25/02/2017 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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It's been another quiet week in football, not much to report

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other than the fact we've six crucial Premier League games

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Alan Shearer and Jermaine Jenas are on hand to guide us through.

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We start with league leaders Chelsea.

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Antonio Conte's team began the weekend with an eight-point lead

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at the summit and seemingly on course for the title.

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Their opponents, Swansea, have seen an upturn in form

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since the arrival of manager Paul Clement, a former

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Your commentator at Stamford Bridge, Guy Mowbray.

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From John Hollins and even Frank Lampard for a short while, through

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Paul Clement, there has been a line of notable blue blood at Swansea

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City, and the Swansea blood is pumping with confidence at the

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moment due to their revival since Clement took charge. But this is

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their biggest challenge yet against a Chelsea side that shows one change

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since their game at Burnley, with Matic making way for Cesc Fabregas

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who plays in the Premier League for the 300th time. The Stamford Bridge

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connections in Swansea continue with their captain Jack Cork, who started

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out on Chelsea's books without ever making the first team. The Swans

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lost Nathan Dyer to injury, said their only change sees the similarly

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experienced Wayne Routledge take his place.

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Can Swansea somehow stalled Chelsea's charge towards the title?

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It is going to come to Diego Costa again, and it will be Hazard's turn.

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Fabregas, and it is blocked. Chelsea were waltzing their way through to

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goal. It was undoubtedly on target. It struck the shoulder of Tom

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Carroll. Paul Clement had two spells on the coaching staff at Chelsea,

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with the academy in the late 90s, and then from 2007-2011 he was

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coaching assistant to Carlo Ancelotti.

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That trick didn't work, only succeeded in playing the ball to

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Fabregas. Hazard. Here is the busy Pedro, behind Fabregas, and he

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somehow managed to scramble it home. Chelsea have been putting their

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passes together over the last five or six minutes. Now they have

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managed to see their persistence payoff. Diego Costa had to work to

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get to that, but he stretched and he got some of the ball and played it

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back Hazard's way, and was Hazard sufficiently in the way of Lukasz

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Fabianski? No, he's not interfering. He's not

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in the keeper's byline, and Fabregas has managed to dig it into the

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corner, Seppi crowns his 300th Premier League appearance with his

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46th goal in the competition. It has just run away from Costa, but

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he won't give up on it. Still in play with Moses. Fabregas, and that

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is a super save by Fabianski. Old Arsenal denies old Arsenal. What a

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save this was from Lukasz Fabianski, it was hit just as Fabregas wanted

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to hate it. Swansea are rattled and rocking. Staying in the game has to

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be their priority. Olsen is the man who got it back for Swansea.

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Fabregas gives it away. It is one back again, given away again, lost

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again. Finally, we get the referee's whistle to indicate a Swansea free

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kick. We have passed the minute but was indicated. The half-time whistle

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any time now. Is there time for Swansea to just lift one more ball

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in the direction of Thibaut Cortois's goal? And it is headed in!

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Would you believe it? Right on the stroke of half-time, Fernando

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Llorente draws Chelsea level. -- draws Swansea level. The minute is

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the minimum, it is not offside, he looked in-line, did Llorente. But

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came his way from Gylfi Sigurdsson. And the Chelsea defenders were

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guilty of abandoning their post there. They let the man most likely

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to head the ball in head the ball in.

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Leroy Fer looked close, Swarbrick played advantage on Chelsea Gnahore

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throw-in. -- Chelsea now have a throw-in. Fabregas forces a fine

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save from Fabianski. Mawson's attempt to get the ball away. Well

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drilled by Eden Hazard, Fabianski down really smartly. That Swansea

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goal might just have changed the half-time words a little from

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Antonio Conte. Alonso, a lovely first-time ball far

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Hazard, and there is Fabregas to hammer the crossbar. Brilliant

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Chelsea football, but it doesn't end with a goal. Alonso, Hazard, and it

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is a thumper from Fabregas. The signs are that it will be a long

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half for Swansea. Sigurdsson has passed Victor Moses.

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Tries to keep the ball away from Azpilicueta, who he felt handled it.

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Referee Swarbrick didn't. It does come off the outstretched

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arm of Azpilicueta, and the arm does move towards the ball at first. It

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actually hit him on the secondary move. Neil Swarbrick didn't see it,

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Sigurdsson did, and I think Chelsea might have got away with one there.

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Fabregas is looking for Victor Moses with that one, and Moses does really

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well. Costa... And there is a whole scramble around the ball as Swansea

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end up with the decision in their favour. Diego Costa it seemed to me

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was looking for a penalty here. David Luiz, Gary Cahill.

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Pedro waited for it. Now has a shot which has beaten Fabianski. Straight

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through the Swansea keeper. He really should have saved it. Chelsea

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want mind how they've scored it. It is just a pick-up in the pace of

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play whenever Pedro gets the ball. And it was a speculative effort. Not

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even sure he believed he'd scored. I don't think he thought he hit it

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quite as he wanted to, but it has ended up where he wanted it to go. A

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Pedro goal that has Antonio Conte celebrated, and has made the score

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Chelsea 2-1 Swansea City. Pedro's eighth of the season, eight in the

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last 11 games. The long stride of Nemanja Matic, and the ball has

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really just bounced off the boot of Costa and ballooned over the bar.

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Brilliant from Hazard, and scored by Diego Costa. And that should wrap up

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the points for Chelsea. The warm hug of appreciation from goal-scorer the

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goal maker. It is that Chelsea combo again. Hazard and Costa. Mastery of

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the football from Eden Hazard. And all the time, aware of what might be

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on in the middle and who's waiting in the middle. Diego Costa is that

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man. Three goals for Chelsea, three points surely for Chelsea. Chelsea

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3-1 Swansea City. We dominated the game and we played

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very well, a good performance in the first half, we created many chances

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to score the goals. We conceded the goal at the end of the first half. I

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think also the time was finished. There was a big moment at 1-1 with

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Sigurdsson and Azpilicueta, I thought it was handled at the time,

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I have seen the replay again and it is a clear handball, and that gives

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you a chance to go to- one up. Three minutes later you are too- one down,

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and it was a soft goal. And then the killer blow at the end, great

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quality from Hazard and a good finish from Costa, so based on

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chances they deserve to win, but at 1-1 and a big moment to go ahead

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away, who knows what could have happened? We created a lot of

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chances, and we scored, and at the end, the result is 3-1 and it could

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have been maybe 5-1. We need over 29 points to be champions. It is

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important to know this, for me, for my players. To continue with the

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great focus, with great concentration.

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Looking good for Chelsea indeed. It could have change things

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dramatically. What is your point of view? I agree that it was a penalty,

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it was a deliberate movement of his hand towards the ball, and I think

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they got away with one here, it could have been very difficult. It

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was only six inches away when he kicks it. I know, but his arm goes

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towards the ball when it is kicked. I don't think it is a penalty,

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Azpilicueta's arm is out first, and I think he is trying to stop

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Sigurdsson's run. Slow motion, it looks like he is trying to catch it.

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I think he is trying to stop the run past him. It wasn't a walk on the

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bridge for Chelsea, but they do play some lovely stuff. They have made it

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very difficult, Swansea, for Liverpool at Anfield. They were

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unlucky to lose at Manchester City. So they are very well organised, but

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the difference between Liverpool and City and this Chelsea side, that is

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the pace going forward, and it is very difficult when you have got men

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behind the ball to get in behind them and work through with the pace

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like Chelsea did today, and that is why Fabregas was in the team today,

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because they knew they would have a little bit more of the ball and the

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possession, and he would get on the ball, and he was brilliant on his

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300th Premier League appearance. He started that off but he was on the

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edge of the box, and they get away with it. When they have men behind

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the ball, like Swansea did here, this is how you get through them, by

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one touch of the ball, by runners in behind, they get away with it here,

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but their intention is there, and for a lot of the game, they were

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like that. And this was the goal. Fabregas starts it off, a little

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one-two, to Pedro, and Fabregas finds himself in the box, and that

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is the goal that he deserves. What about this for a bit of skill?

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Quick, incisive, get a game behind and a very good save from Fabianski.

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And this is the third goal here. He has got him one-on-one in the box,

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and there is just no stopping him. The ability to do that and pull it

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back to Costa, and that is one hell of a Finnish. You don't want Hazard

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running at you, do you? What a transformation we have seen with

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Chelsea this season compared to last. Same players, different... It

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is topical, players not working for managers, and the irony is that last

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season we were sat here with a large bunch of these players that we are

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seeing here today, they were not working for their manager and we

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know what happened. But it is such a transformation now, because we saw

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how brilliant they were with the ball, but look at them here, and I

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know they have this guy here, can take, who makes a huge difference,

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but look at the hunger and the desire from every player to get the

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ball back, to do the dirty work that a lot of players don't want to do.

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If Kante doesn't get it, Fabregas or Matic do. Look at the reaction from

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the players. Barbara Gass is in there, Kante again, brilliant bit of

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still from Fabregas, Moses doing his bit tracking back, there is just no

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space at all for the Swansea players, and look at the reaction of

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three of them, Alonzo, Pedro, Moses, Kante falls over, Azpilicueta is

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acting, and Chelsea were superb about, and that wasn't the case last

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season, so the transformation from then to now was incredible. It is.

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One game down, five more on their way.

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COMMENTATOR: Pickford will just about stop it. On side. Blocked. A

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chance. Blocked by Hennessey. Dipping. Not quite dipping enough.

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Really dangerous ball in. Headed wide by Antonio.

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David Moyes returned to Everton with his current side, Sunderland,

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A win was vital for Moyes and Ronald Koeman, who is chasing

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COMMENTATOR: Back at what he calls his second favourite club,

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five-year-old Sunderland mad Bradley had to be the mascot today. A day of

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reunions, but not for sentiment. Everton, their sights on the top

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six, they face their long time former boss, seeking to make his

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latest venture that little bit more challenging. Romelu Lukaku's 11

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minute hat-trick at the Stadium of Light in September were his first

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goals of the season. He added 14 more since and scored seven times in

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his career against Sunderland. Like their hosts, the visitors have had

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two weeks to prepare for today's match, allowing Jordan Pickford to

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return to full fitness, he retained his position, lost due to a knee

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injury. Bryan Oviedo starts, less than a month after they left here.

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Ramiro Funes Mori. It's a big gap there. Baines will try and exploit

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it. Clever ball. Pickford will just about stop it creeping it over the

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line. Just a little nervous moment for the goalkeeper returning for his

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first game in two months. Didn't look as though he should be beaten

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by the shot. You can see there is no need for goalline technology. He did

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get there before it crossed the line. The opening goal in any

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Premier League fixture is often pivotal for a team struggling in the

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bottom three, it's vital they don't concede it, particularly not early.

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Wouldn't it be typical of a side in the bottom three if they should

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concede the opening goal from a corner that they really ought not to

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have conceded in the first place. It almost does indeed become a reality.

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Lukaku came sliding in. He was a little bit disappointed it brushed

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off his shin pad. Well, he had nine top 10 finishes from his seasons in

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charge of Everton. He had a wonderful spell when he qualified

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Everton for Europe, four times in five seasons, including once the

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UEFA Champions League itself. He has got beyond Kone as well. Pickford

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just about getting something on it. It was probably a combination of his

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knee and thigh that got it away. He put a foot to the accelerator. A

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decent stop from Pickford. Baines. Davies.

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Barkley has made the run. Davies tries to find him. Not sure it was

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necessarily aimed at Coleman, he gets to it. Here come Idrissa Gueye,

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and Everton score. Well, in the blink of an eye, all Sunderland's

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excellent defensive work evaporates and Idrissa Gueye scores his first

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Everton goal. Gueye, a late arrival, great run from midfield. He plants

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the ball into the roof of Sunderland's net. Everton, who have

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been on top, now have the lead. Barkley, good turn.

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Really good from Barkley. He's been outstanding today, actually. That's

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another excellent attempt. Right on cue, he almost has the same goal.

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Denied by another young England star, Jordan Pickford. Barkley

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really does look like he's oozing with confidence and self-belief.

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It's a joy to. With a when he's like this. That would have crept in.

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Barkley himself that takes the corner. Looped into the air. O'Shea

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clears. Lookman. The referee has given a free-kick to Everton. We are

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in the final minute of a first half that Everton have dominated, and

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lead. Clearing header. Schneiderlin. Davies! The outside of the post

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post. Well, Sunderland could not afford to be two behind at

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half-time. But they so very nearly were. From a Sunderland perspective,

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it's still only 1-0. Here's Ndong on the charge for

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Sunderland. Jermain Defoe can't get to it. Borini. It's cleared for a

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Sunderland corner. He is not convinced the right decision has

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been made. He is. O'Shea moving around. Kone gets to it. Claims of a

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handball from Kone. One or two of the Sunderland players nearest to

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him. Gibson's ball is a good one. Jones. Jermain Defoe. Strikes

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Williams. Again there is an appeal for handball. Sunderland keeping

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Everton hemmed in. Here's Oviedo. A great cross. Headed away by Funes

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Mori. Here's Januzaj. Better from Sunderland from in the opening

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moments of the second-half. Here's Oviedo. Away by Coleman. Oviedo,

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again. Better options than that. There were

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a couple of half hearted appeals for handball. Cooney's downward header

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and a second time his arm is by his side. That debate about unnatural

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position and deliberate. No penalty. They have only scored 1 #0s goals

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away from home this season, Sunderland, four were against

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Crystal Palace. Valencia. -- 10. Mirallas. Now Coleman. And it

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reaches Barkley, who never really met it with any conviction.

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Ronald Koeman said that Sunderland would be no push over. He will feel

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his side should be more than just one ahead. Valencia's ball forward.

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Lukaku takes it. Faced by Kone. Lukaku, good save Pickford.

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Important save, too. Not had that much to do in the second-half,

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Jordan Pickford, but when called upon there, he got his angles

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absolutely right. They are still in this, Sunderland. Here's Funes Mori.

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Doesn't have anywhere to go here except backwards. Tries to find

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Schneiderlin. Won by Gibson. Here's Januzaj. Striding purposefully. Now

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Jill Dando. Jermain Defoe. Is this his moment? You bet it's his moment.

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Under side of the bar. Borini. Somehow Everton escape. Sunderland

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within a whisker of grabbing an equaliser that their second-half

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improve am merited. Well, it just seemed like Defoe was waiting for

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such an opportunity. He is, what, a ball's width away from giving

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Sunderland an equaliser. Januzaj's delivery from the corner. Honeyman

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gets it back. Here's Januzaj, again. Tackled by Gueye. Kept in play. Only

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as far as Oviedo. Wins it, again, Idrissa Gueye. Mirallas on the

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counter. It comes Lukaku. Has he got the legs on Oviedo? He has. Oviedo

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can't stop him. Pickford can't stop him. And Romelu Lukaku, what a 60

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seconds. Lukaku makes the game safe. He draws level with Duncan Ferguson

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on 60 Premier League goals for Everton. It's the one which surely

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gives Everton the points. It's 2-0 now. Defoe hitting the under side of

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the bar at one end, Lukaku, smuggling it over the line at the

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other. Just at the exact moment that David Moyes sensed an equaliser.

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Lukaku, on towards Valencia. He's onside. Good stop by Pickford. You

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can't underestimate the number of times Pickford has come to

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Sunderland's rescue as well. 2-0. Where does this leave the race for

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European places, do you think? I don't know. Still there is a gap

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between the teams. OK, it's still 12 games to play. You never know. You

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need to continue and keep the momentum. The team is strong. The

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team is playing some good football and we have a lot of clean sheets.

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That makes a lot of points. I was disappointed we lost the first goal.

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We had tried to come here and frustrate the supporters, keep

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things quiet. You know, for long we sort of done that. In the end, you

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know they got the goal. I didn't want us to concede in the

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second-half. To be fair we grew in the game and made the chance. It

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didn't go in. A landmark goal Forlan you. Yes. 60 for Everton in the

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Premier League. I'm happy. I want to keep improving and working hard. The

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important thing is win the games and improve as a player. Some teams seem

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to be running into form? We still have our time to run into form as

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well. Plenty of games to go. Ronald Koeman appears to be developing,

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well, a kind of young, talented and, I suppose, more dynamic side than we

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have seen in recent years? Much more dynamic. He took his time with it.

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Gradually, he's brought in Davies and Schneiderlin. Idrissa Gueye was

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already there, but in midfield today they were too much to handle for

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Sunderland. This is in the early stages of the of the game. Linking

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up, down that right hand side. Davies whipping in the ball there.

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So mobile they can play in each other's positions. Schneiderlin

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plays deeper. Winning the ball. They are all flying forward. The energy,

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the freshness in the team now. Goes out wide eventually to Barkley.

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Whips it in first time. Lukaku is very unlucky not to get on the end

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of that. That is the service that Lukaku will thrive on. Davies in a

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deeper position. He will shank that to the right hand side. He find

:27:20.:27:24.

Coleman. Look is on the end of it, midfield parter in the right

:27:25.:27:26.

position, edge of the box, sticking it in the back of the net. Foraging

:27:27.:27:31.

together in midfield. Davies, Schneiderlin backing him up. Gueye

:27:32.:27:35.

won the ball in the end. Schneiderlin in the deeper role that

:27:36.:27:39.

didn't allow that ball go into the forwards at all. Gueye is the stand

:27:40.:27:45.

out performer within the midfield three pure and simply he did this on

:27:46.:27:51.

a more consistent basis, on the front foot, winning the ball. He

:27:52.:27:55.

created the goal for Lukaku. Brilliant, power and pace sticking

:27:56.:27:59.

the ball in the back of the net, 60th goal. This type of stuff here,

:28:00.:28:04.

on the front again. This is the 88th, 89th minute, 2-0 up, still not

:28:05.:28:08.

happy. Wants to do more for his team. He was very good at finding

:28:09.:28:13.

passes into his front men as well. Run from Valencia. He should do

:28:14.:28:16.

better with this opportunity. Willing runners. McCarthy, they

:28:17.:28:21.

could have squared it to him. Ronald Koeman can be happy with his team's

:28:22.:28:26.

performance and the way the midfield is developing is exciting. You are

:28:27.:28:30.

not sure what Sunderland are trying to achieve on the pitch No, is the

:28:31.:28:35.

simple answer to that. Look at Hull, Swansea, they seem to have found a

:28:36.:28:38.

way of trying to get results of the trying to get themselves out of the

:28:39.:28:41.

situation they are in. When I look at Sunderland I think - do you get

:28:42.:28:44.

it wide and get crossing into the box? Do you play deep and try and

:28:45.:28:49.

play a counter-attacking style of football? No. I'm watching it. I'm

:28:50.:28:55.

confused in terms of what your sfooil style is. Second-half they

:28:56.:28:59.

were much better. Plainly simple their plan of attack is, work hard

:29:00.:29:04.

and get the ball to Jermain Defoe. If he puts it in the back of the net

:29:05.:29:08.

1-1, they have a chance. If he doesn't put it in the back of the

:29:09.:29:12.

net, it can happen. They lose the game. It's literally on injury may's

:29:13.:29:17.

shoulders week in, week out what happens to them. No pressure there

:29:18.:29:20.

Jermaine. Anyway! Bournemouth managers, past

:29:21.:29:25.

and present, met at the Hawthorns The West Brom manager has made

:29:26.:29:27.

a name for himself keeping sides in the top flight and if Howe isn't

:29:28.:29:31.

careful, his current side might be Darren Fletcher plays his 300th

:29:32.:29:43.

Premier League appearance, and Dan McCauley has 500. A hamstring injury

:29:44.:29:49.

for Matt Phillips forces a reshuffle. Bournemouth's defeats in

:29:50.:29:57.

the last few games make these concerning times, but a win would

:29:58.:30:02.

steady their ship. Jack Wilshire has an ankle injury picked up in the

:30:03.:30:08.

game against Manchester City. Marc Pugh comes in for Jordon Ibe who has

:30:09.:30:10.

an injury. Here is Daniels, to Wilshere, then

:30:11.:30:26.

Pugh. That is switched away to Fraser on the outside, and a penalty

:30:27.:30:31.

at! Leaning down on the Bournemouth player, the defender exposed by the

:30:32.:30:37.

pace of little Ryan Fraser, news always struggling. The right time

:30:38.:30:41.

came across, West Brom might see it as soft, but Bournemouth will have

:30:42.:30:45.

no concerns whatsoever about that, and it will be Josh King from the

:30:46.:30:50.

spot with the rain pouring down who puts Bournemouth 1-0 up. What a

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great start for them on a important weekend. If they can get a win, it

:30:56.:30:59.

will open up a buffer zone again to the bottom three, who are six points

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behind them this morning. Haphazard defending by the full-back, need

:31:06.:31:09.

penalty. Here is front, in towards one gone.

:31:10.:31:15.

Towards Rondon. There was roaring from some West Brom fans who thought

:31:16.:31:30.

it was in. Chris Brunt on the right-hand side, could get it to his

:31:31.:31:35.

favoured left and have a go. West Bromwich Albion stunned by the goal,

:31:36.:31:40.

quite clearly. Smith allowed to come inside, and will have a go at goal,

:31:41.:31:45.

and it is splendidly tipped over by the goalkeeper. Scored here last

:31:46.:31:50.

season in their 2-1 win with a similar run. Lovely safe, great

:31:51.:31:57.

start for Eddie Howe. He was in the youth team when Tony Pulis was

:31:58.:32:01.

manager at Bournemouth, signed pro, made his debut just after Tony had

:32:02.:32:05.

left the club, and what a Bournemouth man he has been,

:32:06.:32:10.

involved in 623 Bournemouth games as manager or player. Remarkable. Nacer

:32:11.:32:19.

Chadli. He brings in Dawson, it is difficult, and it is 1-1! The curled

:32:20.:32:25.

beyond the goalkeeper, what a start, two goals in the opening few

:32:26.:32:30.

minutes. Allowed to pick it up and drive in the first of his season,

:32:31.:32:35.

but watch the deflection, Dawson arriving from the deep position, and

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it looped up and off Charlie Daniels to beat the goalkeeper. One apiece.

:32:40.:32:47.

It is given away here by Bournemouth, and Rondon, but what a

:32:48.:32:58.

brilliant block by Cook. Once more in position, Fletcher rolls it back.

:32:59.:33:00.

It was just wide off the deflection, Arter flung himself at it, and what

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a mistake from the goalkeeper! How about this for celebrations. Gareth

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McAuley, 500 games in English football, a long and distinguished

:33:29.:33:31.

career, and he celebrates with a goal, and that is seven for the

:33:32.:33:35.

defender this season, and a nightmare for Artur Boruc. Yes, he

:33:36.:33:42.

was blocked off, but the punch was feeble, and lifted into the roof of

:33:43.:33:49.

the net by the defender. Horrible goalkeeping error. Individual errors

:33:50.:33:54.

have cost Bournemouth so dearly in 2017. Mings, they have to make a

:33:55.:34:04.

decision, the referee checks with the assistant, no foul given. There

:34:05.:34:08.

was too much hesitation about that Bournemouth defence again. Cook is

:34:09.:34:15.

making no attempt to play the ball, the referee having nothing of the

:34:16.:34:19.

appeal, though. Bournemouth may accept they got lucky. This is

:34:20.:34:28.

dangerous, Rondon has gone in behind him, what is the referee going to

:34:29.:34:31.

give here? I think he played the ball, and the referee agrees.

:34:32.:34:34.

Last-ditch defending for Bournemouth. Rondon gets goal side,

:34:35.:34:43.

but he played the ball, and it is the correct decision by Mark

:34:44.:34:46.

Clattenburg. Got it absolutely spot on. West Brom just dropping off,

:34:47.:34:52.

forming their rank. A little space here now for Fraser.

:34:53.:35:02.

It is nearly came all the way through to Pugh, just a glance took

:35:03.:35:07.

it away. That might have made a big difference as it comes in towards

:35:08.:35:11.

Wilshere, just a little nick away by Gareth McAuley.

:35:12.:35:17.

Dawson through a rather weak challenge, that is the run that

:35:18.:35:22.

Rondon has been making all week long. And Acorn is given. To be fair

:35:23.:35:27.

to the Bournemouth centre-backs, they have lacked great production.

:35:28.:35:36.

-- a corner is given. It is aimed at the far post, Mings has got up well,

:35:37.:35:41.

and the header off the top of the bar, and that man again, Gareth

:35:42.:35:45.

McAuley, his second in the game, and it's in now! Chadli nudges it in,

:35:46.:35:53.

and the referee will go and check, because is he offside? He looks

:35:54.:36:00.

really not too good at all. I think if Chadli did not touch this, the

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goal will be given. That is the first header by McCauley of the bar,

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and when it comes in again, that is where Dawson in heading the ball on

:36:09.:36:15.

gets absolutely clattered. He is in an offside position as he nudges the

:36:16.:36:20.

ball forward, and that is why the goal is disallowed, and had he not

:36:21.:36:23.

touched it, Dawson's header would have gone in and it would have

:36:24.:36:29.

counted. Dawson can play no further part, that was a terrific bump to

:36:30.:36:37.

the head. This has been cagey, more tactical in the second half. Rondon

:36:38.:36:47.

was too strong therefore Gosling. Comes up, McClean again, good

:36:48.:36:53.

defending by Smith, kept his eyes on the ball not on the player's

:36:54.:36:58.

movement. That has kept it at 2-1, and kept Bournemouth in the game.

:36:59.:37:08.

Daniels, can they get one last quality cross in, Bournemouth? Could

:37:09.:37:16.

save! Found the space, but good goalkeeping.

:37:17.:37:22.

Mousset, the challenge there, and he is left to fill in on the challenge,

:37:23.:37:35.

McClean. Artur Boruc has come up, and he is not being marked. Is it

:37:36.:37:43.

in? Know, a superb effort by Mings, and Ben Foster kept West Bromwich

:37:44.:37:50.

Albion ahead. They are both goalkeepers, and it is Ben Foster

:37:51.:37:55.

who comes out on top, but for Eddie Howe it is 60 feet in seven now,

:37:56.:38:01.

worrying times ahead. You are always a little bit nervous that they will

:38:02.:38:04.

come back and have their opportunities and chances, and they

:38:05.:38:08.

didn't the last few minutes of the game, but generally, one

:38:09.:38:10.

disappointment, the opportunities and the chances again that we have

:38:11.:38:15.

created, we have to be more clinical. The first goal was

:38:16.:38:19.

deflected, the second goal and error, individual errors have cost

:38:20.:38:24.

you dearly? You will find that, there are errors from the team, it

:38:25.:38:28.

is different players, and that is why we have to take collective

:38:29.:38:34.

responsibility. We will be a much better team from this. Top scorer,

:38:35.:38:42.

Gareth McAuley? He has been flying this season, a great player, and we

:38:43.:38:46.

work hard on our set pieces, and he wants to go and attack the ball and

:38:47.:38:50.

that is why he gets his rewards. I love it and I have the desire to

:38:51.:38:53.

keep in it. If submitted giving me a job that I will keep playing!

:38:54.:39:00.

Good for you. It was end-to-end stuff which you get with

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Bournemouth, but it really boil down to the tale of two keepers in the

:39:04.:39:08.

end. It did, another individual error from Bournemouth, but this

:39:09.:39:12.

time the goalkeeper gifted the goal to McCauley. It has happened so many

:39:13.:39:18.

times this season, he comes for the punch, there is traffic in and

:39:19.:39:21.

around, but there is no excuse for that. It is a simple tap in for

:39:22.:39:29.

McCauley again. It is a simple chance for them, gifted the goal,

:39:30.:39:37.

1-0 up. They have to do much better, it is as simple as that, and to be

:39:38.:39:42.

fair, at the other end, Ben Foster is in fine form. He moves his feet

:39:43.:39:48.

brilliantly to get across to this. Fantastic to get across and tip that

:39:49.:39:52.

one over, and the huge celebrations with the players jumping on his

:39:53.:39:56.

back. 40 points already for West Brom and Tony Pulis. He has done one

:39:57.:40:01.

hell of a job. And 49 is their record in the Premier League, 12

:40:02.:40:05.

games to go to beat that, I'm pretty sure they will do it. He is having

:40:06.:40:09.

one hell of a season, he and the team have been brilliant. In

:40:10.:40:14.

contrast, Bournemouth with one win in ten, four consecutive defeats in

:40:15.:40:18.

the lead. They have the second worst defensive record in the league, it

:40:19.:40:22.

is as simple as that, only Swansea have a worse record. They concede an

:40:23.:40:28.

average two goals in a game, Manchester United away next week.

:40:29.:40:33.

Sometimes it is easy if you are able to score goals, to adjust things at

:40:34.:40:37.

the back, but if you can't score, then that is an issue. It is, but

:40:38.:40:42.

based on what we have just spoken about with all the errors they

:40:43.:40:45.

create, they need to cut that out and eventually they will be OK.

:40:46.:40:49.

Selhurst Park might not be the number one choice for thrills

:40:50.:40:51.

and spills this weekend, but the Crystal Palace

:40:52.:40:53.

v Middlesbrough match was one of huge importance.

:40:54.:40:55.

Palace have lost their last five league home games.

:40:56.:40:57.

Boro have only scored two goals this year.

:40:58.:40:59.

COMMENTATOR: Crystal Palace fans keeping an evil eye on those around

:41:00.:41:15.

them on the table, Mamadou Sakho making his debut ten months after

:41:16.:41:18.

his last game for Liverpool, but this is a team that has won just one

:41:19.:41:27.

of its last 11 games. Boro's recent record is one win in ten, but hardly

:41:28.:41:33.

a cause for celebration. Gassed on's first start after a possible move to

:41:34.:41:49.

Leicester. Zaha. Taking an Ayala, and a few appeals from Crystal

:41:50.:41:52.

Palace fans behind that goal for a push on Zaha who is so quick. He

:41:53.:41:59.

certainly did lean into him, there is no question about it. Benteke's

:42:00.:42:03.

header. Puncheon to van Aanholt. And Benteke rose brilliantly, and

:42:04.:42:22.

seemed to hang their direct in the midriff of Valdes, two managers

:42:23.:42:28.

under pressure, but then, aren't they all? Tomkins, curled in towards

:42:29.:42:39.

Benteke on the turn, good save. It is handball, it won't be counted. It

:42:40.:42:44.

certainly hit his right wrist, I'm not sure he intended it to. Gaston

:42:45.:42:54.

Ramirez, Negredo, and around the corner to Downing. Three in the

:42:55.:42:58.

middle here, lofted up towards Negredo, chance on the turn. Still

:42:59.:43:09.

on the -- Stuani couldn't put it away, lovely piece of football from

:43:10.:43:12.

Middlesbrough. Mamadou Sakho just up got his toe to it, did well. Only

:43:13.:43:19.

three goals in the last eight Premier League games in which they

:43:20.:43:25.

failed to win. Zaha's flick, Cabaye, well covered. Ayala's header, and

:43:26.:43:32.

van Aanholt on his right foot has budgeted! Patrick van Aanholt's

:43:33.:43:38.

first goal for the club. Off his left foot, you would have backed

:43:39.:43:43.

him. Off his right, I think he is as surprised as anybody. Deflected back

:43:44.:43:49.

into van Aanholt's path, and swept into the corner. Crystal Palace 1-0

:43:50.:43:55.

Middlesbrough. Vital for a Crystal Palace team who have taken only

:43:56.:43:58.

seven points at home in the Premier League so far this season.

:43:59.:44:04.

That was well won by pension. -- Jason Puncheon. Certainly Valdes

:44:05.:44:19.

would have had this covered, but credit Puncheon for winning it. Sam

:44:20.:44:26.

Allardyce has been through this particular mangled many a time, and

:44:27.:44:30.

he normally comes out nice and clean and smelling of roses.

:44:31.:44:36.

Stuani away, then blocked by Tomkins. Sakho was calm, Tomkins

:44:37.:44:46.

slightly less so, I don't think he wanted that from Sakho. Here is

:44:47.:44:52.

Gaston Ramirez, Stewart Downing. For sure is trying to get underneath it,

:44:53.:44:57.

the chances blocked by Hennesey. They got lucky here, Palace. Well

:44:58.:45:03.

hit by Stuani. It is just unfortunate that where the ball went

:45:04.:45:05.

is exactly where Hennesey was standing.

:45:06.:45:14.

Away from Gaston Ramirez. Again, beautifully played into McArthur.

:45:15.:45:19.

Couldn't get the shot away. Gibson did well to get his body between

:45:20.:45:24.

McArthur and the ball. That was really dangerous. Almost scored

:45:25.:45:29.

seconds after coming on the pitch. Still to all to play for the Boro

:45:30.:45:40.

boss. Stuani is saying handball. He thinks he should be getting a

:45:41.:45:45.

penalty. Bobby Madly right on-the-spot here. No, you can't give

:45:46.:45:52.

that. Middlesbrough corner. Missed by Hennessey. Gibson back across

:45:53.:45:59.

ball. Puncheon, away. A little bit lucky there, the Palace goalkeeper.

:46:00.:46:05.

Here's Zaha. Townsend ahead of him to the left. Benteke, to the right.

:46:06.:46:14.

Collision between Ramirez Fabio allowed him back on to. Benteke,

:46:15.:46:23.

still. Blocked in the end Ayala. He was beaten all end up.

:46:24.:46:32.

Benteke on the back, missed by Ayala. Benteke, still. Downing, has

:46:33.:46:45.

he turned into trouble? He has. The referee has given it the other way.

:46:46.:46:51.

He said the Palace man dived here. Stewart Downing certainly turned

:46:52.:46:54.

himself into trouble here. He's got time here. He then turns into some

:46:55.:47:02.

right bother. He's caught him. He's definitely caught him, Stewart

:47:03.:47:05.

Downing. The Palace man gets a yellow card. Launched away to

:47:06.:47:11.

Gestede, trying to get himself in front of Sakho. Here's bib Gibson.

:47:12.:47:16.

Downing is away on the left hand side. Here's Benteke. Townsend is

:47:17.:47:27.

with him. Benteke. Benteke, into Andros Townsend. Well, he could have

:47:28.:47:31.

knocked that up to the back post. That is what Benteke was looking

:47:32.:47:38.

for. Townsend with a wild lash. I got the feeling to go forward. I

:47:39.:47:42.

have the capability to score goals. I showed it last season. I'm showing

:47:43.:47:46.

it this season again. I did it today again. It's the winning goal. It's

:47:47.:47:50.

never been a big Erwin for us this season I think than this one. It

:47:51.:47:56.

lays to rest, for the home fans particularly, that Sunderland game

:47:57.:48:01.

the last time we played. Big victory. Hopefully we can move on

:48:02.:48:05.

from there. We have to keep going together. We started together, and

:48:06.:48:11.

we will finish together. So we know that we will have the experience

:48:12.:48:15.

other teams have. We don't have the money other teams have to spend. The

:48:16.:48:20.

only tool we have is to keep working together. Good fashioned six

:48:21.:48:24.

pointer. Crystal Palace got the three points. A vital win for them

:48:25.:48:34.

nevertheless, wasn't it? It was almost Big Samesque? It deserves the

:48:35.:48:39.

points. I thought they were the better team throughout. I thought it

:48:40.:48:43.

was a better team performance. They understood what each other's roles

:48:44.:48:47.

were. How they were going to play the game, what they wanted from each

:48:48.:48:51.

other. They were more direct. They didn't hesitate at all to get balls

:48:52.:48:55.

into the box. They knew, I think, they had to do that. Patrick van

:48:56.:49:00.

Aanholt got a very good goal. Down the left hand side, again. No other

:49:01.:49:04.

thought than, get the ball into the box to Benteke. Should have done

:49:05.:49:08.

better. Should have put it in the back of the net. From the right

:49:09.:49:12.

side, ball into the box, again. That was their first thought - can we hit

:49:13.:49:17.

the big man if there is nobodies around him? Get it up to him, see

:49:18.:49:21.

what he can do. Good turn, good shot. Second-half that didn't change

:49:22.:49:26.

either, to be honest. Up on his own again. Not a lot of people around

:49:27.:49:29.

him, support. He does enough. They thorough thrill deserved the three

:49:30.:49:32.

points today. It was three massive points for them. They could have

:49:33.:49:36.

doubled their lead, couldn't they, but for a dubious penalty decision?

:49:37.:49:43.

Dubious? That is very kind. I don't know how Kop Bobby Madly had not

:49:44.:49:49.

seen this one. Poor decision. Given Palace situation and desperation

:49:50.:49:52.

they would have loved to have the two goal cushion. McArthur gets to

:49:53.:49:56.

the ball first am you can see Bobby's position with his assistant

:49:57.:49:59.

on the other side. Clear view of the incident. How none of them have

:50:00.:50:04.

managed to give it. They not only give the right decision. We get

:50:05.:50:08.

another look at it. Clear touch from McArthur. Downing makes the foul.

:50:09.:50:13.

But they've booked McArthur on top of that for diving. I mean, it is's

:50:14.:50:17.

a poor decision. Like I said, I think tensions have been high down

:50:18.:50:22.

at Selhurst Park they could have done with that two goal cushion. We

:50:23.:50:25.

agree on that one. Sglm we do, yeah. As for Middlesbrough, they are the

:50:26.:50:29.

opposite, aren't they, of Bournemouth. In the sense they are

:50:30.:50:33.

pretty well-organised. Don't concede many goals, at the same time they

:50:34.:50:37.

don't look like scoring a goal? We say the same thing everything week

:50:38.:50:41.

about Middlesbrough. 19 goals, 26 games. Haven't won in the league

:50:42.:50:44.

since mid December. Haven't won in nine. Not scored in the last three.

:50:45.:50:48.

In a slump. In big trouble, I think. Palace's win drops Leicester

:50:49.:50:53.

into the bottom three Leicester will feature in the game.

:50:54.:51:22.

It gives us a chance to talk about the demissal that bagged the

:51:23.:51:25.

headlines this week of Claudio Ranieri. What is your view, Alan? I

:51:26.:51:30.

didn't need the sacking of Ranieri to tell me the players weren't

:51:31.:51:34.

working for them. I have been saying it for the last two three months

:51:35.:51:39.

that the players aren't working for him. What I would say to the

:51:40.:51:43.

Leicester players. Look in the mirror and ask a question - have I

:51:44.:51:46.

worked as hard as I could and given the manager everything? I would

:51:47.:51:50.

pretty much say for the vast majority of that Leicester squad the

:51:51.:51:54.

answer answer is no. They could do more, I'm certain of that. I feel

:51:55.:52:00.

the timing was ludicrous. Gone to Sevilla it could have been a tough

:52:01.:52:06.

result... It might be a watershed moment coming back - It was

:52:07.:52:09.

Leicester back to their best defensively. Something was mores

:52:10.:52:13.

positive. Give the man an opportunity to keep the team in the

:52:14.:52:17.

Premier League. Does it take away the magic of last season, the

:52:18.:52:20.

goodwill that the whole country, large parts of the world, had for

:52:21.:52:24.

the club to do something that so sudden and so stark as that? Fans

:52:25.:52:35.

will get over that, I'm sure. We saw what happened with Chelsea, they got

:52:36.:52:38.

back to inwithing ways. Fans for get. You should never ever for get

:52:39.:52:44.

what happened last season. It's the best thing that ever happened and

:52:45.:52:47.

will happen in the Premier League, a team like Leicester achieving what

:52:48.:52:51.

they did. I certainly concur with that.

:52:52.:52:55.

Marco Silva's impact at Hull cannot be underestimated as confidence

:52:56.:52:57.

and hope has returned to the side as they fight against relegation.

:52:58.:53:00.

They welcomed Burnley, who have secured just a single

:53:01.:53:02.

COMMENTATOR: Hull are back believing, again. Silva has restored

:53:03.:53:11.

faith and points as he looks to lead Hull to three consecutive home wins

:53:12.:53:14.

in the Premier League for the first time and in doing so out of the

:53:15.:53:21.

relegation zone. The Hull boss is without Sam Clucas and Markovic he

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can welcome back Mbokani after illness. He plays under Marco Silva

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under the first time. Burnley refer back to the team that drew with

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Chelsea. Two names returning, Robbie braidly fresh from his debut goal

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against the leaders and George Boyd who helped Hull into the Premier

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League at their time at the club. They have been relegated and

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promoted together. What a huge incentive for Hull with a victory to

:53:52.:53:54.

take them out of the relegation zone. Away by Huddlestone. Hull

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relieved as McGuire trots back on. N'Diaye and Barton. Brady's

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free-kick. In came Ben Mee. It came off the post. A goal kick at the end

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of it. He picked up Ben Mee. He didn't hold what should have been a

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routine catch. In the end it came off Ashley Barnes yesterday. They --

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Maloney, Huddlestone. Pulled back. Westwood will get the yellow card.

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Hull get a free-kick. I don't think this one is up for debate. This is a

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fairway out. Dipping, but not quite dipping

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enough. Had Tom Heaton moving. Decent try. Westwood. Looking for

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the ball over the top to Gray. Brilliant take, good try. Just

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couldn't find the target. Beautifully timed run. Lovely first

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touch. Just drifted across the face. The clearest opportunity of this

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game so far. They have scored 22 league goals, second-lowest in the

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division. His team, have only five away goals all season.

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Elmohamady, suddenly Mbokani with space. Grosicki, over. That's Hull's

:55:59.:56:15.

biggest chance. The Polish international couldn't take it. At

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last, this game is beginning to open up.

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Useful cross from the central defender. It's fallen for Grosicki.

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His first touch let him down. It's still potentially alive. Touch on

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the way through, it's a Hull corner. The early cross from the central

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defender surprised Burnley here. It just clipped off Westwood.

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Grosicki's corner. McGuire came in. Appeals for handball. It's been

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given. He says penalty, yellow card, Ashley Barnes. It's Michael Keane

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the offender. Leading with his arm. It's a good spot from Martin

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Atkinson. Barnes' yellow card was for dissent. 19 minutes remaining.

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Bul Hull have scored both their Premier League penalties this

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season. Tom Huddlestone has the responsibility here. Against Tom

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Heaton. It could be a big moment. Oh, and it's in. Tom Heaton thought

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he'd kept it out. Relief for Huddlestone and for Hull. 72 minutes

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gone. And Hull have the lead. Heaton left frustrated. He thought he'd

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just pushed that round the post. Instead, he just helped it into the

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back of the net. The most important thing for Marco Silva and Hull is

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that it went in. Burnley have not won a Premier League game under Sean

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Dyche when they've conceded the first goal, in 34 of them. Here's

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Gray. Robbie Brady's cross was an excellent one, as was the

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interception from Harry McGuire. He's been a rock back there for Hull

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again today. Brady with him. Through to Keane! Would you believe it, the

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man who gave away the penalty at one end has equalised at the other. Just

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his second ever Premier League goal. It's got Burnley back on terms. Hull

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didn't deal with it. He hammered it past Jakupovic. Hull 1, Burnley 1.

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Perfect response. Elmohamady takes over. Away by

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Lowton. Clears it for Burnley. He got a blow in the face there. A

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second yellow card for Barnes, and he's off. Ashley Barnes sent off for

:59:16.:59:26.

barnly in stoppage-time. He did have a little look there and caught

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Ranocchia in the face. In from Huddlestone. Ranocchia's head down.

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Oh, he had the swing. That is the opportunity missed for Hull to win

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the game and temporarily move out of the bottom three.

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Having gone in front, is it frustrating to just get a point?

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Yes, it is frustrating. During 95 minutes, it is not easy for all

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teams to play against them. We try to put our football on the pitch, to

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put our ideas there. A lot is being made about our away form, we took

:00:16.:00:19.

the game on, we created chances, we had the golden chance of the game.

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The first half, we made so many good opportunities, but we failed with

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the final moment of quality in the top third of the pitch, but in

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general, to come back with the amazing character we have got in the

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team, I am very pleased with that. I am obviously disappointed to give a

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weather penalty, I thought it was harsh. I got a push in the back, and

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it pushed my arm towards the ball, and unfortunately that went against

:00:49.:00:52.

us today, but to respond straightaway with a goal, we are

:00:53.:00:55.

strong from set plays, the great Hall in, and I think they took a

:00:56.:00:58.

good first touch. No question who the chief

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protagonist was. It was a crazy five minutes for him and what was

:01:12.:01:15.

probably quite a dull game. He mentioned he got a push in the back.

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I don't think it was that much of a push, not enough for him to stick

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his hand out in the way that he did. It is not clear in that one, but you

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can see here, the ball is about to hit Maguire's head, so he is

:01:29.:01:35.

stopping a held player get on the ball. It is the right incision from

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Martin Atkinson to give the penalty. Tom Huddlestone comes up, and he

:01:42.:01:53.

goes down the other end, and his twin brother will be proud of his

:01:54.:01:56.

defensive brother, his quality to bring that down on his chest and put

:01:57.:02:00.

that in the back of the net. A fantastic finish. Very, very good

:02:01.:02:05.

finish. He has a team back in the game, and ended a run of defeats

:02:06.:02:11.

away from home. And Hull have become difficult to beat. He has them

:02:12.:02:15.

organised, but I think they are up against it.

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There are a few things to look out for this week.

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Radio 5 Live will have commentary of the EFL Cup Final

:02:23.:02:25.

as Manchester United take on Southampton.

:02:26.:02:26.

More live action from the FA Cup on Wednesday night as free-scoring

:02:27.:02:29.

Manchester City take on Huddersfield in a tricky replay.

:02:30.:02:31.

And, coverage from Serbia of Athletics' European Indoor

:02:32.:02:33.

Championships gets underway on BBC Two from Friday morning.

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COMMENTATOR: Scholes goes into the middle, and Dwight Yorke is there!

:02:46.:02:59.

Dwight Yorke, he is on his hat-trick, a great chance for 3-1.

:03:00.:03:00.

What a great hat-trick. When Watford and West Ham met

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earlier in the season, it was a six goal thriller and kick

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started Watford's season. West Ham were struggling

:03:14.:03:15.

at the time, but have Martin Fisher watched

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at Vicarage Road. COMMENTATOR: Troy Deeney accused

:03:18.:03:30.

West Ham of showboating at 2-0 up, and Watford stormed back to win 4-2

:03:31.:03:34.

to climb back out of the relegation zone, and haven't been in any real

:03:35.:03:39.

trouble since. Personally he is back in the goals with three of his last

:03:40.:03:41.

four outings. Juris -- Joseph West Ham have yet to keep a clean

:03:42.:03:59.

sheet since the Portuguese joint. A victory would take them above West

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Ham in the table. Deeney is in behind Fonte. They have got a block

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in, Zarate goes down, penalty! The referee pointed to the spot inside

:04:17.:04:23.

two minutes. The diminutive Argentine has given Watford the

:04:24.:04:25.

perfect opportunity to take an early lead here. He scored seven of his

:04:26.:04:31.

last eight penalty kicks, Troy Deeney, the one blot on his copybook

:04:32.:04:36.

was at Upton Park back in April. He doesn't miss this one. Into the

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bottom corner, and Troy Deeney's eighth in the campaign looks the

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perfect penalty. The manager dent even watch what was

:04:45.:04:49.

unfolding. Zarate has done well, and plenty of

:04:50.:05:03.

power in that shot, but it was always rising. Slaven Bilic took his

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players to Dubai in the interval between their last game and this

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one, he was keen to stress that they did train every day. Feghouli

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tussling with Holebas, and he has got the better and picked out

:05:20.:05:25.

Snodgrass. What an opportunity from Robert Snodgrass, poor defending

:05:26.:05:28.

from Holebas, and when Snodgrass was picked out, it is Kaboul who has got

:05:29.:05:44.

the shot. Antonio ploughed on, but is denied. The determination here,

:05:45.:05:54.

not a little skill from Antonio. He stayed on his feet. Here is Querrey

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Arte. Noble lucky for Feghouli, and it is away by Janmaat. West Ham

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press for the equaliser, Creswell with the cross, and it wouldn't

:06:15.:06:22.

quite drop for Snodgrass. The referee has now spotted that Zarate

:06:23.:06:25.

is down and needs attention. What a chance here for West Ham, Gomes

:06:26.:06:37.

could only push it out. A problem for Zarate, he went down after that

:06:38.:06:41.

challenge from Feghouli, and this looks nasty. The knee just seems to

:06:42.:06:47.

have called underneath him, and applause all around the ground as he

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is stretchered off the pitch. What a blow to him personally, signed last

:06:54.:06:56.

month, this only his third game for Watford.

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Watford players hugely irritated by that challenge, it is a level for

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Antonia. It is a sore leg for Behrami. Kouyate on the far side.

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Piatti has gone for the return, tried to get in behind, and he might

:07:28.:07:32.

just do so. He goes down, and the whistle goes and Watford's favour.

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Kouyate who was involved in the incident in that penalty area to

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concede in the first half. On the far side, Kouyate is well forward

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again against Holebas. Beaten by Tom Cleverley, and cheering from the

:07:54.:07:56.

West Ham fans behind that goal as West Ham are given a free kick.

:07:57.:08:02.

Fonte attacking many opposed, Antonia couldn't go, and what a save

:08:03.:08:09.

by Gomes! Great athleticism here from Gomes. It is not quite

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happening for Bilic again. Might Creswell provide the opportunity? It

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is a quality ball in from Creswell, but Antonio couldn't guide it home.

:08:28.:08:36.

In the 72nd minute, Vicarage Road stands to remember Graham Taylor.

:08:37.:08:42.

Now, can Ayew just help that an? Yes, he can. Antonia will look to

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burst away, he hasn't lost it yet, and Ayew! West Ham United level the

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score at 1-1, and Andre Ayew gets his second goal in claret and blue.

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Produced a wonderful shot, and the rebound favours West Ham United.

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1-1. Lanzini for West Ham. The pass wasn't good enough for him. Antonia

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slipped to the ground, and Watford players felt that he handled it. It

:09:25.:09:28.

is a yellow card, and having already been booked, Antonia is off. More

:09:29.:09:35.

frustration for Slaven Bilic. He is having a look again, definite

:09:36.:09:36.

handball, silly from Antonio. That was won by Behrami, but Success

:09:37.:09:54.

was fouled. This might be the last chance for either of these sides to

:09:55.:09:55.

win this game. Corner given. Final touch of the

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Solder of Kouyate -- the shoulder of Querrey Arte. It goes right across,

:10:14.:10:21.

and is hooked away. In goes Holebas, West Ham can't clear it, still the

:10:22.:10:26.

chance, and Success sends it wide, and referee Craig Pawson blows her

:10:27.:10:31.

time, and West Ham just about hang on.

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Can we just check on the progress of Zarate, any news on his condition as

:10:37.:10:46.

yet? I saw him in a lot of pain, and also a bit worried. This is not a

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good sign, but he was also making a difference on the pitch, so

:10:52.:10:57.

hopefully it is not too bad. It is a good point, especially it is hard to

:10:58.:11:01.

come back away, but on the other hand, if you ask me which team today

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showed more quality, basically more quality in every department,

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especially on the ball, that was us, especially in the second half. We

:11:14.:11:18.

can't get to a point where we think we are safe, and is definitely a

:11:19.:11:22.

game of two halves. We had the better of the first half and they

:11:23.:11:25.

dominated the second, so fair result, just one of those games.

:11:26.:11:31.

Honours even, couple of penalty decisions to look at, Jermaine. Very

:11:32.:11:39.

similar, the first one, Zarate who had a big influence on this game

:11:40.:11:43.

until he unfortunately went off with what looked like a terrible injury,

:11:44.:11:48.

but it is just clumsy, we Arte stamps on his heel and it was the

:11:49.:11:55.

right decision from Pawson. Niang getting himself into a bad has

:11:56.:12:03.

issued with Kouyate, he could get there but he is being obstructed, so

:12:04.:12:06.

I think that is a penalty. That should have been a penalty. I think

:12:07.:12:12.

Slaven thinks that as well. That was calm for him! West Ham struggling in

:12:13.:12:15.

the sense that they haven't gotten out and out striker with Andy

:12:16.:12:17.

Carroll injured, and is that showing? It did a large parts of

:12:18.:12:24.

this, and not through lack of effort, because I thought Antonia

:12:25.:12:27.

Gega think that he had, but just running out of options. When you

:12:28.:12:34.

pick up your head, you want somebody to run in with you, and it wasn't

:12:35.:12:39.

quite happening. Pace, power, energy to get down the left-hand side. Your

:12:40.:12:45.

he does it anyway. But when he looks up there, he needs people in the

:12:46.:12:49.

box, and Feghouli and Snodgrass are just a little too late. And the

:12:50.:12:54.

chance has now gone, exactly the same thing happens on the left

:12:55.:12:58.

again, Snodgrass, and again two players should be in the box, but

:12:59.:13:02.

they are not, and the chance goes again. But a hopeful ball forward,

:13:03.:13:09.

there isn't a lot he could do with that, Antonia, just try to push them

:13:10.:13:14.

under pressure, but when Ayew came on, second-half, the one bit of

:13:15.:13:17.

quality and the determination to get in the box change, brilliant run

:13:18.:13:24.

from Antonio, unlucky not to going, and they definitely deserved that.

:13:25.:13:29.

Both of these teams, you would imagine, would finish in the middle

:13:30.:13:33.

of the table. I think so. To be fed to West Ham, they have managed to

:13:34.:13:36.

get themselves a little bit of good form, so both teams will be

:13:37.:13:41.

mid-table, I would say. We have just about run out of time. Before we

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leave you, let's have a look at the table.

:13:46.:13:50.

Leaders Chelsea extended their advantage to 11 points

:13:51.:13:52.

Tottenham have a chance to go second when they play Stoke on Sunday.

:13:53.:13:56.

Crystal Palace's win against Middlesbrough moves them out

:13:57.:13:58.

of the bottom three with champions Leicester replacing them

:13:59.:14:00.

ahead of their match against Liverpool on Monday.

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Sunderland stay bottom after their defeat at Everton.

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Let's see what the papers have to say.

:14:12.:14:22.

The Mail on Sunday focus on the denials from some key Leicester

:14:23.:14:27.

players that they had a hand in Claudio Ranieri's sucking. And could

:14:28.:14:34.

Nigel Pearson be heading back to Leicester to replace the Italian?

:14:35.:14:38.

Chelsea get 11 points clear, which means Leicester can no longer retain

:14:39.:14:39.

the title. Goodbye.

:14:40.:14:43.

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