:00:09. > :00:13.Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
:00:14. > :00:17.COMMENTATOR: Goals came and went. And, Keegan.
:00:18. > :00:22.Look at his face! Just look at his face!
:00:23. > :00:24.Look at that. Oh, look at that!
:00:25. > :00:28.What a goal. Oh, what a goal.
:00:29. > :01:00.That just about sums up the season. Rodwell, a great chance, he has
:01:01. > :01:06.missed it. Time is against Sunderland. Norwich City go on
:01:07. > :01:10.struggling into the relegation area. No way back for Newcastle, not today
:01:11. > :01:14.and maybe not this season. Surrender, and they have.
:01:15. > :01:16.It's the costliest relegation battle in Barclays Premier League history.
:01:17. > :01:25.The bottom line - ?100 million for the team that stays up.
:01:26. > :01:32.No danger of the drop for Jermaine Jenas and Trevor Sinclair.
:01:33. > :01:35.It was squeaky bum time in the early game at Carrow Road,
:01:36. > :01:37.where fourth from bottom Norwich faced a Sunderland side who knew
:01:38. > :01:40.defeat would leave them seven points behind their opponents with just
:01:41. > :01:57.It seems like they have been on added -- on an inevitable collision
:01:58. > :02:05.course. It is likely both clubs will go down. It is why they coined these
:02:06. > :02:10.six point cliche. Timm Klose is out for Norwich with a knee injury and
:02:11. > :02:19.Sebastien Bassong will step up. The only change. Sam Allardyce pics and
:02:20. > :02:28.unchanged team. They have not won a league game here since 1985. Seven
:02:29. > :02:32.points from the last four games for Alex Neil. It is an upswing in
:02:33. > :02:41.fortune. A few weeks ago it looked like a game Sunderland could maybe
:02:42. > :02:48.afford to draw, it does not look like that now. Look at the tensions
:02:49. > :02:53.and the tempers fraying already. Sam Allardyce is losing his cool. In
:02:54. > :03:00.just the third minute of the game. Every player virtually on the pitch.
:03:01. > :03:03.Almost every member of both technical and coaching teams
:03:04. > :03:11.involved in a shoving match in front of the Sunderland dugout. Yedlin is
:03:12. > :03:19.back on his feet. This is the tackle that incensed the dugout. Brady
:03:20. > :03:26.shoving Yedlin into the advertising hoarding. Everyone got involved in
:03:27. > :03:32.that. Defoe with Jarvis and that is a foul. It is a free kick to
:03:33. > :03:39.Sunderland. I think Defoe was happy to feel that nudge. A swirling wind
:03:40. > :03:47.at Carrow Road, mostly in Sunderland's backs. Borini! He did
:03:48. > :03:52.really well. Jermain Defoe at the back post could not have been far
:03:53. > :04:02.away from getting a touch. Nicely touched down by Kirchhoff. Fabio
:04:03. > :04:07.Borini got it into the danger area. The Sunderland supporters coach left
:04:08. > :04:14.the Stadium Of Light this morning at half past three. Pressure again,
:04:15. > :04:24.beaten again. A great save. It came off Kaboul. Facing his own goal. The
:04:25. > :04:30.torch for -- the touch forced a smart save.
:04:31. > :04:42.Olson. That was well hit. It is that man again. His only goal this season
:04:43. > :04:46.was that late strike against Newcastle that brought them three
:04:47. > :04:58.crucial points. He struck that superbly.
:04:59. > :05:06.Wisdom beat Khazri. All the way to Borini. The first time to Defoe and
:05:07. > :05:13.Borini is making the run. Jermain Defoe waiting for him, looking for
:05:14. > :05:20.him. Fabio Borini had support from M'Vila. He has given a penalty to
:05:21. > :05:29.Sunderland! Andre Marriner says spot kick, Sunderland. Fabio Borini went
:05:30. > :05:36.down. This is an enormous decision. Borini brings the ball down. In
:05:37. > :05:41.those Wisdom and misses the ball, planting his foot right onto Fabio
:05:42. > :05:52.Borini and that is a penalty to Sunderland. Wisdom is booked. Borini
:05:53. > :05:58.to take it. They have scored their last 15 penalties, Sunderland. 15
:05:59. > :06:06.taken, 15 scored and Borini scores. Fabio Borini strikes for Sunderland!
:06:07. > :06:13.Five minutes before half-time. A priceless lead. Andre Wisdom made
:06:14. > :06:20.the Ms judgment. Andre Marriner awarded the penalty and Fabio
:06:21. > :06:31.Borini, as safe as houses -- misjudgement.
:06:32. > :06:43.Redmond. It was a good drive. Really unlucky. Smashed against the foot of
:06:44. > :06:48.the post, Redmond. He has only been on the pitch three minutes but he
:06:49. > :06:53.has already made an impact. They last won a league game in 1985 here.
:06:54. > :07:08.Three draws and seven defeats since then. Kirchhoff took that away from
:07:09. > :07:19.him. Defoe in the middle. Perfect, 2-0. Absolutely perfect from Borini
:07:20. > :07:24.to Defoe. Some real despair around Carrow Road because that goal was
:07:25. > :07:33.unavoidable. Dwelling on the ball, Bassong. Kirchhoff took it away from
:07:34. > :07:46.him. Borini had a look. Defoe was onside. Was not going to miss. It
:07:47. > :07:53.was a great ball from Renee. This may be edging Sam Allardyce and
:07:54. > :07:59.Sunderland to write on Norwich's shoulder. They will be one point
:08:00. > :08:04.behind with a game in hand if they win this game. Was it a foul by
:08:05. > :08:18.Kirchhoff? There was a tangle of legs.
:08:19. > :08:36.Mbokani goes over. An appeal to the referee, who says, goalkick. Kaboul
:08:37. > :08:44.was leaning on Mbokani. Not on -- in the mood to stay on his feet, the
:08:45. > :08:48.striker. Mbokani, a chance. Away by Cattermole. Did not have the legs to
:08:49. > :08:53.get over the line. Kone got an important touch on that. Made it
:08:54. > :09:10.difficult for Mbokani. Taking on Yedlin, trying to beat the
:09:11. > :09:16.full-back. Handball by Borini. Norwich get a free kick and the
:09:17. > :09:27.referee gets an ironic cheer. You get the feeling there are more goals
:09:28. > :09:33.in this game. Mbokani, off the line by Cattermole. Hoolahan. Knocked on
:09:34. > :09:42.the post by a combination of Mannone and Cattermole. They have got away
:09:43. > :09:53.with it. Getting closer and closer, Norwich.
:09:54. > :10:10.That was meant for Hoolahan. Duncan Watmore. Two on two. Defoe tried to
:10:11. > :10:18.stay onside. M'Vila to Defoe, he is offside, is he? Yes, he is. They
:10:19. > :10:23.made a hash of that. The pass was intended for Hoolahan and straight
:10:24. > :10:28.to Watmore. That was probably the minute to play the pass, it was
:10:29. > :10:35.delayed too long. When M'Vila played it to Defoe, he was offside.
:10:36. > :10:43.Kirchhoff doing that job again. He has been a good signing for
:10:44. > :10:51.Sunderland, sitting in front of the back four. There he is again. A foul
:10:52. > :10:57.this time on the German. Sunderland were asleep. Mannone was not. No
:10:58. > :11:00.wonder the goalkeeper gets up and shouts at those in front of him
:11:01. > :11:09.because they allowed Redmond all kinds of space. It seems as though
:11:10. > :11:15.belief is running away as quickly as the last few minutes of this game.
:11:16. > :11:26.Van Aanholt might run through them all. Back into Fabio Borini. Try to
:11:27. > :11:33.pull it back in the direction of van Aanholt. Sunderland threatening a
:11:34. > :11:40.third. Nicely done. Watmore has squeezed it in and Sunderland have a
:11:41. > :11:46.third. Three points, three goals. It could hardly have gone better for
:11:47. > :11:50.Sam Allardyce today. They will be one point behind Norwich tonight
:11:51. > :11:54.with a game in hand and the relegation battle will go to the
:11:55. > :12:06.wire. Norwich are well beaten today by Sunderland. Watmore with the
:12:07. > :12:11.final punishment for the home side. He has had chances, two or three of
:12:12. > :12:17.them. Watmore on the counter and he squeezed it in from a tight angle.
:12:18. > :12:21.Norwich are beaten. They have answered my questions and coped with
:12:22. > :12:26.pressure. Coped with everything Norwich could throw at them and have
:12:27. > :12:32.been clinical in front of goal when they needed. Such a big game to win
:12:33. > :12:37.3-0. It shows you what a massive result it is under the pressure we
:12:38. > :12:40.are playing under. The way you hobbled out of the tackle from Andre
:12:41. > :12:46.Wisdom I wondered if you would take the penalty. Probably with a broken
:12:47. > :12:54.leg I would have taken the penalty! With the striker -- as a striker you
:12:55. > :13:02.want to stay on to take the penalty. I got the goal. We got the
:13:03. > :13:07.performance. Do you feel you did not get the rub of the green from the
:13:08. > :13:12.referee? The penalty was where he made contact with the ball and it
:13:13. > :13:18.caught the player afterwards. You could argue whether it was a penalty
:13:19. > :13:25.or not. The second for me was a free kick. The player puts his legs
:13:26. > :13:30.between Sebastien's. It cost us the second goal. That cost the game, the
:13:31. > :13:35.second. Many times we have been in this position and failed. We have to
:13:36. > :13:45.make sure with so few games left, we cannot afford to fail. It was a day
:13:46. > :13:50.for experience. Sam has plenty of it. He has never taken a team down
:13:51. > :13:55.and he got it right today. He tried to play the same way against
:13:56. > :14:00.Leicester but the difference is that the Leicester full-backs are solid
:14:01. > :14:05.and it did not work. It worked to day and the effect of Jermain Defoe
:14:06. > :14:11.and the runs he made behind. Knowing what they needed to do, this is
:14:12. > :14:21.early in the game. There is no real thought. It is germane, you run in
:14:22. > :14:24.behind. They struggled. He read the situation well. You can see it was
:14:25. > :14:31.not a great ball but the intent was there. He made the run and got
:14:32. > :14:36.himself between the defenders. Normally you would say a full-back
:14:37. > :14:39.has to get in but as a midfielder I would say you deal with that, you
:14:40. > :14:44.should be able to handle that situation, but they could not. He
:14:45. > :14:50.was clever all day, getting himself between defenders. It was a lovely
:14:51. > :14:57.ball from Cattermole and a clever run into the channel. He could not
:14:58. > :15:02.quite find M'Vila. This is the goal. We highlighted Jermain Defoe because
:15:03. > :15:08.he was clever, he looks like he is resting. Watching come to life. He
:15:09. > :15:12.spins into the corner. He is in the channel and any time he is in and
:15:13. > :15:18.around the box he is a danger and he picks out his man, Borini, a willing
:15:19. > :15:22.runner throughout the day. Look at the amount of Norwich players. There
:15:23. > :15:24.is no danger now but that is reckless. No need for Andre Wisdom
:15:25. > :15:34.to make the challenge. You were not so sure it was a
:15:35. > :15:42.penalty? It is a contact sport and we are in danger of making it a
:15:43. > :15:46.noncontact sport. He changes the direction the opposite way, it
:15:47. > :15:51.ricochets off Borini's left foot and I don't think the raspberry sees it
:15:52. > :15:56.on the ball. It's not knee height, is it? -- the referee sees it on the
:15:57. > :16:00.ball. If you skim the top of the ball and take someone out at knee
:16:01. > :16:03.height we would say it was a leg break. That's seriously a reckless
:16:04. > :16:08.challenge. To do it in the box, you are asking for trouble and Borini is
:16:09. > :16:12.very good from the penalty spot, sticks it away, and that was
:16:13. > :16:15.obviously the first goal, and here is the foul that Alex Neil is
:16:16. > :16:19.talking about it and well within his rights to be upset about it about
:16:20. > :16:23.it. It has cost them the second goal, and obviously at that point
:16:24. > :16:28.heads down and the momentum is with Sunderland. OK, Lee Cattermole
:16:29. > :16:33.impression, in a combative soul. Yes, he was brilliant throughout the
:16:34. > :16:38.whole game, he was the driving force behind Sunderland's performance
:16:39. > :16:42.today and he ran his socks off. He was strong, he was a real leader
:16:43. > :16:46.today. In these situations, your centre-half is going to win the
:16:47. > :16:50.ball, you notice there is danger, the space is in behind, completely
:16:51. > :16:54.nullified that, Matt Jarvis made a brilliant run but he was there to
:16:55. > :16:58.cover his centre halves. This impressed me. He's known for sitting
:16:59. > :17:01.in front of the back four but he senses something and thinks he will
:17:02. > :17:05.go for it and he was right, closes down well there, wins the ball and
:17:06. > :17:11.when it eventually comes back to him, a lovely ball out to the
:17:12. > :17:13.winger, gets himself into the box and he's seriously unfortunate not
:17:14. > :17:17.to stick it into the back of the net. Releases has himself from
:17:18. > :17:22.positions in midfield, not happy to just sit around, trying to have an
:17:23. > :17:26.impact on the Norwich midfield, affecting play, that I was Gary
:17:27. > :17:30.O'Neil who stuck it out of play. It all has an effect on momentum. We
:17:31. > :17:33.are about to see one of three clearances that he made off line
:17:34. > :17:38.today. When you want to talk about passion and desire and leadership
:17:39. > :17:42.today from the captain, look at that for a reaction from Lee Cattermole.
:17:43. > :17:46.He pretty much epitomised everything good about Sunderland today. What
:17:47. > :17:52.about Norwich? You would have expected more, such a big game. A
:17:53. > :17:56.huge game, as was last week against Crystal Palace. For both games, you
:17:57. > :18:01.are playing a team above you and below you and you want to win the
:18:02. > :18:03.games and they didn't go with the most offensive and creative team
:18:04. > :18:07.they could. Nathan Redmond, a great player, came on at half-time and
:18:08. > :18:11.made a massive impact on the game. Super running at the ball, end
:18:12. > :18:15.product, and it was missing in the first half when he wasn't playing.
:18:16. > :18:20.Really positive, getting his shot off and he is whiskers away from
:18:21. > :18:25.getting Norwich back in the goal. Game. You think Alex Neil would have
:18:26. > :18:28.been braver and bolder with his team selection, they would have had more
:18:29. > :18:31.chance of getting not only three points from this game but three
:18:32. > :18:34.points from the last game, which was also key.
:18:35. > :18:36.A good result for Sunderland and not a bad one for Newcastle,
:18:37. > :18:39.who remained six points from safety going into their game
:18:40. > :18:43.The visitors had won on their last three visits to St James' Park.
:18:44. > :18:53.Nothing other than a win will do for Newcastle United, a big ask for a
:18:54. > :18:59.side that seems to have forgotten how to. Swansea are sitting safely
:19:00. > :19:01.on 40 points, they have been in the bottom three behind Newcastle only
:19:02. > :19:06.at Christmas. Benitez was still in Madrid then, how things have changed
:19:07. > :19:09.for him and changes the theme of his selection today, with five made from
:19:10. > :19:15.last week's dismal display at Southampton. Out to the bench for
:19:16. > :19:20.Mitrovic and Jonjo Shelvey, coming in, Jamal Lascelles, Paul Dummett,
:19:21. > :19:25.Jack Colback, Cheik Tiote and Papiss Cisse. Swansea are unchanged from
:19:26. > :19:29.the team that beat Chelsea a week ago, the winning goal came from
:19:30. > :19:32.Sigurdsson, only Sergio Aguero on Harry Kane have scored more than his
:19:33. > :19:39.nine Premier League goals in 2016. His form he will be looking to Euro
:19:40. > :19:43.2016 with Iceland. Happy birthday to Rafa Benitez. 56 today. Nothing he
:19:44. > :19:54.wants more than three huge points. Wijnaldum court back on his heels,
:19:55. > :20:01.incomes Rangel. It's an important block by Dummett. Colback taken out
:20:02. > :20:10.late by Leroy Fer. Lee Mason plays advantage. Cisse needs support.
:20:11. > :20:16.Sissoko is breaking, Townsend is there as well. Here comes Anita.
:20:17. > :20:23.Fabianski struggling, here's Colback. It's an important challenge
:20:24. > :20:32.from Cork. Newcastle haven't got away yet. Now the shot is on. A
:20:33. > :20:36.little deflection on it. No real spin to be Fabianski, but that's the
:20:37. > :20:42.first Newcastle surge that gets a roar from the St James' Park crowd.
:20:43. > :20:47.Look at this one float and deceive Fabianski, he actually got a good
:20:48. > :20:54.hand to it. Rafa Benitez has said how fans can make the difference for
:20:55. > :20:59.his team. His side is not exactly raucous -- it is not exactly
:21:00. > :21:03.raucous, nor has it been pre-match. Newcastle fans are angry that none
:21:04. > :21:11.of their players seem too keen to go for the loose ball. There's a push
:21:12. > :21:16.on Ayew. It's quite a cheap one from Jamal Lascelles. The first goal
:21:17. > :21:22.today is all-important. Newcastle really have to get it.
:21:23. > :21:34.Well, it was a shot! It ended up near the corner flag. Don't you just
:21:35. > :21:41.love a big build-up! The standing foot went. Oh, I'm sorry for
:21:42. > :21:48.laughing! Gylfi Sigurdsson doesn't see the funny side of that at all.
:21:49. > :21:56.They say, nicely hopped onto Colback. Colback goes alone, and
:21:57. > :22:02.it's a tame effort, straight at Fabianski. He did have one album
:22:03. > :22:06.breaking forward to his right, but I think Jack Colback had to take the
:22:07. > :22:10.shot on -- he did have Wijnaldum breaking forward to his right. He
:22:11. > :22:18.score four times last season, he hasn't got one in this campaign.
:22:19. > :22:23.Edge of your seat stuff. -- it hasn't been edge of your seat stuff
:22:24. > :22:36.yet. Stopped by Fernandez, Newcastle corner. Townsend will take it. A bit
:22:37. > :22:41.of room in that penalty area, and made it into the net. Newcastle have
:22:42. > :22:45.bundled it in. Jamal Lascelles is hoped by everybody in black and
:22:46. > :22:48.white. It's all about Newcastle scoring more goals than the
:22:49. > :22:54.opposition today. Never mind how they look. Lascelles is trying to
:22:55. > :22:59.get away, he's being held back all the time, and fair play, full credit
:23:00. > :23:03.to the former Nottingham Forest centre-back, who was being fouled
:23:04. > :23:09.but he kept on going, and he made absolutely sure he got something on
:23:10. > :23:12.it. The first St James' Park goal, his second for the Magpies,
:23:13. > :23:24.Newcastle United one, Swansea City nil. Relief for Rafa. Townsend now.
:23:25. > :23:34.A nice touch from Moussa Sissoko. Townsend is clipped by Federico
:23:35. > :23:37.Fernandez. Newcastle free kick. The swing of the right boot, can't be
:23:38. > :23:44.any complaints from the Argentinian defender. You will get on the end of
:23:45. > :23:48.this? -- who will get on the end of this? It's in the right place from
:23:49. > :23:52.Townsend, flicked goalwards, it only needed an extra touch. Lascelles
:23:53. > :23:56.flying in a game. Good running from sea say, his fake flick, and
:23:57. > :24:04.Lascelles couldn't extend the left leg to poke it home -- -- good
:24:05. > :24:07.running from Papiss Cisse. They will have been pleased with the earlier
:24:08. > :24:14.result from Norwich, I should think in his heart he wants both to stay
:24:15. > :24:20.up, Newcastle and Sunderland. Free kick Swansea, Lee Mason swatted up
:24:21. > :24:28.-- spotted an offence from quite so far away. Wijnaldum's foul, taken
:24:29. > :24:36.quickly to six thirds in. Six in some ball in towards Ayew. --
:24:37. > :24:46.Sigurdsson, ball in towards Ayew. Look how close it was.
:24:47. > :24:54.Gomis, trying to find Montero, who is onto it, and missed. Newcastle
:24:55. > :24:59.are living so dangerously now. That's funny even better chance than
:25:00. > :25:04.the one that was missed by Williams. He's got to at least force a save
:25:05. > :25:14.from there. Here is Rangel. He has beaten Dummett, Rangel. The chances
:25:15. > :25:19.are coming. They are coming thick and fast for Swansea City. Sooner or
:25:20. > :25:24.later they will score one. Something has to change for Newcastle United.
:25:25. > :25:30.Barrow's pays, Gomis is a threat, and he will think you should have
:25:31. > :25:36.done better with that. Now we get a bit of noise around the place.
:25:37. > :25:41.Newcastle rooms around Saint James, and I think the players need to hear
:25:42. > :25:48.that and respond to it. Into the feet of Perez. Good skills from
:25:49. > :25:53.Perez. Here is Mitrovic. Trying to pull it back to Townsend. The next
:25:54. > :25:57.best result is a Newcastle corner. There is much more threat from the
:25:58. > :26:03.corner with Mitrovic on the field. Who is he going to bully here?
:26:04. > :26:11.Federico Fernandez has decided to take charge of the Serbian. In from
:26:12. > :26:16.Townsend, that is Mitrovic, and it's lashed home. Sissoko scores for
:26:17. > :26:27.Newcastle. You can feel the relief right around the ground. Mitrovic on
:26:28. > :26:30.to play his part, two ricochets, and then Sissoko reacted. Not a chance
:26:31. > :26:35.Fabianski, very little chance now you would think for Swansea to get
:26:36. > :26:44.back in the game. Newcastle United two, Swansea City nil. It's pretty
:26:45. > :26:48.much a constant chant around the ground of, Rafa Benitez, who is two
:26:49. > :26:58.minutes plus stoppage time away from his first win as Newcastle manager.
:26:59. > :27:10.You are on your own. He has bundled through Fernandez. Townsend to
:27:11. > :27:18.finish it. Three goals that means three points, that mean the world to
:27:19. > :27:24.Newcastle. What a difference Aleksandar Mitrovic's introduction
:27:25. > :27:27.has made. They couldn't stop him. Townsend was onside. It's a
:27:28. > :27:33.perfectly timed and weighted pass. The finish is pretty useful as well.
:27:34. > :27:37.Townsend scored his third Newcastle goal in only his eighth appearance
:27:38. > :27:42.for the club. It has done the job for them today. There really is no
:27:43. > :27:47.way back for Swansea now. There might be a way back from Newcastle
:27:48. > :27:50.in their fight to stay up. I have to say congratulations to our players
:27:51. > :27:57.because they showed today the passion, the commitment, the effort
:27:58. > :28:00.we were expecting. Thank you to the fans because they were supporting
:28:01. > :28:04.the team until the end. If we stick together as we say, I think it will
:28:05. > :28:10.be easier for us to approach the games and get chances to win. It's a
:28:11. > :28:13.make or break week, we went into the game six points adrift. We knew if
:28:14. > :28:18.we won today and results went our way and we have a game in hand on
:28:19. > :28:21.Tuesday, anything is possible. It shows that if you play with heart
:28:22. > :28:26.and desire and the fight that you see the Newcastle fans love, then
:28:27. > :28:34.the frustrating thing is we should have been doing this all season. We
:28:35. > :28:37.have not -- we are not safe must -- mathematically. We need some points.
:28:38. > :28:43.Sometimes it happens you don't have a good day. A happy birthday, a nice
:28:44. > :28:45.win is a good present. Do you celebrate now? Thank you very much,
:28:46. > :28:46.the main thing is to get celebrate now? Thank you very much,
:28:47. > :28:50.the main thing is to get three points and we will celebrate now.
:28:51. > :29:00.Happy birthday, Rafah, it has taken a while for him to get a first win.
:29:01. > :29:03.Was that more of a donated style performance? When you first come
:29:04. > :29:05.into a club that can take a while to put your stamp on what you want the
:29:06. > :29:06.players to do. into a club that can take a while to
:29:07. > :29:08.put your stamp on what you want the players to do. It was the first time
:29:09. > :29:10.today I've seen the Newcastle team looking more organised and able to
:29:11. > :29:16.perform at the level that Rafah wants them to -- Rafa wants them to
:29:17. > :29:21.do. He drops back into position, with his back four, and it allows
:29:22. > :29:26.the likes of Tiote and Anita to nullify the situation with Jefferson
:29:27. > :29:35.Montero Mahut was causing problems with the pace. A brilliant tackle
:29:36. > :29:37.from Mbemba. It was this that really I was impressed with, a defensive
:29:38. > :29:41.line we are about a highlighted a minute, this is when you know a team
:29:42. > :29:45.is communicating well. When this ball goes back, watch the defensive
:29:46. > :29:49.lines. They all come out of the team and it goes back again in a minute,
:29:50. > :29:56.we have good distances between the back four and midfield, it comes out
:29:57. > :29:59.again, they are talking communicating. Look at the distances
:30:00. > :30:03.in the lines of defence midfield attack, not much room there. They
:30:04. > :30:06.did come under pressure towards the end of the second half and brought
:30:07. > :30:10.on Mitrovic, who doesn't only list the crowd but gives you a focal
:30:11. > :30:14.point, allows you to hit him and get the ball up the pitch and allows him
:30:15. > :30:18.to soak up a lot of pressure, not only that he makes himself a up
:30:19. > :30:21.salute nuisance in the game and as you can see here, he is putting
:30:22. > :30:27.himself about, wins a corner which gets nukes Newcastle the second
:30:28. > :30:32.goal, and a good run into the channel, it's not pretty but it's
:30:33. > :30:36.effective. He is strong, powerful, a lovely ball into Townsend and
:30:37. > :30:40.finishes it off want to be honest with you, that was Newcastle's
:30:41. > :30:44.second clean sheet in 18 games and that just shows you how hard it is
:30:45. > :30:45.to win games for Newcastle and if they can keep keeping clean sheets,
:30:46. > :30:57.who knows. they are still fighting. Just about.
:30:58. > :31:02.A great performance. Last week, I thought they were dead and buried.
:31:03. > :31:05.But the realisation from each player, taking responsibility and
:31:06. > :31:14.being committed. I think special praise for Andros Townsend, scoring
:31:15. > :31:19.three and setting up two in the last games. Not the best day for Swansea.
:31:20. > :31:31.Almost camouflaged on the pitch. Could not see each other! Which will
:31:32. > :31:37.stay up out of the three? Sunderland, Newcastle, Norwich? I
:31:38. > :31:40.think the Jermain Defoe affect will keep Sunderland up. Sam Allardyce.
:31:41. > :31:43.Sunderland. Aston Villa knew anything less than
:31:44. > :31:46.victory against Manchester United would send them down for the first
:31:47. > :31:48.time in three decades. United needed three points
:31:49. > :31:50.to boost their chances Simon Brotherton
:31:51. > :32:00.was at Old Trafford. After a brief cameo on Wednesday,
:32:01. > :32:04.the fit again Wayne Rooney starts for the first time since the middle
:32:05. > :32:09.of February as Manchester United look to keep up pressure on the top
:32:10. > :32:14.four, while Alan Hutton returns to Aston Villa after a ban. Anything
:32:15. > :32:20.other than a win here and they will be relegated this afternoon after a
:32:21. > :32:25.28 year run in the division. United have won the last four league
:32:26. > :32:32.games here at Old Trafford, keeping three clean sheets in that run.
:32:33. > :32:49.A slip from Valencia and time to recover.
:32:50. > :32:58.Patience is required from the home side. Rashford did well and good
:32:59. > :33:04.play to get it away from Westwood. It sliced off the foot all the shin
:33:05. > :33:17.of Joleon Lescott. Using pace to get clear from his opponent and drilling
:33:18. > :33:20.in the ball. Just bouncing behind. Mata got there first. It has gone
:33:21. > :33:43.out for a throw-in. Lescott. Manhandling Wayne Reidy. It
:33:44. > :33:50.results in a free kick for Manchester United. -- Rooney.
:33:51. > :33:56.Valencia, almost unseen. He has been waiting patiently. Rashford.
:33:57. > :34:03.Manchester United make the breakthrough with just over half an
:34:04. > :34:06.hour played. Rashford cannot stop scoring, seven already for the
:34:07. > :34:12.Manchester United first-team. Good running from Antonio Valencia and
:34:13. > :34:14.Rashford guiding in the ball. You wonder if it will open the
:34:15. > :34:36.floodgates against the bottom side. Ayew for Aston Villa. Half-time on
:34:37. > :34:44.the horizon and the Ayew shot stifled at the vital moment.
:34:45. > :34:55.Memphis almost picked out Juan Mata. Ciaran Clark comes away with it for
:34:56. > :34:59.Aston Villa. Holding off the close attention of Schneiderlin, but not
:35:00. > :35:10.Rooney. It was good play from Rooney. Mata found Rashford. Hutton
:35:11. > :35:10.dived in but fortunately for the Scottish international, does not
:35:11. > :35:26.make contact. Memphis lets it run and Mata looked
:35:27. > :35:34.to tee it up. Rashford! Probably no more than a ball's with wide.
:35:35. > :35:39.Perfectly weighted into the path of the young striker. This was the
:35:40. > :35:41.early opportunity when Rashford stayed on his feet. Hutton a whisker
:35:42. > :35:50.away from giving away a penalty. Juan Mata with Valencia running
:35:51. > :36:01.ahead up to the edge of the penalty area. Support from Rojo. Sinclair
:36:02. > :36:05.was able to make the challenge to stop the cross, albeit at the
:36:06. > :36:12.expense of a corner kick. United heading for a 16th win of the
:36:13. > :36:17.season. They are 12 points and 20 goals worse off than at this stage
:36:18. > :36:24.last season. Guzan making the save from Mata.
:36:25. > :36:35.Sinclair with a nice turn away from Valencia. In towards Jordan Ayew.
:36:36. > :36:39.Could not get his foot on the ball and it was clipped away by
:36:40. > :36:46.Schneiderlin and suddenly Manchester United hanging on as Bacuna cannot
:36:47. > :36:49.find the top corner. Gestede almost making an instant impact and
:36:50. > :36:55.Manchester United were suddenly feeling anxious and having been
:36:56. > :37:02.comfortable all afternoon they almost paid for it being only a one
:37:03. > :37:08.goal lead. Aston Villa smacked the post. Gestede again. My goodness me
:37:09. > :37:16.will stop he has only been on the field a couple of minutes. David de
:37:17. > :37:20.Gea was rooted to the spot. Headed by Clark, saved by David de Gea.
:37:21. > :37:27.Belated signs of life from Aston Villa. The famous old club. Only
:37:28. > :37:32.Everton have spent more seasons playing in the top division than
:37:33. > :37:35.Aston Villa. Brian Little is one of those charged with trying to advise
:37:36. > :37:42.and make decisions to improve the immediate future of the club as they
:37:43. > :37:47.try to get back to the big time. Collected by Martial. In added time.
:37:48. > :37:54.Memphis in a great position. Guzan with the save. The ball bouncing
:37:55. > :38:00.just outside the post. United really threatening with Memphis denied by
:38:01. > :38:05.the Aston Villa goalkeeper. The closing seconds of the game. There
:38:06. > :38:09.goes the final whistle. Manchester United get the three points they
:38:10. > :38:16.required in their push towards the top four but Aston Villa's shambolic
:38:17. > :38:19.and embarrassing season has finally reached its inevitable conclusion.
:38:20. > :38:23.The famous old club officially relegated with weeks to spare.
:38:24. > :38:33.How much pleasure do you get watching a young player like Marcus
:38:34. > :38:38.Rashford? Yes, also now again he scores the winning goal. It was a
:38:39. > :38:45.great movement also. He cut off the run at the right time. Yes, the goal
:38:46. > :38:54.was again very important. Amazing the difference one week can make. We
:38:55. > :38:58.won against West Ham United. That gave us confidence and two day we
:38:59. > :39:04.win again and we have to keep fighting until the last day. It is a
:39:05. > :39:09.painful day for the club, I imagine a quiet dressing room. The players
:39:10. > :39:16.are devastated. It has been coming. Once the realisation is that it is
:39:17. > :39:19.against you, it is difficult. I think they are disappointed today in
:39:20. > :39:24.terms of what they put into the game. It has been difficult for
:39:25. > :39:31.everybody at the club. Today, they took that little step forward and
:39:32. > :39:36.step back towards the supporters. We have to get on with it. We have to
:39:37. > :39:42.ensure this fantastic club goes back to where it should be and this never
:39:43. > :39:46.happens again. Usually this would happen, has it helped for you and
:39:47. > :39:51.others to get your head around it? I would not say it has helped. It is
:39:52. > :39:59.never nice to see it confirmed but has been on the cards for a while.
:40:00. > :40:04.Now it is official and, hopefully, it is a weight of people'sshoulders
:40:05. > :40:11.and we can go into the last four games with a bit of freedom, still
:40:12. > :40:14.with something to prove and that we can prove to the fans we have the
:40:15. > :40:21.fight in our and give them a performance they deserve. We will
:40:22. > :40:25.come to Aston Villa shortly but a positive first, Marcus Rashford,
:40:26. > :40:32.exceptionally promising. From the development squad, is superb, 18
:40:33. > :40:37.years old. You can expect legs, enthusiasm, but his movement and
:40:38. > :40:42.hold-up play, it has been exceptional. The way he bamboozled
:40:43. > :40:46.Ciaran Clark, it was outstanding. We circled him in the middle. He does
:40:47. > :40:52.not rush in like young players would. Steps in, steps away, a
:40:53. > :41:04.couple of movements and Matt finish is outstanding. No chance for the
:41:05. > :41:07.keeper and his seventh goal in 12 games, big games. It is safe to say
:41:08. > :41:09.he has a chance. Let's talk about whether he could sneak into the
:41:10. > :41:13.England squad. There is a lot of competition in those positions. In
:41:14. > :41:17.previous years he would have had a chance but it is a little bit
:41:18. > :41:23.premature in terms of quality we already have. Aston Villa. It has
:41:24. > :41:29.been a dreadful season and it is sad to see a club go down apathetically.
:41:30. > :41:34.It has happened. They have made positive changes, I would say.
:41:35. > :41:40.Appointing David Bernstein, Brian Little, to the board, and the next
:41:41. > :41:44.big decision is who is the manager to get them out of the Championship
:41:45. > :41:49.and back into the Premier League? Nigel Pearce, a former Leicester
:41:50. > :41:55.manager is odds-on. Other names, as well. It is a tough job because when
:41:56. > :42:02.a team is on the decline it is not easy. Nigel Pearson won the league.
:42:03. > :42:07.I think Steve Bruce has won a Championship. They need someone with
:42:08. > :42:11.experience in that league, because it is ruthless down there. I do not
:42:12. > :42:16.know if Aston Villa have the players to handle that. It is tough to
:42:17. > :42:22.bounce back. Tough and Tim was on last week and he thinks they have
:42:23. > :42:24.players who can get them back up but I am not so sure.
:42:25. > :42:34.All eyes on the King Power Stadium tomorrow - well, mine will be.
:42:35. > :42:42.12 months ago they were on the ropes. Battered, bruised, now, three
:42:43. > :42:51.knockouts from greatness. It is the rise of the underdog. The fantastic
:42:52. > :42:53.Foxes. Match of the Day to. Well said.
:42:54. > :42:57.Match of the Day 2 Extra will begin the build-up at 12:15pm on BBC Two.
:42:58. > :42:59.The World Championship Snooker continues on BBC Two at 10:00am.
:43:00. > :43:02.And looking ahead to next weekend, it's the FA Cup semifinal
:43:03. > :43:06.between Manchester United and Everton, live from Wembley,
:43:07. > :43:41.Now, Heskey pursued by Watson. Campbell! Ferguson. Unsworth got
:43:42. > :43:47.back there. On Swift makes it 2-2. McAllister. -- Unsworth. Gary
:43:48. > :43:56.McAllister scores a fantastic goal. And it is the Merseyside derby. This
:43:57. > :43:59.week. Fresh from reaching the semi-finals
:44:00. > :44:01.of the Champions League for the first time, Manchester City
:44:02. > :44:04.were in action at Chelsea, who'd won just once in their last
:44:05. > :44:11.seven at Stamford Bridge. Both sides have missed inspirational
:44:12. > :44:18.captain is with John Terry sidelined. Chelsea have Cahill and
:44:19. > :44:27.Willian back and Diego Costa. Courtois in goal. City make four
:44:28. > :44:31.changes since the match against PSG. Yaya Toure recalled for the first
:44:32. > :44:42.time in a month and now stray replacing the injured Silva. ?463
:44:43. > :44:47.million of player on the field. There is a general feeling that they
:44:48. > :44:53.cannot wait for this campaign to end and a new manager to take over.
:44:54. > :45:06.A lovely move by Manchester City on the counter. Azpilicueta just got
:45:07. > :45:10.across. Manuel Pellegrini, two wily football professors soon to depart
:45:11. > :45:21.the Premier League. De Bruyne, well played. Nasri starts, started last
:45:22. > :45:25.week against West Brom. A foul by De Bruyne. Only played nine games for
:45:26. > :45:31.Chelsea in his spell here in two years, he cost ?6.7 million, he was
:45:32. > :45:39.sold for ?15 million. Chelsea look for Costa, off the line. In the end
:45:40. > :45:46.away by Fernandinho, Otamendi was there to get it away on the line.
:45:47. > :45:48.Good reading of the game by Otamendi. The closest we've come so
:45:49. > :46:04.far. Good pressure here and it paid off.
:46:05. > :46:08.Diego Costa offside. It won't count. Chelsea fans celebrating
:46:09. > :46:13.prematurely, the flag was up very early. The only question is who did
:46:14. > :46:15.the ball come off as it went through to Diego Costa. The pressure by Baba
:46:16. > :46:29.Rahman and it came off him. That's a lovely turn by
:46:30. > :46:35.Loftus-Cheek, goes for gold. The big goalkeeper sprawled and according to
:46:36. > :46:40.the assistant referee didn't get a touch. Loftus-Cheek is unimpressed,
:46:41. > :46:44.so is Willian. The way the ball moved suggested to me that Joe Hart
:46:45. > :46:52.saved it. A lovely turn here, knows no fear, the youngster. Joe Hart
:46:53. > :46:53.saved that, flicked it away. The 450th career game for Joe Hart
:46:54. > :47:08.today. A great sweeping break by Manchester
:47:09. > :47:12.City and De Bruyne foiled by Thibaut Courtois's long, long legs, a
:47:13. > :47:20.beautiful ball by Yaya Toure. Good goalkeeping. Aguero, a lovely run
:47:21. > :47:26.from deep by Nasri. Courtois saved Chelsea again. Aguero attacking from
:47:27. > :47:35.deep. Manchester City playing some lovely football. Lovely ball by
:47:36. > :47:41.Aguero. A big chance, that. Squandered by Nasri. Two really
:47:42. > :47:47.important saves by Courtois so far. That's a foul, Zabaleta. Not a
:47:48. > :47:54.pretty challenge, that, Fabregas has stayed down and that's a yellow
:47:55. > :48:01.card. Contacts with the ball, but excessive force.
:48:02. > :48:26.It's the speed in which they counter, Aguero attacking through
:48:27. > :48:31.the middle. Plays the ball to Sergio Aguero, gets the shot away and puts
:48:32. > :48:35.Manchester City ahead. From a Chelsea corner, Manchester City
:48:36. > :48:41.break, to score, with 32 minutes gone. That is classic
:48:42. > :48:45.counterattacking football. And Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Atletico,
:48:46. > :48:54.they should all fear this sort of potency. De Bruyne composed, aware,
:48:55. > :48:59.the past took a deflection. Aguero had to check, did so, and how about
:49:00. > :49:04.that for a finish? Unnervingly into the corner. Deflected beyond
:49:05. > :49:10.Courtois, actually. A big deflection off Gary Cahill as he tries to get a
:49:11. > :49:19.cross, Courtois would have got it, I think, but it's Aguero's goal.
:49:20. > :49:28.Diego Costa is onside, the flag stayed down. Diego Costa kept his
:49:29. > :49:33.feet, that's a lovely piece of skill by De Bruyne on the counter, again,
:49:34. > :49:40.a perfect weight on the path. In towards Aguero, it's two. And once
:49:41. > :49:47.again, Manchester City have counted with venom, with position, and with
:49:48. > :49:53.a deadly effect -- position. Aguero on the end of it again. From the
:49:54. > :49:59.moment it broke down there are De Bruyne's touch was sublime, carrying
:50:00. > :50:09.with confidence. Good vision. Lovely pass. He is maybe just onside. A
:50:10. > :50:15.crisp finish. Looked along the line, kept himself on, very tight that,
:50:16. > :50:19.though. A lovely pass, slid into it and the finish lifted over the
:50:20. > :50:24.goalkeeper. 25 for the campaign. It's been a long time since you
:50:25. > :50:30.might have said that Chelsea have been outclassed by Manchester City
:50:31. > :50:34.side. It's happened today. What can Pedro do here? He has been Chelsea's
:50:35. > :50:39.brightest player and he has been brought down by Zabaleta, who is on
:50:40. > :50:44.a yellow card. He wants a chat. He's been direct and adventurous, Pedro.
:50:45. > :50:50.Well, I think that is a bookable offence. Zabaleta, if he escapes a
:50:51. > :50:57.red card here, will be a lucky boy. He's smiling, he got away with it,
:50:58. > :51:02.and he knows it. Guus Hiddink thought full as time draws nigh on
:51:03. > :51:10.his second spell as interim manager -- thoughtful. A good run,
:51:11. > :51:16.challenged by De Bruyne on the ball. I don't think this was a penalty no,
:51:17. > :51:19.he got a telling onto the ball. De Bruyne, one of the most complete
:51:20. > :51:24.midfielders in Europe, if not the world, right now. Aguero has the
:51:25. > :51:29.ability, the pace and finishing power to trouble Real Madrid's
:51:30. > :51:33.defenders. This is a brilliant run from Fernandinho, brought down by
:51:34. > :51:39.Courtois and has to go. It's a penalty kick. And a red card. That's
:51:40. > :51:44.counterattacks limply sliced through Chelsea. Look at this from
:51:45. > :51:49.Fernandinho, he wanted it more, got their quicker and once Courtois had
:51:50. > :51:56.gone to ground and didn't win the chase, he knew he was in trouble.
:51:57. > :52:04.Aguero on the verge of his fifth hat-trick for Manchester City. The
:52:05. > :52:08.former are Atletico Madrid player, are you watching, Real Madrid?
:52:09. > :52:15.Sergio Aguero with the hat-trick. He has been in such potent form,
:52:16. > :52:19.convincing winners, painful for Chelsea fans to watch this. Their
:52:20. > :52:25.season petering out, their team on the verge of being broken up, a new
:52:26. > :52:32.era will dawn for them next season. Manchester City have so much to play
:52:33. > :52:36.for. I always say when you have your best player 100% fit, when they play
:52:37. > :52:48.altogether, we score, with Yaya Toure -- we played very well. We got
:52:49. > :52:52.out of the relegation zone but Chelsea should compete always for
:52:53. > :52:56.the fourth places. It's not the fact today. You see that we were
:52:57. > :53:04.apparently having a control in the game, but they have the quality on
:53:05. > :53:09.our corners to get a counter in and decided 1-0 and later on with a
:53:10. > :53:16.beautiful counter 2-0. I said Kevin De Bruyne is perhaps Europe's most
:53:17. > :53:20.complete midfielder. I far off? Well he played very well, I'm happy for
:53:21. > :53:26.him because it's not easy to retain such a good performance when you
:53:27. > :53:33.have a difficult injury to recover from, it was his ankle. I think that
:53:34. > :53:37.Kevin retaining his best performance is very important. He's
:53:38. > :53:41.demonstrating it in every game why we brought him here. I imagine
:53:42. > :53:41.Chelsea demonstrating it in every game why
:53:42. > :53:46.we brought him here. I imagine Chelsea must be utterly perplexed as
:53:47. > :53:50.to how they let Kevin De Bruyne get away. Incredible. I mean, he's had a
:53:51. > :53:55.monumental impact since arriving at Manchester City and a lot of people
:53:56. > :54:01.pointed the finger at Manuel Pellegrini, saying he's lost the
:54:02. > :54:05.dressing room when the story got released. For me it was this boy's
:54:06. > :54:09.injury a couple of days earlier, he had scored 12, set up 12, this was
:54:10. > :54:13.two minutes in and he was stamping his mark on the game. A great
:54:14. > :54:17.running behind, Aguero didn't finish it off. He has everything, his
:54:18. > :54:21.movement off the ball, looking to run off the ball into the holes. He
:54:22. > :54:25.will be disappointed he didn't score that. I never thought I would say
:54:26. > :54:28.this but you have a player like David Silva, probably one of the
:54:29. > :54:32.best midfield players in the Premier League over the last four or five
:54:33. > :54:36.years, I think this boy is an upgrade on him. He has everything.
:54:37. > :54:40.He scores more goals, assist small goals and is more of an athlete. The
:54:41. > :54:43.way he has hit the ground running at Man City is phenomenal. He has
:54:44. > :54:48.everything, the weight of pass, phenomenal. Does it make you think
:54:49. > :54:55.how Chelsea missed him? It's not that long ago. He left in 2014 and
:54:56. > :54:59.unknown, his comeback to Stamford Bridge in 2016 a world beater. He
:55:00. > :55:06.was absolutely brilliant. We can't give him enough accolades because he
:55:07. > :55:10.was a stunning performance. Man City are enjoying having him playing for
:55:11. > :55:16.them. It's not just about him as well. Also coming back from injury,
:55:17. > :55:20.Samir Nasri. He makes a difference to Manchester City? He has been out
:55:21. > :55:23.for a while with an injury and it is tough, when you are going through
:55:24. > :55:26.those situations but you just realise how much Manchester City
:55:27. > :55:30.have missed him when he comes back and turns in some of the
:55:31. > :55:34.performances he has done of late. I think they are a better side with
:55:35. > :55:39.him in it. His ball retention, he's happy to receive the ball, whether
:55:40. > :55:42.he's got a man marking him or not, you can see here when players get
:55:43. > :55:47.tight to him he's like yes, I'll still receive it, you're not going
:55:48. > :55:50.to get this paws-macro me. He was just brilliant today. I think he
:55:51. > :55:56.gets the best out of the players around him. He's happy to come into
:55:57. > :55:59.these types of areas more, granted Raheem Sterling I still think is a
:56:00. > :56:04.fantastic buy and brilliant for the future, but when Samir Nasri comes
:56:05. > :56:09.into midfield areas like this, he creates overloads. The likes of Yaya
:56:10. > :56:13.Toure and Fernandinho, he makes life Morisi. He could have got himself on
:56:14. > :56:19.the scoresheet a couple of times. Everyone thinks he's going wide, he
:56:20. > :56:22.has the vision to find the man, Aguero, this is late in the game
:56:23. > :56:27.testing his fitness at this point but he will probably be disappointed
:56:28. > :56:29.not to have stuck that one away. I think Manchester City will be
:56:30. > :56:33.slightly disappointed he's not in the Champions League squad as well.
:56:34. > :56:39.And got a hat-trick, we have barely mentioned him, we kind of get used
:56:40. > :56:43.to Aguero, such a brilliant goal-scorer. And not mentioned for
:56:44. > :56:49.player of the year, 20 odd goals and keeps getting ignored. Chelsea, the
:56:50. > :56:55.heaviest defeat at home since 2010. A bit of a shambles, really? I think
:56:56. > :56:58.it wasn't a great performance, no, but it was a phenomenal performance
:56:59. > :57:02.from Manchester City. When I was watching that it was a masterclass
:57:03. > :57:06.at times. I think there's going to be a lot of changes at Chelsea and
:57:07. > :57:07.they will probably come back stronger next year. I'm sure they
:57:08. > :57:11.will, they have two! Only Aston Villa have scored fewer
:57:12. > :57:14.goals than West Brom and Watford, It finished 0-0 between these two
:57:15. > :57:17.sides earlier in the season. John Roder left his calculator
:57:18. > :57:28.at home. McAuley signed an extension to his
:57:29. > :57:33.contract this year, he says settling his future is welcome as he prepares
:57:34. > :57:37.to go to the euros with Northern Ireland. Yacob replaces Sandro.
:57:38. > :57:41.Watford strike pair of Troy Deeney and Ighalo have 26 goals between
:57:42. > :57:45.them this season, but both have struggled of late. Deeney with one
:57:46. > :57:50.goal in his last eight appearances, a Halo one goal in his last 11. Both
:57:51. > :57:51.these teams pretty much assured of their Premier League place for next
:57:52. > :58:04.season. Fletcher looking to get away from
:58:05. > :58:12.Watson. Sets up McClean. A foul by Nyom. It's an interesting battle
:58:13. > :58:21.over on that firefight between McClean and Nyom. Watford everybody
:58:22. > :58:30.back in my own penalty area. Gomes with the punch away. Fletcher, and
:58:31. > :58:33.then, well, a long way off target. Gomes alive to the dangerous this
:58:34. > :58:40.free kick is fired pretty much straight at him. Watford without a
:58:41. > :58:45.win in their last six in the Premier League, two draws on four defeats.
:58:46. > :58:54.Just two points short of the magical 40 point mark. Jurado gets away from
:58:55. > :59:01.McAuley. Body Alok quickly closed down by Yaakov -- Woody are. Foster
:59:02. > :59:05.won't be to prevent that one going behind, it's a corner kick and that
:59:06. > :59:10.is Watford's first corner of the match. It spins away here. Foster
:59:11. > :59:16.unable to prevent that crossing the goal line. Guedioura with the
:59:17. > :59:23.corner, towards Watson and in off the post and Watford are ahead. A
:59:24. > :59:29.preplanned set piece that worked to absolute perfection. It has mainly
:59:30. > :59:33.been West Bromwich Albion in the match so far but it's the visitors
:59:34. > :59:41.who go in front. The run of Watson turning it across the six yard area
:59:42. > :59:48.and in off the post. Watson gets his second goal of the season. His first
:59:49. > :59:49.since the opening match of 2016. West Bromwich Albion nil, Watford
:59:50. > :00:14.one. A foul by Prodl. Perhaps Saido
:00:15. > :00:23.Berahino fortunate to get the decision in his
:00:24. > :00:31.McCauley with the header. That would have crept in but for the
:00:32. > :00:39.intervention of the Watford goalkeeper. That will give West
:00:40. > :00:43.Bromwich Albion hope they can mount a fightback in this second half. The
:00:44. > :00:49.chances have been few and far between for the home side. The flag
:00:50. > :01:00.stayed down. Deeney. Denied by Foster. Foster with the hand to push
:01:01. > :01:03.it away. A scouting mission for Alan Pardew ahead of the FA Cup semifinal
:01:04. > :01:14.against Watford at Wembley next Sunday. Sessegnon turns away from
:01:15. > :01:21.Watson. Tries to turn it through to Berahino. That is a penalty. Fouled
:01:22. > :01:27.by Gomes and West Bromwich Albion have the chance to draw level. Gomes
:01:28. > :01:34.is booked as he concedes the spot kick. Berahino goes down onto the
:01:35. > :01:38.challenge from the Watford goalkeeper. Michael Oliver in an
:01:39. > :01:44.excellent position says penalty kick. Berahino against Gomes, who
:01:45. > :01:52.makes the save. Watford scrambled it clear before it was put over by
:01:53. > :01:57.Rondon. And having conceded the penalty, Gomes makes amends. It is a
:01:58. > :02:03.nice height for the goalkeeper. He guesses the right way and it remains
:02:04. > :02:10.1-0. That reaction from Tony Pulis tells you all you need to know. One
:02:11. > :02:20.last big effort needed by West Bromwich Albion to get back into
:02:21. > :02:24.this match. Dawson on the hard side -- far side. Sessegnon, down in the
:02:25. > :02:34.penalty area and another penalty to West Bromwich Albion. There is the
:02:35. > :02:39.challenge from Capoue. Just catches Sessegnon. West Bromwich Albion,
:02:40. > :02:43.threw the second time today, have the chance to draw level from a
:02:44. > :02:51.penalty. Advantage Gomes, psychologically. Berahino. He goes
:02:52. > :02:59.the other way and Gomes says it again! To save one penalty is
:03:00. > :03:01.terrific, to save two is extraordinary. Saido Berahino will
:03:02. > :03:16.endure a sleepless night this evening. Both spot kick saved by
:03:17. > :03:20.Gomes. It remains 1-0 to Watford. That is the signal for many West
:03:21. > :03:27.Bromwich Albion supporters to get off their seats and aim for the
:03:28. > :03:40.exits. McManaman, forced a little wide. The last few seconds, surely.
:03:41. > :03:48.Dawson! A huge win for Watford. It takes them to 41 points and Sean Lee
:03:49. > :03:53.Premier League safety. It has finished at the Hawthorns West
:03:54. > :04:02.A set piece move straight off the training ground, your goal? It was
:04:03. > :04:08.not a particularly good ball and having taken corners previously
:04:09. > :04:13.myself, across the front for that reason, I gambled and got a flick
:04:14. > :04:23.and it went in. Watson gets the goal, but your hero, no doubt Gomes,
:04:24. > :04:32.your keeper. Saving two penalties. It was amazing. They had an amazing
:04:33. > :04:36.performance. The first I moved my left side to give him the
:04:37. > :04:40.possibility to kick on the right and the second I waited for him to
:04:41. > :04:47.decide and pushed as hard as I could and finally at the end I saved that.
:04:48. > :04:51.What has Saido Berahino's reaction bead in the dressing room, I imagine
:04:52. > :04:56.he is down. Good players and strikers missed chances and they
:04:57. > :05:00.missed penalties and he is a good player, a top striker. This will
:05:01. > :05:04.only make him better and stronger and I hope if we get a penalty in
:05:05. > :05:08.the next games he will pick up the ball and smash it in the back of the
:05:09. > :05:13.net. How important is it for Watford to stop this huge week with a
:05:14. > :05:23.victory? It is always important to win. It is always important. Because
:05:24. > :05:29.you collect a lot of positive feelings for the future. Watford
:05:30. > :05:35.have reached the magic mark and should be fine next season. Gomes is
:05:36. > :05:40.the penalty saving record-breaker. He is. When we were at Spurs with
:05:41. > :05:44.practice penalties against him a lot and that did not surprise me today
:05:45. > :05:51.because I know how good he is at saving penalties. They are
:05:52. > :05:57.definitely penalties given away, I think the first given away by
:05:58. > :06:06.himself. No arguing with that. He had to say that. He heeded. He gives
:06:07. > :06:14.them run. His arms are so long. When he stands in the goal, I cannot tell
:06:15. > :06:19.you how big he looks. Do you think it was brave for Berahino to step up
:06:20. > :06:28.again? I think it is brave. Your reaction was the same, travel. It
:06:29. > :06:33.was a very good saves. Good support from the manager, Tony Pulis, no
:06:34. > :06:40.blame attached. You want that from the manager, the encouragement to
:06:41. > :06:45.step up again. Watford, a remarkable season, semifinal next weekend.
:06:46. > :06:50.Pretty much guaranteed safety, not bad. Superb. The coolest manager in
:06:51. > :06:58.the Premier League. It has been a great story for him. West Brom, Tony
:06:59. > :07:02.Pulis cannot believe he did not get something out of that game. If you
:07:03. > :07:09.miss two penalties against Watford, and one does not go in, you will be
:07:10. > :07:14.disappointed. I sympathise with the striker. You are going to confess. I
:07:15. > :07:18.missed one against Gomes in a quarterfinal. You do not feel so
:07:19. > :07:20.bad, having seen his record. Everton were looking to avoid a club
:07:21. > :07:23.record-equalling ninth home defeat of the season against a Southampton
:07:24. > :07:36.side eyeing up a top six finish. The beginning of a week that
:07:37. > :07:40.includes a Merseyside derby and FA Cup semifinal. Roberto Martinez
:07:41. > :07:44.makes six changes, including Leon Osman for his second start of the
:07:45. > :07:52.season and Darron Gibson for his his. Lukaku and Ross Barkley are on
:07:53. > :08:01.the bench. Southampton are not change, having won the last three of
:08:02. > :08:11.the last four games. Saints are looking for their first win at
:08:12. > :08:24.Goodison Park in 11 attempts. The ball was good to Besic, who picked
:08:25. > :08:32.out Coleman. Wanyama was in the way. Mirallas, he was almost three.
:08:33. > :08:37.Clever defending by Fonte who knew Mirallas was getting away from him.
:08:38. > :08:45.Referee did not spot it. Mirallas and Fonte knows it, Craig Paulson
:08:46. > :08:55.did not see it. Manet, still going. Side netting. Manet got through far
:08:56. > :09:00.too easily for Everton's liking, and his shot came off the side of his
:09:01. > :09:06.boot to a degree and was therefore always going wide. No win in the
:09:07. > :09:15.last five games and a couple of draws only at that time, Roberto
:09:16. > :09:22.Martinez is coming under scrutiny. A good tackle by Wanyama. Long is
:09:23. > :09:32.caught by Gibson and a yellow card is on its way and he knows it. Not
:09:33. > :09:39.too much doubt. No complaints. Bertrand! It was a good save. I
:09:40. > :09:48.think it might have clipped the angle of post and bar. A decent
:09:49. > :09:57.effort from Bertrand. On it goes to attach it -- to Tadic, who was
:09:58. > :10:04.onside. Great defending from a defender who has been out of favour
:10:05. > :10:11.a few times this season. Three minutes added time and Southampton
:10:12. > :10:16.will have a corner. Helped by Long and Manet cannot get to it. The post
:10:17. > :10:30.saved Everton. Everton just about escaping. Tadic. Still Tadic. The
:10:31. > :10:36.frame of the goal again comes to Everton's rescue. Tadic so unlucky.
:10:37. > :10:43.Skipping inside, he beat the goalkeeper, could not beat the net.
:10:44. > :10:59.Gibson. Probably helped it onto the bar. It breaks for Osman, now
:11:00. > :11:04.Gibson, Barkley. It is a corner. Won by Connolly in many ways. They have
:11:05. > :11:08.not threatened in the second half, Everton, but they will take the
:11:09. > :11:19.bonus of a goal against the run of play. Funes Mori. Again. It is in!
:11:20. > :11:25.It looked like it took a big deflection on the way through, but
:11:26. > :11:36.Funes Mori puts Everton in front in a half in which Southampton have
:11:37. > :11:41.been dominant. He has the first attempt, Funes Mori, it came back to
:11:42. > :11:47.him a second time. I think it might hit Bertrand on the way through and
:11:48. > :11:53.go beyond Fraser Forster. I do not think it will be taken off Funes
:11:54. > :12:04.Mori, because it was on target but it is little doubt it was Bertrand
:12:05. > :12:08.who took it beyond Forster 's,. The pattern of the second half has been
:12:09. > :12:15.Everton repelling Southampton pressure, but they now have the
:12:16. > :12:23.bonus of the Funes Mori goal. It is one thing being threatening, they
:12:24. > :12:29.have to convert one of the chances. Tadic looking for the return. Manet,
:12:30. > :12:36.at last they have taken a chance. They might fancy there is enough
:12:37. > :12:40.time to go on and win this game. They have been the dominant force in
:12:41. > :12:54.the second half. It was a shock to the system when they conceded. Manet
:12:55. > :13:00.levels account. -- Mane levels the count. Disappointment for Everton,
:13:01. > :13:04.who had defended well. But they open up to Mane, with his ninth goal of
:13:05. > :13:24.the season, making it 1-1. Barkley loses out to Davis. Tadic. A
:13:25. > :13:27.superb ball. Long, looking for support and Rodriguez does not get
:13:28. > :13:39.to it because Funes Mori does. Brilliant defending. It is not over
:13:40. > :13:45.yet. Mane. Clasie. Long. Blocked. Everton desperate to get it away.
:13:46. > :13:50.Yoshida in front of Kone and Everton really are on the ropes. They are
:13:51. > :13:58.relying on last-ditch clearances, the like of which Funes Mori just
:13:59. > :14:08.supplied. Rodriguez looked like he might be putting Southampton in
:14:09. > :14:17.front and he nearly did. Ray Blairs palms -- Robles palms it away.
:14:18. > :14:21.Denying Rodriguez for a second time. When you have to make five, six
:14:22. > :14:30.changes from the game on Wednesday, we looked disjointed. We look rusty.
:14:31. > :14:36.We needed to find our normal rhythm. I think we overcame the lack of
:14:37. > :14:42.quality in play with an incredible fight and determination to get a
:14:43. > :14:47.positive results. Really, really disappointed, because it was a big
:14:48. > :14:56.opportunity to win the game today. From the start of the game. Some 15
:14:57. > :15:01.minutes, to come into the game, at that moment we had good football,
:15:02. > :15:06.but we also had a lot of space to play but in the final part it was
:15:07. > :15:10.not good enough. And that is the problem.
:15:11. > :15:16.Do you understand why the supporters are unhappy? Absolutely, our results
:15:17. > :15:20.at home haven't been anywhere near what we expected and that's what we
:15:21. > :15:23.need to turn around. We want to finish the season really strong,
:15:24. > :15:28.clearly. The games we have left in front of us are giving is that
:15:29. > :15:28.opportunity and we are going to give our lives with style
:15:29. > :15:33.opportunity and we are going to give our lives with style and quality in
:15:34. > :15:35.our play. Neither manager overly emphatic about the performance but
:15:36. > :15:40.you picked out Tadic as a player that did really perform very well
:15:41. > :15:44.indeed? The Serbian right midfielder played very well. The wingers union,
:15:45. > :15:49.I've got to say that, he got on the ball, got a little holes, little
:15:50. > :15:53.pockets all over the pitch. He gave Oviedo a really difficult afternoon,
:15:54. > :16:00.a torrid afternoon. He got on the ball early doors, got in the holes
:16:01. > :16:02.in between the lines, his vision was superb, a little bit better touch
:16:03. > :16:08.from Long their Rantie was through on goal. Picking up the ball there,
:16:09. > :16:11.great execution, nice and sharp, he will be disappointed he didn't hit
:16:12. > :16:15.the target there. If you are getting the ball you have to get tight and
:16:16. > :16:19.stop the ball is going into the box. He has got too much of Oviedo there,
:16:20. > :16:23.he is so confident and when you are in a fullback in that position it's
:16:24. > :16:31.a nightmare. He's comfortable with the ball at his feet, a man up his
:16:32. > :16:33.backside, looks after the ball, good strength and keeps the ball, but is
:16:34. > :16:36.it down the line, doesn't just stop there and watches pass, he gets
:16:37. > :16:40.involved, anticipates that, gets a little bit of luck but they deserved
:16:41. > :16:44.it, Southampton, they were superb. It was like that all afternoon. We
:16:45. > :16:47.are bringing not only was he good with his passing but also good
:16:48. > :16:52.movement with the ball and this execution with the outside of the
:16:53. > :16:54.let foot, what a past that is and I think Shane Long will be
:16:55. > :17:00.disappointed he doesn't finish that. A great performance, looking at the
:17:01. > :17:06.whole game, I think Southampton deserved the three points. Positive
:17:07. > :17:10.for Everton, you thought Gibson did well? He did well, he hasn't played
:17:11. > :17:14.a lot of games this season. McCarthy was suspended so he has gone in.
:17:15. > :17:19.Great screening in front of the central defenders. Good for him to
:17:20. > :17:24.get gametime with the euros coming up for Ireland. Everton have
:17:25. > :17:29.struggled at home, as Martinez said. The lowest points total they've ever
:17:30. > :17:34.had at home in a season? 17 points, their worst total. I think it's in
:17:35. > :17:39.their history at home, anyway. They have a massive week coming up now,
:17:40. > :17:43.the derby on Wednesday and then the big semifinal which will define
:17:44. > :17:48.their season. It certainly could. We are just about out of time, thanks
:17:49. > :17:50.very much. Let's look at the Barclays Premier League table.
:17:51. > :17:56.With Leiceste Barclays Premier League table.
:17:57. > :17:59.Manchester City move up to third, but they're still 12
:18:00. > :18:03.Manchester United won and now lie three points off the top four.
:18:04. > :18:05.Aston Villa's long-expected relegation has been confirmed,
:18:06. > :18:08.but it's far from clear who will be joining them in the
:18:09. > :18:11.Victories for Newcastle and Sunderland mean they have closed
:18:12. > :18:13.the gap on Norwich, and the north-east sides also
:18:14. > :18:28.Let's look at Sunday's back pages. The Daily Mail reports that Andy
:18:29. > :18:31.Carroll has been ruled out for the euros. The Sunday Times looks at the
:18:32. > :18:35.Battle at the bottom of the Premier League. It's the top of the table
:18:36. > :18:39.that interests the Son on Sunday, who say some MPs want Claudio
:18:40. > :18:43.Ranieri to be knighted if Leicester win the title, quite right to!
:18:44. > :18:47.That's it, on the day Big Sam came out fighting.