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0:00:37 > 0:00:40Hello and welcome to The Premier League Show.

0:00:40 > 0:00:43This week we've come to the capital for a special look ahead

0:00:43 > 0:00:44to the weekend's main event.

0:00:44 > 0:00:51Over 60,000 fans will pack out the Emirates on Saturday lunchtime,

0:00:51 > 0:00:53eager in anticipation of the 194th north London derby, the latest

0:00:53 > 0:01:01chapter of one of English football's greatest rivalries.

0:01:01 > 0:01:03Can he do it? Yes, he can.

0:01:09 > 0:01:17Oh, I say, brilliant!What a goal! And that might be the Championship

0:01:17 > 0:01:23clinching goal.Always intense.

0:01:25 > 0:01:27DANCE MUSIC

0:01:30 > 0:01:37Incredible strike by Harry Kane.Van Persie!

0:01:42 > 0:01:52Gareth Bale for Tottenham. Great goal.Fabregas, and it's through!

0:01:52 > 0:02:04It's for - four. Unbelievable.You couldn't make this up.He's won it!

0:02:04 > 0:02:07This is Roy of the Rovers stuff.

0:02:11 > 0:02:14So many memorable moments down the years but what of the two club's

0:02:14 > 0:02:16future is?

0:02:16 > 0:02:18As important as Saturday's game is towards local bragging rights,

0:02:18 > 0:02:21and even the title picture, there are perhaps even more pressing

0:02:21 > 0:02:23matters facing Arsenal and Spurs.

0:02:23 > 0:02:25To address some of these issues, we've assembled a panel

0:02:25 > 0:02:28of experts, each well versed in this particular rivalry.

0:02:28 > 0:02:31Jermaine Jenas played over 150 times for Tottenham

0:02:31 > 0:02:34during a seven-and-a-half-year spell at White Hart Lane, and was part

0:02:34 > 0:02:37of the last Spurs side to win a major trophy.

0:02:37 > 0:02:39A lifelong Gooner, Alex Scott has also represented the Arsenal Ladies

0:02:39 > 0:02:41side with great distinction in a career that's

0:02:41 > 0:02:43claimed 19 major honours.

0:02:43 > 0:02:46John Cross is the chief football writer of the Daily Mirror,

0:02:46 > 0:02:51and author of The Inside Story of Arsenal Under Wenger.

0:02:51 > 0:02:56Entrepreneur, electronics pioneer, football club chairman, politician,

0:02:56 > 0:02:59and star of his own reality TV show, Lord Sugar has occupied many

0:02:59 > 0:03:01roles over the years, but the one constant is that

0:03:01 > 0:03:04of fervent Spurs fan.

0:03:04 > 0:03:07So, with our guests in place, let's get down to business.

0:03:07 > 0:03:10We'll start with the home side for whom the phrase "mixed start"

0:03:10 > 0:03:12might almost have been invented.

0:03:16 > 0:03:20COMMENTATOR: Arsenal hope this season's absence from the Champions

0:03:20 > 0:03:26League paves the way for a genuine crack at the title. Giroud! It's in.

0:03:26 > 0:03:37For- three, Arsenal. Liverpool have swept Arsenal side here today.

0:03:40 > 0:03:48# I've passed this way before # And I've felt this pain before

0:03:51 > 0:03:57winning it for Watford!I want to see who's up for it and who's up for

0:03:57 > 0:04:04the challenge and I felt today that none of them were.Arsenal, 12

0:04:04 > 0:04:08points off the league leaders now.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18On the pitch with Arsenal so far this season it feels a little bit

0:04:18 > 0:04:24like same old dame old, doesn't it? It feels like Groundhog Day. I think

0:04:24 > 0:04:28again it's going to be a scramble for a top four placed rather than

0:04:28 > 0:04:32challenging for the title. That is disappointing because Arsene

0:04:32 > 0:04:36Wenger's decision to stay on after the FA Cup Final was based on the

0:04:36 > 0:04:41facts, can he put Arsenal to the next level? Arsenal seem to be in a

0:04:41 > 0:04:46frustrating place. They are nearly there and you nearly want them to

0:04:46 > 0:04:49click on but I feel they are in the second year of Challenger is pushing

0:04:49 > 0:04:55for top four rather than challenging for the title.Did his decision to

0:04:55 > 0:04:58delay his announcement about his contract, whether he was staying,

0:04:58 > 0:05:02last season, has it had a knock-on effect into this season?It

0:05:02 > 0:05:07contributed to performances last season and for the fans there was a

0:05:07 > 0:05:13lack of clarity and which direction the club were going in. I think it's

0:05:13 > 0:05:16had a knock-on effect. He brought in Lacazette but there is still

0:05:16 > 0:05:20something missing in the club where we haven't clicked on and that's

0:05:20 > 0:05:23where we're seeing the likes of Tottenham, it seems like they have

0:05:23 > 0:05:28more of a strategic plan.I've been a great fan of Arsene Wenger four

0:05:28 > 0:05:33years. He's had them in the Champions League for 20 odd years,

0:05:33 > 0:05:39hasn't he? I don't think anyone else has achieved that. I think there's

0:05:39 > 0:05:44precipitation down to the players, what I'd called adverse publicity,

0:05:44 > 0:05:47external influences from the media, uncertainty of contracts of some of

0:05:47 > 0:05:55the players, uncertainty whether Arsene is going to hack it any more

0:05:55 > 0:05:59and that goes down to the pitch, I have to say. It's reminiscent of my

0:05:59 > 0:06:05days at Spurs where the players were resigned to the fact that we were

0:06:05 > 0:06:08useless because the media were saying we were useless. Until

0:06:08 > 0:06:15Jermaine come along!What seemed to have happened at Arsenal, the AGM

0:06:15 > 0:06:18highlighted this, there is a disconnect between the fans and the

0:06:18 > 0:06:23board. They feel that the board does not really care about them and their

0:06:23 > 0:06:28club and it's very much a business and there are a set of fans who

0:06:28 > 0:06:33really care. They need to believe as well.I know we are talking about

0:06:33 > 0:06:38Arsenal but this is a warning sign for cotton as well. Arsenal built a

0:06:38 > 0:06:43beautiful stadium -- a warning sign for Spurs as well. A lot of the

0:06:43 > 0:06:49unrest has come along. A lot of the fans, although they love the lovely

0:06:49 > 0:06:55stadium, Deila Highbury just as much if not more and they don't feel the

0:06:55 > 0:06:59reason to dip into their pockets, they are wondering why we aren't in

0:06:59 > 0:07:02the mix for these players? They are paying all this money to watch the

0:07:02 > 0:07:07team play and they've gone backwards inside three. It's not making sense

0:07:07 > 0:07:12which is where the disconnect comes between the fans and the club.Do

0:07:12 > 0:07:16you think the fans take Arsene Wenger for granted? In the time he's

0:07:16 > 0:07:19been there, Liverpool haven't won the league, Arsene Wenger did it

0:07:19 > 0:07:25three times.That's always been the 's argument, be careful what you

0:07:25 > 0:07:32wish for, which, I wouldn't say it has kept Arsene Wenger in a job, but

0:07:32 > 0:07:35he has been so consistent and you shouldn't underestimate that. When

0:07:35 > 0:07:41people look back they will appreciate it.Absolutely, he got a

0:07:41 > 0:07:45standing ovation because he showed a love for the club and the desire to

0:07:45 > 0:07:54win and he bleeds Arsenal can be a top side.Arsene is a very clever

0:07:54 > 0:07:58man -- and he believes Arsenal can be a top side. He is against other

0:07:58 > 0:08:06clubs with a big cheque-book he can't compete. Medium players, I say

0:08:06 > 0:08:10medium, £50 million players, not £111, I cannot win now.Arsenal will

0:08:10 > 0:08:19say that Spurs are pushing.I don't want to be a downer on Spurs...Not

0:08:19 > 0:08:24so early on!I'm always a realistic person and when you've got two clubs

0:08:24 > 0:08:27who have a cheque-book and go out and buy the best players, aren't

0:08:27 > 0:08:32going to compete.When you say that, you're talking about Manchester City

0:08:32 > 0:08:40and United?United to a certain extent but city, for sure.What

0:08:40 > 0:08:43about Chelsea? The last two Premier League champions come Chelsea and

0:08:43 > 0:08:50Leicester.You've just got to look at the owners, they don't really

0:08:50 > 0:08:53understand the tactics and this and that and the other. Who's the best

0:08:53 > 0:08:57player in the world, go and buy him, doesn't matter how much it costs

0:08:57 > 0:09:01because they'll get it out of the oil well. That's the terrible state

0:09:01 > 0:09:11football is in.Didn't Leicester give us a glimmer of hope that...?

0:09:11 > 0:09:15That season, some of the so-called big clubs were sorting themselves

0:09:15 > 0:09:19out and worked in competition. It was an amazing thing that happened

0:09:19 > 0:09:23and good luck to Leicester and stupid Tottenham should have taken

0:09:23 > 0:09:27their chances then. If ever there was a chance for us to win the

0:09:27 > 0:09:32league we should have done it then. Are the Arsenal fans prepared to go

0:09:32 > 0:09:35through a period of transition where you may go through two or three

0:09:35 > 0:09:39managers before you get the goose that lays the golden egg? That could

0:09:39 > 0:09:44take six or seven years.It could and that's where the hierarchy are

0:09:44 > 0:09:50looking. Had they had the right candidates to replace Arsene Wenger?

0:09:50 > 0:09:55That's where, OK, Arsenal are looking for the longer term plan.

0:09:55 > 0:10:00Spurs have been climbing the table. Every season Arsenal are picking up

0:10:00 > 0:10:04silverware and Spurs have yet to do that.Arsenal are fed up with

0:10:04 > 0:10:10pushing for the top four. They want the title.I imagine quite fed up

0:10:10 > 0:10:14indeed if these contracts for the likes of Sanchez and Wilshere money

0:10:14 > 0:10:20out and they leave.We had it with Sol Campbell, yeah. David Pleat,

0:10:20 > 0:10:24bless him, and George Graham said at the time, Chairman, leave it to us.

0:10:24 > 0:10:30Don't worry, don't worry, he's going nowhere. I said to them, gentlemen,

0:10:30 > 0:10:34sadly you are as though old-fashioned and entrenched in the

0:10:34 > 0:10:40business, you don't understand the effect of the Bosman rule. This

0:10:40 > 0:10:45agent of Mr Campbell does understand it. They said no, Chairman, leave it

0:10:45 > 0:10:51to us, he'll be here next season. That was history! May be what's

0:10:51 > 0:10:56going on with Wilshere and the same. Burn down the contract, somebody

0:10:56 > 0:11:02gets them for free and they campaigned them higher wages without

0:11:02 > 0:11:06the transfer fee.Do you think Wanger has resigned himself to that?

0:11:06 > 0:11:10I think he has with Sanchez, I think Sanchez will play for Manchester

0:11:10 > 0:11:15City. Ozil is going to leave for free and I think Wilshere is

0:11:15 > 0:11:19different, I think he'd like to play.Why has that been allowed to

0:11:19 > 0:11:24happen?If you are at the top of Arsenal, you'd look at Sanchez and

0:11:24 > 0:11:28Ozil, I know he hasn't performed well but they are world stars and

0:11:28 > 0:11:33you'd build a team around that and make sure they are continually at

0:11:33 > 0:11:36the club. How has it come to the point where you are toning down 60

0:11:36 > 0:11:42million quid and letting him walk away for free? It adds to the fans'

0:11:42 > 0:11:48unrest?That's my point, Jermaine. I'm being devil 's advocate, I don't

0:11:48 > 0:11:52believe the player would have gone. You wouldn't have turned down 60

0:11:52 > 0:11:57million, would you? You'd be nuts, as the club come if you thought he

0:11:57 > 0:12:02was going.From the player's perspective, when we know a player

0:12:02 > 0:12:05doesn't want to be at the club, they want to go, but against Manchester

0:12:05 > 0:12:13City he is in the line-up over Lacazette. You'd think I've

0:12:13 > 0:12:16committed my future but I've got a player ahead of me who doesn't want

0:12:16 > 0:12:23to be here. I suppose that's more a question of what's going on?What is

0:12:23 > 0:12:25successful Arsenal this season? Getting back in the Champions

0:12:25 > 0:12:31League?100% committed they get in the top four, they must qualify that

0:12:31 > 0:12:36as success because it looks impossible. They've got a good

0:12:36 > 0:12:40squad, they really have, but the way things are going, that would be a

0:12:40 > 0:12:45successful season for Arsenal.I'm hoping it happens, Jermaine! And a

0:12:45 > 0:12:51good cup run.You won two cups over the last oblivious and you're still

0:12:51 > 0:12:56saying you take that.Top four would be a remarkable finish for Arsenal,

0:12:56 > 0:13:00bear in mind everything that's happened. And again a tribute to

0:13:00 > 0:13:05Begg's consistency and longevity. I have in the foggiest why he

0:13:05 > 0:13:10continues to beat himself up -- to Wenger's consistency.You wouldn't

0:13:10 > 0:13:22say you are fired to Arsene Wenger? No, tremendous admiration.

0:13:22 > 0:13:25After a slow start, Spurs have found their feet and now they are the

0:13:25 > 0:13:27leading Londoners.

0:13:27 > 0:13:28their feet and now they are the leading Londoners.Much has been

0:13:28 > 0:13:37said about Spurs's so-called Wembley kudu. The sucker punch with two and

0:13:37 > 0:13:44a half minutes to play. -- Wembley kudu.Kane hasn't scored in August.

0:13:44 > 0:13:52An equaliser for Burnley. Tottenham can't win at Wembley.Kane! August

0:13:52 > 0:13:56has gone and September has arrived and Kane is back among the goals.

0:13:56 > 0:14:04Eriksen comes up trumps. Spurs have their first Premier League victory

0:14:04 > 0:14:12at Wembley.Kane!Tottenham Hotspur, four, Liverpool, Walton.What a

0:14:12 > 0:14:18night for Tottenham. Spurs, three, where Madrid, one.The result will

0:14:18 > 0:14:24reverberate through the continent -- Real Madrid.We started have

0:14:24 > 0:14:27confidence at Wembley.

0:14:31 > 0:14:36Obviously Spurs took a while to get going at Wembley and a slow start in

0:14:36 > 0:14:39the league but the performance against Real Madrid in the Champions

0:14:39 > 0:14:44League at Wembley must be their benchmark now, hasn't it?It was a

0:14:44 > 0:14:47realisation for Pochettino and the players and the club of where they

0:14:47 > 0:14:54want to be and how they want to is be perceived. A couple of seasons

0:14:54 > 0:14:57ago in the Europa League they went to Baresi Dortmund and everyone

0:14:57 > 0:15:03expected a lot and it didn't quite happen. -- bushie Dortmund. This

0:15:03 > 0:15:07year was the year for the manager to go, I've got this team and I'm going

0:15:07 > 0:15:11to make them even better. As a player, when you come through

0:15:11 > 0:15:15moments like that it makes you grow and I expect the team to kick on and

0:15:15 > 0:15:20achieve big things.

0:15:20 > 0:15:22We are talking about Pochettino potentially one of the best managers

0:15:22 > 0:15:27in Europe. He has every attribute, I think, out there, you can't fail to

0:15:27 > 0:15:30like him. He's an excellent tactician, the players adore him,

0:15:30 > 0:15:35you see the connection. How will he win a major trophy at Tottenham?

0:15:35 > 0:15:38Particularly when he's balancing the demands of the team, demands of the

0:15:38 > 0:15:41club, moving to a new stadium and the financial pressures that will

0:15:41 > 0:15:55bring. It's a huge job in front of him.It

0:16:00 > 0:16:03is a feeling at the moment that the players feel there are onto

0:16:03 > 0:16:05something. They feel, we've got something here. The Real Madrid

0:16:05 > 0:16:07result, as far as the fans were concerned, that was our winning the

0:16:07 > 0:16:10Premier League moment. That was it, you couldn't do better than that.

0:16:10 > 0:16:13Real Madrid in the Champions League and we beat them big-time.B is the

0:16:13 > 0:16:15one manager, Pochettino, who has the potential to make spares the closest

0:16:15 > 0:16:17challengers. What he's doing is overachieving and I think to do that

0:16:17 > 0:16:21he's got together this young group of players, he's got them all

0:16:21 > 0:16:24believing they're playing wonderful, attacking, attractive football. He

0:16:24 > 0:16:29really is doing something special, I think.He has to keep those players

0:16:29 > 0:16:32and you think when they look around at their contemporaries at other

0:16:32 > 0:16:35clubs and know they are not being paid as much, eventually it's going

0:16:35 > 0:16:42to start to work a little bit.Yes, and players are known for what you

0:16:42 > 0:16:46win, silverware. When do we say, this is the season they have to win

0:16:46 > 0:16:49something? With the Real Madrid game, the pressure wasn't on them in

0:16:49 > 0:16:54that game. I just think, when are they going to kick on, get some

0:16:54 > 0:16:59silverware, because it is different when you have to do produce those

0:16:59 > 0:17:02performances consistently. It's against Real Madrid. If Real Madrid

0:17:02 > 0:17:06go away and when that game it is, OK, they were playing against Real

0:17:06 > 0:17:10Madrid. I am saying consistently producing performances instead of

0:17:10 > 0:17:14those one-off moments. Bee it'll be the thing we talk about or who knows

0:17:14 > 0:17:21how long. He will be there until he does win something.He has the

0:17:21 > 0:17:24opportunity to win the League Cup the other day.That can be a great

0:17:24 > 0:17:29stepping stone. Us the fact you don't want to waste your time and

0:17:29 > 0:17:33put your energy into the League Cup, I think that's wrong.That is a bit

0:17:33 > 0:17:39of silverware missed already.We have to remember what this manager

0:17:39 > 0:17:43has created. Dele Alli getting a link with Barcelona, Real Madrid.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46These top players for Spurs are getting linked with the best clubs

0:17:46 > 0:17:50in world football. These are players that'll be able to walk into the

0:17:50 > 0:17:55team at Real Madrid or Barcelona and a lot of that is on the basis of

0:17:55 > 0:18:04what raise your budget you has done. Do they need to win something?--

0:18:04 > 0:18:09that is on the basis of what Pochettino has done. I think it is

0:18:09 > 0:18:14on the vision of trying to achieve, trying to win. The minutes that goes

0:18:14 > 0:18:19away, I think you do lose the focus of someone like Harry Kane. Harry is

0:18:19 > 0:18:23one of those players, he seems to be the one that will stay. He's still

0:18:23 > 0:18:27going to have to incentivise him in terms of, what are we doing this

0:18:27 > 0:18:32season? What are we trying to achieve?Comments like Danny Rose's

0:18:32 > 0:18:38in the summer don't help. Having to Google transfers. Walker has a

0:18:38 > 0:18:42championship medal. Some players might ask more questions.If you go

0:18:42 > 0:18:48back to the great Sir Alex Ferguson, if he had a player like Danny Rose

0:18:48 > 0:18:51make a statement like he did in the media, he would have been dead meat,

0:18:51 > 0:18:57gone.What he spoke was the truth. You shouldn't have said it and done

0:18:57 > 0:19:01it in the way you did and you can understand why at the top end of a

0:19:01 > 0:19:06football club you would say, get out, mate. The only problem is that

0:19:06 > 0:19:09Manchester United, when you're dead and finish and he kicks them out the

0:19:09 > 0:19:13door, inevitably you go down. At Tottenham and your Danny Rose, he

0:19:13 > 0:19:17kicks him out the door and he goes up. He will go to Manchester City,

0:19:17 > 0:19:25PSG.Not now, Jermaine, because we are a contender now. We came second

0:19:25 > 0:19:31last year, we are a big club now.So you've got Danny Rose basically

0:19:31 > 0:19:34kicking off, making it clear he wants to go. He's made that crystal

0:19:34 > 0:19:39clear. But as an asset as well as the player, if you completely derail

0:19:39 > 0:19:44him, completely put him in the reserves, you just topped off 20

0:19:44 > 0:19:49million from his transfer fee.You only have to do it once and to make

0:19:49 > 0:19:53a statement and say, don't mess with me. He should have been dismissed

0:19:53 > 0:19:57immediately and then he made a pathetic apology which got about

0:19:57 > 0:20:05that much space in the back pages. You have a magnifying glass... Danny

0:20:05 > 0:20:09Rose apologises.Let's move on to the new ground and let's not get

0:20:09 > 0:20:12into a debate about whether they will start the beginning of the 20

0:20:12 > 0:20:2018th season. What fans will want is we got a lovely stadium, we want to

0:20:20 > 0:20:24keep on being able to pay the top salaries to players, bringing top

0:20:24 > 0:20:27players. They don't want to have to sacrifice that for four or five

0:20:27 > 0:20:32seasons.I think that is where Tottenham's plans come into place.

0:20:32 > 0:20:35They have a young team, Arsenal moved into the new stadium and you

0:20:35 > 0:20:38had players coming towards the end of their careers are they had to go

0:20:38 > 0:20:41through a transition. Tottenham, I think you have it all, you have the

0:20:41 > 0:20:45young team to build on, the new stadium. It's all upwards. We went

0:20:45 > 0:20:50through the transition phase at the Emirates.You brought the end of an

0:20:50 > 0:20:55era into a new era.And tried to rebuild it, as well. Tottenham is

0:20:55 > 0:20:59all about having a young manager in Pochettino, managing to keep the

0:20:59 > 0:21:05young squad together during a period of great upheaval and transition.It

0:21:05 > 0:21:09is the belief we have and also don't forget we have a few kids in the

0:21:09 > 0:21:12background coming through. He's very interested in those kids and he's

0:21:12 > 0:21:17giving them a chance.He has given them a chance. They were talking

0:21:17 > 0:21:20about a player and the main part of the puzzle is keeping the manager at

0:21:20 > 0:21:26Spurs.That is where you start it.I think part of the Bulls, as well, is

0:21:26 > 0:21:32to win something without spending a fortune. -- part of the buzz. I

0:21:32 > 0:21:37don't think he wants to take the easy route, he wants to do to the

0:21:37 > 0:21:40right way. He's probably at the most perfect club in Europe to do that.

0:21:40 > 0:21:43They're not going to go crazy with finances, they have a very good

0:21:43 > 0:21:47youth academy and he will want to be part of that special moment when it

0:21:47 > 0:21:55comes.Does anybody think they won't finish above Arsenal? No.Spurs have

0:21:55 > 0:21:59changed. Arsenal have had 20 years of dominance in north London thanks

0:21:59 > 0:22:03to Arsene Wenger. I think people who say, oh, you should have higher

0:22:03 > 0:22:06sites than finishing above your rivals never understand the dynamics

0:22:06 > 0:22:13of a derby and what it means to fans. It means everything. It's been

0:22:13 > 0:22:21a great comfort for Wenger.And things are changing. Thank you so

0:22:21 > 0:22:25much to John, Alex, Jermaine, Lord Sugar. Some really interesting

0:22:25 > 0:22:29topics we discussed. Let's see in a year's time, which prophecies come

0:22:29 > 0:22:34true.Same time same place?Same place.

0:22:34 > 0:22:36So a huge game to relish on Saturday, and that's just

0:22:36 > 0:22:38the beginning of another action-packed weekend,

0:22:38 > 0:22:39as the Premier League returns following the international break.

0:22:39 > 0:22:42as the Premier League returns following the international break.

0:22:42 > 0:22:48They've nipped it in the second minute of injury time. Splendid, to

0:22:48 > 0:22:56break the deadlock.Sam Vokes has done it for Burnley!Trying to find

0:22:56 > 0:23:00that balance between starting defensively and our defensive record

0:23:00 > 0:23:03is not too bad but you have to find some momentum going forward. Seven

0:23:03 > 0:23:12goals in 11 games is not a particularly good tally.Our

0:23:12 > 0:23:17confidence in terms of what we can achieve is at a particularly low

0:23:17 > 0:23:32ebb, I don't think so. What worries me about statistics.In the last two

0:23:32 > 0:23:38years we beat them twice so we know we can beat them. We play 100%.

0:23:38 > 0:23:45We've had an up and down start to the season. Adam Lallana is coming

0:23:45 > 0:23:58back. He's a massive player. Hopefully we can do that.It's

0:23:58 > 0:24:03difficult to fight for the title again. Every team wants to win

0:24:03 > 0:24:18against Chelsea.Anthony Marty Al takes them ahead -- Anthony Martial.

0:24:18 > 0:24:22And Watford have the lead! The young Brazilian.

0:24:32 > 0:24:36Oh, it's in! Peter Crouch, a great header.

0:24:36 > 0:24:38Plenty more by way of preview of the Premier League weekend

0:24:38 > 0:24:40on Football Focus this Saturday lunchtime.

0:24:40 > 0:24:42The north London derby gets things under way,

0:24:42 > 0:24:44and then at 3 o'clock leaders Manchester City travel

0:24:44 > 0:24:46to Leicester hoping to extend their 8-point advantage.

0:24:46 > 0:24:49At the other end of the table Crystal Palace face Everton

0:24:49 > 0:24:50while Swansea travel to high-flying Burnley.

0:24:50 > 0:24:53Under pressure Tony Pulis and West Brom have a tough-looking

0:24:53 > 0:24:55task against Chelsea, before Manchester United play

0:24:55 > 0:24:56Newcastle in the tea-time game.

0:24:59 > 0:25:01On Sunday David Moyes takes charge of West Ham

0:25:01 > 0:25:04for the first time at Watford, and then Brighton and Stoke

0:25:04 > 0:25:06round things off on Monday night.

0:25:06 > 0:25:11Lots to look forward to, and hopefully plenty of goals.

0:25:11 > 0:25:14These days it seems that it's not simply the act of scoring alone

0:25:14 > 0:25:17that's enough to make a statement, but how you then mark

0:25:17 > 0:25:17that big moment.

0:25:21 > 0:25:26# It ain't what you do...

0:25:26 > 0:25:28# It ain't what you do... Scoring a goal is a rare and wonderful thing

0:25:28 > 0:25:31and according to most footballers, there's no feeling in the world that

0:25:31 > 0:25:35can quite match it for sheer elation. Well, apart from scoring

0:25:35 > 0:25:40two goals, I suppose. Or three. Anyway, how does one translate that

0:25:40 > 0:25:42most intangible of the feelings into an appropriate celebration

0:25:42 > 0:25:50afterwards? # It is your thing, do what you want

0:25:50 > 0:25:50to do

0:25:50 > 0:25:53to do and # Whilst today's offerings tend

0:25:53 > 0:26:00tantamount to dance, it used to be fairly formal. During much of the

0:26:00 > 0:26:03early 20th century, a firm handshake and a ruffle of the moustache

0:26:03 > 0:26:08sufficed. A particularly fine strike might warrant a doffing of the cap,

0:26:08 > 0:26:12but anything more extravagant was considered bad form and could result

0:26:12 > 0:26:19in deportation to Australia.He was disgusted, as well he might be.

0:26:19 > 0:26:22Despite the fact that the 60s and 70s were known for their disco

0:26:22 > 0:26:31extravaganzas, old pitch -- on pitch celebrations didn't match up. By the

0:26:31 > 0:26:341980s, this deranged, seemingly never ending - was merely par for

0:26:34 > 0:26:42the course. Invite, major international tournaments proved to

0:26:42 > 0:26:46be fertile ground for the revolution of goal celebrations. Roger Miller

0:26:46 > 0:26:51showing corner flags the time of their lives. Going Patrick Swayze,

0:26:51 > 0:26:55putting baby in the corner, and Gazza getting images the on field

0:26:55 > 0:27:01dentistry at Euro 96. However, it wasn't until the advent of the

0:27:01 > 0:27:03Premier League that goal celebrations really came into their

0:27:03 > 0:27:11own. For some, the sheer unadulterated joy of scoring allowed

0:27:11 > 0:27:16them to bend the very laws of physics. Whilst for others, those

0:27:16 > 0:27:22laws remained firmly in place. Some used their post-goal celebrations to

0:27:22 > 0:27:28deliver a knockout satirical blow. Jimmy Bullard does the Phil Brown,

0:27:28 > 0:27:32sit them down and gives them a ticking off.Whilst others used it

0:27:32 > 0:27:38to receive one. Then again, Wayne does have a history of picking

0:27:38 > 0:27:44fights with himself. Jurgen Klinsmann's famous dies were used to

0:27:44 > 0:27:47silence his critics. Whilst Robbie Fowler's touchline snorting and him

0:27:47 > 0:27:51plenty of new ones. And of course there's always been room for a spot

0:27:51 > 0:27:57of dad dancing. However, as the inspiration well begins to run dry,

0:27:57 > 0:28:01we've been subjected to monstrosities like this... This...

0:28:01 > 0:28:09And worst of all, this... It's not looking good, is it? So where do we

0:28:09 > 0:28:12go from here? A dance studio, apparently, to figure out the future

0:28:12 > 0:28:15of goal celebrations. Cue the montage!

0:28:28 > 0:28:31It's a lot harder than it looks, this celebration law. I think I'll

0:28:31 > 0:28:35leave it to the professionals. You do it best, guys. Anyone know where

0:28:35 > 0:28:37you can get eight two dry-cleaned?

0:28:37 > 0:28:40I'm not sure we'll be seeing Ben on Match Of The Day

0:28:40 > 0:28:42or Strictly just yet.

0:28:42 > 0:28:44Don't forget, if you've missed anything, then

0:28:44 > 0:28:45the show is on the iPlayer.

0:28:45 > 0:28:47Next Thursday we'll be in the Premier League leaders'

0:28:47 > 0:28:49back yard in Manchester, but until then enjoy

0:28:49 > 0:28:52your footballing weekend and enjoy it on the BBC.

0:28:52 > 0:28:54Goodbye.