > :22:03.the run of the ball there, Gylfi Sigurdsson, and he didn't give this
:22:04. > :22:09.up. That was intended for Ayew, came back into his path, squeezed it
:22:10. > :22:12.passed Joe Hart at his near post. Still no Vincent Kompany, just to
:22:13. > :22:21.underline his importance to the Manchester City cause, he has played
:22:22. > :22:28.eight league games this season, and the City have conceded 15 when he
:22:29. > :22:38.has been missing. A high foot from Sagna. Wayne Routledge was caught.
:22:39. > :22:49.Yellow card for Sagna for the challenge. This is why. That was
:22:50. > :22:54.high. Gylfi Sigurdsson. Free kick for Swansea to try and test Joe
:22:55. > :22:59.Hart, it did test Joe Hart. The Manchester City goalkeeper equal to
:23:00. > :23:03.it. A really good drive from Sigurdsson, you can see there Howard
:23:04. > :23:08.moved in the air, and Joe Hart having to readjust himself, did
:23:09. > :23:14.really well to get two hands to that. -- how it moved in the air.
:23:15. > :23:29.Five and a half minutes remaining. Through two Gomis. -- to Gomis. It
:23:30. > :23:33.has just run away from him, really good improvisation from Joe Hart, it
:23:34. > :23:37.will not count because of the foul on the Manchester City goalkeeper.
:23:38. > :23:43.The whistle had gone, he had to be big and brave, Joe Hart. Just for a
:23:44. > :23:48.split second, it looked as though Gomis was in, Sigurdsson's ball, no
:23:49. > :23:54.question that he was offside, just ran away from him, and then in came
:23:55. > :23:55.Hart brilliantly. Fairly busy today, Joe Hart, still has his clean sheet
:23:56. > :24:13.intact. One minute of the 90. That is towards Gomis, age and is,
:24:14. > :24:18.Bafetimbi Gomis! -- a chance. For Swansea, in the last minute of the
:24:19. > :24:25.92 level it up! Ten Premier League games without a goal, and that one
:24:26. > :24:28.might just have got a point for Alan Curtis and Swansea, and you have to
:24:29. > :24:33.say that is nothing more than they deserve. Left out of the starting
:24:34. > :24:38.line-up today, on as a substitute and on with a goal, perfectly
:24:39. > :24:42.weighted pass, beautifully timed run, and what about the finish! He
:24:43. > :24:54.thumped that passed Joe Hart at his near post, sheer power from Gomis.
:24:55. > :24:58.Manchester City 1, Swansea City 1. Manchester City only have four added
:24:59. > :25:17.minutes to try to rescue this. Forward from Mangala. Taylor.
:25:18. > :25:28.Deflected, oh, it is cruel! Manchester City have hit back in
:25:29. > :25:35.stoppage time. They will take that slice of luck. Watch this effort
:25:36. > :25:40.from Yaya Toure, it loops over Fabianski. That is what diverted it
:25:41. > :25:47.away from the Swansea goalkeeper, and it was off is own player, the
:25:48. > :25:50.back of Iheanacho. That took it away from Fabianski, Manuel Pellegrini
:25:51. > :25:55.and Manchester City needed that, but that looks like the goal that, for
:25:56. > :25:59.24-hour is at least, will take Manchester City back to the top of
:26:00. > :26:09.the Premier League and will break Swansea City hearts. Last minute of
:26:10. > :26:15.stoppage time, lifted in by Cork. Trying to make something of it,
:26:16. > :26:23.Rangel, deflected by Otamendi, it is still not clear. Sigurdsson, Hart
:26:24. > :26:28.again safely gathers. Relief is the overriding emotion for Manchester
:26:29. > :26:34.City, who have won it and stolen it, really, from Swansea. Manchester
:26:35. > :26:39.City 2, Swansea City 1. They be it would finish 1-0, that would be a
:26:40. > :26:46.normal game, maybe the two minutes at the end was not the way we wanted
:26:47. > :26:50.to do it. But I think the most important thing today was the three
:26:51. > :26:55.points. A big win considering we were awful, Swansea played well,
:26:56. > :27:00.difficult circumstances for them at the moment, so we definitely need to
:27:01. > :27:05.improve on today. When Bafetimbi Gomis equalised it, did you think
:27:06. > :27:10.that was that? Madness happens all the time, we are more than capable
:27:11. > :27:15.of scoring, but just a shame that sometimes we need that to come into
:27:16. > :27:20.action. I think overall we probably did create chances today, but that
:27:21. > :27:23.is the difference between teams at the top of the league and teams at
:27:24. > :27:28.the bottom. We have been struggling of late, and as I said to the
:27:29. > :27:31.players, that is the standard that we have to set between now and the
:27:32. > :27:36.end of the season, and if they can do that, we have shown everybody
:27:37. > :27:40.today that we have got a good team. Swansea played very well, to win
:27:41. > :27:43.trophies you need an element of good fortune, there to save Manchester
:27:44. > :27:50.City got a bit today. They didn't play well at all, they looked very
:27:51. > :27:53.tired, very lazy, but it was just about winning for them, particularly
:27:54. > :27:57.after last weekend, and the game in the Champions League in midweek,
:27:58. > :28:02.which is properly why they looked tired. But it was just about winning
:28:03. > :28:05.the game, and that is a great sign, if you are not playing particularly
:28:06. > :28:09.well and get the three points. Alarm bells about the way they defend,
:28:10. > :28:14.though? When you look at Swansea, and they went into the game without
:28:15. > :28:21.a real centre forward, if you like, they still caused them all sorts of
:28:22. > :28:24.problems, and City have this way of playing that they have to play
:28:25. > :28:27.offside, Mangala and Otamendi, we have got them so-called with
:28:28. > :28:33.Routledge, holding the line, brilliant ball, good run, very good
:28:34. > :28:37.save from Joe Hart. Again, trying to plate of side, no pressure on the
:28:38. > :28:43.ball, brilliant run from Routledge. -- trying to play offside. Look at
:28:44. > :28:48.the space Sigurdsson has got on the edge of the box, no-one is tracking
:28:49. > :28:53.him. Yes, he gets a bit of luck, trying to play offside, Joe Hart
:28:54. > :28:57.comes to the rescue. Again, no coincidence that Joe Hart got man of
:28:58. > :29:02.the match, that is going all over the place, a decent save. They bring
:29:03. > :29:07.Bafetimbi Gomis on, straight ball, running in behind, and from that
:29:08. > :29:12.position, a hell of a finish, Joe Hart should not be beaten from that
:29:13. > :29:16.angle, all his good work was going to be undone. But two minutes left,
:29:17. > :29:21.if you are going to win the title, Daniil...
:29:22. > :29:28.You do need luck at times, it comes off Iheanacho. After being beaten
:29:29. > :29:32.well at Stoke last week, sneaking the win today will feel like they've
:29:33. > :29:37.had a good week in the end, after that Stoke game. I think with City,
:29:38. > :29:40.it's a mindset more for me. They've got the quality, we've seen that,
:29:41. > :29:43.they've got the players. Sometimes they turn up at home and think they
:29:44. > :29:50.will walk over teams and you can't do that. We mentioned injuries, no
:29:51. > :29:56.Aguero, so winning games... Another casualty, Garry Monk, casualty of
:29:57. > :29:59.fear, perhaps? I thought it was very harsh, from a team and manager that
:30:00. > :30:03.weren't outside the top ten last year so I think he should have been
:30:04. > :30:09.given more time. It was harsh on him. What you will be the next boss?
:30:10. > :30:12.A lot of talk of Gus Poyet. They do come up with random ones, Swansea. I
:30:13. > :30:17.wouldn't imagine Ryan Giggs will want to go anywhere at the moment
:30:18. > :30:21.because he could be filling that seat sooner than you think at
:30:22. > :30:24.Manchester United, but David Moyes is out of work, very experienced in
:30:25. > :30:27.the Premier League, an obvious choice for me. It's a guy who has to
:30:28. > :30:41.fit into their way of playing. Bus would fit in. Crystal Palace had a
:30:42. > :30:48.1-1 draw at Everton on Monday night. A good opportunity for Crystal
:30:49. > :30:55.Palace, Wycombe threw himself at it. -- Wickham. Lukaku. Crystal Palace
:30:56. > :31:02.corner, Dann attacks it on school for Crystal Palace. Lukaku, he hit
:31:03. > :31:05.the crossbar. Lukaku, his 50th Everton goal. Palace get another
:31:06. > :31:12.point on the road, Everton one, Crystal Palace one. Palace have
:31:13. > :31:15.never beaten Southampton in the Premier League. John Roder was at
:31:16. > :31:22.Selhurst Park. Wilfried Zaha rip -- returns after
:31:23. > :31:27.suspension and replaces Jedinak, the only change in aside from Monday.
:31:28. > :31:32.Puncheon looks for his first goal this season. Top scorer Pelle is
:31:33. > :31:36.only fit enough for a place on the Southampton bench. Long starts up
:31:37. > :31:40.front. Gazzaniga makes his first appearance of the season as
:31:41. > :31:47.Stekelenburg is injured. Rashidah and Romeu also commend us Ronald
:31:48. > :31:53.Koeman makes four changes. -- also come in, as Ronald Koeman makes four
:31:54. > :32:00.changes. Away by Long, only as far as Souare. Bolasie turns it across
:32:01. > :32:07.that pace and Wickham wasn't too far away from meeting it. Bolasie, this
:32:08. > :32:11.time it's deep but it almost killed into the top corner. Gazzaniga with
:32:12. > :32:15.the save to prevent the opening goal of the afternoon. I wonder how much
:32:16. > :32:20.of a factor the wind is here, because that looked to be going well
:32:21. > :32:26.wide and then suddenly it drifts in at pace towards the goal, Gazzaniga
:32:27. > :32:32.just able to push it behind for the corner. A good period of Palace
:32:33. > :32:40.pressure. Driven back in and Gazzaniga with the save again. Look
:32:41. > :32:48.at the power here that Cabaye gets behind this shot. Gazzaniga regain
:32:49. > :32:50.in the way. Another important save. Cleared away by Gazzaniga once more.
:32:51. > :33:03.This time it's Connor Wickham. Connor Wickham still looking for his
:33:04. > :33:07.first goal in Palace colours, and he just gets there. It's a powerful
:33:08. > :33:10.header. Southampton able to scramble it clear. Three saves in quick
:33:11. > :33:24.succession from Gazzaniga. Cedric dispossessed, Bolasie. In
:33:25. > :33:35.towards Wickham. Puncheon can't get there. A little bit of room for
:33:36. > :33:38.Wilfried Zaha here. Zaha. Terrific spell of play from Crystal Palace,
:33:39. > :33:47.as they search for the opening goal of the afternoon.
:33:48. > :33:54.Monday, turns away from Souare. Long is onside and in behind the Crystal
:33:55. > :34:02.Palace defence. Does he need help? Shane Long. Marvellous breakaway
:34:03. > :34:03.from the Saints. A sterling effort, looking to place it into the top
:34:04. > :34:15.corner, beyond Hennessey. A little backheel to find Cedric.
:34:16. > :34:19.Davis is in the middle and that's a superb save from Hennessey. Driven
:34:20. > :34:25.in firmly and that was heading in until Hennessey's interception.
:34:26. > :34:31.Ronald Koeman's side have only failed to scoring one of their last
:34:32. > :34:39.ten matches. -- to score in one of the last ten matches. Away by
:34:40. > :34:49.Yoshida, Zaha, Bolasie. Goes past Scott, Cabella! -- Cabaye! A lovely
:34:50. > :34:56.move from Crystal Palace. Suspicion of but looks onside. Look at Cabaye,
:34:57. > :35:01.making the run in the middle. Nobody tracks him at all and it is on the
:35:02. > :35:06.end of Bolasie's ball in. Bolasie with a great turn of pace here to
:35:07. > :35:12.get away from fog and a little look to see who had made a run into the
:35:13. > :35:16.middle. Cabaye had. He's in so much room, look at the Crystal Palace
:35:17. > :35:17.number seven there. Palace make the breakthrough. Crystal Palace one,
:35:18. > :35:31.Southampton nil. Romeu loses out, Bolasie comes now
:35:32. > :35:36.for Palace. Wickham was the only man ahead of him. Bolasie, trailed by
:35:37. > :35:40.green shirted Southampton defenders. Bolasie is still going and it might
:35:41. > :35:46.come for Puncheon. McArthur waits in the middle. Puncheon goes for goal
:35:47. > :35:49.himself. This time in by Bolasie and Southampton were clear. You can see
:35:50. > :35:53.here Bolasie having a couple of opportunities to perhaps release the
:35:54. > :35:59.ball into his team-mate there. Connor Wickham. Wickham couldn't get
:36:00. > :36:03.on the end of the cross and Palace couldn't make anything of the
:36:04. > :36:11.follow-up. Southampton got bodies back in numbers.
:36:12. > :36:19.Romeu, a little casual. Cabaye nips in. This is Zaha. Wickham makes a
:36:20. > :36:27.run through the middle. Zaha might not need it, still Wilfried Zaha. In
:36:28. > :36:34.the end the block was made by Fonte. And Zaha, back to make the covering
:36:35. > :36:43.tackle. Bertram there clearly with a tug on the shirt for Zaha. --
:36:44. > :36:51.Bertrams. Sometimes need to keep it tight at the back. Bolasie, he is
:36:52. > :36:56.searching through here, -- surging through here, trying to put it back
:36:57. > :37:02.for the half. A terrific chance to double Crystal Palace's advantage.
:37:03. > :37:06.Wonderful run from Bolasie. He set up the opening goal and almost set a
:37:07. > :37:20.goal number two as well. Well taken by Wickham. A super stop
:37:21. > :37:24.from Gazzaniga. Still, Connor Wickham cannot find his first goal
:37:25. > :37:30.for Crystal Palace. A lovely piece of control here from the striker.
:37:31. > :37:35.One touch to control, and one touch to fire it towards the Southampton
:37:36. > :37:43.goal. Gazzaniga across to make the save. At the expense of a corner.
:37:44. > :37:51.Two and a half minutes remaining, plus additional time. It might drop
:37:52. > :38:01.here for Bolasie, Gazzaniga with a one-handed save Wood save. How did
:38:02. > :38:05.he keep that out? How -- Southampton able to clear. That would surely
:38:06. > :38:11.have confirmed all three points for Crystal Palace, had it found its way
:38:12. > :38:17.into the Southampton goal. Wanyama, under pressure from Wickham, who
:38:18. > :38:25.robs it but fails. It's a wonder. From Gazzaniga to deny Bolasie. --
:38:26. > :38:33.it's a wonderful save from Gazzaniga. Forward by Fonte. Here is
:38:34. > :38:38.Long now and the save from Hennessey. That has won the match,
:38:39. > :38:41.surely, for Crystal Palace. In the last few seconds Long was through
:38:42. > :38:49.with the opportunity to equalise. Southampton so close. We have done
:38:50. > :38:57.the job. We played well. Especially at the end. We stayed in a good
:38:58. > :39:03.shape to keep the result and those three points are very important for
:39:04. > :39:07.us. In the second half we had the better team, the dominant team, and
:39:08. > :39:13.we had the best chances and of course Gazzaniga did some good
:39:14. > :39:18.saves. But arguably the best saves of the game came from Palace's
:39:19. > :39:26.Hennessey. In the last second, the one against Shane Long, he solved
:39:27. > :39:30.the problem and if not it is 1-1, and that was, I think, the deserved
:39:31. > :39:37.result today for both teams. And after the game I spoke to Alan
:39:38. > :39:42.Pardew. Allen, and victory, a hard-fought one as well. Yes, it was
:39:43. > :39:46.tough game today, Gary. Southampton really applied themselves well. I
:39:47. > :39:50.thought we just edged in certain areas, particularly the first half.
:39:51. > :39:54.We deserved the lead. In the second half, a lot more even but we held
:39:55. > :40:00.out. You are coming up against the Southampton team who play a certain
:40:01. > :40:04.way at the back. What was your game plan? We weren't expecting to play
:40:05. > :40:08.three at the back today. They have done it on occasion. We were caught
:40:09. > :40:12.out by Sunderland with that system and we learned from that. We were
:40:13. > :40:17.terrific today, particularly our wide players, who did a great shift
:40:18. > :40:21.for us, Puncheon and Zaha. Zaha, plays for his offensive play but it
:40:22. > :40:24.was his defensive qualities that were brilliant for us. The
:40:25. > :40:29.difference between the two sides was a masterclass in midfield from
:40:30. > :40:33.Cabaye. He showed every reason for all the pennies we spent to bring in
:40:34. > :40:37.here. He was terrific. He got in the six yard box to score the only goal
:40:38. > :40:41.of the game. Yes, tactically he was not meant to be there. I said to him
:40:42. > :40:46.at half-time, don't be doing that, it was a big mistake! That's what
:40:47. > :40:50.great players can do. They can come out of their own little box, that
:40:51. > :40:55.tactical formula that I give them to create something. He has to take
:40:56. > :41:00.great credit for that. Understanding that was a moment he could do that.
:41:01. > :41:04.You are in the top six. How far can you take coastal Palace? I don't
:41:05. > :41:09.know. In this calendar year we have been up there. I think we were six
:41:10. > :41:15.or seventh after ten games, six after 16, soap we keep getting that
:41:16. > :41:19.consistency and we have enough experience in the team to make a
:41:20. > :41:23.charge for Europe. But there's some very good teams in this league we
:41:24. > :41:28.are one of them. What sets us apart a little bit is the really strong
:41:29. > :41:34.spirit we have in the dressing room. If we can keep that together we will
:41:35. > :41:38.have a chance. Good spirit, tactical mouse, set up today, Southampton
:41:39. > :41:42.came out with a different approach, didn't they? In many ways you
:41:43. > :41:47.thought it culminated in the goal? It did, but firstly, Palace have
:41:48. > :41:54.come so far in such a short space of time, Pardew deserves great credit.
:41:55. > :41:58.The reason they have that edge is those two wideboys. Terrific again.
:41:59. > :42:01.Southampton set up with a 3-5- two today because they haven't had good
:42:02. > :42:06.results recently. Here we see the three, the five and the two, and the
:42:07. > :42:10.goal caused the problem. Sometimes when you change formations to
:42:11. > :42:14.regularly players get confused. Yoshida rad Bertrams, they are yard
:42:15. > :42:17.apart, a little bit of communication, don't both need to be
:42:18. > :42:23.there and it means they have the space for Bolasie's pace to get down
:42:24. > :42:26.the outside of Fonte. Can they get back and in shape? They should be
:42:27. > :42:30.able to, they have numbers there. Romeu doesn't see Cabaye, it doesn't
:42:31. > :42:34.matter what formation you play if you don't see him and that means
:42:35. > :42:39.Virgil van Dijk gets dragged across because of the first error from the
:42:40. > :42:42.centre-half and it's unfamiliar. The right back, Cedric, if you are
:42:43. > :42:47.playing right back you are in their covering, maybe he's in the mindset
:42:48. > :42:51.of a wing back, to hire bad, but get back. Sometimes when you change the
:42:52. > :42:55.formation it can cause you to... Maybe they heard that Alan Pardew
:42:56. > :42:59.doesn't want to get in the box! We saw the terrific goalkeeping in that
:43:00. > :43:03.game. Hennessey in particular rates outstanding saves of late. He didn't
:43:04. > :43:06.play the first six games but he's been an ever present since and
:43:07. > :43:14.without doubt he played his part on Monday evening. A great save here,
:43:15. > :43:18.nail -- 0-0, second half from Cleverley, that was a fingertip
:43:19. > :43:22.save, superb, flying in the back of the net but for the goalkeeper. Wait
:43:23. > :43:27.until you see the next one here if you thought that was good, from
:43:28. > :43:33.Davis. A great boring, brilliant header, superb. Again, 0-0, so vital
:43:34. > :43:38.timing. Brilliant, how he can get such a strong hand to tip it over,
:43:39. > :43:43.last minute, saves his team three points here, makes himself big,
:43:44. > :43:47.covers the goal and gets it, top drawer. Let's hope he gets all his
:43:48. > :43:52.good saves between now and the end of the season because England will
:43:53. > :43:56.play Wales in the summer. He is of course the goalkeeper. Southampton,
:43:57. > :44:01.four games without a win. It's not happening at the moment? A bit of
:44:02. > :44:04.luck and I thought they played OK today. The last season they set
:44:05. > :44:07.themselves such high standards, some of the players have got a bit but
:44:08. > :44:11.performance wise today, Ronald Koeman will be more than pleased.
:44:12. > :44:20.Three games on Match of the Day 2 - you better believe it.
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:45:26. > :45:28.Next week?! Hadn't read anything about it!
:45:29. > :45:31.Second from bottom Sunderland faced a Watford side who began the day
:45:32. > :45:34.in the top half of the table after four wins in their last six games.
:45:35. > :45:40.Your commentator at the Stadium of Light was Guy Mowbray.
:45:41. > :45:45.He is Sunderland's head boy at the moment, and after claiming his
:45:46. > :45:54.degree in economics and business management this week, back to
:45:55. > :45:57.business for the scorer against Stoke last time out. Troy Deeney is
:45:58. > :46:05.clearly relishing his time playing at the top level. Life is good for
:46:06. > :46:17.the Watford captain. Troy Deeney trying to hold off Billy
:46:18. > :46:25.Jones, successfully done, nicely through by Nyom, and it is in! It
:46:26. > :46:30.has been squeezed in! Was it a Ighalo? It is the Watford man who
:46:31. > :46:37.will go away and celebrate and claim the glory, he certainly played a
:46:38. > :46:47.part, good running from Nyom. Who gets the decisive touch? It is
:46:48. > :46:58.Ighalo's goal. A real poacher's instinct although, although...
:46:59. > :47:16.Beaten at the post, it is Sunderland 0, Watford 1.
:47:17. > :47:25.Great work from Ighalo, off the line! That is stopped by Pantilimon,
:47:26. > :47:29.and he hits the post! The Hornets are swarming all over Sunderland.
:47:30. > :47:38.And Ighalo has started the game absolutely magnificently. What a
:47:39. > :47:42.stop that was, first from quiet as, then Pantilimon, and we know, with
:47:43. > :47:48.the goal-line technology, that it did not cross the line watch that
:47:49. > :48:01.man carefully, Sunderland cannot contain them at the moment.
:48:02. > :48:08.Borini does it by himself and very nearly finished it by himself! Still
:48:09. > :48:13.looking for his first Sunderland goal since returning to the club
:48:14. > :48:17.from Liverpool. That is about as close as he has come. Sam Allardyce
:48:18. > :48:21.has seen enough, he is going to make a change already with Jack Rodwell
:48:22. > :48:27.ready to come on. You would think it might be a change to the flat back
:48:28. > :48:32.four maybe. The right wingback is coming off, Jack Rodwell, a central
:48:33. > :48:36.midfielder, is on. I think that might mean Billy Jones to write
:48:37. > :48:43.back, Coates and O'Shea in the middle. -- right back. Fletcher was
:48:44. > :48:49.trying to centre down to Watmore, but he has to go back into his own
:48:50. > :48:56.half, he is dispossessed. Beaten clear to Deeney. The ball has run
:48:57. > :49:05.out. Deeney waited and wondered just too long.
:49:06. > :49:15.He is close to curling that away from Costel Pantilimon. Sunderland
:49:16. > :49:22.have not won a home game after conceding first for four years. He
:49:23. > :49:23.tapped the ball back to Sunderland! And Nyom has caught Watmore this
:49:24. > :49:41.time. Yann M'Vila free kick, headed
:49:42. > :49:53.towards his own goal! That had to be saved by Gomes.
:49:54. > :50:07.O'Shea, M'Vila, Johnson gets it through to De Voux, who is offside.
:50:08. > :50:12.It won't count. -- Defoe. He finished it, as you would always
:50:13. > :50:19.expect him to, but the flag was up straightaway, Sunderland close to
:50:20. > :50:27.getting it right. What a job the Spaniard is doing as Watford boss.
:50:28. > :50:37.Watmore goes for goal! Sizzling effort. He ordered Rodwell out of
:50:38. > :50:46.his way before letting fly, just too much curl on it.
:50:47. > :50:54.He took a bit of the ball and some of Johnson. He has two to aim for
:50:55. > :51:01.here, Coates had to get it and didn't. Pantilimon comes out to meet
:51:02. > :51:07.Ighalo and to block. He keeps Sunderland in the game. He has also
:51:08. > :51:26.spared Coates's blushes. What a save by Gomes! That was the
:51:27. > :51:30.one for Sunderland, Jermain Defoe was waiting for the right moment, he
:51:31. > :51:38.got it, and many people in the ground thought that he had
:51:39. > :51:44.equalised. M'Vila did keep it in, not a good cross, though, and here
:51:45. > :51:55.go Watford. Ighalo will try to do it by himself. Some excellent sprinting
:51:56. > :52:00.back from Coates. He has had two excellent opportunities to make sure
:52:01. > :52:07.this is won once and for all for Watford. Johnson.
:52:08. > :52:17.Van Aanholt, what a ball from Adam Johnson, it is Jermain Defoe, it is
:52:18. > :52:20.wide! It is just not falling for Sunderland, it increasingly looks
:52:21. > :52:30.like being one of those days when, no matter how hard they try, it just
:52:31. > :52:38.will not go in. M'Vila. Four in the box for him. Help Don, here is
:52:39. > :52:46.Johnson. -- helped on. Another one flashes across. Defoe got out of
:52:47. > :52:51.Johnson's way, and that was one of those that every so often does blast
:52:52. > :53:01.into the back of the net. Not today, though, the story of Sunderland's
:53:02. > :53:07.day. Here is M'Vila, up towards Toivonen, Gomes with the block, and
:53:08. > :53:14.he hammers it away, the chances keep on coming, and Watford stand
:53:15. > :53:17.resolutely strong. For us, it was an amazing win, I think we started
:53:18. > :53:26.really, really well, the first 25 minutes we played better with the
:53:27. > :53:32.ball, we created attempts, and finally we were like a compact team,
:53:33. > :53:37.we showed everyone that we had high quality. I should have kept my mouth
:53:38. > :53:41.shut, saying we have got goals in the team. I look at the chances
:53:42. > :53:46.against Arsenal and in the last 15 or 20 minutes today, and especially
:53:47. > :53:50.today, I am a little bit dumbfounded why we have not at least got one
:53:51. > :53:54.point on the board. We don't want to be around the bottom of the league,
:53:55. > :53:59.we want to be up as much as possible, a win today would have
:54:00. > :54:02.done that, we are very disappointed. You had your troubles at Tottenham
:54:03. > :54:05.and injuries in Germany, and it seems like you are having a second
:54:06. > :54:12.career and enjoying this more than ever. I believe a goalkeeper is like
:54:13. > :54:22.wine, yeah? And I can see that now, of course it was not the best in my
:54:23. > :54:27.career at Tottenham but, yeah, I am very happy with my performance here
:54:28. > :54:32.and with the performance of the team. I can only hope that they
:54:33. > :54:35.start going in and very quickly. January, when am I going to find a
:54:36. > :54:40.striker that scores in the Premier League? And if I do, how much will
:54:41. > :54:45.it cost? You could get Shearer, he is quite
:54:46. > :54:50.cheap! We talked in the previous games, three or five at the back,
:54:51. > :54:55.Sunderland have been playing that well for a while, it has been
:54:56. > :55:04.working, but it backfired today. Yeah, they played a 343, like Defoe,
:55:05. > :55:08.of course, and because of Watford's really good start, it became 5-4-1,
:55:09. > :55:13.and it gave Watford tremendous confidence in the beginning. They
:55:14. > :55:17.could have been three goals up. This is the front three, would you
:55:18. > :55:21.believe? This is three or four minutes into the game, Watmore,
:55:22. > :55:27.Borini, giving support to Fletcher, but it didn't happened early on.
:55:28. > :55:33.Watford are confident, good form, we know that, but it was so easy for
:55:34. > :55:36.them. Defensively, Sunderland were 1 million miles from where they were
:55:37. > :55:40.against Crystal Palace a couple of weeks ago, for example. Look at the
:55:41. > :55:44.pressure on the ball, this is at home in a game they need to win, and
:55:45. > :55:49.it is because of the formation - the players did not know where to go.
:55:50. > :55:56.This is a midfield four and a back five, scared of the early goal they
:55:57. > :56:00.did not want to concede anymore. What you do as an opposing player,
:56:01. > :56:05.you become more confident, more touches on the ball, they and were
:56:06. > :56:09.fortunate to be only one goal down. Four midfield players, five
:56:10. > :56:13.defenders, in their own half in a home game. Against Watford, no
:56:14. > :56:17.disrespect, they should be looking to be on their front foot. Where is
:56:18. > :56:23.Watmore? He should be saying, push on, going higher, they are playing
:56:24. > :56:25.with two left backs, it is bizarre. But Sam Allardyce being the
:56:26. > :56:31.experienced man he is coming he saw this happening, great skill from
:56:32. > :56:37.Ighalo. Somehow, they get it away and stay in the game. He smashes the
:56:38. > :56:41.ball against the post, and big Sam made the change 20 minutes in,
:56:42. > :56:46.seconds after they got a foot hold in the game, Defoe comes on, what a
:56:47. > :56:51.save from Gomes. This one, you cannot believe this doesn't go in,
:56:52. > :56:56.brilliant management from Sam to recognise the mistake, bring Rodwell
:56:57. > :56:59.on, change the formation, 4-3-3, back in the game, they could have
:57:00. > :57:05.nicked the draw in the second half. And other goal for Ighalo, ten this
:57:06. > :57:11.season, what an effort. Three at the back, four, five at the back, as
:57:12. > :57:18.Sunderland tried today, the form these two are in, Deeney and Ighalo,
:57:19. > :57:23.so brave of Watford, one of the few teams that... Look at this skill, he
:57:24. > :57:26.sends O'Shea for an ice cream, see you later! Brilliant, the way he
:57:27. > :57:32.pulls them left and right, look at them, great skill to look at. Three
:57:33. > :57:37.times he did that in that particular game. This time against Billy Jones,
:57:38. > :57:41.he goes the opposite way, right onto his left foot. The last couple of
:57:42. > :57:48.minutes, Adam Johnson, thanks very much, see you later! Lucky not to
:57:49. > :57:53.get a goal. Ran out of ice cream! So brave, the way Watford are playing
:57:54. > :57:58.with two upfront, and they are rewarded, 25 points already. Three
:57:59. > :58:03.successive wins, first time in the Premier League. They worked their
:58:04. > :58:08.socks off as a team, and when you consider the turnover of players in
:58:09. > :58:09.the summer, add standing. -- outstanding.
:58:10. > :58:12.Goal difference alone was keeping Norwich out of the bottom three
:58:13. > :58:15.The visitors arrived at Carrow Road unbeaten in five.
:58:16. > :58:30.A surprise call-up last week for Declan Rudd, he retains his place in
:58:31. > :58:36.the Norwich starting XI, and Alex Neil has strengthened the spine of
:58:37. > :58:40.the side as Jerome and Hoolahan return. Leighton Baines is recalled
:58:41. > :58:44.at left back for his first start of the season after his ankle injury,
:58:45. > :58:45.goal machine Romelu Lukaku aims to score in his sixth successive
:58:46. > :59:01.Premier League match. Oh, loose, O'Neill could not gather
:59:02. > :59:09.it, and it is Cleverley for Everton. Deulofeu bringing Olsson infield. He
:59:10. > :59:12.finds Kone, and it goes behind by Russell Martin, his initial error,
:59:13. > :59:18.he made up for that, but evidently will have a corner. Someone selling
:59:19. > :59:24.those hats has done a bit of business today, haven't they?!
:59:25. > :59:31.Everton can come again. If stones can keep it in. Also the way, only
:59:32. > :59:37.as far as Deulofeu. Poor defending this, from Norwich. A lovely cross.
:59:38. > :59:44.Lukaku could not miss. The goal machine adds another to his
:59:45. > :59:48.impressive Everton tally. 51 for him, now. He has scored in each of
:59:49. > :59:52.its last six Premier League games. I wonder if Jamie Vardy's recently
:59:53. > :59:57.established record might be under threat from the Belgian. Shoddy
:59:58. > :00:01.defending from Norwich. Several poor clearances along the way.
:00:02. > :00:06.Eventually, it's a wonderful ball in from Deulofeu. Lukaku clearly
:00:07. > :00:13.onside. From a tight angle, just guided it into a gaping net. Norwich
:00:14. > :00:16.behind inside 15 minutes. Romelu Lukaku the scorer. Norwich nil,
:00:17. > :00:29.Everton one. Clever from Lukaku. Now he has
:00:30. > :00:34.released Kone, out comes Rudd. A vital save. That was brilliant from
:00:35. > :00:40.the rookie goalkeeper, who spread himself and makes a very important
:00:41. > :00:48.save. Stones, 30 minutes gone. Everton looking very comfortable.
:00:49. > :00:55.Coleman finds Cleverley all too easily and Lukaku with the -- in
:00:56. > :01:02.again. He is human after all. Another let off for Norwich.
:01:03. > :01:07.Terrible defending. It hits Lukaku at the back post. You would put your
:01:08. > :01:14.house on him scoring that, wouldn't you?
:01:15. > :01:22.Stones now playing on the right wing. Deulofeu, who is the right
:01:23. > :01:27.wing for Coleman, Lukaku has taken up a great position. There he is, he
:01:28. > :01:32.has missed it again. It's Baines, against the angle of the crossbar on
:01:33. > :01:38.the post. And Norwich make a mess of it again. Well, how on earth is it
:01:39. > :01:42.still just the one goal to nil that evidently this? The goal machine
:01:43. > :01:46.Lukaku made a mess of it. Baines thought he had made up for it.
:01:47. > :01:53.Smacks against the post, was but completely beaten. -- with Declan
:01:54. > :01:58.Rudd completely beaten. Kone has made Martin make an error. Out road
:01:59. > :02:10.again and for the second time today, Declan Rudd comes to the rescue. --
:02:11. > :02:19.out for Declan Rudd again. Here, that the game, with Lukaku. -- here
:02:20. > :02:24.come Everton again, with Lukaku. Lining one up and putting it wide.
:02:25. > :02:27.Listen to this that Carrow Road, boos echoing around the stadium for
:02:28. > :02:33.this sloppy, shoddy performance that Norwich have put in so far.
:02:34. > :02:48.In steps Funes Mori. Now Barkley, it is two against two here, Barkley
:02:49. > :02:53.with Lukaku. Faced by Bassong. Just wide again from Lukaku. How many
:02:54. > :02:56.goals could he have scored in this first half best remark step inside
:02:57. > :03:03.Bassong and looks to curl it using the defender is the shield, doesn't
:03:04. > :03:06.get a clear view of it. A second goal will not come for Martinez and
:03:07. > :03:16.Everton. Jerome is too strong for Stones.
:03:17. > :03:21.Baines has the clear. That's just the start that Norwich City would
:03:22. > :03:24.have been looking for. Getting the supporters excited again. Strength
:03:25. > :03:30.there from Jerome. Norwich actually ahead on the corner count. Robbie
:03:31. > :03:35.Brady with their third of the game. Howard couldn't get to it and he has
:03:36. > :03:40.cleared off the line, no, it is in now! Norwich City have equalised.
:03:41. > :03:44.It's a scrappy, scrappy goal. Wes Hoolahan, I think it was, who forced
:03:45. > :03:48.it over the line. Barkley tried to keep it off the line but Hoolahan
:03:49. > :03:54.and Norwich were not to be denied. Just the start Alex Neil wanted to
:03:55. > :04:06.the second half. There is Bennett's header, Barkley initially successful
:04:07. > :04:10.but Hoolahan on hand to force it steer it over the line. Howard got a
:04:11. > :04:12.touch on the header as well. For all their dominance and the woeful play
:04:13. > :04:15.that Norwich produced in the first 45, 46 minutes into the game we are
:04:16. > :04:20.all square. Norwich one, Everton one. It goes without saying that
:04:21. > :04:24.Norwich have to hold onto this scoreline for a while. They can't
:04:25. > :04:32.afford to allow Everton to restore their lead swiftly. A clever ball
:04:33. > :04:37.for Russell Martin, who is in behind Mirallas and has found across.
:04:38. > :04:43.Jerome, oh my word, what I miss by Cameron Jerome! Well, that is worse
:04:44. > :04:48.than one Romelu Lukaku missed in the first half. Jerome involved. It's a
:04:49. > :04:50.lovely pass here for Russell. Hoolahan kept it moving with a
:04:51. > :05:03.delicious backheel and Jerome somehow clears the crossbar.
:05:04. > :05:13.Into the feet of Barry, a good safe by Declan Rudd. Mirallas.
:05:14. > :05:24.O'Neill hasn't cleared it. He still hasn't got it away fully. And Baines
:05:25. > :05:30.has given it away cheaply to Brady and suddenly, Norwich on the search
:05:31. > :05:36.again. He is looking for Jerome Valcke Funes Mori just gets enough
:05:37. > :05:40.on it back to his goalkeeper. Some very important saves the day by
:05:41. > :05:46.Declan Rudd. Gareth Barry thought he was finding the goal for Everton. It
:05:47. > :05:50.could have been two at half-time, the fact it wasn't gave us an
:05:51. > :05:54.opportunity to get back into the game. It's all right of an
:05:55. > :05:58.opportunity, -- it's all right of an opportunity, you have to take it. We
:05:59. > :06:03.did and it put us on the front foot. As the game wore on big Webber we
:06:04. > :06:07.became more confident. Our performance was hunting and it will
:06:08. > :06:10.be difficult to explain the result, ending up with a scoreline drawer.
:06:11. > :06:16.That's what we need to make sure that we look into ourselves, take
:06:17. > :06:22.any excuses, we want to become better and we are close to becoming
:06:23. > :06:26.a good team. Being a Norwich lad and playing for my hometown is a big
:06:27. > :06:30.thing and I want to make sure that I get in there and do what I'm capable
:06:31. > :06:33.of. When you get a chance to make a save, you need to make it. Have you
:06:34. > :06:42.set yourself a personal goal of number of goals in the last Everton
:06:43. > :06:46.striker to score 20 or more is Gary Lineker? A great player! You've got
:06:47. > :06:52.to say that! I know, I just want to keep going and work as hard as I can
:06:53. > :06:57.every single day and keep my hands on the ground and see where I go. 20
:06:58. > :07:03.league goals, I think you will find it will be 30! It must be the black
:07:04. > :07:08.and white era! In an attempt to avoid an obvious football cliche,
:07:09. > :07:12.can we say it's a game of contrasting halves? Absolutely, I
:07:13. > :07:17.like the look of Everton. They have a good side in Stones, Coleman,
:07:18. > :07:20.Baines, Barkley, Deulofeu, but we sat here two weeks ago and Danny
:07:21. > :07:25.said they need to be more ruthless against Bournemouth and it was the
:07:26. > :07:29.same today. There were chances in the first half. They got their goal
:07:30. > :07:34.and on about exaggerating in saying there should have been four. That is
:07:35. > :07:40.a brilliant ball, get on the end of that, Lukaku aren't Deulofeu. They
:07:41. > :07:44.got their goal, Kone, 111, score. They will regret this in a minute,
:07:45. > :07:50.if they don't take these chances. -- one on one. A great ball in, Lukaku,
:07:51. > :07:58.should put it in. Another good ball from Coleman. He doesn't quite go
:07:59. > :08:03.but hits the post, Leighton Baines. They are going to get punished here.
:08:04. > :08:08.Kone again, one-on-one, he has a look at the goalkeeper, might get
:08:09. > :08:16.clattered. It was never-ending, Gary. Lukaku should hit the tar
:08:17. > :08:23.target. After the break, this happens. A good ball in, scramble,
:08:24. > :08:28.and Hoolahan sticks it away. And in the end Norwich could have gone on
:08:29. > :08:34.and won it but for better finishing from Cameron Jerome. It was sitter.
:08:35. > :08:40.I don't know how he misses that. That game should have been all over
:08:41. > :08:45.before half-time from Everton. Is porous Norwich were, they deserve
:08:46. > :08:50.credit for hanging on in there. A lot,. Brood off by their fans, to
:08:51. > :08:53.come out and play with courage after that, credit due, very much so. An
:08:54. > :08:55.important point. It's five games without
:08:56. > :08:58.a win for West Ham. They faced a Stoke side whose 2-0
:08:59. > :09:00.victory over Manchester City last week was their sixth clean
:09:01. > :09:03.sheet in eight games. Alistair Bruce-Ball
:09:04. > :09:14.was at Upton Park. Slaven Bilic is without five key
:09:15. > :09:19.players today, Winston Reid and Victor Moses have gone down. Collins
:09:20. > :09:22.comes into defence, Antonio makes a first for nearly start since his
:09:23. > :09:25.move from Nottingham Forest. Mark Hughes has been denied the option
:09:26. > :09:30.with going with the tricky front three that caused problems last
:09:31. > :09:34.week. Shaqiri is unavailable with a thigh injury, Van Ginkel replaces
:09:35. > :09:39.him, Arnautovic has scored both times he has faced West Ham in the
:09:40. > :09:50.Premier League. Alex Song finds Noble. Noble interns finds Carroll.
:09:51. > :09:55.This might come for Kouyate. There's a good strong double handed save on
:09:56. > :10:00.it. A difficult man to beat, Jack Butland. Six clean sheets in his
:10:01. > :10:07.last seven games. Macro and England. Took a slight deflection, that one.
:10:08. > :10:16.-- his last seven games. Macro and England. Johnson, a good little
:10:17. > :10:25.spell. Macro. -- a good little spell, for Stoke. Johnson finds
:10:26. > :10:30.Afellay again. Bojan is looking for it. Pulled wide, what an opportunity
:10:31. > :10:35.for Marco van Ginkel and just got the finish all wrong. It sat up
:10:36. > :10:41.perfectly for him. Possibly had too much time.
:10:42. > :10:54.We land finds it past Cameron. -- Whelan fires it past Cameron. At the
:10:55. > :10:58.near post, Arnautovic thinks about what might have been. Just couldn't
:10:59. > :11:07.quite direct that inside the near post. Good pressure. Shawcross,
:11:08. > :11:14.given away. Noble has Carroll to his right. Noble will go it alone.
:11:15. > :11:18.Shawcross in Tonga took the ball, Shawcross played his team into
:11:19. > :11:24.trouble and got his team out of it. I don't think there's enough in it
:11:25. > :11:33.for a penalty for Noble. Here is Zarate. Zarate tumbles, not going to
:11:34. > :11:39.get that one, but Alex Song can play Cresswell. Cresswell's ball, just
:11:40. > :11:43.over the bar. Antonio looking for a first goal for West Ham, a first
:11:44. > :11:45.Premier League goal, and he is denied. But West Ham coming on
:11:46. > :12:00.strong at the end of the first half. Ogbonna towards Carroll. It's gone a
:12:01. > :12:09.long way. A good save, Butland. He stood tall. The shot was pretty
:12:10. > :12:10.close to him. Well hit by Antonio, who is becoming more of a threat in
:12:11. > :12:23.the game. Butland's hearings aimed towards
:12:24. > :12:27.Walters, climbed well. Bojan, not tall enough, falls for Cameron.
:12:28. > :12:35.Cameron took a little kick from Kouyate. He will get books as well.
:12:36. > :12:41.I think Kouyate's reaction tells you everything about how he feels about
:12:42. > :12:45.the decision, fairly mystified. Arnautovic looks like he fancies it.
:12:46. > :12:51.Can he break the deadlock? Here he comes. Arnautovic takes the flick
:12:52. > :12:57.off the ball and rattles the woodwork. Bojan hit that well, but
:12:58. > :13:00.hit it away too high. That was viciously dipping free kick from
:13:01. > :13:09.Arnautovic, certainly helped by the Frick off the wall. Was beaten --
:13:10. > :13:13.Adrian was beaten. Valencia, rarely seen him since he has come on.
:13:14. > :13:19.Continues his run through the middle. What is Zarate going to do?
:13:20. > :13:24.Zarate the Cresswell. Butland with the acrobatics. Maybe that was more
:13:25. > :13:29.awkward than it looks from here. Certainly don't think Cresswell was
:13:30. > :13:32.aiming for the top corner. Butland really did have to be at full
:13:33. > :13:43.stretch. Mark Hughes doesn't look that entertained.
:13:44. > :13:51.Jews, Adrian, it doesn't matter how you save them as long as you save
:13:52. > :14:00.them. -- Diouf. Unconventional from the goalkeeper, lovely move from
:14:01. > :14:05.Stoke. Here is Zarate, into Antonio, who is allowed to turn. Space
:14:06. > :14:09.closing around, desperate to get the right foot shot away, does it in the
:14:10. > :14:20.end, oh! That would have been a fabulous goal. Still Zarate. Tomkins
:14:21. > :14:29.in towards Andy Carroll, Valencia, what a story that would have been!
:14:30. > :14:35.Butland keeps the clean sheet in tact for Stoke, ran right across the
:14:36. > :14:40.face of the penalty area here, Zarate, absolutely rattled Butland's
:14:41. > :14:45.left-hand post. Valencia did get a touch on that, but not enough. Bojan
:14:46. > :14:53.trying to go around Tomkins, too quick for him, too short. Arnautovic
:14:54. > :14:56.now, a chance for Diouf to win the game, couldn't take it. West Ham
:14:57. > :15:01.grateful to the goalkeeping skills of Adrian, but Diouf knows that
:15:02. > :15:09.should have been the winner, that should have been three points for
:15:10. > :15:16.Stoke. Now Creswell, can he find a cross? The ball in, it's Shawcross
:15:17. > :15:25.and behind for the corner, this will be the last chance of the game. --
:15:26. > :15:34.hits. Butland has spilled it, off the line, Couillard Tay, punched
:15:35. > :15:40.away! So close, the last action of the game. Well, well, well! 90
:15:41. > :15:44.minutes of blood, sweat and tears very nearly decided with the very
:15:45. > :15:51.last touch of the game, it finishes West Ham 0, Stoke 0, and even Slaven
:15:52. > :15:55.Bilic could not get the final touch. I am not happy with the final
:15:56. > :15:59.result, but considering who we played against, considering the
:16:00. > :16:04.numbers and quality of the players that we did not have today, and
:16:05. > :16:10.considering the way we played today, and the effort we put in, I cannot
:16:11. > :16:14.be unhappy. We had good chances with first time balls zipping across, we
:16:15. > :16:18.just needed the final touch, couldn't quite get it. Second half,
:16:19. > :16:26.more open, change things around, got balls in behind them, we had two
:16:27. > :16:32.really good opportunities to Diouf, the keeper has done well to keep
:16:33. > :16:38.them out. All in all, on reflection, probably reasonably pleased with a
:16:39. > :16:46.point. I am not sure how that finished 0-0, 34 attempts on goal
:16:47. > :16:55.but goalless it was. When he brought Tucson, he had the best two chances
:16:56. > :17:00.for Stoke. -- brought Diouf on. Great pass from Arnautovic, this is
:17:01. > :17:07.probably why they are joint lowest scorers in the league with Aston
:17:08. > :17:11.Villa. Zarate has done well in recent weeks, and in the last
:17:12. > :17:16.minute, they could have won it, Kouyate had it cleared off the line,
:17:17. > :17:21.and as Mark Hughes said, the draw was about right, but pleased that
:17:22. > :17:28.West Ham continue to get some good results. Promising season. Stoke are
:17:29. > :17:33.right at there with clean sheets, and it is not coincidental that Ryan
:17:34. > :17:37.Shawcross has been involved. You had a good battle today, good aerial
:17:38. > :17:42.challenges against Andy Carroll, and he loves a battle like that, good
:17:43. > :17:48.player. We are just about out of time, so no more questions from the!
:17:49. > :17:49.Thank you, both of you. Let's take a look at the Barkley's Premier League
:17:50. > :17:52.table. Manchester City take advantage
:17:53. > :17:55.of Leicester's inactivity However, Arsenal will usurp them
:17:56. > :17:59.both should they win on Sunday. opens the door for Tottenham
:18:00. > :18:03.to move up to fourth. following a tenth defeat
:18:04. > :18:08.of the season. Bournemouth climb three places
:18:09. > :18:10.to 14th. Three points above
:18:11. > :18:23.the relegation places. The back pages are dominated by
:18:24. > :18:29.reaction to the Euro 2016 draw, the Mail on Sunday claim that the FA are
:18:30. > :18:33.going to handle Roy Hodgson a new two year contract, with Gary Neville
:18:34. > :18:38.also staying on. The Sunday Express c'est Claudio Ranieri has been
:18:39. > :18:41.assured that none of his high-flying squad, including Jamie Vardy, will
:18:42. > :18:47.be sold during the January transfer window. That is it from us, on the
:18:48. > :19:14.day that a Christmas king arrived early in Bournemouth. Goodbye.
:19:15. > :19:16.I would love you to join us on the Red Button right now
:19:17. > :19:18.to watch some classic Christmas videos.
:19:19. > :19:21.It's our Sounds Of The 80s seasonal special.
:19:22. > :19:23.I've got an absolute sackload of songs,
:19:24. > :19:26.including Wham's Last Christmas and Band Aid.
:19:27. > :19:29.Plus I'm going to be rockin' around the Christmas tree