0:00:42 > 0:00:44Good evening, we've got a sackful of Boxing Day goals
0:00:44 > 0:00:46to keep you up tonight.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Danny Murphy and Kevin Kilbane were obviously desperate to get
0:00:48 > 0:00:51out of the house today.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52We begin at Wembley.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55All eyes were on Harry Kane ahead of Tottenham's game
0:00:55 > 0:00:56against Southampton.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Could he break Alan Shearer's record for Premier League goals
0:00:58 > 0:00:59scored in a calendar year?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01We all had our fingers crossed here.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Your commentator, Steve Wilson.
0:01:10 > 0:01:18Wembley expectant of a new record. Spurs' caning of Burnley on Saturday
0:01:18 > 0:01:23leaves their favourite son one goal away from a Premier League scoring
0:01:23 > 0:01:28record of 37 for a Premier League, -- for a calendar year, and two
0:01:28 > 0:01:37changes for Spurs. Moussa Dembele comes in. Charlie Austin starts a
0:01:37 > 0:01:40three match ban for Southampton. He scored five of their last seven
0:01:40 > 0:01:44goals. Shane Long is looking for a first goal since the 11th of
0:01:44 > 0:01:49February. To put that in context, Harry Kane has scored 47 times since
0:01:49 > 0:01:54Shane Long last found the net. Virgil van Dijk isn't in the squad
0:01:54 > 0:01:57for Southampton and haven't travelled to Wembley. Extraordinary
0:01:57 > 0:02:062017 it has been. This is Spurs' last game in the calendar year so,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10if he doesn't do it, it's a name for 2018. Kept that in, but given
0:02:10 > 0:02:17straight to Dele Alli. Christian Eriksen to his left, Kane to his
0:02:17 > 0:02:22right. Kane in the middle, just wide. It was close. Captain play by
0:02:22 > 0:02:28Matt Targett, but gave it straight to Dele Alli, and Southampton in all
0:02:28 > 0:02:35kinds bother. Eriksen to Kane, side netting full two Argentines in the
0:02:35 > 0:02:42dugout. Mauricio Pochettino in one, Mauricio Macri in the other. Danny
0:02:42 > 0:02:51Rose being pursued by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. Just outside the penalty
0:02:51 > 0:02:55area. A really good piece play by Danny Rose. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
0:02:55 > 0:03:01get the yellow card. He pursued him and pursued him and finally, there,
0:03:01 > 0:03:09caught him. Again, a little suspicion, when you see it in the
0:03:09 > 0:03:15replay, Danny Rose's foot was fishing a little bit. Six white
0:03:15 > 0:03:19shirts inside that very congested Southampton penalty area. Christian
0:03:19 > 0:03:33Eriksen. It's in! Harry Kane! And that is the record! A landmark goal
0:03:33 > 0:03:44which is dispatched by Harry Kane. 37 Premier League goals in 2017. His
0:03:44 > 0:03:53name in lights again. Whipped in by Christian Eriksen and, from no more
0:03:53 > 0:03:59than a foot, Harry Kane plans the ball into the back of the
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Southampton net, and he writes his name in the history books of the
0:04:01 > 0:04:07Premier League. Tottenham 1, Southampton numerically a row. Well,
0:04:07 > 0:04:14who did you think was going to break the deadlock? He'd have got that one
0:04:14 > 0:04:17in his sleep, I think. -- Southampton numerically a row. He
0:04:17 > 0:04:24needs one become the top goal-scorer in 2017 in the top five European
0:04:24 > 0:04:29leagues but, hold on, here is Shane Long. Nathan Redmond and Mario
0:04:29 > 0:04:34Lemina and Sofiane Boufal forward. Now, has that cross the line?
0:04:34 > 0:04:42Goodness me, it hasn't. How lucky are Spurs? Wow! Lovely feet from
0:04:42 > 0:04:48Sofiane Boufal. Hugo Lloris didn't really deal with it and certainly
0:04:48 > 0:04:53didn't deal with that argumentative, but the ball didn't cross the line.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57-- certainly didn't deal with that as he meant to. It is his birthday
0:04:57 > 0:05:04and his lucky day. 54 goals now for club and country in 2017, level with
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Lionel Messi, who will not play again in this calendar year, and
0:05:07 > 0:05:20neither will Harry Kane after today. Moussa Dembele. Eriksen. Dele Alli.
0:05:20 > 0:05:28Holding off Wesley Hoedt. 2-0, Harry Kane again! He is two thirds of the
0:05:28 > 0:05:36way to yet another hat-trick. Again, the simplest of finishes. Harry Kane
0:05:36 > 0:05:41is always in the right place at the right time. This is great play from
0:05:41 > 0:05:55Dele Alli. And Son on a plate for you know who. Kane has two.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Southampton have none. And he will finish 2017 as the top scorer in
0:05:59 > 0:06:12Europe's top five leagues. Boufal. Jack Stephens. It's as far up the
0:06:12 > 0:06:16pitch as Southampton's right back has been in the game, I'd suggest.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22Good feet from Mario Lemina. He's got space, and he hit the bar. This
0:06:22 > 0:06:27is good stuff from Southampton. Mario Lemina, in particular. He
0:06:27 > 0:06:32worked it onto his left foot, once, twice, he found space. Really good
0:06:32 > 0:06:44hit. Just rose too much. But only just. Here is Eriksen. Trying to
0:06:44 > 0:06:51catch out Maya Yoshida. Dele Alli's touch, Son onto it. Just wouldn't
0:06:51 > 0:06:56come quickly enough for Son. He'll have another go now though. Dele
0:06:56 > 0:07:08Alli. Oh, great goal! That is a great finish from Dele Alli or
0:07:08 > 0:07:15Tottenham Hotspur to put the game well and truly out's reach. Harry
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Kane will get the headlines, of course, and rightly so, but this is
0:07:19 > 0:07:25the goal of the game so far. Top drawer finish from Dele Alli. And
0:07:25 > 0:07:41Spurs lead 3-0. Damage limitation may be the order of the day. Boufal.
0:07:41 > 0:07:47Blocked by Serge Aurier. It's come to Redmond. I think it was meant for
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Mario Lemina, but here is Dele Alli for Tottenham. Son is charging
0:07:50 > 0:08:01ahead. It was Son to make it four. He has! 4-0, Son, two in a little
0:08:01 > 0:08:08over two minutes or Tottenham Hotspur. Redmond's pass, then for
0:08:08 > 0:08:13Mario Lemina, nowhere near him, and look at Son, his determination to
0:08:13 > 0:08:19get there. And what a good finish. Lovely, lovely, precise finish from
0:08:19 > 0:08:29Son. It's four for Spurs. Southampton's heaviest defeat of the
0:08:29 > 0:08:33season so far came only a couple of weeks ago, 4-1 against Leicester at
0:08:33 > 0:08:47home. Kane! Oh! So close! A brilliant ball. He got a little
0:08:47 > 0:08:52push, Harry Kane, but he still met it sweetly. So close from Harry
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Kane. To be honest, if he retired now, we'd be talking about him for
0:08:56 > 0:09:04decades to come, but he's got years ahead of him. Shane Long, gets it
0:09:04 > 0:09:09through to Sofiane Boufal. It's in! Well, it's a consolation, and Hugo
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Lloris will be very unhappy on his 31st birthday to be beaten by that
0:09:13 > 0:09:23at his near post. Southampton have one goal back. Well hit by Boufal,
0:09:23 > 0:09:28and Hugo Lloris surprised at his near post. Good strike, swerving and
0:09:28 > 0:09:34beating the Tottenham goalkeeper low to his right hand side. 4-1. Oh,
0:09:34 > 0:09:43well won. Son, and free up here for Spurs. Five back for Southampton.
0:09:43 > 0:09:51Harry Kane! He's done it! Just take a moment to think about this. 56
0:09:51 > 0:09:59goals in 2017. 39 of them in the Premier League. Eight hat-tricks.
0:09:59 > 0:10:09Two of them in the last three days. Just not in doubt. The statistics
0:10:09 > 0:10:17are getting ridiculous. Harry Kane is getting better, and Southampton
0:10:17 > 0:10:28are getting absolutely hammered. It has been a very Harry Christmas. It
0:10:28 > 0:10:38is Spurs 5, Southampton 1. Oriol Romeu. Lofted in towards Gabbiadini,
0:10:38 > 0:10:48to our -- too high. A magnificent save by Hugo Lloris. Goalkeepers are
0:10:48 > 0:10:52obsessed by conceding goals. He would be happy with the manner in
0:10:52 > 0:10:59which he let in Sofiane Boufal's, but he will be happy with that. In
0:10:59 > 0:11:04goes that corner, out by Hugo Lloris. Dusan Tadic... It's in! And
0:11:04 > 0:11:11its 5-2. Dusan Tadic. It's a good finish. Hugo Lloris just not tall
0:11:11 > 0:11:19enough. Harry Kane might have kept this out had Hugo Lloris not put his
0:11:19 > 0:11:26hand to it. Tottenham 5, Southampton 2.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Show us the ball, if you would. Yet another one. What are you going to
0:11:29 > 0:11:36do with them?I need to find the room. It's all in a cupboard. We'll
0:11:36 > 0:11:42need to make a room or a glass case for them and get them all out.You
0:11:42 > 0:11:45will certainly need a bigger cupboard! You've broken the record,
0:11:45 > 0:11:50scored more goals this year than Lionel Messi, eight hat-tricks in
0:11:50 > 0:11:53the year, it's incredible.It's been a fantastic year one I am very proud
0:11:53 > 0:12:04of. Like I say, compared to Messi and Shira, it's what it's all about.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07First and foremost, it's an unbelievable display by the team, a
0:12:07 > 0:12:10great result, and to get another hat-trick is a great feeling to end
0:12:10 > 0:12:22the year.It's amazing, very well about him, how he is. He is not only
0:12:22 > 0:12:25a talented player, if not he's a great and all that happened today,
0:12:25 > 0:12:33he deserved.I want to see a team with character fighting and playing
0:12:33 > 0:12:37for the ball, but the minimum that you have to be is trying to show
0:12:37 > 0:12:44this from the beginning, and I think the wrong thing today was that we
0:12:44 > 0:12:50waited for Tottenham to react.It's about improving every year and
0:12:50 > 0:12:55that's what I tried to do, finding edges, training and working harder,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58making sure I'm fit and healthy, and let's see what happens. I am feeling
0:12:58 > 0:13:03good and confident. Still a long way to go this season, so hopefully we
0:13:03 > 0:13:09can continue this form for the rest of the year.What a lot of balls and
0:13:09 > 0:13:11two outstanding records for Harry Kane, most Premier League goals in
0:13:11 > 0:13:18this calendar year and, remarkable, he cruises past Alan Shearer, and
0:13:18 > 0:13:23then this is perhaps even more impressive, the most goals scored in
0:13:23 > 0:13:282017 in the European leagues. He has gone two clear of Lionel Messi. He
0:13:28 > 0:13:34did it in 12 games less. Where do you start?Al didn't fancy coming in
0:13:34 > 0:13:41one bit to do this announcement on Harry Kane. His form has been
0:13:41 > 0:13:44excellent but, if you look at his all-round game and what he brings to
0:13:44 > 0:13:47it, he is more than just the goals. I think we know that now. When you
0:13:47 > 0:13:53do start to look at his overall game, even at the start of the match
0:13:53 > 0:13:57today, as soon as he starts the game, he has a desire to get into
0:13:57 > 0:14:00the game immediately, immediately on the front foot, closing down
0:14:00 > 0:14:05defenders. This is basic centre forward play, get between the goals
0:14:05 > 0:14:09and get yourself in a goal-scoring position. Excellent movement, off
0:14:09 > 0:14:14the shoulder of defenders, running away from Maya Yoshida, creating
0:14:14 > 0:14:18space for himself, and finding himself in the six yard box. This is
0:14:18 > 0:14:25what sets him apart from most number nine.Alan Shearer particularly!You
0:14:25 > 0:14:28can get away with that! He can play at a number ten, you can drop deep
0:14:28 > 0:14:34and get into positions away from centre halves and December 's -- and
0:14:34 > 0:14:37defenders. If that had gone in, that would have been sensational. Playing
0:14:37 > 0:14:43on the shoulder of defenders, that is top-class technique, recognising
0:14:43 > 0:14:48where they are, freeing himself into space. Unselfish running, running
0:14:48 > 0:14:51away from defenders, freeing up Dele Alli, giving him that option, and it
0:14:51 > 0:14:56is awareness. A little hesitation, a starter, and then the dink with his
0:14:56 > 0:14:59left foot foot six Premier League hat-tricks across the year, eight in
0:14:59 > 0:15:06total. Only Alan Shearer and fouler and more in the Premier League.He
0:15:06 > 0:15:11the real deal, no question. For all his brilliance, Southampton didn't
0:15:11 > 0:15:16make it too difficult.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25They have won one in 11 games and the basics of football are not that
0:15:25 > 0:15:29difficult to do.It was embarrassing. That is not being
0:15:29 > 0:15:30harsh.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40Watch the recovery run. This is not a team playing for the manager.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43People question attitude and application and that is sometimes
0:15:43 > 0:15:49harshly done, but not today. It is fine playing at the back when you
0:15:49 > 0:15:53are sharp. But they were on the back foot and they were closing them down
0:15:53 > 0:16:05and the ball was given the away. Redmond is in the wrong position.
0:16:05 > 0:16:11Look at the top of your screen. You have got blue file not communicating
0:16:11 > 0:16:16with Stevens. It is an easy pass and Dele Alli is in. This is in the
0:16:16 > 0:16:21first ten and 15 minutes of the game when you have got the energy. No one
0:16:21 > 0:16:33is cutting in and getting near anybody. I am not taking anything
0:16:33 > 0:16:37away from Tottenham's creativity. But their man talent he was awful. I
0:16:37 > 0:16:43am worried about them playing like this.Why would that happen? Maybe
0:16:43 > 0:16:47some of them have had enough of what they are being taught on a daily
0:16:47 > 0:16:52basis. They were not playing with any enthusiasm. They did not have a
0:16:52 > 0:16:56game plan. You either dropped off and make it hard for Tottenham or
0:16:56 > 0:17:01you press all over the place. To be able to head a ball in from two
0:17:01 > 0:17:06yards out. Two defenders have let the best striker in Europe get in
0:17:06 > 0:17:09the middle and the goalkeeper does not know what he is doing. I fear
0:17:09 > 0:17:11for the manager.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13I fear for the manager.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Bournemouth spent Christmas Day in the bottom three.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17They faced West Ham who kicked off one point and one place
0:17:17 > 0:17:19above their opponents.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24John Roder was at the Vitality Stadium.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29Josh King scored 13 goals between New Year's Bay and the end of last
0:17:29 > 0:17:35season, including a hat-trick in March in a win over West Ham. He has
0:17:35 > 0:17:41passed his fitness test. Lewis Cook comes into midfield. Manuel Lanzini
0:17:41 > 0:17:53returns after serving a two match ban for diving.
0:18:00 > 0:18:13Andre Ayew is also playing, Andy Carroll is in the substitutes.
0:18:13 > 0:18:24Landini looking for an out of it. West Ham get the corner. Smith left
0:18:24 > 0:18:27with little choice but to put that ball out of play.
0:18:31 > 0:18:40Collins!. He gives West Ham an early lead at the vitality stadium. All
0:18:40 > 0:18:43sorts of questions being asked amongst the Bournemouth defenders.
0:18:43 > 0:18:49You can see where he starts his run. He loses Francis and it is a
0:18:49 > 0:18:53powerful header. The man they call the ginger Pelley has struck.
0:18:59 > 0:19:05Wilson in towards Josh King. Every single Bournemouth fan inside the
0:19:05 > 0:19:11ground was expecting Josh King to make it 1-1. All he had to do was
0:19:11 > 0:19:14find a way past Adrian.
0:19:28 > 0:19:42In towards Andre Ayew. He cannot quite believe he has missed that.
0:19:43 > 0:19:50Three defenders converged on him. Bournemouth get the free kick. Andre
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Ayew sliding in.
0:19:58 > 0:20:09Gosling, 1-1. Dan Gosling scored last week in the League Cup defeat
0:20:09 > 0:20:19at Chelsea. It was his first goal for over a year and he has now
0:20:19 > 0:20:24scored again. It dropped very nicely for Dan Gosling. It seems like he
0:20:24 > 0:20:34had a moment or two to consider where to place it. - from Francis
0:20:34 > 0:20:44and there may well be some action here. And it will be a yellow card.
0:20:44 > 0:20:51In his defence, Kouyate was leaning in a little bit towards the ball.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56Does two wins at home here in the Premier League this season.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Pulled back by Aaron Cresswell and the assistant has raised his flag.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13Bournemouth will get a free kick. And it is a yellow card for Aaron
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Cresswell as a result of that challenge.
0:21:20 > 0:21:27There is an appeal for handball. That is what Josh King is claiming.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32Bournemouth have to be content with the corner. They took it quickly.
0:21:38 > 0:21:47Nathan Ake, 2-1, Bournemouth. Nathan Ake gets his first goal for
0:21:47 > 0:21:53Bournemouth since making his move from Chelsea a permanent one. And it
0:21:53 > 0:22:00has put the Cherries in front. They have come from 1-0 down to Leeds
0:22:00 > 0:22:052-1. Keep your eye on the number five five-year, Nathan Ake. He makes
0:22:05 > 0:22:10the run in and he is in the right place at the right time. He got
0:22:10 > 0:22:15three goals in his loan spell in the first half of last season and he has
0:22:15 > 0:22:21now scored what could be a crucial goal for Bournemouth.
0:22:27 > 0:22:34There are appeals for handball as Collins slid in. It certainly struck
0:22:34 > 0:22:36his hand.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Ryan Fraser and Adrienne with the save and eventually a double save.
0:22:53 > 0:22:59Adrian holds firm. Bournemouth had not scored in their previous two
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Premier League Boxing Day fixtures, but they have made up for it today.
0:23:13 > 0:23:19A mistake by Asmir Begovic. And it is an equaliser for West Ham. Marko
0:23:19 > 0:23:28Arnautovic. It was a present the day after Christmas. The heavy rain that
0:23:28 > 0:23:36has fallen all match has an impact on it, and a huge impact on it at
0:23:36 > 0:23:41that. You simply cannot legislate for a goal like that. The ball was
0:23:41 > 0:23:48played back. Asmir Begovic lost his footing. Marko Arnautovic was left
0:23:48 > 0:23:55with the simplest of tasks to make it 2-2. It is one of the more
0:23:55 > 0:24:02farcical goals you are likely to see this season. This is Landini. We
0:24:02 > 0:24:07could be in for a rip-roaring end to this match here. Both sides feel
0:24:07 > 0:24:19they can win it. Hernandez, Asmir Begovic and stabbed in by Marko
0:24:19 > 0:24:26Arnautovic. And from 2-1 down just a few minutes ago, West Ham have
0:24:26 > 0:24:36turned this match around in their favour. So much as determination
0:24:36 > 0:24:42here to twist and turn his way past practice. Hernandez with the shot.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Begovic could only block it and an out of which could poke it home from
0:24:47 > 0:24:51close range.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01A minimum of six minutes additional time. That will give Bournemouth
0:25:01 > 0:25:17hope. Wilson! It will not count, the flag is up on the near side. It is
0:25:17 > 0:25:22ruled out for offside. Wilson is claiming he did not touch it. Simon
0:25:22 > 0:25:27Long is the assistant on the near side. Bobby Madley comes across to
0:25:27 > 0:25:33talk to him. This is one of those incidents were an assistant referee
0:25:33 > 0:25:39would be extremely useful. Is it an equaliser? Is it disallowed? It is a
0:25:39 > 0:25:47goal! It has been given. And Bournemouth have struck back in this
0:25:47 > 0:25:52amazing Boxing Day game. Nathan Ake with a header across. Does Wilson
0:25:52 > 0:26:00get a touch. It certainly looks like it. That will be a much discussed
0:26:00 > 0:26:06goal. Who needs a film and the game of Shiraz?I do not know why he
0:26:06 > 0:26:10would not go with his linesman's decision. He puts his flag up
0:26:10 > 0:26:15because he believes there is an offside. For whatever reason he
0:26:15 > 0:26:20wants to speak to him. I have had a look at it and it could be close the
0:26:20 > 0:26:28offside. I do not know if our player's foot is on the ground. But
0:26:28 > 0:26:35the worst is, he puts it in the top of the net with his arm and it
0:26:35 > 0:26:40should have been stopped for that. For them to overrule both decisions
0:26:40 > 0:26:46and to get both decisions wrong I do not see it at all.Sometimes you get
0:26:46 > 0:26:49decisions against you. I went in as a striker and followed the ball in
0:26:49 > 0:26:56and put a touch on it. To my delight, but not to West Ham's. A
0:26:56 > 0:27:02little touch of what? Magic.When the linesman's flag goes up I assume
0:27:02 > 0:27:06it is not given. With the length of talking there were having I assumed
0:27:06 > 0:27:10the goal would not be given, that was my gut feeling. But I am pleased
0:27:10 > 0:27:15to see the goal given and I thought it is what we deserved.Three points
0:27:15 > 0:27:24and then one point. It was a crazy game, but that is why people watch
0:27:24 > 0:27:28the game and we entertain everybody on Boxing Day.It was a bonkers
0:27:28 > 0:27:36Christmas afternoon.Unbelievable. I do not know if there is any other
0:27:36 > 0:27:41country in the world when Kouyate gets kicked in the face where it
0:27:41 > 0:27:48would not be a sending off. When somebody swings there aren't they
0:27:48 > 0:27:55are classed as being sent off. Some people would have six months in
0:27:55 > 0:28:00jail, never mind a yellow card.That is probably overdoing it a bit.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04First, let's try and clear up that extraordinary colour was an
0:28:04 > 0:28:10equaliser. What is going on? They got it wrong basically.The referee?
0:28:10 > 0:28:15I think he is a bit offside. Bobby Madley has overruled his linesman
0:28:15 > 0:28:21for some reason. You can see Callum Wilson saying I did not touch it.
0:28:21 > 0:28:34That is not what he said after the game.He is just offside. We presume
0:28:34 > 0:28:38he thinks he did not touch it. But it is irrelevant now because it is
0:28:38 > 0:28:44given. I can understand why David Moyes is fuming because he is a
0:28:44 > 0:28:50minute away from getting three points. But Bournemouth made the
0:28:50 > 0:28:54better chances. But Eddie Howe is right, they played well and made a
0:28:54 > 0:28:58lot of good chances, better than they have played for a long time.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02West Ham showed good spirit and good application to stay in the game and
0:29:02 > 0:29:07they should be happy with a point.A couple of other incidents, including
0:29:07 > 0:29:12the one that David Moyes was referring to.It is the Simon
0:29:12 > 0:29:18Francis incident on Kouyate. I do not think it is a red card. I think
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Simon Francis is looking. It looks bad from that angle. But clearly he
0:29:22 > 0:29:27is looking at the ball and try to bring it down from the air and he
0:29:27 > 0:29:31captures him. I think a yellow card is the right decision.You do see
0:29:31 > 0:29:37those given as a red card.This looks bad. This is Josh King on
0:29:37 > 0:29:43Pedro and it is just frustration. He turned around and there was a bit
0:29:43 > 0:29:50petulant. There is no intent there. That is how you say Merry Christmas
0:29:50 > 0:29:52in Norway!
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Liverpool had drawn their last three at Anfield going into the game
0:29:55 > 0:29:58against Swansea who began the day bottom of the table,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00the third season in a row they've spent Christmas
0:30:00 > 0:30:01in the relegation zone.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06Commentary comes from Steve Bower.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11Liverpool, who haven't lost here since April, made four changes to
0:30:11 > 0:30:15the team that drew with Arsenal, including a recall for
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Oxlade-Chamberlain, but Simon Mignolet retains his place in goal
0:30:18 > 0:30:22to make his 200th appearance for the club. Alfie Mawson was the only
0:30:22 > 0:30:26player to start every Premier League game under previous manager Paul
0:30:26 > 0:30:34Clement. He is in a side that also shows four changes, including a full
0:30:34 > 0:30:41Premier League debut for Scottish U21 international Oliver McBurnie.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44The last nine meetings between these two have produced 35 goals. Andrei
0:30:44 > 0:30:53you. Looking at the free kick, and he didn't get it. What a strike!
0:30:53 > 0:30:59Philippe Coutinho marks his 200th appearance for Liverpool with
0:30:59 > 0:31:08another special goal to add to the collection. No chance for Fabianski.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Andre Ayew was looking for the free kick. One touch and the next is inch
0:31:12 > 0:31:18perfect. And Philippe Coutinho, who scored his first ever Liverpool goal
0:31:18 > 0:31:24against Swansea at Anfield, as scored the first of this one. That
0:31:24 > 0:31:31is Liverpool's 250th goal in all competitions under Jurgen Klopp.
0:31:34 > 0:31:40Crossing opportunity for Routledge. Andre Ayew coming in. Simon Mignolet
0:31:40 > 0:31:46forced to make the save. A little too much time and will moan -- time
0:31:46 > 0:31:54and room for Routledge. Swansea haven't scored in ten of their 19
0:31:54 > 0:32:04games so far this season. Space for Mo Salah. Roberto Firmino's tax back
0:32:04 > 0:32:09to him. What about that? He is on side. Queueing up, and he couldn't
0:32:09 > 0:32:14pick any of them out. And then Robertson! You already feel that
0:32:14 > 0:32:19this could be a long old evening. The. Mo Salah and Coutinho linking
0:32:19 > 0:32:27up beautifully here. -- a long old evening for Swansea. It was always
0:32:27 > 0:32:32drifting wide for Robertson. Liverpool a little frustrated they
0:32:32 > 0:32:38haven't built on that goal, after just six minutes. Roque Mesa. Under
0:32:38 > 0:32:44pressure from Oxlade-Chamberlain. He forced the error. Mo Salah kicking
0:32:44 > 0:32:52it to Roberto Firmino. Lovely balance. He can't finish it. He'd
0:32:52 > 0:32:57done everything right up until that moment. He had options as well.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02First credit to Oxlade-Chamberlain for forcing the error. That was the
0:33:02 > 0:33:07touch that created it for Roberto Firmino. He chose to go alone and
0:33:07 > 0:33:16then he missed the target. Whilst it remains 1-0, Swansea will maintain
0:33:16 > 0:33:27hope. Alexander Arnold finding Roberto Firmino. No cell! -- Mo
0:33:27 > 0:33:35Salah! Usually put them away from that kind of range so far this
0:33:35 > 0:33:42season. A bit of space now for Coutinho, allowed to turn. Liverpool
0:33:42 > 0:33:45free kick.
0:33:55 > 0:34:04Roberto Firmino! Eight goals in his last eight starts. Should have
0:34:04 > 0:34:09scored just before half-time. As scored less than six and a half
0:34:09 > 0:34:15minutes after half-time. Swansea switched off. Coutinho's delivery,
0:34:15 > 0:34:22nobody goes with Firmino. Fernandez misjudged it and the Liverpool
0:34:22 > 0:34:26striker did the rest. Four in four against Swansea now for Roberto
0:34:26 > 0:34:34Firmino. 2-0 today, long way back for the bottom club. You just worry
0:34:34 > 0:34:41that the floodgates could open here. Mo Salah! Alfie Mawson lost the
0:34:41 > 0:34:46flight of the ball. Fabianski did well, didn't panic. Lovely ball from
0:34:46 > 0:34:55Robertson. Alfie Mawson didn't get there. Fabianski did. Swansea have
0:34:55 > 0:35:01only scored more than once in two Premier League games this season,
0:35:01 > 0:35:04and that's what they need to do somehow in this situation. Emre Can
0:35:04 > 0:35:12overhit that. Roberto Firmino was the intended target. Robertson will
0:35:12 > 0:35:20keep it in. Get it across. Coutinho. Dazzling. Robertson. Away by Alfie
0:35:20 > 0:35:27Mawson. Alexander Arnold! He has his first Premier League goal for
0:35:27 > 0:35:40Liverpool. To make it 3-0. That's one of the dreams growing up as a
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Liverpool fan, right by the training ground. Coutinho heavily involved,
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Robertson's cross clear, but look at the desire from Trent
0:35:48 > 0:35:55Alexander-Arnold and then the finish off the crossbar. Liverpool 3,
0:35:55 > 0:36:09Swansea 0. Mawson. Mo Salah. Firmino is unmarked. He's unselfish. Two for
0:36:09 > 0:36:13Roberto Firmino, four for Liverpool. The floodgates are well and truly
0:36:13 > 0:36:20open. Swansea didn't help themselves with that pass, straight to the
0:36:20 > 0:36:26Egyptian. He could have had a shot but he saw Roberto Firmino totally
0:36:26 > 0:36:29unmarked six yards out, and he wasn't going to miss that. It could
0:36:29 > 0:36:37be damage limitation now for the bottom club. A trip to Watford next
0:36:37 > 0:36:45for Swansea, as they look to somehow clawed some point onto the board.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50Could he know, back to Lallana, Dominic Solanke you wanted it and
0:36:50 > 0:36:55Lallana went alone. Oxlade-Chamberlain. In from
0:36:55 > 0:37:04Alexander Arnold. Might come to Oxlade-Chamberlain! It's five. He
0:37:04 > 0:37:10has his second Liverpool Premier League goal, and the bottom club are
0:37:10 > 0:37:18undone again. This was the first opportunity, look at Dominic Solanke
0:37:18 > 0:37:21you, he would have had a tap in, but Swansea just don't clear their
0:37:21 > 0:37:28lines. In opportunity there, they are not strong enough there will
0:37:28 > 0:37:31stop -- strong enough there. Oxlade-Chamberlain just wanted it
0:37:31 > 0:37:43more. No chance again for Fabianski. Liverpool 5, Swansea 0. Jurgen
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Klopp's team have blown Swansea away.I was impressed, fantastic
0:37:47 > 0:37:57football. Confidence grew in this period of the game. The first hour
0:37:57 > 0:38:01was hard work, it wasn't easy to come through but, after 60 minutes,
0:38:01 > 0:38:06we were brilliant and it was a joy to watch.When you bottom affects
0:38:06 > 0:38:11your confidence, no doubt. The second goal went in and maybe the
0:38:11 > 0:38:14players lost and I'm pleased they could get back into the game. That
0:38:14 > 0:38:18happens but you have to keep going and keep making sure you are doing
0:38:18 > 0:38:20the right things, giving it everything you've got, and today you
0:38:20 > 0:38:26have to question that.Tell me how many years you've been dreaming
0:38:26 > 0:38:32about that moment, Anfield, Liverpool goal.Yeah, it was harder
0:38:32 > 0:38:38going into that moment, and a pleasure to be able to play and to
0:38:38 > 0:38:41game the manager's trust to put me out on the field to start a game. I
0:38:41 > 0:38:46always wanted to go out there and repay his faith and trust, and I
0:38:46 > 0:38:55tried to do that again today.She's told me that on Boxing Day the whole
0:38:55 > 0:39:00family, part of the family from America will come over and watch the
0:39:00 > 0:39:05game. I said, is that in order for the line-up?She told you you had to
0:39:05 > 0:39:09play him!
0:39:09 > 0:39:14Well, they certainly rewarded him. Coutinho, 200th game, Captain
0:39:14 > 0:39:19armband on, and he played a captain 's role.He's been sensational
0:39:19 > 0:39:24recently in terms of his end products, five goals, five assists
0:39:24 > 0:39:28and, when he plays like this, you can see why the biggest clubs, like
0:39:28 > 0:39:33Barcelona, want him. This is his first impact in the game early on.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38He makes it look so easy. You start to expect him to finish from these
0:39:38 > 0:39:43positions. His footwork, his skill and awareness, even when they double
0:39:43 > 0:39:48up on him it's hard for people to stop him now. His vision... I like
0:39:48 > 0:39:51him when he comes deeper and drops and gets on the ball, because he can
0:39:51 > 0:39:57open teams up with his vision. He is off-balance, look at that for a
0:39:57 > 0:40:00pass. As a forward, he must be wonderful to play with because every
0:40:00 > 0:40:05time you make a good movement is going to find you for the-- he is
0:40:05 > 0:40:14going to find you.He is just a technically superb footballer who is
0:40:14 > 0:40:17starting to add goals and assists and set plays to his game, right on
0:40:17 > 0:40:23the money. Superb ball and a good finish. Let's hope, for Liverpool's
0:40:23 > 0:40:26sake, that he is enjoying this role and he has a change of heart,
0:40:26 > 0:40:32because it's a great football club and he is a big part and, for me,
0:40:32 > 0:40:35probably the best player in their squad, is all round game. Not wants
0:40:35 > 0:40:40to leave Merseyside for the money in Spain, do they? Maybe he will change
0:40:40 > 0:40:45his mind and stapledwhat could you be talking about? I wish I could
0:40:45 > 0:40:52remember that far back! Swansea are in the mire.It could get away from
0:40:52 > 0:40:55them quickly. Leon Britton spoke about the mistakes and errors they
0:40:55 > 0:40:59made. Liverpool were brilliant but I think a lot of mistakes they made
0:40:59 > 0:41:02led directly to Liverpool goals, and you feel they need a manager in
0:41:02 > 0:41:05place to take them forward. Interesting that Garry Monk is
0:41:05 > 0:41:11favourite. Could be coming back. They need direction, somebody go in
0:41:11 > 0:41:16and change their fortunes quickly. They certainly do full I was just
0:41:16 > 0:41:21getting over the fact that Everton ditched me! Manchester United were
0:41:21 > 0:41:2513 point point Manchester City ahead of kick-off against Burnley. The
0:41:25 > 0:41:30visitors had played United three times on Boxing Day previously,
0:41:30 > 0:41:33winning all three. By Mowbray was at Old Trafford. As peasant strikers
0:41:33 > 0:41:38go, they wouldn't get much more powerful than Romelu Lukaku and
0:41:38 > 0:41:43Zlatan Ibrahimovic. They start today for the first time and, as United
0:41:43 > 0:41:46brilliant their number ten, so do Burnley. Chris Wood is out so Ashley
0:41:46 > 0:41:52Barnes comes in, rekindling memories of a battle with Nemanja Matic for
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Burnley and Chelsea, which saw the now United midfielder went off by
0:41:56 > 0:42:06today's referee, Martin Atkinson. -- now United midfielder sent off. They
0:42:06 > 0:42:11last met on Boxing Day in 1963 and Burnley won it 6-1. Jeff Hendrick
0:42:11 > 0:42:18onto this one. Marcos Rojo is onto them. Came across him unfairly. It's
0:42:18 > 0:42:25going to be a yellow card to, very early on in the piece. That is for
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Marcos Rojo, and you can see why. It was a little bit more than just
0:42:29 > 0:42:33getting across to block the Burnley man's would fill the ball. A chance
0:42:33 > 0:42:37for Johann Gudmundsson to put something special into the United
0:42:37 > 0:42:42box. Watch the back post, bearing in mind how Harry Maguire got in for
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Leicester at the weekend. It has been bundled in! Burnley have the
0:42:46 > 0:42:51lead, and Ashley Barnes has given them the lead, two minutes in at Old
0:42:51 > 0:42:57Trafford. What a start for the Clarets! Gudmundsson took aim.
0:42:57 > 0:43:03Nobody Willie got up to get any play contact with the head. -- nobody
0:43:03 > 0:43:09really got up. Ashley Barnes kept his eyes on the ball before lashing
0:43:09 > 0:43:21home his third of the season. Gudmundsson. Jack Cork. Bardsley.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25Gudmundsson to Jack Cork again. Burnley passing the ball around
0:43:25 > 0:43:31beautifully. Hendrick, Barnes, Jack Cork. It's a Gudmundsson ball
0:43:31 > 0:43:43bearing! Off the top of the crossbow. -- crossbar. Burnley are
0:43:43 > 0:43:45playing some wonderful stuff, and a clever attempt at a finish. After
0:43:45 > 0:43:55you. Matic. Luke Shaw. Juan Mata outside the left. Luke Shaw went for
0:43:55 > 0:44:02goal! Saved by Pope, played by Taylor. Really good start all-round.
0:44:02 > 0:44:06-- cleared by Taylor.
0:44:11 > 0:44:15Barnes, Scott Arfield, Ashley Young went in and didn't win the ball
0:44:15 > 0:44:24cleanly. A Burnley free kick, and it is in range, but it would have to be
0:44:24 > 0:44:30pretty special to beat David de Gea from that distance. Steven Defour
0:44:30 > 0:44:38stepped up and it was really special! What a goal! What a story
0:44:38 > 0:44:44might be developing at Old Trafford! Steven Defour has just found the top
0:44:44 > 0:44:49corner with a free kick right out of the top drawer. Look at the way it
0:44:49 > 0:44:54curls away from the right-hand David de Gea. That is as perfect as they
0:44:54 > 0:44:56come.
0:44:59 > 0:45:06Great ball for Rashford. Rashford turns inside! Super goal --
0:45:06 > 0:45:15goal-line block. He instinctively got back to block it. Young,
0:45:15 > 0:45:18Ibrahimovic, Lukaku goes in, and Pope has it. Burnley performing
0:45:18 > 0:45:24wonders at both ends. This, from a defender's point of view, is just as
0:45:24 > 0:45:30special as Steven Defour's free kick. Look at their faces. Merry
0:45:30 > 0:45:41Christmas? Best present of the lot at the moment! Matic.
0:45:41 > 0:45:49Blocked by Kevin Long.That is as good as a save.
0:45:54 > 0:45:59He was being held on to, but he kept his feet. I thought he got
0:45:59 > 0:46:04Manchester United back into the game for a second. Pope is not getting
0:46:04 > 0:46:11anywhere near that. Manchester United need something special again
0:46:11 > 0:46:23to get back into this. Lukaku missed it! Jesse Lingard hit the bar. How
0:46:23 > 0:46:34on earth did that stay out? It is an amazing save by Pope. It really is.
0:46:34 > 0:46:43It hit his head and then it hit the bar twice. Nemanja Matic is allowed
0:46:43 > 0:46:45to advance.
0:46:54 > 0:47:02Jesse Lingard! Jesse Lingard scores. Manchester United have swarmed all
0:47:02 > 0:47:10over Burnley from the restart. A pulsating Boxing Day fixture is back
0:47:10 > 0:47:17on again. What a clever, cheeky finish from Jesse Lingard. The
0:47:17 > 0:47:20substitutions Jose-Maria Newell has made do not seem to have done
0:47:20 > 0:47:27Manchester United any harm. They have not lost at home on Boxing Day
0:47:27 > 0:47:35since long before his time. 1978, 3-0 to Liverpool. Marcus Rashford is
0:47:35 > 0:47:42given all the time in the world to cross. Lukaku!
0:47:46 > 0:47:55Sure goes for goal and Pope was well positioned. This sums it up so far.
0:47:55 > 0:48:00He did not get the timing of the jump right at all.
0:48:16 > 0:48:20A free kick given against Phil Bardsley. The ball bounced up
0:48:20 > 0:48:25against him he came back in and did not time it right on Mkhitaryan. We
0:48:25 > 0:48:30have seen something special from Steven Defour. What has Paul Pogba
0:48:30 > 0:48:38got? The same spot on the field. Not quite the same result. Sean Dyche
0:48:38 > 0:48:42cannot really ask for any more effort from his players.
0:48:52 > 0:49:01Jones is blocked by Sam Vokes. Can Burnley hold on?
0:49:07 > 0:49:18Juan Mata was looking for Marcus Rashford. And Jesse Lingard right at
0:49:18 > 0:49:23the end. A second goal for Manchester United. A second for the
0:49:23 > 0:49:30substitute Jesse Lingard. He has saved them from Boxing Day defeat.
0:49:30 > 0:49:36What a clean strike. No time to think about it. Hit it, watch it and
0:49:36 > 0:49:44run away in celebration. It has been a cracker.Nothing at all negative
0:49:44 > 0:49:51to say about my players. I praise again their spirit, their reaction,
0:49:51 > 0:49:56the way they accept all the risks we took in the second half, so I can
0:49:56 > 0:50:01only praise them. But saying that, it is not the result that we want.
0:50:01 > 0:50:07To come out with a point is pleasing. I thought how the referee
0:50:07 > 0:50:13did not give a penalty is beyond me. Then the final decision on some
0:50:13 > 0:50:18folks. I do not know what he's made to do, he bumped into him. In
0:50:18 > 0:50:22basketball that is charging. But overall to come with another point
0:50:22 > 0:50:27pleases me in a different way today. Overall very pleased. Where does
0:50:27 > 0:50:32that rank in the goals you have scored four Burnley and other teams?
0:50:32 > 0:50:37I think this is again a really nice one.A slightly disappointed
0:50:37 > 0:50:42dressing room in there?Yes, you look at the stats and the chances we
0:50:42 > 0:50:47created and we know we should have won the game. Fair play to Burnley,
0:50:47 > 0:50:54they defended well.Is this a bit of a sticky spell to you?What is that?
0:50:54 > 0:51:04It is a difficult spell for you? Why? Because we should win matches
0:51:04 > 0:51:10scoring four, five or six goals? And we scored only two. I am not happy
0:51:10 > 0:51:14because in the two matches we deserved to win six points.
0:51:14 > 0:51:20Definitely not a sticky spell. Ashley Barnes was cutting a lone
0:51:20 > 0:51:26furrow up front but he did it really well.He came in for Chris Wood who
0:51:26 > 0:51:30got injured against Tottenham. There are two things that centre forwards
0:51:30 > 0:51:35need to do, particularly the way Burnley player at times. His hold up
0:51:35 > 0:51:39play was excellent in tight situations. He created chances for
0:51:39 > 0:51:45others off the back of it. But when Burnley defence so deep, you are
0:51:45 > 0:51:49relying on your striker to get hold of the ball and take a few touches
0:51:49 > 0:51:53and bring team-mates into play and I think he did it brilliantly today.
0:51:53 > 0:51:58Every single time he made himself available. At times it was not easy
0:51:58 > 0:52:04for him to control, under pressure run centre halves. Then having the
0:52:04 > 0:52:09awareness around him to flick it on when he sees people running on. His
0:52:09 > 0:52:14overall game was very good in the first-half particularly. That little
0:52:14 > 0:52:18flick on lead to the goal. Sean Dyche is saying they should have a
0:52:18 > 0:52:24but he reacts to it and he gets the reward. A brilliant performance
0:52:24 > 0:52:30particularly in the first half. Burnley have played away at Chelsea,
0:52:30 > 0:52:34Spurs, Liverpool and Manchester United and have not lost at any of
0:52:34 > 0:52:37them, quite remarkable. Jose Mourinho made a couple of changes
0:52:37 > 0:52:46and Jesse Lingard made a difference. He started with 4-4- two and it did
0:52:46 > 0:52:53not work. Mkhitaryan also made an impact as well as Jesse Lingard. But
0:52:53 > 0:52:57Jesse Lingard has been adding goals to his game, which was a criticism
0:52:57 > 0:53:02of him. He keeps getting in there and he keeps making runs off the
0:53:02 > 0:53:06ball. His movement is as good as I have seen of any United players of
0:53:06 > 0:53:12the ball. He loves running without the ball and getting into dangerous
0:53:12 > 0:53:17areas. The fact he kept getting in there even after making a couple of
0:53:17 > 0:53:22Mrs, that was a super finish, technically very good. If he keeps
0:53:22 > 0:53:26getting in there, he will get goals. He is playing a second striker role
0:53:26 > 0:53:32where he can see spaces, a bit like Dele Alli for Spurs in recent times.
0:53:32 > 0:53:38Sam Vokes, I do not think that is felt sorry, I think it is a foul,
0:53:38 > 0:53:43nothing to moan about. But this is another great finish. And he saved
0:53:43 > 0:53:49the day really. United at home to Burnley, it is the type of game they
0:53:49 > 0:53:54should be winning. I know they have made a load of chances against
0:53:54 > 0:53:59Leicester, but you have to put them away.A little story after the game,
0:53:59 > 0:54:04Jose Mourinho in his press Conference. Kind of saying he spent
0:54:04 > 0:54:08almost £300 million but it is not enough to complete what he is trying
0:54:08 > 0:54:12to do, can compare it to other people, referring to Manchester
0:54:12 > 0:54:22City.It is not a small amount. That is the thing. You are expected to be
0:54:22 > 0:54:27Burnley at home when you spend that amount of money. They are behind
0:54:27 > 0:54:31city, yes, and we can talk about spending, but they have been able to
0:54:31 > 0:54:35compete against them in the transfer market, but it is just that city
0:54:35 > 0:54:36have bought better.
0:54:36 > 0:54:41We've reached half-time, four games still to come.
0:54:41 > 0:54:51A great chance for Jamie Vardy. A flying save. It is hooked towards
0:54:51 > 0:54:57the net, incredible action.It looked easy to score.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59It's just one point from six games for Watford.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02They faced a Leicester side coming off the back of a 2-2 draw
0:55:02 > 0:55:04with Manchester United courtesy of Harry Maguire's
0:55:04 > 0:55:0594th minute equaliser.
0:55:05 > 0:55:12Simon Brotherton was at Vicarage Road.
0:55:12 > 0:55:17Watford's early-season shine has lost its shine of late. Only one
0:55:17 > 0:55:23point from the last six matches. Leicester have picked up in the last
0:55:23 > 0:55:35two months, taking 18 points in ten games since Claude Puel took over.
0:55:35 > 0:55:40Alexander Drager bitch makes his Premier League debut for Leicester.
0:55:51 > 0:55:56It almost fell for King and now an opportunity for Ben Chilwell and
0:55:56 > 0:56:06Okazaki was there. But it was saved by Heurelho Gomes.
0:56:26 > 0:56:32A great chance for Jamie Vardy and he put it wide. And a kick of
0:56:32 > 0:56:37frustration tells you all you need to know. It is rare that Jamie Vardy
0:56:37 > 0:56:41gets in a position like this and the ball does not end up in the back of
0:56:41 > 0:56:46the net. The season started so well but in terms of the number of wins
0:56:46 > 0:56:51and points on the board, they are exactly where they were at this
0:56:51 > 0:56:54stage of the season under the former manager.
0:57:13 > 0:57:23Riyadh Mahrez, great chance, 1-0 Leicester City. A lovely girl. -- a
0:57:23 > 0:57:28lovely goal. Good play by Mark Albrighton. The header was guided
0:57:28 > 0:57:35home by Riyadh Mahrez. It was Mark Albrighton's delivery that led to
0:57:35 > 0:57:38the late equaliser against Manchester United the other day. His
0:57:38 > 0:57:42cross found a team-mate again here today.
0:57:59 > 0:58:07Unable to get inside the near post. Richarlison is onside, away from
0:58:07 > 0:58:10Schmeichel. He could not wrap his brood around the ball enough to get
0:58:10 > 0:58:13at the right side the post.
0:58:19 > 0:58:33Another corner. The last seconds of the opening 45 minutes. There is a
0:58:33 > 0:58:43chance and it is an equalising goal. Molla Wague making his first start
0:58:43 > 0:58:52in the Premier League. Look at him unmarked. Watford level with
0:58:52 > 0:59:00Leicester. We go into added time at the end of the first half. Something
0:59:00 > 0:59:03to celebrate that last for Marco Silva.
0:59:15 > 0:59:23I chance for Richarlison. He smacks the post. That could easily have
0:59:23 > 0:59:29turned this match completely around. Certainly Leicester will be relieved
0:59:29 > 0:59:35to be going in level at the break.
1:00:13 > 1:00:18It went past everyone and Abdoulaye Doucoure array just managed to get
1:00:18 > 1:00:21it in from the most acute angles, and the blood of Kasper Schmeichel
1:00:21 > 1:00:30got down to the ball but couldn't turn it away. -- the love. That has
1:00:30 > 1:00:37been confirmed as an own goal. Kasper Schmeichel's something he
1:00:37 > 1:00:48won't want next to his name. One back by Nathan Cleverly, taken off
1:00:48 > 1:00:54Chilwell's toe. Nathan Cleverly! So nearly three for Watford. Nathan
1:00:54 > 1:01:01Cleverly has been busy throughout and send it just past the far post.
1:01:01 > 1:01:13Nothing up front in the second half. Bags of room for Marc Albrighton.
1:01:13 > 1:01:19Slimani was in the right place but too high. Watford concede a corner.
1:01:19 > 1:01:27Another change coming for Leicester now. Andy King is being substituted.
1:01:27 > 1:01:34Leonardo Ulloa is coming on. Claude Puel throwing a lot at Leicester,
1:01:34 > 1:01:42trying to salvage a point. Saved by Gomez. Wes Morgan can't quite
1:01:42 > 1:01:46believe it didn't end up in the back of the net. Maguire got up well, and
1:01:46 > 1:01:52the shot on the turn for Morgan, but Heurelho Gomes saves the day for
1:01:52 > 1:01:57Watford. Leicester knocking on the door. The header again is saved by
1:01:57 > 1:02:04Heurelho Gomes. To preserve the 2-1 lead. Still, Leicester on the
1:02:04 > 1:02:12attack. Wilfred Ndidi DCs is ever plucked from the air. -- sees his
1:02:12 > 1:02:18header. One point from the previous 18 available for Watford ahead of
1:02:18 > 1:02:24this one.We did well for the we didn't recognise our team in the
1:02:24 > 1:02:28last game, and it's the only way to get back into winning ways. It's
1:02:28 > 1:02:33like we've done today. Sometimes it's never just about the quality
1:02:33 > 1:02:39but about the attitude that we had. At the end, the goalkeeper made
1:02:39 > 1:02:48fantastic saves. It was perhaps not enough for us. But I think it will
1:02:48 > 1:02:58be a fair result.The last game, not a lot of chances. We had a fantastic
1:02:58 > 1:03:01chance to kill the match and we didn't kill it, and they fought
1:03:01 > 1:03:06until the end. Good mentality. To fight and to keep a good result for
1:03:06 > 1:03:08us.
1:03:08 > 1:03:16A gritty performance from Watford, just one shot on target. They were
1:03:16 > 1:03:21helped by Leicester's ineptitude at defending set pieces.And the reason
1:03:21 > 1:03:24is that they conceded more than a body is in the Premier League, 13,
1:03:24 > 1:03:31which isn't good. -- more than anybody else. They play good
1:03:31 > 1:03:34football and create great chances, but back post, nobody on there, a
1:03:34 > 1:03:41pet hate of mine. I don't understand why you don't cover it for
1:03:41 > 1:03:43man-to-man, three against three, Morgan loses this man and Maguire
1:03:43 > 1:03:48tries to cover him and leaves his own man, and of course it falls to
1:03:48 > 1:03:54the man you leave and he has an easy tap in. Its basics, really. You've
1:03:54 > 1:03:59got to stick to your own man. This is why some coaches prefer zonal. A
1:03:59 > 1:04:04run around the back. It is Aleksandar Dragovic, who has just
1:04:04 > 1:04:08been brought into the team, so maybe not sure in his role, but you've got
1:04:08 > 1:04:11to follow it all the way out. Schmeichel has to cover his near
1:04:11 > 1:04:20post. A goalkeeping error. It's not going in until he gets a hand on it,
1:04:20 > 1:04:23so an own goal. Individual errors, and they keep conceding off set
1:04:23 > 1:04:27plays. With the opposition only having one shot on target and you
1:04:27 > 1:04:36still lose the game, it's a problem. Watford stopped the rot.Yeah, Marco
1:04:36 > 1:04:39Silva talked about the mentality, so good for them to bounce back.
1:04:39 > 1:04:42You have to go back to 1933 for Brighton's only ever
1:04:42 > 1:04:43victory over Chelsea.
1:04:43 > 1:04:46These two were meeting for the first time in the top flight
1:04:46 > 1:04:47of English football.
1:04:47 > 1:04:48Jonathan Pearce was at Stamford Bridge.
1:04:52 > 1:04:57Alvaro Morata returns from suspension to spearhead Chelsea's
1:04:57 > 1:05:00west for their sixth home league win on the spin. Gary Cahill is back
1:05:00 > 1:05:10with Kristiansen ill, and Cesc Fabregas starts. Brighton's record
1:05:10 > 1:05:12signing, Jose Izquierdo, starts for the second time in six games, with
1:05:12 > 1:05:19Anthony Knockaert rotated the bench. Jeremy Kyle gets a second start in
1:05:19 > 1:05:29Shane Duffy returns from suspension. -- around KL. -- Kayal gets a second
1:05:29 > 1:05:31start.
1:05:39 > 1:05:43A very decent 70 minutes for Brighton but they need to maintain
1:05:43 > 1:05:50this level four 90. Schelotto defending well. Out by Stevens,
1:05:50 > 1:05:59Fabregas stayed onside. Missed by Bakayoko. Good header back by
1:05:59 > 1:06:05Antonio Rudiger, and Chelsea should be ahead. A pushing header back, but
1:06:05 > 1:06:14poked it wide. Just one defeat for Chelsea in the last ten Boxing Day
1:06:14 > 1:06:22fixtures, against Arsenal in 2010. Fabregas. He saw the run of Moses.
1:06:22 > 1:06:25Lovely ball, didn't finish, carried away by Maty Ryan. Beautiful pass,
1:06:25 > 1:06:32rest of the day. Lifted his head, a beautiful ball, right footed onto
1:06:32 > 1:06:38the foot of Moses, finished that power. Similar Brighton performance
1:06:38 > 1:06:46to Tottenham away, Manchester United away, Arsenal away. Organised today,
1:06:46 > 1:06:50as if they are perfecting this formation, this tactic.
1:06:54 > 1:07:04Azpilicueta with a ball in. Alvaro Morata scores! Chelsea are ahead.
1:07:04 > 1:07:07All of Brighton's first half work undone in the opening minute of the
1:07:07 > 1:07:14second. Davy Propper had no chance. Beautiful ball in by Azpilicueta,
1:07:14 > 1:07:19allowed to get across in, and Alvaro Morata stole away from his marker in
1:07:19 > 1:07:23the middle. The header was too powerful and Chelsea deserved lead.
1:07:23 > 1:07:31They have it, and do Brighton have a plan B to get back into it? The goal
1:07:31 > 1:07:35came 52 seconds into the second half. Bakayoko playing very high up
1:07:35 > 1:07:40at the start of the second half. Hazard! Should have been two. The
1:07:40 > 1:07:47start of the second period, Bakayoko has virtually been playing as a
1:07:47 > 1:07:51second centre right up with Alvaro Morata. His touch has offered the
1:07:51 > 1:07:58opportunity, and should have scored. Chelsea and the other title chasers
1:07:58 > 1:08:00have to keep playing their games and hope Manchester City slip up. It is
1:08:00 > 1:08:08a forlorn hope. A yellow card for Dale Stephens. Miss typed it. First
1:08:08 > 1:08:12yellow card of the game. -- this time.
1:08:15 > 1:08:22Carried away by Maty Ryan. He got there, that's all that's important.
1:08:22 > 1:08:26He gave himself a lot to do, but he knew he could do it. But
1:08:26 > 1:08:36goalkeeping. Another good save from Alonso. Twice, he scored, the
1:08:36 > 1:08:40full-back --. Azpilicueta got a good clearance away.
1:08:44 > 1:08:48Target was Alvaro Morata. Good header away under pressure. Chelsea
1:08:48 > 1:08:53are pouring it on. Brighton are wilting. Their 11th corner of the
1:08:53 > 1:09:00game. Fabregas with it, to the near post! Alonso makes it two. It's been
1:09:00 > 1:09:09coming. Chelsea deserved it. Twice in a matter of moments by goalkeeper
1:09:09 > 1:09:12Maty Ryan, but this time no keeping him out. Allowed to run free,
1:09:12 > 1:09:17dancing header on, is this goal of the campaign, one more to level this
1:09:17 > 1:09:25season's tally. He gets goals, the Chelsea wingback. Good to see Ken
1:09:25 > 1:09:31Bates and his partner, Susannah, here, wrapped up against the cold.
1:09:31 > 1:09:40They run from Schelotto. Corner kick given. Their best move of the game,
1:09:40 > 1:09:49Ryton. This was adventurous. The header was deflected wide. In its
1:09:49 > 1:10:00wings, couldn't meet the first man, and Kayal was hesitant Kayal tried
1:10:00 > 1:10:03three times, runners to the left, runners to the right, Eden Hazard,
1:10:03 > 1:10:08still onside, dancing, prancing and nearly scoring, but away by Lewis
1:10:08 > 1:10:17Dunk. Classic Chelsea counter. Hazard so close. Brilliant defending
1:10:17 > 1:10:21by Lewis Dunk. Step inside two challenges, so balletic, and on the
1:10:21 > 1:10:29line by Lewis Dunk, who anticipated well. Chelsea have had 66% of
1:10:29 > 1:10:33possession and 18 efforts on goal. Fabregas, a little dummy, sublime,
1:10:33 > 1:10:41brilliant. Will the finish come? No, Bakayoko wide. You deserve far
1:10:41 > 1:10:46better, on a day when, in the end, Chelsea had too much quality. A very
1:10:46 > 1:10:51good win 2-0.In the second half we started very well. We scored, we
1:10:51 > 1:11:00created many chances to improve the school. -- improve the score. Good
1:11:00 > 1:11:06performance with good intensity.We are very conscious of the division
1:11:06 > 1:11:09we are written and quality of the teams we are up against so I don't
1:11:09 > 1:11:14think we minutes that we thought we would have much choice in front of
1:11:14 > 1:11:18goal as we've had the last couple of seasons, but we will work as hard as
1:11:18 > 1:11:21we can coming up to January to strengthen the squad as much as we
1:11:21 > 1:11:26can in areas that we feel can be strengthened.It was a hard team.
1:11:26 > 1:11:33They defended pretty well. The second half, we scored early and,
1:11:33 > 1:11:39after the early goal, it was different from the league. It's
1:11:39 > 1:11:49tough to win, and we are happy.For us, it's an important player, the
1:11:49 > 1:11:58back nine. He played a good game with the ball. But looking the
1:11:58 > 1:12:02commitment of all my players.
1:12:02 > 1:12:06A good place to start, with Alvaro Morata, and he seems to build up an
1:12:06 > 1:12:15understanding with his Spanish compatriot.An amazing combination.
1:12:15 > 1:12:17Azpilicueta to Alvaro Morata. It's an uncanny knack that similar sort
1:12:17 > 1:12:24of spot where Azpilicueta gets to, put a cross in, we did behind, a
1:12:24 > 1:12:28great ball into a great area. You look at it and look at the movement
1:12:28 > 1:12:32of Alvaro Morata, his move is excellent, but look it's incredible
1:12:32 > 1:12:38how many times it happened. It is almost as if you get in that
1:12:38 > 1:12:41position and Alvaro Morata sets of, Azpilicueta put it into a decent
1:12:41 > 1:12:46area, and it's unbelievable. A different sort of goal, but it's the
1:12:46 > 1:12:49movement of Alvaro Morata that makes it again. Azpilicueta sees the
1:12:49 > 1:12:55space, reads it in, and Alvaro Morata has the ability to feed them
1:12:55 > 1:13:00and put it into the corner. Azpilicueta, ten assists since the
1:13:00 > 1:13:02start of last season, incredible, more than any defender in the
1:13:02 > 1:13:09Premier League. He's in great form, Azpilicueta, from an assist point of
1:13:09 > 1:13:12view.I bet he is in lot of fantasy football teams.
1:13:12 > 1:13:15Huddersfield in 11th were the best placed of the three promoted teams
1:13:15 > 1:13:16at the half-way stage of the season.
1:13:16 > 1:13:20They faced a Stoke side who moved clear of the bottom three by beating
1:13:20 > 1:13:21West Brom on Saturday.
1:13:21 > 1:13:22Alistair Mann was at the John Smith's Stadium.
1:13:27 > 1:13:30Steve Mounie a's two goals on the opening day at Crystal Palace set
1:13:30 > 1:13:33the foundation for what has been an encouraging first half of the season
1:13:33 > 1:13:39for Huddersfield. While his team have clicked on, Steve Mounie has
1:13:39 > 1:13:44been less impactful. There are four changes today for the Joe Allen was
1:13:44 > 1:13:48pushed higher up the field in a tactical switch at home to West Brom
1:13:48 > 1:13:52on Saturday and responded with his first goal of the campaign as a win.
1:13:52 > 1:13:57He remains in the hole behind Peter Crouch as the visitors keep the same
1:13:57 > 1:14:0211 Internet, didn't record back-to-back wins for the first time
1:14:02 > 1:14:12since January. -- the same 11 intact. Immediately played Tom Ince.
1:14:12 > 1:14:24Now Collin Quaner. He wants the return, and he gets it. And he still
1:14:24 > 1:14:32manages to get it through for the turned in by Tom Ince! It's his
1:14:32 > 1:14:39first Premier League goal for almost four years. The last scored for
1:14:39 > 1:14:46Crystal Palace against West Bromwich Albion but today, on a vital match,
1:14:46 > 1:14:50really, in terms of those above the relegation zone, this goal will mean
1:14:50 > 1:14:55an awful lot to come in. Collin Quaner ought not to have got his
1:14:55 > 1:15:00cross in but, once he did, Tom Ince had a fantastic opportunity, and the
1:15:00 > 1:15:05John Smith's stadium absolutely erupts to herald the opening goal
1:15:05 > 1:15:17for Tom Ince of Huddersfield Town. Aaron Mooy with the back, and it
1:15:17 > 1:15:24goes towards Shaqiri. And it's just beyond the post. If a corner. It
1:15:24 > 1:15:29took a little ricochet, and that's what helped it beyond the far post.
1:15:29 > 1:15:32They have had their opportunities to level today, Stoke City. Inside the
1:15:32 > 1:15:39last 20 minutes of a pulsating first half, and Shawcross and Kurt Zouma!
1:15:39 > 1:15:47Edits of the line, and it's off the line again. Incredible action, still
1:15:47 > 1:15:51not over, Kurt Zouma again with the header, and towards the net! Referee
1:15:51 > 1:15:56looks at his watch and says it's not a goal. It stays at 1-0 and goodness
1:15:56 > 1:16:03knows how. Relentless pressure from Stoke City. And a whole host of
1:16:03 > 1:16:11combinations kept them out. In the end, Jonas Lossl, delighted to flop
1:16:11 > 1:16:16onto the ball. Well, there's at least two clearances off the line,
1:16:16 > 1:16:21the last of them from Jonas Lossl was a breathtaking save to deny
1:16:21 > 1:16:24Maxim Choupo-Moting. Outstanding goalkeeping. Mark Hughes cannot
1:16:24 > 1:16:34believe that Stoke didn't level.
1:16:45 > 1:16:53Valour para went for glory. Butler and palms it away. Jonas Lossl has
1:16:53 > 1:17:01been great at one end. But land has been great at the other.
1:17:09 > 1:17:15He was in two minds, but then it breaks for van la Parra. They
1:17:15 > 1:17:19continue to fashion chances. They are pulling stoke one way and then
1:17:19 > 1:17:21the other.
1:17:25 > 1:17:32Aaron Mooy battling with Fletcher. That will be a yellow card.
1:17:32 > 1:17:39Schindler will be the first man to have his name cautioned. Alan was
1:17:39 > 1:17:45just about to get clear from Schindler.
1:17:49 > 1:17:59And the equaliser! That was from Ramadan Sobhi. They stayed in the
1:17:59 > 1:18:02game, Stoke, and somehow they have turned it around in the early part
1:18:02 > 1:18:09of the second half. Stoke threatened to score in the first half. Through
1:18:09 > 1:18:14Ramadan Sobhi they finally do. He got his first Premier League goal at
1:18:14 > 1:18:18the weekend against West Bromwich Albion. Now he gets his second in
1:18:18 > 1:18:27just a few days' time. The reaction from Mark Hughes says everything.
1:18:36 > 1:18:40And it is tipped away. I think that was a cross that went a little bit
1:18:40 > 1:18:45wrong. But Butler and had to palm it away.
1:18:53 > 1:19:04A challenge on Aaron Mooy. Anthony Taylor is searching and is certain
1:19:04 > 1:19:11that nothing untoward occurred. Anthony Taylor was dismissive. Does
1:19:11 > 1:19:15he get the ball? I do not think he does.
1:19:23 > 1:19:28Diouf Bolsover and he looks at the referee and Peter Crouch does as
1:19:28 > 1:19:33well and Marcuse cannot believe that is not a penalty. The referee turns
1:19:33 > 1:19:38away and says, let's get on with it. I think that could well have been a
1:19:38 > 1:19:44penalty as well. Marcuse is absolutely adamant.We played very
1:19:44 > 1:19:51well, very intense, aggressive, I think, apart from the goal that they
1:19:51 > 1:19:58scored.I would argue we had more clear-cut chances. They have taken
1:19:58 > 1:20:02the lead with probably their first attack which was disappointing for
1:20:02 > 1:20:08us.I think a clear penalty which we had to get when it was 1-1. They had
1:20:08 > 1:20:13a penalty situation as well where maybe it was possible to give them a
1:20:13 > 1:20:19penalty.It has to be a penalty in my view. Whether or not the referee
1:20:19 > 1:20:25was influenced somewhat by the court at the other end for the home side.
1:20:25 > 1:20:29The lad was never in good possession of the ball. He would have to ask
1:20:29 > 1:20:38the referee. A strange decision that he did not give one.I just love how
1:20:38 > 1:20:42they manage to have completely different views, generally favouring
1:20:42 > 1:20:45their own side. Let's have a look at those two penalties.What do you
1:20:45 > 1:20:50think? I believe Marcuse and not because I have played under him.
1:20:50 > 1:20:54This is a little bit of shepherding from Joe Allen. Some referees might
1:20:54 > 1:21:07have given it. You are screaming for that.Really?I genuinely do not
1:21:07 > 1:21:12think that is a penalty.If there is any doubt about that one, this is as
1:21:12 > 1:21:17clear a penalty as you will see. Diouf had his leg taken away from
1:21:17 > 1:21:23him from Schindler. This is the best angle. It is a clear penalty. That
1:21:23 > 1:21:27should have been given for Stoke. But Huddersfield have done
1:21:27 > 1:21:31brilliantly to be where they are at this stage in the season.They are
1:21:31 > 1:21:3911.They have been up against it all season. The whole community has come
1:21:39 > 1:21:43together for that team.You spent a bit of time there.Yes, I did.
1:21:43 > 1:21:44Yes, I did.
1:21:44 > 1:21:47West Brom were just one point off the bottom going into their game
1:21:47 > 1:21:49against Everton who've gone five games unbeaten since
1:21:49 > 1:21:50Sam Allardyce took charge.
1:21:50 > 1:21:55Watching this one at the Hawthorns, Martin Fisher.
1:21:55 > 1:22:00Gareth Barry scored the winner when the sides met here last season.On
1:22:00 > 1:22:05that day he was wearing an Everton shirt. Albion have made three
1:22:05 > 1:22:09changes today. Craig Dawson is back after a ten game absence with an
1:22:09 > 1:22:15injury. Yannick Bolasie had an injury and he was out for over a
1:22:15 > 1:22:20year and this is his first appearance for 387 days. Wayne
1:22:20 > 1:22:26Rooney was sent home this morning still struggling with a virus.
1:22:31 > 1:22:35They were across the road doing some light training earlier on today.
1:22:43 > 1:22:49A decent ball and it looked easy to score. Somehow the Venezuelan has
1:22:49 > 1:22:54nudged it wide from two yards. A decent ball in from Rodriguez and
1:22:54 > 1:22:59Rondon was onside. What are Miss and he knows it.
1:23:05 > 1:23:09Rondon just helps it on and Barry will do likewise.
1:23:16 > 1:23:22Rodriguez stopped by whole gay, but it will be an Albion corner. They
1:23:22 > 1:23:25are encouraged by what their team has produced so far.
1:23:42 > 1:23:48Jason Pickford elects to punch only as far as Phillips. What a chance.
1:23:48 > 1:23:53Another glorious opportunity has been spurned by the home side. That
1:23:53 > 1:24:00was as easy as the once burned earlier on by Rondon. How did Dawson
1:24:00 > 1:24:03not head home?
1:24:16 > 1:24:22That brings Pickford's first save of the afternoon. It was good work
1:24:22 > 1:24:24again from Gareth Barry that got West Bromwich Albion on the front
1:24:24 > 1:24:26foot.
1:24:41 > 1:24:51Oh, dear! Great strength to push Holgate out of the way, but that is
1:24:51 > 1:24:56a horror of a shot.
1:25:06 > 1:25:11Rodriguez was attacking it. It has been the story of Albion's day so
1:25:11 > 1:25:17far. They have created what few opportunities we have seen. But they
1:25:17 > 1:25:25have been well wide with all of them.
1:25:34 > 1:25:45Forster with the save. He has had nothing to do all day. This was the
1:25:45 > 1:25:50moment that West Bromwich Albion supporters had feared. That Everton
1:25:50 > 1:25:54might get in at the death.
1:26:01 > 1:26:07Maclean found Brunt and then he had a shot. We could be playing until
1:26:07 > 1:26:13New Year's Eve and I do not think we would see a goal in this one.Almost
1:26:13 > 1:26:17everything we did was on the money today apart from putting it in the
1:26:17 > 1:26:23back of the net, which is what it is all about really. I cannot remember
1:26:23 > 1:26:27seeing a game where the ball flashed across the box so many times and we
1:26:27 > 1:26:31could not find the moment to hit it at the back of the net. It sounds
1:26:31 > 1:26:36like a broken record for us, though. Not the greatest game, but for me to
1:26:36 > 1:26:40be out there is a blessing. This injury that I have had was career
1:26:40 > 1:26:46threatening. I played it down and I did not let it get to me, but I am
1:26:46 > 1:26:51just happy to be out there.Our possession against a West Bromwich
1:26:51 > 1:26:55Albion team should have been better and the players have to accept that
1:26:55 > 1:26:59responsibility. I do not tell a player to receive the ball and give
1:26:59 > 1:27:04it straight back to West Brom.We did that far too much. Not every
1:27:04 > 1:27:08ten's best day, but West Brom had the better of the game. As Alan
1:27:08 > 1:27:13Pardew said, you have got to stick it in the net.Nine times out of ten
1:27:13 > 1:27:17they would win this game. They put in so many crosses and Solomon
1:27:17 > 1:27:23Rondon had to score at that. That was a bad miss. Given where they
1:27:23 > 1:27:28are, 18 games without a win in the Premier League. Even Dawson had to
1:27:28 > 1:27:32cushion that and get it on target. They were the team pushing
1:27:32 > 1:27:37throughout, creating chances and openings. This was Rondon from an
1:27:37 > 1:27:40angle and he just missed it. He should be doing better from that
1:27:40 > 1:27:46chance. It was difficult. This summed up West Bromwich Albion's
1:27:46 > 1:27:58day. It was a bad day for West Brom. Big Sam has had no defeats.Five
1:27:58 > 1:28:06clean sheets, so they are going in the right direction.We are just
1:28:06 > 1:28:10about out of time, but some sad news, Richard Eades, a long-standing
1:28:10 > 1:28:14club mascot at West Brom has passed away, so all our thoughts to his
1:28:14 > 1:28:19family from us. But before we leave you, let's have a look at the
1:28:19 > 1:28:25Premier League table. Manchester City can increase their lead to 15
1:28:25 > 1:28:29points if they win at Newcastle on Wednesday. Tottenham Hotspur keep
1:28:29 > 1:28:34pace with Chelsea and Liverpool in the battle for the top four. None of
1:28:34 > 1:28:40the teams in action in the bottom half managed a victory. Swansea's
1:28:40 > 1:28:4413th defeat keeps them rooted to the foot of the table. Let's see what
1:28:44 > 1:28:49the papers say. The Telegraph leads with Harry Kane's record-breaking
1:28:49 > 1:28:55achievements in 2017, as does the Guardian. Mauricio Pochettino says
1:28:55 > 1:29:00Harry Kane is on a par with the very best in the world. The Mirror
1:29:00 > 1:29:03reports claims that Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho needs to
1:29:03 > 1:29:12spend more money to be able to challenge Manchester City.
1:29:12 > 1:29:16First Harry Kane gets Alan Shearer, then he gets Lionel Messi. Well, it
1:29:16 > 1:29:19is Christmas.
1:29:19 > 1:29:26It really has been a Harry Christmas.