:00:14. > :00:21.COMMENTATOR: Just brilliant, just brilliant!
:00:22. > :00:33.COMMENTATOR: What a turn, what a goal!
:00:34. > :00:38.COMMENTATOR: Look at that. Oh, look at that!
:00:39. > :00:44.We're down to the final four in the FA Cup and the last eight
:00:45. > :00:47.in the Champions League, but there are 20 Premier League
:00:48. > :00:49.clubs who've got plenty to play for between now and May.
:00:50. > :00:53.And we've reunited Alan Shearer and Graeme Le Saux.
:00:54. > :00:59.It's now 22 years since they won the title with Blackburn!
:01:00. > :01:02.We begin at the Hawthorns and, with the race for Champions League
:01:03. > :01:03.places intensifying, Arsenal travelled to
:01:04. > :01:07.The home side, managed by Tony Pulis, seemed sure
:01:08. > :01:27.Even victory here will not be a enough to lift Arsenal back into the
:01:28. > :01:32.top four. But Arsene Wenger has seen his team lose three of the last four
:01:33. > :01:35.Premier League games. For once Champions League qualification is no
:01:36. > :01:39.guarantee. West Brom have lost their way since reaching the safety of 40
:01:40. > :01:44.points. Tony Pulis has urged his side to not let the season Peter
:01:45. > :01:49.out. Chris Brunt and Salomon Rondon recalled today. Yacob and
:01:50. > :01:53.Robson-Kanu drop to the bench. Tony Pulis operating with a five-man
:01:54. > :02:03.midfield. Our store with two changes from the side that beat Lincoln in
:02:04. > :02:05.the FA Cup. Monreal replacing Kieran Gibbs at left-back, Danny Welbeck
:02:06. > :02:07.coming in for Giroud, and will play through the centre with top scorer
:02:08. > :02:12.Alexis Sanchez on the left. Mesut Ozil is ruled out through injury.
:02:13. > :02:16.Arsenal's away record this season is nothing to write home about, just
:02:17. > :02:18.six wins on their travels. Recently on the road they have been awful,
:02:19. > :02:31.losing four of their last six. The Cameroon defender Allan Nyom
:02:32. > :02:36.stepping forward. On he goes. What a run. Rondon was waiting for the
:02:37. > :02:41.cross. Fantastic run from Allan Nyom. Taking on all comers and
:02:42. > :02:46.beating them all. Having done so much graphed, so much hard work, all
:02:47. > :02:49.that was lacking was the past to pick out Rondon, who would have had
:02:50. > :03:02.a tap in. Early warning for Arsenal. Livermore has made a good run
:03:03. > :03:07.through the centre. Its McClean with little more still there if he needs.
:03:08. > :03:13.McClean goes himself. Straight at Petr Cech. Good counterattack from
:03:14. > :03:19.West Brom. Chris Brunt fed it into the path of James McClean who tried
:03:20. > :03:25.to beat Cech by power. First corner of the game. Bright start, 12
:03:26. > :03:33.minutes gone. Chadli with it. Headed in. It's Craig Dawson whose scores.
:03:34. > :03:36.West Bromwich Albion, who have this reputation of being so dangerous
:03:37. > :03:44.from set pieces, have scored another one. Dawson was completely unmarked
:03:45. > :03:48.as he ran to attack that. Not sure whether Ramsey should have kept an
:03:49. > :03:53.eye on him. Outjumped Koscielny, and from that close in, he wasn't going
:03:54. > :04:14.to miss. The pressure is beginning to mount again on Arsene Wenger.
:04:15. > :04:21.Sanchez is completely unmarked. What a chance. Took his time and finds
:04:22. > :04:30.the net. Superb response from Arsenal. What a cool, cool finish
:04:31. > :04:32.from the Chilean. His 22nd of the season, Albion caught napping.
:04:33. > :04:38.Sanchez couldn't believe the amount of time he had. Time to get his feet
:04:39. > :04:43.right and left it high into the roof of the net with Ben Foster
:04:44. > :04:48.committed. A brilliant finish from Sanchez. Just what he needed.
:04:49. > :04:56.And its level up in the skies as well. One banner once Arsene Wenger
:04:57. > :05:00.to go and the other one wants him to stay.
:05:01. > :05:10.Sanchez is on his way again, picking out a Ramsey in the box. Ramsey's
:05:11. > :05:14.shot. Great save from Foster. Can Walcott help it home? Great block
:05:15. > :05:19.from Allan Nyom who eventually clears his lines. A lovely turn and
:05:20. > :05:27.spinner from Ramsey. And Allan Nyom kept out of Walcott.
:05:28. > :05:38.McClean eager to chase. Petr Cech is not moving well, has thrown the ball
:05:39. > :05:46.out of play. Hobbling awkwardly as he cleared that. Embrace for David
:05:47. > :05:50.Ospina, handshake for his manager. Off to the treatment room he goes.
:05:51. > :05:56.Rondon chasing, Monreal is back with him. The Spaniard was determined for
:05:57. > :06:07.Arsenal. Monreal does well to hold up the
:06:08. > :06:14.attacker. Chris Brunt crosses. Rondon got in big and above
:06:15. > :06:18.Koscielny, but couldn't steer it on goal. Hal Robson-Kanu, the Welsh
:06:19. > :06:30.international, to come on. And number nine, Salomon Rondon. Tony
:06:31. > :06:35.Pulis making a big decision. Horrible misjudgement from Mustafi.
:06:36. > :06:40.Hal Robson-Kanu is in behind. Fletcher getting forward. Chris
:06:41. > :06:45.Brunt behind McClean at the moment. Chadli calls for it on the edge.
:06:46. > :06:50.Here is the Belgian. It is clipped by David Ospina. And it's in!
:06:51. > :06:54.Stabbed home by Hal Robson-Kanu less than two minutes after coming off
:06:55. > :06:59.the bench. Monreal leads the Arsenal protest. They feel as though there
:07:00. > :07:03.was an Albion player offside in the midst of all that. Neil Swarbrick
:07:04. > :07:10.now deep in conversation with his assistant on the far side. I think
:07:11. > :07:15.they have called that right. I think the Albion player who was offside
:07:16. > :07:19.was not interfering with play, because all the Arsenal players were
:07:20. > :07:23.in front of him, and he did not touch the ball. Although he's
:07:24. > :07:27.offside when the ball is prodded home, he's not interfering with
:07:28. > :07:33.play. Horrendous descending from Arsenal. They can protest all they
:07:34. > :07:39.like, but they are behind again. -- horrendous defending. All thanks to
:07:40. > :07:46.Hal Robson-Kanu. Arsenal began the day five points outside the top
:07:47. > :07:59.four. Well defended by Allan Nyom who chases his own clearance. Good
:08:00. > :08:01.battling from Walcott. His tenacity has brought opportunity may be for
:08:02. > :08:14.Arsenal as they win a corner. It hits the bar! Albion get it
:08:15. > :08:19.clear. Danny Welbeck against the crossbar. After that, Mustafi went
:08:20. > :08:30.down having been caught by Robson-Kanu.
:08:31. > :08:37.Good interception by Evans. Chris Brunt looks for Robson-Kanu, who is
:08:38. > :08:44.goal side of Mustafi. David Ospina is all over the place initially
:08:45. > :08:50.again. Good block. In goes Chadli! Blocked on the line by Mustafi. The
:08:51. > :08:57.danger still isn't over. Chris Brunt takes it on and lifts it over.
:08:58. > :09:01.Mustafi got hopelessly caught out. Ospina came, went home, then made a
:09:02. > :09:06.good block and almost brings down Chadli. His shot was superbly
:09:07. > :09:08.blocked by Mustafi. Arsenal living on their nerves. Just about get away
:09:09. > :09:21.with it. West Brom on the move again. So easy
:09:22. > :09:29.as they pick their way forward. It's behind for the corner. West Brom's
:09:30. > :09:34.first goal came from a corner. The goal-scorer, Dawson, in the mix
:09:35. > :09:40.again. A wicked delivery, and it's in! It's a second for Craig Dawson!
:09:41. > :09:45.If you don't learn your lesson is, you have no right to finish in the
:09:46. > :09:51.top four of the Premier League. Terrific delivery, but who on earth
:09:52. > :09:54.in yellow is keeping an eye on Craig Dawson? Oxlade-Chamberlain saw him
:09:55. > :10:00.come and let him go. And that's the outcome. Defensively, that's
:10:01. > :10:08.shocking. What a master plan Tony Pulis has put together today. Nine
:10:09. > :10:10.major trophies in his 21 years at the helm at Arsenal Football Club,
:10:11. > :10:18.but is his time up in 2017? A typical Premier League game
:10:19. > :10:24.between a team who tries to play and a who defends well. They were
:10:25. > :10:30.focused, determined, produced a top-level performance physically.
:10:31. > :10:34.And they caught us on the set pieces and had one break. That made the
:10:35. > :10:38.difference. If you look at what the players have achieved with what we
:10:39. > :10:41.have got, that's absolutely fantastic. You will always have runs
:10:42. > :10:45.of games where you don't pick up points. We are no different to
:10:46. > :10:49.anyone else outside the top six. The lads have worked so hard in all the
:10:50. > :10:54.games, never giving anything but their best. It's about time Dawson
:10:55. > :11:00.scored some goals! It's important to chip in when we can. The delivery
:11:01. > :11:02.was great into the box and it's a strength of hours. Great performance
:11:03. > :11:07.and important to bounceback and we all put in a great shift. Massive
:11:08. > :11:13.three points for us. It leads is in a unique situation that we haven't
:11:14. > :11:18.had before. It means as well that we face a big problem, to regroup and
:11:19. > :11:26.find resources to sort out to deal with the problem. That will demand
:11:27. > :11:30.some togetherness and some serious challenges, because we play against
:11:31. > :11:36.City at home in the next after the break. That could be another big
:11:37. > :11:40.game for us. STUDIO: Marvellous win for West Brom but Arsenal were out
:11:41. > :11:46.thought and outfought. Before we get onto Arsenal, West Brom bullied
:11:47. > :11:52.Arsenal all over the park. They were much, much better in every position
:11:53. > :11:56.and deserve a lot of credit for doing that. Onto Arsenal. There has
:11:57. > :12:00.been a lot of chat from the media and pundits about Arsene Wenger's
:12:01. > :12:05.future. Not a lot spoken by his players. His players spoke today in
:12:06. > :12:09.that game. Judging by that performance and recent performances,
:12:10. > :12:13.they don't want him in that job. Arsene Wenger will have looked at
:12:14. > :12:17.his players today and asked for a reaction. Said, come on, guys. I've
:12:18. > :12:27.been criticised Tomer Hemed from pillar to post. Give me something
:12:28. > :12:32.today. -- criticised, hammered. They were embarrassing apart from
:12:33. > :12:36.Sanchez, I thought. West Brom were brilliant, set up to counterattack
:12:37. > :12:39.asked all time after time. Arsenal were so open it's unbelievable.
:12:40. > :12:44.Bellerin is meant to be one of the quickest players in the league, but
:12:45. > :12:48.he mustn't let McClean run that way with so much space. A ball in, ball
:12:49. > :12:55.back and through. Into the back four with ease. Decent save from Petr
:12:56. > :13:02.Cech. They try a crossfield ball and is look at how open Arsenal are. The
:13:03. > :13:06.lack of support in front of defenders. When you lose the ball
:13:07. > :13:10.you have to do see danger signs, smell the danger to get the ball
:13:11. > :13:14.away. There is nothing there. One pass down the line and all of a
:13:15. > :13:21.sudden West Brom are in the 18-yard box having a pop at goal. A long
:13:22. > :13:24.ball up and they win the first ball. The players switch off,
:13:25. > :13:29.Oxlade-Chamberlain, Koscielny, Monreal. Fletcher in so much space.
:13:30. > :13:34.And it's a brilliant save from Petr Cech. Second half, same thing
:13:35. > :13:40.happens time and time again. This is on the edge of the West Brom box.
:13:41. > :13:45.One pass, take a touch, pick your head up, and the ball in behind.
:13:46. > :13:49.It's so simple, it's embarrassing. One against one with the goalkeeper.
:13:50. > :13:54.I could have shown another three or four times that happened. It was
:13:55. > :13:58.incredible. By contrast, West Brom were compact, organised disciplined
:13:59. > :14:03.and effective. They know their identity and set up a deeper blocked
:14:04. > :14:08.to counter Arsenal. But all the hard work is done on the training ground.
:14:09. > :14:13.It's set up between this back four and a bank of five in front of them.
:14:14. > :14:17.You have Livermore and Chris Brunt working together. Livermore pointing
:14:18. > :14:21.to Rondon to drop in. As soon as he loses it he drops back in. He knows
:14:22. > :14:26.his role and the space he has to fill. This frustrated Arsenal, who
:14:27. > :14:30.played into their hands and didn't show creativity. They tried to get
:14:31. > :14:35.wide but you can see the banks working across the pitch. It kept
:14:36. > :14:39.going. Fletcher was really in control of that midfield. He's
:14:40. > :14:43.pointing around, has a word with Dawson. Doesn't forget his own
:14:44. > :14:52.responsibility. He is leading the team. When the ball goes to an area
:14:53. > :14:54.where he needs to close down, off he goes and Livermore provides cover.
:14:55. > :14:57.Sanchez tries some tricks to get down the side but can't get in
:14:58. > :15:01.there. He rushes his pass and West Brom get the ball back. You had this
:15:02. > :15:05.pattern. It's hard work. You have to do understand what the plan is and
:15:06. > :15:09.work as a team. The commitment, communication and effort, and then
:15:10. > :15:14.you get the reward. West Brom enjoyed this part of the game. It
:15:15. > :15:15.sets them up nicely. Arsenal are a broken team by the end. They can't
:15:16. > :15:24.complete several passes. West Brom set-pieces and Arsenal
:15:25. > :15:28.couldn't cope? They couldn't at all. Tony Pulis did his homework. They
:15:29. > :15:32.like zonal marking. This is like watching an under-10s game the way
:15:33. > :15:39.Arsenal defend here. No leadership, no characters. Dawson, free run in.
:15:40. > :15:43.Once he has a run on thes Arsenal defenders. . I don't know what
:15:44. > :15:48.Ramsey is doing whether he he is blocking them. Six or seven Arsenal
:15:49. > :15:58.players. 6 foot plus, four go for the same ball. He gets a run, it's
:15:59. > :16:01.embarrassing. No way to defend like that and expect to win a football
:16:02. > :16:04.match. The third goal, from the other side of the pitch. Seven
:16:05. > :16:08.Arsenal players defending. You have a situation where you have players
:16:09. > :16:11.meant to be man marking, they are not. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and
:16:12. > :16:14.Ramsey there. Other players in the penalty area that are meant to be
:16:15. > :16:19.zonal marking. Which means you stay in your space. Bellerin outside the
:16:20. > :16:23.post. You should be inside covering the goal. You are doing nothing
:16:24. > :16:27.outside the post. You see five, six Arsenal players getting drawn out of
:16:28. > :16:30.their zones, sucked into an area. By the end of it, any one of three West
:16:31. > :16:35.Brom players could have scored that goal. It's so basic. Have you to
:16:36. > :16:39.work. They are scoring that many goals, 14 Premier League goals from
:16:40. > :16:41.corners, West Brom, more than any other team in a long shot. Hardly
:16:42. > :16:44.surprising it's come. Well, at his post-match press
:16:45. > :16:53.conference, Arsene Wenger was asked If you are to announce a decision on
:16:54. > :16:57.your future will that change the attitude of the fans who are
:16:58. > :17:03.protesting flying planes in the sky? Don't worry. I know what I will do
:17:04. > :17:11.in my future. You will soon know. I see. Very soon. He divides opinion
:17:12. > :17:16.amongst Arsenal fans. Even their aeroplanes can't agree, can they? Is
:17:17. > :17:20.from that,, do you read anything, does that suggest he is going to go?
:17:21. > :17:26.I read he is going to go. He looks a broken man, he does. If he's got his
:17:27. > :17:30.contract there, and he is saying, I know my future and he hasn't signed
:17:31. > :17:31.that contract, that suggests to me he's going. I agree. OK. Fair
:17:32. > :17:35.enough. Next, Stoke City against Chelsea,
:17:36. > :17:37.who were beginning to look Could anything stop Antonio Conte's
:17:38. > :17:41.team, as they started the day 10 points clear at the top
:17:42. > :17:55.of the table. COMMENTATOR: Arnason returns having
:17:56. > :18:03.missed the draw at Manchester City through illness. Diouf drops the
:18:04. > :18:07.bench. Antonio Conte prior to this has made 14 changes all service. He
:18:08. > :18:12.can't called call on Hazard because of injury. There is a recall for
:18:13. > :18:18.Pedro with eight goals in his last 12 games. A blustery afternoon. A
:18:19. > :18:22.draw against Manchester City last time out the only point that Stoke
:18:23. > :18:29.have managed against any of the top five so far this season. That's
:18:30. > :18:39.terrific from Costa. There is space for Alonso to attack. Pedro and
:18:40. > :18:46.Willian in the penalty area. Foul by Arnautovic. A Chelsea free-kick.
:18:47. > :18:55.Set play opportunity for the league leaders. Willian's delivery. Tried
:18:56. > :19:02.to catch out Lee Grant at his near-post, and succeeding. Quick
:19:03. > :19:05.thinking from Willian. Disappointing from Lee Grant. The league leaders
:19:06. > :19:09.are in front. Knew what he was doing. He saw the gap and Lee Grant
:19:10. > :19:14.will be disappointed with that. At his near-post. Got across, got both
:19:15. > :19:19.hands to it, but couldn't keep it out. Willian scored twice against
:19:20. > :19:25.Stoke on New Year's Eve. He hadn't scored since then, he has now. His
:19:26. > :19:29.team are in front again. 13 minutes gone, Stoke 0, Chelsea 1. Willian's
:19:30. > :19:41.touch. Costa. Tried to get the free-kick there and
:19:42. > :19:47.he's furious he didn't. He's been booked for dissent. He is bubbling
:19:48. > :19:56.at the moment, Diego Costa. He now has to be careful for the remaining
:19:57. > :20:04.74 minutes. He felt there was a foul there by Martins Indi. There wasn't.
:20:05. > :20:17.Oh, dear. Then his reaction earned him the yellow card. Costa. Matic.
:20:18. > :20:22.Bardsley's challenge wasn't timed. It's a free-kick to Chelsea. Was
:20:23. > :20:37.always committed here, Bardsley. Willian this time to Pedro. Moses.
:20:38. > :20:49.Is Alonso, onside, straight at Lee Grant, who managed to keep it out.
:20:50. > :20:56.Well-worked from Chelsea. Alonso's run, unmarked, onside, on his weaker
:20:57. > :21:00.foot. He's scored in three of his last six Premier League games.
:21:01. > :21:09.Plenty for Mark Hughes' thoughts now. Arnautovic. Walters did well.
:21:10. > :21:22.Alonso penalised, Stoke free-kick. To Arnautovic, good cross. Kante in
:21:23. > :21:26.the way. Stoke's first corner of the game. Quick thinking from Phil
:21:27. > :21:31.Bardsley. Good movement from Arnautovic and first time cross. An
:21:32. > :21:39.excellent reading of the situation from N'Golo Kante. Allen to deliver
:21:40. > :21:43.the corner. Until comes Martins Indi, but he's offside. He doesn't
:21:44. > :21:50.know yet, but it won't count. He's celebrating. Anthony Taylor is
:21:51. > :21:56.coming over to the referee's assistant, just wants to clarify the
:21:57. > :22:02.situation. It's a push. The goal has been ruled out.
:22:03. > :22:12.He saw the foul. There is a push there on Azpilicueta by Saido
:22:13. > :22:16.Berahino that the referee's assistant saw and that is why that
:22:17. > :22:36.Stoke goal doesn't count. Pieters. That's gone Stoke's way. Can Stoke
:22:37. > :22:44.ask Chelsea a question here? Lifted in by Pieters. Courtois, a penalty.
:22:45. > :22:47.The foul on Jonathan Walters by Gary Cahill. Stoke have a penalty. I
:22:48. > :22:56.didn't think there was too much in that. Gary Cahill, a little nudge on
:22:57. > :23:00.Walters. Walters himself will have the opportunity to level it up. Here
:23:01. > :23:16.he comes. Emphatic penalty. Stoke City are back on terms. No
:23:17. > :23:24.clean sheet for Chelsea and Contety. Cahill penalised for the foul on
:23:25. > :23:33.Walters. Who duly despatched the spot-kick, high above Courtois. It's
:23:34. > :23:39.Stoke 1, Chelsea 1. Alonso's throw. That looked a bag one on Diego Costa
:23:40. > :23:49.this time. Antonio Conte leaping in the air to show his disgust at this
:23:50. > :23:56.one. It was Bardsley, actually. Phil Bardsley has gone in the referee's
:23:57. > :24:09.book. Costa is still down. Welcome to Stoke, Antonio. Kante. Now
:24:10. > :24:13.Willian on the burst, Costa and Martins Indi going down off the
:24:14. > :24:20.ball. Then Pieters taking down Pedro. That will earn him a yellow
:24:21. > :24:25.card and a Chelsea free-kick. Bruno Martins Indi also shown the yellow
:24:26. > :24:31.card there. Willian, Alonso and Luiz behind the Chelsea free-kick. It's
:24:32. > :24:38.to be Alonso. Well, Lee Grant was beaten. Chelsea a whisker away from
:24:39. > :24:46.regaining the lead. Oh and Diouf reacting to Alonso's challenge.
:24:47. > :24:53.Anti-tailor in to defuse that situation. Terrific strike from
:24:54. > :25:07.Alonso. Goalkeeper beaten all end up. Back off the crossbar. Fabregas.
:25:08. > :25:12.Willian. Here is Pedro. Well kept out by Lee Grant. That was like
:25:13. > :25:17.flicking a switch for Chelsea. Well stopped by Grant. Stoke have dug
:25:18. > :25:27.deep, but they haven't seen it out yet. Pieters. He was under pressure
:25:28. > :25:36.from Loftus-Cheek. That's what forced the error. It's a Chelsea
:25:37. > :25:41.corner. Fabregas with it. David Luiz with the header. It came back to
:25:42. > :25:46.Cahill. The man who gave away the penalty at that end in the first
:25:47. > :25:49.half has restored Chelsea's lead in the second-half with less than four
:25:50. > :25:55.minutes to go. He scores against Stoke for the second time this
:25:56. > :25:59.season and they are back in front. Well, David Luiz's header was a tame
:26:00. > :26:04.one. It was the intervention from Pieters that caused it. Stuck his
:26:05. > :26:10.leg out and it came straight back to Cahill, who couldn't miss. Stoke
:26:11. > :26:15.frustrated. Chelsea absolutely delighted. Look what it means on the
:26:16. > :26:24.Chelsea bench. They have done what potential champions do. Azpilicueta
:26:25. > :26:30.to pick out Pedro. Costa wants it. Costa's got it. Costa has hit the
:26:31. > :26:38.woodwork. We've seen the good, bad and ugly of Diego Costa today. That
:26:39. > :26:44.was another bit of very good. Azpilicueta. Loftus-Cheek.
:26:45. > :26:59.Determined to have a go. Shawcross with the block. Chelsea with the
:27:00. > :27:06.corner. The last-minute of stoppage-time. Ryan Shawcross just
:27:07. > :27:12.needs to maintain his control here. He's been given a yellow card for
:27:13. > :27:16.time wasting now, that's for Fabregas. Paperwork for Anthony
:27:17. > :27:22.Taylor tomorrow. Here's Loftus-Cheek. A foul on Fabregas.
:27:23. > :27:28.Phil Bardsley is one of those already on a yellow card. Stoke's
:27:29. > :27:33.misery is compounded with a red for Phil Bardsley in the last-minute of
:27:34. > :27:41.stoppage-time. Fabregas had beaten Joe Allen. Bardsley came across.
:27:42. > :27:45.Nowhere near the ball. It's important to find a direct way to
:27:46. > :27:51.win be because if you come here, against Stoke, and you think that
:27:52. > :27:58.you will win without fight, for sure you lose. But we were prepared for
:27:59. > :28:02.this type of game and I think we showed this. We ran them really
:28:03. > :28:08.close today and we asked questions of them. In fairness,
:28:09. > :28:12.champions-elect and players that have won championships they know how
:28:13. > :28:16.to handle those moments. Cred credit to them. I didn't think they
:28:17. > :28:22.deserved to win today, to be perfectly honest. I thought a draw
:28:23. > :28:25.would be a fair result. Champion teams keep going and make things
:28:26. > :28:31.happen for themselves. That is what they have been able to do all
:28:32. > :28:36.season, in fairness. We need to take 21-points to win the league. Yeah,
:28:37. > :28:42.we must think this, me and my players, because there are ten games
:28:43. > :28:48.to go. But this season isn't finished. No, not quite. Chelsea's
:28:49. > :28:55.march towards that title shows no site of abating? Nearly there.
:28:56. > :29:01.It was a scrappy game, no Eden Hazard, but they showed great
:29:02. > :29:06.experience, how to see a game out. They showed a great will to win and
:29:07. > :29:11.a will to be champions. They dug it out in the end. It was Gary Cahill
:29:12. > :29:15.who was in the right place at the right time. The last few minutes.
:29:16. > :29:20.David Luiz does well to keep the ball alive. Poor mistake from
:29:21. > :29:25.Pieters. He gets a few goals. He does. It was such a big win today,
:29:26. > :29:30.so important, and even the players will think how huge it was. The
:29:31. > :29:36.manager, great reaction from all of them, the way they celebrated at the
:29:37. > :29:39.end, was pretty telling. Very close, Chelsea 's comfortable and confident
:29:40. > :29:46.in Antonio Conte's Systems. They work on it every day in training.
:29:47. > :29:52.That system, the 343. They don't mind the physical side of the game.
:29:53. > :29:55.We saw that with Costa. They can drop into a five when they need to,
:29:56. > :30:00.under pressure they can bring the wingbacks in. But when they go
:30:01. > :30:04.forward, when the game is scrappy they have natural width with Alonso
:30:05. > :30:08.and Moses out why. And they are clinical. When they get a chance
:30:09. > :30:16.they take it or hit the target. 22 games, won 19, only lost one. And no
:30:17. > :30:20.Hazard today. A couple of contentious decisions in the first
:30:21. > :30:27.half. Anthony Taylor gets this one right. It's a foul from Berahino on
:30:28. > :30:31.Azpilicueta. He shoves him there, goes to check with his assistant to
:30:32. > :30:36.make sure it's right and it's the correct decision. But it's a clear
:30:37. > :30:42.push from Berahino to stop him going to head the ball. A few minutes
:30:43. > :30:47.later, I think that's on his mind. He wasn't 100% sure it's correct. He
:30:48. > :30:54.gives a penalty for that. There has never been a push there. It clips
:30:55. > :30:59.his heel a little bit, but they're -- there's no way it's a penalty.
:31:00. > :31:01.Walters comedy goes down, but he's not claiming he has been pushed. --
:31:02. > :31:05.Walters, he goes down. Two down, five matches
:31:06. > :31:27.still to come. Leicester City's heroics in beating
:31:28. > :31:30.Sevilla left them as England's only representative in the quarter-finals
:31:31. > :31:36.of the Champions League. But this weekend was all
:31:37. > :31:40.about the battle to stay They faced West Ham
:31:41. > :31:50.at the London Stadium, COMMENTATOR: Seeking one more for 50
:31:51. > :31:53.Premier League goals, Andy Carroll hasn't scored here at the London
:31:54. > :31:57.Stadium since is a wonder goal against Crystal Palace more than two
:31:58. > :32:02.months ago. That was also the last time the Hammers won here. Sam Byram
:32:03. > :32:07.replaces the injured Mark Noble. Kouyate moves to midfield and Andre
:32:08. > :32:34.Ayew is preferred to Feghouli. Injury to skipper Wes Morgan
:32:35. > :32:42.Albrighton tried to find Drinkwater, who won it. Tries to find Vardy.
:32:43. > :32:47.Good from Leicester. A noticeable spring in their step! Did Vardy get
:32:48. > :32:53.a touch on that or is it Mahrez's goal? I think it might be the
:32:54. > :32:57.latter. 1-0 to Leicester and that's the most important stat of the lot.
:32:58. > :33:01.We are only in the fifth minute. The cross came in with whip and paste
:33:02. > :33:07.from Mahrez. It goes straight into the back of the net, I think. Vardy
:33:08. > :33:12.tried to dart across it. Riyad Mahrez with his ninth of the season,
:33:13. > :33:16.fifth in the Premier League. The Shakespeare era is off to another
:33:17. > :33:20.bonus start. He will know there was an element of good fortune about the
:33:21. > :33:28.goal, but his side are behind again here. It has not been home sweet
:33:29. > :33:32.home at all for West Ham at the new stadium. Winston Reid concedes a
:33:33. > :33:40.free kick, which Roger East is adamant was a foul on Okazaki.
:33:41. > :33:44.Leicester haven't lost any of the last five meetings against West Ham.
:33:45. > :33:52.Certainly started positively here and it's 2-0! Robert Huth
:33:53. > :33:56.unremarked, the flag stays down. Leicester, within seven minutes, R
:33:57. > :34:03.two clear already. This is a bit of Comedy of Errors from a West Ham
:34:04. > :34:12.perspective. Robert Huth in acres of space. Robert Huth couldn't mess,
:34:13. > :34:18.and Robert Huth didn't miss. West Ham are absolutely gobsmacked.
:34:19. > :34:20.Leicester City are on their way to four wins out of four under the new
:34:21. > :34:29.manager. Antonio fouled. Drinkwater is
:34:30. > :34:33.penalised because of this challenge on the back of Antonio. Not too much
:34:34. > :34:42.doubt about it. This is their first sight of the
:34:43. > :34:47.West Ham goal, really. And they have scored from it! They have built the
:34:48. > :34:53.platform necessary to get them back in the game courtesy of Lanzini. We
:34:54. > :34:58.have a game on here. A delightful free kick from Lanzini. Nothing
:34:59. > :35:06.Schmeichel could do about it. That side of his net was guarded by the
:35:07. > :35:06.wall but Lanzini has got an absolutely -- that absolutely
:35:07. > :35:17.perfectly. Good play from Leicester. West Ham
:35:18. > :35:19.happy to clear for the corner. Albrighton had made a great burst to
:35:20. > :35:34.get involved in that move. Robert Huth is in there. Benalouane
:35:35. > :35:38.is in there. It might reach one of them. And it reaches Jamie Vardy,
:35:39. > :35:44.who restores the Leicester 2-goal advantage. Only his second away goal
:35:45. > :35:47.of the season. With West Ham finding their way back into the game,
:35:48. > :35:54.Leicester once again wrestle control of it. He hasn't been anywhere near
:35:55. > :35:59.as prolific as he was last season. But he has restored Leicester's
:36:00. > :36:05.2-goal advantage. In a half full of incident, full of chances, it's also
:36:06. > :36:10.been full of goals. It's been an absolute dream start for him. Three
:36:11. > :36:16.games in charge and three victories. But can he crack this away hoodoo?
:36:17. > :36:20.They haven't won away from home since last April.
:36:21. > :36:28.Lanzini. That was travelling. Just beyond the post, though. Sure
:36:29. > :36:33.Michael appears to pull his arms away, confident it's going beyond
:36:34. > :36:43.and not into his goal. And he was right -- Schmeichel appears.
:36:44. > :36:53.Mahrez on towards Vardy. Outcomes Randolph and Vardy scoops it beyond
:36:54. > :36:55.him and out of play. Vardy didn't quite get the connection that he was
:36:56. > :37:12.hoping for. Good tackle by Ndidi on Antonio.
:37:13. > :37:17.Lanzini has been fouled. Free kick to West Ham. Okazaki doesn't like
:37:18. > :37:25.the decision. Looks a little bit too far around but you never know with
:37:26. > :37:32.Lanzini. -- too far out. Lanzini lining it up to the same corner.
:37:33. > :37:36.Schmeichel parries it away but I think it might have clipped the
:37:37. > :37:37.outside of the post anyway. Schmeichel makes sure and you can
:37:38. > :37:50.understand why he does. Nodded back by Carroll and turned in
:37:51. > :37:55.by Ayew. West Ham are back in it. Carroll nods it back. Ayew thumps it
:37:56. > :38:01.into the roof of the net. Back post corner. Carroll nods it back, Ayew
:38:02. > :38:08.helps it in and Schmeichel can't help it. West Ham once again have
:38:09. > :38:13.brought a 2-goal deficit down to one. And it's very much a contest.
:38:14. > :38:19.Andre Ayew celebrates his fourth goal for West Ham.
:38:20. > :38:27.Jose Fonte looking towards Carroll. Got a touch on it. Headed away by
:38:28. > :38:46.Ndidi. Masuaku. Antonio. Carroll tries to get there.
:38:47. > :38:50.Was it over the line? No. A good look at the watch from the referee
:38:51. > :38:56.to check. Schmeichel managed to scoop it out. Does well with this,
:38:57. > :39:02.almost over the line when he makes the save, but the ball wasn't.
:39:03. > :39:12.Here's Antonio. Brilliant again from Antonio. Going straight at
:39:13. > :39:19.Leicester. Ayew is on the side! He's missed it! What a chance. And he
:39:20. > :39:26.knows it. Outstanding from Antonio. Ayew onside. The goal was at his
:39:27. > :39:30.mercy but he puts it over the bar. The comeback should have been
:39:31. > :39:31.completed right there and then. It wasn't, and Leicester are still
:39:32. > :39:49.holding the advantage. Antonio does well. And it's another
:39:50. > :39:56.West Ham corner. Prowling around his technical area, looking and hoping
:39:57. > :40:01.and probably expecting his side will equalise, such is their head of
:40:02. > :40:06.steam at the moment. Carroll leaks. An almighty scramble. Kouyate
:40:07. > :40:12.couldn't quite turn it in. Carroll there again. Deflection straight
:40:13. > :40:18.into the arms of Schmeichel. It's a siege. It really is a siege. But
:40:19. > :40:22.Leicester just about managing to keep West Ham out. All the agonies
:40:23. > :40:25.and ecstasies of management have all come his way today.
:40:26. > :40:38.Here's Ayew. It's good from Ayew, and he's fouled, a free kick just in
:40:39. > :40:43.front of the D. Ayew went straight at Chilwell. A combination of P and
:40:44. > :40:47.Ndidi brought him down. Probably Ndidi the man who felled him.
:40:48. > :40:52.Snodgrass is hovering over this, looking for his first for West Ham.
:40:53. > :40:58.If this goes in the roof will rattle at the London Stadium. Deflection.
:40:59. > :41:02.Carroll. Great save from Schmeichel. Unbelievable goalkeeping. He had no
:41:03. > :41:08.right to save it. Everybody looking at the flag. It didn't go up.
:41:09. > :41:13.Schmeichel, well, it was like a penalty save, only in some ways it
:41:14. > :41:22.was harder. That's unbelievable. He's learned that from his dad, no
:41:23. > :41:26.question. I think we started off really good, got the goals and got
:41:27. > :41:30.in front. But it was to the backs to the wall in the second half. Really
:41:31. > :41:37.pleased to get the result at the end of the day. In this league you can't
:41:38. > :41:40.afford to be 3-1 down and then turn the game around. But Leicester
:41:41. > :41:45.showed quality and character. -- but the lads showed quality and
:41:46. > :41:49.character. We created more than enough chances at least to get a
:41:50. > :41:53.point. Can you sum up the week for you personally and for the team. It
:41:54. > :41:58.must have been incredible. On the outside you try to keep calm and
:41:59. > :42:01.collected because it's important the players stay focused. But I'm
:42:02. > :42:06.immensely proud of the results we've got. Absolutely outstanding save at
:42:07. > :42:13.the end. What was going through your head? Please hit me! It's one of
:42:14. > :42:16.them. It bounces to him and you try to make yourself as big as you can
:42:17. > :42:23.and hope that it hits you. Nine times out of ten it doesn't. This
:42:24. > :42:26.time luck was on my side. Kasper Schmeichel, those two saves were
:42:27. > :42:30.astonishing. He's probably the one Leicester player whose form has
:42:31. > :42:34.dipped this season. His performance was pivotal to Leicester winning
:42:35. > :42:39.their first away game of the season. He was magnificent, a Man of the
:42:40. > :42:43.Match performance without doubt. He's been in incredible form. He has
:42:44. > :42:48.been for a while. He's worked hard. Crosses and balls into the box.
:42:49. > :42:52.These saves, Andy Carroll does everything right. Thank goodness for
:42:53. > :42:56.the goal decision system, because that left hand, the way he claws
:42:57. > :43:01.that ball away is incredible. He has to move his feet to get there. This
:43:02. > :43:12.is even better. Point-blank range. You could say Andy Carroll should
:43:13. > :43:17.score, but he manages to bring out his arm and punch it away. His old
:43:18. > :43:21.man did that time and time again. It was so reminiscent of him coming out
:43:22. > :43:30.there with a big strong hand. Superb save. For West Ham, Lanzini
:43:31. > :43:34.continues to impress. This was a fantastic game of football. Both
:43:35. > :43:37.teams played well, but now that Payet has gone, Lanzini has stepped
:43:38. > :43:41.up and decided he wants to be the man. He had the complete midfield
:43:42. > :43:46.performance today. He's happy to make angles for people and get
:43:47. > :43:51.forward. He always wants the ball. Plays it simple, keeps it moving.
:43:52. > :43:55.The creates a block in front of his backline, but when he wins it he
:43:56. > :44:01.gets forward and gets his head up. This is fantastic, winning the ball
:44:02. > :44:04.back, doing his job for the team. Round the corner, gets the ball
:44:05. > :44:09.back, a pass forward again. Keeps going forward and he wants the ball.
:44:10. > :44:13.It's a joy to have a player in the team who always wants the ball in
:44:14. > :44:17.tight situations. Turns defence into attack. Comes off the line. Moves
:44:18. > :44:22.position a lot. He draws people towards him which creates space for
:44:23. > :44:27.his team-mates. This is the second free kick. He is a long way out, but
:44:28. > :44:35.it's such a vicious free kick, forces Schmeichel to make the save.
:44:36. > :44:37.This is a wonderful strike. Keeps it simple, lines up with the ball,
:44:38. > :44:40.knows when he wants to put it and Schmeichel is rooted to the spot.
:44:41. > :44:42.Perfect free kick from a short distance.
:44:43. > :44:44.Everton hosted Hull having been rocked by the news that
:44:45. > :44:47.Romelu Lukaku has rejected the offer of a new contract.
:44:48. > :44:49.Meanwhile, the visitors were focused on Premier League survival
:44:50. > :44:51.and started the day two points from safety.
:44:52. > :45:00.COMMENTATOR: Two years left on his contract for Romelu Lukaku, that
:45:01. > :45:04.could equate to 50 odd goals, put a price on that. Everton hope they
:45:05. > :45:08.won't have to. Victory today would take them above Manchester United
:45:09. > :45:18.for now and maybe nearer their aim of European football. Hull's aim is
:45:19. > :45:21.simply to survive. Everton loanee is not available. Davies returns having
:45:22. > :45:45.recovered from a hamstring injury. Getting on to it here, Clucas. Has
:45:46. > :45:47.support. Clucas inside the penalty. Markovic at the back post. Here's
:45:48. > :45:49.Javier Hernandez. Ashley Williams made the block for Everton. Hull
:45:50. > :45:55.have started in a sprightly fashion here. Leighton Baines gave him a
:45:56. > :46:01.shove with his right hand. Accurately brace his birthday next
:46:02. > :46:10.Tuesday, Ronald Koeman. He turns 54 -- celebrates. The referee didn't
:46:11. > :46:16.spot that shirt pull. Everton so strong at home. They have only lost
:46:17. > :46:22.one of their 14 home Premier League games so far this season.
:46:23. > :46:33.Barkley, looking for the run of Davies, who is onside. Davies,
:46:34. > :46:39.Dominic Calvert-Lewin! What a lovely way to get off the mark. Dominic
:46:40. > :46:50.Calvert-Lewin, his first Everton goal, put on a plate for him. Lovely
:46:51. > :46:56.run by Davies. Great awareness from Davies. A confident finish from
:46:57. > :47:14.another promising young Blue. Everton 1, Hull City 0. It was an
:47:15. > :47:15.Everton move which started with Morgan Schneiderlin pulling the
:47:16. > :47:17.shirt of Hernandez. Then seconds later Everton had scored. Here's
:47:18. > :47:20.Barry. Not the ball Lukaku was looking for from Barry. He is making
:47:21. > :47:28.that point now. No cloud reaction to Lukaku. Given his failure to sign a
:47:29. > :47:37.new contract, which is on the table for him. Clucas, just too high.
:47:38. > :47:43.Great chance for Sam Clucas. Everton off the hook here. William's
:47:44. > :47:54.hesitation, uncertainty, and Clucas just couldn't get it down. Good
:47:55. > :47:58.running here. Clucas couldn't control it. The attack has broken
:47:59. > :48:07.down. The counter-attack is building. Barkley to Lukaku.
:48:08. > :48:11.Lukaku, still going, still going. Ignored Dominic Calvert-Lewin who
:48:12. > :48:18.was possibly better placed to his left hand side. Once he found space,
:48:19. > :48:29.he had eyes only for the goal. Davies. That's dangerous. He got
:48:30. > :48:32.there. Clucas stretching. Lovely touch. He wants it from Baines.
:48:33. > :48:41.Baines drilling it away to Lukaku. Brilliant ball. Lukaku, onside.
:48:42. > :48:51.Lukaku. He goes for goal, again. A really good save by Jakupovic. Great
:48:52. > :49:19.ball by Leighton Baines. Lukaku his only other option was Barkley. Not
:49:20. > :49:19.impossible that they could leave Goodison Park with something, Hull
:49:20. > :49:20.City. Into the side-netting from Andrew Robertson. He knows he might
:49:21. > :49:26.have done more with that. Took it first time and didn't hit it cleanly
:49:27. > :49:35.at all. Here's Barkley. Davies. A foot in again. That is a foul. Tom
:49:36. > :49:40.Huddlestone is off. Straight red card for Tom Huddlestone. That makes
:49:41. > :49:49.it difficult for Hull City. The referee couldn't be closer to it. He
:49:50. > :49:55.misses the ball, straight into his standing foot. It's dangerous. Hull
:49:56. > :50:02.City will play the last 17 minutes of this game with 10-men. Tom Davies
:50:03. > :50:12.making way, Enner Valencia coming on. Valencia having finally broken
:50:13. > :50:15.his duck as an Everton player in 3-2 defeat at White Hart Lane at the
:50:16. > :50:25.beginning of the month. Williams, Valencia. Oh, beautifully back into
:50:26. > :50:33.his path. Enner Valencia - 2-0 Everton. Hull City carved open by a
:50:34. > :50:39.Valencia-Lukaku combination. The substitute, who has only been on the
:50:40. > :50:44.pitch for a matter of moment helps himself to a second goal in Everton
:50:45. > :50:49.Blue. Beautiful dink return from Lukaku. Smartly taken from Valencia.
:50:50. > :50:59.That should seal three points for Everton. Valencia. Oh, good ball,
:51:00. > :51:08.Lukaku. 20th league goal of the season for Romelu Lukaku. The first
:51:09. > :51:13.Everton striker to reach that goal since Gary Lineker in 1986. Lineker
:51:14. > :51:20.didn't stop at 20. I doubt whether Lukaku will either. Good ball by
:51:21. > :51:23.Valencia. Typical finish by Lukaku. The scoreline a little harsh on Hull
:51:24. > :51:46.City, but it is Everton 3, Hull 0. Short. It could be a fourth. Lukaku,
:51:47. > :51:50.it surely will be. Elabdellaoui with the mistake. Lukaku with another
:51:51. > :51:55.goal. At the end of a week in which he has made headlines at Goodison
:51:56. > :51:59.Park by rejecting the richest contract a club has ever offered a
:52:00. > :52:06.player, but he soaks up the love anyway with two late goals. It's
:52:07. > :52:12.4-0. I think the final result today didn't reflect what happened on the
:52:13. > :52:16.pitch. It's too harsh that red card. OK, that killed the game for Hull. I
:52:17. > :52:24.think they played well. They make it really tough. Everton today was not
:52:25. > :52:28.at the best. I saw one game until 70 minutes and after another game. We
:52:29. > :52:32.didn't deserve this result or the decision. Until then we compete. We
:52:33. > :52:39.came and brought big problems for Everton. After, the game changed.
:52:40. > :52:43.For me, my players and my fans we didn't deserve the decision. It
:52:44. > :52:45.shows the club and the gaffer is willing to give young players an
:52:46. > :52:48.opportunity in the first team. We've all played our part when we have
:52:49. > :52:54.been given the chance. It's proved we can play at this level. Can you
:52:55. > :52:58.give those Everton fans some hope that Barkley and Lukaku will both be
:52:59. > :53:01.Everton players next season? You need to have hope in life, that's
:53:02. > :53:06.the best. Both are key players for the team. Everton will do the
:53:07. > :53:10.maximum to keep these two players. Always the final decision is by the
:53:11. > :53:14.player himself. Is we will come to that shortly. 1-0 the game was
:53:15. > :53:20.balanced. Hull were a threat. Then the decision to send Huddlestone
:53:21. > :53:25.off. What did you make of it? It was a tough decision for the referee. I
:53:26. > :53:29.would have given given a yellow instead of a red. I understand why
:53:30. > :53:34.he had has given it. It was clumsy, it was careless. He didn't go in
:53:35. > :53:38.with two feet. I know it was high. You think it was a red card? I
:53:39. > :53:42.looked at it from the referee's view. From that angle you can't see
:53:43. > :53:49.it well. The ref is the other side of the ball. His foot is high over
:53:50. > :53:51.the ball. From this angle, the referee's angle, it's difficult. He
:53:52. > :53:57.might have a straight leg. He might have gone over the top. The referee
:53:58. > :54:03.is looking at protecting players. He obviously considers that endangering
:54:04. > :54:09.the opponent. It's marginal. It's harsh. You have to back the ref.
:54:10. > :54:14.Orange. Lukaku becomes the first Everton player in history to score
:54:15. > :54:18.20 league goals in a season because obviously football didn't exist
:54:19. > :54:27.pre-Premier League, there you have it? Onaries an athlete. I don't know
:54:28. > :54:36.who the other one is. Look at that picture! -- one's. He got two goals.
:54:37. > :54:50.One assist. Lovely given goal to Valencia who had been on just over a
:54:51. > :54:51.minute. On the last man, pace, in between, with the confidence he has
:54:52. > :54:52.this season, no way he ises ming that. A clever finish. A gift here.
:54:53. > :54:55.A step over, one-on-one with the keeper, again. He's absolutely
:54:56. > :54:59.flying. He looks the real deal, doesn't he? He has everything, left
:55:00. > :55:05.foot, right foot. When he is running into space and attacking defenders
:55:06. > :55:09.he must terrify him. He is Drogba like. He hasn't hit those heights.
:55:10. > :55:13.You see the reaction with the fans. He is giving them lots of love. In
:55:14. > :55:20.good company before turning 24 years of age. The impressive thing, also
:55:21. > :55:23.Gary, his fifth full season. He hasn't as yet this season, he is on
:55:24. > :55:29.target to play over 30 games in every one of those seasons as well.
:55:30. > :55:32.Superb. It is. What player scores 20 league goals for Everton and decides
:55:33. > :55:37.to leave at the end of the season. Do you think he will go? I think he
:55:38. > :55:41.will go, yes. The big boys will come sniffing for him. Top clubs take
:55:42. > :55:46.him? Manchester United will look for a forward or two. Arsenal will be
:55:47. > :55:50.looking for a forward, even Chelsea. Maybe even Liverpool as well. He's
:55:51. > :55:54.got that, he has that ability. . Will only get better. 23 years of
:55:55. > :55:58.age. Got a fantastic goalscoring record. They paid ?28 million for
:55:59. > :56:03.him three years ago. When you look at the prices now we would talk
:56:04. > :56:07.about ?60-70 million for him. Is that all? OK, we will move on from
:56:08. > :56:09.that. Just three points separated
:56:10. > :56:11.Bournemouth and Swansea ahead of their meeting at the Vitality
:56:12. > :56:13.Stadium. A win for either side could ease
:56:14. > :56:23.their relegation concerns. COMMENTATOR: Harry Arter has been
:56:24. > :56:27.unable to shake off the calf problem he got last week, Surman comes into
:56:28. > :56:33.midfield after a ban. After being left out of the latest England
:56:34. > :56:40.squad, Jack Wilshere begins on the Bournemouth bench again. Ayew starts
:56:41. > :56:47.with Kingsley and Ki Sung-Yueng featuring for the first time since
:56:48. > :56:53.January. January. Top-scorer Llorente has recovered from a dead
:56:54. > :57:01.leg. Here is Gosling, quickly closed down. Weaved his way through, Joshua
:57:02. > :57:05.King. Fraser. Ryan Fraser! First genuine chance of the game. Ryan
:57:06. > :57:11.Fraser, called up to the Scotland squad for the first time this week,
:57:12. > :57:16.dragging his final effort wide. Eddie Howe always felt Swansea had a
:57:17. > :57:23.good group of players who could do well in the Premier League he says
:57:24. > :57:28.Paul Clement has galvanised them as they inch their way up the table.
:57:29. > :57:33.Here is Fer, went for the early ball, came off Daniels. Fer cranking
:57:34. > :57:43.up for a long one. Llorente gets the header. Sigurdsson. Well, by his
:57:44. > :57:53.standards that goes down as a chance. Mawson. Kingsley is on the
:57:54. > :58:03.charge, on the left hand side. Smith is has caught Kingsley there. That
:58:04. > :58:07.will be a Swansea free-kick. Sigurdsson over the free-kick.
:58:08. > :58:16.Decent delivery. It was just glanced wide of his own-goal by Joshua King.
:58:17. > :58:18.The man who got a hat-trick here last weekend almost opened the
:58:19. > :58:29.scoring, but not in the way he would have wanted. Cook.
:58:30. > :58:39.Cook, just ran away from him. It has broken for Joshua King. Pugh back to
:58:40. > :58:45.Joshua King. Now it's Afobe. It's in. Benik Afobe, who couldn't score
:58:46. > :58:51.a penalty last week, has fired Bournemouth in front this time
:58:52. > :58:57.around. Afobe, who scored in Birmingham's victory at Swansea
:58:58. > :59:03.earlier on this season, has scored against the Swans once again. He had
:59:04. > :59:08.the benefit of a deflection off Alfei Mawson. A grin on his face
:59:09. > :59:13.there. If they take the goal off him, that will quickly disappear.
:59:14. > :59:17.Won four, lost four in the Premier League for Swansea since Paul
:59:18. > :59:21.Clement took over. Three of those defeats came against Arsenal,
:59:22. > :59:28.Manchester City and Chelsea. Taken down well by Leroy Fer.
:59:29. > :59:33.Sigurdsson has a go. Not a bad effort and a pretty good save from
:59:34. > :59:44.Artur Boruc. Wonderful technique from Sigurdsson. Probably was just
:59:45. > :59:53.drifting wide. Benik Afobe up against Mawson.
:59:54. > :00:04.Won back well by Bournemouth. Gosling! Good hit. Top save from
:00:05. > :00:08.Fabianski as well. Swansea played themselves into a spot of bother
:00:09. > :00:13.there, and they were very nearly punished by Dan Gosling. If Eddie
:00:14. > :00:17.Howe's side win today, it will be the first time in just over a year
:00:18. > :00:25.that they have managed back-to-back league victories. Well won by
:00:26. > :00:31.Gosling. Joshua King. Benik Afobe with a real chance. 2-0,
:00:32. > :00:38.Bournemouth. And that one certainly is Benik Afobe's goal. Credit to
:00:39. > :00:47.Joshua King for the run and then the well weighted pass to Afobe. Inch
:00:48. > :00:52.perfect finish by him beyond Fabianski, and he will feel he
:00:53. > :00:56.should have two to his name. He certainly has at least one in the
:00:57. > :01:03.bag. Surely it's all three points wrapped up for Bournemouth as well.
:01:04. > :01:13.Pugh pokes it through to Wilshere. On his own at the moment. It's stood
:01:14. > :01:19.up towards King. What a save from Fabianski. Josh King keeps it alive.
:01:20. > :01:28.It's too high for Afobe. Now Wilshere. A good ball in again.
:01:29. > :01:35.Smith... And Fabianski gratefully gathers. This was a top drawer save
:01:36. > :01:39.from Fabianski, he flung himself into the path of it and beat it
:01:40. > :01:46.away. Delighted today with the back-to-back wins. Something we are
:01:47. > :01:51.pleased to achieve and it's a long time since we have been solid enough
:01:52. > :01:55.to keep a clean sheet. Bournemouth were deserving of the victory, they
:01:56. > :01:59.were more clinical than us. The situation is not bad. We have come a
:02:00. > :02:06.long way in the last two and a half months. We are in 17th, and when I
:02:07. > :02:10.came in we were bottom on 12 points. If the season finished tomorrow we
:02:11. > :02:15.would be happy in 17th and we will play at this level next season. The
:02:16. > :02:19.fact is we have nine games to go. It's important now we have two home
:02:20. > :02:22.games. Bournemouth have just shown that if you put together
:02:23. > :02:26.back-to-back wins you can climb out of that situation and we have to do
:02:27. > :02:30.the same. Football is a funny old game. I have never gone hiding in my
:02:31. > :02:34.life. I missed a couple of chances last week but have kept going,
:02:35. > :02:38.worked on my finishing and one has gone in for me today. I will keep
:02:39. > :02:42.going and get as many goals as I can before the end of the season. What
:02:43. > :02:45.is turned around in the last fortnight? I don't think anything
:02:46. > :02:50.has turned around, the players have just stuck with it, didn't get too
:02:51. > :02:55.negative and managed to ride out a mini period where we didn't get
:02:56. > :03:01.things as he wanted to. That mental resilience has been keep. Two
:03:02. > :03:05.consecutive wins takes the heat off. It was merited. Bournemouth were not
:03:06. > :03:08.exceptional but they played well enough. Swansea tried to be
:03:09. > :03:13.defensive to begin with and it worked for 30 minutes until they
:03:14. > :03:18.lost their shape, needlessly. Fernandez here, they are in a good
:03:19. > :03:21.line, and there is no danger until Fernandes decides he will suddenly
:03:22. > :03:26.stepped out to engage with Josh King. That leaves a gap for a
:03:27. > :03:32.striker to run in. Benik Afobe gets away. He's lucky with the shot.
:03:33. > :03:36.Unlucky not to get the goal! Marginally going past the post, so
:03:37. > :03:41.it deflects off Mawson. He didn't get that goal, but he certainly will
:03:42. > :03:45.get this one. He gets on the other side of Mawson again. Gets his feet
:03:46. > :03:50.mixed up. Very good finish, in off the post. Three big points for
:03:51. > :03:55.Bournemouth. That's them out of trouble now. Swansea offered very
:03:56. > :03:56.little today. They were very poor. But they have been playing very
:03:57. > :04:03.well. They had an off day. The tense battle for the top four
:04:04. > :04:05.will take centre stage The race for the top four is well
:04:06. > :04:20.and truly on. Before that, Match of the Day 2
:04:21. > :04:23.Extra will analyse the weekend's Radio 5 Live then has
:04:24. > :04:28.commentary on two matches. Tottenham versus Southampton
:04:29. > :04:30.is followed by Manchester City against Liverpool, live
:04:31. > :04:33.from the Etihad. And also coming up on the BBC
:04:34. > :04:45.is a special programme I don't think I have grieved
:04:46. > :04:52.properly. I've not given myself that time to sit down and really flush
:04:53. > :04:55.everything out. Two years ago former England captain Rio Ferdinand lost
:04:56. > :04:59.his wife to cancer, leaving him as sole parents to their three
:05:00. > :05:04.children. Now I'm at the point where I want to go out there to see what's
:05:05. > :05:06.available for families who have somebody pass away. There is a life
:05:07. > :05:12.out there afterwards. I have seen that documentary and
:05:13. > :05:17.it's very powerful. Sam Allardyce began life
:05:18. > :05:19.as Crystal Palace manager with an away draw at Watford
:05:20. > :05:21.on Boxing Day. Ahead of the return
:05:22. > :05:24.at Selhurst Park, Palace had finally managed back-to-back victories
:05:25. > :05:25.to take them out Watching this one
:05:26. > :05:34.was Jonathan Pearce. COMMENTATOR: Is Tunnel King Sam
:05:35. > :05:37.Allardyce leading another great escape? Palace are back from a
:05:38. > :05:41.training break in Morocco, making one change from the win over West
:05:42. > :05:45.Brom a fortnight ago. Jeff Schlupp in for the injured Van Aanholt. Two
:05:46. > :05:49.clean sheets in a row, conceding six in seven as Allardyce plug the
:05:50. > :05:55.leaks. Craig Cathcart appearing for the first time in a month for
:05:56. > :06:02.Watford. Janmaat also fit. Holebas and Okaka drop to the bench. Etienne
:06:03. > :06:07.Capoue is OK after a midweek virus. Zaha uses his pace against Cathcart
:06:08. > :06:12.and gets in between the two defenders. No free kick. Zaha
:06:13. > :06:17.certainly played for it. I think it's a foul there, and I think it
:06:18. > :06:20.was outside the box when the foul started. The referee was brilliantly
:06:21. > :06:26.placed and said there was no infringement at all. He always said
:06:27. > :06:28.that Crystal Palace fans wouldn't see a significant improvement until
:06:29. > :06:44.March. Or even later on, in April. Clever ball by Jason Puncheon, one
:06:45. > :06:51.of the game 's best passes so far. Zaha to the dead-ball line. Away by
:06:52. > :06:54.Kaboul. Deflected from Cabaye. The best we have seen from Crystal
:06:55. > :07:01.Palace. Really important header away. Great piece of wing play by
:07:02. > :07:06.Zaha. Watford chop and change so many times in the close season, you
:07:07. > :07:09.wonder if he will be here next season. A modest career over 13
:07:10. > :07:21.years and 11 clubs as a player. James Tomkins got it away. Tom
:07:22. > :07:30.Cleverley foraged. Niang on the outside of Josh Ward. Tomkins will
:07:31. > :07:34.get it away. Cabaye was running with Cleverley and he has gone down
:07:35. > :07:37.holding the back of his head. Cabaye behind Cleverley. Tom Cleverley
:07:38. > :07:41.certainly moved his arm back. Tom Cleverley certainly
:07:42. > :07:50.moved his arm back. Now Zaha. To stretch the legs and
:07:51. > :07:55.run Cathcart. Brilliantly played. He's been the game's best player.
:07:56. > :08:02.Brilliantly through to Puncheon. Hanging on, Sebastian Prodl. Was
:08:03. > :08:10.there a cuff? The referee will try to calm things down. Martin Atkinson
:08:11. > :08:15.has had a brilliant game. Cuffed him with the right hand. Silly from
:08:16. > :08:21.Zaha. Townsend, up through the gears. This is what he can do. He
:08:22. > :08:28.gets the cross in as well. It comes to Wilfried Zaha. Is this Palace's
:08:29. > :08:30.big moment? Over he goes. Good run by Townsend. Why doesn't he do it
:08:31. > :08:45.more often? Zaha lifted it over. Townsend doubles up with Kelly. Back
:08:46. > :08:55.in two Niang. That looked like a stamping challenge. Niang stays down
:08:56. > :09:00.and the Watford fans howl. Zaha is taken out by Sebastian Prodl. That
:09:01. > :09:04.will be a yellow card. Watford fans enraged that a free kick wasn't
:09:05. > :09:09.given at the other end. Risky challenge to make in there. He makes
:09:10. > :09:14.contact with the foot of Niang. Martin Atkinson might have been
:09:15. > :09:18.blindsided by it. Should have been a free kick, and if it was, it should
:09:19. > :09:22.have been a yellow card. At the other end, Sebastian Prodl certainly
:09:23. > :09:37.takes an Zaha. Definite course double -- caution able offence.
:09:38. > :09:41.Crystal Palace take the lead. Watford scratch their heads. Troy
:09:42. > :09:45.Deeney has a great scoring record against Crystal Palace, and he has
:09:46. > :09:53.scored four Crystal Palace. Lovely delivery in. The knee got across his
:09:54. > :09:56.man. He beat his own keeper. -- Troy Deeney got across his man. Doesn't
:09:57. > :10:01.matter how they go in when you are at the bottom of the table. It's
:10:02. > :10:06.become a bit steamy in the second half. To be honest, it needed to. A
:10:07. > :10:11.long-range effort, nearly beat Hennessey. He had to react smartly
:10:12. > :10:18.to Doucoure. Probably Watford's best effort of the game. Moving horribly
:10:19. > :10:22.in the air for the goalkeeper. Hennessey had to make sure. The
:10:23. > :10:31.jacket is off, the gloves are off. He's annoyed. Britos, good work by
:10:32. > :10:36.Jason Puncheon again, pressure rising. Townsend up through the
:10:37. > :10:43.gears. Britos struggling. Plans to Zaha. Brilliant block from Cathcart.
:10:44. > :10:46.Cabaye! That would have settled it. Certainly since the goal Crystal
:10:47. > :10:56.Palace have been by far the better team. The jacket is back on. Is that
:10:57. > :11:01.a signal of acceptance? Watford about to go four league games
:11:02. > :11:05.without a win. One last time. Looking for Troy Deeney. Hennessey
:11:06. > :11:10.comes and doesn't get there. Niang! Over the bar. The last chance of the
:11:11. > :11:16.game has come and gone. Troy Deeney foraged so hard for it and took a
:11:17. > :11:23.clout. Crystal Palace have held onto a crucial victory. Watford not yet
:11:24. > :11:27.clear of danger. Watford made it really tough. They had recently won
:11:28. > :11:33.away at Arsenal, but we toughed it out with them and our quality paid
:11:34. > :11:36.off in the end. Walter, do you think Watford should have had a free kick
:11:37. > :11:41.for a foul before Crystal Palace scored? TRANSLATION: We are not
:11:42. > :11:48.happy and disappointed as well because there was a foul before the
:11:49. > :11:53.goal. In our favour. The goal was also an own goal. We didn't deserve
:11:54. > :11:58.to lose, absolutely. A little lapse of concentration on my part. The
:11:59. > :12:02.ball dipped in front of me. I put my head down and it ended up in the
:12:03. > :12:08.back of the net. I'm not one for apologising, it's just a mistake.
:12:09. > :12:12.The out of possession work to now since I got here, that has improved
:12:13. > :12:15.so much. It's why we are getting victories. They are shutting down
:12:16. > :12:19.the opposition and making it difficult for them. When they get
:12:20. > :12:24.the ball, there is quality to get as the victory. Not the greatest game
:12:25. > :12:29.in Crystal Palace's history at Selhurst Park. But Sam and the
:12:30. > :12:31.Palace fans won't care one jot. It's one of the rare occasions where a
:12:32. > :12:38.team wins a game without registering a shot on target. We will talk about
:12:39. > :12:43.Sam and his defensive duties. When he was at Sunderland, his first 15
:12:44. > :12:53.games, 28 goals conceded, his second 15, just 16. It gets a while for him
:12:54. > :12:58.to get his team how he wants them. -- he takes a while. Sakho is a key
:12:59. > :13:03.component to the backline. He is positive, gives a solid feel to the
:13:04. > :13:07.backline. He wants to defend. As quite good discipline as well. That
:13:08. > :13:12.has encouraged his team-mates to work hard together. Looking at them
:13:13. > :13:16.as a unit, Niang can't get past them so decides to have a long-range
:13:17. > :13:21.effort. He also has some composure, good qualities. Pulls the ball out
:13:22. > :13:26.when he has time and place it to set off the attack for Palace. Even when
:13:27. > :13:30.he doesn't win the ball, he's a nuisance. Doesn't win the first one,
:13:31. > :13:34.but gets the second. Scruffy clearance to get it away from
:13:35. > :13:38.danger. It sums up what Crystal Palace are doing under Allardyce.
:13:39. > :13:42.The looks a bit clumsy, but I liked him at Liverpool. I'm surprised they
:13:43. > :13:44.let him go. He cost a bit, but he has made a difference to what was a
:13:45. > :13:49.struggling team. Time was running out for Sunderland
:13:50. > :13:52.after a run of one win in ten had left them rooted to the bottom
:13:53. > :13:55.of the table. If they were to pull off
:13:56. > :13:57.another great escape surely they had to beat Burnley,
:13:58. > :13:59.who currently possess one of the worst away records
:14:00. > :14:01.in Premier League history. At the Stadium of Light
:14:02. > :14:06.was Guy Mowbray. COMMENTATOR: Harry Kane is the only
:14:07. > :14:10.Englishman to score more Premier League goals than Jermain Defoe this
:14:11. > :14:14.season. Perhaps it's only right to be 34-year-old has been recalled for
:14:15. > :14:18.England duty more than three years after his last Three Lions game.
:14:19. > :14:22.Maybe one day Andre Gray will receive the same honour. He's on the
:14:23. > :14:25.right track with seven goals in his last 11 Premier League games,
:14:26. > :14:31.including a hat-trick against Sunderland on New Year's Eve. All
:14:32. > :14:33.Premier League referees today are using the soon to be issued new 12
:14:34. > :14:46.sided ?1 coin. Lowton heard the shout of keepers
:14:47. > :14:54.then. Pickford in too much of a hurry to get the ball away. Find
:14:55. > :15:00.Arfield. Ward, beaten Januzaj. Burnley have a corner. It has come
:15:01. > :15:04.from Pickford's hurried clearance. It's been a feature of Burnley's
:15:05. > :15:10.corners that they've always been on the move. Here they go again. Why is
:15:11. > :15:26.Joey going? Too high for Joey Barton. Ben Mee. Norburnly corner.
:15:27. > :15:32.He felt he might have been pushed by Ben Mee, Oviedo. Arfield in.
:15:33. > :15:36.Couldn't get high enough. Rodwell, not far enough out. Boyd, blocked by
:15:37. > :15:45.Gibson. I think it did strike his hands, but he was no more than an
:15:46. > :15:49.inch away from George Boyd. Stopped by the arm of Gibson, but the
:15:50. > :15:56.distance involved and the ferocity of the strike I think ruled out the
:15:57. > :15:59.claim quite quickly. Sunderland's owner is in attendance today for
:16:00. > :16:10.only the second time at the Stadium of Light all season. Ben Mee. Down
:16:11. > :16:17.as though caught by Januzaj. Burnley press on in attack mode with Andre
:16:18. > :16:23.Gray. Won't reach Boyd. Ben Mee is still down. Januzaj. He's the player
:16:24. > :16:27.at the centre of it for Sunderland. Trying it get away from Hendrick.
:16:28. > :16:33.Free-kick Sunderland with Burnley angry they didn't get one just a few
:16:34. > :16:37.moments ago. Miss timed his jump for the ball, certainly. That is total
:16:38. > :16:42.accidental coming together. Both teams struggling for goals. Burnley
:16:43. > :16:45.have scored eight away from home. Sunderland have only scored in one
:16:46. > :16:56.of their last seven games anywhere. Ward. Gray. Arfield. Barnes -
:16:57. > :17:02.misses. The flag stayed down. Huge opportunity for Burnley. Good work
:17:03. > :17:08.by Andre Gray. And by Scott Arfield. It might have been just a boot
:17:09. > :17:24.offside. He looks bang in line, you know. That's how difficult it is.
:17:25. > :17:32.Boyd. Oviedo. Borini! Defoe wanted it pulled back and across. Borini
:17:33. > :17:38.didn't seem sure which boot to take it on, and it was tame. Jones nipped
:17:39. > :17:46.in ahead of Ben Mee and Defoe keeps his balance. Looked as though there
:17:47. > :17:51.was a nudge from Keane. A good save by Heaton to denied Januzaj. Januzaj
:17:52. > :17:56.tries to keep things moving. There's Larsson! Sunderland haven't had
:17:57. > :18:02.better chances than the ones they've already managed in the second-half.
:18:03. > :18:07.That is well kept out by Heaton. Barton. Boyd will do really well to
:18:08. > :18:23.get to that. He's done really well. Arfield puts it over. That was
:18:24. > :18:31.Barton. Larsson getting in Gibson's way. Pickford collects. Burnley
:18:32. > :18:40.asked for a penalty. Play on. Januzaj, it has to be the right ball
:18:41. > :18:48.in. He can't mess this. The ball never came in. Larsson. This's a
:18:49. > :18:59.good ball in. It's headed wide. What a chance for Sunderland. Bill ill-
:19:00. > :19:02.Jones. Hard to see the Black Cats getting a better chance than that
:19:03. > :19:08.today. Jones got just ahead of the ball. It wasn't far away from
:19:09. > :19:11.getting a touch from Defoe either. Burnley were adamant they should
:19:12. > :19:16.have had a chance to score from 12 yards out. Larsson who stopped the
:19:17. > :19:20.effort from Ward. It was Barnes down, with Oviedo going for the
:19:21. > :19:31.ball. I think it missed everything. Gibson. Defoe. He uses his body to
:19:32. > :19:36.get across. Defoe goes on. Can't get the shot away though because of
:19:37. > :19:40.Michael Keane. His clearance isn't good though, straight to Jones.
:19:41. > :19:51.Jones will be on to it, again. Januzaj! It's a whisker wide. Listen
:19:52. > :19:55.to the noise now though. There is something building and brewing for
:19:56. > :20:02.Sunderland. I think Tom Heaton had the shot covered, just about.
:20:03. > :20:09.Denayer. Vokes has the better of him. Denayer tries to stop him.
:20:10. > :20:15.Stopped by Pickford, cleared by O'Shea. Jason Denayer has apologies
:20:16. > :20:19.to make to everybody else in red and white. He nearly put his side into
:20:20. > :20:25.deep, deep bother. Seemingly no danger. That touch invited Vokes in.
:20:26. > :20:30.Vokes just wanted it a whole lot more. Through to Jones. Jones never
:20:31. > :20:37.really had it under his full control. It's broken to Borini. Huge
:20:38. > :20:42.save from Heaton. Jones fought bravely. Borini struck it quite
:20:43. > :20:49.sweetly. Is that just a sign that it's not going to be their day. It's
:20:50. > :20:52.not their season. It's a missed opportunity, but it's also a point.
:20:53. > :20:57.I know that between now and the end of the season we will have to win
:20:58. > :21:02.quite a few games. We were always going have to draw some. It wasn't
:21:03. > :21:05.one for the want of trying or for the players giving their all. We
:21:06. > :21:09.have to say we didn't quite get what we wanted today. I thought we had
:21:10. > :21:13.two golden chances and a possible penalty for a handball. I thought we
:21:14. > :21:17.were in control of the game. Without being too dominant, we were in
:21:18. > :21:20.control first half they came out and had a better second-half. They had
:21:21. > :21:26.to win. They threw caution to the wind. Almost went into a 4-2-4 they
:21:27. > :21:31.created chances. A game of missed chanced on both sides. Does it put
:21:32. > :21:35.pressure on you as a manager when you know the owner is in the stands
:21:36. > :21:39.watching on? No, none at all. Impressed with that one. A stinker
:21:40. > :21:43.that really, wasn't it? That is being polite, Gary. That is why it
:21:44. > :21:49.was last on the show. There is not so much to talk about. Same old
:21:50. > :22:00.story for Sunderland. Don't worry we felt the same as well you had a nod
:22:01. > :22:04.there. If Defoe don't score quite often Sunderland don't score. 24 he
:22:05. > :22:08.has. They had one or two chances. Januzaj first there. I mean this one
:22:09. > :22:13.is the biggest one. What a ball that is from Larsson. Billy Jones,
:22:14. > :22:17.far-post, an absolute sitter. Sitter! He doesn't even hit the
:22:18. > :22:24.target. Has to score there. A brilliant ball in. Even the last
:22:25. > :22:28.couple of minutes falls to Borini. 24 goals in 28 games with
:22:29. > :22:33.Sunderland. It's not enough. That has been their problem. A lot to do
:22:34. > :22:37.to stay up. They have. They are getting cut adrift. It was a decent
:22:38. > :22:47.point for Burnley. They are ticking along. Struggled away from home
:22:48. > :22:51.generally. We are about out of time. Thank you boys. Let's look at the
:22:52. > :22:54.Premier League table. Chelsea are 13 points clear. The biggest Premier
:22:55. > :22:57.League league for almost two years and could win the Premier League
:22:58. > :23:02.with three at the back. Everton go sixth ahead of Manchester United.
:23:03. > :23:05.They have played three games more. Sunderland are seven points from
:23:06. > :23:10.safety while Hull miss the chance to climb out of the relegation zone.
:23:11. > :23:15.Crystal Palace are four points clear of trouble. Leicester have a six
:23:16. > :23:23.point buffer. The papers. Arsene Wenger refuse to say whether he's
:23:24. > :23:29.staying or going is crazy. The Mail adds he will resist pressure during
:23:30. > :23:33.the international break. Harry Kane is winning the race to be England's
:23:34. > :23:35.long-term captain, according to the Sun.
:23:36. > :23:41.Chelsea dig in to send Conte crazy in the dug out.
:23:42. > :24:01.From all of us here, a very good night.
:24:02. > :24:04.The laws in the state of Florida are very harsh.
:24:05. > :24:14.The good men and women of law enforcement
:24:15. > :24:19.18 people have been killed in just 13 days.