:00:17. > :00:24.COMMENTATOR: Just brilliant, just brilliant!
:00:25. > :00:36.COMMENTATOR: What a turn, what a goal!
:00:37. > :00:43.COMMENTATOR: Look at that. Oh, look at that!
:00:44. > :00:46.It's been a big day in the Premier League,
:00:47. > :00:48.but the big story of course was last night.
:00:49. > :00:52.Alan Shearer and Ian Wright are standing by.
:00:53. > :00:56.Antonio Conte's team travelled to West Brom knowing victory
:00:57. > :00:59.would clinch the title with two games to spare.
:01:00. > :01:13.West Brom's final home game of the season, but they'd be forgiven for
:01:14. > :01:16.feeling like guests in their own house, because this is all about
:01:17. > :01:23.Chelsea. One more win for the Premier League title. For Albion,
:01:24. > :01:27.one change from last weekend's draw at Burnley, with Nyom returning an
:01:28. > :01:32.defence. He takes the place of Marc Wilson. That means another start for
:01:33. > :01:36.some field, four days after his 19th birthday. The teenagers daunting
:01:37. > :01:42.midfield opponents will be Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic, but
:01:43. > :01:46.Antonio Conte has the same Chelsea side that cruised to three more
:01:47. > :01:54.points against Middlesbrough. N'Golo Kante is fit to return, but as a
:01:55. > :01:59.substitute. It is Albion who get the Friday night action started in a
:02:00. > :02:06.Hawthorns atmosphere that feels more like Stamford Bridge. Chelsea taking
:02:07. > :02:11.over this little part of the West Midlands tonight. It has been
:02:12. > :02:16.reported that some Chelsea supporters have paid thousands as...
:02:17. > :02:20.Albion thrashing the first chance of the game and Forster is saved from
:02:21. > :02:26.Courtois, Salomon Rondon nearly silenced the blue hordes behind that
:02:27. > :02:27.Chelsea goal. Possibly dipping in, possibly it would have struck the
:02:28. > :02:43.bar. Fabregas has gone for goal. He beat
:02:44. > :02:47.Foster with the strike, but he beat the post as well. But it was there
:02:48. > :02:52.to be struck. They are not close enough to block. Look how close --
:02:53. > :02:59.Nyom not close enough to block. Look how close it was. Hazard looked for
:03:00. > :03:04.Diego Costa, it nearly came to Fabregas. Livermore was not
:03:05. > :03:16.expecting that ball towards him. There was another suggestion here of
:03:17. > :03:22.hand ball, more than a suggestion. It was swept by the hand of Jonny
:03:23. > :03:26.Evans. That's how to control it. He could see Cesc Fabregas mouth hand
:03:27. > :03:29.ball, then just carry on playing almost in disbelief that it wasn't
:03:30. > :03:33.spotted. I think Antonio Conte has met his match in terms of energy
:03:34. > :03:40.expelled on the touchline this evening. Tony Pulis has been
:03:41. > :03:43.charging around the box. Rondon gets it through. Bernard was offside.
:03:44. > :03:50.Fletcher risen. McClean isn't. David Luiz has to turn it away with Chris
:03:51. > :03:53.Brunt ready to put the ball in, and it's close to being the right ball
:03:54. > :04:11.across from James McClean, with cover from David Luiz.
:04:12. > :04:20.Moses! It's a super save by Ben Foster. Really smart reactions,
:04:21. > :04:25.because that was fired through the legs of McClean. The goalkeeper
:04:26. > :04:36.cannot really have been expecting that until it was cracked his way.
:04:37. > :04:45.Peg Robert Harward it. Evans' header goes straight to cost. Lovely chest
:04:46. > :04:51.down to Hazard, Hazard's pull-back was almost an own goal. Almost
:04:52. > :04:57.kilometres from West Bromwich Albion's men at the back. Dawson's
:04:58. > :05:00.heart wasn't half beating here. Turned straight against Yacob. It's
:05:01. > :05:06.a good job that Claudio Yacob was stationed where he was. Yacob, a
:05:07. > :05:12.good turn, but he didn't have time to complete the job. Didn't have the
:05:13. > :05:16.room. Claim off overhand of Yacob, but to close for it to be seen as
:05:17. > :05:21.hand ball. Rondon has got away from David Luiz. He needs to stay in
:05:22. > :05:26.front of Kay has -- Cahill and Azpilicueta. Azpilicueta blocks it.
:05:27. > :05:35.That would have been controversial. It came off the arm of Yacob, Rondon
:05:36. > :05:39.David Rondon gave David Luiz the slip. You can see the anguish in
:05:40. > :05:52.Antonio Conte's face. Hazard lost it to Yacob. Here's
:05:53. > :05:57.Rondon. Rondon has Livermore in acres of space to the left.
:05:58. > :06:03.Livermore against David Luiz. Livermore plays it in. That's
:06:04. > :06:07.Chadli, it's wide. But as this game is opening up, the chances are
:06:08. > :06:14.falling to West Bromwich Albion. Good vision there from Livermore.
:06:15. > :06:19.Batshuayi, about to play in the Premier League for the 18th time,
:06:20. > :06:23.everyone is a substitute. Just the one goal, at Watford, on the 20th of
:06:24. > :06:27.August, seven minutes after he took the field. Let's put the clock on
:06:28. > :06:31.him. Darren Fletcher has the tactical note in his hand. He seemed
:06:32. > :06:36.to be looking at it two or three times before getting the gist of it
:06:37. > :06:42.to pass on. It must be the manager's handwriting. Not many minutes to go.
:06:43. > :06:48.Willian with the lifted ball in. Diego Costa. Brunt for Albion,
:06:49. > :06:57.Marcos Alonso up there, Gary Cahill to hit. Azpilicueta. And it is
:06:58. > :07:05.turned in by Michy Batshuayi! Chelsea have managed to find a way
:07:06. > :07:09.through. It's so close now. The biggest Chelsea celebration ever
:07:10. > :07:13.seen. Antonio Conte at the heart of it all. West Bromwich Albion just
:07:14. > :07:18.could not get the ball away. It was sliced by Cahill. Chris Brunt
:07:19. > :07:24.couldn't stop Cesar Azpilicueta from keeping the ball moving. A hopeful
:07:25. > :07:27.turn into the middle and Michy Batshuayi, a bit part player for
:07:28. > :07:33.Chelsea all season, might just have scored the goal that wins them the
:07:34. > :07:39.Premier League. We knew that was coming. We knew that with that kind
:07:40. > :07:42.of celebration when child -- we knew were there would be that kind of
:07:43. > :07:46.celebration when Chelsea got their goal. Have West Brom got anything
:07:47. > :07:50.left in them? They have given it a real fight. Five more minutes to
:07:51. > :07:56.play. Chelsea aren't there yet. He is Darren Fletcher. Rondon! Saved by
:07:57. > :08:02.Courtois. The flag is up anyway. It wouldn't have counted, but credit to
:08:03. > :08:10.Thibaut Courtois for saying fully switched on. -- for staying fully
:08:11. > :08:15.switched on. Foster with the big bash forward. David Luiz waiting for
:08:16. > :08:21.it. Helped on towards Livermore. Michael Oliver has a look at his
:08:22. > :08:25.watch. John Terry caught out by what he thought was about to be the
:08:26. > :08:35.full-time whistle. Not the only one. Yacob. Blue is the colour of the
:08:36. > :08:41.Premier League winners again. A more familiar name I gain, as Chelsea win
:08:42. > :08:48.it for the fifth time, and an Italian who has masterminded things
:08:49. > :08:55.again. All hail Antonio Conte. Three seasons, three titles with Juventus.
:08:56. > :09:01.One in one with Chelsea, Mr 100%. Chelsea champions with two games to
:09:02. > :09:05.spare. Full credit to West Bromwich Albion, who gave it one heck of a
:09:06. > :09:09.fight tonight. At its Chelsea's Premier League. West Bromwich Albion
:09:10. > :09:15.nil, Chelsea one. Chelsea, champions!
:09:16. > :09:22.The obvious question is just how does that feel tonight? Can you see
:09:23. > :09:24.my face? It feels amazing, it feels a special moment. We said there are
:09:25. > :09:29.opportunities in football that you need to grab with both hands. We
:09:30. > :09:31.felt we had to do that today. You can hear the celebrations now and I
:09:32. > :09:34.can't wait to get back to the changing room. These are moments you
:09:35. > :09:39.need to cherish, they don't come round every day. This trophy is
:09:40. > :09:44.special and to do it two times in three years at Chelsea is fantastic.
:09:45. > :09:50.I'm very proud. We needed to have the brakes go for others today, to
:09:51. > :09:54.get the results and that's the difference sometimes. Nobody can say
:09:55. > :09:57.they've had an easy game, they've come here and had an easy game,
:09:58. > :10:01.we've really worked hard as a group. They've done that all season. A
:10:02. > :10:07.wonderful group of lads who work hard, big hearts and big lungs again
:10:08. > :10:13.today. Very, very proud of them. They commit with the workrate, great
:10:14. > :10:16.will to decide to win this league in this season. It wasn't easy,
:10:17. > :10:25.honestly, because we start the season with a lot of problems. But I
:10:26. > :10:32.think that in the problems we found the right way to be stronger. He has
:10:33. > :10:36.made his philosophy to come into our brain quickly, you know? Credit to
:10:37. > :10:39.the players as well that we worked very hard and we understood quickly
:10:40. > :10:45.what he wanted from us. The season is not over. We have two weeks now
:10:46. > :10:48.to prepare well for the final, which is another fantastic, romantic
:10:49. > :10:51.trophy that we want to win and to win the double, then it could be an
:10:52. > :10:57.excellent season. We have to work for it now. It's great for me, it's
:10:58. > :11:01.my first season, a new country, a new language, I'm happy to win this
:11:02. > :11:04.league that for me is very strong. Why bother in a week on Sunday you
:11:05. > :11:09.will be lifting the trophy. Is it going to be a long week? I can't
:11:10. > :11:13.wait to get my hands on that trophy. It's going to be a special time, you
:11:14. > :11:17.know. All our families will be there, it will be party time at
:11:18. > :11:21.Stamford Bridge. I can't wait. I'm sure you can't. He's had a great
:11:22. > :11:29.season, Chelsea have had a great season, congratulations to the new
:11:30. > :11:33.champions. Worth a look back at the goal that decided it? There was a
:11:34. > :11:35.big decision for the manager, West Brom made it difficult and took
:11:36. > :11:38.Hazard off and Pedro off and brought Willian and Batshuayi on. It was a
:11:39. > :11:44.bit of a scrappy goal, a mis-hit on the edge of the box from Gary
:11:45. > :11:50.Cahill, when it eventually. In. But when it comes to Azpilicueta, who
:11:51. > :11:54.has been brilliant all season and he puts it on a plate for Batshuayi,
:11:55. > :11:59.for only his second league goal. What a time to come up with such an
:12:00. > :12:04.important goal. You can see... There it goes! The easy as, the passion,
:12:05. > :12:09.just everything about it filtered down to all his players all season.
:12:10. > :12:12.Absolutely magnificent. And infectious personality. I suppose
:12:13. > :12:17.the change, there's always something in a season, the shift in the
:12:18. > :12:20.system, wasn't it, that was the definitive moment. That was the big
:12:21. > :12:24.change. They'd been beaten to Liverpool, played Arsenal at the
:12:25. > :12:30.Emirates and were hammered 3-0. Getting beaten 3-0 with this team,
:12:31. > :12:34.Blake four at the back and it wasn't working. -- played four at the back.
:12:35. > :12:38.He had to do something. This is the game of the Emirates, when the third
:12:39. > :12:44.goal at Arsenal scored, they were battered. They got torn apart.
:12:45. > :12:50.Sanchez and Ozil run riot that afternoon. But it on a plate for
:12:51. > :12:57.them. Good finish, 3-0 at half-time. From then on he changed it. They
:12:58. > :13:00.went to Hull and then played this team, this system, changed a couple
:13:01. > :13:05.of players and then they went 13 games on the spin, winning games,
:13:06. > :13:11.which was an incredible turnaround for a team that struggle. Had a real
:13:12. > :13:14.consistency of selection, rather like Leicester last season, the team
:13:15. > :13:18.that made the fewest changes went on to win the league. Admittedly they
:13:19. > :13:23.didn't have Europe to worry about. That has to be said also, they
:13:24. > :13:28.certainly benefited without being in Europe, but 38 changes, which when
:13:29. > :13:31.you look at it compared to other teams in there, so they've used that
:13:32. > :13:38.to their advantage. And also, when did you feel they'd actually
:13:39. > :13:40.clinched it, apart from mathematically? Two three weeks ago
:13:41. > :13:44.they went to Goodison Park against Everton. A lot of people were
:13:45. > :13:47.thinking if it was going to go against them, then this was the
:13:48. > :13:51.game, but again, they batted Everton. That was the turning point,
:13:52. > :13:54.because Tottenham were on a winning run and you can imagine how
:13:55. > :13:57.demoralising it was for Tottenham, winning all those games and they
:13:58. > :14:00.went there. That was the game that the Chelsea players and staff,
:14:01. > :14:05.looking at their reaction, that they thought it was nearly in the bag. A
:14:06. > :14:12.word on Conte. What a wonderful job he's done in a short space of time.
:14:13. > :14:16.It is. Just before the Arsenal game, there was talk about his job was in
:14:17. > :14:19.jeopardy and after the Arsenal game, you can't believe it when you look
:14:20. > :14:22.at how it's happened now, the way he's got players like Moses. Moses
:14:23. > :14:27.was saying he didn't know where he was going to go, on loan, this
:14:28. > :14:29.manager has kept him in there. Willian, an unbelievable player,
:14:30. > :14:33.he's kept the whole squad happy. When you look at the way they are,
:14:34. > :14:37.no red card, discipline has been very good. When you look at the way
:14:38. > :14:40.he's kept the team together, you would say about the amount of
:14:41. > :14:44.changes of players they've used, it's kept them together and he's
:14:45. > :14:49.done that brilliantly. It's that assured calmness that he has off the
:14:50. > :14:53.pitch. Worthy winners, good football. People say they are bit
:14:54. > :14:57.counterattack, but they are great on the counter. Of course people
:14:58. > :15:02.mention Moses and Alonso and Kante and Hazard but Fabregas, coming off
:15:03. > :15:08.the bench, at integral moments, was fantastic. We mentioned Kante,
:15:09. > :15:11.Hazard, Costa, but there is a case for mentioning all the players.
:15:12. > :15:15.Azpilicueta also deserves a mention, played every minute of every league
:15:16. > :15:20.game. He's every single Saturday, midweek, and eight or nine hours out
:15:21. > :15:29.of ten, superb all season. Well done, Chelsea.
:15:30. > :15:43.Let us turn our attention to today. That they near post ball to die for.
:15:44. > :16:00.It is in towards Djourou. The shot is on here. Drops in for Bamford.
:16:01. > :16:03.Swansea had the chance to take a giant stride towards safety at
:16:04. > :16:07.relegated Sunderland, who did their opponents are huge favour last week
:16:08. > :16:15.and by beating Hull. Steve Wilson was at the Stadium of Light.
:16:16. > :16:23.COMMENTATOR: Jermain Defoe Willie bind many friendships when he leaves
:16:24. > :16:26.this summer but none were bought and that with Bradley Lowry. Ten years
:16:27. > :16:32.of an elite football at the Stadium of Light to an end. Fernando
:16:33. > :16:35.Llorente's goals have been crucial for Swansea, none more important
:16:36. > :16:40.than last week against Everton which put their fate back in their own
:16:41. > :16:44.hands. A win today would keep them in control of their own destiny and
:16:45. > :16:53.crank up the pressure on Hull City and Crystal Palace tomorrow. The
:16:54. > :16:59.referee is Andre Mariner. Swansea City all in white against a
:17:00. > :17:06.Sunderland side in red and white stripes, who are Championship bound.
:17:07. > :17:17.That was into the feet of Fernando Llorente but then Naughton was then
:17:18. > :17:22.fouled by Anichebe E. Gylfi Sigurdsson on this free for Swansea.
:17:23. > :17:28.In if curtains are good for them towards Fernando Llorente. Swansea
:17:29. > :17:34.in front after just eight minutes. Fernando Llorente soaks up the
:17:35. > :17:42.celebrations. Yet another assist for Gylfi Sigurdsson. Pickford came and
:17:43. > :17:45.didn't get there. Fernando Llorente heads Swansea in front. Not sure
:17:46. > :17:53.Pickford really needed to come for it. The net was empty as a result
:17:54. > :18:03.and Fernando Llorente found it. A perfect start. Cut out by Leon
:18:04. > :18:07.Britton. That hit his own man and then the corner flag. Finally gone
:18:08. > :18:15.behind for a Sunderland corner off the unlucky Tom Carroll. A wry smile
:18:16. > :18:19.from the owner, Ellis Short. Larsson with the corner for Sunderland.
:18:20. > :18:24.Lofted towards Jones who got the downward header. It might fall for
:18:25. > :18:29.Defoe. You can't take your eyes off it with Jermain Defoe around. It
:18:30. > :18:41.took a blocking save from Fabianski. I think he is just about awake.
:18:42. > :18:59.Good feet, Carol. No kind of angle really. Olsen. The deflection on the
:19:00. > :19:14.cross, Gibson with the header. He did well. Ki, Naughton making a
:19:15. > :19:21.forward run, he is onside. And it is 2-0, a commend this finish. Huge
:19:22. > :19:26.celebrations from the Swansea fans on high and the Swansea bench. They
:19:27. > :19:31.lead by two. A really well worked goal and a thumping finish by Kyle
:19:32. > :19:41.Naughton. His first ever goal for Swansea City. Great finish.
:19:42. > :19:43.Sunderland 0- two Swansea City. Lashing it beyond Pickford into the
:19:44. > :20:06.top corner of the Sunderland net. Defoe was caught by Fernandez, that
:20:07. > :20:09.will be a free kick. Whilst he is on the pitch, Jermain Defoe, there is a
:20:10. > :20:15.chance Sunderland will get something. The free kick that the
:20:16. > :20:21.fell by Fernandez. An opportunity for Sebastian Larsson. Swansea
:20:22. > :20:26.anxiety even at 2-0. Deflected off the wall. They are claiming
:20:27. > :20:34.handball, Sunderland. Strong appeals. Larsson hits it. He
:20:35. > :20:38.certainly moved his arm in the direction of the ball and moved his
:20:39. > :20:44.body out of the way. It has hit his left hand. They may have a case
:20:45. > :20:49.there. It will be a huge rebuilding job next season as David Moyes takes
:20:50. > :20:55.over as a manager outside of the top flight for the first time since 2002
:20:56. > :21:04.when he was the Preston boss. He may find that getting up is no easier
:21:05. > :21:12.than staying up. That will be a free kick. It looked like Borini may have
:21:13. > :21:17.felt him before Leroy Fer got anywhere near him but the decision
:21:18. > :21:21.has gone Sunderland's way. If Swansea don't win this game from
:21:22. > :21:27.here, with just the last quarter of it to play, it would be supremely
:21:28. > :21:36.careless. Khazri looks most keen, Defoe is there as well, it is
:21:37. > :21:41.Khazri. Pushed back dangerously. He did score last week Billy Jones but
:21:42. > :21:45.this may have come to the wrong man. Fabianski pushing it right back into
:21:46. > :21:52.the danger area. Jones could not hit the target. Face planted in the
:21:53. > :22:03.turf. As the chance was wasted and what they chance.
:22:04. > :22:14.Play answers the referee. It has come to Khazri. Defoe. Deflected for
:22:15. > :22:18.a corner. A good run by the Italian. Naughton stuck his leg out but Andre
:22:19. > :22:24.Mariner said play on and Sunderland nearly took advantage. The last
:22:25. > :22:32.ticket stub from their season tickets has been used. Many of them
:22:33. > :22:37.look pretty thankful for that. Andre Mariner blows his whistle. Swansea
:22:38. > :22:43.aren't quite safe yet but they may be tomorrow. Even if they are not,
:22:44. > :22:49.they have West Bromwich Albion at home on the final day of the season
:22:50. > :22:52.with the fate in their own hands. Sunderland depart to the
:22:53. > :23:00.Championship with doing ringing in their ears. It has been a Sunderland
:23:01. > :23:04.0- two Swansea City. Can you sum up in one sentence what Paul Clement
:23:05. > :23:09.has done best to mark the Game to Swansea at a difficult time? He came
:23:10. > :23:14.in and gave us confident. He got the lads believing in themselves again
:23:15. > :23:18.and we worked a lot on how to press correctly and stuff. It has shown
:23:19. > :23:23.and we have picked up some good results. We started quite well with
:23:24. > :23:28.some half opportunities. And the goalkeeper has been fantastic --
:23:29. > :23:32.fantastic for us all year. He made a mistake at Southampton early on but
:23:33. > :23:36.he knows he shouldn't come and get involved in a free kick from so
:23:37. > :23:40.deep. Ultimately the first goal meant Swansea could keep the ball
:23:41. > :23:46.when they had it. We found it hard chasing it. A huge task for us, we
:23:47. > :23:51.don't think it is done but we think we did a really good job today. We
:23:52. > :23:55.look ahead to next week, there is one game to go. We will be looking
:23:56. > :23:59.at that with a lot of interest tomorrow for a Hull and Crystal
:24:00. > :24:03.Palace but a good result against West Brom to finish the season
:24:04. > :24:08.strongly. A huge game at Selhurst Park tomorrow or Hull and Crystal
:24:09. > :24:14.Palace as well. Swansea have done what they had to do. They found a
:24:15. > :24:18.bit of form at the right time, as has their striker, Fernando
:24:19. > :24:21.Llorente. A couple of ways ago he took criticism after the Watford
:24:22. > :24:25.game, don't think they took too kindly to it but I thought at the
:24:26. > :24:29.sign that it was justified. Particularly when you see what he is
:24:30. > :24:35.capable of. Today, as their main man, he has had 42 touches. He was
:24:36. > :24:40.their focal point and was brilliant for them today. I know they are
:24:41. > :24:44.playing Sunderland but his hold-up play against Kone and John O'Shea,
:24:45. > :24:51.they couldn't get near him. His quality, keeping the ball. Linking
:24:52. > :24:55.the play. Again, he made space for himself, turning it inside, he was
:24:56. > :24:59.doing this all day. This is the goal. Seven headers this season, no
:25:00. > :25:04.one has scored more headers than him this season. John O'Shea gets
:25:05. > :25:10.himself all over the place. How can you blame with the keeper with those
:25:11. > :25:15.two playing in front of him all season. He runs out wide and keeps
:25:16. > :25:19.the ball. He kept Swansea playing and getting on the ball. Same with
:25:20. > :25:29.Leon Britton, he is always there, just flicking it on. He was
:25:30. > :25:33.brilliant for them today. He was fantastic. And that is why, the
:25:34. > :25:37.criticism was justified last week because that is what he is capable
:25:38. > :25:42.of. Then he plays like that he is hard to deal with. Sunderland's last
:25:43. > :25:46.home game in the Premier League and judging by that performance it might
:25:47. > :25:51.be a while before they get back. They need to improve considerably.
:25:52. > :25:56.David Moyes and Ellis Short have been criticised and deservedly
:25:57. > :26:01.Lasogga season and deservedly so. But in the first 45 minutes, the
:26:02. > :26:05.players were disgraceful. There was a complete lack of effort. The last
:26:06. > :26:10.home game of the season they have been relegated. You think give the
:26:11. > :26:15.fans give something to shout about. There was a lack of effort. It was
:26:16. > :26:18.lazy, there was nothing in the performance at all. No pressure on
:26:19. > :26:23.the ball, how easy is that for Swansea? He goes on his own, goes
:26:24. > :26:27.once, twice, three times and eventually he looks around and
:26:28. > :26:34.thinks any danger of someone helping him here. Again, he is walking back,
:26:35. > :26:40.decides now to jog back. Lo and behold offside. That is just a lack
:26:41. > :26:46.of effort. John O'Shea had a terrible game. He plays the ball to
:26:47. > :26:50.Manquillo, look at this. That is just pathetic. Moaning at the
:26:51. > :26:57.referee. Nothing to get back at all and this is the goal. He should do
:26:58. > :27:02.better to stop him. Khazri on the right-hand side, lazy, lets him run
:27:03. > :27:06.and Manquillo has to do better. It was pathetic. I am surprised the
:27:07. > :27:12.fans lasted so long. They should be asking for their money back today
:27:13. > :27:14.because it was that bad. That team needs major surgery in the
:27:15. > :27:20.Championship because there is no team that team there will get back
:27:21. > :27:23.in the Premier League. The battle for Champions League football next
:27:24. > :27:29.season continues. Manchester city were fourth going into their game
:27:30. > :27:34.against Leicester. John Watson was at the Etihad Stadium. COMMENTATOR:
:27:35. > :27:38.It was a humbling 4-2 defeat that prompted Pep Guardiola to rethink
:27:39. > :27:42.his early Manchester city line-ups. Only two players in today's starting
:27:43. > :27:47.team, Kevin de Bruyne and David Silva macro were in the 11 at the
:27:48. > :27:49.King power. What a contrast now. He now names and unchanged line-up in
:27:50. > :27:55.the Premier League for the very first time. Robert Huth joins Wes
:27:56. > :28:00.Morgan and Danny Kent water on the Leicester injury list. Cheistian
:28:01. > :28:08.Fuchs comes in and then Chilton at left back. Andy King starts in
:28:09. > :28:11.midfield. You could call Craig Shakespeare a manager in waiting,
:28:12. > :28:14.winning seven of his ten Premier League games and his team have
:28:15. > :28:23.scored two goals or more in eight of them. Jesus making progress into the
:28:24. > :28:29.centre. So was Raheem Sterling for that matter. It is a corner to
:28:30. > :28:31.Manchester city. Leicester have to be attentive here after what
:28:32. > :28:38.happened to Crystal Palace last week. The presence of Vincent
:28:39. > :28:43.Kompany and Otamendi has to be accounted for. A thumping header.
:28:44. > :28:48.They had some big people in there, Manchester city. They were looking
:28:49. > :28:57.at Kompany and Otamendi but it was Fernandinho. He has done well, the
:28:58. > :29:02.left back. He has forced a Leicester City corner, their first of the
:29:03. > :29:05.match. No Robert Huth today. Manchester city will be pleased
:29:06. > :29:13.about that, he scored twice for Leicester here last season. He
:29:14. > :29:22.scored a beauty against Watford last week. Not far away this time with
:29:23. > :29:27.the header. Only one city the fans are charging, there are two on the
:29:28. > :29:38.pitch. The Manchester city team having more of the play here.
:29:39. > :29:47.There is the pull-back and there is the goal. A quick look at the
:29:48. > :29:52.linesman by David Silva but he has called his 50th goal last week and
:29:53. > :29:57.he has the first one again today. They are protesting, look at this.
:29:58. > :30:06.This is why I was hesitating. Kasper Schmeichel continues the argument.
:30:07. > :30:12.Lamerat the Etihad. Manchester City are in front and David Silva, there
:30:13. > :30:17.is no suggestion of offside, right on the line on the six yard line.
:30:18. > :30:21.The debate has to be did Raheem Sterling touch it? The way the
:30:22. > :30:26.players went to Silva, I don't think he did, in which case, the goal
:30:27. > :30:31.stood. As it was, the offside was as marginal as you could get. They are
:30:32. > :30:32.still arguing about it down there. Craig Shakespeare on the fourth
:30:33. > :30:49.official. Jesus in there, trying to make an
:30:50. > :30:58.impact. Sane might hear. Hence it back. Oh, David Silva was in there
:30:59. > :31:00.again. There's De Bruyne. That was the eye of the needle stuff, trying
:31:01. > :31:20.to get Sane through again. Goodness me! Penalty! Surely? What
:31:21. > :31:24.on earth was Benalouane doing there? How old of Sane to run in at
:31:25. > :31:32.defenders in that tight space. -- bold. He's taken out. There's no
:31:33. > :31:36.question about that. He may have just touched the ball, but my
:31:37. > :31:41.goodness coming you could say Sane made a lot of it as he went over.
:31:42. > :31:46.But you can't live in like that in those situations. -- you can't dive
:31:47. > :31:53.in. And Jesus finds the bottom corner. Beautiful penalty.
:31:54. > :31:59.Schmeichel, no chance. Manchester City two, Leicester City nil. And
:32:00. > :32:07.that goal was clearly the reward for clever dribbling inside the penalty
:32:08. > :32:08.area. Benalouane panicked. Jesus put the penalty away. And Manchester
:32:09. > :32:23.City are now in charge of this game. Took to inside by Mahrez. Hasn't
:32:24. > :32:27.really figured very much in the game so far, Mahrez, but is found
:32:28. > :32:33.Albrighton. Okazaki on his way in the middle. What a goal! Leicester
:32:34. > :32:40.City are back in business and its Shinji Okazaki with his first goal
:32:41. > :32:45.in 24 games. Hasn't scored since he found the net against Sunderland in
:32:46. > :32:50.December, but what a way to end a barren run. That's an excellent
:32:51. > :32:55.volley. Mahrez out to Albrighton, a deep cross. Tremendous volley,
:32:56. > :32:58.Otamendi couldn't get to him and Leicester are back in it. Back in it
:32:59. > :33:10.at 2-1. Toure has given it away to Ndidi.
:33:11. > :33:14.Backheel from Okazaki. Now Vardy escapes on the right-hand side.
:33:15. > :33:16.Albrighton is moving into the Centre for Leicester. Could have been 2-2.
:33:17. > :33:27.Perhaps should have been. Kasper Schmeichel wants to thump
:33:28. > :33:34.this forward in the direction of Marc Albrighton. He's taken one in
:33:35. > :33:37.the face again. He got one in the face from the ball earlier and that
:33:38. > :33:47.looks to be just about the same place. Very angry, the Leicester
:33:48. > :33:51.player. Now, a clear indication by Albrighton that he feels it was an
:33:52. > :34:00.elbow. He's got a big bruise underneath his right eye. Oh, yes,
:34:01. > :34:03.he's saying, elbow. Whether that was a deliberate attempt to make contact
:34:04. > :34:07.by Fernandinho is debatable. It might have just been the arm
:34:08. > :34:10.happened to be up, but Albrighton has been given lengthy treatment and
:34:11. > :34:28.still wants to come back on. Dangerous... When he gets on the
:34:29. > :34:36.ball like that, penalty! Yes, I think it has to be. Mahrez coming in
:34:37. > :34:40.on the far side and Guardiola will be furious about that. It was a
:34:41. > :34:48.careless challenge on the edge of the area. It's Gael Clichy will stop
:34:49. > :34:57.it gives Leicester City the chance to equalise. It's all down to Riyad
:34:58. > :35:01.Mahrez here. Set a landmark last week, the first Algerian to make 100
:35:02. > :35:07.Premier League appearances and he could change the course of this
:35:08. > :35:15.game. Oh, he has. Now, why are they appealing, Manchester City? Two
:35:16. > :35:22.touches of the ball, maybe? That was an unusual one. And as a result of
:35:23. > :35:27.that it isn't a retake, it's a free kick to Manchester City. Yes, he's
:35:28. > :35:33.played it with his left foot, onto his right. Playing the ball twice by
:35:34. > :35:37.the penalty taker is an offence punished by a free kick to the
:35:38. > :35:40.opposing side. You don't see that very often, do you? Paul Craig
:35:41. > :35:49.Shakespeare is so disappointed. They thought they'd made it 2-2, and they
:35:50. > :35:54.are still 2-1 down. Leicester throwing everything in here. Daniel
:35:55. > :35:58.Amartey, Benalouane still in the danger area in the middle.
:35:59. > :36:05.Supporting Vardy. Gray is also that. There's Vardy. On the near post.
:36:06. > :36:13.Jamie Vardy close to making it 2-24 Leicester City. -- 2-2, four
:36:14. > :36:17.Leicester City. Clear up the first goal for us. The Man City ball
:36:18. > :36:20.player is an offside position when the ball was struck. The first
:36:21. > :36:24.offside as the ball goes across him which prevents me from seeing the
:36:25. > :36:27.ball. The second as he prevents Christian Fuchs from moving towards
:36:28. > :36:30.the ball because he stood in the way of him. Thirdly, he goes for the
:36:31. > :36:36.ball, three times offside which makes it inextricable to me why it
:36:37. > :36:39.wasn't given. We had chances at the byline and after that we didn't
:36:40. > :36:46.finish. In the second half we didn't know whether to attack or defend.
:36:47. > :36:51.When you play in that wake, it happens and it isn't easy, we play
:36:52. > :36:55.for it because for the club to be in Europe next season, that's why
:36:56. > :36:59.sometimes it's not easy to play this kind of game. Are said to the
:37:00. > :37:02.players in there I think they showed the spirit, the determinations, the
:37:03. > :37:06.togetherness and also some quality as well and I thought second half we
:37:07. > :37:09.threw everything at Man City, who we know are good side and offensively
:37:10. > :37:13.we had to be aware of the counterattack but you saw from the
:37:14. > :37:17.players the spirit that they showed and we were lucky Wood unlucky not
:37:18. > :37:24.to come out with something in the end. Indeed, a few decisions to
:37:25. > :37:29.debate. Yes, there was a few, it was a tough game for the referee out
:37:30. > :37:33.there. Big decisions, probably this one being the biggest one. Silva, we
:37:34. > :37:39.spoke to the Premier League and they said the officials felt that Raheem
:37:40. > :37:43.Sterling was not impacting on Kasper Schmeichel or Christian Fuchs. Well,
:37:44. > :37:47.I disagree here. He has to be here. The question I would ask if would
:37:48. > :37:51.Kasper Schmeichel or Christian Fuchs have a better chance of getting to
:37:52. > :37:55.the ball of sterling is not there? You have to say, the answer is yes,
:37:56. > :37:59.of course he would. So I think he has to be off there, offside there.
:38:00. > :38:03.I don't then there should be any doubt about that whatsoever. Have a
:38:04. > :38:07.look here, it has to be. He has to be in his byline. He'd have a better
:38:08. > :38:09.chance of getting the ball if he was there. We don't know for certain
:38:10. > :38:15.whether he would or not but he'd have to have a better chance of
:38:16. > :38:19.getting to it. This is an elbow. I think it's accidental. Fernandinho
:38:20. > :38:23.one Albrighton. It looks very nasty from this angle, but I think is just
:38:24. > :38:26.putting his hands up to get out of the way of him and it looks nasty
:38:27. > :38:32.there and Albrighton isn't happy at all. A nasty cut above his eye
:38:33. > :38:35.there. Penalty decision here. It's absolutely correct. It's tight but
:38:36. > :38:40.it's on the line. So the referee gets that one correct. No doubt
:38:41. > :38:44.about that one at all. But another big talking point here is Mahrez.
:38:45. > :38:48.I've seen these happened many times and I've never seen them disallowed
:38:49. > :38:52.before. It's harsh, but the referee gets the more correct because he
:38:53. > :38:55.does hit the ball twice. Now they have to change that law there
:38:56. > :38:59.because it was brought in for that. You can't legislate for him slipping
:39:00. > :39:04.up there. Is to stop players dribbling at the goal. Yes, so the
:39:05. > :39:09.referee is right to disallowed but they have to change the law. It's a
:39:10. > :39:17.stupid law when that happens. So those were the big decisions. You
:39:18. > :39:21.can see what it means to Pep. City have been playing really well and
:39:22. > :39:26.played good football recently but you won't overly impressed today. I
:39:27. > :39:32.thought they were nervy, indecisive. Pep Guardiola was relieved. View the
:39:33. > :39:36.Sane, blasting it, really wasteful. A great opportunity for Clichy, he's
:39:37. > :39:41.coming in, I've seen him score, just smash it, passes the buck, passes it
:39:42. > :39:44.to Leroy Sane, who has to try to smash it through a load of players
:39:45. > :39:50.himself. The same here, we know Fernandinho has a great strike on
:39:51. > :39:53.him. Instead of striking it he tries to pass it out there, he passes it
:39:54. > :39:57.outside the box. Very indecisive. They were very fortunate. Jesus,
:39:58. > :40:01.this is a great break for them, exactly what Shakespeare was afraid
:40:02. > :40:05.of. They could feed it around the corner for Sterling to get a tap in,
:40:06. > :40:09.he tries the outside of the right foot, nothing came of it and Aguero
:40:10. > :40:13.has a couple of opportunities. He could play that into Sane. He's been
:40:14. > :40:21.having a great season. You fancy him to finish that. He could debate over
:40:22. > :40:25.the back to Jesus, he ignores Jesus. Didn't pass it to him. I think he
:40:26. > :40:29.was on a crusade by them. This one, with their quality you would think
:40:30. > :40:34.they would exploit this, a great opportunity, passes it into Sane and
:40:35. > :40:39.its wasteful. He passes it away from city. They were very fortunate
:40:40. > :40:43.today. How would you judge Pep Guardiola's first season. No
:40:44. > :40:48.trophies but they've probably qualified? As we sit here now, when
:40:49. > :40:52.you combine to Chelsea, won the league. That's where they were at
:40:53. > :40:55.one stage. Eight points clear of Chelsea at the beck and of
:40:56. > :40:59.September. Tottenham, third last year, looks like they will be
:41:00. > :41:03.second, Liverpool will be a success if they finished in the champions
:41:04. > :41:07.spot, Arsenal will win the FA -- Arsenal can win the FA Cup and get
:41:08. > :41:13.in the top four, out of all of them I think City have had a
:41:14. > :41:18.disappointing season. A big test for Pep next season. A learning curve.
:41:19. > :41:21.It's been a good few days for Arsenal, who followed up beating
:41:22. > :41:23.Manchester United last weekend with a win at Southampton
:41:24. > :41:27.The Gunners were in action at Stoke, where they've won just once in eight
:41:28. > :41:33.Simon Brotherton was at the Bet365 Stadium.
:41:34. > :41:38.Back in form, but will it prove to be too little too late for Arsenal?
:41:39. > :41:42.Many the time they have stumbled that Stoke. It's seven years since
:41:43. > :41:47.they last won here in the league. Erik Pieters returns for Stoke Fulas
:41:48. > :41:52.lost this fixture seven years ago, while Lauren Koscielny is back to
:41:53. > :41:58.Captain Arsenal, one of four changes to the side that won at Southampton.
:41:59. > :42:05.Coquelin well forward here. Corner. Off Ryan Shawcross, the Stoke City
:42:06. > :42:19.captain. In from Ozil. Good stop by Jack
:42:20. > :42:27.Butland. Just got his fingertips to that. They piloted the plane and
:42:28. > :42:32.everybody else I think we'll have to wait another two or three weeks to
:42:33. > :42:34.find out what's happening with Arsenal's manager. Still
:42:35. > :42:42.concentrating on trying to get it into the top four for the time
:42:43. > :42:49.being. Picking out Bellerin. It's in towards Giroud and Nacho Monreal was
:42:50. > :42:52.there. Ozil couldn't make a connection from just inside the
:42:53. > :42:55.penalty spot, but Nacho Monreal so close to putting Arsenal ahead.
:42:56. > :43:03.Nacho Monreal seeing his header bounce off the upright. 11 draws for
:43:04. > :43:06.Mark Hughes' team this season, only Manchester United and Middlesbrough
:43:07. > :43:12.have drawn more going into the weekend. Martins Indi there once
:43:13. > :43:16.again, he's had an excellent year on his loan spell from Porto, hasn't
:43:17. > :43:19.missed a game since he arrived at the back end of last August. Might
:43:20. > :43:23.be busy in a moment as Arsenal looked to make a breakthrough.
:43:24. > :43:29.Hector Bellerin, Giroud with the easy finish! Just over three minutes
:43:30. > :43:33.remaining in the first half, Arsenal have their breakthrough that their
:43:34. > :43:36.dominance of possession deserves. And Olivier Giroud, with his 15th
:43:37. > :43:44.goal of the season, just what Arsenal need and an easy tap in for
:43:45. > :43:49.Giroud. Right in front of the posts. Arsenal ahead in a league match on
:43:50. > :43:57.this ground for the first time in seven years.
:43:58. > :44:07.Koscielny against weeping as a way to the far side. -- Koscielny again
:44:08. > :44:12.sweeping it away to the far side. Sanchez, a return pass. It was
:44:13. > :44:17.perfect. What a goal! Straight through the heart of the Stoke City
:44:18. > :44:22.defence. What a pass from Alexis Sanchez, and a lovely finish from
:44:23. > :44:28.Mesut Ozil. Stoke City nil, Arsenal two. And on this evidence, the race
:44:29. > :44:35.for a top four finishes still alive. Well, it had been coming. Arsenal
:44:36. > :44:42.have had so much of the play. 2-0 Arsenal and it doesn't flatter them
:44:43. > :44:49.at all. Arnautovic, he's away from Holding this time and it's gone
:44:50. > :44:55.wide. Looks to the skies and wonders how he didn't put that in the back
:44:56. > :45:02.of the net. Here's Shaqiri, looks to be the player to try to pick the
:45:03. > :45:08.lock. The. -- to try to pick the lock, for Stoke City. Pieters in.
:45:09. > :45:13.Too high for Shawcross, who stayed in the six yard box. It's another
:45:14. > :45:20.Stoke City corner, this one off the head of Monreal. Players queueing up
:45:21. > :45:29.inside the box. They are throwing a lot at Arsenal.
:45:30. > :45:42.Headed back in and over the top by Petr Cech. Distinct pressure from
:45:43. > :45:54.Stoke City. He makes the challenge. No foul says Mike Dean. One or two
:45:55. > :45:59.of the players had to be reminded there. Shawcross getting in ahead of
:46:00. > :46:06.a hero. Both managers on the edge of the technical areas. A bit more of a
:46:07. > :46:14.game on our hands here. He goes sliding in on Crouch. Stoke City
:46:15. > :46:18.still looking for a route back into it, an and Peter Crouch was there,
:46:19. > :46:22.they have a goal. He has only been on the field for a few minutes.
:46:23. > :46:27.Arsenal were sailing serenely towards three points but suddenly
:46:28. > :46:32.Stoke City are making a game of it. So much so that that Arsene Wenger
:46:33. > :46:38.was actually on the pitch a few moments ago. As the ball comes in,
:46:39. > :46:44.it comes Peter Crouch's arm. Not quite the hand of God but it
:46:45. > :46:50.certainly got Stoke City back in the game and we will hear more about it.
:46:51. > :46:53.Arsene Wenger still stewing and still unhappy about some of the
:46:54. > :47:02.challenges in the lead up to what turned to be Stoke City's goal.
:47:03. > :47:06.Steam coming out of his ears now. The fourth official is getting it in
:47:07. > :47:13.the neck. Alexis Sanchez sprinting clear. Asking too much of his
:47:14. > :47:25.team-mate who claims he was held back. It looks as if Sanchez wants
:47:26. > :47:38.to come. No sign of any activity for Arsenal at the moment. Holding has
:47:39. > :47:44.done well. Bellorin. Sanchez. Sanchez might fancy this, he does.
:47:45. > :47:48.Arsenal lead by two again. A couple of minutes ago he was sitting on the
:47:49. > :47:52.ground signalling he wanted to come. Ignored by his manager, Alexis
:47:53. > :47:58.Sanchez has picked himself up and restored Arsenal's two goal lead.
:47:59. > :48:03.This might well be his last contribution to the game and it
:48:04. > :48:12.could be a decisive one. It took a deflection off Ryan Shawcross. That
:48:13. > :48:14.takes it away from Jack Butland. After a rocky few minutes, Arsenal
:48:15. > :48:25.feeling better about themselves again.
:48:26. > :48:31.Djourou collect, he has some support. Arsenal looking for another
:48:32. > :48:38.one here. Still going. Butland with this save to deny Ramsey, his first
:48:39. > :48:41.touch since coming off the bench. What an introduction that nearly was
:48:42. > :48:51.for the Welsh international. Couldn't quite find the back of the
:48:52. > :48:56.net. A lovely pass. Ramsey against driving forward and causing
:48:57. > :49:00.problems. A good ball back in and it is four. The Djourou with his second
:49:01. > :49:09.of the match. No doubt about where the points are going now. The race
:49:10. > :49:12.for the top four still on for Arsenal. Mesut Ozil with the pass.
:49:13. > :49:25.Ramsey, the substitute. Away from Johnson. And Djourou sliding in
:49:26. > :49:29.behind Shawcross. I am sure there are plenty of venues that Arsenal
:49:30. > :49:36.would have preferred to head to other than this one but it has not
:49:37. > :49:43.stopped them today. Petr Cech makes the save to deny Kamran. His 400th
:49:44. > :49:53.appearance. In the Premier League for Petr Cech this afternoon.
:49:54. > :50:08.Peter Crouch goes sliding in. Didn't like the challenge, yellow card for
:50:09. > :50:14.Peter Crouch. Those sliding in on Xhaka. There goes the final whistle.
:50:15. > :50:18.The race for the top four still very much alive, a big win for Arsenal.
:50:19. > :50:26.They win at Stoke for the first time in seven years.
:50:27. > :50:32.The focus is there, the desire to play together is there. The fighting
:50:33. > :50:36.spirit is there and we are pleased with that. There was a spell in the
:50:37. > :50:39.second-half when they scored and it became very lively for few minutes.
:50:40. > :50:47.You'll aggro when they scored with a handball, yes. They made it rough.
:50:48. > :50:51.In games like that when you go to Stoke, you need at some stage to
:50:52. > :50:56.such tough -- suffer and stick together. We needed to ask more
:50:57. > :51:02.questions Arsenal. For them it was a straightforward win. We needed to
:51:03. > :51:10.affect them more than we did. There were moments when we could. The
:51:11. > :51:14.goals that the source. Won it has been a voodoo ground for the last
:51:15. > :51:21.few years so to come in and get the win and keep the fans quiet was
:51:22. > :51:28.good. Two magically you still have a chance? That is what you want. We
:51:29. > :51:32.just have to win our games. STUDIO: He has not been one for changing his
:51:33. > :51:37.system over the years but he has suddenly introduced three at the
:51:38. > :51:40.back and it is working for them. The wingbacks today, Stoke were terrible
:51:41. > :51:46.today but they were made to look terrible because of this system with
:51:47. > :51:51.Bellorin and Monreal. Everything good about Arsenal going forward,
:51:52. > :51:55.they played a key part in it. Monreal should actually score.
:51:56. > :51:59.Bellerin had more touches in the Stoke box more than any other
:52:00. > :52:06.Arsenal player. That is how effective he was today. They played
:52:07. > :52:11.very well. A good ball and a better ball and it would have led to
:52:12. > :52:14.another goal. Stretching them again, this was the goal. Bellorin on the
:52:15. > :52:20.right and he puts it on a plate full Djourou. But for a ten minute spell
:52:21. > :52:23.when they got that goal that should have been disallowed, Arsenal
:52:24. > :52:26.absolutely battered them. Finishing the season well. A change of tactics
:52:27. > :52:32.but we still don't know if there will be a change of manager. I know
:52:33. > :52:41.that is something, I believe it is ridiculous. We have another one of
:52:42. > :52:44.these. Probably Piers Morgan. This season, people are saying when the
:52:45. > :52:48.pressure is on, they don't react. The last few games, they have
:52:49. > :52:53.reacted to the pressure, they have had to win. You can't legislate for
:52:54. > :52:56.how poor Stoke play today and I don't think Man United were great
:52:57. > :53:01.the other day but I believe if they can win the FA Cup, which is going
:53:02. > :53:08.to be tough I think that has to be a good season. If they don't win it?
:53:09. > :53:14.Denis Pugh got the number of the bloke with the banner? Three games
:53:15. > :53:21.on Match of the Day 2 with big implications at both ends of the
:53:22. > :53:28.table. COMMENTATOR: Benteke. Anfield silence. What a fabulous goal. Super
:53:29. > :53:41.play. It is in. Commentary of all three games on
:53:42. > :54:04.five live and the BBC sport website. Bournemouth, final home game of the
:54:05. > :54:11.season coming against Burnley side that reached the 40 point mark last
:54:12. > :54:14.weekend. Martin Fisher was at the Vitality Stadium. COMMENTATOR: Two
:54:15. > :54:19.games to go and Josh King won't want this season to end. His tally of 15
:54:20. > :54:25.goals makes in Bournemouth's top scorer and four of them have come in
:54:26. > :54:28.his last six games. Junior Stanislas spent three years at Burnley. It was
:54:29. > :54:34.his current manager here, Eddie Howe, who took him there. Sam Vokes
:54:35. > :54:37.was another signing in his brief spell in charge at Turf Moor and the
:54:38. > :54:43.Welsh international began his career as a 17-year-old here.
:54:44. > :54:56.Barns with his arm raised. He collect is and carries it forward.
:54:57. > :55:00.Stanislas to his right. King bursting into the penalty area,
:55:01. > :55:08.there he is. Not far away from getting a touch on that. A good
:55:09. > :55:14.early delivery from Junior Stanislas. King was about two yards
:55:15. > :55:18.away from launching himself at that. Only six other clubs have scored
:55:19. > :55:30.more than Bournemouth this season in the Premier League. Lewis Cook
:55:31. > :55:38.looking for Stanislas. And stroked home. Beautifully taken by Junior
:55:39. > :55:43.Stanislas. The former Burnley man. The man that was signed for Burnley
:55:44. > :55:48.by Eddie Howe and then from Burnley by Eddie Howe. And Junior Stanislas
:55:49. > :55:53.puts Bournemouth in front with the first shot on target we have had
:55:54. > :55:59.today. Such a superb calm and controlled finish by Stanislas. Took
:56:00. > :56:04.advantage of the fact that perhaps Tom Heaton's positioning and balance
:56:05. > :56:08.was not quite correct. There was a big gap there and Stanislas just
:56:09. > :56:11.strokes it home. Eddie Howe played in the Bournemouth in the last time
:56:12. > :56:25.they beat Burnley Way back in November 19 98. He was even more
:56:26. > :56:31.freshfaced then than he is now. The shot is on here, Arfield. A whisker
:56:32. > :56:37.wide. From Scott Arfield, he has a new scored once this season and that
:56:38. > :56:40.was way back in October. After some unconvincing defending, there was an
:56:41. > :56:45.opportunity. Not sure that Barnes was going to get to it. Landmark
:56:46. > :56:55.occasion for Sean Dyche, 200th league game as manager of Burnley.
:56:56. > :56:58.He succeeded Eddie Howe in 2012. Daniels is there in support. They
:56:59. > :57:08.have three offering around the penalty area. Stanislas. It will
:57:09. > :57:11.drop for few. A toe poke in the end. Maybe when he watches that back, he
:57:12. > :57:20.will appreciate that King was to his left in space. And he might have
:57:21. > :57:22.benefited from a pass his way. The Vitality Stadium applauding in
:57:23. > :57:30.memory of Paul Willis, who sadly passed away at the age of just 40,
:57:31. > :57:34.known to all fans is number 44. Described by Cherries legend Steve
:57:35. > :57:43.Fletcher has heart of the AFC Bournemouth family.
:57:44. > :57:54.Westward looking for Vokes. Here is our field. Not far wide. One of the
:57:55. > :57:59.Burnley chances, they seem to be dropping to his feet. Inches away
:58:00. > :58:03.from levelling it at 1-1. Burnley offering something and Bournemouth
:58:04. > :58:15.might need a second to win this game. King will keep it in. He has
:58:16. > :58:20.got the better of long. The deflection took it wide of goal.
:58:21. > :58:25.King full of strength and menace and belief. Outmuscle in the defender,
:58:26. > :58:28.bearing down on goal and asked the question of the defender who got his
:58:29. > :58:48.body in the way. Vokes got a touch and he has a goal.
:58:49. > :58:54.Burnley have levelled. Seven minutes from time. Sam Vokes scores on the
:58:55. > :58:59.ground where it all started for him. Some 11 years ago. Those Burnley
:59:00. > :59:02.fans who set off early this morning to make the long trip from
:59:03. > :59:09.Lancashire down to the south coast have sudden -- something to smile
:59:10. > :59:13.about. Samberg says the man of the moment for Burnley, provides a
:59:14. > :59:25.lovely touch from Goodmans and and it is 1-1. It will reach Fraser.
:59:26. > :59:32.King waits in the centre. King, 2-1 Bournemouth. Burnley appeal in vain
:59:33. > :59:39.for offside. Josh King keeps on scoring goals. 16 for the season for
:59:40. > :59:43.him now. Burnley just switched off momentarily, two minutes after
:59:44. > :59:52.levelling. They are now behind again and it is Josh King again. A lovely
:59:53. > :59:57.ball in. He is calm enough to stroke it under the advancing body of Tom
:59:58. > :00:03.Heaton. The quality of the ball from Fraser should be applauded as should
:00:04. > :00:08.the composed finish of Josh King. Who is just losing confidence in
:00:09. > :00:13.front of goal now. And there goes the final whistle. Eddie Howe's
:00:14. > :00:20.Bournemouth can celebrate their best ever season since their formation in
:00:21. > :00:22.1899. The final score on their final day at home this season, Bournemouth
:00:23. > :00:34.2-1 Burnley. A really good day for us today,
:00:35. > :00:38.we're safe. Thankfully the players were scrappy first half but the
:00:39. > :00:41.second half we were excellent. If we hadn't won that game it would have
:00:42. > :00:45.been a real injustice. We've had some big results in some really
:00:46. > :00:52.important games. We looked flat today, maybe one game too many and
:00:53. > :00:55.we feel it a bit but we've done a good job over the season. I'm not
:00:56. > :00:58.harsh on the players. You, Harry Kane Andrew Mullen Lukaku were by
:00:59. > :01:03.far the top scorers this year, so what does it mean for you to be in
:01:04. > :01:06.that sort of company? I'm proud, but they've done it over two or three
:01:07. > :01:10.seasons. This is my first season were put my name up there and
:01:11. > :01:13.obviously I have to prove myself next season and try to start the
:01:14. > :01:23.season as I finished it. I want to help the club and help the gaffer
:01:24. > :01:26.reach new levels. We are on way. We have more points than we did last
:01:27. > :01:29.season. We still have a game to go. He's scored more goals this season
:01:30. > :01:34.than in his entire career put together. Remarkable, he deserves a
:01:35. > :01:37.few plaudits. Absolutely, five in 64 at Blackburn, so this run of form is
:01:38. > :01:40.brilliant and when you consider that his goals have been worth 12 points,
:01:41. > :01:40.Bournemouth brilliant and when you consider that
:01:41. > :01:43.his goals have been worth 12 points, Bournemouth would be the bottom
:01:44. > :01:46.three if it wasn't for him. You can see the confidence has come with the
:01:47. > :01:50.fact is scoring goals. Great strength and determination, a great
:01:51. > :01:54.block by the defender. Again, making a great run off the back of the
:01:55. > :01:58.defender. Can't quite get there. It's a good run, the ball wasn't
:01:59. > :02:04.quite good enough. Great play, good skill, good composure, good skills.
:02:05. > :02:09.Again, like I say, nice lay-off. This is all about strength and
:02:10. > :02:13.determination. Great pace. When he gets there. Nudges him out there,
:02:14. > :02:18.gets a bit of luck and has the strength and determination. I think
:02:19. > :02:22.this goal is just a fantastic goal. I can't tell you how great this
:02:23. > :02:27.touch is, how he's cautioned that and the composure to finish it. You
:02:28. > :02:31.see a better touch here, just to cushion that is a beautiful touch.
:02:32. > :02:35.When you listen to the way he speaks, he's obviously very
:02:36. > :02:38.level-headed. He's saying all the right things, very attractive player
:02:39. > :02:41.to me. Certainly does. It's no wins in five
:02:42. > :02:43.for Southampton. They faced Middlesbrough,
:02:44. > :02:45.who'll be back in the Championship next season after relegation
:02:46. > :02:59.was confirmed by a 3-0 defeat Patrick Bamford made a big
:03:00. > :03:03.impression in the Championship on loan at Middlesbrough. The striker,
:03:04. > :03:08.who will be an important player here next season, makes his first start
:03:09. > :03:14.for Boro since joining. This could be a Riverside farewell from Ben
:03:15. > :03:17.Gibson, making a move away from Teesside. Caceres mixes Southampton
:03:18. > :03:24.debut, having been an unused substitute for the Saints' last 11
:03:25. > :03:30.matches. Boufal scored a brilliant goal in December, 17 changes made by
:03:31. > :03:34.Claude Puel. Middlesbrough's relegation confirmed with the defeat
:03:35. > :03:37.at Chelsea on Monday night, but Steve Agnew says that the team have
:03:38. > :03:43.plenty to do in their remaining two matches. They'd like to finish the
:03:44. > :03:47.season in some style, with some momentum, to take into the next
:03:48. > :03:54.campaign. Given away by Caceres. Plays it down for Middlesbrough. The
:03:55. > :04:00.referee says play on and the shot in the end came from Bamford. And
:04:01. > :04:09.eventually Anthony Taylor says that is a free kick for Middlesbrough. It
:04:10. > :04:15.is and Gradel takes a touch Micro off the wall for a corner. Off
:04:16. > :04:21.Yoshida. Middlesbrough's first corner. Slightly different from
:04:22. > :04:31.them, as well. Still plenty forward in the penalty area. Forshaw will
:04:32. > :04:35.whip it just wide. Friend with it. It wasn't the conventional corner
:04:36. > :04:39.delivery from Middlesbrough that we might have been expecting. George
:04:40. > :04:42.Friend at the far post rising high, just wide of Southampton's post.
:04:43. > :04:46.Plenty of decisions to be made in the coming weeks by Steve Gibson,
:04:47. > :04:54.most notably who is to be the new permanent manager. We'll Steve Agnew
:04:55. > :05:01.be given the opportunity? -- will Steve Agnew be given the
:05:02. > :05:07.opportunity? Gibson looking to close Long down. Long's ball in, Rodriguez
:05:08. > :05:15.and Southampton get the opening goal just before half-time. Simple yet
:05:16. > :05:19.perfect in its execution. Long definitely onside. You can see the
:05:20. > :05:24.run that Rodriguez makes, just holding back, waiting for the ball
:05:25. > :05:27.to be played across by Shane Long. The six goal of the season for Jay
:05:28. > :05:40.Rodriguez and its Middlesbrough nil, Southampton one.
:05:41. > :05:48.Chambers with the ball forward. On by Negredo. Drops in for Bamford.
:05:49. > :05:53.Who fluffed his lines. It could be argued that this is Middlesbrough's
:05:54. > :06:04.best chance of the match so far. Bamford with a horrible hit.
:06:05. > :06:13.Mostly works, Nathan Redmond, Redmond with the shot. -- it was
:06:14. > :06:20.nicely worked. That might just seal it for Southampton. Nathan Redmond
:06:21. > :06:25.honours the at half-time -- he was on as a substitute at half-time.
:06:26. > :06:29.Perfect finish into the top corner. Middlesbrough nil, Southampton two.
:06:30. > :06:37.It's a long way back now for Middlesbrough this afternoon.
:06:38. > :06:44.Bertranou, in towards Long. Guzan comes out to meet it and the referee
:06:45. > :06:49.says penalty kick for the foul by Brad Guzan on Shane Long. Always
:06:50. > :06:56.looked possible as Guzan raced towards the ball. And Southampton
:06:57. > :07:00.with the opportunity to score a third goal and inflict further
:07:01. > :07:09.misery on Middlesbrough. And now Long will try and place this penalty
:07:10. > :07:13.kick past Brad Guzan. He's Mr! -- he has missed it! To high off the top
:07:14. > :07:20.of the bar and there's a wry smile from Shane Long. It remains 2- 02
:07:21. > :07:30.Southampton, when it could so have been three. -- it remains 2-0, to
:07:31. > :07:36.Southampton. Arriving late at the far post was George Friend. It's a
:07:37. > :07:44.corner kick. As it comes off the Southampton defender.
:07:45. > :07:51.It's a dangerous one, and it's in. Patrick Bamford. Patrick Bamford
:07:52. > :07:56.gets his first goal for Middlesbrough since rejoining the
:07:57. > :08:02.club. You can see by the look on his face just how happy he is about it.
:08:03. > :08:05.Plenty of bodies going in for it and the final touch was that of the
:08:06. > :08:12.Middlesbrough striker. Middlesbrough one, Southampton two.
:08:13. > :08:18.A goal from Steve Agnew's side, just their 17th at home here at the
:08:19. > :08:24.Riverside this season in the Premier League. The fourth official, Mike
:08:25. > :08:28.Jones, is about to show is how much additional time we are going to
:08:29. > :08:38.have. It will be a minimum of four minutes additional time. Not --
:08:39. > :08:46.knocked up Bacchin by Leadbitter. Austin's header. Chambers, what a
:08:47. > :08:49.save that is from Fraser Forster. Calum Chambers, so close to getting
:08:50. > :08:54.an equaliser for models brat against his former club. He hit that with
:08:55. > :08:58.some venom and Forster was right behind him. It was a little
:08:59. > :09:10.difficult at the end of the game because we can score the goal and
:09:11. > :09:15.after the last minute, they believed to come back and it was difficult
:09:16. > :09:23.with long kicks, a long ball, but it was important to maintain its to get
:09:24. > :09:27.the result. It's a good thing. To be fair, I always think if I start a
:09:28. > :09:31.game I always believe I'll score, so to be honest I started two games in
:09:32. > :09:36.two years, so it was nice, it was a big relief and a lot of pressure off
:09:37. > :09:39.my shoulders. Times like this is disappointing for all others, but
:09:40. > :09:42.most importantly it is about Middlesbrough Football Club and it's
:09:43. > :09:47.about Middlesbrough Football Club getting into a position next season
:09:48. > :09:51.where we have a fantastic opportunity to bounce back and play
:09:52. > :09:56.in the league that we've just played in all season. Gareth Southgate was
:09:57. > :10:00.watching the game and two English and -- internationals, obviously
:10:01. > :10:04.only played a game or so, but stood out for you. Rodriguez and Redmond,
:10:05. > :10:10.they couldn't cope, Middlesbrough, with these two players. Gave
:10:11. > :10:14.Rodriguez too much space. The technique to guide that in and
:10:15. > :10:19.control that in the way he did on the half volley, it's a hell of a
:10:20. > :10:24.finish. It wasn't easy. Clayton rugby tackling Rodriguez here, it's
:10:25. > :10:32.the only way they were going to stop him. This is Redmond's goal, into
:10:33. > :10:35.Rhodri Gross, to Redmond, what a hell of a finish this is. That's
:10:36. > :10:42.seven goals now, his best return in a season and you're right, Gareth
:10:43. > :10:47.Southgate was there. You never know, do you? Putting good performances.
:10:48. > :10:52.We must mention Patrick Bamford. He's had a hell of a long wait, 760
:10:53. > :10:57.days to score a goal and his first Premier League goal. He's so happy.
:10:58. > :11:03.I've never seen anyone celebrate this long! I can only look, none of
:11:04. > :11:08.his team-mates come with him. Look, I will have to give him a call and
:11:09. > :11:12.find out if he's on a Zlatan bonus because that's the only reason he's
:11:13. > :11:17.celebrating that long! Still celebrating, brilliant. Good luck to
:11:18. > :11:22.him. Middlesbrough down, they went down earlier this week. Are they in
:11:23. > :11:26.a better situation to bounce back than their north-east rivals,
:11:27. > :11:29.Sunderland? I'd take more players out of the Middlesbrough team than
:11:30. > :11:33.the Sunderland team. At least they are trying and that's one thing. If
:11:34. > :11:38.you have someone giving US and you have half a chance. -- if someone is
:11:39. > :11:41.giving you effort, you have half a chance.
:11:42. > :11:43.The other game last night saw Everton take
:11:44. > :11:59.Everton supporters are wondering if this is the last time they'll feed
:12:00. > :12:02.Barkley wind blowing Everton Park. Watford have lost their last five
:12:03. > :12:09.away games without scoring a goal and have never beaten Everton on
:12:10. > :12:20.Merseyside. In the driving rain come Watford, on a ground where they've
:12:21. > :12:24.lost nine of the ten league visits. Only a draw on the opening day of
:12:25. > :12:27.last season to show for their efforts. Into Barkley, trying to
:12:28. > :12:35.wriggle his way through. Denied by Aurelio Gomez. There's Barkley
:12:36. > :12:41.again, lovely skill. It was Deeney, all the way back there, with the
:12:42. > :12:46.block. He's been on the name of every Evertonians's lips in the last
:12:47. > :12:51.24 hours, Ross Barkley. If he scores for the team tonight, his manager
:12:52. > :12:53.wants that answer about his future, after the last game of the season
:12:54. > :13:06.against Arsenal. Barkley has gone a game for the
:13:07. > :13:15.return. He's got Everton a corner. The first of the game. Leighton
:13:16. > :13:20.Baines to deliver it for Everton. In towards Jagielka. Terrific reflex
:13:21. > :13:28.save from Gomes. Jagielka has got three goals recently. Gomes washed
:13:29. > :13:36.it all away. Merseyside monsoon continues. Not many goals -- not
:13:37. > :13:49.raining goals just yet. Good run from Holebas. Schneiderlin with the
:13:50. > :13:53.interception. Now Davis. -- now Davies, encouraged to have a go,
:13:54. > :14:04.beaten away by Gomes. Player of the Season this week. Searching for a
:14:05. > :14:08.12th home league win of the season, 12 hours now of football for
:14:09. > :14:16.Watford. They have to try to prevent one here. Barkley, a good effort.
:14:17. > :14:21.Breakthrough! Well, he's been the talk of the town in the last 24
:14:22. > :14:28.hours on Merseyside. They can talk about his football there. And if it
:14:29. > :14:34.is to be his last appearance at Goodison in Everton blue, he's on
:14:35. > :14:40.the scoresheet. Watford backed off and Barkley drove it past Gomes, his
:14:41. > :14:53.fifth Premier League goal of the season. Everton one, Watford nil.
:14:54. > :15:05.Lukaku on the overlap. Lukaku on the follow-up. He looks hopefully
:15:06. > :15:17.towards Kevin friend, who is unmoved. That is a penalty.
:15:18. > :15:38.Trying to stay onside. Can Everton profit here? And Everton corner.
:15:39. > :15:49.In from Baines. There is the header from Morgan Schneiderlin. He wasn't
:15:50. > :15:59.far away. Couldn't quite keep it down. This Everton making a change
:16:00. > :16:04.with 11 minutes to go. And it is Ross Barkley who is going off. And
:16:05. > :16:08.only time will tell if this is the last opportunity for a Goodison
:16:09. > :16:21.crowd to give a standing ovation to Ross Barkley in and Everton shirt.
:16:22. > :16:31.Everton have an aerial duel to deal with. They have Robles to thank for
:16:32. > :16:40.keeping it out. He has not had much to do tonight but had to maintain
:16:41. > :16:46.his concentration levels here. We deserved at least a draw. Nothing
:16:47. > :16:52.goes in our favour. We played well and I want to congratulate my
:16:53. > :16:59.players. Everyone knows the qualities of the players. OK, it is
:17:00. > :17:03.not up to the club or the manager, it is up to the player. Still we
:17:04. > :17:10.hope he will sign that contract, if not, OK. He will search for another
:17:11. > :17:16.place. We have too no, that is the responsibility of the player. Or his
:17:17. > :17:21.agent. If you don't continue, OK but tell us and don't keep it quiet. So
:17:22. > :17:27.nobody knows what will happen till next season. Unusually blunt for a
:17:28. > :17:32.manager to be so open about the situation of a play about more goals
:17:33. > :17:37.but the winner there, he needs to know either way. That is the Dutch
:17:38. > :17:42.way, they say what they think. He is right. You should let them know
:17:43. > :17:48.about what is going on. This is what he is capable of and what we want to
:17:49. > :17:54.see more of from Ross Barkley. This is where he can cause damage. What
:17:55. > :17:58.you want to do is see this more consistently. The fact is that if he
:17:59. > :18:04.goes, he goes for a lot of money. And they will want to see it on a
:18:05. > :18:08.more consistent basis. Has he realised his potential? He has had a
:18:09. > :18:12.decent season. He got a telling off by his manager early in the season.
:18:13. > :18:18.It is an important time in his career, he has to click on and
:18:19. > :18:24.progress and get better and better. Ronald Koeman saying it is pretty
:18:25. > :18:30.much down to him, you were big stars in your own time, what would you do
:18:31. > :18:32.in his position? I don't know what is happening off the field in
:18:33. > :18:38.respect of Liverpool but I would probably stay there and try to get
:18:39. > :18:42.games by the scruff of the neck and be more consistent. You have to
:18:43. > :18:47.decide who is in for him as well. He and his agent will know and then he
:18:48. > :18:54.will make a decision. Just about out of time, before we leave, we will
:18:55. > :18:58.look at the Premier League table. With Chelsea having secured the
:18:59. > :19:02.title on Friday, the focus at the top is now on Champions League
:19:03. > :19:05.qualification. Wins for Manchester City and Arsenal have put added
:19:06. > :19:09.pressure on Liverpool ahead of their trip to West Ham. Hull will be
:19:10. > :19:14.relegated this weekend unless they avoid defeat against Crystal Palace.
:19:15. > :19:17.Swansea's fate is in their own hands, if they beat West Brom next
:19:18. > :19:23.week they will definitely be safe. Let us see what the papers say. The
:19:24. > :19:28.headline would be confirmed departure of Pablo Zabaleta. Arsene
:19:29. > :19:34.Wenger staying at Arsenal according to the Sunday express with Riyad
:19:35. > :19:39.Mahrez and Ben Gibson among his transfer targets. And the Sunday
:19:40. > :19:42.Telegraph says Antonio Conte will be made the highest-paid manager in
:19:43. > :19:45.Chelsea's history and given 200 million to spend in the summer, on
:19:46. > :19:50.the team I assume rather than himself. Blue is the colour. Chelsea
:19:51. > :19:51.is the name on the Premier League trophy. From all of us here,
:19:52. > :20:04.goodbye. COMMENTATOR: What a save by Thibaut
:20:05. > :20:16.Courtois. David Luiz to hit it. Cahill. Victor Moses. It is Alonso,
:20:17. > :20:22.it is in. Nemanja Matic, sorting matters out for Chelsea. Pedro has
:20:23. > :20:29.his side level. Brilliant play from Diego Costa. A goal to save from
:20:30. > :20:32.Eden Hazard. Blue is the colour of the Premier League winners again.
:20:33. > :20:35.You're looking at a room of double glazing salesman.