:01:06. > :01:05.A cracking set of Premier League fixtures on the way to kick-start
:01:06. > :01:05.Who needs Jools Holland when you've got Alan Shearer and Philip Neville?
:01:06. > :01:05.Leaders Chelsea began the day 6 points clear after 12 straight wins.
:01:06. > :01:05.Antonio Conte's side faced Stoke, who've not won in the league
:01:06. > :01:19.at Stamford Bridge for 42 years, almost as long as John Motson's
:01:20. > :01:24.Chelsea a Premier League record of 13
:01:25. > :01:44.wins... If David Luiz gets booked a Premier League record of 13
:01:45. > :01:57.Hughes was in Chelsea's FA Cup winning team 20 years ago but
:01:58. > :01:57.Hughes was in Chelsea's FA Cup Bridge. Here is that the gas. This
:01:58. > :02:09.is Hazard. Pieters is just Bridge. Here is that the gas. This
:02:10. > :02:18.Willian, Fabregas, and Diego Costa. He looks for a shot. And the
:02:19. > :02:18.Willian, Fabregas, and Diego Costa. hoping to sign him permanently from
:02:19. > :02:27.Derby next week. He has been hoping to sign him permanently from
:02:28. > :02:34.Grant goes to his left. wanted to pay Derby, but with the
:02:35. > :02:54.prolonged absence of Jack wanted to pay Derby, but with the
:02:55. > :02:54.Stoke. Shaqiri has been taking these corners
:02:55. > :02:54.Stoke. Shaqiri has been taking these actually. A good chance for Charlie
:02:55. > :03:03.Adam. You actually. A good chance for Charlie
:03:04. > :03:13.have held out for over half an actually. A good chance for Charlie
:03:14. > :03:55.all over the bar? actually. A good chance for Charlie
:03:56. > :04:02.after those saves, but Stoke, goodness me, he has come in behind
:04:03. > :04:10.Alonso, I think, who took him away. And Cahill comes in behind him,
:04:11. > :04:15.getting good contact. 1-0. 34 minutes gone, as Cahill puts
:04:16. > :04:21.Chelsea, maybe, maybe on their way to win number 13. It has taken them
:04:22. > :04:24.a while to break Stoke down. I suppose there was some Chelsea fans
:04:25. > :04:30.hoping for a big score today, when you think that this season they have
:04:31. > :04:35.beaten Everton 5-0, Manchester United 4-0, Burnley, Leicester and
:04:36. > :04:39.Bournemouth 3-0. If you cast your mind back to the start of the
:04:40. > :04:43.season, Stoke conceded four against Manchester City. And that none,
:04:44. > :04:47.against Liverpool more recently. But it has not worked out like that yet.
:04:48. > :04:51.1-0 to Chelsea at the start of the second half, it will not just be a
:04:52. > :04:59.matter of keeping the score down for Mark Hughes, he will be hoping for
:05:00. > :05:05.better. Rogers coming in on the far side, and somehow or other, it is
:05:06. > :05:13.Martins Indi who snatches the equaliser. I would not have
:05:14. > :05:19.thought... They fancy a 1-1 now. What a start to the second half from
:05:20. > :05:25.Chelsea. And what a good one from Stoke. Peter Crouch was threatening
:05:26. > :05:28.Chelsea to begin with. Somehow or other Martins Indi gets a foot in
:05:29. > :05:37.there, or is it held by a Chelsea defender? I think he will claim it.
:05:38. > :05:41.Kante was the man who went down with them. Martins Indi, not the most
:05:42. > :05:53.likely goal-scorer for Stoke City. In fact it is his first goal for the
:05:54. > :05:56.club but it is 1-1. Delilah is Stoke City's supporters favourite song and
:05:57. > :06:00.they are in good voice tonight because their team equalised within
:06:01. > :06:07.54 seconds of the start of the second half. Victor Moses. A nice
:06:08. > :06:13.turn. And a chance for Willian! The 13 in a row is back on. And it is a
:06:14. > :06:19.thumping shot by Willian, putting Chelsea back in front. It is his
:06:20. > :06:26.fourth of the season. Moses does superbly well here. Hazard, just
:06:27. > :06:31.touching it on. As four Stoke players look on in admiration, but
:06:32. > :06:36.certainly not in terms of interception, Willian funds that
:06:37. > :06:45.into the corner. 2-1 to Chelsea. 57 minutes. That is the usual
:06:46. > :06:56.managerial celebration. Charlie Adam has chipped that forwards to Peter
:06:57. > :07:03.Crouch. His first touch was good. He finds El Hadji Diouf, and Budgen.
:07:04. > :07:09.And Crouch is there. He has come back to 2-2. Peter Crouch scores his
:07:10. > :07:18.97th Premier League goal. And his first for quite some time. It is a
:07:19. > :07:24.long ball. Crouch plays a part in the build-up, and Budgen. He runs
:07:25. > :07:32.free, and Crouch cannot get a shot in. There is grouch coming in, ahead
:07:33. > :07:38.of Azpilicueta. Peter Crouch, he has not scored in the Premier League
:07:39. > :07:45.since May of 2015. But he has got one here, setting this match alight.
:07:46. > :07:53.Here is Eden Hazard. Well, well, well. A lot of people... And here is
:07:54. > :08:00.Willian again for Chelsea! It is 3-2! Goodness me, two goals in a
:08:01. > :08:06.minute. Willian's second. And another cracker. Stoke, still
:08:07. > :08:14.celebrating the Crouch call, they really were. You would never have
:08:15. > :08:18.predicted a match like that today. Conte's team got in front for the
:08:19. > :08:26.third time. Hardly time for Stoke to gather their thoughts after Chelsea
:08:27. > :08:30.kicked off on the Crouch call. But suddenly Willian was in again.
:08:31. > :08:37.Another powerful shot. In the near side of the goal with Pieters
:08:38. > :08:42.trailing Willian. And now it is Chelsea three and Stoke City two.
:08:43. > :08:45.Look at Antonio Conte. If it is going to be the 13th consecutive
:08:46. > :08:52.win, there will not have been many more dramatic. And now it is floated
:08:53. > :08:58.in. Crouch is coming in the side. He has given it away badly. Can Chelsea
:08:59. > :09:06.capitalise on this? Eden Hazard is on the far side. Beautifully taken
:09:07. > :09:12.down. Diego Costa one set. -- wants it. It is over the bar. Peter
:09:13. > :09:19.Crouch, I have to say, guilty of a backpass there. Almost haunted by
:09:20. > :09:27.these at the moment. But goodness, didn't Chelsea attack quickly? Diego
:09:28. > :09:31.Costa scoops it over the bar. A substitution for Chelsea, Willian is
:09:32. > :09:36.the man coming off with two goals and Nathaniel Chalobah, one of the
:09:37. > :09:47.young players who Antonio Conte has been ringing on quite frequently,
:09:48. > :09:58.comes on in his place. Diego Costa is still there. It is a call! Diego
:09:59. > :10:06.Costa, 4-2. Sheer persistence. And another rivalling finish. Surely
:10:07. > :10:08.that has secured the 13th consecutive win for Chelsea,
:10:09. > :10:16.equalling Arsenal's record in one season and Diego Costa ensures that
:10:17. > :10:20.is what is going to happen. This was one against one to start with. But
:10:21. > :10:24.Martins Indi, he couldn't quite control Diego Costa. Look at the
:10:25. > :10:30.speed with which he delivers the shot. There is hardly any backlift.
:10:31. > :10:37.And it is for- to Chelsea. To win 13 games in a row in this league, it is
:10:38. > :10:42.very difficult. And today, it is another. I am very pleased because
:10:43. > :10:44.my players have shown me that they are very good at adapting to
:10:45. > :10:51.different situations, different types of games that we face. We
:10:52. > :10:55.didn't come here hoping to put everybody behind the ball and nick a
:10:56. > :10:59.draw but ultimately I found many times you do that and you get beat
:11:00. > :11:05.anyway. At least we came here and we had a game plan and we had a go,
:11:06. > :11:09.putting goals on the board. Not many teams come here and get two goals
:11:10. > :11:13.against a very good Chelsea side so we will take those positives but
:11:14. > :11:16.clearly we need to defend at key moments better than we are at the
:11:17. > :11:19.moment. We showed character on more than one occasion and we have a
:11:20. > :11:22.feeling at the minute where we do not feel like we want to get beaten.
:11:23. > :11:28.But that is because we are working hard. We have to keep focused and
:11:29. > :11:32.keep working hard and I am delighted with the results, of course. 13
:11:33. > :11:36.straight wins, equalling Arsenal's record of consecutive wins in a
:11:37. > :11:42.single season. One short snout, the Gunners, of their overall record.
:11:43. > :11:45.They were tested by Stoke today. This was probably the most difficult
:11:46. > :11:50.game that they have had because Stoke played really well. They
:11:51. > :11:52.caused problems in attack and they matched Chelsea's system, probably
:11:53. > :11:56.the first time a team has done that against them. Everyone keeps using
:11:57. > :12:01.the word relentless with Chelsea. If there was ever a moment, it was the
:12:02. > :12:05.third goal. They had just conceded the second, and 15 minutes later,
:12:06. > :12:09.they had the ball in the back of the net. It was straight from the
:12:10. > :12:14.kick-off. Normally teams passed back and Chelsea did not. Four, five men
:12:15. > :12:18.forward. Hazard went for the jugular and lost the ball. Teams normally
:12:19. > :12:24.retreat at this moment but Chelsea did not. They maintained intensity.
:12:25. > :12:32.Cahill went tight. He chased down Budgen. -- Bojan. At that moment it
:12:33. > :12:38.was five against four for Chelsea. This is why teams cannot live with
:12:39. > :12:42.Chelsea. That intensity. We talk about intensity, and it comes from
:12:43. > :12:48.that man there, Antonio Conte. Sensational. An extraordinary
:12:49. > :12:52.character. On the other thing is the return to form of Diego Costa this
:12:53. > :12:56.season. He had an in and out season last time out. He's back to his
:12:57. > :13:01.irrepressible best. He is a double handful. The score today, that sums
:13:02. > :13:07.up Diego Costa's performances this season. It had aggression, it had
:13:08. > :13:12.power, and it had one hell of a finish. All in the right way. Look,
:13:13. > :13:16.he is angry, in the right way. He's not going to be pushed off the ball.
:13:17. > :13:19.He is stronger than anyone else and there is a little backlift on that
:13:20. > :13:24.shot. Watch the goalkeeper. Before he reacts the ball is passed him and
:13:25. > :13:30.in the back of the net. The keeper has absolutely no chance. Top of the
:13:31. > :13:35.net. The Player of the Season so far in the Premier League. The
:13:36. > :13:39.impressive thing about them so far is that normally when they get one
:13:40. > :13:42.goal, that is it and they shut up shop. Today, they were asked to
:13:43. > :13:46.different questions and they came up with the right answers. OK.
:13:47. > :13:48.Manchester United look to be hitting their stride under
:13:49. > :13:51.Jose Mourinho after a run of four straight wins.
:13:52. > :13:53.Opponents Middlesbrough were back at Old Trafford for the first time
:13:54. > :13:55.since beating United in last season's League Cup.
:13:56. > :14:08.Madrid, friends reunited, as Aitor Karanka faces his mentor Jose
:14:09. > :14:12.Mourinho for the first time as a manager. Fresh from his goal on
:14:13. > :14:14.Boxing Day Henrikh Mkhitaryan starts, one of five changes for
:14:15. > :14:19.Manchester United who scored seven goals in their last three games,
:14:20. > :14:22.hoping to get Man United out today is Victor Valdes who returns to Old
:14:23. > :14:26.Trafford for the first time where he played only twice in the league,
:14:27. > :14:30.Middlesbrough have won once in 22 Premier League away matches.
:14:31. > :14:43.The cross to pick out Martial, set up for Pogba. Still going, the
:14:44. > :14:47.Frenchman. Manchester United corner. His team are unbeaten now in nine
:14:48. > :14:49.Premier League games. Blind to deliver this one. Cleared
:14:50. > :15:00.comfortable by Negredo. Ander Herrera showed too much of it
:15:01. > :15:03.to Traore and Manchester United could be caught here. Traore has
:15:04. > :15:11.options right and left and he went alone in the end. Adama Traore
:15:12. > :15:18.didn't have the composure required. He had for sure one side and Downing
:15:19. > :15:22.on the other. In the end it was an extremely disappointing effort --
:15:23. > :15:26.Adam Forshaw. Three years he was Jose Mourinho's assistant at Real
:15:27. > :15:31.Madrid, a title and a Spanish cup won in that time.
:15:32. > :15:38.Blind. Martial.
:15:39. > :15:44.Floated in towards Mkhitaryan. He is looking for Pogba! And he is denied
:15:45. > :15:49.by the post-. Mkhitaryan was highly intelligent here with their head
:15:50. > :15:54.back across. Pogba might have been offside, you know. In fact, I think
:15:55. > :15:56.he was. Still, he reacted brilliantly and was really fortunate
:15:57. > :16:05.not to give Manchester United the lead. Traore. He has done well, he
:16:06. > :16:12.is round Blind. Still Traore, and he's managed to get it back across.
:16:13. > :16:20.Here is George Friend. Blocked by Fellaini. Excellent from Traore, who
:16:21. > :16:26.caused Blind real problems here. He did really well to retrieve this
:16:27. > :16:30.ball to get it back across. George Friend had time. That was
:16:31. > :16:40.travelling, Fellaini in the way. Pogba trying to find Fellaini and
:16:41. > :16:48.succeeding. Martial. He saw the space, and it came to Mkhitaryan.
:16:49. > :16:57.Valdes had to hold it and managed to second time.
:16:58. > :17:10.Pogba. Manchester United plugging away. Martial. A long way out. What
:17:11. > :17:14.I hit! -- what a hit. So I'm lucky, Martial. The woodwork it for the
:17:15. > :17:21.second time in the first half. Here is the Frenchman again. Ibrahimovic!
:17:22. > :17:30.Manchester United lead finally, or do they? That has been ruled out.
:17:31. > :17:34.Let's have a look. Ibrahimovic's first touch was the ball and then
:17:35. > :17:38.the follow-through Court Valdes. Just watch Ibrahimovic as he just
:17:39. > :17:42.comes across. He's entitled to have a go. Vihari foot. You can see what
:17:43. > :17:57.he thinks. -- Martial had a look up and saw
:17:58. > :18:03.congestion. Ibrahimovic with the effort. Saved by the legs of Valdes.
:18:04. > :18:11.Evidence again of this relationship between Ibrahimovic and Pogba, it
:18:12. > :18:15.almost paid dividends. 75 today. There was nowhere else he was going
:18:16. > :18:22.to spend his birthday, was there? He wouldn't mind a goal for it, though.
:18:23. > :18:32.Here is Chambers and a bit of space for Negredo. Ledbetter! Would you
:18:33. > :18:38.believe that? They've soaked up all the pressure and Grant Leadbitter
:18:39. > :18:44.has scored his 50th career league goal with 23 minutes to go at Old
:18:45. > :18:48.Trafford on his first Premier League start of the season. Chambers with
:18:49. > :18:55.the delivery. Negredo with the knock-down, and Grant Leadbitter
:18:56. > :19:05.kept his cool and swept it past De Gea. Old Trafford is shocked. It's
:19:06. > :19:08.Manchester United 0-1 Middlesbrough. Middlesbrough have dropped to nine
:19:09. > :19:22.points from winning positions this season. Manchester United, can they
:19:23. > :19:27.make that more? Mata's ball. It came off Chambers. A landmark goal on
:19:28. > :19:34.what could be a memorable day. Mkhitaryan's corner, Manchester
:19:35. > :19:40.United's tenth of the game. Bailie. Mata's mis-hit. It has come to
:19:41. > :19:44.Ibrahimovic! Valdes denies him. Manchester United's top scorer, you
:19:45. > :19:48.would back him all the way here. His former Barcelona team-mate was
:19:49. > :19:53.quickly off his line. This is the last role of the dice for Manchester
:19:54. > :20:03.United. Chris Smalling sacrificed, and Marcus Rashford introduced. --
:20:04. > :20:12.roll of the dice. Rashford. And still... And Rashford again. Right
:20:13. > :20:19.across the face, almost made an immediate impact, Marcus Rashford.
:20:20. > :20:26.Mkhitaryan. Looking for the run of Rashford. He will comfortably get to
:20:27. > :20:34.that. Up against Espinosa and round him. More appeals from the
:20:35. > :20:40.supporters than the players in fairness, Lee Mason I moved either
:20:41. > :20:45.way. Ironic smile from manager. -- unmoved. Not a huge appeal from the
:20:46. > :20:51.united players. A little untidy by Espinosa.
:20:52. > :20:58.Mkhitaryan. Martial. He was appealing for hands.
:20:59. > :21:06.Mkhitaryan. Martial. Valdes in the way. That was a big chance. Look at
:21:07. > :21:12.the space and the time Martial had. Straight at the legs of Valdes. You
:21:13. > :21:16.just begin to wonder if it is to be Middlesbrough's day. Long towards
:21:17. > :21:24.Ibrahimovic, there is the knock-down. Martial! Well, he got it
:21:25. > :21:30.right that time. 1-1, five minutes to go and Valdes is finally beaten.
:21:31. > :21:34.This was just Route one. That's what they have resorted to. Clever header
:21:35. > :21:39.from Ibrahimovic and a clinical finish from Anthony Martial, his
:21:40. > :21:44.second Premier League goal this season and it has set up a
:21:45. > :21:51.grandstand finish at Old Trafford. Manchester United 1-1 Middlesbrough.
:21:52. > :21:53.Ramirez. Bailie made the challenge, Lee Mason immediately waved away any
:21:54. > :21:59.claims that Middlesbrough might have. I don't think you're going to
:22:00. > :22:07.get a penalty for that. Mkhitaryan. Desperate times for
:22:08. > :22:12.Middlesbrough back there now. It has rebounded back to Mata and header
:22:13. > :22:21.from Paul Pogba! Just when it mattered, two goals in just over a
:22:22. > :22:27.minute have turned it round for Manchester United. Mata has a little
:22:28. > :22:31.bit of luck and then Pogba kept his eye on the ball and steered the
:22:32. > :22:37.header into the top corner. His sixth goal of the season, no chance
:22:38. > :22:42.for Valdes, delight for Jose Mourinho. Late drama at Old
:22:43. > :22:47.Trafford. Well, what a change in emotions for Aitor Karanka.
:22:48. > :22:52.We thought we could at least get a point but it is difficult. Again,
:22:53. > :22:56.the performance from everybody has been amazing, all of the players
:22:57. > :23:00.have played really well and we couldn't do anything more. Once
:23:01. > :23:04.again we showed we can compete against every single team and that's
:23:05. > :23:11.the way. I don't feel the same happiness
:23:12. > :23:18.because my brother is in the other side and it's sad. I tried to do my
:23:19. > :23:22.job, he tried to do his job, he did amazingly well but my players were
:23:23. > :23:27.phenomenal. We managed to do something that I love, which is to
:23:28. > :23:36.bring the fans to the pitch. The last 15 minutes were, I don't know,
:23:37. > :23:42.70,000 on the pitch against 11, and this is something that I really
:23:43. > :23:45.love. It was a late comeback from Manchester United. Shades of the
:23:46. > :23:49.third Hira on his 75th birthday. You've got to admire the way they
:23:50. > :23:51.kept going particularly with the number of games they have had in
:23:52. > :23:56.recent weeks because I am sure tiredness would have played a part
:23:57. > :23:59.and it was against a very stubborn and organised Boro side. But I'm
:24:00. > :24:02.going to pick out a guy who has been criticised a lot this season, and
:24:03. > :24:12.rightly so in some quarters, but I thought he was the best player on
:24:13. > :24:15.the park today, Anthony Martial played a big part in them getting
:24:16. > :24:18.back into the game and he was very positive from the start. He started
:24:19. > :24:21.off on the left hand side and he did this all afternoon. Positive, went
:24:22. > :24:23.at defenders, getting balls into the box and creating chances. He crossed
:24:24. > :24:29.it with his left foot, this time comes inside, crosses it with his
:24:30. > :24:33.right foot, good header, and Pogba is a tad unlucky here. That is 30,
:24:34. > :24:37.30 five yards out, it is so unlucky, just a brilliant effort but he
:24:38. > :24:41.doesn't give up, he keeps on looking for the ball, he gets the ball and
:24:42. > :24:44.puts in a wonderful cross for Ibrahimovic and this goal should
:24:45. > :24:51.never ever be disallowed. Ridiculous! Ridiculous, it is a good
:24:52. > :24:55.ball in, Valdes is a yard away from him and it should never be
:24:56. > :24:59.disallowed. Another decent effort, cuts inside a good goalkeeping, he
:25:00. > :25:03.is building up his confidence. This is a big opportunity for him. He
:25:04. > :25:08.just doesn't get the ball out of his feet enough, he gets caught in the
:25:09. > :25:11.middle and he should score but this is the equaliser. Beautiful ball
:25:12. > :25:15.from Pogba, brilliant header from Ibrahimovic and it is a lovely
:25:16. > :25:19.finish and he gets his team back on level terms and of course they go on
:25:20. > :25:31.to win the game. I think it is a big game for him today, he should take
:25:32. > :25:33.huge confidence from that performance, his second league goal
:25:34. > :25:36.of the season. You can see he was all over the place, so many touches
:25:37. > :25:39.in the box. He was a constant threat all afternoon. Mourinho said in the
:25:40. > :25:41.press conference after, not to the TV cameras, that Anthony Martial
:25:42. > :25:44.needs to listen to him and not his agent so there has obviously been
:25:45. > :25:48.some rumblings going on lately. It is pretty simple with Anthony
:25:49. > :25:51.Martial, the club invested ?56 million into him and he must play to
:25:52. > :25:54.that level more consistently and secondly he must ring his agent and
:25:55. > :25:58.say why are you linking me with Seville? I'm at one of the biggest
:25:59. > :26:00.clubs in the world and I want to stay here. OK, fair enough.
:26:01. > :26:08.Six games still to come. COMMENTATOR: Just pushed over.
:26:09. > :26:24.Good ball as well! Riyad Mahrez for Leicester. Good
:26:25. > :26:27.save! Coleman with the header against the post!
:26:28. > :26:32.Second met third in what was the final action of 2016 as Liverpool
:26:33. > :26:34.hosted Manchester City in the late game at Anfield. Commentary comes
:26:35. > :26:44.from Guy Mowbray. COMMENTATOR: Old acquaintances
:26:45. > :26:47.renewed as the respectful rivalry in the Bundesliga is played out in the
:26:48. > :26:51.Premier League for the first time. Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side is
:26:52. > :26:55.changed by one after Tuesday's 4-1 win against Stoke as Emre Can gets a
:26:56. > :27:01.starting place at Divock Origi's expense. Three changes for city, the
:27:02. > :27:05.most significant seeing Nolito make way for Sergio Aguero's return to
:27:06. > :27:09.action following a four match ban. City captain, city fan, Vincent
:27:10. > :27:15.Kompany is in the away end at Anfield today, just about ready to
:27:16. > :27:19.return soon from his knee injury. A game that has got everybody excited,
:27:20. > :27:25.even the managers, with Jurgen Klopp saying he would 100% buy a ticket if
:27:26. > :27:29.he wasn't sitting on the bench. Otamendi. In Aguero's Way, clever
:27:30. > :27:37.back header for De Bruyne, Fernandinho is fouled. Free kick
:27:38. > :27:43.City. It was a swing that only made contact with knee and not ball.
:27:44. > :28:03.Milner's bought then headed in brilliantly by Wijnaldum. It's just
:28:04. > :28:10.about Liverpool's first attack of the night, a cross from Adam Lallana
:28:11. > :28:17.and Georgina Wijnaldum arrived right on cue. That is a beauty from
:28:18. > :28:20.Lallana. Kolarov was just about left on the floor by Wijnaldum's well
:28:21. > :28:26.timed run. And perfectly placed header. Most predicted goals
:28:27. > :28:32.tonight. The first one comes with only eight minutes on the clock.
:28:33. > :28:36.Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City. Guardiola already has some sorting
:28:37. > :28:42.out to do. Zabaleta. It's going to be cut out
:28:43. > :28:46.by Milner. Milner threads wander through, what a ball. Had Firmino
:28:47. > :28:51.managed to control that first-time Claudio Bravo was in a really
:28:52. > :28:55.awkward position. The pass of the match from James Milner. The touch
:28:56. > :28:59.of Firmino seized the chance go away. It's not the easiest but nine
:29:00. > :29:03.times out of ten he would feel he would do better with that. Stones
:29:04. > :29:09.and Otamendi threatened to get in one another's way. Here is Lallana,
:29:10. > :29:16.Emre Can. Plenty up there in red. Emre Can going for gold.
:29:17. > :29:22.Never shy about having a go with the opportunity presents itself. It
:29:23. > :29:26.never really did. A feel-good atmosphere around Anfield. The Cop
:29:27. > :29:44.plays a huge part in creating that. Can City break quickly? Aguero has
:29:45. > :29:49.to chase it. He has taken up a good position. Very nearly got caught
:29:50. > :29:59.out. He actually did pretty well in the end. A free kick to Liverpool. I
:30:00. > :30:06.am not going to say it was coolly done but he got it done. Toure.
:30:07. > :30:18.Incomes Adam Lallana. Milan is offside. -- La La Land is offside.
:30:19. > :30:27.Yaya Toure was caught napping. Only just, but it was the right decision.
:30:28. > :30:37.Promising for City now. Aguero has gone for it. A very routine save for
:30:38. > :30:42.Mignolet. Nothing else much on four Sergio Aguero. It looks like this
:30:43. > :30:54.could be Liverpool's most testing stretch. Definitely a more testing
:30:55. > :30:59.a. David Silva claims there was a Liverpool touch that to get past the
:31:00. > :31:07.post. A bustling run. He did not sense any deflection. City have
:31:08. > :31:14.certainly shaken off their lethargy. Yaya Toure. Raheem Sterling gets
:31:15. > :31:21.there. Only two had the side of the net. And it very nearly worked from
:31:22. > :31:27.Toure's ambitious pass. It was merely the perfect ball for Raheem
:31:28. > :31:31.Sterling. If he had managed to convert that it would have been one
:31:32. > :31:35.of the most spectacular goals of the season. Vincent Kompany keeps a
:31:36. > :31:41.watchful eye. Desperate to get back on the field as soon as possible. It
:31:42. > :31:48.is allowed to run to David Silva, who is forced off balance. Pep
:31:49. > :31:52.Guardiola is adamant that his team should have something for that.
:31:53. > :32:02.Meanwhile, Sadio Mane is bundled over. This is it, Adam Lallana on
:32:03. > :32:09.David Silva. Taken out with a dig to the ribs. He immediately, Craig
:32:10. > :32:14.Pawson blows for full-time and that reaction says it all. I don't know
:32:15. > :32:18.what it means for Liverpool. But it is they who emerge at the end of
:32:19. > :32:23.this year, going into the new one, as Chelsea's chasers in chief. Four
:32:24. > :32:29.points clear of Manchester City now. And for Pep Guardiola, ten points
:32:30. > :32:38.back on Chelsea. That is a very big gap to close. Wijnaldum's header won
:32:39. > :32:46.it. How does that feel? It feels like a significant three points. Of
:32:47. > :32:54.course. I don't want to burden the quality of Man City, the situation.
:32:55. > :33:01.The season means that we already had a lot of games. When you invest in a
:33:02. > :33:08.game like this, so much, then at the end you want to have it all. And
:33:09. > :33:14.thank God we got it, because the day after tomorrow would play again. We
:33:15. > :33:17.started very good. The first chance that arrived, they scored a goal. It
:33:18. > :33:23.is always difficult. We controlled the counterattack. In the first
:33:24. > :33:28.half, we did not create much. In the second half, a little better. There
:33:29. > :33:35.were not many clear chances. It depends on the quality of the people
:33:36. > :33:40.in front. We had Adam Lallana and in the second half, we crated more
:33:41. > :33:49.chances. But in this type of game, the little details make the
:33:50. > :33:51.difference. They could not create too many challenges. We defended
:33:52. > :33:57.really well and then we scored the goal. A wonderful goal. We probably
:33:58. > :34:05.had the bigger chances but it is about how you work together. And I
:34:06. > :34:09.think in the whole league, we have conceded the smallest number of
:34:10. > :34:14.shots on our goals. And of course,... Given the talent on
:34:15. > :34:19.display, not the best of games, not quite what we were hoping for. One
:34:20. > :34:21.player who did perform well was James Milner. And he has made it
:34:22. > :34:26.look like he has been playing left-back all his life. He was
:34:27. > :34:29.brilliant today. I was at Newcastle with James Milner and he is a
:34:30. > :34:33.manager's dream. Wherever you are asking to play, he will do you a
:34:34. > :34:38.job. With all the big-name players on show today, I did not think we
:34:39. > :34:41.would be talking about a left-back and that superb performance.
:34:42. > :34:46.One-on-one with Raheem Sterling, he never gave him a kick all afternoon.
:34:47. > :34:52.Normally you will see him knocking past defenders but not James Milner.
:34:53. > :34:58.He outsmarted him. What about this for a pass? A half volley, better
:34:59. > :35:01.touch, superb. One-on-one again and he is controlling the situation.
:35:02. > :35:05.Sending them where he wants to send them. He gets enough on the cross
:35:06. > :35:12.and it was simple. The second half, no different. A crunching tackle out
:35:13. > :35:16.on the touchline. He is not getting passed him at all. One-on-one, he
:35:17. > :35:21.has to be clever. He is about to get into the box but he takes it off him
:35:22. > :35:28.with ease. He takes his team away on the attack. Supporting the forwards,
:35:29. > :35:34.going past one, two, three. He gets the free kick. And he was brilliant.
:35:35. > :35:38.You were a player that was versatile, Philip, playing lots of
:35:39. > :35:43.different positions. What kind of mental capacity to do need for that?
:35:44. > :35:46.Not much ability! You have to have an incredibly open mind. You need
:35:47. > :35:52.the trust of your manager, and you have to be unselfish and think of
:35:53. > :35:56.the team. Did it ever get on your nerves? Never, because it meant I
:35:57. > :36:01.played probably 250 more games because there was always a position
:36:02. > :36:05.for me to play. Magister City, clearly not at their best, losing
:36:06. > :36:11.three times in a month for the first time since 2008. It was a poor game
:36:12. > :36:16.of football. I was so disappointed with the way that they passed the
:36:17. > :36:23.ball. It was littered with poor passing and lapses of concentration.
:36:24. > :36:29.City, this was the goal. Kolarov gives away a sloppy pass. We have
:36:30. > :36:32.highlighted him here because he must be 6-foot four, and from that
:36:33. > :36:36.position, he should be winning this header when the ball comes into the
:36:37. > :36:44.box. Adam Lallana puts the ball into the box and it was a fantastic
:36:45. > :36:49.header. 6-foot four? 6-foot three, plus. City were poor in possession.
:36:50. > :36:53.With Pep Guardiola, you associate fluidity, movement and confidence in
:36:54. > :36:57.possession. And we saw nothing of that. Up until the last 20 minutes
:36:58. > :37:01.where they showed a little bitter fight. Until then, I did not see a
:37:02. > :37:07.performance that Pep Guardiola would have been happy with. Lots of little
:37:08. > :37:11.mistakes, Aguero passing behind, patting to Otamendi. He will be
:37:12. > :37:14.looking to improve on that. I thought that City were off the pace
:37:15. > :37:19.and credit to Liverpool, they set up deeper, and allowed City now
:37:20. > :37:27.possession type football that they would normally associate with them.
:37:28. > :37:32.4-1 defeat at home to West Ham on Boxing Day proved to be the end for
:37:33. > :37:33.Bob Bradley at Swansea after just 11 games.
:37:34. > :37:35.Alan Curtis took temporary charge for the visit
:37:36. > :37:39.John Roder was at the Liberty Stadium.
:37:40. > :37:45.Swansea once again turn to Alan Curtis to fulfil the caretaker
:37:46. > :37:51.manager's role and he makes sweeping alterations to Bob Bradley's last
:37:52. > :37:58.selection. Fernando Llorente one of seven changes to the team. Nathan
:37:59. > :38:03.Ake returns after having been ineligible to play against Chelsea.
:38:04. > :38:05.Three defeats in four. Benik Afobe makes his third league start of the
:38:06. > :38:22.season and Bournemouth's search for a winning way to end 2016. He finds
:38:23. > :38:33.France's. Stanislas, trying to hold off Ki. Pushed over by Fabianski. A
:38:34. > :38:36.comfortable save. Eddie Howe's Bournemouth have lost the last three
:38:37. > :38:44.matches, conceding to Southampton and Chelsea. Three defeats in four
:38:45. > :38:50.coming into this game. It goes high. Towards Llorente. Fernando Llorente
:38:51. > :38:54.has six goals this season. All of them have come here at the Liberty
:38:55. > :38:58.Stadium. He was able to get on the end of this cross, just the wrong
:38:59. > :39:01.side of the post as far as Swansea are concerned. A big decision ahead
:39:02. > :39:12.for Huw Jenkins in the Swansea hierarchy. Who will take over from
:39:13. > :39:23.Bob Bradley? Francis is looking for Benik Afobe. Jack Wilshere eludes
:39:24. > :39:31.one challenge. He pushes it across. Almost in on goal. Benik Afobe is
:39:32. > :39:36.there. It bounced off Fabianski and Benik Afobe was left with the simple
:39:37. > :39:46.task to put Bournemouth in front and he took it. Unfortunate for Swansea
:39:47. > :39:49.here. You can see the ball cannons off Amat. Fabianski does well to
:39:50. > :39:57.prevent the own goal but does nothing to halt the rebound. Benik
:39:58. > :40:02.Afobe with his second goal of the season. Stanislas will leave it for
:40:03. > :40:22.his captain. Stanislas, a little flick to
:40:23. > :40:25.Wiltshire. He is onside. A chance for 2-0 and it is taken by
:40:26. > :40:31.Bournemouth. Ryan Fraser in stoppage time at the end of the first half
:40:32. > :40:36.has doubled the visitor's lead. Terrific passing from the Cherries.
:40:37. > :40:42.Look at the way that they slice open the Swansea defence. Eight horrific
:40:43. > :40:45.backheel from Stanislas and then I'm selfishly putting it into the
:40:46. > :40:51.middle. Ryan Fraser gets his second goal of the season. And just before
:40:52. > :41:00.half-time, it is very much advantage Bournemouth. 2-0. It is as if
:41:01. > :41:05.Bournemouth's second goal, coming as it did in the time that it did, as
:41:06. > :41:16.completely killed any optimism may have been among Swansea fans. Headed
:41:17. > :41:18.on to Wiltshire by Arta. He gives away from Taylor. And Bournemouth
:41:19. > :41:26.were close to getting goal number three there. Stanislas again
:41:27. > :41:32.involved. Was it a cross or a short? Still plenty of time left for
:41:33. > :41:34.Swansea to fight back. But in all honesty, it doesn't look as though
:41:35. > :41:43.they have the capabilities to be able to do so. Stanislas bushes of
:41:44. > :41:50.the move towards Benik Afobe. And it is wrestled away by Jordi Amat.
:41:51. > :42:04.Benik Afobe onside. Fabianski alive to the danger. It goes towards
:42:05. > :42:09.Sigurdsson. McBurney in the middle. Sigurdsson wins the corner. They
:42:10. > :42:19.have to find a goal sooner than later. Sigurdsson with it. It goes
:42:20. > :42:28.towards McBurnie. Just gathered. Oliver McBurnie rising high. Just
:42:29. > :42:44.able to get a hand to it. McBurnie finds barrel. -- Barrow. Swansea did
:42:45. > :42:46.not give a single corner in their first half. This is their forced to
:42:47. > :43:05.lean back fourth of the second. Charlie Daniels. Into the path of
:43:06. > :43:10.Josh King. And he gets the third goal for Bournemouth. Josh King
:43:11. > :43:14.scored in both the Premier League matches against Swansea last season.
:43:15. > :43:20.And he has scored again against the Swans. Swansea, caught short at the
:43:21. > :43:26.back. And the Norwegian international is able to easily slot
:43:27. > :43:34.past Fabianski. Bournemouth ends 2016 with an away win. It is another
:43:35. > :43:38.defeat for Swansea City. It has been a good day for us and I thought we
:43:39. > :43:42.were excellent, start to finish. We controlled the game and greater the
:43:43. > :43:45.number of chances. Thankfully we took them. We were prepared for a
:43:46. > :43:48.tough game, given the quality of players Swansea have. It was a tough
:43:49. > :43:54.game but thankfully the players stood up to that challenge.
:43:55. > :43:58.Certainly, we need fresh eyes and somebody to work on it completely
:43:59. > :44:04.different. We need a new manager, probably an influx of players as
:44:05. > :44:08.well. It is evident to everybody that we need a little bit of
:44:09. > :44:12.strength. It looks like they may have found their man. Reports are in
:44:13. > :44:16.that Swansea are set to appoint Bayern Munich's Assistant Manager
:44:17. > :44:18.Paul Clement as their new boss. I think he might need to work on the
:44:19. > :44:20.defence, that is for sure. Emre Can. Plenty up there in red.
:44:21. > :44:31.Emre Can going for gold. 100%, normally you get a reaction.
:44:32. > :44:36.It was incredible what I was seeing. Simple ball into the channel, Alfie
:44:37. > :44:39.Mawson bullied by Afobe. The ball goes into the middle, Jordi Amat
:44:40. > :44:43.dives in on Jack Wilshere and recovers into his base and then
:44:44. > :44:47.cannot sort out his feet,,, stay, a phobic scores the first goal.
:44:48. > :44:52.Llorente comes back, two yards off the play, doesn't make a tackle,
:44:53. > :44:58.Taylor comes out and puts pressure on the ball. Swansea were off the
:44:59. > :45:02.pace, never quite at Mawson comes out again, great football from
:45:03. > :45:08.Bournemouth. This sums up Swansea for me. Not one Bournemouth player
:45:09. > :45:13.is marked man-to-man by any Swansea player. There were too far off the
:45:14. > :45:16.pace, it was too easy for Bournemouth, even though Bournemouth
:45:17. > :45:23.played well, it was far too easy. This is the third goal. It was just
:45:24. > :45:27.an open lane. The pass straight through, just a straight ball, Josh
:45:28. > :45:31.King rolls it into the net and it was an horrific performance from
:45:32. > :45:36.Swansea today. It looks like they will bring in Paul Clement if this
:45:37. > :45:42.particular story is true. Number twos don't always work out, it
:45:43. > :45:45.didn't work out for him at Derby. It is hard to have sympathy with
:45:46. > :45:50.Swansea, it looks as if they are going to go back to their old
:45:51. > :45:54.principles, hiring a coach, Garry Monk, Brendan Rodgers but the owners
:45:55. > :46:01.must take their share of the blame. Is going to take a miracle from Paul
:46:02. > :46:02.Clement to save the club. The fixtures come thick and fast over
:46:03. > :46:04.the next few days. Match of the Day 2 has action
:46:05. > :46:07.from Watford versus Spurs Keep up-to-date with
:46:08. > :46:14.Final Score from 4pm. We're back with the best
:46:15. > :46:18.of the action at 10.30pm. And then on Friday, the FA Cup
:46:19. > :46:20.third round kicks off. West Ham versus Manchester City.
:46:21. > :46:23.BBC One at 7.30pm. Burnley would be in the top four
:46:24. > :46:26.if the table was based They hosted Sunderland who knew
:46:27. > :46:29.a win would see them climb out of the bottom three
:46:30. > :46:43.for the first time since August. COMMENTATOR: Andre Gray's late
:46:44. > :46:50.winner against Middlesbrough, their sixth victory of a product a seven
:46:51. > :46:53.foot Egdon nine points clear of Sunderland. Suspension rules out
:46:54. > :46:57.Jeff Hendrick so Steven Defour comes into midfield while Matt Lowe to and
:46:58. > :47:01.is back after his own band has been completed. -- Matt Crampton. Vito
:47:02. > :47:05.Mannone starts for the first time since August with Jordan Pickford
:47:06. > :47:08.the latest casualty on Sunderland's injured list. Jermain Defoe may be
:47:09. > :47:12.seeking his first goal in five games but he's only one of four players to
:47:13. > :47:15.have scored for The Black Cats the season. Burnley were the first team
:47:16. > :47:23.he scored against on signing for Sunderland almost two years ago. Is
:47:24. > :47:29.a blustery day here at Turf Moor. Conditions affected the game against
:47:30. > :47:34.Middlesbrough on Monday. It breaks for Januzaj who is off-balance. It
:47:35. > :47:40.was a presentable opportunity. When he looks at this again he will think
:47:41. > :47:44.to himself he should have tested Heaton at the least. David Moyes has
:47:45. > :47:55.come with the intention of not sitting back but going for it.
:47:56. > :47:59.Looking towards Defoe. Finding Ward. Arfield up towards Barnes, and Andre
:48:00. > :48:07.Gray is onside, through on goal, Andre Gray and scores. He had one
:48:08. > :48:14.attempt on target against Middlesbrough on Boxing Day and it
:48:15. > :48:19.was enough to win the match. I think it comes off the back of O'Shea's
:48:20. > :48:26.head and into the path of Andre Gray and that's why the flag stays down.
:48:27. > :48:31.So Andre Gray is allowed to continue. He puts enough on it that
:48:32. > :48:42.Vito Mannone can't prevent him from giving Burnley what could be a
:48:43. > :48:46.precious lead already. Ward forward. Won by O'Shea, over the top of
:48:47. > :48:53.Barnes, the referee waves play on. Defour battling. Won and on it goes
:48:54. > :48:59.to Andre Gray and it looked like he was held and the referee waves play
:49:00. > :49:08.on, Andre Gray makes it 2-0. What a week he is having. Andre Gray has
:49:09. > :49:13.all credit to him, looked as though he had been beaten by Djilobodji but
:49:14. > :49:17.he had the determination to keep on going and the presence to get around
:49:18. > :49:25.Vito Mannone command Turf Moor erupts because this is surely now a
:49:26. > :49:30.decisive blow. What a week for Andre Gray and what a week for Burnley.
:49:31. > :49:37.He's been in the papers of the gossip column because he has been
:49:38. > :49:44.dating one of the members of Little Mix.
:49:45. > :49:50.Dear oh dear. Ian Darke standing on the ball. Here is Barnes and on
:49:51. > :49:58.towards Andre Gray who is onside! It's a hat-trick! It may not be one
:49:59. > :50:03.of the biggest grounds in the country by any stretch, but I tell
:50:04. > :50:08.you what, this place is now in a frenzy. Two goals from Andre Gray in
:50:09. > :50:14.just over two minutes and it's the match ball he will be taking home
:50:15. > :50:20.with him. Pienaar stands on the ball. Barnes between the defenders,
:50:21. > :50:25.O'Shea Duo Bujie don't seem to have any kind of understanding, and
:50:26. > :50:33.Barnes helps it through the gap and Andre Gray helps it beyond Mannone.
:50:34. > :50:46.First manager to begin and end the season as manager of Sunderland was
:50:47. > :50:52.2000, 2009-2010, Sam Allardyce. Arfield is played in and he goes
:50:53. > :50:59.down. Penalty. Larsson's challenge and Sunderland are capitulating
:51:00. > :51:04.before your very eyes. David Moyes is just slumped into his chair, one
:51:05. > :51:10.of his most experienced campaigners shoving Arfield to the floor.
:51:11. > :51:20.Burnley haven't scored four goals in the Premier League this season. They
:51:21. > :51:23.have now. They are 4-0 up, nine points clear of Sunderland and they
:51:24. > :51:36.will be nine points clear of the bottom three and beginning to
:51:37. > :51:44.breathe a heck of a lot easier. Terrific play from Januzaj. The pass
:51:45. > :51:49.to Defoe is exquisite and Defoe inevitably takes the first chance
:51:50. > :51:52.that comes his way. But there is the evidence as to how Sunderland are
:51:53. > :51:59.going to escape the drop if they are going to do it. Januzaj brilliant,
:52:00. > :52:03.Defoe's first chance to score, taken. One of the biggest pieces of
:52:04. > :52:08.business Sunderland can do in the transfer window is to make sure that
:52:09. > :52:12.he isn't sold, because without him they surely don't have a prayer.
:52:13. > :52:19.I think nearly all the goals, we missed header, should have saved it,
:52:20. > :52:23.didn't cover each other, real basic stuff. That performance today was
:52:24. > :52:28.really dire, as bad as I've been involved in. It's been a good week
:52:29. > :52:31.for sure, the end of the calendar year for all involved with Burnley
:52:32. > :52:35.Football Club, there are no givens in this league so we knew we would
:52:36. > :52:39.have to work for the result and we did that. The manager kept faith in
:52:40. > :52:42.you when you were not scoring because he knew you were doing the
:52:43. > :52:46.right things. That's right, it would never be easy stepping up into the
:52:47. > :52:49.Premier League. I knew that chances would come a little less in the
:52:50. > :52:52.Premier League and it's just a matter of working hard and doing the
:52:53. > :52:54.right things and hopefully it will pay off and the last two games it
:52:55. > :52:57.has. Because of the manner of the defeat
:52:58. > :53:02.and the way you describe it questions will be asked about new
:53:03. > :53:06.and your future as an individual. What answers do you have for people?
:53:07. > :53:10.No problem, you can ask the question, I have no problem with
:53:11. > :53:15.those questions. Where does it put you? We are in the bottom three, I
:53:16. > :53:18.know that, so that is where it puts us right now. Burnley at Turf Moor
:53:19. > :53:22.has become something else, it is like a fortress for them, quite a
:53:23. > :53:26.record. Phenomenal their form at home and every team, Amaq that comes
:53:27. > :53:30.there gets a tough game. They are on a roll and they have a centre
:53:31. > :53:35.forward playing without fear. He was so clinical today, but I couldn't
:53:36. > :53:41.believe some of the defending I saw from this Sunderland side.
:53:42. > :53:45.Particularly Duo Bujie. He had no right to go for that old -- Duo
:53:46. > :53:54.Bujie. He comes across John O'Shea. It is outside. Maicon side. John
:53:55. > :54:00.O'Shea sticks it away really well. Djilobodji clashes into him. Again,
:54:01. > :54:06.straight ball up the pitch, David Moyes said it in the interview,
:54:07. > :54:10.schoolboy defending, no covering. Last-ditch challenge gets him out of
:54:11. > :54:14.trouble. This was the second goal. And just going to pause it here now.
:54:15. > :54:17.The minute it goes across the keeper Duo Bujie must run as fast as he can
:54:18. > :54:22.but he looks like he's not bothered to me. The minute it goes past the
:54:23. > :54:25.keeper he must sprint back to his goal and at least try and look like
:54:26. > :54:31.he is making the effort to block the goal. It was a good finish in the
:54:32. > :54:35.end -- Duo Bujie. Poor defending. Andre Gray sticks it away. Terrific
:54:36. > :54:41.hat-trick, take nothing away from him but the defending was horrific.
:54:42. > :54:47.It was. As is customary at this time of year it seems the Sunderland boss
:54:48. > :54:50.is under the cosh somewhat. He was under pressure from the beginning of
:54:51. > :54:56.the season, he came in late, didn't have much time to plan, there were
:54:57. > :54:59.lots of rushed signings and now the chairman or Chief Executive came out
:55:00. > :55:03.to say there would be limited funds available for him this month. Unless
:55:04. > :55:06.Sunderland signed players like Sam Allardyce did last year because
:55:07. > :55:09.effectively that is what kept them up last year, unless they backing
:55:10. > :55:12.this January I think they will go down. We shall see.
:55:13. > :55:14.After defeat against Spurs on Wednesday, Southampton were back
:55:15. > :55:17.at St Marys for the visit of a West Brom side beaten
:55:18. > :55:30.COMMENTATOR: Three years ago Shane Long helped them to a win. Today he
:55:31. > :55:33.is recalled by the home side, one of six changes to the team that lost
:55:34. > :55:38.here three days ago. The Irishman is still to score this season. Claude
:55:39. > :55:42.Puel has changed three of his back four, the much sought after Virgil
:55:43. > :55:46.van Dijk is the only survivor from a quartet who started against Spurs.
:55:47. > :55:50.Hal Robson-Kanu starred for Wales at Euro 2016 but has had to be patient
:55:51. > :55:55.and wait for his first start under Tony Pulis. He gets it today,
:55:56. > :55:58.Salomon Rondon drops to the bench in the Baggies' only changed by the 11
:55:59. > :56:06.beaten by Arsenal on Boxing Day. Tadic finds McQueen. This is Boufal.
:56:07. > :56:10.McQueen wanted it back quickly, Boufal holds onto it for now and
:56:11. > :56:15.will try and get through two players. As is often the way West
:56:16. > :56:20.Brom say you've got a break is down. Having won it Phillips has lost it
:56:21. > :56:25.and here is Boufal, dangerous ball across the face of goal but nobody
:56:26. > :56:27.there to make the final connection for Southampton. Super from Boufal.
:56:28. > :56:36.Phillips running his team into danger. And that's a lovely ball.
:56:37. > :56:41.There are not a lot of numbers in there when Southampton deliver the
:56:42. > :56:47.dangerous balls. Martina will win the free kick turning Nyom.
:56:48. > :56:55.Quizzical look from Allan Nyom. Here is the challenge. It will be Tadic
:56:56. > :57:03.to deliver it. Van Dijk is in the middle. Tadic. It is low and catches
:57:04. > :57:12.Hojbjerg. And fools to McQueen. He has not scored in a Southampton
:57:13. > :57:16.shirt, Sam McQueen. Southampton working and using a lot of the width
:57:17. > :57:20.of the field to try and find the way through. That is misplaced and a
:57:21. > :57:23.rare break forward for Hal Robson-Kanu here. Tracking back is a
:57:24. > :57:31.van Dijk and into the book is Virgil van Dijk. It is early in the game
:57:32. > :57:36.for a centre-half to receive a yellow card as well. He will hope
:57:37. > :57:45.that doesn't come back to haunt him. Boufal. Beautifully played out to
:57:46. > :57:55.the feet of Tadic. And another Southampton corner. Up, van Dijk and
:57:56. > :58:00.Yoshida as well. Five minutes to half-time. Tadic's delivery and the
:58:01. > :58:06.header is in. Shane Long, the former West Bromwich Albion player and his
:58:07. > :58:12.first goal of the season to end the longest goal drought of his English
:58:13. > :58:16.career. Fine header, runs across, Nyom doesn't go with him,
:58:17. > :58:21.Robson-Kanu couldn't get there either, and the angle on the header
:58:22. > :58:28.is excellent to beat Foster away to his left. Southampton in front as we
:58:29. > :58:36.approach half-time. Nyom. Yacob. This might fall all the
:58:37. > :58:44.way through for an immediate equaliser from Philips. Well,
:58:45. > :58:49.Southampton worked so hard to take the lead but it's lasted barely 90
:58:50. > :59:03.seconds at St Mary's. Phillips picks his spot and scores his 50th career
:59:04. > :59:08.club goal. Excellent finish from Matt Phillips. Inside Yoshida, into
:59:09. > :59:27.the corner, 1-1. Foster's clearance high up under the
:59:28. > :59:32.lights. Chadli. The goal-scorer, Philips, and the run here from Hal
:59:33. > :59:40.Robson-Kanu and the shot and the goal. That's sensational! Hal
:59:41. > :59:45.Robson-Kanu. He's done some special things in 2016, but that is right up
:59:46. > :59:50.there. His first goal in the Premier League for three and a half years,
:59:51. > :59:56.it is a net buster from the Welsh man. The Baggies have the lead at St
:59:57. > :00:01.Mary's. What a strike from the former Reading player. His first
:00:02. > :00:12.club goal since March, and look at how well he strikes that.
:00:13. > :00:20.The Phillips. It is a clear header and a good save as well. Fraser
:00:21. > :00:30.Forster. Morrison, unmarked, he produces a fine save. Nobody has
:00:31. > :00:36.done that to an England goalkeeper. And he is up against Virgil van
:00:37. > :00:41.Dijk. There is a tussle, and van Dijk is brought down. The referee
:00:42. > :00:47.reaches to his pocket. Southampton are down to ten men. Virgil van Dijk
:00:48. > :00:51.is sent off. And if a few were leaving St Mary's, well, they are
:00:52. > :00:58.flooding out now. I don't think there is any arguing now with that
:00:59. > :01:02.decision. It is a bit of rotten way to end the year, Southampton beat in
:01:03. > :01:08.here by West Brom. Their star man, red carded. 2017, perhaps it will
:01:09. > :01:12.bring a brighter start. In the second half, I thought we were my
:01:13. > :01:22.much the better team and we stepped it up. We should have won buy more.
:01:23. > :01:29.Too many games, too soon? Three games in ten days, for us six days.
:01:30. > :01:35.With all the many games, and the international games, it is all that
:01:36. > :01:39.my players can do. This is very difficult. We had to be patient. We
:01:40. > :01:44.worked hard in training and give my best one I have come on in games. It
:01:45. > :01:54.is great to be on the pitch. Did you have to think long and hard about
:01:55. > :01:58.whether to put on Rondon? He has had great attitude in training and he
:01:59. > :02:03.has been great in training. This will do the team a world of good.
:02:04. > :02:07.This was Robson-Kanu's first start for West Brom and also his first
:02:08. > :02:13.goal since that one. We won't forget that one. He played a big part. Him
:02:14. > :02:19.and Robson-Kanu linked up well for us goals. Phillips has been very,
:02:20. > :02:28.very good. All season. A little touch there from Robson-Kanu. He
:02:29. > :02:32.just caresses it. And he passed it to Robson-Kanu. A good run but what
:02:33. > :02:38.about that for a Finnish? A stunning finish. Fraser Forster has
:02:39. > :02:46.absolutely no chance. What does the manager do next? I think he left
:02:47. > :02:49.Rondon out for him? Dare we suggest that Tony Pulis will play a
:02:50. > :02:56.different formation. Never. Very unlikely. But we shall see. A few
:02:57. > :03:02.more statistics there. But West Brom are going well and playing really
:03:03. > :03:06.well. I think Phillips made a big difference. Brunt on the right-hand
:03:07. > :03:08.side. Tony Pulis is always underrated and overachieving. I
:03:09. > :03:15.think this year he is doing another fantastic job. But certainly. To
:03:16. > :03:19.make games for you coming up. Last night's actions whole play Everton
:03:20. > :03:21.and before that, Leicester, who it have to be said are leaving their
:03:22. > :03:28.title challenge a little late this season.
:03:29. > :03:30.They hosted a West Ham side chasing a 4th straight win.
:03:31. > :03:33.Simon Brotherton was at the King Power stadium.
:03:34. > :03:39.Danny Drinkwater comes into midfield, and Robert Huth returns
:03:40. > :03:43.from suspension. Chill well impressed on his Premier League
:03:44. > :03:47.debut and keeps his place. Christian Fuchs is named among the
:03:48. > :03:52.substitutes. Jamie Vardy, still suspended. West Ham, unchanged
:03:53. > :04:07.following their 4-1 win at Swansea. No fight stays in at the right back.
:04:08. > :04:19.-- Nordtveit. Slimani is buzzing around. And here is Mahrez with a
:04:20. > :04:23.shot. Darren Randolph, with just a minute played. Leicester City, close
:04:24. > :04:27.to making an early breakthrough. Mahrez, left out of the team on
:04:28. > :04:33.Boxing Day, almost making an immediate impact. He was talking
:04:34. > :04:36.about it being a must win before the game, Claudio Ranieri, and is
:04:37. > :04:43.players have started as if they view the match in that fashion.
:04:44. > :04:47.Albrighton. He will chase it and he will get there ahead of Dimitri
:04:48. > :04:54.Payet. Good player! Away at the far post! It bounces off the outside of
:04:55. > :05:01.the post. Away by Ogbonna. The shot is blocked. Ricocheting off Antonio.
:05:02. > :05:08.This is much more like it. West Ham's fans, their Man of the Match
:05:09. > :05:14.against Hull a couple of weeks ago. And they will be having another good
:05:15. > :05:17.game already. Three quarters, really driving the engine room of this
:05:18. > :05:22.Leicester side. Albrighton, a fantastic cross and a brilliant
:05:23. > :05:26.goal. Wonderful, wonderful header from Islam Slimani. And that is
:05:27. > :05:32.precisely what Leicester City can do. What they deserve for their
:05:33. > :05:37.performance from the opening 20. Superb play. Marc Albrighton, a
:05:38. > :05:40.brilliant cross and a superb header. Just what Claudio Ranieri and the
:05:41. > :05:52.Leicester City crowd were hoping to see. A fast start from the team and
:05:53. > :05:58.the King Power Stadium is rocking. It falls kindly for Noble. Almost.
:05:59. > :06:02.And Dimitri Payet with the shot. Andre Ayew could not quite finish it
:06:03. > :06:09.off. Leicester City scramble the ball away. Dimitri Payet brings the
:06:10. > :06:17.saver. Andre Ayew could not quite get the final touch. They did not
:06:18. > :06:20.fall for him. Finding Payet. West Ham, starting to come into the game
:06:21. > :06:25.more. What a superb shot, so unlucky. Fortuitous escape for
:06:26. > :06:35.Leicester City. Drinkwater didn't do very well
:06:36. > :06:40.there. And now it is Michail Antonio. Andre Ayew inside him now.
:06:41. > :06:45.And it is Antonio went to the penalty area. A vital interception
:06:46. > :06:48.by Danny Simpson. Payet goes down in the challenge, he stays on the
:06:49. > :06:53.ground. The referee had a think about it and it was Robert Huth with
:06:54. > :07:00.the tackle. He goes sliding in. Did the referee feel that there was
:07:01. > :07:03.excessive force? Did he feel that the studs were up? Dimitri Payet for
:07:04. > :07:17.West Ham, knocked away by Schmeichel. West Ham, still on the
:07:18. > :07:20.front foot. Slimani feeding forward. This is great, on his own. Blue
:07:21. > :07:26.shirts and support. Under pressure. And it is a yellow card. A yellow
:07:27. > :07:36.card for the central defender. Breathless stuff, end to end. Riyad
:07:37. > :07:39.Mahrez for Leicester! Good save! This will be a superb view of it.
:07:40. > :07:52.Darren Randolph could not take any chances. Lanzini in some space. It
:07:53. > :07:56.goes to Feghouli. Caught in a sandwich between Albrighton and
:07:57. > :08:04.Drinkwater. And it is a yellow card for Albrighton. Feghouli trying to
:08:05. > :08:09.burst clear between the pair. What can he do hear? Tredwell for West
:08:10. > :08:14.Ham and it has taken a deflection. Superbly saved on the line by
:08:15. > :08:20.Schmeichel. He followed the line of the ball and watched its trajectory,
:08:21. > :08:33.getting down to make the save. It goes to Fernandes. Present well.
:08:34. > :08:42.Andy Carroll leaps for it, and it is wide. He got up well. Wide of the
:08:43. > :08:49.post. Excellent play. Albrighton colliding with Drinkwater. Superb.
:08:50. > :08:57.Off the head of Nordtveit. Chilwell still going. Caught by Randolph.
:08:58. > :09:07.Okazaki goes for it. Leicester City pushed for a second goal, and
:09:08. > :09:12.Chilwell, blocked by Andy Carroll. And there goes the final whistle. It
:09:13. > :09:17.was a must win game, described by Claudio Ranieri. They set about it
:09:18. > :09:22.from the off. 2016 has been the year for Leicester City and a Finnish
:09:23. > :09:29.omni- 2016 was unbelievable for us, for our fans and everybody here. --
:09:30. > :09:36.and they finish on a high. In the first hour and 30 minutes, it was
:09:37. > :09:40.fantastic. They deserve to score at first but after that we played good.
:09:41. > :09:44.We had a few chances in the first half. The second half, apart from
:09:45. > :09:52.the counterattacks. We were missing that final touch. Once we get going,
:09:53. > :09:56.we are a hard team to play against. The second half was difference. It
:09:57. > :09:59.was harder, but in the changing room we said we needed to stay compact
:10:00. > :10:06.and organised and that is what we did. Hull City began 2016 dreaming
:10:07. > :10:10.of a return to the Premier League. The end the year fearing a speedy
:10:11. > :10:16.return to the Championship. A lack of goals one of their many problems.
:10:17. > :10:23.Still searching for a first of the season, Mbokani. What they would
:10:24. > :10:26.give for someone like Lukaku, who took his tally to ten. Ross Barkley
:10:27. > :10:29.gets another chance to prove his worth to Ronald Koeman. Gareth
:10:30. > :10:36.Southgate is here to check him out, too. Many have been guilty of
:10:37. > :10:45.writing off Hull City already. Still an awful long way to go this season.
:10:46. > :10:55.Elmohamady gets in behind. A chance to deliver. It went over his own
:10:56. > :11:05.bar. Snodgrass with the first corner. Dawson and Davis, poised.
:11:06. > :11:11.And it was scored by Dawson! What a season he is having in front of the
:11:12. > :11:15.goal this season. That is his fourth of the season. Three of which have
:11:16. > :11:22.come in the Premier League. Quickly off the near post by Curtis Davies.
:11:23. > :11:32.It is just the start that might feel unwanted. -- might feel and wanted.
:11:33. > :11:45.Barry is free to the left. Queueing up in the middle. Thumped away by
:11:46. > :11:50.Maguire. They had the post twice in recent defeats away to West Ham.
:11:51. > :11:55.Soaking up quite a bit of pressure in the last few minutes, Mike
:11:56. > :11:59.Phelan's old team but they are hanging on in there. This will be
:12:00. > :12:08.the last attack of the first half. Looking for a look at you, who has a
:12:09. > :12:15.chance here. This last bit of action will be evident's third quarter.
:12:16. > :12:21.Everton have an equaliser. Look at who leads the Everton celebrations.
:12:22. > :12:29.And what a blow to the belly that is for Hull City. How much fault at the
:12:30. > :12:33.door of David Marshall I wonder? A calamitous way for Hull City to
:12:34. > :12:43.concede a goal on the stroke of half-time. A good challenge from
:12:44. > :12:56.Ross Barkley. Morale is can bring is clear. Lukaku once it. And Marshall
:12:57. > :13:02.helps it onto the bar. -- Mirallas. Fingertip stuff but vital all the
:13:03. > :13:15.same. A foul by Ross Barkley on Myler. And then it does blow, for
:13:16. > :13:21.the challenge on Mbokani. It will be the Scot. And it is against the
:13:22. > :13:35.frame of the bar. Sent wide by deal Monday. --
:13:36. > :13:48.wide by Diomande. Good anticipation by Maguire. And there is the push.
:13:49. > :13:53.And so it is Snodgrass for Hull. And this time he finds the net. If at
:13:54. > :14:00.first you don't succeed, try, try again. And Robert Snodgrass comes up
:14:01. > :14:11.with the goods again for Hull City. They are back in front. Fabulous
:14:12. > :14:16.technique, and the goalkeeper can only help it into the back of the
:14:17. > :14:19.net. Snodgrass with his eighth of the season, his sixth in the Premier
:14:20. > :14:23.League, equal to his best ever in the top flight.
:14:24. > :14:29.One step forward and one step back for Ronald Koeman recently. You just
:14:30. > :14:34.sense there is going to be another goal in this game before the final
:14:35. > :14:43.whistle. Ross Barkley. Calvert-Lewin. Bains delaying the
:14:44. > :14:50.cross. Lukaku couldn't get to it, Ross Barkley does and Everton are
:14:51. > :14:54.level. Bains took his time here to pick the cross, Lukaku couldn't get
:14:55. > :14:58.to it, and Ross Barkley on marked coming in from the far side notes
:14:59. > :15:08.home what is his fourth of the season. Hull looking very leggy at
:15:09. > :15:12.the moment. Coleman's cross, and it's headed wide, but a chance for
:15:13. > :15:17.the youngster, Dominic Calvert-Lewin eats, the 19-year-old. This is a
:15:18. > :15:19.glorious chance to score his first ever goal in the Premier League and
:15:20. > :15:28.surely win the game for Everton. We like to keep the momentum after
:15:29. > :15:32.the win against Leicester. OK, it is one point but two away games and
:15:33. > :15:36.four points is good and we'd like to continue it now. I'm really pleased
:15:37. > :15:39.because over the last three or four weeks we have put in a shift and got
:15:40. > :15:42.nothing and today we put in a shift and got a point. We could be greedy
:15:43. > :15:46.and ask for more but I'm really proud of the players and their
:15:47. > :15:52.efforts and we have to go again in two or three days' time. I think if
:15:53. > :15:55.Hull are to stay up then they will owe this followed a debt of
:15:56. > :15:59.gratitude, weren't they? Robert Snodgrass has been terrific this
:16:00. > :16:03.season. He has been absolutely sensational and for a team that
:16:04. > :16:06.really struggled to score goals he sets up goals, takes brilliant set
:16:07. > :16:10.pieces and place on the right-hand side. He's left footed and difficult
:16:11. > :16:11.to mark because you know he will come inside and he has the quality
:16:12. > :16:31.to do things like that where he nearly scored.
:16:32. > :16:34.This is an assist, two assists already this season for Michael
:16:35. > :16:37.Dawson, who is the top scorer on three goals. If you Weather Centre
:16:38. > :16:39.forward in this team you would know you would have quality balls coming
:16:40. > :16:42.into the box and they just haven't capitalised on some of his quality.
:16:43. > :16:45.Any set pieces around the area, he is fantastic. He has the ability to
:16:46. > :16:47.get it up and over the wall with unbelievable accuracy and speed,
:16:48. > :16:49.that is a terrific goal. You just think in the January transfer
:16:50. > :16:52.window, if Hull could bring in a centre forward he would love to play
:16:53. > :16:54.with somebody like Robert Snodgrass. Bottom three? Normally somebody gets
:16:55. > :16:57.out of it, don't they? We will have to wait and see. A much-needed win
:16:58. > :17:00.for Leicester. You picked out Marc Albrighton as a player who has
:17:01. > :17:03.returned to some form. Ranieri changed it around and gave Myra
:17:04. > :17:08.raise a freer role and moved Albrighton to the right-hand side
:17:09. > :17:12.and he didn't disappoint -- Mahrez. Dimitri Payet is not prepared to
:17:13. > :17:16.tracking here but this was a brilliant ball, Slimani pulls away
:17:17. > :17:19.at the far post and should actually score. If you thought that was a
:17:20. > :17:24.good ball wait until you see this one. This time he does score, what a
:17:25. > :17:27.ball that is first-time and a very good header. Running in behind
:17:28. > :17:34.again. The balls here I really quality balls. Decent defending, a
:17:35. > :17:38.constant threat, didn't change in the second-half. Beautiful bit of
:17:39. > :17:41.skill, Little drag back, see you later. He's been like a lot of
:17:42. > :17:46.Leicester players this season, hasn't been at it but you cannot put
:17:47. > :17:49.that on him today because he was very good. He certainly was and West
:17:50. > :17:55.Ham have been on a good run and they have just lost that today. They have
:17:56. > :17:59.had a good month, West Ham. Four good results. They have lost today
:18:00. > :18:03.but I think they have enough quality to survive. Thanks, just about out
:18:04. > :18:08.of time. Before we leave you let's look at the Premier League table.
:18:09. > :18:14.Chelsea's 13 league victories sees his side leading with a 6-point
:18:15. > :18:22.lead. Liverpool's win over Man City puts them four points clear of Pep
:18:23. > :18:24.Guardiola's side while Manchester United's revival means they are
:18:25. > :18:31.three points adrift of their City rivals. Swansea are rooted in the
:18:32. > :18:33.bottom three along with Hull and a much-needed victory for Leicester
:18:34. > :18:42.moves them clear of the relegation zone, while a win for Burnley lifts
:18:43. > :18:45.them up to 11. That is it from us for 2016. Happy New Year to you all.