17/12/2016 Match of the Day


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COMMENTATOR: Just brilliant, just brilliant!

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COMMENTATOR: What a turn, what a goal!

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COMMENTATOR: Look at that. Oh, look at that!

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Ibrahimovic! What a brilliant goal. A world-class finish from a

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world-class player. He's scored again. The Venezuelan has a

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hat-trick. The champions' travel sickness continues. The penalty is

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given! Billings gets the win in what he described as a much win game.

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Sooner or later they knew Middlesbrough would switch on.

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Really professional from Middlesbrough tonight. Ten wins in a

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row for Antonio Conte's table topping blues.

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It's the season of goodwill and a feast of football.

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Just a few days after their midweek exertions, 12 teams were back

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in action, including the leaders and title favourites, Chelsea.

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Joining us in the studio - Scrooge and Tiny Tim.

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We'll leave you to work out which one is Danny Murphy

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Chelsea were six points clear at the top going

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Steve Wilson was at Selhurst Park to see if they could make

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Stranger things have happened, but arguably not many. Palace with seven

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defeats in ten take on Chelsea, with ten wins in ten. With 11 injuries,

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getting tougher. Alan Pardew CHEERING AND BOOING

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Changes. Flamini the latest injury. Joe Ledley and Jason Puncheon come

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in. 2-macro changes for Chelsea, Fabregas and Pedro substitutes.

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Matic and Hazard return. Embolo can take one of four Chelsea start as an

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4-macro yellow cards, could become the first man to play in

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back-to-back Premier League title winning teams at different clubs.

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It's not exactly a pea soup. You wouldn't want to be on the back row

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of the upper tier in this fog. I'm not sure how much of the other end

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of the ground you would see. Eden Hazard, Diego Costa. Willian. It's a

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free kick to Chelsea. He only has eyes for the Chelsea player. Gets a

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yellow card. Willian standing right over the ball. David Luiz has given

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himself a run-up, it could be one of his side foot dippers. It's David

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Luiz through the wall. Behind Jo Ward, who conceded the free kick,

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then blocked it. Alan Pardew is the longest serving Crystal Palace

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manager since Neil Warnock's first spell from 2007-2010. Palace have

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made seven managerial changes since. Joe Ledley space on the right,

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looking for Kelly. Kelly going to reach this first. Dangerous. Wide by

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Puncheon, first really clear opportunity of the game for Crystal

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Palace. Well met, Puncheon. Then the finish wasn't there. Make no mistake

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about it, if Crystal Palace do come away with a 0-0 draw against Chelsea

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today they'll feel it's been a good day's work. Trip by Yegor Coster,

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free kick to Crystal Palace. Yohan Cabaye is... -- trip by Diego Costa.

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Diego Costa will not feature against Bournemouth in Chelsea's next game,

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his fifth yellow card of the season. And ball by Angola condo. Looks like

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it. -- handball by Kante. Ball in the air. MacArthur, who's scored

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five times this season meeting it. Chelsea haven't really troubled

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Crystal Palace. Nor have they been unduly bothered at the other end.

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Just a couple of minutes of normal time to go in the first half. Hazard

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waving Azpilicueta forward. Towards Diego Costa. Far too simple a goal

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for Chelsea to score. Diego Costa gives them the lead just before

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half-time. Palace static at the back. Chelsea are a very good side

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but you don't need to be a very good side to score this, it's just

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knocked up and Diego Costa simply heads it into the corner of the net.

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, about as straightforward as they come. Diego Costa's 13th of the

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season. Cahill reacting here. Yohan Cabaye,

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well hit. Courtois had to get down to his left. A hint of threat here.

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Cahill, straight to Cabaye, not sure it was on target, but neither was

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Courtois. It will be Chelsea's 11th consecutive victory with nine clean

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sheets in 11 games. It's not in the bag yet. Well saved by Hennessey. He

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really caught that. Both goalkeepers have been busy in the first four and

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a half minutes of the second half than they were for much of the first

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three of the Chelsea's last five victories in this sequence of wind

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have been by a single goal to nil, at Middlesbrough, home to West Brom,

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then Sunderland. This wondering the same way. Fabregas around the corner

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to Moses. Moses dangerous. A good header... Alonso side netting. Super

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technique by Marcos Alonso, this was dropping from great height.

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Controlled the volley really well. Ledley. Delaney.

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Benteke did well. We've seen him score with situations like that

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before. Similar to a goal he scored for Liverpool at Old Trafford last

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season. He scuffed it into the ground. Alonso to Diego Costa.

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Trouble here. Moses to the right-hand side. Hazard, too. Back

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to Victor Moses. Riding the challenge of Puncheon, hit by Konte.

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The game might have been out of palace's reach. A good shot by

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Hennessey. No foul. Puncheon unable to find Benteke. David Luiz picked

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out Victor Moses here. Eden Hazard is furthest forward, but there are

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others in white. Marcos Alonso's one of them. Good save by Hennessey,

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nice height for him, to be fair. Hennessey is getting busier. Firmly

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hit by Alonso. Two straight. Crystal Palace heading for a sixth home

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league defeat of the season. Fabregas, another lovely ball from

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Fabregas to Hazard. Left by Diego Costa. Did Delaney get the ball? Not

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in the opinion of Jonathan Moss. Another good ball from Fabregas and

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Delaney get the card. It's either David Luiz with his right or Marcos

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Alonso with his left. Of the bar by Alonso! Cahill can't put the rebound

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away. He felt he was fouled, Cahill, by Joel Ward, as he tried to knock

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this into the back of the net. A really good free kick. Unlucky. Did

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water then foul Gary Cahill? The Chelsea defender thought so. Chelsea

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have had their chances to put this out of Crystal Palace's reach, and

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they haven't, as yet, done so. Townsend driven in. Fabregas out.

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Caught by Cesc Fabregas, free kick Crystal Palace. Those hopes Dale

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Palace fans in good voice, hopeful still, three minutes of added time

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still to play. It absolutely flew miles over the crossbar. Got that

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all wrong. He got it up all right. Was in the central London before it

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came down again. It's 11 wins out of 11 for Antonio Conte. And Chelsea.

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And another defeat for struggling Crystal Palace. Diego Costa with the

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only goal in the closing moments of the first half. Chelsea go on.

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Antonia, congratulations, 11 matches, to win them all is

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something really special. -- Antonio. I'm pleased, I'm pleased

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for my players, because they are deserving this. I see every day

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every single moment, which is commitment during the training

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session. The way that we prepare the game. And the way they fight in

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every game. It's fantastic. Chelsea are in that mode at the minute where

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they have confidence at the back, we talk about confidence going forward

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but their confidence defensively, sound, don't make a mistake, all

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doing their jobs, makes it difficult to find a breakthrough. If you look

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at our goal-scoring record there not a problem with that. We couldn't

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find a way through today. I'm there are four or five teams who will try

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to catch first position. We still have many games, many hard games, so

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we're not favourites, we are one of the teams who can win the title.

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11 consecutive victories for Chelsea, looking pretty formidable

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at the moment. Crystal Palace, they make them fight for it, didn't they?

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They worked tremendously hard for the manager, well-organised, won a

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lot of second balls, gave them a few problems in the second half, Jason

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Puncheon missed a good chance. Defensively, Chelsea sound

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well-balanced and confident defensively, didn't play brilliant

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going forward but did enough, another great goal from Costa. There

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doesn't seem to be a weakness in the side, I can't see one area in their

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team they are struggling, fantastic for Chelsea supporters and worrying

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for everybody else. The other thing, in tight games like that, if you've

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got a striker like Costa, back to his imperious best, didn't half make

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a difference. He's brilliant, in phenomenal form. It was the first

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effort on goal. Crystal Palace were right in this game until this point.

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Hazard doing what he does, getting involved, making Crystal Palace

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work. This ball from Azpilicueta, he's picked up Diego Costa, not just

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whipped in. One thing I wanted to look at, look at Delaney's face,

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looking at his keeper, sorry, look at Scott Dann, looking at the

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keeper, saying, you come and get this. I know what I'm doing, I'm

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going to get my arm into Costa's chest, try to stop him.

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Miscommunication between them, it cost them the goal. His positioning

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needs to be further off his line, he gets caught in no man's land. If

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he's further out he can be more commanding, he can take that. It was

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a breakdown in communication between Scott Dann and Wayne Hennessey, the

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one moment that cost Crystal Palace the game. You picked out Eden

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Hazard, he's back to his best this season. Sensational, I had to

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picking out because he was the difference, he gives them so much.

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-- picked him out. He's putting a shifting defensively as well. He's

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so direct, looks fit, sharp, caused them all sorts of problems today. He

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drifting off the left side, because he's got Alonso playing left

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wingback role, doesn't have to be as wide, ends up drifting all over the

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place, pops up as a ten, sometimes on the right side. He goes from zero

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to 60 so quickly, he's got that wonderful balance and ability to go

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past people. His decision-making, that's what I like he knows when to

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dribble and when to pass, he's got the all-round game. He's playing as

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he did when he won play of the year, this is what I'm talking about.

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Awareness of people around him. Fabregas should have done better.

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It's the speed he can travel, he goes past people so easily, it's the

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low centre of gravity. This is his passing ability, is not just a

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dribbler. Must be a nightmare to play against. He gets his team up

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the pitch, when you need a player to get you from a to B really quickly,

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he's your man. It's obvious the midweek break did him a bit of good,

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he looks the freshest player on the pitch today. Though he didn't score

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or make a goal, he was sensational for long periods. Our Chelsea going

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to run away with it, that is the question. The danger to many teams.

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As it stands nought they are out and out favourites. Nine points clear.

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Manchester United are giving it a go now. Spurs. That chasing pack,

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Liverpool are the team that are favourites to catch them. They have

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defensive issues. I think they are the favourites to take it. I agree.

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Two home games coming up which they would expect to win, which would

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give them a lead. If they keep everyone fit, they are favourites

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for me. OK. In the Premier League,

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it's fair to say the first half of Leicester's 2016 has been rather

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better than the second! Ahead of their match at Stoke,

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they'd taken just one It was quite a game,

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watched by Alistair Mann. COMMENTATOR: This time last season

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Leicester hadn't lost an away game. They did though come close here ASBO

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January helped Stoke to a 2-0 lead before the visitors rescued a point

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with two second-half goals. Bojan comes in for Arnautovic, they have a

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trio of alteration. Mike e a boost for Leicester, they have not kept a

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clean sheet in any of the eight games he missed with a broken hand.

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They have not kept an away day shut out since April in the League. That

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was the last time they gathered three points on their travels.

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Clever ball, actually. Picks out Allen. A lovely effort from Walters.

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Great football from Stoke. Excellent stop from Schmeichel. Great move,

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Bojan and Allen and Walters. It's a great stop, actually. That is just

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the kind of save that he was making last season. Why he's been such a

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big miss. Simpson, Mahrez, King. I think he was caught there, Mahrez.

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He was. The referee wants a little word with Erik Pieters. Just went

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through the back of him a little bit. The opening 10 minutes have

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fairly zipped by. No goals, but opportunities, that's for sure.

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Here's Fuchs. Morgan, Fuchs, again. Now, King.

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Still plenty in there. Huth was one of them. Grant, on the stretch, just

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helped it over the bar with the finger tips. Wasn't an easy header

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for Robert Huth. A decent stop, actually. Canons off the back of him

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and straight to Mahrez. Still going, Mahrez, Vardy. Good shot, a decent

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save by Grant. I think it might have hit a Stoke player on the way

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through, actually. Vardy hit it. There is a little deflection off the

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back of the player. Beaten to it by Johnson. Vardy goes crashing in on

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Diouf. The referee's gone to the pocket - and it's red! Vardy went

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hurtling into the loose ball and he catches Diouf and Craig Pawson went

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straight to the pocket, no he is station. Red card, Vardy goes. Well

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Craig Pawson only has one look at this. He saw the speed of the

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challenge and that both of Vardy's feet were off the floor when he goes

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to make it. Even though he gets the ball, which he most definitely does,

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the referee believes that he was out of control as he made it. That's why

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Vardy gets his marching orders. Look at his gestures. Keep it calm.

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Relax. Don't get carried away. Here's Johnson. Great ball in.

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Headed away by Simpson. Gathereded in by Bojan. Oh, that's a handball.

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That's a penalty. It just looked like Simpson handled it as he slid

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to try and block the cross. There's a yellow card for Simpson, as well.

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Bojan, as he put the cross in, appealed for the penalty, and his

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hand is above his head and it's a penalty. Well, Bojan missed a

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penalty against Bournemouth about a month ago. But he's entrusted with

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the responsibility, nonetheless. And this time, he obliges. The defending

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champions maybe heading for yet another away day defeat. Leicester's

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first task with 10-men was to get to the half-time interval at 0-0. They

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haven't managed it. Bojan, who scored twice before against

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Leicester, does so again from the penalty spot today. Here's Johnson.

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He's been caught. Albrighton with the foul. A yellow card for

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Albrighton. Half the out field players are now in the referee's

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notebook and Vardy's in the dressing room. So ale free-kick to Stoke. Off

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the inside of the post. Allen makes it two. Stoke City have made

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Leicester City's first half about as miserable as it could be. The look

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on the face of the visiting manager says everything. Imbula slammed it

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against the near-post. Allen couldn't miss the rebound. Leicester

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looking for an offside. One flag was not forthcoming. It's just going

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from very, very bad to much, much worse for the defending champions

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who are staring down the barrel of yet another away defeat. It's Stoke

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City 2, Leicester City 0, and the referee, who is going to have to go

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past the Leicester City supporters now to get to the dressing room,

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he's going to get some fearful stick from the visiting supporters.

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Johnson, Bojan gets it. Now Diouf. Walters, on the far side. Great save

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by Schmeichel. That's brilliant goalkeeping. Morgan feels as though

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it should have been a foul. The referee waved play on. The header

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was great, the save outstanding. A double change for Leicester.

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Leonardo Ulloa is one. Demarai Gray is another. Slimani makes way. So

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too Albrighton. It was inevitable they would start to take players off

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with the energy they expended trying to keep in the game. Demarai Gray is

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always happy to take on a sprint challenge. The cross is a beauty.

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Off the line. Technology says it crossed. It's 2-1. Ulloa's first

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contribution since coming on is to put Leicester back into a game that

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they were seemingly out of. Great ball by one substitute, Gray, headed

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by Ulloa. Off the line by Shawcross, but the technology says it's a goal.

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You can see exactly why. Claudio Ranieri had a decision to make about

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his substitutions. He brought on Ulloa and Demarai Gray. The two

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combined within moments. Leicester are back in the hunt. Here's Demarai

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Gray, again. Oh, the deflection could have taken it anywhere. They

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will be immensely proud of their players. They have not capitulated.

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2-0 down at half-time, with 10-men. They have been probing and searching

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and now they've halved the deficit. Leicester City throw.

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Fuchs is winding up a long throw. Morgan is in there. Huth is up from

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the back. All those who came up for the long throw might as well remain.

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The cross is a great one. And Amartey, what a wonderful

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performance from Leicester City. You can't say they haven't merited it. A

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Amartey's header, right in front of Lee Grant. It gives the equaliser to

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Leicester City. Real brave, brave header. He knew the goalkeeper was

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coming, Amartey. He got there, just in front of Grant. And he plants the

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header into the net and goes to join the Leicester City supporters, who

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will feel as though this is a victory, not just a draw. If looks

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could kill. Allen helps it on, Walters. Amartey with the tackle.

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Morgan gets it away. Imbula. Wheelen. -- Whelan. Schmeichel with

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the save. He made excellent saves, Schmeichel, to keep Leicester in

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this game. 10 out of 10 for his team. 10 out of 10 for him. Well the

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wlisle blows and the cheers are coming from the away end, the

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Leicester City supporters. A quite extraordinary performance from the

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defending champions. Everything stacked up against them, but they

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had enormous belief, enormous character, it's's Stoke City 2, it's

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Leicester City 2. Defending champion performance. It was a fantastic

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spirit. We wanted to fight until the end, it was important for us at this

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point to play well. We started very very, well after the sending off

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everything changed with my players. My players were so nervous during

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the half-time. We spoke a lot. We continued to believe something good

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could be possible and they made it very fantastic performance. You must

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be fuming after throwing away a two-goal lead? Yeah. We have made

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our own problems in the second-half, in fairness. The first half I

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thought we were excellent and we are in good shape. The second-half you

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know Leicester will come at you, that is why he this were champions

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last year. They have good energy and they will always ask questions.

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Leicester were incensed about the sending off. Two-footed tackle.

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Hughes said it was a two-footed challenge from Jamie Vardy and

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diserved to be sent off. What was your view? One manager said yes,

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another said no. I felt like he was being impedestrianed first of all.

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He saw the ball and got the ball cleanly iechl' not sure what the

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referee saw. Watching from the stands what has been the problem for

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Leicester this season. It hasn't been easy at all-time, has it? It

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was never going to be easy. We have had good performances and we haven't

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had the rub of the green. Last year we did. You make your own luck when

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you work as hard as we did, especially the second-half, you get

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what you deserve. It was an amazing comeback from Leicester. Craig

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Pawson, the referee, had an interesting after knob, didn't he?

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Another one. We talk about the red card. An interesting week? He has. I

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have sympathy with him. Obviously, the decision in midweek which we

:26:19.:26:22.

will see now. Which he didn't give. Which he didn't give. He got a bit

:26:23.:26:27.

of stick for. You know, rightly so. That's a naughty challenge.

:26:28.:26:30.

Obviously two-footed. Could have caused him some damage. Today's very

:26:31.:26:35.

different for me. I don't think it's a red card, first and foremost. I

:26:36.:26:39.

think Vardy is really unlucky. He's obviously thought of midweek and

:26:40.:26:45.

saw... Johnson pushes Vardy a bit. Knocks him off balance. He actually

:26:46.:26:49.

does leave the ground. You see a gap between Vardy and the ground. He

:26:50.:26:52.

ends up winning the ball. One foot is ahead of the other. It's actually

:26:53.:26:57.

a decent tackle, even if he is pushed off balance. Maybe, he might

:26:58.:27:02.

have got a yellow, couldn't believe he got a red. I don't think it's aed

:27:03.:27:08.

red card or Mark Hughes does. If that happened to his players he

:27:09.:27:10.

would go mad. I think he is saying that. It inspired them. Really did.

:27:11.:27:15.

Look at Bojan's face. I don't think he thought it was. It inspired them.

:27:16.:27:21.

Eventually, 0-0, went to 2-0. To add insult to injury, they get a penalty

:27:22.:27:24.

against Leicester, which was one of those that is sometimes they get

:27:25.:27:29.

given and sometimes don't. What do you think in this instance? I

:27:30.:27:32.

thought it was are ha shall. Trying it get the ball in the box. It's

:27:33.:27:35.

been stopped. It's been impeded by his hand. I know what is going

:27:36.:27:40.

through Simpson's mind here. He is at full stretching saying, all I

:27:41.:27:43.

want to do is stop this cross. Look where his hand is. People talk about

:27:44.:27:47.

unnatural hand position. If I'm trying to block a ball, I'm not

:27:48.:27:51.

whipping it around the back of my neck and into that position to stop

:27:52.:27:54.

the cross. It's not an unnatural position. It hit his hand. The

:27:55.:27:59.

penalty was given. I personally don't th think it was a penalty.

:28:00.:28:05.

They are given on a weekly basis. Leicester showed the spirit they

:28:06.:28:11.

showed last season, didn't they? Brilliant second-half. All of them.

:28:12.:28:15.

Well-organised. Full of energy. Full of endeavour and quality in the end.

:28:16.:28:21.

Claudio Ranieri deserves credit because he made substitutions, two

:28:22.:28:24.

of them, Demarai Gray and Leonardo Ulloa. They have been bit part

:28:25.:28:29.

players, to be honest. 0 minutes. They come on. They had a point to

:28:30.:28:34.

prove. I mine, Demarai Gray was sensation aal when he came on. He

:28:35.:28:38.

ran forward, he put crosses in, dribbled. This is to get back to

:28:39.:28:44.

2-1. Brilliant cross. We saw Ulloa do this many times last season.

:28:45.:28:47.

Super attitude. Good header of the ball. There is the goalline

:28:48.:28:52.

technology helping us. I don't think it would have been given if we

:28:53.:28:55.

hadn't had it. It would be a tough one, wouldn't it? ? Yeah. He gave

:28:56.:29:03.

them energy and dribbling. I don't know understand why he doesn't play

:29:04.:29:07.

week in and week out. I watched him, every time he comes for Leicester he

:29:08.:29:11.

always has an impact. I think he's... It will the not be long

:29:12.:29:15.

before he gets the hump about not playing.

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Great goal, he played really well, if anyone deserved to score, it was

:29:21.:29:27.

him. Fantastic. Stoke two up against ten men, they'll be kicking

:29:28.:29:31.

themselves. On such a good rental of things going so smooth, I don't know

:29:32.:29:36.

if it was the complacency within the ranks, 2-0 up, man down, thinking we

:29:37.:29:40.

would cruise this one, they were caught out. The booing at the end

:29:41.:29:44.

was unnecessary from Stoke fans, Mark Hughes has been doing a

:29:45.:29:50.

fantastic job. I put it down to the disappointment of losing the game

:29:51.:29:52.

and Leicester fans at the other end of the stadium having a party.

:29:53.:29:54.

Festive frustration. We've got four matches

:29:55.:29:57.

for you still to come. Rooney. Good try. The arms of Valdes

:29:58.:30:11.

stung by Sigurdsson. Roberts, he's hit the post.

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West Brom were seven and Manchester United six after both had good wins

:30:20.:30:23.

on Wednesday evening. They met at the Hawthorns,

:30:24.:30:25.

commentary from Steve Bower. Finally Manchester United are

:30:26.:30:32.

turning performances into points, West Brom were in that group before

:30:33.:30:37.

them as they go in search of their fourth consecutive home win. Salomon

:30:38.:30:43.

Rondon leaves West Brom's attack as they look for a fourth consecutive

:30:44.:30:47.

home victory. It was the Venezuelan's goal that settled the

:30:48.:30:51.

fixture last season. Wayne Rooney has scored seven in nine Premier

:30:52.:30:54.

League games against the baggies, another today would finally equal

:30:55.:31:01.

Sir Bobby Charlton's club record. He hasn't scored since the opening

:31:02.:31:06.

weekend in the league. Tony Pulis has only ever been Manchester United

:31:07.:31:10.

twice in 14 games in the Premier League as manager. He's lost 11 of

:31:11.:31:15.

those as well. Strength, fair strength, from Nyom. Nyom came

:31:16.:31:26.

across. Lingard, isn't going to get a penalty for that. A look in hope

:31:27.:31:30.

rather than anything else towards Anthony Taylor. Long from Valencia.

:31:31.:31:39.

Lingard with a first-time cross. Ibrahimovic, as clinical as that.

:31:40.:31:45.

Inside the first five minutes, Manchester united with their first

:31:46.:31:49.

real attack, score the first goal. And it is him again, Zlatan

:31:50.:31:55.

Ibrahimovic. Six in six in the Premier League now. Made by Lingard.

:31:56.:32:02.

First-time cross. Ibrahimovic in his form in front of goal wasn't going

:32:03.:32:07.

to miss that. He went six league games without a goal and has now

:32:08.:32:11.

scored six in the following six, perfect start for him and Manchester

:32:12.:32:16.

United. The dropper Bob Zlatan Ibrahimovic, in the words of Jose

:32:17.:32:22.

Mourinho. To give Manchester United the need. -- the undroppable

:32:23.:32:38.

Ibrahimovic. Nice touch from Dawson. Brunt's cross blocked by Rojo. West

:32:39.:32:42.

Brom get their first corner of the game. Nine of West Brom's 23 goals

:32:43.:32:48.

this season have come from headers. Manchester United will have worked

:32:49.:32:51.

on this kind of situation, trying to defend it. Whipped in by Brunt,

:32:52.:32:57.

right across the face. It was Olsson who got a touch. What an inviting

:32:58.:33:04.

delivery. But in between the two defenders, Olsson, just couldn't

:33:05.:33:10.

steer it on target. Rooney will chase that. Four forward for

:33:11.:33:20.

Manchester United. Pogba. Into Lingard. In the penalty area nobody

:33:21.:33:25.

at the moment. There is now. Rooney. Good try. Off the bar. Cleared by

:33:26.:33:34.

Fletcher. For a split second Wayne Rooney thought this was the record

:33:35.:33:38.

equalling goal, clean strike, terrific save from Ben Foster.

:33:39.:33:42.

Former Manchester United goalkeeper. To touch that under the crossbar.

:33:43.:33:49.

Manchester United, goal number 249. Still not forthcoming. That was a

:33:50.:33:57.

strong charge by Ibrahimovic on Dawson. A yellow card coming. From

:33:58.:34:04.

Anthony Taylor. One was viewed in the week at Crystal Palace, no

:34:05.:34:09.

charge forthcoming. Definitely a booking forthcoming here. Yellow for

:34:10.:34:14.

the Manchester United goal-scorer. Watch his eyes, he was always going

:34:15.:34:19.

to be late. Nowhere near the ball. Phillips. Taking on Valencia and

:34:20.:34:28.

getting the cross in. Rondon. After his three headers on Wednesday, he

:34:29.:34:32.

had half a chance of another one there. In between the two defenders

:34:33.:34:36.

he'll be disappointed he wasn't able to get out on target. First real

:34:37.:34:40.

opportunity West Brom have fashioned so far. The last minute of the first

:34:41.:34:50.

half at the hawthorns. Parreira. Good strength from Valencia. Away by

:34:51.:35:00.

McCauley. A chance for Lingard. A chance he should have done much

:35:01.:35:05.

better with. His reaction tells you everything. When McCauley clear

:35:06.:35:09.

that, made a mess of it, inadvertently came to Lingard. He

:35:10.:35:13.

had so much time, he'd sat up beautifully on the volley for it.

:35:14.:35:17.

Lingard who's got his first Manchester United goal against West

:35:18.:35:21.

Brom should have scored against them again. Income Manchester United with

:35:22.:35:27.

Pogba. ! In income Manchester United. Carrick has found Rooney.

:35:28.:35:35.

Trying to go through the space himself, Ibrahimovic. That was the

:35:36.:35:41.

right decision, two for Ibrahimovic, two for Manchester United. Ten

:35:42.:35:45.

minutes of the second half gone and they have doubled their advantage.

:35:46.:35:51.

Ibrahimovic now has ten goals in his last nine games in all competitions.

:35:52.:35:57.

16 goals for Manchester United. Rooney might have been expecting it

:35:58.:36:00.

back, wasn't getting it back. The Swede saw a little bit of light in

:36:01.:36:04.

the corridor, shot was deflected, just off Dawson. That's what took it

:36:05.:36:10.

into the bottom corner, past Foster. That's what it means to Jose

:36:11.:36:15.

Mourinho, that's why he is undroppable. Ibrahimovic has 152

:36:16.:36:27.

league goals in his last 170 games. Rondon taking on Rojo. Rojo in the

:36:28.:36:33.

end was equal to it. Rooney brought the cross.

:36:34.:36:40.

What was first the emergency, then the unlikely defensive partnership

:36:41.:36:47.

between Jones and Rojo. Rondon got involved with Rojo. Jones felt he

:36:48.:36:53.

raised his hand. Anthony Taylor is going to have to defuse this

:36:54.:37:02.

situation. Little nudge from Rondon. Rojo won it fairly. Rojo wanted to

:37:03.:37:07.

have a word. That was the first push. Not true exactly what Rojo did

:37:08.:37:19.

wrong. There was a slap from Rondon. Yellow card for each in the end.

:37:20.:37:27.

Going to have to take a risk or two more to find a way back into the

:37:28.:37:31.

game. Dawson, blocked by Rooney, West Brom corner.

:37:32.:37:38.

Deep from Brunt. Back by McCauley. West Brom appealing for hands,

:37:39.:37:49.

Anthony Taylor not interested. This is what West Brom were appealing

:37:50.:37:52.

for. McCauley hands this back across. Proffered deliberately. Did

:37:53.:38:02.

he use his arm? I don't think so. Manchester United have not looked in

:38:03.:38:08.

any trouble all day. That was a boy touch. That was deliberate from

:38:09.:38:13.

Brunt. -- poor touch. The only way he was going to stop Marcus

:38:14.:38:23.

Rashford. End of a good week for Manchester United, nine points from

:38:24.:38:26.

nine, eight Premier League games unbeaten, thanks once again to

:38:27.:38:31.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has 16 goals for the season now. Two today

:38:32.:38:38.

complete a polished and professional way performance. West Brom 0- two

:38:39.:38:43.

Manchester United. Great performance, even better than the

:38:44.:38:47.

last one at Crystal Palace. Very solid from the first minute. And

:38:48.:38:55.

everything under control. We coped well with the difficult things that

:38:56.:38:59.

West Bromwich always bring to the game. I would give them a poor goal

:39:00.:39:03.

at the beginning, that was disappointing. What I said at

:39:04.:39:08.

half-time, make sure we stay in the game and as the game goes, we'll

:39:09.:39:11.

grow into it, I really thought we would. The last thing we want is for

:39:12.:39:17.

them to get that second goal. A very fortuitous goal. Another one for

:39:18.:39:20.

Ibrahimovic, as a younger player what is it like having him on and

:39:21.:39:24.

off the pitch? He's a great character, everyone knows his

:39:25.:39:26.

character, his bubbly in the changing room, helps the young lads,

:39:27.:39:31.

and he's good to play with. He's good to link off as well. I think he

:39:32.:39:38.

is proof that he's a super man in his mentality. Because he is doing

:39:39.:39:41.

fantastic, what he's doing at the age of 305I think is a dream for

:39:42.:39:48.

every one of 25, every striker of 25, to arrive in the Premier League

:39:49.:39:52.

and to impress the way he's doing. I'm feeling good, at the end I was a

:39:53.:39:56.

little bit tired, but I feel fresh, I feel good, I'm confident. When the

:39:57.:40:03.

team is doing good, it's easier, absolutely. But we work hard and we

:40:04.:40:08.

are doing the sacrifice for each other. When you can win on like

:40:09.:40:12.

this, it's beautiful, it's a beautiful day. At the end what

:40:13.:40:18.

counts is three points. His statistics continue to prove he's a

:40:19.:40:22.

wonderful footballer, even at 35, ten goals in his last nine games,

:40:23.:40:26.

classic Centre forward performance. Never had to worry about the numbers

:40:27.:40:31.

when it comes to Ibrahimovic, he's scored everywhere he's gone, because

:40:32.:40:34.

of little things like this, he knows every trick in the book to get a

:40:35.:40:39.

yard of space, pulls him back, get the header, that's Man United's 1-0.

:40:40.:40:45.

I feel he's getting sharper and sharper as the season goes on, and

:40:46.:40:51.

stronger with it. Mourinho's right, at 35, it's phenomenal to see. This

:40:52.:40:56.

is the other side to him. Got an edge. Yellow card. There have been

:40:57.:41:00.

centre halves throwing themselves at centre forward for years, he likes

:41:01.:41:04.

to throw himself around this way. It's a yellow card. They are very

:41:05.:41:11.

similar. This is a yellow card as well. Fully shoulder barged Rashford

:41:12.:41:18.

of the ball, both incidents the referee got right. When you've got a

:41:19.:41:24.

striker like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whose wonderfully gifted,

:41:25.:41:26.

technically sound, holds the ball up, he likes to play more with his

:41:27.:41:31.

back, hasn't got the legs to get beyond defenders, you need players

:41:32.:41:35.

to compensate from that. Jesse Lingard, in him United have that

:41:36.:41:39.

today. Last season when he first cemented his place in the team, it

:41:40.:41:43.

was one of the strengths I noticed, his willingness to run in behind. At

:41:44.:41:47.

Palace the other night they played Rooney and Mata in wide positions

:41:48.:41:52.

and struggled to make any good runs, penetration wasn't there. What he

:41:53.:41:55.

does is this, he has great pace and willingness to get in there, which

:41:56.:41:58.

is key. Could have had a penalty early in the game. It's all about

:41:59.:42:02.

timing when you make these runs, soon as Valencia gets his head up,

:42:03.:42:08.

spins just that the right time. Nyom's not spin slow, what a cross,

:42:09.:42:15.

the best I've seen all season, unbelievable technique. Keeps

:42:16.:42:18.

finding himself in a really dangerous positions because he wants

:42:19.:42:21.

to get in there. He scored some big goals for United already in his

:42:22.:42:25.

career, another good run sets Rooney up, nearly equalled the record. When

:42:26.:42:31.

he does get the ball two feet, he can dribble, good technique, he's

:42:32.:42:37.

confident, drives at people. He would have started the season if he

:42:38.:42:41.

didn't get injured early. You'll get goals, I wouldn't worry about this.

:42:42.:42:45.

He's in there again, right position, trying to smash it rather than place

:42:46.:42:49.

it. They couldn't cope with him all afternoon, he was... He was fighting

:42:50.:42:56.

for a place in the team, he certainly will give Mourinho a

:42:57.:43:00.

headache. West Brom, despite being on a really good run of form lacked

:43:01.:43:08.

competitiveness today, or was it Manchester United's ability. I think

:43:09.:43:11.

they lack competitiveness, they were very passive through the game. They

:43:12.:43:15.

naturally like to drop off in games, I watched against Chelsea a couple

:43:16.:43:19.

of weeks ago and they frustrated them for long periods. This is 1-0

:43:20.:43:23.

down. At home you need to make something happen. Look at the

:43:24.:43:26.

numbers they have in the attacking area, they have the ability to put

:43:27.:43:30.

the press on Manchester United. It's like everyone's mentality is,

:43:31.:43:35.

retreat, I'm going to go to my position because that's what I've

:43:36.:43:38.

been told to do, that's what they did most of the game. The problem

:43:39.:43:41.

with that mentality is when you do play against topsides and give them

:43:42.:43:48.

this space, not anybody getting anywhere near a Manchester United

:43:49.:43:51.

player, they can unlock that defence whenever they want, someone makes a

:43:52.:43:59.

quick run, they are written. -- they are in. For lesser sides, it works.

:44:00.:44:05.

It probably spill over into their general play. I'll give them the

:44:06.:44:08.

benefit of the doubt, had a tough week, on a good run. I'm guessing

:44:09.:44:13.

Tony Pulis will look at it, saying, we are tired, put a lot of energy

:44:14.:44:16.

into those games which is why we got the results. The quality wasn't

:44:17.:44:20.

there today at all. Manchester United were brilliant but I expected

:44:21.:44:23.

a lot more from West from. Improving quickly.

:44:24.:44:26.

One place separated Middlesbrough and Swansea ahead of a crucial

:44:27.:44:28.

Commentary on the battle near the bottom comes from Guy Mowbray.

:44:29.:44:31.

COMMENTATOR: Boro's joint top-scorers this season have three

:44:32.:44:38.

goals each. Alvaro Negredo's work for the team has been appreciated.

:44:39.:44:42.

He has scored against Swansea before in his one season stay at Manchester

:44:43.:44:46.

City. He remains Middlesbrough's most likely player to net. Today,

:44:47.:44:51.

the opposite side, see as striker he used to vie with in the Spanish

:44:52.:44:58.

national side. Fernando Llorente has scored one more than Negredo. His

:44:59.:45:03.

abilities are well-known to Aitor Karanka. Former team and roommate at

:45:04.:45:08.

Atletico Bilbao. Down it his knees. Nothing doing. He

:45:09.:45:22.

can't keep it. The fans not happen which with how their team started.

:45:23.:45:28.

Victor Valdes is stunned by Sigurdsson. Swansea are quicker out

:45:29.:45:32.

of the blocks. Sigurdsson with the first attempt on target in the game.

:45:33.:45:36.

For Swansea, it's the first of four key matches in a row over the

:45:37.:45:42.

holiday period. You would think their first priority will be not

:45:43.:45:46.

losing this one. Boro will only be happy with a win.

:45:47.:45:50.

Sigurdsson. Forced off it. Nice foot work from Ramires. Clayton to his

:45:51.:46:04.

left. Clayton pushes on. Lovely foot work to deceive Mawson. What a

:46:05.:46:06.

finish that is by Alvaro Negredo. Middlesbrough's main striker has his

:46:07.:46:21.

first goal of the season. This is fantastic work from Adam Clayton. He

:46:22.:46:28.

deceived Alfie Mawson. Negredo nets for Boro. Middlesbrough 1, Swansea

:46:29.:46:30.

City 0. Amat. Had to hurry, lost the ball.

:46:31.:46:46.

Negredo. De Roon. Rangel. He felt that he had to knock it behind. That

:46:47.:46:49.

ball was Downing bound. Forshaw. There's Ramires. He seems

:46:50.:47:04.

to have been tripped. Free-kick given to Boro, just outside the box.

:47:05.:47:09.

Referee was always looking to see whether an advantage could develop.

:47:10.:47:18.

Up steps Ramirez. Oh, not far away at all. It has the pace to ensure

:47:19.:47:30.

that had it been lower, Fabianski wasn't getting near it. Gibson.

:47:31.:47:39.

Straight to Ramirez. Middlesbrough's to throw back in. They do so

:47:40.:47:49.

quickly. Forshaw. He's done. The referee points to the spot.

:47:50.:47:55.

Middlesbrough penalty. It all came about because of the quickly taken

:47:56.:48:02.

throw. In it came to Adam Forshaw. Amat lifted his leg and left it

:48:03.:48:05.

hanging. He tried to get it away, but he didn't have the time. Quite a

:48:06.:48:12.

lazy challenge. Negredo has very confidently put himself up for this.

:48:13.:48:20.

Here comes Alvaro Negredo. He doubles his and Middlesbrough's

:48:21.:48:26.

total for the afternoon. It's happening to Swansea, again. Two

:48:27.:48:30.

goals in just over 10 minutes scored against them. Very, very confidently

:48:31.:48:37.

and cooly done. That's Swansea done for already. Alvaro Negredo has a

:48:38.:48:43.

double, Middlesbrough 2, Swansea City 0. Bob Bradley, before today,

:48:44.:48:48.

they conceded 15 goals in five away games.

:48:49.:49:00.

Made the near-post run. Towards Fulton. He's the player guilty of

:49:01.:49:11.

fouling him rather than the way round. They both tumbled. Help

:49:12.:49:17.

blocks him first and hugs him. Who fouled who there? The decision goes

:49:18.:49:29.

against Fulton, but it was a block by Barrow in the first place.

:49:30.:49:35.

Downing will go for goal. On target all right, but straight down the

:49:36.:49:44.

barrel for Fabianski. -- Barragan. Is Gibson, through to De Roon.

:49:45.:49:48.

Lovely lay off for Negredo. Here's Ramirez. Great ball in. It's

:49:49.:49:53.

finished by Marten de Roon. You would think Swansea are finished

:49:54.:49:58.

now, too. That's a lovely Middlesbrough goal. A sweeping move.

:49:59.:50:05.

And, Middlesbrough are sweeping to victory in this hugely important

:50:06.:50:09.

game near the bottom of the Premier League. No question of de Roon being

:50:10.:50:16.

onside. It's an absolute ripper of a ball from Ramirez. It just needed

:50:17.:50:22.

stroking hope op. Middlesbrough 3, Swansea City 0. They are the people

:50:23.:50:26.

I feel sorry for today, the Swansea fans who have made this long trek up

:50:27.:50:35.

to Teesside. A19, A1, M5, M4, that's the way home. M standing for,

:50:36.:50:39.

"misery" most of the way. He gives him the slip. Montero gives

:50:40.:50:58.

on. There's Fer. This one was goal-bound from Leroy Fer.

:50:59.:51:05.

In from Sigurdsson. Alves was caught behind the crowd there. Forshaw. How

:51:06.:51:20.

far can he go? Friend is up there as well. His team-mate. Here's George

:51:21.:51:26.

Friend. He was grinding through the gears, was Friend here. Have a look.

:51:27.:51:37.

Have a go. Have a jog back. Rangel. Up to Llorente. Neat little lay off

:51:38.:51:40.

to Sigurdsson. It will now come to month material owe.

:51:41.:51:58.

-- Montero cross. It gets closer towards his clean sheet. It's been

:51:59.:52:08.

our biggest victory, but I think this I think it was... Everybody in

:52:09.:52:11.

this group is really, really confident. Today these three goals,

:52:12.:52:16.

especially three points and clean sheet has been massive for us. You

:52:17.:52:19.

know that you have to win, because you have to stay above the bottom

:52:20.:52:25.

three, yeah, you say to each other and after there's relief that you

:52:26.:52:31.

won. The second goal comes in in a strange way achl throw-in where I

:52:32.:52:34.

think our players are leaning one way. It goes in quickly we Given up

:52:35.:52:41.

the PK, the penalty. I feel as if we put ourselves in the hole over and

:52:42.:52:44.

over. That takes a lot out of a team. The ability to come back in

:52:45.:52:50.

the Premier League week after week is obviously nearly impossible. It's

:52:51.:52:55.

been more a case of road matches and so now we have two very big home

:52:56.:52:59.

games coming up and we have to turn all our our attention towards those

:53:00.:53:04.

two matches. Let us focus firstly, Jermaine, on Middlesbrough. Negredo,

:53:05.:53:08.

back in the goals, four in the last four following 11 games without a

:53:09.:53:10.

goal. That is vital for Middlesbrough, isn't it? It's vital

:53:11.:53:14.

for them. I think Middlesbrough will be OK. There are teams down there

:53:15.:53:20.

that would kill for an out and out goalscorer which Alvaro Negredo

:53:21.:53:23.

actually is. This is a brilliantly taken goal. Going away from goal,

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wraps his left foot around it into that bottom corner. As you say,

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Gary, four in four. He's now starting to find that it type of

:53:31.:53:34.

form that Middlesbrough desperately need him to be in. When he's on he

:53:35.:53:40.

is on. One of those. Look at this moment here with him. He wasn't

:53:41.:53:46.

doing this a few weeks ago. We love this every now and again - I can't

:53:47.:53:52.

even do one! That shows you the type of confidence he is playing with. At

:53:53.:53:55.

this point, I thought Middlesbrough were cruising. He is involved in the

:53:56.:54:04.

third goal as well. Ramirez brilliant for Middlesbrough all

:54:05.:54:07.

season. Marten de Roon great ball in. Important they have Negredo

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banging in the goals on a regular basis now. I suppose at present,

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Danny, if you were given a chance to pick a fixture you would take,

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unfairly or cruelly, which ever way you would take it Swansea at home A

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bit harsh, but probably fair. Just a question. Yeah. That is is harsh,

:54:29.:54:36.

Danny? Yeah. The problem with Swansea, for me, they lack tenacity,

:54:37.:54:42.

athleticism. They are quite a nice team, they didn't get near

:54:43.:54:46.

Middlesbrough today. Even when they were losing 2-1 no-one got ruffled

:54:47.:54:50.

or put tackles in. It was a weak performance. Limp, if you like. They

:54:51.:54:54.

need to change something whether it's bring in six new players in

:54:55.:54:58.

January, if they can. Or will it be the manager Maybe the manager. They

:54:59.:55:02.

are not known for their patience. The squad at the moment I don't

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think will stay up. Match of the Day 2 is on Monday

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night this week to take in the Merseyside derby,

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as well as all of Sunday's action. Match of the Day 2 Extra

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will discuss all the weekend's 5Live has commentary

:55:38.:55:39.

on Manchester City against Arsenal I hope you can join us

:55:40.:55:47.

for Sports Personality of the Year, Mark Chapman follows Match

:55:48.:55:51.

of the Day on Saturday nights with all the latest from the NFL

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or you can catch up throughout COMMENTATOR: The kick will be taken

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and left to Danny Murphy. And he scores for Liverpool! Danny Murphy's

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done a David Beckham here. # We'd better get some work done...

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# Danny Murphy and Bob the Builder

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together. There must be a tool joke there. I have to work it out.

:56:34.:56:35.

West Ham had taken four points from their last two matches to ease

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the pressure slightly on Slaven Bilic.

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Could they continue that improvement against a struggling Hull City?

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Simon Brotherton is your commentator.

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COMMENTATOR: Four points from two games in the past week has lifted

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West Ham's spirits as well as their league position. Hull's tally of six

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points from the last 14 matches is the same they earnt in the opening

:56:58.:57:01.

two fixtures of the season leaving them close to the bottom. West Ham

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are unchanged, Andy Carroll starts for the second time in four days and

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for the third time all season in the Premier League. Hull are back in

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London again after their midweek defeat at Tottenham. One change this

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afternoon. Mbokani returns preferred to Diomande upfront. Plenty on that

:57:23.:57:27.

ball forward from Noble. Hull look to break. Mbokani got there ahead of

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Kouyate. Out for a goal kick. Hull threatening here. James cordon an

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interested spectator here for this one today.

:57:45.:57:52.

That backpass is too short. M bow Khanningy is in. Oh, he's missed.

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West Ham United get away with one. Mbokani laying the bat back. Oh,

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dear me, Hull City are unlikely to get another gift like that this

:58:03.:58:07.

afternoon. Oh, it was on a plate. Mbokani just trying to squeeze he

:58:08.:58:11.

squeeze it inside the post. Cresswell, a dreadful pass. Well,

:58:12.:58:17.

less than a ball's width away from taking the lead. What aens Cha. Mike

:58:18.:58:21.

Phelan saying ahead of this match how his team need to take their

:58:22.:58:24.

chances more than they have been. He's still waiting. -- what a

:58:25.:58:30.

chance. They are on the front foot once again here. I playing

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positively. Huddlestone can hit them, given half a chance. It rather

:58:37.:58:44.

fizzles out. The referee said there was there a deflection there. It's

:58:45.:58:51.

been given. It's a Hull City corner. Snodgrass, their top scorer, he is

:58:52.:58:56.

the man who will take it. Saved by Randolph. It had to be as

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Here it is again as the ball comes over, Maguire came in from the back

:59:04.:59:11.

and got just in front of him. Robertson back in there once more.

:59:12.:59:15.

Mbokani goes for it at the edge of the penalty area and shoots. What a

:59:16.:59:19.

goal it would have been had he managed to keep that down. Landini.

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Hull playing well here. Now pushing forward. Half far-away, into the

:59:36.:59:44.

opening minute of the last 45, the ball not quite falling Maguire. West

:59:45.:59:53.

Ham United under real pressure. West Ham United will be relieved if they

:59:54.:00:01.

can go in goalless at half-time, it was who could easily have slight the

:00:02.:00:03.

ball into the back of his own net. Hull should be sensing an

:00:04.:00:13.

opportunity in this match this afternoon. Snodgrass. Turn away from

:00:14.:00:21.

Kouyate. It's headed against his own post, that, by Mark Noble! Goodness

:00:22.:00:28.

me. Hull hitting the post for the second time this afternoon. This

:00:29.:00:38.

time off West Ham's captain. But on the bike Mbokani towards Snodgrass.

:00:39.:00:44.

Robertson comes to the edge of the penalty area. He's hit the post

:00:45.:00:53.

again. Unbelievable. This was superb play by Robertson. A thunderous

:00:54.:01:10.

shot. This is the angle. I yet finding Ogbonna. It'll be a corner.

:01:11.:01:14.

Ogbonna's only ever scored one goal for West Ham. Still nothing in it.

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Hit off the line. That's the closest West Ham have come, now it's with

:01:25.:01:31.

Kouyate. Antonio. Great save by Marshall. Twice in quick succession.

:01:32.:01:38.

West Ham close. Now Hull city with Mbokani trying to come away, the

:01:39.:01:42.

Kearney slightly over runs it. A real chance here. Great challenge by

:01:43.:01:52.

Kouyate, racing into the box on Sam Clucas. Brilliant depending. Here's

:01:53.:01:56.

the double chance for West Ham, the header from Andre Ayew. So close. A

:01:57.:02:02.

great stop on the line by Robertson. The second effort here from Antonio,

:02:03.:02:06.

saved by David Marshall. Other end of the pitch, here comes the corner.

:02:07.:02:11.

Kouyate back on his feet. End to end 20 minutes into the second half. Off

:02:12.:02:16.

the line at the other end. It's Hernandez who gets there. Great

:02:17.:02:22.

blocked on the line. Having gone close at one end, West Ham suddenly

:02:23.:02:25.

on the back foot here. This is a tremendous run here, two

:02:26.:02:38.

thirds the length of the pitch from Michail Antonio. Before it was

:02:39.:02:44.

upended. Yellow card for Michael Dawson. An all action run to get the

:02:45.:02:57.

crowd on their feet. In it goes. Marshall beaten to the ball.

:02:58.:03:03.

Huddlestone's there. Still in the air. Well shielded. Rodriguez...

:03:04.:03:11.

Penalty for the challenge on Antonio. Huddlestone went up for it,

:03:12.:03:16.

they waited for the ball to drop and Antonio goes down. Hull will feel

:03:17.:03:22.

that's a soft penalty. And clearly do. Can Mark Noble take this chance

:03:23.:03:30.

for West Ham with 15 to go? Yes, he can. West Ham 1-0 Hull city. What a

:03:31.:03:42.

good penalty. West Ham's reliable captain keeping cool and slotting it

:03:43.:03:48.

home. Away comes Dimitri Payet, Andre Ayew to his right, Hernandez

:03:49.:03:54.

to his left. I yet might fancy this himself, still going, down he goes

:03:55.:03:59.

under pressure and gets a free kick. The challenge by Henriksen, who is

:04:00.:04:04.

booked. I yet got a free kick where he likes it. Just over five minutes

:04:05.:04:07.

remaining at the London stadium and Dimitri Payet with this opportunity

:04:08.:04:14.

for West Ham. Round the wall, a save from Marshall, good free kick,

:04:15.:04:20.

stopped by the goalkeeper. Aaron Cresswell, left the door ajar.

:04:21.:04:26.

Snodgrass into the penalty area. Maguire with the shot, saved by

:04:27.:04:32.

Randolph. There were three players hoping for the ball there. But

:04:33.:04:36.

Creswell will be relieved nothing came of this after that little slip.

:04:37.:04:43.

Reflecting on chances gone by in the first half. Am I pleased with the

:04:44.:04:50.

performance? No I'm not. Am I pleased with the reaction in the

:04:51.:04:54.

second half? Especially the last half-hour? I am. We scored the goal.

:04:55.:05:00.

Should have finished the game, to score another one after we scored

:05:01.:05:03.

the first, but we didn't. Massive three points for us, back-to-back

:05:04.:05:12.

win on the stadium, two 1-0 results, very good for us considering the

:05:13.:05:16.

situation we were in. Burnley at home and Hull at home have been hard

:05:17.:05:22.

tests honest hard-working teams, we've kept two clean sheets and got

:05:23.:05:28.

two victories, which is massive. We gave an opportunity for a referee to

:05:29.:05:32.

make a decision and he took it, I'm not going to moan and groan, it's a

:05:33.:05:38.

difficult role they play. I'm sure, deep down, they'll look at that

:05:39.:05:42.

again. As we'll be all, it'll be replayed and replayed and discussed

:05:43.:05:49.

and discussed. If you don't put yourself in a position of authority

:05:50.:05:53.

by scoring your own goals first... It became a matchwinner for West

:05:54.:05:57.

Ham. Probably had to resist the urge. It was the flimsiest of

:05:58.:06:01.

penalties, let's look at it, Danny. I agree completely. We do get the

:06:02.:06:06.

advantage of looking back on it again and again, of course. He goes

:06:07.:06:12.

over too easily. REFEREE: Position, actually. We'll see as we go closer,

:06:13.:06:17.

there is a slight touch of Huddlestone's hand on the side of

:06:18.:06:20.

Antonio. He shakes his head when he gives it,

:06:21.:06:31.

he goes, no, not upheld to, I changed my mind... He was definitely

:06:32.:06:36.

not convinced, but gave it in the end. It was a good pen. From a

:06:37.:06:41.

reliable penalty taker. Strange game, Hull haven't scored in two

:06:42.:06:46.

months away from home, had bags of chances and lots of misfortune. I

:06:47.:06:51.

think Hull will go down. The reason is based on this alone. They haven't

:06:52.:06:55.

got an out and out goal-scorer in their side, missed far too many

:06:56.:06:59.

opportunities. Haven't got that killer instinct. They got some nice

:07:00.:07:02.

football is in their rags but when it comes to moments like this you

:07:03.:07:05.

can't rely on anybody in their team, you haven't got anybody to stick the

:07:06.:07:09.

ball in the back of the net when it matters. This time, Clucas, yes,

:07:10.:07:15.

Kouyate makes a great challenge last minute to get them back into that.

:07:16.:07:21.

It was, I'll be honest, a lot of unfortunate incidents for them

:07:22.:07:26.

today. Second time he hit the post. Robertson was brilliant today,

:07:27.:07:28.

fantastic strike. Huddlestone played well for them as well. Look at back

:07:29.:07:34.

of the line, Maguire, it wouldn't go in the back of the net for them. At

:07:35.:07:37.

all. Interesting, West Ham's official Twitter account asked for

:07:38.:07:42.

the fans to vote for the man of the match and they gave it to the post,

:07:43.:07:47.

it kind of says a lot. Nevertheless, a vital win for West Ham? It was a

:07:48.:07:52.

vital win. They are struggling, is it lack of confidence? They have to

:07:53.:07:57.

dig seriously deep to get any kind of performance, any win under their

:07:58.:08:00.

belt. They didn't play well again today, they seem to have no ideas,

:08:01.:08:07.

almost, how to play. Just hopeless balls, these couple of balls from

:08:08.:08:12.

Antonio not digging him out in particular, it was a West Ham issue,

:08:13.:08:17.

not Antonio. I yet running forward with the ball, looking for runners,

:08:18.:08:20.

they have no one is all of a sudden. They want to come towards the ball,

:08:21.:08:25.

I get the same, make runs behind, I'll find you. Everybody wants to

:08:26.:08:30.

choose the easy option in the West Ham shirt. Lovely ball from Mark

:08:31.:08:36.

Noble. Who's running forward? No one. Loads of space in the

:08:37.:08:40.

right-hand side for somebody to be steaming into. No, we'll pass it

:08:41.:08:44.

backwards, nice and easy for Hull, they've dealt with it all day poor

:08:45.:08:48.

performance, they were lucky to get the win.

:08:49.:08:51.

21 of the 24 sides who've been bottom of the Premier League

:08:52.:08:53.

at Christmas have gone on to be relegated.

:08:54.:08:55.

Sunderland occupied that unenviable spot as they welcomed Watford

:08:56.:08:57.

Victor in each of the returns after injury for a match David Moyes

:08:58.:09:10.

describes as a must win match for the Black Cats. One of only three

:09:11.:09:13.

goal-scorers in the Premier League this season for Sunderland. Donald

:09:14.:09:18.

Love makes his first start since August. Troy Deeney has been stuck

:09:19.:09:22.

on 99 goals for what would since the beginning of October. Nine

:09:23.:09:25.

appearances without a goal for the Hornets captain. Younes Kaboul began

:09:26.:09:28.

the season at Sunderland before an August move to Vicarage Road.

:09:29.:09:33.

Watford come here having lost their last three away matches.

:09:34.:09:38.

Harlow on the chase. Gets there. Deeney making a run into the penalty

:09:39.:09:53.

area. Early corner. Etienne Capoue to take this conifer Watford. Rabat

:09:54.:10:01.

with the volley. Tipped over by Pickford. What an acrobat, met that

:10:02.:10:07.

terrifically. You can see him on the edge of the penalty area, nobody in

:10:08.:10:10.

a Sunderland shirt anywhere near him. Only one point from the last

:10:11.:10:16.

four away from home. Having lost the last three at Liverpool, West

:10:17.:10:21.

Bromwich Albion and Manchester city midweek. Zuniga trying to find a

:10:22.:10:31.

gala, cut out by Ndong. -- trying to find a Carlow.

:10:32.:10:43.

Watford throw. Trying to get away from Denayer. Great kick to Watford.

:10:44.:11:08.

Given away by Jason Denayer. Labour is behind it. Only just wide.

:11:09.:11:18.

Pickford came for that and came nowhere near it. Britos with the

:11:19.:11:23.

opportunity for Watford, close to scoring, look at the way he rises,

:11:24.:11:27.

takes a touch of Younes Kaboul on the way through. Given away,

:11:28.:11:35.

straight to Denayer, urged forward by David Moyes. And Paul Creswell in

:11:36.:11:39.

the Sunderland technical area. Januzaj. Flag stays down. It needed

:11:40.:11:50.

Gomez to make the save as van Aanholt timed his run perfectly.

:11:51.:11:53.

Nice one touch football from Sunderland and Gomez to the rescue

:11:54.:11:59.

to keep it 0-0. Lovely run here. Though was the offside? Looked like

:12:00.:12:03.

it. Van Aanholt with the opportunity. Gomes making sure it

:12:04.:12:08.

remains level 0-0 at half-time. Away by Djilobodji. Lovely play to

:12:09.:12:23.

get away from Younes Kaboul. Jermain Defoe with the ball across. Turned

:12:24.:12:30.

in off the post, Sunderland in front, Patrick van Aanholt with the

:12:31.:12:34.

goal. Sunderland with the breakthrough. Brilliant play there.

:12:35.:12:46.

Defoe. Only one man in support. That man was van Aanholt and he does

:12:47.:12:49.

superbly here to turn away from the challenge. And then put the ball in

:12:50.:12:56.

off the upright. Van Aanholt gets his third goal of the season and,

:12:57.:13:01.

crucially, Sunderland's first of the afternoon. Sunderland 1-0 Watford.

:13:02.:13:08.

David Moyes said in the build-up to this match, had he known the full

:13:09.:13:12.

facts about Sunderland's financial situation and the fact the chairman

:13:13.:13:15.

Ellis Short is looking to sell aid, he may have thought a little harder

:13:16.:13:20.

about taking the job here. -- looking to sell it. Januzaj, the

:13:21.:13:24.

only option for the jack. Here he is. -- only option for the throw.

:13:25.:13:38.

Any to be! -- Victor any to be. Many in the Stadium of Light would have

:13:39.:13:43.

expected Sunderland's second goal. Just the wrong side of the post,

:13:44.:13:52.

Anichebe. Wayward clearance, picked up by an Rabat, shrugs off van

:13:53.:13:59.

Aanholt. In towards Deeney. The search for goal number 100 in

:14:00.:14:01.

Watford Colours goes on for Troy Deeney. The aggressive run forward

:14:02.:14:10.

from Amrabat, Deeney holding back off target. Jordan Pickford may well

:14:11.:14:15.

have had it covered anyway. Time running out for Watford. Deeney with

:14:16.:14:21.

a header on. Ighalo. Success. Who gets away from the challenge.

:14:22.:14:25.

Success is still powering his way on. It's put behind for a corner.

:14:26.:14:34.

Djilobodji. A cross to get his considerable frame in the way.

:14:35.:14:41.

Zuniga drives it across, Pickford... Pickford with the save, right behind

:14:42.:14:43.

it from the former Newcastle man. It might drop here for Ighalo.

:14:44.:14:52.

Pickford with the save. He just gets there, again. Jordan Pickford with

:14:53.:14:59.

two saves in quick succession to keep Sunderland in front. First from

:15:00.:15:07.

Janmaat and then this second one. Sunderland 1, Watford 0. I think it

:15:08.:15:11.

was on the verge of a must win for us today. I think to make sure that

:15:12.:15:17.

we didn't get detached and, especially over the Christmas

:15:18.:15:21.

period, we have tough games. The players did great, tuck at it. Ugly

:15:22.:15:24.

at times. Nevertheless, the three points were the big thing we What

:15:25.:15:27.

did the needed. Manager say to you at half-time? He just said - keep on

:15:28.:15:32.

doing what you are doing. You are creating loads of chances on the

:15:33.:15:36.

left side. We combined very well. Keep doing what you are doing, the

:15:37.:15:40.

chance will come. The chance game. I scored the goal. Massive. The

:15:41.:15:46.

manager said, no point kidding you, it's a must-win game. Simple as

:15:47.:15:49.

that. Loads of games in a short space of time. It was important we

:15:50.:15:53.

recover, which we did. Credit to the medical team to get everything

:15:54.:15:56.

right. When you do that, you get results. We are delighted today.

:15:57.:16:01.

Walter, did Watford do enough to get even a point?

:16:02.:16:09.

TRANSLATION: I'm very angry. We did everything ourselves positive and

:16:10.:16:12.

negative. Of course we missed many chances in the first half. Then we

:16:13.:16:17.

also gave them their goal very easy. I'm very angry. Good performances in

:16:18.:16:23.

the last month. I didn't think today was a good performance. It was a

:16:24.:16:28.

winning performs and a winning team it covers up a multitude of sints

:16:29.:16:34.

when getting -- sins when getting your minds. He was a superstar of

:16:35.:16:39.

the future at Manchester United, Januzaj. It didn't happen for him.

:16:40.:16:46.

Better today He played behind Defoe. Technically superb. As we know.

:16:47.:16:49.

Drifts in and out of games. In this central role he was involved more.

:16:50.:16:55.

Positive. Likes to go forward. In a game where Watford could have got

:16:56.:17:00.

something out of, he was the, for Sunderland, he was the difference in

:17:01.:17:05.

their attacking play. He opened them up time and time again. His best

:17:06.:17:09.

game. Had a big hand in the goal there. You see, what he's got is the

:17:10.:17:16.

turn, to go - the desire to go forward, I should say. The

:17:17.:17:19.

willingness to take the ball under pressure. He was really good. He

:17:20.:17:23.

played really well. David Milibands said it was a must-win game. You can

:17:24.:17:27.

see what he means to keep the momentum going. They have improved?

:17:28.:17:30.

Massive game. Won three of the last four at home. Their home form for

:17:31.:17:34.

them is going to be imperative to them having any type of chance of

:17:35.:17:39.

staying up in this league Watford, generally, kind of going along quite

:17:40.:17:46.

nicely really. Doing well. Hot and cold. Decent performance. A tad

:17:47.:17:50.

unlucky. Chelsea's victory at Crystal Palace

:17:51.:17:55.

means they extend their lead Arsenal and Manchester City

:17:56.:18:01.

will have the chance to close the gap when they play each

:18:02.:18:05.

other on Sunday. Swansea drop to 19th

:18:06.:18:07.

after another heavy away defeat. Sunderland's win over Watford

:18:08.:18:09.

means they climb off The Sunday papers... The Times leads

:18:10.:18:14.

on Chelsea's club record-equalling 11 match winning streak to lead the

:18:15.:18:16.

Premier League at Christmas. Manchester City will bid ?25 million

:18:17.:18:22.

for Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in January.

:18:23.:18:26.

According to the Sun. The Mail on Sunday reports that Zlatan

:18:27.:18:30.

Ibrahimovic will reject a ?120 million offer to join the Chinese

:18:31.:18:33.

Super League. So Chelsea sit on the top

:18:34.:18:35.

of the tree at Christmas - Got it out of a Christmas cracker -

:18:36.:18:43.

sorry!

:18:44.:18:47.

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