10/02/2018 Match of the Day

How about that?

Just brilliant, just brilliant.

Oh, that is wonderful.

An absolute belter.

What a chance.

What a goal!

Blue is the colour of

the Premier League winners.

Hello, we've six games

from the Premier League

featuring the league leaders,

Champions League chasers

and relegation fighters.

Danny Murphy and Dion

Dublin have been

dissecting the action.

As Manchester City chase

a quartet of trophies,

their match with Leicester City

is their final involvement

in the Premier League until March.

Guardiola's side have a healthy lead

at the top despite two dropped

points at Burnley last weekend.

On Ryiad Mahrez watch

at the Ethiad, Guy Mowbray.

Back in training and now back in the

squad as a Leicester South, if Riyad

Mahrez gets on, the reaction of the

supporters will be interesting. Two

changes for Manchester City with

Vincent Kompany and Danilo on the

bench. Sergio Aguero has scored in

the last six home games, he has

previously not manage seven in a

row. Mahrez is a sub for Leicester.

Two changes. James is in. Claude

Puel well is going for three at the

back. With cup commitments for the

rest of this month, a Manchester

City win means they sign off from

the Premier League until March with

a minimum 13 point lead. Silva.

a minimum 13 point lead. Silva. De

Bruyne. It is in! That is a huge

weight off the shoulders of Raheem

Sterling after his glaring Merse

Burnley last week. He puts in a tap

in to give the Manchester City yet

another early lead. De Bruyne have

the time and room and did what he is

so often does. It into just the

right place by the Belgian and

Sterling was in the right place

ahead of Albrighton.

ahead of Albrighton. 1-0 to

Manchester City. Raheem Sterling

gets his 20th goal of the season, he

will be feeling a whole lot better

after that. Not that you can really

question his finishing all campaign.

Everyone makes the odd mistake.

Bounced back to him. Nicely by

Vardy. Can he get it over? He can.

Albrighton, it just too high for

Diabate. Chilwell. The first time

that Manchester City in any shape or

form have been under any sort of

pressure. Handball from Vardy to

Albrighton, needed to -- that ball

needed to be played with more pace.

Albrighton will take the corner.

Zinchenko.

Zinchenko. De Bruyne, Sterling...

What is he going to do with it? It

is out where all. It is a good

tackle. Christian Fuchs stops the

Manchester City counterattack.

Diabate. Dispossessed by Otamendi.

Zinchenko cannot stop them and

neither can Guendogan, it is Vardy

and it is 1-1. Brilliantly finished

by the Leicester number nine.

Manchester City could not move the

ball quickly enough and Leicester

moved it just right. With some help

from Otamendi. There is a lovely

touch. Just to make the room for the

shot. Away from Laporte. What a fine

finish it is. Little bit of a

deflection off Laporte helped and he

spins it away from Ederson. Vardy

has now scored in four Premier

League games in a row and out of

nowhere, it is 1-1 and we have a

game on. What our record of Vardy

has when their big games come

around. That is 43 Premier League

appearances, 23 goals against

current top six sides. There is De

Bruyne. Silva is stalling his probe

-- his progress. Zinchenko. De

Bruyne. Sterling. He went down in

the box. You can hear what Leicester

fans think of that. Mike Jones did

not think much about it, did not

think it was a foul or a dive.

think it was a foul or a dive. Here

he goes. He beats Albrighton. He

could not beat Schmeichel, it was a

good save. He went to put everything

he had behind the shot.

he had behind the shot. Still looks

a little like the odd couple in, and

at Leicester, Claude Puel well and

Michael Appleton. Bernardo Silva.

Dragovic, as far as Guendogan.

Dragovic, as far as Guendogan. De

Bruyne. Sterling! Beats 's to win

but misses the target. That must

have been a goal saving shot from

Dragovic, he has kept Leicester

level with that tackle. A change in

personnel and a change in shape for

Leicester, they have a back at four

now. Sterling. De Bruyne. Early ball

across an Sergio Aguero scorers!

They have scored inside three

minutes in the second half. A very

similar goal. In terms of, it is

another assist from Kevin De Bruyne

and it is another tap them, De

Bruyne found a way through to Sergio

Aguero whose scorers for the seventh

successive home game. 11 goals in

those home games, 25 for the season

in all competitions and all

stadiums, it is 2-12 Manchester

City. Every Manchester City player,

all those lucky enough to be the

beneficiaries of the brilliance of

De Bruyne at knowledge it every

time. Guendogan. De Bruyne. It just

would not quite stick between his

feet, preferred -- Fernandinho,

Sterling. Sterling is down. Around

the penalty area. Marc Albrighton is

making the point that he goes down

too easily. Albrighton, is he going

to easily to block, Mike Jones did

not see anything wrong. Walker.

Walker is going to chase that. It is

a chip and run. Schmeichel ways.

Fernandinho. De Bruyne. Up where

all! And he has forced it through

Schmeichel -- Sergio Aguero! The

game is running away from Leicester

now. And you have to give real

credit to Kyle Walker for the part

he played here. It looked like he

had misplaced the pass and their at

the attack had gone. -- and they are

at the attack had gone. Just a

glancing blow off Schmeichel, it had

to hit him fill in the chest to keep

it out. It squeezes in under his arm

and Manchester City for the first

time all afternoon have a two goal

cushion. And he just keeps on

scoring.

scoring. 195 Manchester City goals,

the double hundred is coming very,

very soon. Diabate is off and Riyad

Mahrez is on, in a game in which the

had the situation been different, he

might have been playing against

Leicester City.

Leicester City. Schmeichel has given

it straight to hug where all and

I'll go where all tips smite golf

another hat-trick. -- gives it

straight to Sergio Aguero.

straight to Sergio Aguero. This one

is the first goal that has not been

made by De Bruyne. It is symptomatic

of Schmeichel's kicking all day, it

is a tap pass to Aguero and a very

cool finish. The game is finished

now, 4-12 Manchester City. Sergio

Aguero has scored his third

hat-trick of the season. -- 4-1 two

Manchester City. Foden. He is at

him. Forced out of the area for a

moment. Aguero is looking for his

forward. Oh my goodness! Is there

anything he cannot do! Four goals in

the half for Sergio Aguero and that

one was a rocket shot.

one was a rocket shot. That is the

crowning moment on another

magnificent Manchester City day on

their way to being crowned Premier

League champions. There can be

little doubt about that. Perfect,

off the bar. He is one amazing

footballer. And for the third time

in a Manchester City shirt, Aguero

scorers four goals in a game. Four

goals in

scorers four goals in a game. Four

goals in a half today.

Can you find

any more words to describe De Bruyne

and Aguero?

No.

and Aguero?

No. One guy making a

mountain of assets is, right, left

and Sergio has an amazing talent,

trying to create a lot of chances,

to give them the opportunity to

score the goals that he scorers. He

is always there and I think it is

big congratulations, it is not easy

to score at four goals.

You started

with five at the back and you

changed it to four, would it have

made any difference?

Perhaps a

little more strong. We conceded a

lot of chances in the first half.

Perhaps they were a little lucky in

the first half. The second goal just

at the beginning of the second half

change the game.

After last week and

all the fuss about Bernie, was that

await off your mind?

The game seemed

like it was taking forever foot to

come around. We had a three-day

break and I could not wait to get

back out there.

I think the guys

want to be champions. So far, we

were at best team.

were at best team. -- we were the

best team. My advice for the players

is not to think about how many games

are left, focus on the next one.

I

think we are running out of

superlatives for Manchester City,

sublime again, Raheem Sterling

mentioned, he got an identical

chance that he missed against

Burnley. Lightning did not strike

twice in the same place although it

is a different ground.

twice in the same place although it

is a different ground.

I think this

was even a bit harder. De Bruyne was

fantastic today. He put it in. Good

luck to him, he is having a great

season.

He is saying to himself, I

am so glad that went in! He is brave

to put himself in that situation.

So

glad he is playing with Kevin De

Bruyne as well.

Stunning display

from Sergio Aguero. Does not

surprise me. He is a different

class. He puts himself into

positions and you have got to get

the ball to him. Look at the pass.

You should not be allowed to play

that pass. I have to say, Kasper

Schmeichel did not have the best

game. Look at Aguero on the

shoulder. That is one of his

favourite positions, onto his right

foot and Schmeichel had no chance at

close range. He did this time after

time. This one, he has to clear

that. You cannot give Aguero at

chance like that, that is a superb

finish. He lets the keeper go down

and chips it over the top. I want to

say the keepers should stop this but

I do not think he saw the ball until

it was behind him.

What a If you give player.

Him

chances like that he will score all

game.

Leicester did well in the

first half. Played a system we are

not acubsed to seeing Leicester play

with three or five at the back

whatever way you want to call it.

They changed at half-time,

strangely?

We were surprised. I

thought they were in in the game

first half. Manchester City you will

be opened up occasionally. Really

good on the counter. They frustrated

City. This is the five. When you see

this clip. You will see City keep

going inside because they can't get

round the side of them which is

where City like to go. They stretch

the pitch well. Pep works on that,

making the pitch big and giving them

options. When there are five it's

hard. They did frustrate City. Silva

in the middle of the park was doing

well. They get out. What Pep talked

about was spaces down the side for

his players. When you have the

quality of delivering that

Manchester City, you will be in

trouble. Especially if it's this

man, De Bruyne. You can see the

four, narrow. Big spaces either side

of them. With the distance they keep

from each other and the width they

get, Manchester City, time and time

again we could have showed five or

six clips of them dominating and

getting in wide areas.

They were in

the game.

They were in the game

more. That is where the change went

wrong.

A strange one. Manchester

City going from strength to

strength. People said when he came

last season - you can't do that

football in this country. He proved

everybody wrong be. Have we seen

anything quite as good as this team?

I don't think we've seen as many

good players in one team absolutely

dominating a league as they have.

The way they play the game. The way

they play out the back. Nobody

panicked, especially the goalkeeper.

The keeper is playing out and

picking passes.

Unbelievable. They

have the best passer I've ever seen

in the Premier League. That doesn't

help when you are a forward player.

Imagine how many you would have

scored -

I trust you mean De Bruyne

I do.

While Spurs are renovating

their new home, Wembley is the venue

for the 195th North London Derby.

And while the stadium might be

different, the same rivalry remains.

COMMENTATOR:

One of the most Fay

nows fixtures of them all.

Can you

believe this?

One of the most

memorable North London derbies.

What

a goal!

Oh, what a challenge.

Spurs

are turning it on.

Unbelievable.

Potentially a game-changer.

Game on,

again.

Your commentator for

this one, Steve Bower.

STEVE BOWER:

As if the stakes needed raising the

first Derby at Wembley where Arsenal

have won their last nine matches for

almost 25 years. A significant match

in the Champions League chase.

Arsenal defeat would leave them

seven points behind Spurs. Mauricio

Pochettino names the team that

started at Anfield last weekend.

Harry Kane scored that dramatic

100th Premier League goal. The

top-scorer has six goals in six

league games against Arsenal. Latest

recruit, Mora is on the bench.

Arsenal's hat-trick hero, Aaron

Ramsey is ruled out with a join

injury. El nony comes in. Petr Cech

starts in goal. The Gunners looking

to add to their 81 historical

victories. Spurs looking to increase

their number to 63. Well read.

Fabulous touch by Kane. Dele Alli is

away. Can Arsenal catch him? He is

trying to find Kane. A desperate

lung by Mustafi that needed dealing

with by Petr Cech. Important

interception from Mustafi.

52nd experience of the North London

Derby. He's only lost eight of them

help has faced a number of different

Spurs managers during that time.

Clever ball from Wilshere.

Aubameyang offside. The flag raised

immediately. It certainly did look

close. You could argue that's level

and on.

Son.

Eriksen takes over. In towards Kane.

Well, he looked to the referee's

assistant to see if the flag was up,

it wasn't he was onside. He's hit

very high standards, Harry Kane. By

those standards, he will be

disappointed he hasn't found the

target. Since he took charge, 35

points from 54 for Spurs at home

against the big guns. Ozil. Drop of

the shoulder from him. Again, the

space. This time for Bellerin. It

was always rising. Lloris had it

covered. Fair to say, it's yet to

catch fire.

Dier.

Now Davies. That's a better ball.

There's Kane. There's the

breakthrough. You cannot keep him

out of the headlines. Seven in seven

against Arsenal now for Harry Kane.

First blood Tottenham. A goal that

means the most against this

opposition for Harry Kane. They

stood off Davies. He leapt the

highest and steered it past Petr

Cech. Really good jump. No chance

for the Arsenal goalkeeper.

for the Arsenal goalkeeper. Arsene

Wenger unhappy, feeling that Harry

Kane used his arms to push Koscielny

out of the way. I don't think he's

got much of a case there. Trippier.

15 successive Premier League games

they've scored in. It could be

another one. It should have been a

another one for Kane, and he knows

it. He found space and got in

between the two central defenders,

again. Wilshere.

Now Mkhitaryan, offside flag is up.

Quickly taken. Eriksen on the

charge. Trippier to his right.

Around Wilshere. And he's picked out

Kane. Terrific save by Cech.

Excellent defending by Bellerin.

That was travelling. Sweet

connection here from Harry Kane,

straight at Cech, but he still had

to get everything in the way of it.

Excellent battling from Son. The

South Korean again, lovely feet.

Kane. That's excellent refereeing

from Anthony Taylor. Clear foul on

Son waited to see if Kane engained

any advantage. He didn't. He pulled

it back for a Spurs free-kick.

Christian Eriksen territory. A long

time to weigh this up. Here he

comes. Cech at full stretch with a

very important touch. Got across

quickly. He did well to turn that

over.

Lacazette. Lovely dummy from

Wilshere, now Ozil. Aubameyang away

to his left. Here comes Aubameyang.

Wilshere. Good try. First time Hugo

Lloris has been called into action

in the entire game. He was quickly

across to get two hands to that.

That Wilshere effort. Arsenal's

first effort on target in the North

London Derby.

Here's Dele Alli. Will Spurs be made

to pay for these opportunities

they're not taking? Another let-off

for Arsenal. Dele Alli was

definitely onside and he couldn't

steer it into the back of the net.

Another record crowd inside Wembley,

83,222. Still watching Spurs lead by

1-0. Vertonghen with the

interception. Kane's touch. Oh, it's

super football from Tottenham. Here

goes Lamela. Denied by Cech. Another

one to the list of Tottenham's

second-half chances. Still, they

can't find what they will feel to be

the all-important second goal.

Arsene Wenger and Arsenal winless

away from home against any of the

current top five since January 2015.

15 games to go. Into Lamela. Now

Eriksen.

Trippier! Another Cech save. Denied

Kieran Trippier. His only second

ever Tottenham goal. Kane's cross,

too strong for Lamela. They are all

wondering how they aren't further in

front.

front. Four minutes of stoppage

time. Here's Bellerin. Here's

Lacazette.

Lacazette. Golden chance for a

smash-and-grab. Well, the Frenchman

has only got one goal in his last 12

games and his confidence levels

weren't high here.

weren't high here. Very good voice.

They have been dominant in this

second-half.

second-half. Lacazette has got away.

Goodness me, another big chance to

equalise for the substitute. Again,

he couldn't take it. Well, he was

closer than last time. That means

nothing for Arsenal. Two late

chances for Lacazette, and Wenger's

reaction totally understandable.

This needs to go forward from

Arsenal, and forward it goes from

Mustafi. Sanches, away. Tottenham

bodies back. Oh, it's a foul. A

free-kick on Welbeck. It will be the

last action of the game. It's a

yellow card as well. It's Dier shown

the yellow card for dissent.

Tottenham supporters watch on

nervously. The last kick of the game

will be Ozil's free-kick. It went

straight at the wall and the North

London Derby honours are

Tottenham's. Mauricio Pochettino's

team go seven points clear of their

arch-rivals. Once again, Harry Kane

is the King of North London. It's

all getting a little unsavoury at

the end as well as temperatures rise

in the rain at Wembley. Huge

disappointment and frustration for

Arsenal. Who until late on didn't

really give Tottenham a game. It has

finished Spurs

really give Tottenham a game. It has

finished Spurs 1, Arsenal 0.

We play

fantastic football. We create a lot

of chances. I think the team 1-0 if

not two or three. We analyse the 90

minutes the team deserve the Once we

had victory.

-- once they scored we

couldn't find enough assurance in

our game we were insecure too much

in the build-up. In the second-half

at the end they were tired and not

pressing as much. We were creating

more spaces and we had chances. It

was frustrating because you can see

you could have gone home with a

point or even three points. I think

especially in the first half we

weren't the standard required. It's

something to look at and work hard

for the next game.

A gap to make up

now. Are you confident you can do

it?

Confident or not we have to

fight to try to do it, you know. It

makes it mathmatically more

difficult. This is a game we

couldn't afford to lose today. But

you have to fight.

Match winner no

surprise is Harry Kane. Seven in

seven in these North London derbies?

If he gets his chances he will

score. He's done that again. He

seems to enjoy scoring against

Arsenal, which is a bonus. Maybe he

should have scored a few more as

well.

Yes, Harry Kane the difference

once again, Danny. Described by

Mauricio Pochettino after the game

as the "present and the future."

Tottenham fans will hope so.

We

eulogised about Aguero, the same

applies to this man. He's fantastic.

He's a big gameplayer. His all

around

He's a big gameplayer. His all

around game is phenomenal in the

first half he was the one who was

opening Arsenal up. It didn't happen

very often. Arsenal were

well-organised today. They had a

gameplan. Look at his strength. He's

good with his left foot, it was

evident here, as you can see. He had

the bit between his teeth. So up for

the game. As you should be of

course, the North London Derby. With

his quality. Look at this for a

pass. Unbelievable. He has the lot.

Physically so fit and strong. The

only surprise with this one is that

it didn't go in. He was the

difference. Match winner, but the

difference generally. Look how well

he strikes this, the confidence.

Here's the goal. I've never scored

one like this. I think I'll leave it

to Dion.

Arsenal are OK there but the reason

why Harry Kane scorers is his

determination, you can see both the

numbers on the backs of the centre

halves. You cannot see that. They

are in good positions but they got

it wrong. Harry Kane is in the form

of his life. He continues to do it

every week. He is the best there is.

You have looked at the same

every week. He is the best there is.

You have looked at the same goal

from a tactical perspective.

Firstly, they set up with three

midfielders in the middle of the

pitch and they gave Tottenham

respect and they played 4-3 - three

and they stopped at them, they were

the better team but in wide areas,

they gave up possession a little bit

at times because they stopped

Tottenham getting into the pockets.

You will see it here. It was a good

tactical decision. Make a terrier

there. There are in a good position.

Ozil should go out, and when the

ball does eventually come out to

Davies, they are still OK, Xhaka

cannot quite get across, maybe

Davies, they are still OK, Xhaka

cannot quite get across, maybe could

be a bit quicker, but Arsenal are in

a bad position. They have struggled

away from home. Do you

blame Koscielny? They showed decent

determination but Tottenham deserved

it. They have the spirit and

possession. Despite Tottenham's

dominance, Arsenal could have got

something at the end, Lacazette had

a chance.

He was positive with his

substitutions, Lacazette and Iwobi

came on. You can see Lacazette going

around the back. He went with the

side foot. You saw the way Harry

Kane did it, but Lacazette has no

confidence otherwise he's would have

gone with his laces. I am thinking,

slide it under the keeper. He just

gets it all wrong. That is a

confidence thing, if he has more

games, that is a gold. At the

moment, despair for the manager.

It

certainly was.

Two games down, four

more on their way.

A good header, but no. Surely it is

Arnautovic? Not a bad effort. Here

is the shot.

Sam Allardyce described Everton's

5-1 defeat to Arsenal

as "pathetic and unacceptable",

so an improved performance

against a Crystal Palace side

fighting relegation was a must.

Commentary at Goodison

Park from John Motson.

JOHN MOTSON:

He really was the man in the middle

with all that shenanigans against

Liverpool but John Morris is back on

Merseyside today alone with his

assistant Eddie Smart who lived up

to his name and between them they

got the decisions right. Everton got

it horribly wrong at the Emirates

and Sam Allardyce described the

performance as pathetic. Coleman, it

Davies, Rooney and Sigurdsson are

back. The Palace injury list is in

double figures but Ward is back and

Soerloth makes his debut upfront. A

really squally afternoon on

Merseyside. There is Rooney. He has

been here twice. Two spells.

Sigurdsson. Gylfi Sigurdsson! Just

skipped his way into a shooting

position. It curled away from the

far post. Benteke. Car by two

Townsend.

Townsend. -- Cabaye. He is away.

Soerloth for Crystal Palace. It went

over to Benteke in the end.

over to Benteke in the end. It is

Milivojevic who shoots. That was a

promising break by Palace. Roy

Hodgson up against a fellow former

England manager today although Roy

was in the job rather longer than

Sam Allardyce. Walcott. Sigurdsson

coming in at the far post, Ward did

well. This is an Everton corner.

Gueye. Gueye has the shot. It is

saved by Hennessy. Got a good hand

to it, the goalkeeper. Probably the

best effort Everton have had so far.

The atmosphere has been a little

flat inside Goodison Park, it needs

something to read of the matchup.

The cross by Sara and away by

Martina. It comes off Pickford, he

has to get his body behind it to

make sure it is a corner. Cabaye

with the shot for Palace. Soerloth

could not quite reach it, Townsend.

Taken off his toll, Tomkins, and

Pickford has a foul. Benteke. One of

those that you could say it was our

site, you could say was a foul on

the goalkeeper but it does not count

for Crystal Palace. -- you could say

it was offside. Benteke is on his

own, here comes Townsend to help.

Soerloth again, showing some nice

touches, Benteke. That is where this

season he has not been the force he

was. This was probably Crystal

Palace but's best opening of the

half. The match has been rather like

the weather, somewhat damp. If one

team or the other can just lift

their game a little bit, there could

be extra points to be had here. Good

depth on the kick from Pickford.

Sigurdsson! And Everton take the

lead. In the first minute of the

second half. It was not a

particularly good header by Tomkins.

Sigurdsson just drove that

accurately in the corner, a slight

deflection may be to help him and

that puts a different complexion on

the game completely. -- may be to

help them. Niasse. Here is Kenny.

Sigurdsson that keeps it in play. --

Sigurdsson keeps it in play. He

finds that Davies. A good chance and

that is the second goal and it is

Niasse. Niasse making it 2-0 to

Everton and they have scored twice

in the first six minutes of the

second half and Niasse planted that

header beautifully. Past Hennessy,

good cross by Martina which set up

Niasse and once again, their

second-half performance is in a

different class to what went before.

Palace have not got a lot to turn to

in the way of substitutes today,

there is not really a striker in

there. This is Cabaye, Benteke is

pulling away. Cabaye gets it back

from Soerloth. Good header, but no.

Again for him, agonisingly wide. It

just will not go at the moment for

Benteke. Crossfield ball by Cabaye

to Van Aanholt. Soerloth. He is

going to be a bit of a handful, I

think, at the new signing. Here is

Rooney. Williams. Walcott.

Rooney. Williams. Walcott. It did

not run for a Davies but it might

for Kenny and it might for a Niasse.

Sigurdsson. Davies! 3-0. Everton are

pushing the game beyond Crystal

Palace's recall. Walcott initially.

That did not do Palace any favours,

Kenny got the ball back in.

Sigurdsson retrieved and Tom Davies

made no mistake with his right foot,

3-0. Palace with this devastating

list of injuries, you feel that they

might just have an uphill struggle

in the next few weeks. Free to

Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace. -- free kick to

Crystal Palace. Here he is again.

Bringing that save from Pickford.

Snapshot by Van Aanholt. Corner to

Palace. They were all up there.

Everton were rocking from the moment

that corner came in, two or three

touches and it looks as though

Ashley Williams was the player whose

hand was up. It is a penalty to

Crystal Palace and usually

Milivojevic puts these away. He does

but Pickford made a great effort to

save it. It was emphatic but the

goalkeeper went the right way. And

got hands to it, I think. 3-1.

goalkeeper went the right way. And

got hands to it, I think. 3-1.

Heal

got the got the ball from a long

ball. They managed to go 1-0 up and

then we controlled the game after

that, stop the goal to concede, I

think. I think at half-time we said

we wanted to win this game

especially at home.

It is unusual to

have quite so many players out and

not just any players, you have

players who are an integral part of

our first team.

We feel we have not

been blessed with any good fortune

there but having said that, I think

that the players that played

that the players that played today,

the 11 that started the game, I

thought they gave a good account of

themselves and we did not lose the

game because we were lacking any of

those other players, we lost it

because the mistakes we made were

punished by Everton.

The last few

games, the second half, we had a

better half, but today, the first

five minutes, we received some more

goals but after that it was hard to

come back into the game but we had

one good chance from Christian. If

he had scored to have one, maybe we

could have changed the game but it

was hard to come back.

Afterwards I spoke to the Everton

manager, Sam Allardyce.

A comfortable victory. Very

satisfying I would imagine after the

disappointing -- disappointment of

the performance last week.

It is. We

have to look at our own record and

say, that is were the mainstay of

Pharisees and lies. In the eight

games at home, 17 points we have

picked up and we have only conceded

four goals and the last two goals we

conceded a penalty. We are into

attaining the fans are getting

results at Goodison Park, but it is

just that unfortunate waveform that

is causing us the problem.

Why do

you think you're playing so

differently away from home?

This has

always been a strong place to play,

they are close to the players, they

get behind them, I think away from

home it is quite a long-standing

problem, because for over a year or

so, when we won at Newcastle that

was a long time since we had won,

even the season before, away from

home. For now, we can relax and

enjoy ourselves.

Rooney and

Sigurdsson came into the starting

line-up, they have been in and out

and they seem to make a difference,

is there any real reason why you

left them out in recent weeks?

Because of the fatigue level. We

played against Leicester on

Wednesday night, we had to play

Saturday against Arsenal away.

Sometimes, when you have a series

like that, you get a little bit of

stick. We put everybody right today

and when it happens, you have to get

over it and learn from it and just

go onto the next game and make sure

you win and we have done that and on

that very comfortably. The Everton

fans will be happy when they wake up

tomorrow morning and see where we

have pushed on in the league now,

nearly save, so we can get the

planning done for next season. We

cannot quite get that yet but maybe

we can start pencilling one or two

things in.

We can see the home and

away record that he alluded to. I

think he counted the game when he

was not quite in charge. There is a

real difference and perhaps the

difference today was Gylfi

Sigurdsson, he was excellent.

Sigurdsson, he was excellent.

He

makes things happen in the final

third. He has two footed, he can

score a goal. He was left out last

week.

week. The fatigue thing, it is not

like they are in the Champions

League. He was really good.

He got fortune for his goal. Great

anticipation of where the ball was

going to land. A bit of deflection

there. That settled everyone down.

He grew in confidence as the game

went on. Although they were awful

last week, it was a much better

performance. Sam is right about

playing at Goodison. It's an intense

atmosphere. The supporters expect to

put yourself about and give your

all. You can't not. Lucky header

there.

Are

Sigurdsson involved in

it, again. Look at the anticipation.

He's good around the box. He's calm.

I like him.

If you work that hard

and you are that good, you are going

to give performances that.

He just

kept giving today.

Oh, dear.

Crystal

Palace, Roy said about the fact they

have so many placers missing.

Yes.

Zaha in particular is a big miss.

Yes yes. Another eight or nine

important players missing. Zaha is

the man, as you can see by the

stats. He makes it them tick. They

have nobody to look to without him.

The good news is they have three

home gapes their next four. The bad

news is they are playing against

Tottenham, Manchester United and

Liverpool.

Ah, not easy.

Difficult.

Next to the London Stadium,

as Watford travelled to West Ham

buoyant following an unforgettable

Monday night.

Watching this one, Steve Wilson.

STEVE WILSON:

Marko Arnautovic returns for West

Ham he scored five in five starts

before his hamstring injury. New

arriving is on the bench having not

played since November and Hyslop

controversial exit from Marseille.

Watford became the first visiting

team to win a Premier League game

here.

here. Cold, windy, wet day in

Stratford.

Stratford. Nice Watford. Doucoure.

Capoue.

Capoue. Off the head of Ogbonna for

the corner. Lot of patients about

how they worked this, Watford. They

have' got a corner. Driven in by

Holebas. Good save by Adrian to deny

Mariappa. It's a really well crafted

corner kick here from Watford. Both

sides wearing black armbands today

in memory of Keble who played for

West Ham. Nicely worked, Arnautovic.

Oh, great run, Marko Arnautovic.

Still going. Come back to

Arnautovic. Save from Karnezis to

deny Mario they feel they should be

getting a penalty. All they are

getting is a corner. Look at this

from Arnautovic. Brilliant.

Fantastic feet for a big fella. Was

there a foul there on Arnautovic by

Prodl?

Prodl? Joao Mario. Knocked off it by

Holebas. That's a free-kick. Joao

Mario goes down holding his face.

The elbow came in from Holebas into

kind of his neck. It's going to be

Joao Mario's ball in. The offside

flag is up. It's not going to

countried. -- count. The flag was up

from Andy Garrett. That is so tight.

His left shoulder might just be

behind the line of the last Watford

defender.

defender. West Ham free-kick.

Clearly alfree-kick. Into the last

10 minutes of what has been quite an

eventful first half, though no goals

yet. Collins. Arnautovic. Straight

at the goalkeeper. Anywhere else and

it would have been 1-0 to West Ham.

He can't believe he didn't put it

away, Marko Arnautovic. He's furious

with himself. So West Ham denied by

the Karnezis save. Coming again down

that left hand side with Antonio.

It's a good run this. Hernandez -

1-0! This time it counts. Javier

Hernandez heads West Ham in front.

Michail Antonio, down the left flank

again. It's been a feature of West

Ham's play in this first half. It's

a free header, leaving Hernandez to

simply steer the ball into the net.

Here's Arnautovic. He's been really

the game's best player, Marko

Arnautovic. Another super run. It's

going to be a corner.

going to be a corner. A little smile

from Marko Arnautovic.

Joao Mario with the West Ham corner.

Looking dangerous. Very dangerous.

Caused a minor outbreak of panic

here. Still delicately poised this

game.

Oh, that is a clumsy challenge. No

cards for Kouyate but there might

have been. Good save by Adrian. He

read it well. It wasn't near enough

to the right hand upright to really

trouble Adrian.

trouble Adrian. Here's the chance.

Hernandez with the run through on

goal. Arnautovic square. Arnautovic

surely - no. How is it not 2-0. The

clearance which fell to Javier

Hernandez definitely onside.

Mariappa was playing him on. So

nearly fell to Arnautovic, but not

quite. Hernandez rolling it in.

Pushing it out. Noble was swamped by

yellow shirts. You can't take your

eyes off this now. Arnautovic. A

great run. The substitute has been

on the pitch for a matter of a

smattering of seconds, made a

brilliant run, Byram, really well

tracked by Holebas and nearly found

by Arnautovic. Collins in there

hoping to win an attacking header.

Challenge from the substitute. It's

ricocheted. Arnautovic - 2-0. Well,

he couldn't miss that one.

he couldn't miss that one. It was a

risky challenge. Cresswell's cross

spilled by Karnezis. Then hit on to

Holebas. It fell to Arnautovic, who

glee flee make it two.

Holebas. It fell to Arnautovic, who

glee flee make it two.

If you give

me when we took over in bot to the

tomorrow three we could get into the

top ten I would say you are kidding

on. Great credit to the players.

Done a brilliant job. They are at

it. Running around and making it

difficult for teams. We want to

continue improving what we've got.

Hopefully we can keep doing that.

We

had more possession, but it's not to

have more possession, it's not the

same to dominate and have control of

the match. We tried, but because we

tried, but I think today it wasn't

our best match.

I want just to show

the critical people all the people

that don't like me, to show them

that I'm good and I want to give

everything for this club. That's why

I play football.

Why would anyone

not like you?

I don't know. I'm

surprised some people don't like me

because I think I've a good heart.

Everybody should like me.

Anyone who

doesn't like Marko Arnautovic?

I've

always liked him.

I like him. Do you

like him, Dion

I love him.

He needs

a

like him, Dion

I love him.

He needs

a hug. I've always liked him. When

he played in wide areas at Stoke he

spent too much energy tracking back.

Look at his close control. Unlicky

here. It's a penalty hef goeses

meantal at the decision. He has

great... Look, right foot there,

Dion.

In normal time I said no pen.

In the replay, definite pen.

He

gives them a presence. They have

lacked that. He can see a pass,

dribble and score a goal. Credit to

him for the time he has been out. He

looks sharp and fit today. This is

what he's got. He's got that ability

to go past people. He scares

defenders. He was the best player...

They look a different team when he's

playing.

You half want a player like

this not to be given a position.

Don't play him upfront. Let him do

what he wants to do. He will create

for the team. When he's working as

hard as this, creating so much for

West Ham. He's such an important

player. Look at this. It's such a

great touch. Gets ricocheted. First

touch great. In the right place at

the right time. Great all day. We

all love him.

We do.

Hernandez

deserves a mention. Did well in the

last couple of weeks.

West Ham fans

like him. Watford couldn't follow on

from their performance on Monday?

No. Deeney, Janmaat may be tired

after that performance against

Chelsea they played well. Went into

this game looking leggy. I think

West Ham capitalised on that.

OK.

Three crucial games

on Match of the Day 2.

COMMENTATOR:

Lascelles.

Manchester

United breakthrough.

Ward-Prowse to

strike, and he's there.

Brilliant,

brilliant, brilliant!

Mounie for

Huddersfield.

Cool finish from

Wilson.

Goal!

The Winter Olympics continues

across the BBC, head to the BBC

Sport website for all the details.

The Six Nations continues

on Sunday afternoon

with Scotland taking on France.

And the FA Cup returns next weekend.

We've two live games,

as Spurs travel to Rochdale

and a repeat of the 2013 final

as Wigan host Manchester City.

And in sad news, it was announced

that the former Celtic,

Manchester United and Sunderland

midfielder, Liam Miller,

has died at the age of just 36.

He was suffering with

pancreatic cancer.

Celtic Park fell silent

in his memory ahead of their game

with Partick Thistle.

Leeds and Sunderland wore black

armbands for their matches as well

Manchester United during their game

on Sunday.

It's now eight games without defeat

in all competitions for Swansea

under Carlos Carvalhal,

as the club continue their revival

and move gradually up the table.

They took on a Burnley side

without a win in nine.

Mark Scott watched this one.

MARK SCOTT:

Having named the same team for the

last three Premier League games,

Carvalhal's force into a change with

Carroll replacing Fer, who is out

for the rest of the season with a

ruptured Achilles. Ayew has to wait

for his first Swans appearance

alongside his brother Jordan help

begins on the bench. Burnley has one

change, Lowton comes in for the

injured Phil Bardsley. Cork makes

his first return to the Liberty

Stadium since joining the Clarp etc

in the summer. Burnley beat Swansea

when the sides met in November.

Swansea having won the first four

Premier League encounters between

them. Long. Send it long, Barnes and

Vokes, on the turn. Not a bad

effort. Drilled forwards by Long.

Lovely header into the path of Vokes

by Barnes. That is an excellent try

from Sam Vokes. Fabianski at full

stretch, he was worried.

Swansea have lost just one of their

ten games in league and cup under

Carvalhal. That sole defeat was

against Spurs. Mike van der Hoorn.

Really good pass. Olsson. Space here

for Ki Sung-Yeung. Clucas. Good

turn. They barely had sight of goal

so far, Swansea. Clucas created the

room well.

So far that match has not been much

better than the rotten weather

today. -- so far at the match.

Barnes, nearly into Vokes. Van de

Horn, risky, but he got away with

it. The clearance by van de Horn. It

is going to be picked up by Carroll,

dispossessed by court, Ashley

Barnes! He scored in their 2-0 win

against Swansea in November, he has

had the first chance of the second

half this afternoon. Fabianski had

it covered had it been on target.

Fabianski finding van de Horn. Vokes

across. Van de Horn looking for a

Dyer, well met by Mee. Hendrick is

fouled by Carroll. Shelved Hendrick

in the back. -- shelved Hendrick.

Mee with the free kick. That is not

the best of clearances, tipped over

the top by Fabianski. Really good

effort by good Manson. Mee tossed it

into the penalty area, the header by

Hernandez dropped and it is a smart

stop by Fabianski as well. He does

not really need to sweeten up the

media given how well things have

gone since he took over but that is

what he did this week, handing out

home-made Portuguese paper sheet --

pastries at his press Conference.

Abraham, Ayew. Abraham!

Abraham, Ayew. Abraham! Carroll.

Good delivery. Abraham! Deflected

and gathered by Pope. Two chances in

quick succession for a Tammy Abraham

arm. Carroll with the whipped ball

in. It may have been Jordan Howe you

who got the touch. Lovely flight of

delivery -- it may have been Jordan

Ayew.

He wanted handball on the edge of

the area by Mee, and you can see

why. Lowton will take the throw.

Abraham.

Abraham. Trying to win the corner,

unable to do so, picked up by

Carroll, though. Naughton. Still a

chance here, trying to tee it up for

Ayew, Ki Sung-Yeung, it is in! Ki

Sung-Yeung with his first Swansea

goal since May, 2016. And it may

well have secured a precious three

points for them as well. Carroll

worked it well. Great run for

Naughton as well and then he teed it

up for a Ki Sung-Yeung Guta get away

from Jordan Ayew and blasted it away

from Pope. One touch to set it up.

And then low and true and into the

bottom corner. 1-0 to Swansea.

Naughton. Not quite.

Naughton. Not quite. Andre Ayew.

They have numbers forward, here is

Jordan Ayew. Further wide now. They

will be happy to keep it down by the

corner. He did better than that. He

kept it in. Chance to wrap it up but

Pope makes the block. Lovely piece

of escape ology hear from Jordan

Ayew, he saw no way through, got

past a pair of Burnley players, kept

it in as well, was not far away from

squeezing it beyond Pope as well. It

will be 14 points from seven Premier

League games for Carlos Carvalhal

since he took over, what a job he is

doing.

since he took over, what a job he is

doing.

Everyone loves him and the

way he has changed the team is

fantastic. Tactically we changed to

three at the back and it works very

well. Everyone knows what we have to

do on the pitch. That is why, as a

team, as an individual, everyone has

improved a lot.

It was a tight game,

nothing in it, the action was in

both boxes and they got the right

side of the margins. It was partly

our own doing, I don't think we were

as good as we have been. We still

created chances,.

We put Andre Ayew

and Tammy in that moment and also

Martin Olsson. We have three

attackers in the middle, we put all

the meat in the barbecue, all the

meat inside.

It has been a real

improvement under Carlos Carvalhal,

not just the football but the post

match analogies! Whatever he is

doing it is working.

He was

positive, he put everything he had

on,

positive, he put everything he had

on, off the bench, completely

positive. He went strong. Early on

they went from fullback to fullback.

Olsson pushing on Mawson. He pushes

his full-backs higher up, very

confident. He tries to play at the

back as well, it was not working, he

brings on Tammy Abraham. Playing

football through the middle, we will

change our game. All day, Burnley

went down the middle and Barnes and

Vokes were good but when Tammy

Abraham came on, he occupied that

two centre halves well, he moved

around the defence, the defence of

Burnley... One of the centre halves

is getting dragged down, it is Mee,

and then another player comes down,

he is dragging two players, how do

we deal with the strength of Tammy

Abraham? Bad clearance by Mee and

they start to play. Tammy is

pointing, four defenders from

Burnley out of position. That is

through the presence of Tammy

Abraham coming on. Ki gets a bit of

luck but look how many Burnley

players they are. They cannot do

anything about it, Tammy Abraham

clicks it on four Ki. He is

shattered. This one, he is a

goal-scorer, he wants to score a

goal but he should really pass to

Jordan Ayew. Great tactical play by

Carlos Carvalhal, he got it right.

Burnley are struggling, then now

without a win.

Stoke's defeat to Bournemouth last

weekend saw them drop

into the bottom three and they faced

a Brighton side who -

like half the Premier League -

were in one of the tightest

relegation battles we

have seen for a while.

Martin Fisher watched this one.

MARTIN FISHER:

Brighton start the day in 13th

place. Victory for Stoke would draw

them level on points. Peter Crouch

has an ankle infection. Diouf is the

lone striker. Darren Fletcher is fit

again. March is preferred. Glenn

Murray has scored in each of his

last three games including their

only away goal in their last seven

matches. You sounds Stoke have to

make the most of their home

advantage today and for the rest of

the season if there are ten years

stay in the Premier League is not to

come to an end.

come to an end. Suddenly an almighty

gap develops and the Colombian,

Izquierdo who scored that belter

against West Ham could not find the

top corner. Chance to cross. Lifted

high towards Choupo-Moting who is

arriving. First corner of the game

for them. Fletcher puts it in,

headed

headed away by Schelotto. A good

effort. A mixed bag so far for Paul

Lambert, a win, a draw and a defeat

and the need to win this sort of

game. Stephens. Gross. March, bit of

room for him to advance. Look at

this for Izquierdo. March,

Izquierdo, Stevens, lovely move, is

there a finish, Izquierdo,

magnificent gold. That is the wonder

strike against West Ham one week

ago, he has come close to surpassing

that finish. A lovely move and a

cool finish the Colombian. Izquierdo

picks it up and then looks for

support, the initial 12 with March,

the second web Stephens, Stoke City

defenders bamboozled as Izquierdo

slots it beyond Jack Butland. They

have been defensively strong for

most of the season, Brighton. You

would expect that from a newly

promoted side. Stephens. Gross. Time

to deliver the cross and it is just

headed over. He will be disappointed

he could not keep that ever down,

because you sense a second goal here

for Brighton and it might well be

game over. So much time for Pascal

Gross to measure the cross, he

should have put that away.

should have put that away. Shaqiri.

Line up the shot and lets it go and

finds the bottom corner. Shaqiri

comes up with the goods and Stoke

are level. It is a superb finish

from the Swiss. Steps inside and

Ryan could not get across in time to

keep it out. Stoke City right back

in the game now and the noise

returns to the Bet365 Stadium. Their

Pino.

Pino. Shaqiri has got away from

Stevens. Instead Schelotto and

Brighton will bring it away. Bobby

madly in a good position to see what

happened there. A little bit

theatrical, but there was a definite

touch from behind. Izquierdo.

Izquierdo has gone for the return.

Goes on. Surely not again? It was so

hot to handle. What a month

Izquierdo is having. Shawcross is

looking to make a menace of himself.

Adam, now for a Shaqiri. They go

back close, he goes down, penalty

given. The foul was by Dale

Stephens. Well spotted by the

referee and Stoke City have a

penalty with just over one minute to

go. That is what the referee saw.

Points to the spot and Stoke get the

penalty. He is clearly irritated

because he wants to take the penalty

but his team-mates have said no, it

is not yours, Charlie Adam is the

designated penalty taker. This is a

vital moment for Charlie Adam and

Stoke City. Matt Ryan, can he keep

it out. He can, but add on the

rebound could not finish. What a

save by Matt Ryan? And Charlie Adam

cannot believe how he did not put

home the rebound. It was a great

recovering tackle. What a tackle

that is by Lewis Dunk. Brilliant.

But the drama not yet over. Three

minutes of added time, Charlie Adam

with the corner. He nearly scored

direct from the corner. The effort

by Kurt Zouma blocked again. Another

corner.

They go again. Off the line this

time.

Just denied. Stoke on three separate

occasions, the penalty, the corner

and then the header.

Confirmation that the whole ball has

not crossed the line, it is very

close.

Penalties happen. I won't stand here

and blame anybody. That's what

happens. It won't be the last one he

misses in

happens. It won't be the last one he

misses in his career.

I thought we

had the better chances in the game

they threatened got in great areas.

In Shaqiri they have a quality

player that can get that type of

delivery in. It shows on the goal.

Jese having won it wanted to take

the penalty himself. I'm guessing

Charlie Adam was the designated

penalty taker.

The good thing is

everybody wants to win and score. If

they didn't have the argument over,

then it becomes a little bit

disappointing. The lads know they

have to win games. They know... That

was a big opportunity.

Confusion

over who would take the penalty. The

gaffer told me in no uncertain terms

it won't happen again. Difficult

when that happens. Professional

athletes it was childish, to be

honest.

It's a physical game where

players are going to be close to

each other and holding each other.

For me still, certainly not a

penalty.

A couple of terrific goals.

Extraordinary finale with the

nonsense around the penalty. What

was going on there?

It

nonsense around the penalty. What

was going on there?

It was such a

weak penalty as well.

In the first

place snoochl very soft pen. You can

see Charlie Adam runs over to the

ball. Gets the ball and Jese is not

happy. Gets the penalty. He wants

it. This makes Stoke look a little

bit silly. If you run over and take

the penalty. You have to score.

Yeah. It doesn't It doesn't help

help.

.

That might have been another

penalty.

I think it was.

This tackle

here. He doesn't get the ball. Takes

Charlie Adam down. It hits his hand.

If you watch it slowly. He misses

the ball. It hits his hand. It could

have been another pen. If you are

confident to get the ball out of the

crowd you have to score. If you take

charge you have to score.

We are out

of time. Dion thanks very much,

Danny as always. That is all we have

time for. Let us see the Premier

League table before we leave.

Manchester City have increased their

advantage at the top to 16 points.

Tottenham are up to third with

Farsal now five points adrift of the

top four. Manchester United,

Liverpool and Chelsea are all yet to

play. Stoke stay in bottom three,

level on points with Newcastle.

Swansea' climb to 15, two points

clear of trouble. Let us see what

the Sunday papers have to say. The

Times report that Antonio Conte

believes the club will be "stupid"

to sack them when they are in the

hunt of trophies. The Mail on

Sunday, they focus onfallal's fading

top four hopes.

So Manchester City don't play again

in the league until March.

Perhaps if they left it until May,

we might have a title race.

Goodbye.