:00:42. > :00:46.Welcome to The Premier League Show. It's only February, but is the race
:00:47. > :00:51.for the title already over? Chelsea have been magnificent as they run
:00:52. > :00:56.away from their rivals. We speak to the blue juggernaut. We are at the
:00:57. > :01:00.top of the table right now but this league is very tough and for me it
:01:01. > :01:05.is important to push. My guests in West London have big beaming smiles.
:01:06. > :01:11.Mark Schwarzer play for Chelsea under Jose Mourinho and Omid Djalili
:01:12. > :01:17.is a lifelong Blues fan. Trevor Nelson joins in on the Chelsea
:01:18. > :01:23.Loven. But Tom Price isn't enjoying living next to these neighbours in
:01:24. > :01:31.London. First, let's look back at a big week for Chelsea.
:01:32. > :01:35.Can live title challenge? Chelsea have an opportunity to race 13
:01:36. > :01:46.points clear. Dyfed Louise to hit it! First one to Chelsea. Liverpool
:01:47. > :01:55.are back on terms. He has cost, and it is a penalty. Jurgen Klopp can't
:01:56. > :02:02.believe it. This could be a big moment in the Premier League title
:02:03. > :02:09.race. Oh, and the keeper keeps it out! Antonio Conte's team are as you
:02:10. > :02:16.were. Liverpool needed to win. His transformation of Chelsea began with
:02:17. > :02:26.a 3-0 hammering at Arsenal. Costa! Woodwork and the rebound! A
:02:27. > :02:31.brilliant one! Fabregas! There are days in the late winter and early
:02:32. > :02:42.spring when you see champions in the making. And this is one of those
:02:43. > :02:46.days. They have 1.75 hands-on that trophy
:02:47. > :02:50.so who will challenge them, if they haven't won it already? I think
:02:51. > :02:54.you're right, they are almost there but there's a lot of games to be
:02:55. > :02:58.played. There are the two Manchester clubs they have to be careful of and
:02:59. > :03:02.I think their major threat is Tottenham. Is it about them having a
:03:03. > :03:06.wobble rather than the others catching them? Of course, Chelsea
:03:07. > :03:10.only have two of the top six teams to play between now and the end of
:03:11. > :03:13.the season so they'll have to rely on Chelsea slipping up rather than
:03:14. > :03:21.the other teams picking up points. As a fan, Omid, can you bear to
:03:22. > :03:26.think about where you will be when the parade comes through? I'm taking
:03:27. > :03:32.it one day at a time. It's never over until the fat bald bloke sings,
:03:33. > :03:37.it's Iranian proverb. Clearly, you're keeping it in, not getting
:03:38. > :03:41.too carried away selective from the manager, Antonio Conte, who has been
:03:42. > :03:42.a revelation in his first season in England. Gary Lineker met up with
:03:43. > :04:19.him at the training ground. Antonia, this Premier League is very
:04:20. > :04:28.easy, isn't it? Very easy? I don't think so! The Premier League is very
:04:29. > :04:36.tough. I think this league now is the best in the world. Why did you
:04:37. > :04:44.start with four at the back when you'd been so successful with three?
:04:45. > :04:50.I tried it with four at the back. In my mind, this team could play for -
:04:51. > :04:56.2-4. And we tried a lot in the preseason to play the system. We
:04:57. > :05:02.started this season well because we won three games in a row. Edge of
:05:03. > :05:09.the deed, he shoots and wince at the Chelsea! Sometimes you win but you
:05:10. > :05:19.can see... It isn't quite right. What was missing? Week conceded many
:05:20. > :05:23.chances to score. And then you change the system to three, which
:05:24. > :05:30.had been so successful for you. I tried to change the system and give,
:05:31. > :05:34.first of all, a good balance in the team, don't lose offensively. But to
:05:35. > :05:39.have a defensive situation more correct. There were players with
:05:40. > :05:47.these characteristics because when you have a good Wenger and a good
:05:48. > :05:52.number ten, I knew in my head that we can change, and we can find this
:05:53. > :05:56.new system. Do you analyse deeply the games? Do you watch the matches
:05:57. > :06:05.back on video many times and discuss with the players? Honestly,
:06:06. > :06:14.honestly, my players... They are not used to... Do they like it? To the
:06:15. > :06:21.enjoyed? At the start, we found a bit of difficulty because after five
:06:22. > :06:28.minutes, ten minutes... They get bored? Very difficult. But when we
:06:29. > :06:36.got the right way, when we watch the game who has the fork, because we
:06:37. > :06:42.conceded a goal, but no, the only thing is to improve. The only thing
:06:43. > :06:46.for me is to be a team. Every single player must put their talent into
:06:47. > :06:52.the team. Do you think they did that our season? Is it what was wrong?
:06:53. > :06:58.Were they playing as individuals? I think when you have a bad season,
:06:59. > :07:08.there are a lot of situations, bad situations, not only one. To restart
:07:09. > :07:15.after a bad season, it isn't easy. 4-0! Pedro in a good position.
:07:16. > :07:22.Little bit of room, too much room! Brilliant goal. You come into the
:07:23. > :07:28.Premier League, you have a big lead at the top, I do confident you're
:07:29. > :07:34.going to win the league? No. No one has ever lost this kind of lead at
:07:35. > :07:38.this stage of the season. We are at the top of the table right now. This
:07:39. > :07:47.league is very tough. For me it is important to continue to push and to
:07:48. > :07:55.exploit this momentum. Because if we send the right signal, it's very
:07:56. > :08:02.important. You can't keep him out of the headlines, can you? What a
:08:03. > :08:07.strike! Everything was going very well and then you had this big story
:08:08. > :08:17.about Costa and China or whatever it was. Is everything, now? Yeah, but
:08:18. > :08:23.do you go is an important player, and the situation is very clear.
:08:24. > :08:27.He's very happy to stay with us, he's very happy to fight for the
:08:28. > :08:36.title. Do you think he will stay here for quite some time? Yeah, I
:08:37. > :08:43.think so. I him very to to make every day, I see has commitment, his
:08:44. > :08:47.behaviour is in very important and he loves this club. Do you think
:08:48. > :08:53.China is a big threat to European football? Yeah. That amount of money
:08:54. > :08:59.will tempt a lot of players, it must be difficult. It is very difficult
:09:00. > :09:07.to manage these types of situations. When I arrive, this offer... Very
:09:08. > :09:15.strange. But very simple. 60 million for Oscar. Also a lot of money for
:09:16. > :09:18.the players. Big wealthy clubs like Chelsea have always been able to
:09:19. > :09:23.pluck players away and pay lots of money for players but now they
:09:24. > :09:26.getting a bit of their own medicine, aren't they? Chelsea and the big
:09:27. > :09:34.boys, it's coming from somewhere else. Yeah, but I don't think this
:09:35. > :09:40.is the right way to pay a lot of money. Also the players to keep them
:09:41. > :09:45.in a club. We must always have the right vision to understand the right
:09:46. > :09:49.way and don't lose the right way because if we lose the right way, I
:09:50. > :09:57.don't think it is a good example for the young players, for the people in
:09:58. > :10:02.general that to work every day. Chelsea fans rise to Eden Hazard
:10:03. > :10:08.and, in the box, brilliant! A brilliant goal by Eden Hazard. A
:10:09. > :10:12.great display by Chelsea. You bring out the best from your players this
:10:13. > :10:17.season. We are seeing Eden Hazard from two seasons ago, we are seeing
:10:18. > :10:21.the Costa from two seasons ago, that must make you very happy. I must be
:10:22. > :10:24.pleased with this, I'm sure, and I always tell my players that we have
:10:25. > :10:41.a lot of room for improvement. Will you continue histrionics on the
:10:42. > :10:47.side of the sideline? Showing your passion? We are enjoying it. When we
:10:48. > :10:53.suffer, we suffer together. When we score a goal, I like to celebrate
:10:54. > :10:59.with them. Do you ever look at yourself on the touchline when you
:11:00. > :11:05.are getting angry? Yeah, but I don't like to watch me. I don't like it.
:11:06. > :11:10.You have a lot of pressure and you know that during the week you work a
:11:11. > :11:16.lot to prepare your team. And a lot of time you don't sleep to prepare
:11:17. > :11:25.your team and to think of the right solution. And when you score the
:11:26. > :11:28.goal, yeah, for me... It's normal to participate with my players in this
:11:29. > :11:31.joy. I know you've got a lot of great players here at Chelsea and
:11:32. > :11:39.you've worked with a lot of great players at Juventus but can any of
:11:40. > :11:47.them do this over here now? Can you remember this? Yeah.
:11:48. > :11:58.A brilliant goal by Antonio Conte. And there's the celebration, we are
:11:59. > :12:06.still seeing it now. Just on the touchline. For me, it's always a joy
:12:07. > :12:10.to see me with the national team, giving me always a great sensation
:12:11. > :12:14.and a great emotion. Well, we have enjoyed it and we wish you luck for
:12:15. > :12:21.the rest of the season, hope to see charging up and down the touchline.
:12:22. > :12:24.Thank you very much. What was really interesting is hearing how much time
:12:25. > :12:28.it took him to get the players on board and to buy in what he wanted
:12:29. > :12:33.to do. It sounds like there was some friction at first. I would have
:12:34. > :12:36.thought so. Last season, there weren't a lot of additions to the
:12:37. > :12:39.squad so he's had to work with the players that came off the back of a
:12:40. > :12:44.very disappointing season. The new manager has to prove himself, they
:12:45. > :12:48.have to buy into what he's trying to bring to the table. And I think the
:12:49. > :12:53.players, even though they started well in the first three games, they
:12:54. > :12:58.had a blip afterwards. And, again, they had to go on the training field
:12:59. > :13:03.and work hard. They came out of it and emerged stronger, didn't they?
:13:04. > :13:08.That shows he's got them behind him. Is it through fear of him or love?
:13:09. > :13:12.One minute, he looks like the scariest man, then he's the leading
:13:13. > :13:19.man with a piercing eyes. He's a bit of both. If you look at him as a
:13:20. > :13:29.player, he worked under the greatest managers of all time. Both of them
:13:30. > :13:33.were brilliant. They believed team should be like a family, play with
:13:34. > :13:38.the system and use the players at your disposal, which is why have
:13:39. > :13:41.Victor Moses doing so well. They are not amazing players but they are
:13:42. > :13:45.working well within a system. There was something in the interview that
:13:46. > :13:50.struck me. When he shows videos, they weren't so sure about it. He
:13:51. > :13:53.told them, we're not here to blame we are here to find out what went
:13:54. > :14:01.wrong which could mean that he's a very reasonable, analytical type
:14:02. > :14:06.person. Or he's just really scared of Costa. They've been showing Costa
:14:07. > :14:14.videos of Teletubbies to calm him down because we have seen a very
:14:15. > :14:17.calm Kant. How important has the acquisition of Kante been? It is a
:14:18. > :14:21.much better squad of players at Chelsea but still he looks like one
:14:22. > :14:26.of theme outstanding players. He does and he has been massive for
:14:27. > :14:30.them. The one game he played badly was away at Spurs. It's no
:14:31. > :14:34.coincidence Chelsea lost that game. Whenever he plays well, which is 99%
:14:35. > :14:44.of the time, Chelsea either win or do well. He is a brilliant player. I
:14:45. > :14:51.said at the beginning of the season he'd be the signing of the season
:14:52. > :14:55.and he'd gain the most recognition. And an incredible achievement if he
:14:56. > :14:59.goes on to win the Premier League with Chelsea. 100% of his time in
:15:00. > :15:04.the Premier League. What a player he could be four years to come. One of
:15:05. > :15:09.the most important players ever, he could be. See how less to have
:15:10. > :15:12.fallen apart without him. He releases the creative players. I
:15:13. > :15:16.remember watching Match of the Day once and there was an away game at
:15:17. > :15:25.Tottenham were rude Follett said he had Eden Hazard play up front but
:15:26. > :15:27.Mourinho is making him TrackBack see players like messy or Suarez
:15:28. > :15:33.tracking back because you need the energy to drive forward. Kante does
:15:34. > :15:38.so much amazing work, he releases other players. Every time he gets
:15:39. > :15:44.the ball, his driving forward. They can have a massive effect on the way
:15:45. > :15:48.the team plays. Arsenal which also's latest victim, following another
:15:49. > :15:51.loss at Watford. Tom Price lives next door to the ground and he has
:15:52. > :16:07.heard a few groans recently. Two to Watford. There are boos
:16:08. > :16:11.ringing around the Emirates. Is this the night Arsenal lost the title?
:16:12. > :16:16.Live right here next Arsenal Football Club in north London town.
:16:17. > :16:21.They used to play football here at what is now Highbury Square. Also
:16:22. > :16:26.famously they are in Jeremy Corbyn's seat, which explains why he had to
:16:27. > :16:29.sit on the floor that time on the train. When I tell people I live
:16:30. > :16:33.next Arsenal the first thing they ask without fail is, are you a fan?
:16:34. > :16:41.Do you support them? As it happens, no, I don't. I'm a massive fan of
:16:42. > :16:45.pizza but I don't live in Italy. It's incredibly exciting to think
:16:46. > :16:51.this close to a major football stadium. He is one of the biggest
:16:52. > :16:55.thrills. The parking on match day is a joy. If you're a local resident.
:16:56. > :17:00.There are more restrictions than a Donald Trump press conference. Give
:17:01. > :17:06.me a break. The parking isn't the only high. There is noise during a
:17:07. > :17:11.game. Nothing quite like it. Sometimes when there was a game on I
:17:12. > :17:15.like to do chores because that way I will get them finished, if I used
:17:16. > :17:22.the roar of the crowds to encourage me. Thank you, thanks very much!
:17:23. > :17:29.Thank you. I use bicarb. Thanks a lot. Job done. The great thing about
:17:30. > :17:33.living here is you can still relax and lead a normal life. It's not
:17:34. > :17:39.like the noise of the football ruins everything else. We keep hearing
:17:40. > :17:42.this every year. Every year we are going to win, we're going to win the
:17:43. > :17:49.last ten games and win the league. Get real. Still, love it or loathe
:17:50. > :18:00.it, living here really works its way into your bones.
:18:01. > :18:05.The pubs on a match they aren't the best if you just want to curl up
:18:06. > :18:12.with a quiet pint and your favourite book. News of the World sports book
:18:13. > :18:15.of the year 2007. History is beastly very important at this club. They
:18:16. > :18:25.like to remember and honour their former great players. Fabregas. Bit
:18:26. > :18:32.awkward. It is possible to have your panties over watered. Do you mind,
:18:33. > :18:38.mate? Go on! To be fair, is not even a football fan. He's Allen, lives
:18:39. > :18:42.down the road. Sometimes on a Saturday afternoon when there is a
:18:43. > :18:45.match on, I like to have a nap, lie there, listening to the war of the
:18:46. > :18:55.crowd, quite romantic, gives you quite a thrill. Goodbye then. -- the
:18:56. > :19:00.roar of the crowd. But job. Whoa, what are you doing? It's my private
:19:01. > :19:05.room, personal space. We agreed you wouldn't film in my own space.
:19:06. > :19:12.Stamford Bridge is just down the road and like the Emirates plenty of
:19:13. > :19:15.expensive housing around here. Are you a respectful fan? Absolutely, so
:19:16. > :19:20.respectful I've got to tell you, I've been using my celebrity status
:19:21. > :19:25.to calm things down. I sat very near the away fans one season and there
:19:26. > :19:29.were two blog always screaming and shouting. They called it banter but
:19:30. > :19:37.when I saw coins being thrown I said, look, guys,... He said, if we
:19:38. > :19:41.ever go too far, we think it banter, but give us a sign. Coins started
:19:42. > :19:46.raining against Newcastle. I said, Niall, cut it. It all went quiet.
:19:47. > :19:50.The people behind me, who had been quiet all season, leaned over and
:19:51. > :19:55.said, thank you so much. We've been listening to this nonsense for
:19:56. > :19:58.years. Finally someone stood up to them, thank you so much. We come
:19:59. > :20:05.from Belgravia to listen to this nonsense. Fan of the week, were you?
:20:06. > :20:10.Fan of the year. That's I'm wrong, when your team is playing well,
:20:11. > :20:13.attacking for 90% of the match, do you feel you tune into what's going
:20:14. > :20:18.on behind you, can hear more of the banter? Generally there's a lot
:20:19. > :20:21.going on behind me. At the other end battering the opposition, it's
:20:22. > :20:24.generally a plateau and where the crowd is going crazy, directing
:20:25. > :20:31.their line... They don't direct abuse at you? One time I went to
:20:32. > :20:37.Liverpool with Chelsea, they already got paid won the title. Only a
:20:38. > :20:43.handful of games to go. -- thought they'd won. We deserved to beat
:20:44. > :20:47.them, but two bosses in front of the goal. We restricted them and the
:20:48. > :20:52.crowd were... Animated. Disapproving of the way we started the game.
:20:53. > :20:55.Right from the minute we try to frustrate everyone. We wanted to
:20:56. > :21:00.frustrate the players as well as the crowd, which got the crowd going.
:21:01. > :21:05.They appreciated that. As did the players from Liverpool. Plenty of
:21:06. > :21:07.commotion at the bottom of the table. Six teams now locked in
:21:08. > :21:21.battle. # There ain't no grave can hold my
:21:22. > :21:27.body down #. Brilliant! Big Sam's side are in big
:21:28. > :21:41.trouble now. He's tapped it in. Jermain Defoe!
:21:42. > :21:43.4-0 Sunderland. And you're not fit to wear the shirt reverberates
:21:44. > :21:54.around Selhurst Park. To me it looks like fear. I saw the
:21:55. > :22:02.fear strike the players today and I realise what the problem is. Kane
:22:03. > :22:08.against Valdes. 1-0 Tottenham. A chance for an added time equaliser
:22:09. > :22:13.for Middlesbrough. Gabriel Jesus wins the game for Manchester city.
:22:14. > :22:16.Tough to take for Swansea. Six teams in it at the moment, wouldn't be
:22:17. > :22:23.surprised if it goes to the very last day. In an goal. Feeling it,
:22:24. > :22:28.surely, for whole city. What a shot in the arm for Sunderland. A bit
:22:29. > :22:35.more belief. More confidence. This gives us a real lift. It's a long,
:22:36. > :22:39.long way back for Leicester now. It's no crisis. These players are
:22:40. > :22:53.workers. Sam Allardyce reckons he's seen fear
:22:54. > :22:56.his players eyes it was almost a revelation to him that's what's been
:22:57. > :23:02.holding them back. If it is about fear, who should be the most scared?
:23:03. > :23:05.Crystal Palace kept at it, Sam Allardyce has said himself, I'm
:23:06. > :23:09.surprised it's taking him this long to realise with his players.
:23:10. > :23:13.Particularly at home they have been so poor. Leicester definitely have
:23:14. > :23:16.to be really concerned about their demise over the course of the
:23:17. > :23:19.season. As with Bournemouth, look at Bournemouth and the way they've
:23:20. > :23:24.dropped rapidly in the last couple of weeks. It's got to be a major
:23:25. > :23:29.concern for Eddie Howe. You can't put it down to one thing. They've
:23:30. > :23:33.lost N'Golo Kante, whose excelling at Chelsea. There seems to be other
:23:34. > :23:36.factors the team can go from the kind of form where they are expected
:23:37. > :23:41.to win every time they got on the pitch to a team that hasn't scored
:23:42. > :23:46.in 2017. It's a question mentality. I remember when Brian Clough came up
:23:47. > :23:49.with Nottingham Forest in the 1970s, they finished third in the second
:23:50. > :23:54.edition. Everyone said you can have a season when you consolidate and
:23:55. > :23:57.Brian Clough said, why talk about consolidation? We're going to win
:23:58. > :24:01.it, play in the European cup and win it. Exactly what they did. There was
:24:02. > :24:04.a feeling that Leicester that we wouldn't do well after winning the
:24:05. > :24:08.league, let's concentrate on Champions League. You were in the
:24:09. > :24:13.club, the Leicester dressing room, that was a team on their way to
:24:14. > :24:17.winning the title. 1827 out of nine of the last games to stay up. Which
:24:18. > :24:21.face will we see in the next few months? They have to get the right
:24:22. > :24:25.face on, the one that helps them stay in the Premier League. If there
:24:26. > :24:27.are any problems behind-the-scenes in the changing rooms with the
:24:28. > :24:33.players and manager, they need to put that aside for the time being,
:24:34. > :24:36.try to get together and get back to any similar ways, get back to close
:24:37. > :24:41.to where they were playing last season. From the outside but do you
:24:42. > :24:46.think? There is a problem with unity. A lot of additions to the
:24:47. > :24:50.squad. I don't think everyone has fit in, problems behind-the-scenes
:24:51. > :24:53.with individual players. The manager has swapped and changed quite a lot.
:24:54. > :24:58.He didn't do that at all last season. He didn't. That was one of
:24:59. > :25:02.the major keys to his success. Another thing we've learned, Crystal
:25:03. > :25:06.Palace managers should stay away from dancing on the touchline is,
:25:07. > :25:10.doesn't work. We saw it with Pardew in the cup final. If I don't dance
:25:11. > :25:16.in my show people have lawsuits, they get very angry. I hope
:25:17. > :25:19.Allardyce turned it around, there's something about him we all love
:25:20. > :25:22.aren't like. I don't want him to finish his career after what
:25:23. > :25:27.happened with England. -- we all love funds like. I don't think it'll
:25:28. > :25:32.finish his career if he goes down he bounces back all the time, doesn't
:25:33. > :25:36.it? Is indestructible, the Captain Scarlet football. One thing 's for
:25:37. > :25:40.sure, he's not a very good dancer. DJ Trevor Nelson is dancing to a
:25:41. > :25:46.happier chewing, taking us on a trip of nostalgia with his two loves,
:25:47. > :25:47.music and Chelsea. -- dancing to a happier tune.
:25:48. > :25:57.I've been coming here for 40 years. Never this way, though, as a fan.
:25:58. > :26:00.Through thick and thin. Happy days at Chelsea of course. They've given
:26:01. > :26:04.me the keys so I'm going to go to parts of the stadium ever been
:26:05. > :26:08.before and take you with me. I've chosen three tracks that signify
:26:09. > :26:11.massive moment in Chelsea history. My first musical selection to
:26:12. > :26:18.represent an epic moment in Chelsea history is 1997 FA Cup final. My
:26:19. > :26:20.best day as a Chelsea fan ever. We got to Wembley, played
:26:21. > :26:29.Middlesbrough. I've got my hot dog, I drink. Before I even sat down,
:26:30. > :26:34.Roberto Di Matteo scored a screamer. Di Matteo shoots! What about this?
:26:35. > :26:46.Dishonour chosen, really big at the time, was Puff Daddy and the family
:26:47. > :26:50.with faith Evans, I'll Be Missing You. The second big moment have
:26:51. > :26:54.chosen is 1970. I'd ever member seeing this game, I was too young,
:26:55. > :26:59.it was one of the dirtiest cup finals of all time. The sun have
:27:00. > :27:12.chosen is Curtis Mayfield from the same year, double, what I thought
:27:13. > :27:16.Chelsea should be doing in the 70s. -- Move On Up. This is where no one
:27:17. > :27:20.is allowed to go, the players dressing room. I would imagine
:27:21. > :27:24.whoever takes control of the music at Chelsea, their shirts will be
:27:25. > :27:29.right by the system, don't you think so? Here is the system and there is
:27:30. > :27:33.the guy, Diego Costa. And the bouncer, certainly Diego Costa
:27:34. > :27:39.standing here going, no one, no one touches my stereo. My third
:27:40. > :27:44.selection has to be 2012. Bayern Munich in Munich. We had a team that
:27:45. > :27:54.gutted it out, absolutely did us proud. The tune I've chosen because
:27:55. > :27:58.it felt like it, Labyrinth, Earthquake. The crew asked me to
:27:59. > :28:02.Pikachu in case Chelsea win the league this year. I don't want to
:28:03. > :28:08.jinx the club, not going to pick one. -- act me to pick a tune. Can
:28:09. > :28:15.you play a track I love as I walk out?
:28:16. > :28:19.Chelsea fans may be singing all the way to make a any of their rivals
:28:20. > :28:38.can stage a comeback. That's it. The FA Cup take centre
:28:39. > :28:43.stage next week. Juan Mata will around the attractions of
:28:44. > :28:47.Manchester. Thank you so much. And best of luck for the rest of the
:28:48. > :29:24.season. Fingers crossed. From all of us, good night.
:29:25. > :29:25.Trouble with the genre nowadays, too much murder, not enough mystery.