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Good afternoon. Welcome to Match of the Day two Extra. We'll look back

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at another dramatic afternoon in the Premier League and look ahead to

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today's games in the title race. It's set to be an epic atmosphere at

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Anfield as Manchester City travel to Liverpool. Jose Mourinho's Chelsea

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travel to Swansea City. Arsenal are through to the FA Cup final, but

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were pushed all the way by Wigan Athletic. And the fight to stay up

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takes another incredible twist. We'll reflect on another crazy day

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at the Hawthorns. And with me this afternoon is Kevin Kilbane, Match of

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the Day's Steve Bower and Andy Dunn from the Sunday Mirror. Good

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afternoon. You can contact us via the website or twitter. A warm

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welcome to you all. Kevin, you were at Wembley yesterday, but not

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necessarily the biggest story for you? No, the Norwich and full game

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yesterday. A huge win for full. For Neal Adams, where does he go to in

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these last four games? The momentum is with Fulham. They proved they can

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grind out a result because it was a nervy day and they prevailed. Andy,

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plenty of nerves and tension on display yesterday? Yes, a win for

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Arsenal raises as many questions as answers as most of their

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performances do nowadays. For a long time we were writing how much more

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can Arsenal Wenger take? Then up pops Mertesacker with an equaliser.

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The victory takes them to the first FA Cup final in a long while, but it

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can't mask the problem is Arsenal Wenger has got. Essentially, it was

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doubly significant on the day. Nothing that Arsenal shown suggests

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they will overhaul Everton. If they don't get that spot and qualify for

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the Champions League, I am not an FA Cup wind will convince Arsene Wenger

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to stay. In the press box, there's a feeling that even if Arsenal win the

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FA Cup and perhaps don't make Champions League, maybe it will be

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time for him to depart? Yes, I don't think it changed the fact... They

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somehow found a way to get to the final. They could end those seasons

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without a trophy but I don't think it will be enough. Most of the

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writing this morning reflects that if he decides to stay, and he

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decides whether to stay or not dash and that is the one quirk of the way

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Arsenal is run at the moment - he is nowhere near good enough to compete

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with the likes of man city and Liverpool and maybe Man United next

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season. At the moment, I am not sure he believes that is true. Good

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afternoon. These six score thrillers follow you around! Yes, incredibly

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to do stoppage time equaliser is. Yesterday it encapsulates the

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season. 3-0 up against a Spurs side. In the second half, mentally, West

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Bronx sunk deeper. At 3-2 we thought they might go again. West Brom

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should be OK but if they are not they will look back on those two

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home games when they were up and they should have seen it out. They

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have conceded again and dropped points in home games. Although Spurs

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had all the ball yesterday, they should have had enough... What does

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that do to Pepe Mel? They should be taking the positives out of that. He

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was 3-0 up at home against Tottenham. Not long ago, they would

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have considered themselves a contender for the fourth place. You

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take the positives. A bouncing atmosphere, I can imagine. It was

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until the second goal. I would rather have that then get beaten

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badly. He said the defending was horrendous. I am sure he said more

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than that! The fourth time West Brom lead 2-0 up. Pepe Mel said they were

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worried about that side of it mentally. You go in front in a big

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game like that and then you drop off, you can see grounding behind

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and you don't want to concede yourselves. You can't... You've got

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no real outlet and you can't get the support of your striker.

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We'll talk about the relegation battle shortly, but first to Anfield

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ahead of what's a huge match in the title race. Let's talk to Guy

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Mowbray who's there for Match of the Day two.

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An emotional day? We will have the poignant, the still and silent and

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remembering the 96 of 25 years ago. That will give way to Anfield in

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full cry. I can tell you the atmosphere already well over an hour

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before kick-off has been building up. The crowd outside from half past

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nine this morning were just incredible. It was something to see.

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They are about six deep now either side of the road waiting for the

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Liverpool team bus to arrive. Most of the players were stonefaced. They

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were welcomed in the tunnel to see them all in. There was a steely

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determination about Liverpool. It is building and building and building

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with every game they play at Anfield. It has the feel of a

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decider. It's not as though. In the dependent on Sunday --

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Independent on Sunday he was asked if he can go on and win the title.

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Do you agree? They can. If they carry on with this winning run they

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fully deserved to win the Barclays Premier League this season. City

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will undoubtedly take a point. Much rests on whether Kompany will be

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fit. All we get from man city is that he is travelling and he will be

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here. -- Manchester city. I have heard that he will be OK and he

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would eat them out this afternoon. When the whistle goes, there will be

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an almighty cavalry charge. Liverpool have been blitzing teams

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early at Anfield in recent weeks. Against Arsenal, it was like that

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and we expect a similar approach today. What a test that is about to

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be! I am gabbling because I am that excited. It is the game of the

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season. You are gabbling so we will say

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goodbye! Let us pick up on an article in your

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paper today. Then Andy Noel has played in some big matches. One

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headline says" mad fans stormed bus". He won't experience anything

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like the sort of mixture of hostility, in a way, not in an

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unpleasant way but also some emotion that will be there before the game.

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Anfield can be like that. Today is a very special and emotional day for

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the whole of football and particularly for that football

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club. He won't have experienced that. There will be that element to

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deal with, but a bit of it is that a bit too much is made of it. These

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are experienced players for Manchester city and I don't think a

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hostile atmosphere will affect them too much. A couple of weeks ago, one

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onlooker was saying that he can remember under Rafael Benitez when

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they were going for the league, if you stepped off the bus you felt two

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or three inches taller and that gave Liverpool players the extra

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impetus. It was quite an interesting insight because they are there again

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today and there is no bigger game. Rogers has made the public plea to

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the supporters how big a change they can make. The atmosphere will be

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cracking. It is incredible. I was at the Tottenham game when they blew

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Tottenham away early on. Turton couldn't get out of their own half

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-- Tottenham. They grew in stature, Liverpool, and started at such a

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pace. If the city start the game the way they did against Southampton

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last week, Liverpool can blow them away in a similar fashion. We can

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probably names several instances where they have blown teams away

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early on. I saw them when they blew Arsenal away in the first half-hour

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when they were 4-0 up. That was down to the naivete of Arsenal in the way

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they were set up. This should give them a lift. I also think they are

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experienced enough to deal with that. How about you? I was at the

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corresponding fixture on Boxing Day. Liverpool were very unlucky not to

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get anything out of that. I think Brendan Rodgers will remind them of

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that because they went toe to toe with Manchester city that day.

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Nobody expected the form of Liverpool since. Psychologically,

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they will believe. With Liverpool 's attacking threat, they have a great

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chance of winning the game. Do you think it is a gamble with Sergio

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Aguero? It will be fascinating on the team news which we will get

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through shortly. My hunch is he won't start. They will maybe bring

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him on. And whether Kompany is indeed fit. There was a big story

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yesterday amongst the press love that Wembley that he had pulled up

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in training and he was in a bit of pain which was later denied. That

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will leave them pretty weak at the back. The tactics will be

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fascinating. Can Gerard be stopped from orchestrating the moves. On the

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flanks, Suarez tends to target the weakest Link, like great players

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do. You won't find him on Kompany's shoulders. I think for all the hype

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and emotion and the atmosphere surrounding it, it will also be a

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fascinating tactical battle between the mansion -- managers. Suarez is

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convinced in the papers today that he will take the title. -- that

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Liverpool will take the title. They have got to prove that... The

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pressure probably will be on Liverpool considering everyone is

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expecting them to start the way they have been starting home games. So

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there is pressure on that. There are so many intriguing battles within

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it. The way Manchester city started against Southampton, moving the ball

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slowly around the pitch, Southampton got in their faces. It is important

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Manchester city do not start like that. The Sunday Telegraph has a

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lead story with Arthur and bingo's saviour. This is Pellegrini 's

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attacking Jose Mourinho's style. You would have thought Pellegrini would

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have enough on his plate as opposed to having another spat with Jose

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Mourinho! Andy suggested earlier in the office that some of his

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colleagues might have put some spin on this. I could not get my head

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around that! What I merely said was that what Pellegrini is trying to

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get across is that he believes it would be fitting for an attacking

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team like Liverpool Manchester city, teams who scored 174 goals between

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them or something like that, it would be more fitting for them to

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win the league or whatever. I would say that there is no loss -- love

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lost between the two. If Pellegrini could, I suspect he would have a

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Kevin Keegan! In defence of Jose Mourinho, it is the way he sets the

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defence up to win. At long -- times it is long ball tactics. If we had a

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quality striker he would play differently. Picking up on Chelsea

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because they go to Swansea city today. Three defeats on the road. --

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on the road. An interesting one this afternoon. The Champions League and

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Chelsea is interesting. Will it spurred them on in the league or

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will it take their eye off the league. Swansea away, that could be

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interesting on a Sunday afternoon. So, this one throws up more

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questions. If Swansea were to lose they are right in the relegation mix

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as well. I think it will lift Chelsea. They have key Premier

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League games amidst the two Champions League semifinal legs but

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it will lift them. It will be -- he will be delighted. There has been so

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much criticism from Jose Mourinho himself, he will want a good end to

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the season. No matter what the result, he will say we still have a

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great chance of winning the title. And the timing as well?

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It gives them fresh impetus in May know what they have today. They will

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be looking at this game today and saying, if Liverpool win that game

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and Chelsea won every game, they will win the league. It is a huge

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chance for Chelsea. People forget that if Chelsea win every game they

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will come above Liverpool. But one of those games is that Liverpool.

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But how much will Jose Mourinho relish going to Anfield and getting

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a result? You don't think the game against Atletico Madrid will hamper

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them? It might do. Jose Mourinho is probably thinking, go back to

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Portugal, possibly win. I just think when it comes to pick his teens it

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will be interesting to see what team plays at Swansea today. -- pick his

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teams. If that team good enough to win the Champions League? I think

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this squad has been underestimated, mainly by Jose Mourinho himself.

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They've got world-class players pretty much all over. They might not

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be to everyone's taste. I think today and maybe next weekend's

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game, I do think he might not take any risk with the likes of John

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Terry. I think he will bring Mohamad Salah on. He will relish this

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situation. Dream final? I think there is a dream semifinal as well.

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I think Chelsea will beat Atletico Madrid. A quick word on what this

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means at the bottom. Yesterday's results have set this up in an

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interesting way to Swansea. They probably only need to get one more

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win. It probably won't come today but I think it will come. They do

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have a goal threat. Thank you. Let's hear from Roberto Martinez now.

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I think it's important we got the amount of points that we got. That

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is pleasing and now we go into the next group of games with a real

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desire and excitement. It's the highest points tally ever in the

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Premier League and that for a football club like ours with our

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history feels really exciting. That is what we are doing from game to

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game, preparing as well as we can. We've got real competition for

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places which always helps to focus the performances. Steve, what a job

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that man is done. Incredible. The players will run through a brick

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wall for him. Yes, there was a bit of fortune yesterday but seven wins

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on the run is incredible for Everton. Crystal Palace at home is

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probably a different sort of challenge. Arsenal will have played

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on the Tuesday night against West Ham. Crystal Palace presents a

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different type of challenge. Almost more challenging than playing

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Arsenal. They will say, come and break is down. -- us down. But the

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way that Martinez has set up his side, he's found a bit of a tactic

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that he's put out and he's found ways to win those tight games. Andy,

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what has impressed you most? Roberto Martinez was held up as an example

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of how to work the transfer market in the papers yesterday. There was

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an unbelievable transfer window. He lost a player who was important but

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probably would not have been important to Roberto Martinez.

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McCartney came in. He got four players in and one player out. A

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fantastic transfer window. The positivity is incredible. He

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inspired the other players. I think Manchester United is next Saturday.

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Nobody would doubt what David Moyes did but the contrast between David

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who would ten to play down expectations, Martinez does the

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complete opposite. He aims for the top. That is why Wednesday is so

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important for them. But another had problems with the big matches. --

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Everton never had problems. Do we think Everton will hold on? The

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momentum is with them. Probably slightly against Arsenal with the

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way they played yesterday and last week. I'm looking forward next week

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to Sunday's game, I will be there. It is a big test for them. I looked

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through Manchester United's side and I think Everton man for man have a

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better side. It is already a record number of points for Everton.

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Someone is taxed to ask whether you believe Manchester United can get

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into the top four this season. This season? Nope. I knew there would be

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a short ! -- short answer. Let's just take a look at the front page

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of the Observer. You were there yesterday, so what happened? Did

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Wigan played very well ordered Arsenal just not get going? -- or

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did Arsenal. If you are on the outside looking in, you'd think it

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is a Championship team who upheld Arsenal to a draw. I think Wigan

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will look back and think, that is a chance missed. Arsenal have become a

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bit mundane. They were there for the taking yesterday. When Callum

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McManaman went off, I found it bizarre because he was causing

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Arsenal all sorts of problems. I think they will look back and think,

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we missed a chance to get to our second FA Cup final in succession. I

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thought Arsenal were laboured. They had little down the left side. Lukas

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Podolski was terrible. Arsenal have key injuries, they always seem to

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have key injuries. But if you are going to be the best, that squad has

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two be able to compensate. Yesterday, they were average. Last

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season we were in the studio talking about them scoring goals every week

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and I remember you saying they were title contenders at one stage. They

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work, but they've never been able to maintain it. They've had criticism

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from Arsenal band as a result. I don't feel that some of the players

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are good enough to play at the top end and they were exposed. Callum

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McManaman was the key incident yesterday. If he had not gone off I

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really do believe Wigan would have won that game. When Kieran Gibbs

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came on he changed the game a bit. He started on the bench and we

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couldn't understand that one. Arsenal's best player was oxalate

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chamberlain. He was the best player for a mile. They brew the sixth is

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not that long ago. It's been an almighty slide. -- February sixth.

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They've gone out of the Champions League and they just scraped through

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yesterday. The general consensus is Wigan missed an opportunity. Whoever

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Arsenal play in the final will have all that expensive and is the -- all

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that expectancy again. He's had 1000 matches in charge. If he gets picked

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to fourth place, do you think it is over? I spoke to Arsene Wenger after

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the match against Everton. He was as down as I've seen him in a long time

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because he knew that was a big setback in their race for poor. You

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do get the impression that that is what he needs. -- their race for

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fourth. And I think after their game against Everton there was some

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doubt, as though for the first time that might not happen. Whoever goes

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out in a game of Sheffield against Hull United, that is important. I

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think whoever gets to that final will make it difficult for Arsenal.

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Our thoughts are with the former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson who

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has been diagnosed with cancer today. We wish him a speedy

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recovery. It is a wonderful achievement getting to an FA Cup

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semifinal. They had a big setback against Millwall. They are in great

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form at this stage. They've still got Redding and Burley to play, two

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teams at the top. The second semifinal is at Wembley today led by

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two managers who know what Wembley is all about. We've been once in the

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semifinal in 1930. I don't think we will have many supporters at this

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one who were there at the last one. So we should enjoy it. In my

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experience, it is a point drastic occasion only if you win. It will be

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a normal way trip for us. Just try and relax and enjoy it as best we

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can. Don't let the day pass you by. Also, make sure there is pressure

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there. What a great job Nigel Clough has done at Sheffield United. Well,

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if either whole or Sheffield United win, I think one of football's to

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good guys will be around. Steve Bruce, when he was sacked from

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Sunderland nobody wanted to touch him. What a job he has done. And

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Nigel Clough, another real top man in football. Sheffield United were

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third bottom in League One. They are well safe in the top table now.

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After all he's been through, if he was to lead a team out to Wembley,

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that would be magnificent. An incredible story for Hull City with

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the boss will change of name and everything crazy that has gone on

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off the pitch. -- the possible change of name. He's done a great

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job in press conferences being asked about it. In the end, he just says,

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I don't want to hear any more about it! To do everything he's done with

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that backdrop is superb. He has had support from the owner, whatever you

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think about his plans to change the name. He has backed him and Steve

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has spent well and made a big difference. I think it is a lovely

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semifinal and it will be great whichever one of those faces

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Arsenal. I've played under both managers, it is difficult! Having

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you played under every club? ! I've played for a couple of years with

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Hull and I think they should win, let's be honest. Playing against a

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third tier team. I think whole will win the game. But the way Sheffield

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United have produced results, you cannot rule them out. Saint

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Johnstone are playing and also Dundee United had victory. Back to

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Anfield now with some team news. Daniel Agutter is fit again after

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his knee trouble. Daniel Acker. As for Manchester city, Kompany is

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fit. A little piece of extra information. Of course, the whole

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occasion is touched with poignancy two days ahead of the 25th

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anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. There will be a minutes

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silence and a giant patch has been laid in the centre circle.

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Never forgotten. Thank you. So Liverpool are unchanged and no

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Sergio Aguero. No, I thought he wouldn't start with him. The lasts

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-- Manchester city side I saw... I think he is bringing the best out of

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one of the players. We were just talking about Mamadou Sakho being

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retained at centre-half. Interesting. Experience wised, they

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have potentially best defensive partnership. Is Brendan Rodgers

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candidate for best Manager of the Season? Considering the turnaround

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at the club, you've got to give him full credit for what he's achieved

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this season. He's not spent masses amount of money. Full credit to him

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with the turnaround. Let us turn our attention to the

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fight to stay up and defeat for Norwich city.

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We have to respect that Norwich was a better team. We were very lucky

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that we had a good goalkeeper who saved us from defeat. At this stage

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of the season, I suppose the result is so much more important than the

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performance? Yes, the result is all. We are very happy about the result.

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We go on. Three points was the most important thing.

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We take the situation we are in and hopefully we can add more points. We

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know how close we are, perilously close. We've got to get ourselves

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further up the table and open up a bigger gap. That is what we will

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strive to do. A huge result for Fulham and I am

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sure Norwich city fans are sick to death of people like me reminding

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them they've got to play Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and

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Arsenal. You almost felt yesterday it was the last chance. They hit the

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bar and you almost felt that was it. For some reason, everything seemed

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to depend on going into those last four games and needing the points on

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the board. Fulham had a huge wind. I think they will find it difficult to

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pick up points but that's where they are, Norwich. Again, by virtue of

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the fact that... That it is difficult on paper. It is more

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difficult for them in that you might have hoped that Arsenal would have

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nothing to play for. With Everton 's form they will have something to

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play for. All these are imponderables. You can't any more

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just look at black-and-white fixtures and say categorically.

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Norwich have had good games at home this season. Not even when you look

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at the top teams? Manchester United away is in the fixture it was last

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season. Exactly. If you were missed -- West Brom, for instance, you

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would think that. Fulham and by all accounts Norwich played quite well

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yesterday. Fulham still have to win their games. No guarantee. Just on

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full, I covered the first game and Felix Magath was so positive. I did

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their defeat at Cardiff which everyone thought was the pivotal

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game. After, he said that full would stay in the Premier League and

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people sniggered behind his back. You now look at back-to-back wins in

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the Premier League -- Premier League which are massive. They have Hull

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and Palace at home. They might not be life -- laughing quite as loudly

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now. All week he was saying he was confident he would stay up. His

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reputation will not be damaged. He's never been relegated his -- in his

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career as a manager. People will look back and say it was the fault

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of previous regimes. I think he's got a little bit of a carefree

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attitude that might reflect well on his players. If he brings one of his

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players back, he is a confident player and can score four or five

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goals. Let us turn our attention to Cardiff City. Let us hear from

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Ledburn assault trial. -- Arleigh Gunner Solskjaer.

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What is your reading of the situation? We are one point behind

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Fulham and three behind Norwich and four behind West Brom and Swansea.

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Four games to go so that is 12 points. We don't expect to win all

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of them but we can win a few of them.

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Stuck at home, Chelsea at home and the last day of the season. I'd

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written them off, to be honest. But he has been in that school of best

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manager and just when you think they are out of it they win at Saint Mary

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's. The remaining fixtures are interesting because Sunderland and

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Newcastle away are not the faithful fixtures they might have been

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earlier in the season. Stuck at home is winnable for Cardiff. Chelsea at

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home on the final day looked weeks ago like the dreaded strap but who

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knows where they will be in the title race. They might be in Lisbon

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at that stage looking forward to the Champions League. So you wouldn't

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rule out Cardiff staying up. It has been an awful season for

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them. Unbelievable competition. The standard this year has been

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unusually high. Stockdale has had a good season two but the manager at

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Cardiff has been sensational. Over the last 16 is, they have conceded

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about 20 goals in their last ten games but they would have conceded

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more if it wasn't for him. I think they've got goals in them. I think

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it will give them a massive lift. Sometimes at this stage, teams are

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almost accepting their fate and Sunderland are close to that. They

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have to build on it. They beat Fulham and that was a big lift but

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then they go and lose. They had a clean sheet at Southampton but there

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is no margin for error. I remember talking to you when you did the

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Cardiff and Liverpool game and you said for the first 40 minutes...

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They were rocking, Liverpool. But they were 2-0 up and four minutes

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from half-time, you thought if they can just get to half-time with a

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2-goal cushion because Liverpool were rocking. Those periods of games

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will give them hope in these remaining games. Weeks ago, you

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couldn't predict. One result changes everything and Cardiff have done

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that now and given themselves hope. You really can't predict. You think

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Sunderland because of the way they have been playing and you thought

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last week Cardiff were doomed but now everything is to play for. It is

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a thrilling end. Felix Magath, I think Ollie Gunner Solskjaer is in

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the same boat. It is fortunate in a way that he won't get the flat if

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they don't down. He can approach the last few games with a sense of

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adventure and he can look forward to it. It is a big challenge. He said

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it would be the biggest thing in his career if he keeps Cardiff City up.

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Sunderland doomed? It looks that way. To concede an own goal like

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they did yesterday puts them on the back foot. From Sunderland 's point

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of view, you can't rule out Cardiff... Looking at the fixtures

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there... You're not shaking -- you're shaking your head. I can't

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see is Sunderland... It doesn't give a great message. No, when Gus Poyet

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keeps saying we need a miracle. What about West Bromwich Albion, Steve?

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What sort of atmosphere was there at the Hawthorns? The supporters are

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worried because the last few home games they have been up. Yesterday

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's hurt them. They would have moved on 35 points. You think that is a

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giant leaf -- leap to safety and the nap man scores. That gave them an

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idea of how they were feeling. They knew it was a blow. Pepe Mel was

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very down when I spoke to him. Looking at the fixtures and the home

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games they've got, they should be OK as they can score goals. Interesting

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back page lead on the back of the Sunday Mirror. You've decided to go

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with the back paid -- back page lead of Alan Pardew, get out! There is

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serious unrest. You have to say in terms of form... They are

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essentially not scoring goals and concede a lot. The figures are

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astonishing. It is strange. Ever since he was sent off as a serious

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punishment everything seems to have fallen flat. They don't seem to be

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able to score without their top striker. There is almost a feeling

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they are not bothered about trying to get into the Europa League. It

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has fallen pretty flat. It is interesting. I look at Alan Pardew,

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the second longest serving manager in the Premier League, and he will

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wonder what the future holds at Newcastle in terms of investment.

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What will happen at Anfield today? I think there will be goals and

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Manchester city will feel they should lose. A draw. I think

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Manchester city... I think Manchester city will nick it today.

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Always, thank you very much indeed and thank you for watching. Don't

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forget, tonight 's programme will be pretty special at Anfield, with

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Liverpool versus Manchester city. By bye for now.

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