15/01/2017 MOTD2 Extra

Hello. Welcome to Match of the Day to extra this Sunday lunchtime. With

me, the former England captain, Alan Shearer. Also Mark Schwarzer and the

chief football correspondent from the Telegraph, Jason Burt. You can

send us a text on the following subjects over the next 45 minutes.

We will ask, what does the future hold for Diego Costa? Harry Kane's

trick takes Spurs second, seven behind Chelsea for the bid will look

ahead to the huge game at Old Trafford where Manchester United

play Liverpool. As for the headlines this morning, Diego Costa dominates.

You were at the game with Leicester where Chelsea won 3-0. Did they miss

Diego Costa? Chelsea more than help themselves without him. The way the

front three played with Pedro, hazard and Willian, they were

brilliant. The question will be when they come up against better

opposition. That will be a big challenge when they come up against

the bigger teams. Will they miss Diego Costa? They will miss him. He

has scored goals and assists and been integral about everything good

about Chelsea. It will be a huge, uphill struggle to win the league

without him. Do they have to miss Diego Costa? Nope. I think they will

not sell him this winter but they will try to rehabilitate him back

into the team. That is partly by Antonio Conte spoke the way he did

yesterday. Perhaps a very different approach from Slaven Bilic with

Dmitri Payet at. At Chelsea, it is very saddening terms of the offer

from China. There is some tooling and throwing as to whether or not

there is an from the table. His head has been turned for. He wants to

look at that. The money on the table is huge. If you are only looking at

what has been said, on the record, he has a back strain and he has

argued with the fitness coach. You will not reveal sources of who said

what behind-the-scenes. The use sense that the Chinese briefing is

coming from one side all the other or from both parties? Do you sense?

The story broke on Friday. The Daily Mail got the story and put it out

there. Everyone has tried to verify it. The element of the bid from

China has come out as well. There are various parties involved in

that. People like Chelsea are well aware of the situation. Diego Costa

has always been fairly unsettled at the club. I never thought he really

wanted to move in the first place. He wanted to go back to Real Madrid

and Chelsea have managed to keep him on board. If this big offer is on

the table, it will make a big difference to Diego Costa. A

Brazilian guy who has come from the middle of nowhere. Coming to Chelsea

is not his dream. He can be quite disruptive character at times. What

Chelsea are trying to do is close this story down. Yesterday was all

about closing the story down. Yes, there is a back injury of sorts.

Interestingly, Dmitri Payet has a back injury and are difficult to

quantify. They want to get him on board as quickly as possible. They

wanted out there that, from their point of view, we will publicly say

there is a back injury for the behind-the-scenes they will try to

keep him on board. I do not see them selling him this window. Next summer

it might be different. In the summer we could possibly see him leaving

the club. The story will not go away until he starts to play again.

Absolutely. You are right. How bad is the back injury? Eventually

Chelsea will have to talk more openly about the situation. Would it

be a problem him being around the club, even playing for the club up

till the summer, if you knew he was going? That is from a fellow

player's perspective. He does not think Diego Costa even wanted to

come to the club in the first place. Last season the whole season did not

play particularly well. The two seasons in between, he has done

very, very well. The bottom line is, if he comes back into the side and

start scoring goals again, people will forget about it. Inevitably, he

will dictate the situation. He will decide what happens. The players

have the vast majority of the powerful if he does not want to be

there, he will leave. Whether in this window or the summer, the same

will happen with Dmitri Payet. Would you have any problem with that being

in the squad for the remainder of the season? It depends how bad apple

he would become. If it affects the dressing room then you will have to

get rid. I do not know how close he is to the rest of the Chelsea

players or with Dmitri Payet. As soon as it affects the dressing

room, you have to get rid. He is a big character and someone a lot of

players do like. He is always joking and has a great attitude when it

comes to training. If he does then decide to throw his toys out of the

pram and wants to leave, knowing what Chelsea is like and how he

wants the team attitude and work ethic, like they showed yesterday,

again they will not want to have that type of character around the

training ground and changing room. I think he is a volatile character.

Hope is that they will get him back on track quickly. He is back to his

fitness coach -- Antonio Conte has backed his fitness coach in theirs.

Hopefully they can move on in all of this. Partly the tactic yesterday

they tried to close the story down by saying it was a fitness issue.

Also what massively helped Chelsea yesterday was they won. That helped

the manager a lot. They will wanted to go away as quickly as possible.

Knowing a bit about Diego Costa, he wanted to go last summer but they

managed to keep him. He has not been massively settled that Chelsea

throughout his career. He has done very well there, 100%. I do not

think he will be at Chelsea for the long haul. You have been at the

Chelsea dressing room with him. You had the same first season. As I

understand it, the private Diego Costa is different to the public one

we see on the field. Definitely. On the pitch he is a fighter. He wants

to scrap for everything. Off the pitch he is a joker. He loves that

position in the squad. For me, in the end, who knows? They may

surprise us. It may be completely blown out of all proportion. That

must be their priority, sitting down with him and speaking to him. It has

not been blown out of proportion. The story is true. He wants to go.

The extent of the back injury I do not know about and I do not think

that Chelsea know about it, Forshaw. This is a huge story. The team at

the top of the league possibly wanting to go to China. I'm not

talking about players on the bench and over the hill. I am talking

about a player at the prime of his career wanting to leave Chelsea and

go to China. It a huge story. If you live by inflated wages, you die by

it. Chelsea need a fit and focused Diego Costa. If I was content I

would say no player is bigger than the club, go and rot in the

reserves. -- Antonio content. In an ideal world, that is what you would

do. We will sit to you in the reserves. Is that hard to enforce?

It is virtually impossible. He has to walk into the dressing room with

the rest of the players. He is still one of your players foot if you

tried to enforce all of these rules, you have the PFA coming to scream at

you. -- if you try. That is the way it works. Jermaine Jenas said they

had to get into the new Spurs training ground with fingerprint

access. One summer, his stopped working for the back is how he got

the message he was not there. If they got, if the 8 million offer is

on the table, is it unrealistic to say they would sell him and bring

summary in to do a job for them before the end of the transfer

window? I do not think it was unrealistic. These clubs have an

enormous scouting network. I think they will always have a Plan B and a

plan C. If the scenario does happen, they will get as much money as they

can and bring in someone replace him. I am not sure that Roman

Abramowitz will want to be pushed around by the Chinese market. He is

a Russian billionaire and has spent a lot of money. He will not want his

players to dictate to him the way that Diego Costa is trying to do. At

times like that, they will put their foot down and you cannot force the

situation. Roman Abramowitz will not be pushed around. If he is going to

go, it will more likely be the summer. Getting a replacement in

this window will be nigh on impossible to get in the right

player. Simon said, I would let him rot in the reserves and train on his

own. He is not talking about Diego Costa but Dmitri Payet. Ryan says,

caching and by players who want to contribute. What is the point of

keeping Payet and ruined team spirit. West Ham got a good season

out of him, let him go for the what would you do with him? If it is

quite clear he has said what we think he has said to Slaven Bilic,

that he is refusing to play, it is the same thing. You must sell him.

Get as much as you can. Take the hit. If it starts to affect the

dressing room but that is more important to the team than one

player. I agree. He is a commodity but if a player does not want to be

there, is refusing to play, is a bad apple. Players yesterday, you could

see West Ham players coming out and saying, we have a great, close-knit

unit here. We don't want any disruption with players being a bad

apple. We want to concentrate on playing football. They can win games

without him. Get as much money as you can and bring in players who

want to play for the club. I think he is more likely to go in the

January window than Diego Costa. If the right offer comes in, they will

let him go. He is saying he wants to go back to Marseille for personal

reasons. Just under ?20 million. The think his circumstances are

different? He has a French wife and three kids. If he wants to go back

to a specific club, let's see. He will not play for West Ham again and

he wants to go back for personal reasons. Presumably he had a French

wife and kids before he came to West Ham! Presumably so. It will be a

long day. In his career, he did move around clubs a lot. He moved around

France a lot. West Ham brought him over. He has done very well for

them. He has been unsettled for a long time for the he came back from

the Euros, expecting to leave. -- a long time. West Ham did not have a

single offer. Nobody has made an offer. You cannot go. Three months

after his loan, he has done this to him. Slaven Bilic has worked

extremely hard to make Dmitri Payet happy. He was the player he really

wanted. He has worked with him a lot in terms of developing the player.

For Slaven Bilic to come out and say what he did... That was the last

straw. I have nowhere else to go I have to tell this story from when he

was on the bench in the FA Cup, and put him on at 4-0 down, that said

the story. He is trying to prove a point by putting on a forward when

you are 4-0 down at home. He is saying, I am the boss. For most of

the season, Dmitri Payet has been unhappy. They have tried everything

to get him back on board. Slaven Bilic probably felt, with the full

authority of the club, that was the final straw. Oliver Holt has written

in the mail today, anyone who thinks there's loyalty left in football is

an idiot. We mentioned the loyalty bonus that Dmitri Payet got. Would

you go on about loyalty in football? There are swings both ways. There is

a case to say that is almost correct. Players have shown there is

loyalty and John Terry is a great example.

Skew and far between. It's funny, I always get undersized for staying at

Newcastle, people say, you should have gone to Manchester United! --

get criticised. Loyalty is a two-way thing. One club decided they no

longer want a player, then the club sells. The truck try and get a

player out. So loyalty is a two-way thing. Maybe it's different here

because you didn't play that many clubs but if you were ever going to

move to another club, would you have taken into account who you had paid

for before, before deciding if you would move to another club? For

example, your very good friend Steve Harper made that decision last

season, to go and sit on the Sunderland bench, which given his

record at Newcastle may seemed slightly odd. You've got to look at

the options what options have you got as a player when a club say, we

no longer want you, your contract is up or we have had a good offer, you

say, OK, I will look at my options. I haven't got a problem with players

wanting to leave a football club, it happens every month. You allowed to

leave the club and the club was allowed to sell you but there is a

way and means of doing it. Refusing to play or saying you will fake an

injury, is not the correct way. It's not as if West Ham have said he has

to stay, he signed a five-year contract, Dmitri Payet, doubled his

money, they said you can go in the summer, he will be giving them 17,

18 more games, that's all they are asking for. Does it make that much

difference? It does to their season. It was a massive victory yesterday,

but it has not been an easy campaign for them. He hasn't accepted and

brilliant this season. But he's still there best player. If he was

sold to Marseille in this transfer window, what would it mean for the

fans? When you went to Chelsea, did you consider your from history? Of

course, but I was also realistic. I had a fantastic time at Fulham, I

gave them five years and at 40 years old I had an opportunity to be part

of a club like Chelsea, as much as Fulham fans may not want to hear it,

you can't compare the two. I'd never played Champions League football and

I had an opportunity to try and fulfil that and Chelsea gave me

that. It's like Alan says, about your career path, what option you

have and what career path you want to take. Because it is a career for

you, for us fans, it is irrational love but for you guys it's a career?

Look at the options, with the club wants you, with you want to be

there, I go back to my point, there is a correct way of doing it. Do you

want to give a struct's opinion of appreciation for Andy Carroll

yesterday? Outstanding, to get it on target, the technique, just sublime.

It was a brilliant goal. Which is more likely to win goal of the

month, that or Giroud? That is a horrible question. I don't really

care, I love goals! That is such a rubbish answer! We have messages

saying, sell Payet, move on, others are saying, he has got a bit big for

his boots, when decent season, Andy is sick of overpaid players who

don't get stuck in. Let's go to Goodison Park, the first of two

games this afternoon, Everton against Manchester City. Hello,

welcome to listen, if you are on the blue side of things, this is the

only game that matters. Leon Osman scored one of the best goals of his

career four years ago, Everton haven't beaten them since. It's

going to be difficult, they scored five at West Ham last week and kept

a clean sheet, they seem to be coming into a bit of form but

Everton are on the back of a new study, the crowd should be fantastic

today, they had a chance. What about that signing, Schneiderlin, what

will he bring to the team? The manager knows him well, he knows

what he's capable of, he knows exactly what to do to get the best

out of him and Schneiderlin knows what the manager wants from his

players so it should be a quick introduction, seamless introduction,

he's a terrific player, a French international, think he will do well

here. The manager was saying that everyone needs to open their eyes

last week, was he right to say that? If it got him what he wanted, he was

right, if he was after more signings, a manager needs to do what

he can to get the players, that's the first signing, the second

signing is hopefully coming afterwards, I don't think he's

finished. What is the latest review, you itching to back into playing? I

am enjoying not playing. It's different, your weekends are

different, I am not running around on this pitch but I'm enjoying

myself. Highlights will be on tonight. Let's get a good the team

news. Morgan Schneiderlin is only on the bench and so is the other new

signing, who cost ?11 million from Charlton. Everton make only one

change from the cup defeat against Leicester which so angered Ronald

Koeman am a the youngsters Holgate and Davis both stay in the team. Man

City were more like themselves against West Ham in the cup, they

have won four out of the last five in the Premier League and quite

yellow goes with just a single change, in goal, Claudio Bravo

returns in goal, Kevin de Bruyne is fit and John Stones is back at

Goodison. What is important for John Stones this opportunity goes back to

is old club, how does he deal with it? Not to get carried away with the

emotion, not to do things that he wouldn't normally try. He hasn't had

the best of seasons as yet. Still finding his way, I think, that club.

I think he still learning what the manager wants from him. Not to get

carried away, not to do anything stupid and put in a good

performance, it'll be a tough afternoon for him. You think Ronald

Koeman turning things round will be a slow process, he has kept a couple

of kids in, Kabul and his new signings? He said himself it'll take

some time to change the squad. He wants to bring in some new players,

what they are able to accomplish with that type of squad is not at

that level yet. Morgan Schneiderlin is the first of potentially many

signings. Whether it is in January or in the summer, one or two more

signings and then he will look to the summer to strengthen more. I

think he wants to have his team in place by the end of the summer

window. On Friday he said by the end of the summer window, the fans will

have the team but I want. So he set a deadline to the club to get

players in. He is an interesting character, he called out Steve Morse

last week, which is a big thing to do, to mention your own recruitment

guy, and there has been a reaction. It is possibly hurried to the

Schneiderlin deal along. He has been looking to do this deal since he

realised that Schneiderlin wasn't going to get a place in the Man

United team. That is when he was getting frustrated about. I think

the way they have to play today is direct, I saw them against Arsenal

and they went direct, get the ball up, make it an ugly game, as hard as

it will be because City were very impressive in the FA Cup against

West Ham when they put five past them. But it'll be a tough afternoon

if the crowd gets behind Everton. A quick cricket score, England made

three June 50-7. India are 40-1. If you want to listen to that, it's on

five live sports extra. At Old Trafford, you can hear this as well.

Mark, Alan, we will have those thoughts shortly but first, we will

hear from Paul Pogba. Do you feel more comfortable integrating into

this new team with the new manager? The adaptation may be took a bit for

the team, when you change players as well, you need some time. Now the

team is going better and better, we all feel better than the start of

the season. What is Jose Mourinho like the plague for? It is

adaptation to him as well, and you club, now we know him better, how he

plays and we understand him more. What is your relationship like with

Zlatan? He's always a joker, on the pitch, he is a winner. He has big

experience, a big character and he pushes you to your best always,

gives you advice. Almost a father figure in a way? He wrote like it,

but he's the oldest! -- won't like it. He's maybe the one with the most

experience. When I say Manchester United against Liverpool at Old

Trafford, does it send a shiver down your spine? The history, a big

derby, more than Man City, I think, because of the way you feel, the

atmosphere, you have no taste when you win three points against

Liverpool. He wrote to be on Zlatan's Christmas card list! Lots

of talk today about how Mourinho is trying to use Pogba in a Lampard

style position. A bit further forward on the left of midfield. Did

you see that and are you surprised it took him so long to work that

out? I don't think it did, I just think he was trying to accommodate

so many people, people were talking about Wayne Rooney come he's had a

legend at the club, he tried to play with all of them at the start of the

season and I don't think it worked particularly well. Now he has made

the change he has been able to have Pogba in midfield in more of a role

where he did so well at Juventus. Mourinho has got his swagger back,

even on the touchline to me has the arrogance back about him, the

winning mentality that was missing at the start of the season. It was

figuring out the best way to play all those players. He has found that

weight now, I thought they were static early on in the season, not

so many runners going past Ibrahimovic, where he struggled to

begin with, everyone is pulling in the same direction, he seems

comfortable and happy and it seems a happier place now. For those

listening, you had a little laugh. It was a great loaded question! I

totally agree with you. What you are driving at is he should have played

Pogba at this position at the start of the season. I was surprised how

they lined up at the start of the season, I thought Carrick should

have been in the team, the vegetarian thing is interesting, it

has taken him a while to get into it, Mourinho will get credit now,

maybe should have been in the team earlier. It has taken a while to

come together. It could be a number of reasons why, the club had become

moribund under van Gaal, I think Mourinho said it which was

interesting was changing the mentality and some people were

sceptical but I can understand what he meant, they were playing in such

a way that it was affecting them so much, the pressure was too great on

them, he needed to release them more and that has happened now with the

players, the formation. The influence of Ibrahimovic can't be

underestimated, this guy is not fazed by anything. He is not fazed

by playing for Manchester United. He was out of contract after he left

Paris St Germain, they thought physically, that was the end, his

movement wasn't the greatest, he's come in and reenergised himself and

he has reacted to being in the Premier League and thought, I am

going to do this. I have been incredibly impressed by the way he

has responded. Initial reaction, Scruton God, then he has struggled,

and now he has gone again, use a player who has reacted briefly to

being in the Premier League. Not only is his movement better, it is

players going beyond him now which for a centre forward when you are

there on your own, you need that is otherwise you're constantly fighting

with two or three defenders all the time and if you have guys prepared

to go beyond you, with his ability, he can handle his own against one.

When you watch him at the moment, you could sort of see it with Pogba

were joking about him and laughing about him but having huge respect

for him as well. He may not have the arm on but he appears the talismanic

leader of this United side at the moment. Very much so. He is leading

from the front and has got better as the season has gone on. He has a

swagger and presence. Wherever he is. He has stood up to criticism and

reacted, like Jason was saying. He is getting better and better and

becoming a main player for them. One final thing, Jose Mourinho's and is

about getting the players to change them and talented. -- comments. When

you had a change of manager, did it take time to stop doing certain

things? Sometimes. A manager can come in and asked something

different view. Sometimes you do not understand what the manager wants

and is looking to you to do something different. It depends who

it is and what is in this situation. Quite clearly, Mouinho did not know

what his best options were. It has taken longer than we'd thought --

Jose Mourinho. They are a team without doubt on the up. If they

were to win today, two points behind Liverpool. That is a statement in

itself will stop let's concentrate on Liverpool. Here is Jurgen Klopp.

Give me 11 players and we will be competitive. That is the plan. They

are not some players, they are my players. They already know a lot

about each other. I know how they react. It makes us not weaker. It

should make us stronger. Being ready for this. It is not about being

confident before the game it is about getting confidence in the game

with the right movements, the right kind of defending, the right kind of

causing them problems. That is what we think about. For the last game it

is not important. If it gives you a last percentage of greed, if you

want, to fix something, welcome. Use it. He talks about being given 11

players and he will get them to play football. Is the problem may be that

he could do with having 20, 22 players? That Liverpool squad still

might need strengthening, if you look how they suffer when they do

not have Coutinho, Henderson or Mane. Liverpool need to bring in

more quality. They have a good base of quality players. They just need

to bring in more bodies of top quality. That has always been the

big problem. What is interesting with Liverpool in particular, I have

always doubted whether they could maintain that level of intensity for

the course of the season in the Premier League. He did it in Germany

because they have a winter break. That had a massive influence on

being able to rest players. People reach highs, go away for ten days,

do a mini pre-season and off they go again for the here they are

overloaded through Christmas. It is almost impossible to play that

intensity. He tried to give them a break in the New Year in the FA Cup.

He brought in a lot of the youngsters and change around a lot

of things for the game in the hope that going to Southampton, who would

have a fresher team, but they looked so flat. They did not have any

energy whatsoever. In the end they were lucky to get away with what

they did. They will train at that intensity and training. The guys not

playing every week will be doing the same sessions. At times you will be

doing more because you are not playing at weekends. It does affect

the whole team, especially when you're not playing week in and week

out together as a unit. Over the FA Cup weekend, teams have made

wholesale changes and struggle. They are missing key players. Matip at

the back did not play. Henderson, we are definitely seeing the best of

Henderson. I think Mane gives them whips. They do not have the width

without him for that I think they are a bit too narrow. Daniel

Sturridge was a disappointment. He did not look at it against them for

the batter is a problem. Coutinho is coming back. That will make a

difference. -- he did not look at it against them. I think he genuinely

wants to work with younger players and bring them through. As fans, you

want to see it. He sees the pressure to recruit and buy. He is also

saying I want to develop players and bring them through. I applaud him

for that. There are parallels with Pochettino at Tottenham with the way

they play. He also wants to bring players through. He wants to get the

balance right, also being competitive and ambitious and

develop a team. That is one of the big things with his teens. The

energy they have shown and the appetite and the way they go after

teams. -- teams. He will be looking for a reaction today particularly

after they were so poor in midweek. I think it will depend on whether

Coutinho plays, if he does play. Will he not miss a stride because he

has been out? If they do not play, missing Mane as well, Liverpool

lacked a bit in the quality they do against Manchester United who are

preparing for ten consecutive wins in all competitions. That will be

the big question today. I think it will be a high-scoring draw. Don't

curse it already. See you on Match of the Day later for a 0-0 draw.

There are goals in both teams. Both defences do not give me great

confidence. I'm hoping for goals. As long as it is better than the game

at Anfield. Manchester United went there with a certain game plan. I do

not think Liverpool will arrive with a game plan against Manchester

United. Liverpool against Manchester City were slightly different. They

were more controlled in the way they played for them if they can get back

to that type of performance they could do well today.

I imagine as never Tony and playing at home for Manchester United, it

would be great to break the goal-scoring record. -- and

Evertonians. It is a matter of time before Wayne Rooney gets this

record. He has been one hell of a player, Wayne Rooney. For him, it

would be fitting if he were to get it today against their biggest

rivals. Let's move on. We will talk Spurs and another striker. Harry

Kane hit a hat-trick for Tottenham as they beat West Brom 4-0. The

little girl has been great. Not too bad. Quite a few misses, getting up

at night, not letting me sleep. It has been a busy week, one I have

enjoyed. I enjoyed today as well. You were buzzing from the start. It

was important to get that early goal. We said that was at the last

few times we played them, they scored first. They always hang in

there and managed to make a draw. Going in there, flying, trying to

finish the game. We did that with probably the best performance of the

season. A great day. A good week for Harry Kane. What to do mumble to me

during that? I said he is the real deal. -- what did you mumble to me?

I me huge admirer of the way he does most things very well. The way he

loves scoring goals. He will be around for a long time. There is a

quote from Pochettino saying that Spurs can win the title. Why not?

Last season was a massive blow for them. There was a lot of regret.

Last weekend they played Chelsea. There was a sense of a bit of

revenge in that result. I spoke to Dele Alli after result and he said

it was kind of like getting one back on Chelsea, not just the rival

Republicans Chelsea have a chance to win the title. -- the rivalry. They

look more comfortable now. They are a bit under the radar. People have

not really mentioned him a lot. It has been about the Manchester clubs,

about Chelsea. It suited Tottenham really well. If they get their first

11 out, and they can keep them fit... The 11 is the best 11 in the

league. It is the best 11 and the Premier League. Vertonghen is out

injured. That could potentially be a big blow for them. When out on the

pitch, the 11 they played against Chelsea is the best 11. You

mentioned Vertonghen. I spoke about it yesterday on the radio. When

Alderweireld was out, they suffered earlier in the season. It was

interesting yesterday they brought in Ben Davies to play in the three.

That would be perfect. I think he would be ideal on the left side. And

then it keeps the left foot on the left side. This is key to their

success. Equally, the defensive side of things can he is as important to

anyone in any team. I do not think Spurs have the depth. Janssen has

struggled. They made a couple of substitutions. The relationship

between Dele Alli and son change the game. It is a blow with the injury

but I think Tottenham world challenge. Still time to send us a

text. How has Harry Kane developed in the last to years? You can see he

has an edge about him. He has a great relationship with Dele Alli.

He knows what he will do. When I played with England, with Teddy

Sheringham. We used to turn up every six, seven weeks. We hardly train

together. I understood his game. We knew what each other would do. I see

a similar relationship between Harry Kane and Dele Alli. The flick over

for the setup yesterday, for one of his goals, was superb. The way he

did it. The running and the timing. Everything. Did you used to watch

what Sheringham was doing in his club games before you met up for

international duty? I knew his game. That our partnerships and

relationships where it just works. It just happens. With others, you

have to train together and work together and do a lot of

understanding of his game. With myself and Teddy, it clicked. From

the day we met, I knew he could work for me and I could work for him.

When he went sure I took -- short, taking a defender with him. Harry

Kane is getting stronger and stronger. Absolutely. He has grown

in confidence. He is the real deal. He is backing it up year after year.

People think he will struggle. I think he was slow at the start of

the season. That was at the back of the Euros. Now he is back to his

best. I would not underestimate the influence of Pochettino. He has

responded to everything they have asked him to do. I know you referred

to Olivier Giroud and Andy Carroll's is as potential goals of the month.

They were both against Crystal Palace and I am a Crystal Palace

fan. We will see you for Match of the Day two later. We will show

highlights of the high-scoring draw