:00:19. > :00:23.COMMENTATOR: Just brilliant, just brilliant!
:00:24. > :00:35.COMMENTATOR: What a turn, what a goal!
:00:36. > :00:49.COMMENTATOR: Look at that. Oh, look at that!
:00:50. > :00:54.It was a day when football paid tribute to former England
:00:55. > :00:57.manager Graham Taylor, who died this week at the age of 72,
:00:58. > :01:00.no more so than at Vicarage Road, where Taylor enjoyed so much
:01:01. > :01:13.Watford versus Middlesbrough, one of eight games on the way.
:01:14. > :01:15.In the company of Danny Murphy and Ian Wright.
:01:16. > :01:18.We start though at the King Power Stadium where Champions Leicester
:01:19. > :01:20.hosted the favourites to take their crown.
:01:21. > :01:22.Leaders Chelsea were missing top-scorer Diego Costa after reports
:01:23. > :01:34.COMMENTATOR: One noticeable absentee as Chelsea bid to embark on another
:01:35. > :01:38.winning run, top-scorer, Diego Costa, is not with the squad in the
:01:39. > :01:41.East Midlands for a fixture Chelsea lost last season and proved to be
:01:42. > :01:48.Jose Mourinho's final game in charge. Leicester welcome back their
:01:49. > :01:54.top-scorer, Jamie Vardy, after a four-match absence. Their recent
:01:55. > :01:57.signing makes his debut. A third league start for 20-year-old Ben
:01:58. > :02:02.Chilwell. Willian replace ares Costa for Chelsea. That is the only team
:02:03. > :02:09.beaten by Spurs. N'Golo Kante makes a first return to the club where he
:02:10. > :02:12.won the title last season. It's Leicester hoping to build on the
:02:13. > :02:16.four points they havic taen from the last six with back-to-back clean
:02:17. > :02:21.sheets. Matic. Is Albrighton quickly on to that. Quickly into the path of
:02:22. > :02:34.Vardy. He's gone Musa up with him. Here is Musa. Still going.
:02:35. > :02:40.Courtois's intervention. Nervous moment inside the first 90 seconds
:02:41. > :02:45.there for Chelsea. Musa's pace something Leicester are hoping to
:02:46. > :02:52.utilise today. Fresh from those two goals in the FA Cup win at Everton.
:02:53. > :02:57.He got around Azpilicueta. At his near-post, as you would have
:02:58. > :03:01.expected him to, Courtois. Matic assessing the situation for Chelsea
:03:02. > :03:07.who went 102 days unbeaten in the Premier League prior to that defeat
:03:08. > :03:13.to Tottenham. Pedro. Potential crossing for Alonso. Back to Matic
:03:14. > :03:22.instead. Patient possession from Chelsea. Everybody, except Vardy,
:03:23. > :03:25.back behind the ball for Leicester. Azpilicueta, trying to guide it
:03:26. > :03:30.through to Hazard. It might still come to him. Then Alonso - 1-0
:03:31. > :03:34.Chelsea. Six minutes gone and the league leaders are in front. Marcos
:03:35. > :03:38.Alonso with his second Premier League goal for the club. Without
:03:39. > :03:42.their top-scorer, they have still found the back of the net early on.
:03:43. > :03:48.Leicester didn't deal with the first cross. Lovely little touch back by
:03:49. > :03:55.Hazard. Very calm finish, you have to say, with his right foot, by
:03:56. > :03:59.Marcos Alonso, who swept in past Kasper Schmeichel, into that bottom
:04:00. > :04:03.corner. Perfect start for Chelsea as they look to bounce back from events
:04:04. > :04:10.at White Hart Lane. Leicester 0, Chelsea 1. 10 minutes in, in
:04:11. > :04:19.reference to the shirt Number 10, Leicester fans lighting up the FK in
:04:20. > :04:24.support of former hero and club ambassador Alan Bichanall. He
:04:25. > :04:32.suffered a heart attack and today he had heart surgery. I'm sure that
:04:33. > :04:36.sight will lift his spirits. The man who is named Fifa's Coach of the
:04:37. > :04:48.Year, he already has food for thought today. Mahrez, Slimani away
:04:49. > :04:53.at the African Cup Of Nations. Almost caught Courtois out.
:04:54. > :04:59.Certainly a situation the Belgium goalkeeper felt he needed to deal
:05:00. > :05:01.with. An interesting run of home games for Leicester, today,
:05:02. > :05:06.Manchester United and Liverpool all heading to the east Midland. They
:05:07. > :05:10.have taken 18 of their 21 points so far this season at the King Power
:05:11. > :05:15.Stadium. Willian. Trying to get away from Fuchs. Fouled by Fuchs.
:05:16. > :05:22.Chelsea, free-kick. It will be the first yellow card of the day for the
:05:23. > :05:28.Austrian. Willian had got away from him. He quite clearly had hold of
:05:29. > :05:38.his shirt. Willian himself to take it. In towards Luiz. Back to Alonso.
:05:39. > :05:44.Deflected - 2-0. Well, the unlikely source of Marcos Alonso has provided
:05:45. > :05:50.both Chelsea goals. That one with a slice of luck about it, but it's
:05:51. > :05:54.taken them just six minutes of the second-half, after it took them six
:05:55. > :05:58.minutes in the first, to beat Kasper Schmeichel. And the league leaders
:05:59. > :06:05.have a two goal cushion. Luiz didn't get there, Alonso had time to steady
:06:06. > :06:10.himself, and it brushed off the Leicester captain, Wes Morgan.
:06:11. > :06:14.That's what diverted it past Kasper Schmeichel who, despite that
:06:15. > :06:18.outstretched arm, couldn't keep it out. Difficult for Leicester, but
:06:19. > :06:26.just look what it means to Conte con. -- Antonio Conte. Leicester 0,
:06:27. > :06:31.Chelsea 2. Claudio Ranieri used to admire Antonio Conte as a player. He
:06:32. > :06:35.tried to sign him once. He's been glowing from his praise for Conte as
:06:36. > :06:40.a manager. He somehow has to try to find a way back against his Chelsea
:06:41. > :06:44.team here. Leicester finding it very difficult to get a touch of the ball
:06:45. > :06:52.in this second-half. Moses will reach that. It comes to Alonso! What
:06:53. > :06:56.a story that would have been. Difficult ball for him to hit,
:06:57. > :07:00.coming out of the sky. But the way things are going today, that could
:07:01. > :07:16.easily have flown into the back of the net. Alonso. Almost found
:07:17. > :07:24.Hazard. Kante. Super ball. Moses. It will still come back to Kante.
:07:25. > :07:30.Pedro. Willian's onside, and Pedro has surely sealed it for Chelsea.
:07:31. > :07:36.Leicester didn't deal with that, and Pedro scores his seventh goal of the
:07:37. > :07:40.season. And Chelsea score three without their top-scorer, and look
:07:41. > :07:45.set for an immediate return to winning ways. This was untidy at
:07:46. > :07:55.best from Leicester's point of view. Static here. Pedro, unmarked, had
:07:56. > :08:00.the simple task of heading that into the back of the net. His first goal
:08:01. > :08:12.away from Stamford Bridge this season. Clear clear daylight between
:08:13. > :08:24.them and last year's champions. I guess managers like goals to be
:08:25. > :08:25.shared around the time. When your left-wingback gets to it must be a
:08:26. > :08:32.good day. Into Marcos is a player who is very important. Today he
:08:33. > :08:35.played very well, but not only today because against Tottenham it's not
:08:36. > :08:40.easy. We did this and we must be pleased. We're helping the team to
:08:41. > :08:48.get the wins and working hard to be there. We just got to keep the hard
:08:49. > :08:55.work and keep winning. I think our performance was good, but of course
:08:56. > :08:59.when you concede goals against this team it's difficult to equalise. We
:09:00. > :09:04.tried to do our best. We close all the space, but they found two goals
:09:05. > :09:08.at the beginning of each match and then it was difficult for us. One
:09:09. > :09:14.player missing today, Diego Costa, why wasn't he in the squad today?
:09:15. > :09:17.Diego Costa stopped his training on Tuesday because he felt a pain in
:09:18. > :09:21.his back. He wasn't available for the game. Chelsea fans reading all
:09:22. > :09:24.kind of reports this morning about break down in communication between
:09:25. > :09:32.you and him. Has there been a bustup, is everything OK? But I
:09:33. > :09:39.think that, in this situation, you can listen to a lot of things. In my
:09:40. > :09:44.career, in my experience, as a coach, I always, if there ares
:09:45. > :09:50.problems, I'm used to solving the problems in the changing room. Never
:09:51. > :09:54.during a press conference and, yeah, but I repeat "if", if there are the
:09:55. > :09:57.problems. We will get on to Costa in a moment. Of course, he wasn't on
:09:58. > :10:01.the pitch today, but they didn't miss him. The three upfront more
:10:02. > :10:05.than made up for him. You were waxing lyrical for the match about
:10:06. > :10:08.them? Rightly so. They played on Boxing Day without Costa and these
:10:09. > :10:14.three played upfront and did really well. They took it up a notch today.
:10:15. > :10:19.It was absolutely sublime. See three players play so well on the same
:10:20. > :10:22.day. Their underen staing, their linkup, their rotation. Pedro,
:10:23. > :10:25.Hazard and Willian, you see the three. This is the first goal. What
:10:26. > :10:30.I like about this, the three of them end up in the box, it's well and
:10:31. > :10:35.good-looking pretty with flicks - what a touch from Hazard - you have
:10:36. > :10:38.to have end product. These three had that in abundance. Leicester tried
:10:39. > :10:41.really hard. They did OK in the first half. They had to resort to
:10:42. > :10:46.fouling them and little touches round the corner. Awareness of each
:10:47. > :10:51.other's positions. Each one willing to run behind without the ball as
:10:52. > :10:56.well, which is also important. Their variation in play killed Leicester.
:10:57. > :11:02.This is fantastic counter-attack. Hazard touch, brilliant as always.
:11:03. > :11:07.Good pass from Willian. Pedro has his confidence back, five goals,
:11:08. > :11:11.five assists. More than he got in the whole of last season. You see
:11:12. > :11:15.the confidence with this touch. Every time they looked up they had
:11:16. > :11:21.the option of one of the others. The biggest compliment I can play them
:11:22. > :11:28.is me and Ian Wright were watching and didn't mention Costa once. No.
:11:29. > :11:32.The skill. They actually nearly got in so many times, the intra-Kasse in
:11:33. > :11:36.which they were playing, as I say, the three of them together was
:11:37. > :11:40.absolutely fantastic. They gave the rest of the team the ability to have
:11:41. > :11:43.time on the ball. Leicester had to drop off. They couldn't press, every
:11:44. > :11:46.time they pressed these three would hurt them. This was nearly
:11:47. > :11:53.unbelievable. What a touch from Pedro. I know you love that one.
:11:54. > :11:57.Yes, it was fantastic. I don't think Leicester did too bad. They were on
:11:58. > :12:00.top, top form. Passing the ball and getting the ball with players around
:12:01. > :12:04.them. One touch. We saw it all there. Brilliant today. We have no
:12:05. > :12:10.idea really the truth behind what is going on with Costa. We hear a big
:12:11. > :12:13.money move to China being muted. Him denying it, that isn't at all
:12:14. > :12:18.happened. His manager saying no bustup. Pulled out of training with
:12:19. > :12:21.a bad back. It would from the outside that could unsettle the
:12:22. > :12:29.camp. The performance today would say nod not. Would you be confident
:12:30. > :12:33.of him moving through this season with those three upfront? I'm not
:12:34. > :12:39.sure. We don't know what's happened. For him to come out at this stage,
:12:40. > :12:43.when thee need him so much, it seems very strange. I feel that the way
:12:44. > :12:47.the players, the way the players played today, they looked like they
:12:48. > :12:52.were enjoying it. They didn't his miss him today. The sooner they sort
:12:53. > :12:55.it out the better echlt he has 14 goals. You need someone like that in
:12:56. > :13:04.your team. He seems to have almost tried to derail what is going on.
:13:05. > :13:11.Would you be surprised if he was to be attracted to China at this point
:13:12. > :13:19.in his career? Diego Costa does not strike me as the kind of person who
:13:20. > :13:23.is bothered what people think. There may be some reason, but he is
:13:24. > :13:29.playing in a top club in the top league. It is maybe the money. It
:13:30. > :13:37.does not make much difference to him. Maybe it is his back, but
:13:38. > :13:42.somebody has turned him. 12 months ago you would not have got Leicester
:13:43. > :13:47.players looking at offers like that when they were under way to a title.
:13:48. > :13:52.Today they are not looking at a title, but Claudio Ranieri. They
:13:53. > :13:56.played well. They change the system, they played quite well, but they did
:13:57. > :14:00.not have the quality. I think they will be fine, it was an OK
:14:01. > :14:20.performance, but Chelsea's performance was something else.
:14:21. > :14:20.Spurs have yet to lose at home in the league this season.
:14:21. > :14:20.They faced West Brom, who've not been beaten
:14:21. > :14:23.Spurs have won the league if Dele Alli had not been suspended in
:14:24. > :14:28.April's 1-1 draw. Is there a more informed European midfielder right
:14:29. > :14:49.now? Tottenham revert to the side that beat Chelsea ten days ago.
:14:50. > :15:00.Nacer Chadli makes his first White Hart Lane return. There is a
:15:01. > :15:13.flourish about Tottenham when they are playing well.
:15:14. > :15:20.He came very close. West Bromwich Albion should have stopped the cross
:15:21. > :15:24.coming in. They should have been more aware in the middle. Harry Kane
:15:25. > :15:37.got in behind Gareth McAuley. Very much an attack against defence
:15:38. > :15:44.discipline. Kristin Eriksson had a bit of space, Harry Kane, 1-0. 11
:15:45. > :15:55.minutes gone. To be honest it has been coming. It came on the shoulder
:15:56. > :16:03.of the last defender. Just level. Finished astutely. Goal 13 of the
:16:04. > :16:10.campaign. What a way to celebrate becoming a new dad. Harry Kane for
:16:11. > :16:20.the first time, a goal for Spurs. It has not been easy with the injury to
:16:21. > :16:21.Jonny Evans. They do not beat the first man with a free kick, how
:16:22. > :16:39.disappointing. The flag is up. The first chance
:16:40. > :16:41.created by West Bromwich Albion. Had also left it for Fletcher, that
:16:42. > :17:14.would have been allowed to build up. Deflected and just about kept out by
:17:15. > :17:23.Ben Foster. The West Brom goalkeeper is having a fit campaign. The shot
:17:24. > :17:33.bobbled on its way through. Harry Kane got the touch and Ben Forster
:17:34. > :17:46.got a hold of it. Kristin Ericsson behind brands. Deflected twice and
:17:47. > :17:47.in for Spurs and deservedly so. It is a long afternoon ahead for West
:17:48. > :18:02.Brom. Kristin Ericsson will insist it is
:18:03. > :18:08.his eighth goal of the season. There was a double ricochet and off Gareth
:18:09. > :18:12.McAuley. Ben Foster was wrong-footed. Spurs are very good
:18:13. > :18:34.and coasting. Harry Kane is a real handful today.
:18:35. > :18:45.West Brom are giving it away. It has been a super Spurs performance. It
:18:46. > :18:57.is ruled out by the linesman's flag. Offside. What a lovely move. He just
:18:58. > :19:07.went too early. An imperious flick to put it beyond the goalkeeper.
:19:08. > :19:17.Dele Alli was to his left-hand side. Harry Kane off the post. Spurs have
:19:18. > :19:30.been brilliant. Harry Kane is on fire today. Then Foster had just
:19:31. > :19:42.enough onto the post. Two up, they could have had four or five.
:19:43. > :19:51.A chance for West Bromwich counter. That was not too far away. That was
:19:52. > :19:56.their most meaningful attack of the game, the first real effort they
:19:57. > :19:57.have had on the Spurs goal. It did not hit the target, but it was not
:19:58. > :20:26.far away. It is a corner kick. Toby Alderweireld was allowed to
:20:27. > :20:37.turn. Again they are denied by Foster. Twice he denies Tottenham
:20:38. > :20:46.Hotspur. With his leg first of all. Then it bounced horribly in front of
:20:47. > :20:49.him. He was a bit fortunate. Fortune favours the brave. He has had a good
:20:50. > :21:11.game and a good season, Ben Foster. Harry Kane is in the middle and he
:21:12. > :21:16.wraps it up. Given away cheaply by West Bromwich Albion, but finished
:21:17. > :21:28.in real style. For West Bromwich Albion there is no way back now.
:21:29. > :21:40.Walker with the steel and the prison and Harry Kane with the finish. 3-0.
:21:41. > :21:46.Tottenham have had 20 attempts on the West Bromwich Albion goal. 11 of
:21:47. > :21:48.them have been on target. West Brom are yet to force a save from Hugo
:21:49. > :22:09.Lloris. Harry Kane with a hat-trick! That is
:22:10. > :22:22.it. What a week it has been for him. Brilliantly set up by Dele Alli.
:22:23. > :22:31.Impudently done, extravagantly done. Two goals in four minutes for Harry
:22:32. > :22:39.Kane. It makes it a handsome victory for Spurs. A Harry Kane match ball,
:22:40. > :22:45.a Harry Kane hat-trick, Harry Kane changing nappies tonight. I am a new
:22:46. > :22:50.dad. It is a good feeling and what a great way to finish the week off.
:22:51. > :22:56.Mentally and physically where you OK, because a become completely ruin
:22:57. > :23:03.your stride. We have been fine, the little girl is great, I have got a
:23:04. > :23:09.good wife, getting up in the middle of the night. It has been a busy
:23:10. > :23:18.week, but once I have enjoyed. It was amazing the way they played. The
:23:19. > :23:25.feeling the team translated to the stands. It was 45 minutes of amazing
:23:26. > :23:31.football and I am very pleased because it was amazing. If you come
:23:32. > :23:35.to these grounds against these teams you have to be at your best, not
:23:36. > :23:42.just technically, but mentally as well, and we were not today. If you
:23:43. > :23:46.are not on it at these grounds, they will punish you. We gave some sloppy
:23:47. > :23:52.goals away, we never really got going. I do not take anything away
:23:53. > :23:55.from Tottenham, they are a good team and good luck to them for the rest
:23:56. > :24:01.of the season. It was a bad day for us. We are on a great run of form at
:24:02. > :24:06.the minute. We need to keep it up, we cannot afford to drop any points.
:24:07. > :24:10.The teams around us always seemed to be winning and we have to make sure
:24:11. > :24:14.we are as well. Straight league wins, equalling their own record,
:24:15. > :24:19.Harry Kane with the record, but you want to look at the wingbacks. You
:24:20. > :24:26.feel they were instrumental in everything they did today. Yes, they
:24:27. > :24:32.were. These two have consolidated under Chelsea. Rose and Walker,
:24:33. > :24:40.especially at home, they are unbelievable. We could have picked
:24:41. > :24:47.out a few, but these two are the ones in particular. You will see
:24:48. > :24:52.Danny Rose on the left. They had a thankless task trying to deal with
:24:53. > :24:56.Danny Rose, arguably one of the best left-back in Europe at the moment. A
:24:57. > :25:00.great ball in and Harry Kane should score. This is brilliant, the
:25:01. > :25:09.communique said, they have obviously had words. Watch this pass from Toby
:25:10. > :25:15.Alderweireld. Absolutely fantastic. They get a corner out of it. He has
:25:16. > :25:26.got his man there. He does not get close enough. He is doing this all
:25:27. > :25:30.day. Nacer Chadli. This is the goal. Once you have got the insurance of
:25:31. > :25:35.one Yama and Mousa Dembele, you can go forward and play. That was a
:25:36. > :25:41.great pass from Kristin Ericsson and look who pops up on the right-hand
:25:42. > :25:45.side, Danny Rose again. They got a little bit of luck here, but they
:25:46. > :25:50.deserve the luck. They were brilliant today. Kyle Walker has
:25:51. > :25:54.been having a nightmare of a month. Olivier Giroud pinned him at
:25:55. > :25:58.Arsenal, but now you see his determination. A great cross into
:25:59. > :26:06.Dele Alli and that is a great finish. Just brilliant. They were
:26:07. > :26:10.really good. Spurs' last ten goals have been scored by Harry Kane or
:26:11. > :26:15.Dele Alli, and he impressed you today even though he was not on the
:26:16. > :26:21.scoresheet. There is nothing he cannot do, this lad. He is athletic,
:26:22. > :26:26.he scores goals, he is confident at the moment. I know he loves these
:26:27. > :26:31.little nutmeg. Poor old fletch. It has happened to me at times and I
:26:32. > :26:39.know how he feels. He is just playing with freedom. He is enjoying
:26:40. > :26:46.it. Look at this, fantastic. He is getting better. I did not know he
:26:47. > :26:52.had this type of quality and vision, but he is just getting better. Look
:26:53. > :27:01.at that for a pass. A great scoop, it makes it easy for Harry Kane.
:27:02. > :27:07.They were all brilliant. A day to forget for West Brom.
:27:08. > :27:33.Swansea's new boss, Paul Clement, took charge at the Liberty Stadium
:27:34. > :27:34.for the first time since replacing Bob Bradley.
:27:35. > :27:36.Opponents Arsenal began the day in fifth, eight
:27:37. > :27:48.COMMENTATOR: Neighan Dyer who won the title on-loan at Leicester City
:27:49. > :27:52.last season makes only his second start in the league for Swansea in
:27:53. > :27:57.the current campaign while Stephen Kingsley plays at full-back with
:27:58. > :28:01.Taylor suffering a fractured cheek bone in tlang. Mesut Ozil returns
:28:02. > :28:04.for Arsenal after missing three matches through illness. Olivier
:28:05. > :28:10.Giroud who signed a new contract this week is in fine form with a
:28:11. > :28:19.goal in each of the last four games. Task number one you would think for
:28:20. > :28:23.Paul Clemmit is to put out a Swansea side with greater resilient i, a
:28:24. > :28:30.side that doesn't crumble at the back. Naughton's long ball. Could
:28:31. > :28:35.get Nathan Dyer away, Koscielny is right on him. Sigurdsson well
:28:36. > :28:39.forward. Routledge and Llorente in the centre. Well saved there by
:28:40. > :28:44.Cech. First attempt on goal in the match. It's come from the home team,
:28:45. > :28:49.Kyle Naughton involved in both end of the field. Almost finishing off
:28:50. > :28:56.the move. This effort here, palmed away at full stretch. Paul Clemmit
:28:57. > :29:02.is quick to add to his backroom staff there the very familiar figure
:29:03. > :29:09.of Claude. Kingsley, Routledge. Good play by Wayne Routledge. Support -
:29:10. > :29:14.Sigurdsson! Second decent attempt on goal from Swansea City in the first
:29:15. > :29:17.13 minutes or so. I have to say, Arsenal have barely got out of
:29:18. > :29:25.second gear here so far in this game. They haven't tested Fabianski
:29:26. > :29:32.so far. Is that about to change? Here's Sanchez. Good one. Saved at
:29:33. > :29:35.the near-post by Lukasz Fabianski. Liberty Stadium looking a picture at
:29:36. > :29:40.the moment. I wonder what's at the end of that? Premier League survive,
:29:41. > :29:51.of course would do Paul clement very nicely indeed. Naughton. In to Dyer.
:29:52. > :30:01.Surrounded and dispossessed. Ozil now finds Ramsey. He's got Iwobi
:30:02. > :30:06.alongside him. Ramsey, right across the face of goal. Somehow Giroud
:30:07. > :30:13.couldn't make contact with it. This is Sanchez. Alarm bells for Swansea.
:30:14. > :30:17.The header from Ozil. It's in from Olivier Giroud. After all the good
:30:18. > :30:22.work for Swansea City, Arsenal make the breakthrough. From the look on
:30:23. > :30:25.his face it would appear it might be the last contribution that Olivier
:30:26. > :30:30.Giroud makes to the game. They have barely got out of second gear here
:30:31. > :30:34.in this first half, but against the run of play, Arsenal force the
:30:35. > :30:38.breakthrough here. Ramsey with the ball across. Giroud couldn't quite
:30:39. > :30:41.make contact the first time. Loitering on the edge of the
:30:42. > :30:46.six-yard box. He snapped at the chance and buried it. So Olivier
:30:47. > :30:51.Giroud has scored in each of the last five games now for Arsenal.
:30:52. > :30:58.He's also scored on each of his last nine starts for the Gunners. It's
:30:59. > :31:01.Swansea 0, Arsenal 1. Despite indicating he wanted to come off it
:31:02. > :31:08.looks as if Giroud is in fact staying on the pitch. Pitch. Dyer
:31:09. > :31:18.with the ball in. Llorente. Down he goes. Swansea City do not have a
:31:19. > :31:21.penalty. Ki Sung-Yueng has a yellow card for simulation. Here it is once
:31:22. > :31:29.again. This is Lorne Llorente with the turn into Ki Sung-Yueng. Coming
:31:30. > :31:33.together with the boot of Laurent Koscielny. The referee felt he was
:31:34. > :31:36.looking for this one. Yeah, it is was the final angle that gave us the
:31:37. > :31:45.evidence we were looking for. Well spotted there by the officials. Not
:31:46. > :31:49.a good ball. Collected by Dyer. White shirts swarming forward. Dyer
:31:50. > :31:54.send it over the top of the crossbar. Another cross field ball
:31:55. > :32:01.goes awry, but once more they get away with it.
:32:02. > :32:12.Ozil. Finding Sanchez. Iwobi in the centre. Three, four, five also there
:32:13. > :32:24.for Arsenal. Giroud is one of them. Here's Sanchez. Lovely ball. Great
:32:25. > :32:25.chance, fine save by Fabianski to deny Aaron Ramsey. The pressure is
:32:26. > :32:32.still on. Iwobi. The deflection sends it behind. Lovely ball in. The
:32:33. > :32:35.turn from Ramsey. Fabianski with the initial save there. Victory today
:32:36. > :32:48.would give Arsenal the double over Swansea for only the second time.
:32:49. > :32:51.1982-83. Fabianski goes for it. Sanchez, away by Llorente.
:32:52. > :32:56.Sigurdsson can't turn. Still with Arsenal. Iwobi. It's blocked, and
:32:57. > :33:03.it's curled into the back of the net. The block took the sting out of
:33:04. > :33:08.the shot, but it redirected it over the top of Lukasz Fabianski and into
:33:09. > :33:18.the back of the net. Arsenal's sustained pressure at the start of
:33:19. > :33:21.this second-half pays off. Arsenal swarming forward at every available
:33:22. > :33:25.opportunity. The ball ricochetting off Jack Cork. Here it is once
:33:26. > :33:29.again, Iwobi attempts to put the ball in and the block merely
:33:30. > :33:34.redirects it over the top of Swansea's goalkeeper and beyond his
:33:35. > :33:43.reach. Olivier Giroud forced out of the match with a foot injury.
:33:44. > :33:50.Heavily strapped ankle. Looking for Sigurdsson. Cut out. Collected by
:33:51. > :33:55.Alex Iwobi. Arsenal just pose a threat every time they come forward.
:33:56. > :34:04.Oh, it's deflected in off Kyle Naughton. There's no doubt that's an
:34:05. > :34:08.own-goal. Once again, it is Alex Iwobi with the shot on goal, just as
:34:09. > :34:13.it was minutes before. And, for the second time in a row, his shot takes
:34:14. > :34:18.a wicked deflection, which carries the ball past Lukasz Fabianski. But
:34:19. > :34:25.more importantly for Arsenal, it means they now lead Swansea 3-0. The
:34:26. > :34:29.journey down the M4 looks like it's been a worthwhile one for those
:34:30. > :34:34.travelling supporters. Arsenal look as if they might do something every
:34:35. > :34:38.time they go forward. Iwobi, beautiful play. Now it's Alex
:34:39. > :34:46.Oxlade-Chamberlain. Ramsey tries to shoot. Sanchez does, Arsenal lead by
:34:47. > :34:51.4-0. It is turning into something of a rout here in this second-half.
:34:52. > :34:56.Alexis Sanchez has his 16th goal of the season. Brilliant build-up,
:34:57. > :35:01.lovely pass from Iwobi. Collected by Oxlade-Chamberlain. Ramsey beaten to
:35:02. > :35:08.the initial shooting opportunity, but there you see the ball going in
:35:09. > :35:25.Sanchez general direction. He only needs half a chance, doesn't he? How
:35:26. > :35:26.many times have we seen that. The interception for Alexis Sanchez, who
:35:27. > :35:27.makes it four. Worrying situation for Swansea. They have now conceded
:35:28. > :35:28.at least three goals in seven of the last nine matches they've played.
:35:29. > :35:32.Iwobi with the ball out wide. Here's Oxlade-Chamberlain. Welbeck and
:35:33. > :35:37.Perez in the centre. Back towards Welbeck. Just behind him. Cleared
:35:38. > :35:43.away by Sigurdsson, only as far as Xhaka. He brings a save from
:35:44. > :35:49.Fabianski. Good shot, fine save. Well-struck by the Swiss
:35:50. > :35:55.international. A decent save, too. Brooding and quietly steaming in a
:35:56. > :36:02.corner there, Alexis Sanchez. His Eden Hazard loves playing hitch
:36:03. > :36:09.didn't want to come off at all. Sigurdsson. He's done well, just
:36:10. > :36:15.over the top. That's the best we have seen from Swansea City for
:36:16. > :36:22.quite some time in this match. Paul clement's first league match will
:36:23. > :36:25.end with a heavy defeat. For long periods we looked solid defensively.
:36:26. > :36:30.Didn't do enough on the attacking side. We had a big claim for a
:36:31. > :36:33.penalty, having looked back at it, I have that luxury, it's a penalty.
:36:34. > :36:40.You know, Arsenal were better than us on the day. How difficult is if
:36:41. > :36:44.to pick them up? We all have a can difficult job on our hands. We get
:36:45. > :36:47.back on the training field and work on bet getting the basics right. If
:36:48. > :36:51.you keep working hard and get the organisation right you have a better
:36:52. > :36:54.chance. I think the first half was very intense physically and Swansea
:36:55. > :36:57.played very well. They gave a lot in the first half to stop us from
:36:58. > :37:03.playing and they did it very, very well. And, they are technically a
:37:04. > :37:07.good side. In the second-half our pace took over and maybe we were
:37:08. > :37:10.fortunate on one or two goals as well, but we were dominating the
:37:11. > :37:14.game after. Were you a goalscorer? At least one of them, I'm claiming
:37:15. > :37:20.the first one at least, I was on target. I would like to claim that.
:37:21. > :37:24.The second one I can let slide. The first was my goal. He has neither.
:37:25. > :37:28.If we talk about Mesut Ozil, you were impressed by his contribution.
:37:29. > :37:31.A lot said about his contract negotiations, he missed games
:37:32. > :37:35.through illness as well? They missed him for a few games. He made a real
:37:36. > :37:39.difference today. Swansea deserve credit for the first half,
:37:40. > :37:45.definitely. But he was exceptional in crucial areas of the pitch 82
:37:46. > :37:49.touches, he makes the right decisionsing nine times out of ten.
:37:50. > :37:54.Picks Sanchez out. Great ball there. This is early in the game, actually
:37:55. > :37:57.in the first half Arsenal didn't create too much. Anything they did
:37:58. > :38:03.create was through him. He was up for it. He took the ball in his own
:38:04. > :38:07.half. Nice bits of skill. Watch this for a touch. That is what he gives
:38:08. > :38:10.you, that quality in the final third. I know there is a loft people
:38:11. > :38:13.who say he doesn't turn up in the big games, he was back today. I
:38:14. > :38:19.think they are a better team when he is in it. OK he gets lucky with the
:38:20. > :38:25.header there. Right foot. Always clinical with his passing. Always
:38:26. > :38:29.sees it. Runs without the ball, crucial when you are playing that
:38:30. > :38:33.role. You can't be prepredictable, always to feet. He was unlucky today
:38:34. > :38:38.with some of the runs he made. He didn't quite get the right pass, but
:38:39. > :38:43.him and Sanchez together make Arsenal an exceptional team and a
:38:44. > :38:46.really dangerous team. When he he is not there, they don't quite have
:38:47. > :38:51.that same cutting edge. They get a bit of luck... The scoreline
:38:52. > :38:54.flattered them a little bit. I was impressed with him today considering
:38:55. > :38:59.he had three games out. Paul clement doesn't agree with the referee, he
:39:00. > :39:02.thinks Swansea should have had a penalty, what was your take? Is
:39:03. > :39:05.sdmoo Paul said he saw it and thought it was a penalty. I don't
:39:06. > :39:11.agree with him. I think, yes, Koscielny sticks his foot out, what
:39:12. > :39:15.Ki does he he searches for the foot. You see, Koscielny's foot comes, he
:39:16. > :39:21.plants it, he searches. He kicks the foot for me, Ki, I think the referee
:39:22. > :39:31.has it right. I can feel Swansea fans - it's Arsenal you are sticking
:39:32. > :39:34.up. If I was Paul I would want that. That is it. You see a lot of
:39:35. > :39:38.penalties where the players do the same thing and they are given. They
:39:39. > :39:42.will feel hard done by. I didn't think that was a penalty. One
:39:43. > :39:48.incident we should talk about and have a look again. Sanchez
:39:49. > :39:52.instrumental in many things. World-class player, but Brilliant.
:39:53. > :39:56.Not very happy about being taken off when his team were 4-0 up. You can
:39:57. > :39:59.see his face. He is disappointed. He doesn't want to be taken off. When
:40:00. > :40:04.you have the contract talk and everything going on. He is integral
:40:05. > :40:08.to Arsenal. If he was gone, as much as they say Ozil, if he is not
:40:09. > :40:11.there, there is a massive problem. You see that picture. He doesn't
:40:12. > :40:15.want to be taken off. He wants to continuously play. I hope it's not
:40:16. > :40:19.something that they are using as excuses for him to get out of the
:40:20. > :40:23.club and maybe his representatives and stuff... Arsene Wenger say it's
:40:24. > :40:28.cultural and different cultures react differently. If we put it down
:40:29. > :40:33.to now. Paul clement, you know him well, he has a big task in hand.
:40:34. > :40:36.There are games he expects to win, maybe that wasn't one anyway? That
:40:37. > :40:41.is fair. He will be on the training pitch as long as he can be. He's a
:40:42. > :40:45.work aholic. He's got great attention to detail. I think he will
:40:46. > :40:49.be quite savvy in the next few weeks in the transfer market. They will
:40:50. > :40:56.improve. They did in the first half. Whether it will be enough, I am
:40:57. > :40:59.anticipate not sure. Tough job. Job. I'm not sure.
:41:00. > :41:01.West Ham playmaker Dimitri Payet missed the game against
:41:02. > :41:04.Crystal Palace after manager Slaven Bilic said the Frenchman no
:41:05. > :41:08.Palace arrived at the London Stadium just one point
:41:09. > :41:17.COMMENTATOR: Joint chairman's notes are emphatic, they will not sell
:41:18. > :41:21.Dimitri Payet this transfer window. The onus shifts to Andy Carroll to
:41:22. > :41:26.be the tallsyman. He was signed back in 2013 by Sam Allardyce when he was
:41:27. > :41:29.the Hammers boss. Allardyce himself has been dismissive regarding
:41:30. > :41:37.speculation about Christian Benteke, who he says quite simply is going
:41:38. > :41:40.nowhere. Palace's record signing is their top-scorer despites ming a
:41:41. > :41:47.penalty last month in Allardyce's first match in charge against
:41:48. > :41:55.Watford. We are inside the last 20 minutes of a first half that has
:41:56. > :42:01.been bereft of chances, really. Here's Feghouli. Noble. Getting away
:42:02. > :42:07.from Ward and driving West Ham forward. And Carroll! Well, that's
:42:08. > :42:11.the best move of the match by a mile. Carroll is very disappointed
:42:12. > :42:19.that he couldn't get over the top of it. Good move, West Ham. He's maybe
:42:20. > :42:24.woken this crowd up. A quarter of an hour to go. Just really one
:42:25. > :42:31.opportunity for Andy Carroll to reflect upon thus far. Palace
:42:32. > :42:39.haven't really offered anything. Here's Puncheon though to try and
:42:40. > :42:43.change that. Away by Collins. Good connection. Randolph was in a good
:42:44. > :42:48.position to gather it. It's just as as well as he was because Cabaye
:42:49. > :42:59.hits this as truly as he would intended.
:43:00. > :43:19.A little break for Townsend again and then he is caught and it is a
:43:20. > :43:23.free kick for Crystal Palace. You can trace this pattern of play all
:43:24. > :43:31.the way back to Mark Noble's miss timed pass on halfway. And it ends
:43:32. > :43:41.on a yellow card for a mistimed tackle a few minutes' later. Of all
:43:42. > :43:45.players, West Ham kid who spent the vast of his career with the Hammers,
:43:46. > :44:09.it could have come back to want them here. What a chance.
:44:10. > :44:17.It is a great ball by Andy Carroll. He was put under pressure and it is
:44:18. > :44:29.a corner. Well defended by Tomkins. Excellent defending. Tomkins only
:44:30. > :44:36.straight to Sofiane Feghouli. Free kick to West Ham. They have played
:44:37. > :44:42.three games in a row without scoring. Prior to that they had won
:44:43. > :44:48.three in a row in the Premier League. Swansea, Hull and Burnley.
:44:49. > :44:56.They want to recapture that form again. That was Andy Carroll, but it
:44:57. > :45:13.was wide. He moved it from right to left and drove it wide.
:45:14. > :45:20.He was onside and the shot was pretty good. Only he will know for
:45:21. > :45:30.sure if he was going for the spectacular into the corner. Antonio
:45:31. > :45:39.Cesaro side. He will get there in front of Hennessy. And it is turned
:45:40. > :45:46.in by Sofiane Feghouli. And in a game of precious few opportunities
:45:47. > :45:52.might it be enough to win it but Mark round the goalkeeper and
:45:53. > :45:57.Antonio was going for glory, but there was Sofiane Feghouli and West
:45:58. > :46:03.Ham are in front. David Sullivan has backed exactly what his manager said
:46:04. > :46:07.about the Dimitri Payet situation. He ain't going nowhere. What he
:46:08. > :46:25.wanted today was a response from his players and they have responded.
:46:26. > :46:37.Andy Carroll on the far side. Oh, that is tremendous! Just sit back
:46:38. > :46:43.and admire this sensational goal. Andy Carroll has been to reflect
:46:44. > :46:51.today. He has scored one of the best goals that this stadium has
:46:52. > :46:55.witnessed. And you can hear the second roar from the West Ham
:46:56. > :47:07.supporters who are watching on the big screen and it is worth watching
:47:08. > :47:12.over and over again. He has provided an absolute sumptuous Dimitri Payet
:47:13. > :47:26.style goal. He can still provide moments of sheer class.
:47:27. > :47:39.Antonio and in space on the left-hand side is Manuel Lanzini.
:47:40. > :47:44.Oh, lovely. It is a wonderful West Ham response to a troubled week at
:47:45. > :47:49.the club. Two fantastic West Ham goals in this second half, both with
:47:50. > :47:57.a technique that you would have wanted to savour. This enormous West
:47:58. > :48:00.Ham United crowd will go away from the London stadium and they will
:48:01. > :48:10.remember this afternoon very fondly indeed. It is a pride, the
:48:11. > :48:16.overriding emotion? Yes, that is a good word, it is pride, it is
:48:17. > :48:20.everything. I would like to congratulate the guys. They showed
:48:21. > :48:26.basically everything we asked them for. OK, the first half was a
:48:27. > :48:33.nervous one and all that, but together with the crowd, they were
:48:34. > :48:40.banned Davison from the kick-off. We gave everything and in the second
:48:41. > :48:44.half we were magnificent. The concentration and the way you play
:48:45. > :48:49.has to last for the whole period of the game and unfortunately for us we
:48:50. > :48:54.gifted two and then three. If you gift them, you will not get
:48:55. > :48:58.anywhere. It is a bitterly disappointing end to what looked
:48:59. > :49:03.like a comfortable performance. How do you rate that amongst your goals?
:49:04. > :49:07.I think it has got to be the best one I have scored. It is one of the
:49:08. > :49:11.important ones for the club and for me it is fantastic and I am happy
:49:12. > :49:18.with the result and the way the lads play. After the 5-0 drubbing in the
:49:19. > :49:22.FA Cup last week it was really important, and with the Dimitri
:49:23. > :49:28.Payet stuff as well, and it came eventually, a good performance. Yes,
:49:29. > :49:32.it did. It was quite the poor game with the midfielder is getting
:49:33. > :49:36.beyond the ball. On this occasion Mark Noble does do it as we can see.
:49:37. > :49:43.Sofiane Feghouli had a fantastic game today. Andy Carroll is the only
:49:44. > :49:47.one in the box and he picks out really well, but unfortunately he
:49:48. > :49:51.could not keep it down. He worked really hard today and that is what
:49:52. > :49:56.the West Ham fans wanted. They wanted to see people chasing and
:49:57. > :50:00.working hard. Andy Carroll forces the goalkeeper into a rushed cake
:50:01. > :50:09.and they get the possession that. That was a superb pass. It is super
:50:10. > :50:12.stuff. Sofiane Feghouli had a really good game today. The West Ham fans
:50:13. > :50:18.will be pleased with his contribution. Tomkins had a super
:50:19. > :50:28.defensive header. When they got the ball in the box, Crystal Palace have
:50:29. > :50:33.all sorts of problems. They could not deal with it. This is a good
:50:34. > :50:39.cross. Tomkins had a really good game. Then Andy Carroll comes in
:50:40. > :50:47.with a fantastic strike. That is as good as I have seen. That is the
:50:48. > :50:52.best contact. Unbelievable. That was better contact than Wayne Rooney's
:50:53. > :50:59.against Manchester City. I know it was a bigger game. And just rewards
:51:00. > :51:04.for his contribution. His manager needed it, the club needed it, it
:51:05. > :51:08.was a great performance. It is not quite the same as Diego Costa, but
:51:09. > :51:12.there are parallels with Dimitri Payet and the club and the fans are
:51:13. > :51:18.disappointed with how this is panning out with him. How will it be
:51:19. > :51:25.resolved? What will happen? The fact he said I do not want to be here,
:51:26. > :51:28.they have got to get rid of him. Keeping him would be cutting off
:51:29. > :51:33.their nose to despite their face. They cannot afford him. He is a
:51:34. > :51:39.great player and they did wonders with him and he did wonders for
:51:40. > :51:43.them, but take the money. Whatever happens, the promises broken. You do
:51:44. > :51:47.not say I do not want to play for the club any more. It was not a good
:51:48. > :51:52.day for Crystal Palace and big Sam has only had a return of one point.
:51:53. > :51:57.They have not experienced that bounce they were expecting. Today
:51:58. > :52:03.they were quite disappointing. Christian Benteke, for Sam he is a
:52:04. > :52:08.big man, get the ball into him and get some second balls and they are
:52:09. > :52:11.not doing it. We saw it happening with Andy Carroll, but it is not
:52:12. > :52:16.happening with him, they have got to do it quickly.
:52:17. > :52:19.Make a note, Match of the Day 2 moves to BBC Two this week,
:52:20. > :52:33.an early start time as well, at 10.00pm.
:52:34. > :52:35.5 Live and the BBC Sport website will have commentary
:52:36. > :52:38.of Manchester United versus Liverpool at 4.00pm.
:52:39. > :52:41.There's live football on Tuesday when non-league Lincoln take
:52:42. > :52:44.on Ipswich Town in the FA Cup Third round replay, BBC One at 8.00pm.
:52:45. > :52:47.That's followed by Cup highlights on Wednesday,
:52:48. > :52:50.including Liverpool's trip to Plymouth, 10.45pm on BBC One.
:52:51. > :53:11.Scotland is the best. They are our main players. Nelson, Robert the
:53:12. > :53:19.Bruce, James Joyce, Tom Jones. Jonny Wilkinson's feed. We built the
:53:20. > :53:35.Titanic. We invented the bicycle. Dragons. The kilt. Bagpipes. Spotted
:53:36. > :53:41.Dick. The six Nations starts on the 4th of February across the BBC.
:53:42. > :53:43.Bottom of the table Hull had new manager Marco Silva in charge
:53:44. > :53:46.for the first time in the Premier League.
:53:47. > :53:48.They faced Bournemouth who won the reverse fixture
:53:49. > :53:56.Martin Fisher was at the KCOM Stadium.
:53:57. > :54:02.COMMENTATOR: The serious stuff starts here for new boss Marco
:54:03. > :54:09.Silva. He is boosted by the return of a Belle Hernandez who makes his
:54:10. > :54:12.first start in over two months. There is a more familiar look to
:54:13. > :54:21.Bournemouth after those wholesale changes in the FA Cup that backfired
:54:22. > :54:25.so badly last weekend. Artur Boruc makes his 100th Premier League
:54:26. > :54:29.appearance and it is the first Premier League start for Tyrone
:54:30. > :54:41.Mings, 17 months after he signed for the club.
:54:42. > :54:52.Dawson got just enough on that. Here is Jack Wilshere for Bournemouth.
:54:53. > :54:58.And Fraser goes down under the challenge of McAuley and it is a
:54:59. > :55:06.penalty. Yet another soft penalty conceded by Hull City this season.
:55:07. > :55:10.Inside 100 seconds. McGuire's challenge on Fraser and the referee
:55:11. > :55:14.was in the perfect position to see it and give it and that is the tenth
:55:15. > :55:22.penalty that Hull City have conceded this season. Junior Stanislav scored
:55:23. > :55:28.from the spot in the 6-1 win against Hull City back in October. He has
:55:29. > :55:38.not scored a goal since. He puts this one away. He put it away with
:55:39. > :55:43.consummate ease. It was always going to be a hard afternoon for Hull
:55:44. > :55:51.City. It has just become a whole lot more difficult. Marco Silva was only
:55:52. > :55:52.appointed nine days ago. He is a surprise choice, but he has
:55:53. > :56:17.succeeded everywhere he has been. That was not far wide. He had a bit
:56:18. > :56:22.of room, he got away from Snodgrass. Hull City will always be a special
:56:23. > :56:24.club for Eddie Howe. He made his first ever appearance as a player
:56:25. > :56:38.against Bournemouth in December 95. Junior Stanislas is in there.
:56:39. > :57:24.McGuire will get it away eventually. Andy Robertson had a bit of time. He
:57:25. > :57:31.fires its end. And they have the equaliser through Fernandez. That is
:57:32. > :57:35.what his return might bring for Hull City, the ability to find the back
:57:36. > :57:46.of the net. A decent build-up starting with the goalkeeper. That
:57:47. > :57:48.was a lovely reverse ball. Full is to now Hull City are right back in
:57:49. > :58:08.the game at 1-1. What a shot. Abel Hernandez with his
:58:09. > :58:15.second of the afternoon. Look at that celebration. Look at the way he
:58:16. > :58:22.attacked Tyrone Mings from the off here. Knew what he was about. Got it
:58:23. > :58:27.on his left boot and - bang, Boruc has no chance whatsoever. Hull City
:58:28. > :58:37.are 2-1 in front, five minutes into the second-half. Arter. Huddlestone.
:58:38. > :58:41.Neat for Maguire. Up the line for Diomande. Lovely football at the
:58:42. > :58:46.moment from Hull. Hernandez, Snodgrass and Clucas all interested.
:58:47. > :58:52.Hernandez got his head to it. Well, this is lovely stuff from Hull. They
:58:53. > :58:57.are looking anything but a team anchored to the foot of the Premier
:58:58. > :59:01.League table at the moment. He doesn't speak the best English,
:59:02. > :59:08.Marco Silva, whatever he said to his team at the break, he got the
:59:09. > :59:18.message across. Poor challenge from Smith. Pretty much been all Hull
:59:19. > :59:34.City since the second-half got under way. 2-1 they lead, Snodgrass with
:59:35. > :59:34.the cross. It will drop here for Huddlestone. A good shot - it's in.
:59:35. > :59:35.It came off a Bournemouth player. Tyrone Mings, his first ever Premier
:59:36. > :59:40.League start. He scores the own-goal. Tom Huddlestone's gamble
:59:41. > :59:42.to try the volley pays off. It's three years since Tom Huddlestone
:59:43. > :59:46.last scored a Premier League goal here. He might try and claim this
:59:47. > :59:51.one. But that touch from Mings is the decisive one. Hull City have
:59:52. > :59:52.scored two quick goals at the start of this second-half and, suddenly,
:59:53. > :00:09.they are romping away with it. King. Slides away from Dawson. Into
:00:10. > :00:14.the box, and feeding Pew. He goes down. Shot was accurate from
:00:15. > :00:17.Wilshere. Well dealt with by Jakupovic. Bournemouth felt they
:00:18. > :00:22.might have had a penalty in the build-up to this. This challenge, as
:00:23. > :00:26.he went down, Wilshere took on the shot. That didn't look too
:00:27. > :00:31.dissimilar to the one that was given in the first few minutes of the
:00:32. > :00:36.game. I feel happen yip, what I saw in the game I saw one team with a
:00:37. > :00:46.big, big speed, it's important be for me. Very happy with it because
:00:47. > :00:50.they worked. Happy really when I saw the fantastic behaviour with our
:00:51. > :00:53.fans. For me it's important also. Disappointed with the first goal,
:00:54. > :00:59.disappointed with all three, that is the story of our run. They think
:01:00. > :01:03.we've been bad defensively, any chance we conceded they have taken.
:01:04. > :01:10.We conceded three goals again. Again, that must be alarming to you
:01:11. > :01:13.minute. The number of teams who score three against you? There seems
:01:14. > :01:19.to be a pattern emerging defensively. Something we have to
:01:20. > :01:21.put right quickly. You are off the bottom-of-the-table. How important
:01:22. > :01:25.is that psychologically? It is. The main thing is the points, we need to
:01:26. > :01:31.get as lose to 40 points as soon as possible. As I say,let three points
:01:32. > :01:37.today, because none of the teams got too far away from it it puts us in a
:01:38. > :01:42.decent motion position and back in the mix. That is the bounce we are
:01:43. > :01:45.talking about that Sam Allardyce didn't have with Crystal Palace,
:01:46. > :01:48.they will be delighted with that? Yeah. I thought they were good
:01:49. > :01:53.today. Especially going a goal down. It showed a lot of character coming
:01:54. > :01:58.back. It's goals. That is what they needed. Hernandez nicked a few in
:01:59. > :02:02.the Championship. He stays in the middle of the goal. He stays in the
:02:03. > :02:07.middle of the pitch. Is sounds obvious that. When you look at
:02:08. > :02:11.Benteke and people, you know what I'm saying, he doesn't stay in the
:02:12. > :02:17.middle of the pitch. When you have a ball put in like that. You have a
:02:18. > :02:23.chance to do that. He is in the middle being the vocal point. Javier
:02:24. > :02:27.Hernandez is on fire running at you. He knows he wants to get on his left
:02:28. > :02:31.foot. He moves it quick, hits it quick there. It's a really good
:02:32. > :02:34.finish. It's what they need. Hernandez's first game back since
:02:35. > :02:39.the beginning of November. They have missed him and his potential goal
:02:40. > :02:43.threat? Absolutely. He is a goalscorer. He gets his header and
:02:44. > :02:47.running at the defenders. Pretty quick and sharp and knows where the
:02:48. > :02:54.goal is. Eddie Howe sounded down, "there is a pattern emerging, I have
:02:55. > :02:57.to look at this." To concede those goals, they had a great run of form
:02:58. > :03:01.before that? Huge. They rested everybody for the Cup game last
:03:02. > :03:05.week, ready for this game. You couldn't tell that in that
:03:06. > :03:11.performance. The way they capitulated in games I have seen
:03:12. > :03:15.recently is a worry moving forward. They have to stop conceding goals so
:03:16. > :03:17.easily. Too easy to play against. OK.
:03:18. > :03:19.Sunderland, who began the day in the bottom three,
:03:20. > :03:23.Mark Hughes's men have never won a league game at the Stadium
:03:24. > :03:34.COMMENTATOR: If you are good enough, you are old enough, in Jermain Defoe
:03:35. > :03:39.case more or less invaluable for Sunderland. 11 goals this season, he
:03:40. > :03:45.has scored in his last two Premier League games as his former club and
:03:46. > :03:49.country colleague Peter Crouch. He has earned a new contract until the
:03:50. > :03:54.end of next season. He will be 36 at the end of this month. Inn with the
:03:55. > :03:58.season only just into its second-half, it's another high
:03:59. > :04:03.pressure day on Wearside. This time of the year is when the ride really
:04:04. > :04:13.begins for Sunderland. They are used to that, it's happened Forfar too
:04:14. > :04:18.many years in a row. Johnson. Good ball in from Johnson. Crouch was met
:04:19. > :04:23.by Donald Love. Look at Peter Crouch's expression. That tells you
:04:24. > :04:28.what a good chance it was for him. On to the shoulder and against to
:04:29. > :04:34.Donald Love. Credit to the full-back though. Mark Hughes had stressedlet
:04:35. > :04:41.need to get their act together this week. Encouraging signs now from the
:04:42. > :04:47.Stoke team. Another groan for Sunderland for giving the ball away.
:04:48. > :04:52.This could be Costly. Arnautovic. Stopped by the boot of Mannone. The
:04:53. > :04:57.Stoke pressure has been mounting. Hughes team have their reward for
:04:58. > :05:08.taking control of the game by taking the lead. Arnie is the chant. Vito
:05:09. > :05:14.Mannone dug him out once, the shot found the target. Only his third
:05:15. > :05:18.goal this season. It's made it Sunderland 0, Stoke City 1.
:05:19. > :05:33.Shawcross. O'Shea. Crouch. Penned in the corner by Borini. That
:05:34. > :05:46.was the aim. Great play from the Austrian. Played
:05:47. > :05:54.in again, and he scores again! Brilliantly worked by Stoke City.
:05:55. > :06:00.Marko Arnautovic is the Potters main man on Wearside today. Two goals
:06:01. > :06:03.inside the first 22 minutes. He played the one-twos as freely as you
:06:04. > :06:26.like before getting in to score. 2-0. Another risky ball. Away from
:06:27. > :06:32.Rodwell. Oh, Mannone's lost it. So close to being a calamitous third
:06:33. > :06:40.goal conceded by Sunderland. Almost one for the goalkeeper's blooper's
:06:41. > :06:48.hand back. He's had enough. He's seen plenty of that. Erik Pieters.
:06:49. > :06:53.Charlie Adam. Mannone, he knows Crouch is am coulding. Crouch beats
:06:54. > :07:00.it to it, it's in. No suggestion of a foul. It's a clean header into the
:07:01. > :07:06.net. Well, he got away with the last one, the Italian creeper, he almost
:07:07. > :07:09.looks close to tears that one. He had in his mind, as the ball came
:07:10. > :07:13.over, the threat of Peter Crouch coming towards him, he panicked. A
:07:14. > :07:18.hesitant goalkeeper who got his timing all round. Peter Crouch's
:07:19. > :07:21.99th Premier League goal, his 49th goal for Stoke City, and they might
:07:22. > :07:23.have won the points on Wearside already today. It's Sunderland 0,
:07:24. > :07:37.Stoke 3. Bruno Martins Indi. With the
:07:38. > :07:43.faintest of flicks. Here's Arnautovic. Donald Love forced him
:07:44. > :07:47.to give the ball away. Borini. Rodwell goes for it. Back to him,
:07:48. > :07:53.again. It's pulled wide. In fact, it's turned wide. Good defending by
:07:54. > :07:58.Shawcross. Jack Rodwell sized up his options before letting fly. Straight
:07:59. > :08:06.Attlee grant. Shawcross prevented him from putting in the follow-up.
:08:07. > :08:09.-- at Lee Grant. Important Sunderland get back into this and
:08:10. > :08:13.get the crowd on side as soon as they can. Jermain Defoe, first
:08:14. > :08:21.chance he had all day. He's put it in. Sunderland have a way back.
:08:22. > :08:27.That's Jermain Defoe for you. He is Sunderland's only hope. Mark Hughes
:08:28. > :08:31.won't be happy. Defoe on-the-run. With his usual relaxed, composed fib
:08:32. > :08:36.finish, control off the thigh is deliberate. Quick check to see if
:08:37. > :08:38.the flag is up. He does as well as anybody in the game, still at the
:08:39. > :08:52.age of 34. Crouch. Finds Januzaj. He picks out
:08:53. > :08:58.Borini. Borini might have a go at goal here. He does. He stings the
:08:59. > :09:01.hands of Grant. Bruno Martins Indi turns the ball away. That is what
:09:02. > :09:10.Sunderland supporters need to see. Direct and positive. Johnson.
:09:11. > :09:16.Thought he was impeded. Mike Dean agrees with that. Free-kick for
:09:17. > :09:23.Stoke. That was Johnson trying to get on to the return pass. He runs
:09:24. > :09:29.into Jack Rodwell. A chance for Stoke City to get three goal
:09:30. > :09:35.breathing space, again. Charlie Adam really fancies this. Arnautovic
:09:36. > :09:39.leaves it for Adam. Adam fires wide with Mannone flying through the air.
:09:40. > :10:10.Too much bend on it. Van Aanholt. Defoe. There's Rodwell.
:10:11. > :10:22.Oh, dear me. Snatched at the chance. What a chance. David Moyes looksure
:10:23. > :10:25.Yeos. They need those opportunities.s We were excellent I
:10:26. > :10:29.thought first half for 40 minutes of it we had a little bit of a wobble
:10:30. > :10:33.just towards the end, we make made a mistake. Can't afford to do with
:10:34. > :10:39.that with Jermain Defoe around. They got a goal. Sunderland, if I'm
:10:40. > :10:43.honest, didn't create a great deal against us. More our mistakes that
:10:44. > :10:47.let them have a glimpse of the game in the second-half. We were never
:10:48. > :10:50.really in trouble throughout the proceedings today. It's a good
:10:51. > :10:56.response. The players need to take responsibility. They need to stop
:10:57. > :10:59.making individual mistakes. I did didn't think overall our performance
:11:00. > :11:02.was that bad. By the time we got three goals we made the game very
:11:03. > :11:06.difficult. They stuck at it in the second-half. We created one or two
:11:07. > :11:13.chances ourselves, we weren't quite able to take them. I had that time
:11:14. > :11:20.on the bench to reflect and think - where are things going? I've got a
:11:21. > :11:25.new Lees of life, I'm playing again and loving every minute of it.
:11:26. > :11:28.Playing in the Premier League and hopefully I have confirmed my
:11:29. > :11:31.selection. Peter was magnificent. He brought people into the game. A
:11:32. > :11:35.credit to his profession today. He as a new contract. He is 36 this
:11:36. > :11:41.month and one goal off 100. Incredible. You can't help but love
:11:42. > :11:44.him. He hats a new Lees of life. His performances in the last few weeks
:11:45. > :11:49.have been great. He knows what he is good at. He knows how to nick goals.
:11:50. > :11:53.He is always in the box when the ball goes wide. He has a good touch,
:11:54. > :11:59.as you see there for the goal. He scored in his last three games. His
:12:00. > :12:02.hold-up play is just superb. People criticise him for a lack of
:12:03. > :12:06.mobility. When you have that aerial power. I know the keeper is awful
:12:07. > :12:09.there, he should do better, you have to get up there and head it in. He
:12:10. > :12:13.is difficult to play against. This is how desperate he is to stay in
:12:14. > :12:18.the team. Look. He's doubling up at right-back. When you want him using
:12:19. > :12:22.his pace... No he is a credit to his profession to be able to do the
:12:23. > :12:29.running, great defensive header as well. He deserves real credit for
:12:30. > :12:32.revitalising his career. As for Sunderland, I think same old
:12:33. > :12:38.Sunderland. The Liverpool game was the only time really I'd seen them
:12:39. > :12:42.play well at home. Yeah. Relying on Jermaine too much. David Moyes is
:12:43. > :12:46.saying the players have to take responsibility - I get. That he
:12:47. > :12:51.chooses them and works with them day in and day out. He has to take some
:12:52. > :12:55.responsibility, too. Their performances generally have been
:12:56. > :13:00.poor. The fans fed up. Leaving as early as 35 minutes today.
:13:01. > :13:02.All seven of Burnley's wins this season have come at home.
:13:03. > :13:05.Southampton, who'd lost their last three in the league,
:13:06. > :13:07.were the latest team to try their luck at Turf Moor.
:13:08. > :13:26.Jay Rodriguez was born and schooled in Burnley and joined his local club
:13:27. > :13:32.as a ten-year-old and left for Southampton in 2012. He has not
:13:33. > :13:37.played here since and may not today, he is on the bench. Seldom any room
:13:38. > :13:50.for sentiment in team selection. He was muscled out of it illegally
:13:51. > :13:55.by Shayne Ward Prowse. A free kick to Burnley. They are in a good
:13:56. > :14:01.position here. They can conjure something from this range. It is
:14:02. > :14:14.crowded in front of the keeper. Then me looked like he got a push in the
:14:15. > :14:50.back. -- then me. It probably was just heading inside
:14:51. > :14:57.that post, Ben Mee with the block. He is Dusan Tadic again. This is the
:14:58. > :15:00.best spell they have had in the game really. Ben Mee was in the right
:15:01. > :15:04.place at the right time. That was well played. Dusan Tadic on the
:15:05. > :15:24.Bali. -- volley. Off the line. Southampton are really
:15:25. > :15:28.threatening now. That was a good save from Tom Heaton to deny Ward
:15:29. > :15:52.Prowse. There was a big shout after that
:15:53. > :16:06.block. He got himself down well. That has lifted the fans.
:16:07. > :16:15.Dean Marney is making way and Burnley fans welcome back Joey
:16:16. > :16:26.Barton. It is his first Premier League outing since made 2015. That
:16:27. > :16:31.was a good free kick. It is stopped on the line by Tom Heaton and
:16:32. > :16:35.Burnley got away with it. It looked for a second as if it was going to
:16:36. > :16:42.squirm its way into the back of the net. Burnley have got a free kick
:16:43. > :16:47.and Southampton are ruing the fact the brakes did not go their way.
:16:48. > :16:53.They might have done. You have the distinct impression that they will
:16:54. > :17:00.not be a barrel full of goals in this game. One might be enough. Boyd
:17:01. > :17:07.was thinking about the spectacular and wanting a free kick and getting
:17:08. > :17:13.a free kick. He stuck his foot out. Burnley have a chance. This would be
:17:14. > :17:19.quite a return if Joey Barton could put this into the back of the
:17:20. > :17:25.Southampton net. Joey Barton against the wall. Through the wall and N.
:17:26. > :17:31.Joey Barton has only been on the pitch a couple of minutes. Back in
:17:32. > :17:42.the Premier League, back with Burnley, back with a goal. How about
:17:43. > :17:49.that? Deflected on its way. That might have been crucial, taking it
:17:50. > :18:08.beyond Ben Forster's fingertips. What were the odds on that?
:18:09. > :18:20.Time is very much against them now. Two and a half minutes to go. Off
:18:21. > :18:27.the head of Tom Heaton. He gets a really good contact on it. This is
:18:28. > :18:36.Jay Rodriguez. Tom Heaton pushing him away. A great double save. A
:18:37. > :18:46.great double save by Tom Heaton. As super header from Van Dyke. That was
:18:47. > :18:50.a brilliant save. Southampton are a good side. They took the game on
:18:51. > :18:55.early on and they came out pressing and of the front foot and they have
:18:56. > :18:58.got good technicians in their side. Early in the second half they
:18:59. > :19:04.started the game, but as the game went on you felt the sense that we
:19:05. > :19:09.would get something. It was difficult after this game because I
:19:10. > :19:14.think it was a strong game for us with good attitude, good play. It
:19:15. > :19:28.was difficult to play against a slow ball in the second half. But it was
:19:29. > :19:35.interesting. Just to make a goal. They deserved it. It is probably not
:19:36. > :19:39.the best free kick I ever hit, but it hit the back of the net and from
:19:40. > :19:45.a personal point of view it is quite nice. But some of the blocks that
:19:46. > :19:50.the guys made. Then the double save by Tom Heaton at the end. It is not
:19:51. > :19:55.about me, it is about the team and I am delighted we have got three
:19:56. > :20:00.points. He said it is not all about him, but his manager will be happy
:20:01. > :20:06.to say it was. A great story, he has had his ups and downs. He is well
:20:07. > :20:10.liked there and he made an impact. He got a bit of fortune. I think the
:20:11. > :20:15.keeper thought he would go over the wall or through the wall where the
:20:16. > :20:25.gap is. He does take a big step right. You have got to keep your
:20:26. > :20:31.position. But it nicks Ryan Bertrand's backside. I think the
:20:32. > :20:39.keeper will be disappointed. This is a wonderful double save. If the
:20:40. > :20:42.league table was in home form, Burnley would be dead. It may well
:20:43. > :20:45.just be what keeps them up. It may well just be
:20:46. > :20:47.what keeps them up. There were emotional scenes
:20:48. > :20:49.at Vicarage Road as Watford fans celebrated the memory of Graham
:20:50. > :20:50.Taylor. Middlesbrough provided
:20:51. > :21:04.the opposition. Vicarage Road today, a stadium that
:21:05. > :21:13.was developed so much in Graham Taylor's time. He was manager here
:21:14. > :21:19.for 14 years in two spell. He showed how to build a club and not just 18.
:21:20. > :21:24.His wife Rita and his daughters Joanne and Karen are there. Families
:21:25. > :21:37.are here to share the occasion with the supporters. They share is such a
:21:38. > :21:53.unique affinity, the new signing Tom Cleverley is on the Watford bench.
:21:54. > :22:06.New signing Rudy Gestede is on the bench.
:22:07. > :22:12.His first touch was not good enough and he is the top scorer would you
:22:13. > :22:21.believe. That should have been number six for Etienne Capoue. His
:22:22. > :22:24.first touch was not good enough. Middlesbrough have only won one of
:22:25. > :22:31.their last 23 away games in the Premier League.
:22:32. > :22:39.A chance for Stuani. But, no, the flag is up for offside. I would say
:22:40. > :23:02.it was marginal. Doucoure! A chance for his first
:23:03. > :23:18.Watford goal. Headed on by Troy Deeney. Doucoure brought a save out
:23:19. > :23:27.of Valdez. That is a foul by Gibson on Okaka. He is cross to say the
:23:28. > :23:33.least. Anyway, it is a free kick to Watford. It is going to be taken by
:23:34. > :23:38.Etienne Capoue. They have piled the big men forward and Middlesbrough
:23:39. > :23:46.have pulled everybody back. That was the header by Okaka. It was a hard
:23:47. > :23:50.chance for Okaka, but Valdes was equal to it. Even their own fans are
:23:51. > :24:13.getting restless now. A chance at the far post is wasted
:24:14. > :24:18.again! Doucoure puts his head in his hands because he looked to have got
:24:19. > :24:27.the better of Fabi and should have scored.
:24:28. > :24:41.Rudy Gestede won it back well. That could have been a debut to remember.
:24:42. > :24:46.Formerly a goal-scorer at Blackburn. Not so productive at Aston Villa.
:24:47. > :24:53.Tom Cleverley, it is against the post. That was Etienne Capoue and it
:24:54. > :24:58.was over. That was Watford's best chance of the afternoon and it fell
:24:59. > :25:03.to the man who has just come on and come back to the club, Tom
:25:04. > :25:08.Cleverley. When the ball comes out Etienne Capoue shoots high and wide.
:25:09. > :25:16.Walter Mazzarri puts his head in his hands. He was pleading for Watford
:25:17. > :25:19.to create a chance like that. It has been a disappointing afternoon for
:25:20. > :25:28.the Spectator and less somebody get something now. It was wide. He got
:25:29. > :25:34.beyond the two defenders. Victor Valdes stuck his left foot out. And
:25:35. > :25:37.in fairness and in tribute to Graham Taylor, the occasion has been far
:25:38. > :25:44.more memorable than the match could ever have been. It was not the best
:25:45. > :25:49.game to watch, but for us it was a good game and we showed that once
:25:50. > :25:55.again we are a consistent team. We would like to have had more chances.
:25:56. > :25:59.We had some in the first half, but in the second half they were a
:26:00. > :26:11.strong team, physical. We were defending and trying to play, but we
:26:12. > :26:16.could just defend. In the second half we had six or seven chances to
:26:17. > :26:20.score. Two came off the post and we can say that they were very lucky.
:26:21. > :26:27.Overall I am happy with the performance. I think the fans were
:26:28. > :26:32.top drawer today in terms of their efforts and what they showed and
:26:33. > :26:37.everybody could see what it meant to people around the place. As for the
:26:38. > :26:42.performance, probably not the best, but we created a lot of chances. It
:26:43. > :26:50.hit the post and I am disappointed not to score. Today was more about
:26:51. > :26:54.Graham Taylor, not really about the result. A win would have been nice,
:26:55. > :27:00.but obviously it did not go that way. The win would have given the
:27:01. > :27:08.fans that extra special feeling that they were reflecting Graham Taylor's
:27:09. > :27:14.memory really well. We did not see certain things, but we spoke about
:27:15. > :27:20.the fact he was always a gentleman, he was always very nice. And Troy
:27:21. > :27:25.Deeney had the best chance. Yes, it was a good chance, the way he broke
:27:26. > :27:30.through was brilliant. Maybe he could have gone round the side of
:27:31. > :27:36.the goalkeeper. In the end you have to give Victor Valdes credit. It was
:27:37. > :27:45.a great save. He saved it. It was unfortunate. It would have been nice
:27:46. > :27:52.to get that. Unfortunate on such a sad day.
:27:53. > :27:57.Middlesbrough, back-to-back goalless draws. Hard to beat, well-organised.
:27:58. > :28:00.Had a chance. Hard to beat. Really good shape, lacking goals. OK. Thank
:28:01. > :28:04.you very much, guys. Chelsea's win extends their lead
:28:05. > :28:08.at the top to seven points, with Liverpool playing
:28:09. > :28:10.Manchester United on Sunday. Tottenham's sixth consecutive
:28:11. > :28:11.Premier League win, a joint-club record,
:28:12. > :28:14.moves them up to second. Swansea's fifth defeat in six
:28:15. > :28:16.games sees them drop Hull's first win in ten matches
:28:17. > :28:34.means they jump two places to 18th. The back pages tomorrow. According
:28:35. > :28:40.to the Sun Times marr say hope to tie up a deal for Payet despite West
:28:41. > :28:44.Ham insisting he will not be sold. Chelsea's senior players are trying
:28:45. > :28:54.to persuade Diego Costa not to go to China on a ?30 million a year deal
:28:55. > :28:59.says the Mail on Sunday. The Sun on Sunday says that Marcus Rashford may
:29:00. > :29:02.be signed on-loan. We'll leave you with the words
:29:03. > :29:12.of Graham Taylor, a true football man who never lost his love
:29:13. > :29:20.for the game. The sound of hitting a football
:29:21. > :29:24.thrilled me. I'm very fortunate I'm a manager and I'd like to remain
:29:25. > :29:25.one, it's simply so I can hear a football being struck. At the end of
:29:26. > :29:28.the day, when a ball is kicked, when a game is played, when you are on a
:29:29. > :29:30.football pitch, I have a feeling in the pit of my stomach that this is
:29:31. > :29:34.where I belong. They want me to write and
:29:35. > :29:39.produce - for a boy band. Oh. Your album's
:29:40. > :29:43.getting five-star reviews, I mean, you must feel like
:29:44. > :29:46.you're dreaming.