:00:42. > :00:45.Two days into 2017, and nothing changes.
:00:46. > :00:47.We've goals, penalties, red cards, the lot, in six Premier League
:00:48. > :00:50.matches for you over the next 80 minutes.
:00:51. > :00:53.Martin Keown and Kevin Kilbane have the stamina for nonstop
:00:54. > :00:58.football and lasted out the festive period!
:00:59. > :01:00.Manchester City's defeat to Liverpool on New Year's Eve left
:01:01. > :01:05.them outside the top four and ten points adrift of Chelsea.
:01:06. > :01:08.A win over Burnley to start the year with three points was a must.
:01:09. > :01:10.It's a game that had a bit of everything,
:01:11. > :01:17.watched at the Etihad by Steve Wilson.
:01:18. > :01:25.It is a work in progress on and off the park and City are remodelling
:01:26. > :01:28.their usual dressing room and tunnel area hence the temporary way onto
:01:29. > :01:32.the pitch for a match which they surely need to win after three
:01:33. > :01:37.Premier League defeat in December. Less than 48 hours since losing at
:01:38. > :01:42.Liverpool, Pep Guardiola makes four changes. Leaving at Sergio Aguero is
:01:43. > :01:47.a choice that few would make but Iheanacho is in and he has six goals
:01:48. > :01:51.in only seven starts so far this season. Burnley make two changes,
:01:52. > :01:56.Johann Gudmundsson and Jeff Hendrick come in for the suspended Dean
:01:57. > :02:01.Marney and Steven Defour who was on the bench. Andre Gray's treble macro
:02:02. > :02:05.against Sunderland made him the first Burnley striker to score a
:02:06. > :02:15.top-flight Patrick Saint Peter Noble in 1975. -- hat-trick.
:02:16. > :02:24.Ben Mee has given it to Sterling and disease if a Nacho but well saved by
:02:25. > :02:30.Tom Heaton. Raheem Sterling, Tom Heaton again brilliantly. The
:02:31. > :02:35.Burnley goalkeeper has performed heroics not once but twice and how
:02:36. > :02:40.happy is Ben Mee to have got out of jail? He gave it straight to
:02:41. > :02:47.Sterling and that is a good save to deny Iheanacho. And to swamp Raheem
:02:48. > :02:53.Sterling. His performance at Anfield was his only game since the red card
:02:54. > :02:57.on the 3rd of December. He can't be tired but he is short of match
:02:58. > :03:07.practice. You will not get that on the bench. Good ball from Toure to
:03:08. > :03:13.Iheanacho. De Bruyne once it, that is two sight of goal for Iheanacho,
:03:14. > :03:20.the like of which he so often thrives on. He ignored those around
:03:21. > :03:24.him but missed the target. The usual -- an unusual position for Pep
:03:25. > :03:32.Guardiola to be in, out of the top four and ten points off the lead.
:03:33. > :03:41.Nice idea by Fernandinho. Ward was there and that is a corner. It is
:03:42. > :03:51.played short to Kevin De Bruyne. Navas. Yaya Toure, good save again
:03:52. > :03:56.by Tom Heaton will stop he was caught -- Burnley were caught a
:03:57. > :04:00.little unawares at the corner. Heat might have seen it late but he would
:04:01. > :04:05.be disappointed to have been beaten by that -- Heaton. There are
:04:06. > :04:14.definite rumblings of frustration after half an hour. Fernandinho has
:04:15. > :04:22.gone in on Gudmundsson and the card is going to come out for the
:04:23. > :04:27.Brazilian. It is a red card! Fernandinho is sent off for
:04:28. > :04:35.Manchester City. Guardiola turns away in despair. Fernandinho cannot
:04:36. > :04:40.believe it but he is sent off. It is a scissor action, both feet are off
:04:41. > :04:45.the ground. They scissor into Gudmundsson and for the third time
:04:46. > :04:53.this season, Fernandinho is sent off. And the pressure on Guardiola
:04:54. > :04:59.mounts. Burnley have drawn here in both their previous Premier League
:05:00. > :05:07.matches at Manchester City, 3-3 and 2-2. Barnes goes for gold and he
:05:08. > :05:12.gets a glare from those around him. Gudmundsson to the left and Gray and
:05:13. > :05:16.Boyd to his right but he saw the goal beckoning but got it all wrong.
:05:17. > :05:21.No surprise to the Sergio Aguero coming out for the second half,
:05:22. > :05:28.replacing Kelechi Iheanacho, and David Silva it also on as Jesus
:05:29. > :05:32.Navas makes way. Guardiola is trying to get the fans going and looking
:05:33. > :05:38.pretty animated, the Manchester City manager.
:05:39. > :05:51.Silva nicely to De Bruyne to Sterling. A good change of feed and
:05:52. > :05:56.Aguero, no. How often do you see Sergio Aguero smash those into the
:05:57. > :06:04.net? Ward did well. It wouldn't quite sit down for him and Ward
:06:05. > :06:14.reacted so quickly. Silva to De Bruyne and onto Sagna, promising.
:06:15. > :06:23.Good luck. Ward again. That was dangerous from Sagna and cleared by
:06:24. > :06:30.Keane to Clichy. And it's in! Right in the corner, Clichy hit it, may
:06:31. > :06:35.have taken a touch on its way in but Manchester City are in front. Relief
:06:36. > :06:40.all around the Etihad. Sagna knocked it up, Keane headed it away but
:06:41. > :06:44.there was a lot of room for Clichy who got it on to his right foot and
:06:45. > :06:49.through the legs and into the corner. Gael Clichy with only his
:06:50. > :06:53.third ever goal for Manchester City, all the way through. Our whole
:06:54. > :07:02.different complexion to the game now with his team suddenly behind. That
:07:03. > :07:07.is a great ball from Andre Gray, Defour tried to head it to Hendrik
:07:08. > :07:10.but cleared by Yaya Toure and now Kevin De Bruyne with space for magic
:07:11. > :07:16.city where there had been none. Sterling a way. He has done over, it
:07:17. > :07:23.did not look like a touch to me but Aguero puts it in! And Manchester
:07:24. > :07:29.City are leading by two and how about this for a finish from Sergio
:07:30. > :07:38.Aguero? Played through to Sterling. No foul, no penalty but how about
:07:39. > :07:42.that? Michael Keane standing on the post as he cannot believe that
:07:43. > :07:47.Aguero has put it through there. Look how small that gap is for
:07:48. > :07:52.Aguero. That is quite a brilliant finish. The expression has not
:07:53. > :08:05.changed too much from Guardiola but the scoreline certainly has. Free
:08:06. > :08:10.kick given. Raheem Sterling, I think Hendrik probably initiated that.
:08:11. > :08:18.Midway point of the second half. It is Boyd, deflected, corner. He hit
:08:19. > :08:24.it well enough. Two seasons ago they came back from 2-0 down here to get
:08:25. > :08:31.a point, Burnley. Flicked on at the near post and is it in? I think it
:08:32. > :08:38.must be! My goodness me, it is a goal. Two or three times it might
:08:39. > :08:44.have crossed the line and in the end it did, no point in the City players
:08:45. > :08:49.are doing. Sagna has been shown a yellow card for his reaction after
:08:50. > :08:55.the goal was given. Here it is, flicked on by Keane. Very awkward,
:08:56. > :08:59.Bravo did not do much with it, that probably was over the line from Mee
:09:00. > :09:03.and then it was headed out of the hands of the goalkeeper by Andre
:09:04. > :09:11.Gray. Bravo missed it, that did not cross the line, Ben Mee hit it and
:09:12. > :09:16.it crossed the line. That is the goal, Ben Mee scored it. The
:09:17. > :09:21.protests were that Andre Gray headed out of the hands of Bravo and he
:09:22. > :09:26.might have done but the goal had already been scored. Sagna got the
:09:27. > :09:34.yellow card as City protested. George Boyd is trying to get the
:09:35. > :09:37.ball back. He got a yellow card for that, Sagna. Tension everywhere you
:09:38. > :09:46.look inside the Etihad, not least the technical areas.
:09:47. > :09:59.In by Arfield, Vokes. It was a chance. He got himself in front of
:10:00. > :10:03.Otamendi but just not enough contact on the ball. He knew he could have
:10:04. > :10:07.done more with it. I don't care who you are playing, if you only have
:10:08. > :10:10.ten men for an hour and you take three points in the Premier League,
:10:11. > :10:17.you deserve some credit. Lowton looking for Vokes who won the
:10:18. > :10:23.header. Steven Ward, a chance, tee, just tipped over by Bravo. Good
:10:24. > :10:29.reactions from the goalkeeper -- Keane. It was behind Keane and he
:10:30. > :10:33.did well to put it goalwards. Good feet from the goalkeeper.
:10:34. > :10:40.We knew we had to fight and work for each other and we have been lucky to
:10:41. > :10:47.score two goals and I think the boys who came on did brilliantly also it
:10:48. > :10:51.is a well deserved three points, no matter what happened with the rest
:10:52. > :10:56.and everything. Three points will be remembered -- with the referee. We
:10:57. > :11:00.lost our way and that can happen. When they were 11 I thought we were
:11:01. > :11:03.doing a good job. We were delivering a good performance. Credit to them
:11:04. > :11:11.as well, they're ten men, should have been down to nine of course
:11:12. > :11:14.with Sunni kicking our man. If the referee sees it and gives it a
:11:15. > :11:20.yellow colour it has to be read. You won it the hard way. Yes, that's
:11:21. > :11:24.true. What was your verdict on the game and the performance because you
:11:25. > :11:29.showed real spirit after going down to ten men? Yes, that's true. We won
:11:30. > :11:34.against a lot of circumstances and a tough game so we are happy for that.
:11:35. > :11:38.The sending off, what was your view of the red card? You're the
:11:39. > :11:41.journalist, not me. You are the manager, I'm sure the fans would
:11:42. > :11:46.like to know. Ask them at -- asked the referee. Are you concerned that
:11:47. > :11:51.is his third red card this season, is discipline problem? We will
:11:52. > :11:56.accept like I said before. The team with more ball possession, always
:11:57. > :12:00.have sent off. I had to understand the rules here in England. I know
:12:01. > :12:06.you are specialist but I had to understand it. The inter-predation
:12:07. > :12:10.is different in England? Of course, yes. -- interpretation. You don't
:12:11. > :12:14.seem that happy that you have won. More than you believe I'm happy. I'm
:12:15. > :12:21.so happy, believe me, happy New Year. Art Manchester City still in
:12:22. > :12:28.the title race? Yesterday no, why today we are in the race? Thank you.
:12:29. > :12:35.A pleasure. I've never seen anybody so happy! Slightly tetchy but let's
:12:36. > :12:40.start, he is obviously not happen with the -- not happy with certain
:12:41. > :12:45.incidents, starting with the red card. No doubt in my mind that it
:12:46. > :12:51.was quite clear. Immediately when I saw it I thought it was a red card.
:12:52. > :12:55.He is reckless and out-of-control. Lee Mason took his time to make the
:12:56. > :13:00.decision but once he has called that I think it is correct. He was in a
:13:01. > :13:08.good position and he can see it clearly. No doubt in my mind. 100%.
:13:09. > :13:09.That is the third in six games. It is indefensible, you don't want to
:13:10. > :13:19.see that. It is a bad one, you see those sort
:13:20. > :13:22.of challenges and you hope for the best that there is no serious injury
:13:23. > :13:30.to the opposition. They have a few red cards going on, seven, and for a
:13:31. > :13:35.team that generally keeps possession, that is surprising. But
:13:36. > :13:41.that lead to a change of shape, Pep Guardiola did well to create a
:13:42. > :13:45.performance out of his team. Strangely, the manager was right, it
:13:46. > :13:51.affected them when they went down to ten men, Yaya Toure went and sat
:13:52. > :13:57.very deep, and the fullbacks pushed on, Silva and Aguero came off the
:13:58. > :14:04.bench. The manager is saying, come on, I want you to wake up, to the
:14:05. > :14:12.fans. We know that the midfield players, De Bruyne and Silva, I
:14:13. > :14:15.different class. Suddenly there is more snap and Christmas, and Gael
:14:16. > :14:24.Clichy was setting the tone and wanted to get forward. That link up
:14:25. > :14:28.then with Sterling, that was more like it, despite the fact that the
:14:29. > :14:33.philosophy of the manager is, we are down to ten men, we are going to
:14:34. > :14:36.attack. Why can't Yaya Toure sit in that deep role at the end of his
:14:37. > :14:41.career? And the full-backs again push on, take the initiative, it
:14:42. > :14:47.doesn't matter that we are down to ten men. Both full-backs were
:14:48. > :14:55.outstanding, one crossing for another, and the brain are trying to
:14:56. > :15:01.get the ball in, and Gael Clichy, he doesn't score many goals, but this
:15:02. > :15:04.one was vital for him today. It was a completely different performance
:15:05. > :15:12.in the second half, the fans were one with the team, and Burnley were
:15:13. > :15:20.behind. Manchester City were not happy with the confusion, Guardiola
:15:21. > :15:25.either. Clear it up for us. There was a misunderstanding around the
:15:26. > :15:30.goal. I'm not sure whether Lee Mason himself realised it at first, that
:15:31. > :15:33.is the goal, the Ben Mee strike. A lot of people were saying, the
:15:34. > :15:38.Manchester City players thought it was the foul from Andre Gray on
:15:39. > :15:44.Claudio Bravo, but it is this one here from Ben Mee, a clear strike,
:15:45. > :15:48.that was the one he gave. I think he just went to talk to the assistant
:15:49. > :15:53.to clear everything up in his own mind, but it was a goal. In
:15:54. > :15:57.fairness, Guardiola is not happy with the challenge, and look at his
:15:58. > :16:04.arm. The only arm in the air should be the goalkeeper's. For me, that is
:16:05. > :16:07.a foul. I am not having that. I think he has to be stronger, I know
:16:08. > :16:14.he has come through bodies, there is little contact. He is there to
:16:15. > :16:18.provoke the goalkeeper, to be a nuisance. Goalkeepers are wrapped in
:16:19. > :16:24.cotton wool! News just in that Joey Barton has re-signed for Burnley,
:16:25. > :16:27.dependent on whether he gets any kind of ban whether he will play,
:16:28. > :16:30.but that is the news that has just come in. One down, five games still
:16:31. > :16:36.to come. COMMENTATOR: Opportunity for Daniel
:16:37. > :16:52.Sturridge. Rondon with the header. He has poked
:16:53. > :16:56.it through, Ross Barkley! Ramirez has blasted it wide.
:16:57. > :16:58.Less than 48 hours after their last match,
:16:59. > :17:02.They made the trip to Sunderland looking to follow up that victory
:17:03. > :17:04.over Manchester City on New Year's Eve.
:17:05. > :17:07.A match with impact at both the top and bottom of the table.
:17:08. > :17:19.Liverpool begin the New Year with Chelsea still on their sites, and
:17:20. > :17:21.with their own momentum and believe building as they go in search of a
:17:22. > :17:26.fifth consecutive Premier League victory. Sunderland have lost four
:17:27. > :17:32.of their last five games, they are without the injured cone a and
:17:33. > :17:35.Anichebe, so there are starts for Rodwell and low. Jermain Defoe is
:17:36. > :17:41.the only player to start every league match. Despite finishing
:17:42. > :17:44.their win over Manchester City less than 44 hours ago, Jurgen Klopp
:17:45. > :17:48.makes only one change, Captain Jordan Henderson misses out against
:17:49. > :17:51.his former club, so there is a recall for Daniel Sturridge who
:17:52. > :17:56.scored in each of his last three outings against Sunderland.
:17:57. > :18:21.Defoe had time to shoot. Straight at the former Sunderland goalkeeper,
:18:22. > :18:22.Simon Mignolet. Liverpool won't want him in this kind of situation too
:18:23. > :18:39.often. It is still in play, and Firmino
:18:40. > :18:45.will get to it. It goes early to Mane, opportunity for Daniel
:18:46. > :18:56.Sturridge, and denied by Mannone, and cleared by a shave. -- O'Shea.
:18:57. > :19:09.Warning signs for Sunderland. Mannone needed to make sure. To deny
:19:10. > :19:14.the former Newcastle player on his return to the north-east. It was on
:19:15. > :19:18.target. Look at Daniel Sturridge, nobody anybody near him, had time to
:19:19. > :19:24.assess the situation, decent start by Mannone, good start idea tally
:19:25. > :19:25.in. Jordan Pickford one of eight members of the first-team squad
:19:26. > :19:41.unavailable for David Moyes today. That was well pushed away by
:19:42. > :19:49.Mignolet. This would have been a collectors item. Mignolet did what
:19:50. > :19:55.you would have expected him to do. Five wins in 29 managerial meetings
:19:56. > :20:01.against Liverpool for David Moyes. Here goes Mane, but was a shooting
:20:02. > :20:10.opportunity, but it was blocked by Djilobodji.
:20:11. > :20:20.Lallana, and that was almost an own goal. It is a corner, Larsson was
:20:21. > :20:28.stretching. Jurgen Klopp's 50th Premier League game in charge of
:20:29. > :20:33.Liverpool today. Lovren and then Sturridge! 1-0 Liverpool. Brilliant
:20:34. > :20:39.reaction from Daniel Sturridge, who scores against Sunderland for the
:20:40. > :20:44.fourth game running in his career. And marks his return to the starting
:20:45. > :20:48.line-up with the opening goal. It was a missed kick from Lovren, and
:20:49. > :20:54.Sturridge was alive to the situation and flicked it past Mannone. 47th
:20:55. > :20:57.goal that Liverpool have scored this season, their first off the New
:20:58. > :21:03.Year. Sunderland held out for only 20 minutes.
:21:04. > :21:16.Wijnaldum had to be careful there, and Sunderland get the penalty.
:21:17. > :21:23.Clumsy from the Estonian, and Ndong had got away from Wijnaldum.
:21:24. > :21:25.Mignolet trying to deny Jermain Defoe his tenth league goal of the
:21:26. > :21:38.season. Which he can't. Defoe marks his
:21:39. > :21:42.450th Kneer league appearance -- Premier League appearance with yet
:21:43. > :21:49.another goal, and it is one that Sunderland needed. They have
:21:50. > :21:52.levelled it up after 25 minutes. Mignolet went the right way, but it
:21:53. > :22:02.was tucked into that bottom corner by Jermain Defoe.
:22:03. > :22:10.Sunderland tales are up, no flag, Jermain Defoe is in, and many are
:22:11. > :22:21.brilliantly, the follow-up from Borini. They are not going to get
:22:22. > :22:23.too many big chances today, and that was one of them. Ndong looked
:22:24. > :22:41.offside. Sturridge, and eventually it is
:22:42. > :22:48.going to reach Clyne. And Mane was almost on the end of it. To reflect
:22:49. > :22:57.delivery from Nathaniel Clyne, and watch Mane. That is a lovely touch,
:22:58. > :23:10.and this is Renee. It is still alive with Defoe. Januzaj up against
:23:11. > :23:12.Moreno. It is waved away. Understandably they are appealing
:23:13. > :23:22.for everything in their situation at the moment. They didn't look any
:23:23. > :23:31.intentional use of the arm there. Sturridge trying to stay onside. He
:23:32. > :23:39.has got it now. Lallana, in towards Sturridge, excellent stop from
:23:40. > :23:42.Mannone A. First time in the second half that Liverpool have managed to
:23:43. > :23:51.find a way through. The Sunderland back line cleverly done by Lallana.
:23:52. > :23:58.Sturridge denied by Mannone. Moreno with the Liverpool corner, looking
:23:59. > :24:02.for the touch at the near post came off Ndong, and Mane was alive to the
:24:03. > :24:11.situation to put Liverpool back in front. It was flicked on by a
:24:12. > :24:17.Sunderland player. The home team were looking for offside. Sadio Mane
:24:18. > :24:28.with what could be another important Liverpool goal. Here is Larsson.
:24:29. > :24:38.Super term, and he was caught by Lucas, according to Anthony Taylor.
:24:39. > :24:43.It is a Sunderland free kick. Just turned away from the Brazilian. Can
:24:44. > :24:50.Sunderland use this position to their advantage? It is to be Seb
:24:51. > :24:57.Larrson, the wall did its job, and it is a penalty! There was a big
:24:58. > :25:02.appeal, and Anthony Taylor for the second time in the game have given
:25:03. > :25:07.Sunderland a penalty for handball against Mane. Let's have a look.
:25:08. > :25:13.Yes, he definitely sticks his arm out, it was a good spot from the
:25:14. > :25:16.referee. Mane in the wall can have no complaints, and the man who
:25:17. > :25:21.thought he might have won it for Liverpool at one end has given a
:25:22. > :25:30.penalty away at the other. Defoe has beaten many LA wants from the spot.
:25:31. > :25:33.Can he repeated? -- beaten Mignolet. Can he draw Sunderland level for the
:25:34. > :25:42.second time in the game? Yes, he can! Emphatic penalty from Defoe.
:25:43. > :25:51.Twice they have trailed, and twice they have come back, courtesy again
:25:52. > :25:58.of their main man. The smile is an ironic one from Jurgen Klopp.
:25:59. > :26:09.Emre Can, Lallana might fancy a crack. Mannone in the way again.
:26:10. > :26:21.Liverpool corner. Well, Lallana with four goals these last five league
:26:22. > :26:30.games, saw the gap, comfortable save from Mannone. What a response he has
:26:31. > :26:31.had from his players today. It really has been an excellent effort
:26:32. > :26:38.from Sunderland. WHISTLE
:26:39. > :26:40.And it is a precious point David Moyes and Sunderland, two dropped
:26:41. > :26:44.the Liverpool in their pursuit Chelsea at the top of the league,
:26:45. > :26:51.and it has finished the Stadium Of Light 2-2.
:26:52. > :26:58.I thought we matched their energy firm most of the game, we played
:26:59. > :27:03.against a good team and we hung in when we had to. We had some
:27:04. > :27:07.opportunities and made good saves but we had good chances, two. I just
:27:08. > :27:11.thought the spirit today was brilliant. Definitely the reaction
:27:12. > :27:17.that the manager wanted after the Burnley game. And especially with
:27:18. > :27:22.the two games in a short space of time, to show that sort of character
:27:23. > :27:27.and show that the energy levels were important, we are happy with the
:27:28. > :27:31.point. Criticism, positive or negative, for me is pretty much not
:27:32. > :27:40.possible, because I don't know how it feels. I don't know exactly what
:27:41. > :27:44.I saw, so my team really fighting, and I am proud of them, I was not
:27:45. > :27:48.sure that they could do it, they did it, we could have played better in a
:27:49. > :27:59.few moments. Of course we would like to win the games today and get the
:28:00. > :28:04.three point com to put us forward. But it is football, you have to
:28:05. > :28:07.accept it, you have many games. We have to try to make sure we win at
:28:08. > :28:12.home, that is one of the keys, to pick up some points on the road. But
:28:13. > :28:15.we said from the start, this is going to be difficult, it is not
:28:16. > :28:19.changing that the players did a great job today to get as point. Two
:28:20. > :28:25.penalties for Sunderland, what did you make of those, Kevin?
:28:26. > :28:32.The first one was soft but there was certainly contact on Ndong. This was
:28:33. > :28:36.a lovely touch from Januzaj. The initial contact from Wijnaldum and
:28:37. > :28:42.Ben Klavan coming in, he did not have anywhere to go but I think it
:28:43. > :28:47.was a foul. -- then Klavan. I think it is fortunate. That was the
:28:48. > :28:50.composure that Jermain Defoe has showed so often. It was not the
:28:51. > :28:56.penalty that Jurgen Klopp was concerned about, it was the foul
:28:57. > :29:00.here. There is slight contact and Jermain Defoe goes over slightly
:29:01. > :29:05.easily. They don't need much these days! That is it and Anthony Taylor
:29:06. > :29:10.it in a good position but there was no doubt about this, clear penalty.
:29:11. > :29:16.Anthony Taylor sees it clearly. Another one that Jermain Defoe tucks
:29:17. > :29:20.away nicely. Two good penalties. Jermain Defoe is very important for
:29:21. > :29:26.Sunderland and you thought he linked up well with Januzaj in particular.
:29:27. > :29:31.There were a number of things. Their workrate, you would not associate
:29:32. > :29:35.Defoe and Januzaj with workrate but they work extremely hard. The
:29:36. > :29:40.hold-up play from Januzaj at times was excellent, getting each other
:29:41. > :29:45.into the game as well. This was a lovely pass from Januzaj and
:29:46. > :29:50.travellers from Defoe, recognising that his team-mate was offside --
:29:51. > :29:57.cleverness. He should have scored of course. But overall, without the
:29:58. > :30:02.ball, at times Liverpool dominated possession, 70% throughout the game
:30:03. > :30:06.and Jermain Defoe said himself, David Moyes was looking for a
:30:07. > :30:10.reaction. I think these two brought so much to Sunderland, he allowed
:30:11. > :30:13.the team to get up the pitch with them by their hold-up play and work
:30:14. > :30:21.weight. That was what stood out for me. -- work rate. And Januzaj with
:30:22. > :30:27.him, neither one of them switched off, they forced Liverpool backwards
:30:28. > :30:33.at times. This was crucial as well, the hold-up play. Great first touch
:30:34. > :30:37.from Januzaj, bringing Defoe into it but then the ability to take a few
:30:38. > :30:44.touches and allow his team-mate to get up in support. He deserved his
:30:45. > :30:50.pat on the back. I felt they both played really well as a pair. Jurgen
:30:51. > :30:55.Klopp has made it pretty clear he is not much for this festive period
:30:56. > :31:00.with games close together. He has got a point, hasn't he? For sure, it
:31:01. > :31:04.is part of the workload and he looked tired himself and what he
:31:05. > :31:08.asked his team to do would be in hot -- with the high-intensity game, it
:31:09. > :31:12.has taken something out of them and next up is Manchester United in the
:31:13. > :31:15.Premier League with an FA Cup game against Plymouth in between. It has
:31:16. > :31:20.been a good half a season for them but they are now eight points behind
:31:21. > :31:27.Chelsea. If he thinks this season is bad, wait until next year with the
:31:28. > :31:29.extra -- festive list is 16, 20 third, 26, 30 and first January,
:31:30. > :31:30.enjoy that! The last time Manchester United
:31:31. > :31:33.visited West Ham, it was for that dramatic final league game at Upton
:31:34. > :31:35.Park. This time they travelled
:31:36. > :31:37.to the London Stadium off the back Jonathan Pearce watched their last
:31:38. > :31:52.encounter, and he was back again Saint Anne Upton Park farewell, West
:31:53. > :31:55.have been looking to baptise their new home with a big victory and
:31:56. > :31:59.could this be the date as Sofiane Feghouli, Pedro Obiang and Manuel
:32:00. > :32:03.Lanzini come in? It is a first league start for Feghouli. Michael
:32:04. > :32:07.Carrick had turned against his old side, with three changes at the back
:32:08. > :32:16.with Jones, Rocco and Darmian coming in. -- Rojo. Pogba takes it from
:32:17. > :32:27.Mkhitaryan and he is looking for the return. Feghouli was their first
:32:28. > :32:31.four West Ham and the first link up. West Ham so far have had more of the
:32:32. > :32:36.ball and this is Lanzini on the counter with Creswell on the left
:32:37. > :32:41.but he chooses Payet. Lanzini, he shoots and it is a fine save. A good
:32:42. > :32:46.move by West Ham who have started strongly. One of the most positive
:32:47. > :32:59.start they have made this season on this ground. It is a more confident
:33:00. > :33:03.West Ham side debate of the one shell-shocked by Arsenal here a few
:33:04. > :33:09.weeks ago. Feghouli the first touch was heavy and the second took him
:33:10. > :33:13.into Jones. Mike Dean was right up there and Manchester United are
:33:14. > :33:18.fuming. Jones rolled away, several tumbles. The referee is giving
:33:19. > :33:29.himself thinking time. He will call him back and it is red. Slaven Bilic
:33:30. > :33:32.is incandescent. Feghouli Buk first touch was poor, he slides in with
:33:33. > :33:41.his feet off the ground. I think that is harsh. I think his studs
:33:42. > :33:44.were low. In his first league start for West Ham, Sofiane Feghouli is
:33:45. > :33:55.dismissed after a quarter of an hour.
:33:56. > :34:03.Cleared by Nordtveit, it bounced back off Ogbonna into the danger
:34:04. > :34:09.territory. Antonio Candreva it away and he now goes into a wider
:34:10. > :34:14.position -- can get it away. That is a free kick for the challenge by
:34:15. > :34:22.Lindegaard. The West Ham fans are incensed -- Lingard. He is asking
:34:23. > :34:26.why there is one rule for one and one for another. It was a foul and
:34:27. > :34:34.that is about it. Tensions are running high.
:34:35. > :34:40.Valencia at supporting well, that stretched West Ham. Back across
:34:41. > :34:48.goal, brilliant save, off the post and it stayed out! The referee says
:34:49. > :34:52.no gold despite appeals from Manchester United. West Ham rode
:34:53. > :35:01.their luck, people might say Dave deserves a slice of it. It stays at
:35:02. > :35:10.0-0 -- they deserve. Suspicion of side, great save and then Jesse
:35:11. > :35:16.Lingard off the post. Was it over? Goodness me. A smidgen. West Ham
:35:17. > :35:20.have dug in deep and shown plenty of resolve that was missing in the
:35:21. > :35:30.opening weeks of the season here. Good challenge by Obiang. Can West
:35:31. > :35:37.Ham spring on the counter? Payet, good challenge by Rojo, nothing
:35:38. > :35:45.wrong with that. Spirited stuff from West Ham.
:35:46. > :35:54.Lanzini was there and he gets the shot away and that is a splendid
:35:55. > :35:58.save by de Gea. The ball was behind Lanzini but he got there and
:35:59. > :36:03.wriggled and made space for himself and a good save.
:36:04. > :36:14.That is a foul for West Ham. This time it is Herrera who is amused. It
:36:15. > :36:21.is a wretched state of affairs when supporters are calling for free
:36:22. > :36:25.kicks every time a tackle is made -- Lees.
:36:26. > :36:33.Antonia's header goes wide. That was a chance and they won't get many.
:36:34. > :36:39.The defending from Rojo was not great. Manchester United making
:36:40. > :36:51.another change. Marcus Rashford coming on for Jesse Lingard. Given
:36:52. > :37:00.away, this is Lanzini, played short to Obiang and back to Lanzini. It is
:37:01. > :37:05.Michail Antonio! That was the moment West Ham could have made heroes of
:37:06. > :37:09.themselves. But Manchester United are countering at speed, Rashford in
:37:10. > :37:15.behind, Ibrahimovic in the middle. That chance has gone as well.
:37:16. > :37:22.Antonio knows how important that might have been. Given away cheaply
:37:23. > :37:27.by Manchester United. Lovely weight on the path by Lanzini, Antonio
:37:28. > :37:37.waited for his moment and was onside but could not score. -- on the pass.
:37:38. > :37:46.Lovely ball from Carrick. Rashford full of youthful exuberance and pace
:37:47. > :37:52.and skill and Mata! 1-0! The substitutes have found a way
:37:53. > :37:57.through. Hard on West Ham. Moments after Antonio had a great chart at
:37:58. > :38:04.one end, Rashford had to be patient this season, started on the bench
:38:05. > :38:07.but what a lovely run and pull back and a fine finish by Mata. A good
:38:08. > :38:27.finish, a good goal, 1-0. A chance here for Manchester United
:38:28. > :38:35.and Pogba! He has placed it wide. He should have sealed it. Lovely ball
:38:36. > :38:45.slipped into Rashford by Ibrahimovic and it just veered wide at the last
:38:46. > :38:50.moment. Good work again by Carrick. Whatever he has done today, Michael
:38:51. > :38:57.Carrick, he has done well. That cross rifled away, a good by
:38:58. > :39:02.Rashford. Ibrahimovic. He holds onto it, Rashford to the right, Ogbonna
:39:03. > :39:10.closes on him and get the shot away. It nearly slipped through. Oh! It
:39:11. > :39:23.hit the post. Pogba might shoot from there,
:39:24. > :39:30.Herrera should do. Ogbonna was quick to close. Ibrahimovic! That has
:39:31. > :39:36.sealed things. Unfortunate ricochet for West Ham United who did not get
:39:37. > :39:43.it away and as a result Manchester United have surely sealed this.
:39:44. > :39:49.Watch for the bounce. Off Ogbonna. It is a poor attempted clearance.
:39:50. > :39:56.Was the offside? Certainly planted it away. The mistake from Obiang. I
:39:57. > :40:05.think he is offside as it comes in and he is. The trailing leg makes
:40:06. > :40:10.him offside. He had the goal disallowed on New Year's Eve that
:40:11. > :40:18.would have given him 51 in the calendar year of ready 16, as many
:40:19. > :40:24.as Messi. Rashford checks back, he can see the runner, Herrera. Good
:40:25. > :40:26.stop by Randolph, not the most powerful shot but beautifully set up
:40:27. > :40:35.again by Rashford. He is the Blair, Rashford. I think
:40:36. > :40:42.he is the one, very professional and mature -- the one. People in the
:40:43. > :40:46.academy, Mr Van Gaal Forshaw, everybody had a contribution for his
:40:47. > :40:52.formation which we try to enhance in the next couple of years but for
:40:53. > :40:57.sure he is a Manchester United player, Manchester United DNA and
:40:58. > :41:03.quality. A lot of positives but again an equity with the refereeing
:41:04. > :41:09.decision. The first one, every time you need a TV camera and slow
:41:10. > :41:13.motion, OK, they don't have it in real-time. To be fair, and I said it
:41:14. > :41:17.to Mourinho and the fourth official, I would not be happy with a yellow
:41:18. > :41:22.card. It looked like the other way round to be fair. The more you see
:41:23. > :41:27.it, the more it is Jones who went to the dangerous tackle with what you
:41:28. > :41:30.call them scissors. When you play for a club like Manchester United,
:41:31. > :41:35.you always try to do these things, you always try to win and make this
:41:36. > :41:40.a routine. Now we have to keep going. We have a few points still to
:41:41. > :41:44.get into the top four and our rivals are winning so we need to keep going
:41:45. > :41:48.with this positive run. Manchester United going really well at the
:41:49. > :41:53.moment, but only one place to start and the game changed with the red
:41:54. > :41:57.card for Feghouli. Absurd position. A massive mistake from Mike Dean.
:41:58. > :42:02.Quite remarkable, it is so early in the game, 15 minutes in. I don't
:42:03. > :42:06.know how he can be this certain because I can't work out who is
:42:07. > :42:11.fouling hoop. It is a big tackle, Feghouli goes in and he is trying to
:42:12. > :42:16.make a perfect tackle. For me it is more of a foul from Jones. The
:42:17. > :42:24.reaction probably get the player sent off. It is such a bad decision.
:42:25. > :42:30.It is the reaction from Phil Jones, that's that gets Feghouli sent off.
:42:31. > :42:36.How can he be certain it is a challenge... It is a bad decision.
:42:37. > :42:41.Mike Dean this season, another red card. He is top of the list. He does
:42:42. > :42:44.seem to seek some attention on occasion. A chance of retrospective
:42:45. > :42:50.action? We saw a similar one with Vardy. I felt Vardy should have been
:42:51. > :42:57.given approval and I think Feghouli should be as well. I can't see it
:42:58. > :43:02.being a red card. West Ham battled for a long time. But in the end
:43:03. > :43:06.back-up of substitutions from Jose Mourinho, particularly Rashford it
:43:07. > :43:09.was terrific when he came on. He came on around the hour mark at
:43:10. > :43:14.everything that United were lacking, he gave it to them. Off the ball
:43:15. > :43:19.movement, penetrative runs, that is what he gives you. For all that
:43:20. > :43:23.United were lacking at times, and I think that was largely down to the
:43:24. > :43:26.sending off, West Ham with ten men did not help United but when
:43:27. > :43:36.Rashford came on, the immediate impact, off the ball running,
:43:37. > :43:38.movement behind, he did something to Ibrahimovic as well. He is a
:43:39. > :43:40.nightmare for defenders. He stops and changes direction and that
:43:41. > :43:45.change of pace and there is intelligence. He picks up beautiful
:43:46. > :43:50.as well. That is quality. There is a little jinked that sells the
:43:51. > :43:54.defender. Then as you say, the awareness to pull it back, it is top
:43:55. > :43:59.class. Ibrahimovic this time needed that help on the pitch and that
:44:00. > :44:03.movement. He makes three runs here and he is switching his body around.
:44:04. > :44:09.He knows exactly where he wanted, brilliant. It is instinctive and he
:44:10. > :44:15.knows exactly what he wants. He makes the players might up for them.
:44:16. > :44:18.When he sets off, give me the ball here. He is waiting and he picks out
:44:19. > :44:20.the pass and he did everything in that game and there was loads we
:44:21. > :44:32.could have shown. West Ham didn't have the best of the
:44:33. > :44:36.decisions, Ibrahimovic was offside for the second goal. I are punished
:44:37. > :44:40.again by the officials, the officials don't do it deliberately
:44:41. > :44:44.but they have to get it right. If you watch it from this angle, there
:44:45. > :44:52.is no excuse, because the players are not flying around, they are
:44:53. > :44:57.walking. That is something Slaven Bilic said as well, it wasn't as if
:44:58. > :45:01.they were moving at high speed, it is at a slow pace, the defenders are
:45:02. > :45:03.walking, that is not a difficult decision, so a poor day for the
:45:04. > :45:07.officials again. It's been two years since Tony Pulis
:45:08. > :45:09.took over at West Brom, and things look better than ever
:45:10. > :45:12.at The Hawthorns. His first league game
:45:13. > :45:14.in charge of the club was a 1-0 win over Hull,
:45:15. > :45:27.and they were the Hal Robson-Kanu celebrated by
:45:28. > :45:31.scoring the winner on Saturday, but Salomon Rondon returns the starting
:45:32. > :45:34.line up here with the Welsh international back on the bench.
:45:35. > :45:37.Michael Dawson will be one of those out to stop Rondon today, he has
:45:38. > :45:44.been valuable at both ends of the field for Hull, having equalised
:45:45. > :45:47.when the sides last met in November. West Bromwich Albion up to eighth in
:45:48. > :45:50.the table at the start of play following that victory at
:45:51. > :45:57.Southampton on Saturday, but they have lost three of the last four
:45:58. > :46:03.without scoring a goal. Hull City having a dismal run of results,
:46:04. > :46:11.particularly on the road. Snodgrass turning away from Fletcher, Jacob
:46:12. > :46:17.tries to step in. Being penalised there by Mark Clattenburg. Snodgrass
:46:18. > :46:21.has been integral to their goals, he has been involved in exactly 50% of
:46:22. > :46:27.them. Is Ben Foster about to be tested for the first time this
:46:28. > :46:32.afternoon? So, Robert Snodgrass who scored against Everton in the last
:46:33. > :46:34.match firing in the free kick, and it was a good one, bringing the save
:46:35. > :46:53.to this has been a very assured and
:46:54. > :47:01.confident start from Hull, belying the recent results. That was a great
:47:02. > :47:05.chance, and a goal but Hull City thoroughly deserve, Robert Snodgrass
:47:06. > :47:10.applies the village -- finishing touch. Hull have been asking the
:47:11. > :47:17.questions in the game so far, they are on the attack again, Elmohamady
:47:18. > :47:22.with the cross, and Snodgrass getting in with determination, and
:47:23. > :47:26.he does it again for Hull. He has got to be happy with what he has
:47:27. > :47:27.seen from his team so far today, three wins so far this season for
:47:28. > :47:40.Hull. Good header brings the save from
:47:41. > :47:42.Marshall, the header from Matt Phillips. Darren Fletcher tries to
:47:43. > :47:56.get it in past Livermore, but can't. Brunt has joined the attack, Maguire
:47:57. > :48:08.heads it clear, a little lay-off now to Mbokani. In to Diomande,
:48:09. > :48:15.Elmohamady and Snodgrass getting in each other's way. And the save from
:48:16. > :48:24.Foster. West Bromwich Albion are creaking and rocking at the back
:48:25. > :48:31.there, the ball played in by Mbokani, excellent play by Gareth
:48:32. > :48:32.McAuley. It was Brunt with the delivery, a good header that needed
:48:33. > :48:55.saving. Maguire felt he might have got a
:48:56. > :48:58.goal kick then. Phillips with the delivery, straight onto the head of
:48:59. > :49:03.Chris Brunt, and straight into the back of the net. A powerful,
:49:04. > :49:10.unstoppable header, and West Bromwich Albion right back in it
:49:11. > :49:15.four minutes into the second half, and it is a brilliant header,
:49:16. > :49:19.completely unmarked, Chris Brunt, his second goal of the season and he
:49:20. > :49:34.had plenty of time to make sure he was on target.
:49:35. > :49:48.Michael Dawson going up with Al Mohammed Deif. -- Elmohamady. For
:49:49. > :49:53.the first time this afternoon, I think if you were forced to pick a
:49:54. > :49:59.winner from these two, you would probably go with the home team now.
:50:00. > :50:03.Nacer Chadli is coming off, and Hal Robson-Kanu is coming on to replace
:50:04. > :50:07.him, scored the winner on Saturday in his first league start for the
:50:08. > :50:13.club, can he do it off the bench here today? The ball comes in to the
:50:14. > :50:22.penalty area, it is 2-1! No, it is not! No, it has been given! Everyone
:50:23. > :50:28.carried on as if it wasn't a goal, but it was. And before Marshall
:50:29. > :50:34.could get rid of the ball, Mark Clattenburg signals it is a goal.
:50:35. > :50:36.And West Bromwich Albion celebrate their second of the afternoon that
:50:37. > :50:43.turns the game around. Gareth McAuley is there are once again,
:50:44. > :50:47.just watch him, getting up high and getting his head on the ball. It was
:50:48. > :50:53.blocked on the line by Sam Clucas, but was it before the ball had
:50:54. > :51:03.crossed the line? Clearly not. Here is the confirmation. Clearly a goal.
:51:04. > :51:06.2-1 West Brom, and now it is the West Bromwich Albion supporters in
:51:07. > :51:10.full voice, and here they come again. And here they come again,
:51:11. > :51:15.Matt Phillips surging forward, and he could go all the way. Here comes
:51:16. > :51:21.the shot, and the deflection carries it just over the top of the bar. It
:51:22. > :51:24.was a vital deflection off the boot of Michael Dawson, and West Bromwich
:51:25. > :51:31.Albion looking to give themselves a bit of elbow room and add to their
:51:32. > :51:41.one goal lead. Rondon finding Robson-Kanu.
:51:42. > :51:49.It is a stretch, it is Morrison, it is three! And surely it is another
:51:50. > :51:54.home winner for West Bromwich Albion? The first half produced such
:51:55. > :51:59.high hopes for Hull, but it seems a long time ago now, and with just
:52:00. > :52:06.over 15 minutes to go, they are in a whole, because they are losing 3-1.
:52:07. > :52:11.The flick by Rondon, the finish by James Morrison, it is 3-1.
:52:12. > :52:25.Just over ten minutes remaining, too much on that, but I think Nyom had a
:52:26. > :52:31.slight miscommunication with Chris Brunt. James McClean getting ready
:52:32. > :52:36.to come on, Tony Pulis preparing for another change. Here it comes from
:52:37. > :52:42.Snodgrass again, good save by Foster. And it was Michael Dawson
:52:43. > :52:49.getting to the ball first, it was blocked on the line.
:52:50. > :52:55.We change things around 20 minutes into the first half, their shape was
:52:56. > :53:00.much more potent than ours, and Johnny came in to give us the
:53:01. > :53:05.opportunity. I am disappointed again because we don't carry out the basic
:53:06. > :53:11.defence duties which is marking set pieces. Everybody has an individual
:53:12. > :53:15.role to play, everybody has a man and a marker and knows the routine,
:53:16. > :53:18.but if you switch off and the concentration goes, you get
:53:19. > :53:26.punished. When we are in a completely dominant position, you
:53:27. > :53:30.know? We went in well at half-time, but within five minutes, the game
:53:31. > :53:36.has swung round again, the set piece goal which is West Brom's strength,
:53:37. > :53:40.to be honest. We suckered ourselves into the situation of giving another
:53:41. > :53:45.way after that, so it is annoying and disappointing. We work on set
:53:46. > :53:49.pieces and do a lot of stuff, it is nice to get one. I am not often in
:53:50. > :53:54.there, but when I saw the ball coming in right to my head, I just
:53:55. > :53:57.close my eyes and hit it! Two years you have been at West Brom this
:53:58. > :54:02.week, it is going quite well, isn't it? Yes, 29 points, we are
:54:03. > :54:06.delighted, it has been a good year for us. What we have to do is try to
:54:07. > :54:09.bring a couple of players into improved the group and give
:54:10. > :54:14.everybody a lift again. We take nothing for granted, it is such a
:54:15. > :54:18.tough league. He is not making it look that offer the moment, but
:54:19. > :54:21.having said that, as Mike Phelan said, Hull played well in the first
:54:22. > :54:26.half and made it difficult for them. Mike Phelan said it is as good as
:54:27. > :54:31.they have played this season, in the first half. They had a lot of
:54:32. > :54:33.chances throughout the first half, it was just disappointment again,
:54:34. > :54:38.ultimately the same as the Everton game. They conceded from set play
:54:39. > :54:42.right on the stroke of half-time in their last game. It is the way they
:54:43. > :54:47.played, Huddlestone was excellent in possession. There were a lot of
:54:48. > :54:55.diagonal balls being hit right-to-left left-to-right, getting
:54:56. > :55:00.Mbokani and Diomande into the game, but it was lacking the final ball
:55:01. > :55:05.from these positions. Clucas gets beyond the defence, could he delayed
:55:06. > :55:10.a little? But this was a brilliantly worked goal, a diagonal ball,
:55:11. > :55:14.Snodgrass has been Hull City's best performer this season, but then this
:55:15. > :55:18.happens. And something again that Mike Phelan spoke about, doing the
:55:19. > :55:22.dirty bits of the other end, it was actually a block, Harry Maguire
:55:23. > :55:31.getting a block on his own man, Mbokani, both goals you feel, it was
:55:32. > :55:42.on the line... He was behind the line. Again, getting the basics
:55:43. > :55:47.wrong, two set he says controlling the second-half. Goal-line
:55:48. > :55:52.technology has kicked in! Tony Pulis is doing well. That smile on his
:55:53. > :55:56.face has never been bigger than the time he has been a manager, he has
:55:57. > :56:00.put a good team right through the core, Jonny Evans, Fletcher, Nacer
:56:01. > :56:03.Chadli, Robson-Kanu, everyone chipping in, it is a good story,
:56:04. > :56:06.fantastic. They certainly are. Plenty more football
:56:07. > :56:08.across the BBC this week. Radio 5live have Premier League
:56:09. > :56:10.commentaries for you over Arsenal continue their title
:56:11. > :56:13.challenge at Bournemouth, then it's leaders Chelsea looking
:56:14. > :56:16.to make it 14 league wins in a row Then the Premier League takes
:56:17. > :56:20.a break and the FA Cup returns. On Friday it's West Ham
:56:21. > :56:25.against Man City, followed by Spurs Both Everton and Southampton started
:56:26. > :56:34.the year in the top half of the table, but there's an air
:56:35. > :56:36.of dissatisfaction at both clubs. Ronald Koeman expects his side
:56:37. > :56:39.to be performing better, while boos greeted Southampton's
:56:40. > :56:53.final game of 2016. While combing says it is not about
:56:54. > :56:57.revenge for him today, and he is sure there will be no repeat of what
:56:58. > :57:05.he called one of Everton's worst displays of the season in their
:57:06. > :57:09.defeat at St Mary's in November. A first Toffees start for 19-year-old
:57:10. > :57:16.Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Marianne Lennon also coming in. The second
:57:17. > :57:20.match running, six changes, and among them, Joseph on replacing
:57:21. > :57:32.Virgil van Dyck. Tadic, a clever pass, and Baines has
:57:33. > :57:40.won the ball, just about kept it in play as well.
:57:41. > :57:50.Tadic lost his concentration, and loses possession, as well. Rodriguez
:57:51. > :57:56.is tending to his team-mate, who clattered into the hoardings as he
:57:57. > :58:06.jostled with Leighton Baines. A good challenge from Baines, and Cedric
:58:07. > :58:13.came off the worse for wear. Gueye with a free header, and that was
:58:14. > :58:18.saved well from Ross Barkley by Forster. Ross Barkley, who scored
:58:19. > :58:27.Everton's leveller at Hull on Friday with the first real opportunity of
:58:28. > :58:32.the game. Cedric is off with a head injury that he suffered from that
:58:33. > :58:37.collision with the perimeter boards. So, 22-year-old Jack Stephens is
:58:38. > :58:47.going to come on for Cedric for his Premier League debut. Tadic, Baines
:58:48. > :58:55.got there first. Here is Lukaku now, and it does come for Ross Barkley,
:58:56. > :59:01.looking for Lukaku. Romelu Lukaku! Foster works with his legs, first
:59:02. > :59:08.sight of goal that Everton's top scorer has had, but it is a save you
:59:09. > :59:11.always expect Forster to make. The Everton major shareholder, Farhad
:59:12. > :59:17.machinery, to the left of your screen there. Ronald Koeman expect
:59:18. > :59:18.to be busy in the transfer window, so he might expect to be busy
:59:19. > :59:28.writing some checks. Forster was scrambling but it is a
:59:29. > :59:31.corner for Everton. Seamus Coleman has been a goal threat recently,
:59:32. > :59:45.deciding to chance his arm. Short to Coleman. Now there is a
:59:46. > :59:48.chance for Southampton on the counterattack, Redmond in plenty of
:59:49. > :59:58.spate with Rodriguez and Tadic coming forward. -- plenty of space.
:59:59. > :00:03.Ward-Prowse and Rodriguez with his hand, I think, has put it in the net
:00:04. > :00:13.but the flag was up anyway. He was just offside. He had his arms up.
:00:14. > :00:19.Joel Robles with the flick and it came off the arm of Jay Rodriguez.
:00:20. > :00:24.Claude Puel's team have had the most hectic festive fixture programme of
:00:25. > :00:28.any Premier League team, the only team playing their three matches in
:00:29. > :00:33.the space of just six days. Good turn from Rodriguez and still...
:00:34. > :00:43.Very nearly a wonderful goal from Jay Rodriguez.
:00:44. > :00:51.Romeu into Redmond but well read by Williams and it might break for
:00:52. > :01:00.Everton. Still Lukaku, allowed to charge and hit but a poor effort
:01:01. > :01:03.from Romelu Lukaku. A genuine -- genuine chances few and far between
:01:04. > :01:11.this afternoon but that was one of the better ones.
:01:12. > :01:21.Rodrigues done, Redmond is onside, Nathan Redmond! Straight at Robles.
:01:22. > :01:26.The best Southampton have had since the break. It was too close to
:01:27. > :01:32.Robles who got his angles right. This is Mirallas, looking for
:01:33. > :01:38.Lukaku, good strength and a nice ball and this is Coleman to Lukaku!
:01:39. > :01:47.Forster says but put in by Enner Valencia! The substitute has a near
:01:48. > :01:51.immediate impact. Lukaku deserves plenty of credit here, playing it on
:01:52. > :01:58.to Seamus Coleman and he got up well and it was a decent header. Forster
:01:59. > :02:03.made the save, the bounce went to Everton and there was Enner
:02:04. > :02:07.Valencia, 12 minutes after coming off the bench. He was in the right
:02:08. > :02:17.place to score his first goal for Everton. 1-0.
:02:18. > :02:29.Ross Barkley again, nice from Everton, Leighton Baines. Valencia
:02:30. > :02:35.and was he brought down? Penalty! Maya Yoshida going through the back
:02:36. > :02:41.of Enner Valencia. And having come on from the bench to score the
:02:42. > :02:45.opening goal for Everton, Valencia has now won a penalty that could
:02:46. > :02:53.wrap up the points for the Toffees. Leighton Baines... 2-0 Everton! And
:02:54. > :02:59.surely that'll do for the Toffees this afternoon. Leighton Baines with
:03:00. > :03:08.his second goal of the season, both of which have been penalties. He
:03:09. > :03:10.spoke about his knotty technique in the match day programme today and
:03:11. > :03:27.showed just how good he is at executing them. 2-0.
:03:28. > :03:38.Redmond manages to win the corner out of Valencia. Ward-Prowse takes
:03:39. > :03:45.it, flicked on and sent over the top by Williams. Brilliant defending
:03:46. > :03:48.from Ashley Williams. A good delivery in the first place and
:03:49. > :04:06.Williams somehow sent it over the bar. Valencia. Stephens.
:04:07. > :04:13.Dispossessed, Davies, Lukaku! It is all over now! Romelu Lukaku with a
:04:14. > :04:20.cracking finish to finish off Southampton. Goal number 11 of the
:04:21. > :04:28.season for Romelu Lukaku. Southampton are their own worst
:04:29. > :04:33.enemies here, Fonte was dispossessed, Davies with a crisp
:04:34. > :04:36.first-time ball and Lukaku absolutely smashed it beyond Fraser
:04:37. > :04:40.Forster. I don't think Southampton will want to see a rebirth of that
:04:41. > :04:43.defending in a hurry, slack stuff from the Saints and punished by
:04:44. > :04:53.Lukaku. 3-0. The first off, not good, I think we
:04:54. > :04:59.missed some tempo in the game -- first half. When it was higher we
:05:00. > :05:04.created opportunities to score and that was the problem in the first
:05:05. > :05:09.half. It was not really that intensity in the game and we brought
:05:10. > :05:13.that in after half-time. Then you see the final result. How worried
:05:14. > :05:23.are you, three defeat in a row, the worst losing run for Southampton in
:05:24. > :05:28.the league for two years? Yeah, it is like Boxing Day and now it is
:05:29. > :05:38.important to recover, recover on your body and also your head to
:05:39. > :05:42.prepare good games for the future. And a cup game, important for us
:05:43. > :05:48.now. Now the transfer window is open, had he been making some calls
:05:49. > :05:53.already? Everybody knows the people in the club knows what we want and
:05:54. > :05:58.what we want to change and it is up to them. Do you expect to be busy? I
:05:59. > :06:07.am busy with the fixture is what we have and may be the board will be
:06:08. > :06:11.busy to bring some players in, yes. Everton, it took them a while to get
:06:12. > :06:17.going but they rallied and scored late goals. Ross Barkley seems to be
:06:18. > :06:20.returning to form. He certainly does, Ronald Koeman is talking about
:06:21. > :06:24.bringing in players but he works well with the players he has.
:06:25. > :06:27.Watching this from afar coming years been patient with him, had him in
:06:28. > :06:32.the team and dropped him and brought him back and today he was running
:06:33. > :06:36.the show. We know he has good ability for the shooting ability
:06:37. > :06:41.with either foot from distance, that is not in question but he has tidied
:06:42. > :06:45.up his game. His football intelligence, is it fair? Nothing
:06:46. > :06:50.wrong with this, nice and simple and tidy. Plenty of vision in his game.
:06:51. > :06:55.He has got to go on now and prove it game after game. Look at this for
:06:56. > :07:04.vision, a lovely ball. You can see the pass. This leads to a penalty.
:07:05. > :07:10.He is dictating everything, he is the player, suddenly in a few days
:07:11. > :07:14.or weeks, he is dictating the play. He is lending it to people, good
:07:15. > :07:18.vision, he pops it off but he is the man in the team to make things
:07:19. > :07:22.happen. The manager has made that happen for him. He has made him
:07:23. > :07:27.comfortable. It was a silly challenge from Yoshida on Valencia.
:07:28. > :07:32.He goes off to see his manager and it is about the relationship between
:07:33. > :07:38.them. Three defeats on the bounce for Southampton, cause for concern?
:07:39. > :07:43.Claude Puel spoke about recovery and if anybody needs the time,
:07:44. > :07:47.Southampton do, three games in five days. It is tiredness probably and
:07:48. > :07:49.they are stretching their squad. But they should be OK.
:07:50. > :07:52.If you start the year ahead of the current champions,
:07:53. > :07:54.you're either flying or a title defence is going badly.
:07:55. > :07:57.It was the latter for Leicester City as they travelled to Middlesbrough
:07:58. > :08:04.for the day's early kick-off, watched by Guy Mowbray.
:08:05. > :08:08.Amongst five Middlesbrough changes, Brad Guzan is in goal for the first
:08:09. > :08:17.time since August with Victor Valdes ruled out. No sign of arrest for the
:08:18. > :08:22.industry is Marten de Roon, is workrate has been impressive and he
:08:23. > :08:26.will be important again. Five Leicester changes as well and it
:08:27. > :08:31.will have been a blow to lose Islam Slimani with a fever or what would
:08:32. > :08:35.have been his final game before the Africa Cup of Nations and with Jamie
:08:36. > :08:37.Vardy still suspended, it opens up the place for Leonardo Ulloa to
:08:38. > :08:43.start for the first time this season. If you are a certain vintage
:08:44. > :08:49.it is hard to think of Middlesbrough against Leicester without going back
:08:50. > :08:54.to 1997 and the foxes' League Cup final win thanks to the winner from
:08:55. > :09:02.Steve Claridge a replay. Mahrez is on the move in the centre.
:09:03. > :09:08.There is Christian Fuchs having a shot. Always wide but it is bright
:09:09. > :09:13.and breezy from Leicester from the off. The Leicester fans are early on
:09:14. > :09:18.making their presence felt on Teesside, CHANTING
:09:19. > :09:25., we know what we are, champions of England -- they are chanting. They
:09:26. > :09:30.will not be singing it next season. An easy shift and run away from
:09:31. > :09:36.Fuchs by Traore and he goes down just inside the area. The referee
:09:37. > :09:42.did not shake his head immediately so you do have a think. It is a
:09:43. > :09:46.brilliant burst of pace. It might have been about earlier on. I don't
:09:47. > :09:51.think Robert Huth did much wrong, he was just trying to block him. And it
:09:52. > :09:56.was just outside the box anyway. There have been one of two signs
:09:57. > :10:04.that Adama Traore will cause problems for Leicester City. Three
:10:05. > :10:09.making their way into the box. Traore taking his time getting
:10:10. > :10:14.there. Now that is to want to ruin but it was just behind him and he
:10:15. > :10:18.had to dig at it. Desperate that it was towards Marten de Roon. He is
:10:19. > :10:21.making a positive impact for Middlesbrough. You get the feeling
:10:22. > :10:26.that Gaston Ramirez has sensed that because every time he has the ball
:10:27. > :10:27.he is looking for Traore who has got the beating of Fuchs and was away
:10:28. > :10:50.from King that time as well. Ramirez, for sure. -- Adam Forshaw.
:10:51. > :11:00.A big deflection. Who off? The goalkick has been given. It was Wes
:11:01. > :11:08.Morgan. That had to be a Middlesbrough corner. It should not
:11:09. > :11:11.come as a great surprise that we are goalless at this stage at a ground
:11:12. > :11:15.that has witnessed fewer goals than any other in the Premier League this
:11:16. > :11:21.season. Marvellous towards Okazaki, it beat Brad Guzan. The brightest
:11:22. > :11:27.passage of play from Leicester so far in the second half. So much
:11:28. > :11:38.effort from both teams but neither has really looked like scoring.
:11:39. > :11:47.Chambers to Traore, neatly worked. Not exactly tidy but that is Adam
:11:48. > :11:53.Forshaw, friendly macro -- Friend and that is awkward. Nobody could
:11:54. > :11:58.get the touch. Fabio has a crack but it is wide. Well wide. We have had
:11:59. > :12:05.one at the other end that Brad Guzan couldn't gather and now George
:12:06. > :12:11.Friend with a beautiful ball. Morgan could not touch it and Huth dared
:12:12. > :12:25.not. Negredo did not gamble. De Roon. Headed out by Amartey and
:12:26. > :12:33.straight to Clayton. Friend reads Simson and how close can he get? --
:12:34. > :12:38.beats Simpson. It came on to his wrong foot. He did well against
:12:39. > :12:42.Simpson and Andy King and that was his inswinger.
:12:43. > :12:57.Leicester have a problem in that Riyad Mahrez stayed down for quite
:12:58. > :13:01.some time but he is OK now which will be not just a relief to
:13:02. > :13:08.Leicester but anybody hoping that Algeria do well next month in the
:13:09. > :13:14.Africa Cup of Nations. That is Ulloa going for it and Guzan saves and
:13:15. > :13:18.holds. What part of the body did that come off? Ulloa just managed to
:13:19. > :13:27.peel away from Gibson and get an effort on target.
:13:28. > :13:36.Plenty of time to consider the cross for Fabio, Morgan looked hesitant
:13:37. > :13:39.and that is Ramirez! He has blasted it wide and Wes Morgan breathed a
:13:40. > :13:44.huge sigh of relief because it looked like the Leicester captain
:13:45. > :13:46.had gifted Gaston Ramirez the winner. In a game of few chances,
:13:47. > :14:00.that one had to be taken. Huth stuck out a leg at the right
:14:01. > :14:05.time for Leicester. Mousset takes on and beats Adam Clayton who tried to
:14:06. > :14:14.drag him back. Ahmed Musa, now this is Amartey.
:14:15. > :14:24.In towards Ulloa, and it is over the top. It is fair to say, not the
:14:25. > :14:27.greatest of games to start off a New Year at the Riverside Stadium, a
:14:28. > :14:34.game of precious few chances and generally low on quality. 0-0.
:14:35. > :14:43.I suspect you are the more frustrated of the two managers with
:14:44. > :14:54.that. Yes, but we played again today, what we can't forget is that
:14:55. > :15:02.they are the Premier League winners, and our team, again, we showed we
:15:03. > :15:08.were better than them. Claudio, where you happy with that? We
:15:09. > :15:13.started well, the spirit was fantastic, the second clean sheet in
:15:14. > :15:17.a row, we were very solid, strong, and tried to go on the
:15:18. > :15:22.counterattack. It was a good match, good game. I have asked you before
:15:23. > :15:32.about Adama Traore. Is he getting there? He is improving, and we have
:15:33. > :15:38.to keep him, but he needs to learn. Not the best game, no goals, but
:15:39. > :15:43.should Middlesbrough have had a penalty? Yes, I do think they should
:15:44. > :15:53.have had a penalty, it was again, Traore, and he spoke about him
:15:54. > :15:56.there, Karanka. There was definite contact, and it was another one
:15:57. > :16:06.today that the officials have got wrong. It looks just outside to me.
:16:07. > :16:12.Traore was involved in that decision, and he is an interesting
:16:13. > :16:16.player. Karanka talking about doing that, how do you get him better than
:16:17. > :16:21.here is? He has amazing pace, he just embarrasses players. I'm not
:16:22. > :16:25.sure the pitch is big enough for him at times. He runs out of play there,
:16:26. > :16:30.and this one here, this is brilliant, it is the change of pace
:16:31. > :16:33.as well. You can't just run at people, they know where he is going,
:16:34. > :16:38.but they can't stop him, good movement in the box and maybe they
:16:39. > :16:41.should score there. When he has time and space, this is what they need to
:16:42. > :16:48.work on with him, pick out the deliveries. He has two good moves
:16:49. > :16:53.here, a good run being made to the near post and the far, and it is an
:16:54. > :16:57.awful cross. I feel as though he can get himself in better goal-scoring
:16:58. > :17:01.positions as well. He is electric, but he constantly wants the ball to
:17:02. > :17:06.his feet, I think you can move with play and follow the other side, get
:17:07. > :17:10.himself in a goal-scoring position. Too far off there, he is never going
:17:11. > :17:13.to score from there, he always wanted to his feet, but he has
:17:14. > :17:20.certainly got something. The fans love him. As for Leicester, four
:17:21. > :17:26.points in two games, two clean sheets on the bounce, unbeaten in
:17:27. > :17:31.2017, this could be their year! I think they have had their year. I
:17:32. > :17:37.think they need to steady the ship, two clean sheets was important, but
:17:38. > :17:42.that tide has probably set. It is not easy at this time of year. That
:17:43. > :17:45.is it for the festive football this season, thank you very much indeed,
:17:46. > :17:50.but before we go, let's have a look at the Premier League tables.
:17:51. > :17:54.Liverpool's slip-up at Sunderland means Chelsea extend their lead if
:17:55. > :18:01.they've beat Tottenham on Wednesday to eight points. Manchester City are
:18:02. > :18:05.backed up to third, while Manchester United's sixth win keeps the race to
:18:06. > :18:09.the top four bunched up. Sunderland remain in the bottom three along
:18:10. > :18:13.with Hull, who have won just once since August. Crystal Palace face
:18:14. > :18:23.Swansea in a crunch clash on Tuesday. This is what the morning
:18:24. > :18:26.papers have to say. The Daily Star have quotes from Slaven Bilic in
:18:27. > :18:33.which he blames Manchester United's Phil Jones for getting Feghouli sent
:18:34. > :18:41.off, while the Mirror says the realm of dread are plotting a move the
:18:42. > :18:47.Dele Alli. We all got a Pep talk, goodbye. I am so happy, believe me.
:18:48. > :18:49.Happy New Year, goodbye.