24/04/2016 MOTD2 Extra

Joining me today Jermaine Jenas, Shola Ameobi

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what is coming up. Manchester United leave it late

to book their place in the FA What does the future now hold

for both Louis Van Gaal Newcastle come from

behind again to win Eden Hazard scores his first

goals of the season and says he wants Leicester

to win the title. Not that Jermaine Tina Fey is happy

with that! -- Jermaine Jenas. Claudio Ranieri's side can go eight

points clear of Spurs The Mirror has the headline

Sakho Drugs Shock and says Mamadou Sakho faces a 12 month ban

for failing a drugs test. Shaun's paper The Sun leads

on Louis Van Gaal admitting that he could be sacked

even if he wins the FA Cup and that Eddie Howe is in contention

to replace Roberto Martinez The Express says a deal has been

agreed between Jose Mourinho and Manchester United. We have heard

that one before but we will start with that, discussing Manchester

United and then 2-1 victory over Everton. This is Louis van Gaal. You

can see the joy in the eyes of the players. It is fantastic to see. But

also for the fans. I think we deserved to go into the final,

because I think the referee... We didn't have any foul in our benefit.

And we changed the match, I think. We had so many chances, we could

have finished it much earlier. Everton could probably say they

played so well in the second half and they had chances to win it as

well, couldn't they? No, they gained in the match because they got all

the fouls. All the vowels around the 60 metre area. And then the fans of

Everton were cheering. But in the first half and before that, no. That

is the last time the referees are deciding the game and not the

players any more. I think we need to tell Louis van Gaal that he is in

the final! He sounded delighted! Is that for you, the Manchester United

of old? A bit more what the fans expected? I think so. In terms of a

spectacle, the game was excellent. Those teams played their part in

that. Manchester United were brilliant in the first. Anthony

Martial was a pleasure to watch yesterday. I enjoyed watching Wayne

Rooney in that centre midfield role. He will probably give Roy Hodgson

Sun issues in the future, good ones. And a specialist person in that

position? I have mentioned over the week on the radio, even training

with Wayne Rooney, he always ended up in midfield anyway. He is one of

those players who wants to be involved and win every training

match he is involved in. He knows how to play the role and I thought

it was brilliant yesterday. Everton, I thought they showed real spirit in

the second half. If it wasn't for the brilliance of Anthony Martial,

things would have been different for them. Anthony Martial is being

compared to the great Shola Ameobi and the great Thierry Henry Henri,

something we were talking about just before we came on air. Yes. If you

look at his display yesterday, there are shades of Henry of all. A young

player, who came in for a big price tag, and he is starting to show

people what you can do. He had a fantastic season. That performance

last night, I think it was the best of the season for him, and he has

shown everybody what he could do and he finished it off at the end with

that Thierry Henry type goal. He is such a great talent. At such a young

age. Manchester United played really well as a team. Didn't Louis van

Gaal sound like somebody who were saying this is why I have to state?

Don't doubt me. For the first time we have heard doubts about whether

he would stay in his press conference. But also I am the man.

If he was going to stay for another year, don't you think Manchester

United should give him a new contract? We can't give you ?200

million this summer if you have only got one year to go and you go at the

end of next summer? Either he adds another year on to next year's

contract or they say that is that. You have got to say that. It was

entertaining. People like Marouane Fellaini were playing well. He got

the best out of them. Everton rattled them but Manchester United

came back and that is something we have not seen enough. Maybe

everything that has gone before with Louis van Gaal will still count

against him ultimately. Is that performance against Everton enough?

Possibly not. I was listening to Graham Taylor this morning on Radio

5 Live and he was asked if Manchester United finish in the top

four and win the FA Cup, surely that is a success? Surely that is an

improvement on the beginning of the season. I think it is. Don't get me

wrong, I have been seriously bored with everybody else watching some of

Manchester United's performances of late. But there has been a

difference. Manchester United players will look at themselves and

say they have not been overly impressed with the way they have

performed as a team at times, but you cannot argue with the

productivity side of things in terms of where they are and what they have

got to go for at the end of the season. Still chasing that top four

spot. And in the FA Cup final now. I think the bigger issue is things

like the interviews that we have just heard. Manchester United fans

will be screaming at the television asking for Louis to be happy. We

have got into an FA Cup final and we don't need to be complaining about

fouls and this and that. It is almost that connection between a

manager and the fans which is still a problem. Most of the fans don't

really want him. How can they tell him to be happy when they are still

grumpy? We have seen empty seats at Old Trafford. I find it interesting

that a last-minute goal, and all the players are euphoric, and he comes

on air and you don't see any of that elation. I find it very strange. To

win a game at the death like that, you would think he would be

delighted to come through that one, and Manchester United are used to

winning trophies and they have put themselves in that position again to

possibly do that. It is a balance between the quality of football and

winning trophies. 2007, first FA Cup final for Manchester United, could

be the first trophy for three years, and that is what matters, getting

back on a level. Yes, but they also want to play entertaining football

which is what the fans have always wanted. It is like the players

themselves are taking responsibility and deciding whatever Louis van

Gaal's pragmatic approach, they will take it on. Maybe Anthony Martial

knows that he wants him to take it back to midfield, but he is going to

take that guy on. They are taking their own responsibility with some

of his structural guidance, don't get me wrong. Do you sometimes think

you won't listen to the manager and he will just play the game? There is

youthful exuberance. The fact they have those three young players up

there, you know what it is like when there is no fear in a team and that

is what these three are playing. They are going out there, they are

fearless, and I think that is testament to the three of them. They

are young players and they want to go out and play and try and score

goals, and I think that has really helped Manchester United this

season, certainly with rash that coming in and doing what he has

done. -- Rashford. We have talked about this a lot, but today the

Sunday Express says that Jose Mourinho will join Manchester

United. They say he has agreed a deal. They will not announce it

until the 21st of May, according to The Express. You got the impression

watching that press conference with Louis van Gaal but he was very

stagnated in answering. It comes from a newspaper in Portugal, who

would have knowledge of Jose Mourinho's activities. We know he

wants the job and we also know that he has been getting twitchy that

there is no deal on the table. The link to PSG that came out in the

week, that came from the Mendes camp. But from a Manchester United

point of view, I suppose it has been difficult. If he had lost everybody,

everybody might have put their hands up and asked for a different

manager, but now they could be in a final and fourth in the Champions

League and qualifying for that as well... It is difficult. Overall,

you think change is coming. Let's touch on Wayne Rooney again. Keep

your texts and tweets coming in. Martin says it was Wayne Rooney's

best game for a long time and he should be a deeper role for his

country and leave the quicker and more mobile players up front. Does

he justify getting into the England team in that position? Look, for me,

Wayne Rooney when he is fit and available as England's best player.

Because of the talent that he has, he can play everywhere and anywhere

and he has done that for Manchester United. Listen, before he got

injured. Look at the form he was in. He was scoring goals. Then Harry

Kane and Jamie Vardy have come to the forefront, scoring all the

goals, and I think it was unfair on him a bit, because he was out.

People were saying that he should not be in the team. He is England's

captain. When you look at performances like that, you see the

value that he has, not just for Manchester United but for England.

Certainly I think he can play that role. It is up to Roy Hodgson

ultimately to try to get the best team he can possibly for that. Shaun

Custis, before the last World Cup we were talking about the difference

between nine and ten and now it is eight, nine and ten and he will be

playing in goal and an ex-World Cup! Apparently he is very good in goal!

There will always be questions. There are always questions about

whether he is fit, feeling all right, best position, striker, is he

ten? And now it is a question of whether Roy Hodgson names as a

midfielder and a striker. His goal threat rate is phenomenal. People

always say you have got to start with Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy, and

I think you have got to count in Wayne Rooney and Delhi Ali. Welbeck

as well. It ebbs and flows and there could be twists and turns before we

get to the Euros. He has next if you goals here and there, but he would

think that pace is getting away from him and it is important to have that

pace. We have seen the impact that Rashford has had, stretching teams

and getting them going the other way. I think you get more goals out

of Wayne Rooney in that attacking midfield position because he has the

ability to time his running. He will find certain areas in and around the

18 yard box, where he is deadly, by the way, where he will not be picked

up, and it will be difficult for defenders to mark him. He could

almost get that new lease of life that Ryan Giggs got when he came

into the midfield position from being a winger. It is well he puts

his hat on him and says that you are my man and you will play in that

position. Or whether his manager put him in that position. In every

tournament, Wayne Rooney seems to be the dominant question. Should we fit

him in because he is out of form, injured, and now should we fit him

in because he has lost one yard of pace? We really want to pick Wayne

Rooney because there is no argument about whether he should start at all

and we have not been in that position for a very long time. It is

difficult for Roy Hodgson. I don't see why he doesn't play Delhi Ali

and Harry Kane together. I don't see how he doesn't and that almost takes

that position away. And Jamie Vardy? Don't get me wrong, some people

would say it is a good problem, but if Wayne Rooney was not our captain

it would be a good problem. We have talked about Manchester United, so

now Everton. Roberto Martinez is also under pressure, just like Louis

van Gaal. We play a very good side in Manchester United and we have got

to congratulate them, but in a game where we reacted with incredible

fire and togetherness, from a football point of view in the second

half we were dominant. As good as you can see in any football game. It

is hard to take, but the performance was proper, and a typical Everton

response in the face of adversity. That is Roberto Martinez who says

after that defeat that they can still win trophies under him. You

guys have been getting in touch. This one from Ground. He says that

he can win silverware, but not with Roberto Martinez in charge. And Ian

says Everton are going backwards and struggling to win matches, never

mind silverware. Did they produce a performance that would have helped

their manager yesterday? Would we have seen more fight in a Merseyside

derby? It was a buffoon is the managing

needed to get out of his players. Ultimately they fell short -- it was

a performance. You can see the fight in the players, they still have it,

they still want to fight for the manager. Albeit for a Martial goal.

And the lack of quality finishing from the likes of Romelu Lukaku.

Rationale does Montaner 's face similar situation to Louis Van Gaal?

Off yes, the fans are not happy with what is happening. They are within

their rights to not be happy with some of the performances they have

seen. Going back to the Liverpool game, it all hinged on a ten minute

spell for Everton. In the early stages, 425 minutes, they were in

the game. In the attacking third it was like they did not want to pass

to other. It's just didn't happen. If that had knitted together it

would have been a different game. Two goes after half-time and after

that it is the, that's it, Martinez has to go. I thought, in the game

yesterday, those players showed a lot of hand and spin it for their

manager. I'm not sure it will be enough... The frustration is that it

is a far better squad than are in the league. Especially when you see

at Leicester and Tottenham at the top and, they think this squad was

good enough to attack that and they haven't. If you don't live or work

on Merseyside he concedes from afar, the media, and I don't just mean the

newspapers, the TV and radio, they are against him. They don't think

he's the one to turn it around. They think his previous track record

shows he isn't the person to take on a good squad. Sometimes it has

worked from home, he is stubborn, he has kept Kevin Mirallas on the bench

all season, he plays his way or the highway. He is self-confident and

that can be to your detriment sometimes. In terms of what is in

the Sun, today, I wouldn't believe a word of that of course...

LAUGHTER How realistic an appointment and

Eddie Hobby? A great fit for a team like Everton. He would go in, sort

them out, get the best out of players. He has once tried this

outside Bournemouth, at Birmingham, it didn't work out and he went back

to Burma. You wonder if Bournemouth has become his natural habitat. It's

a big risk to take him out. And he likes to play a certain way and he

has his own philosophy. Which links mostly to the next chapter. We've

been talking about the FA Cup semifinal, Watford against Palace.

If we talk about managers tailing off towards the end of the season

and potentially Quique Sanchez Flores, winning the FA Cup may not

be enough to save him. Let's concentrate on his Flores story. Can

you believe that there is even talk of him being sacked? Definitely not.

He's had a phenomenal season. I think none of us knew what to expect

at the start of the season. The semifinal and safe in the Premier

League, if I was a Watford fan, I would think, he's done such a good

job, maybe he will move onto better. There's talk of a break clause in

his contract. 12 months break clause. As a player that you would

think if I can perform this year maybe I can go on to something

better. I don't know the communications going on between

Flores and Watford but from his point of view perhaps he is still

looking elsewhere. There is clearly something not right in the Watford

camp for these rumours to be circulating. Coming to fruition. I

think it is important to understand that Watford at the start of the

season was one of the teams picked for relegation. Look at the job he's

done. The fact that they are in the semifinal, trying to win a trophy.

It is just ludicrous nowadays, where you'll find clubs who have come up,

done so well, for the manager to be in this position. I don't know

whether it has come from his camp. Player power? A quote from Flores,

he says Watford fans need to know that he is completely happy there.

We looked at the stats. The first time they stayed in the top flight

since 1987, the first time ever that have stayed in the Premier League

for two consecutive seasons. A brilliant performance by ten 2-mac.

I spoke to him at Christmas for half an hour and he was really happy

there. -- a great performance by Flores. This change is the second

half of the season which dropped off spectacularly. Relegation form since

Christmas, when a goal and scored one goal, he used to ban them in for

fun. Two players lose faith? And because players can and go at

Watford is the regularly, there's a big turnaround of players in and out

of the revolving door, is not hard to foster a base at Watford? Equally

the question of him going to Valencia. They are looking for a new

manager. He spent to be interested in a job like that, as a former

player. So I understand slightly worried he might look elsewhere and

why the owners might think so. It's always the tabloids who get accused

of putting unfair pressure on the manager and now we get a considered

piece from Sam in the Sunday Telegraph! He said he had the best

coat and scarf combination! There that Watford dropped, if they

continue that next season they could be in serious trouble, look at the

weight Lester finished last season and have played this season. He

compares the two. You can see the argument. Yet the evidence of why he

should go seems then apart from trying to better himself at

Valencia. From the perspective of the club, Sam says it is the model

at Watford, they have to shock the system. It's what they do. They have

feeder clubs and they bring in six or seven brand-new players. Maybe

you manage it with a new feel for the club is something they need --

maybe a new manager, it might just put them ever run the club. It might

not be a case of, we are not happy with view, Flores, realistic to this

model because it will keep us in the league. This semifinal is a huge

opportunity for Watford and also the Palace. They've had a difficult one

since Christmas, getting the win against Norwich a couple of weeks

ago, was great for them. To almost be in a separate season in the FA

Cup for Palace, the fact that they are winning these games but could

not win any Premier League. It's such a great thing for the club. I

know the club and the manager well. He will be gunning for silverware.

It is great to see the likes of Palace and Watford in these

competitions and the later stages, great for the FA Cup, a think. Great

that we've got this club is going for silverware. Hopefully we'll have

as good a game as we had yesterday between Everton and Manchester

United and we will see who gets there. What is Alan Pardew like in

the dressing room, and that sort of stage, does it change, the way he

talks to the players? , He is a confident guy, confident in his

ability and his players. Inspiring? Definitely. He exudes confidence and

wants his players to play with confidence. The rain that they were

and would have hurt him. -- and then that they were on. They've got a

chance to make a major final now. He will believe that they are good

enough to win the FA Cup. Two wobbly teens, Palace, and Watford, they

know what a fantastic opportunity this is for both of them. Even with

Manchester United in the final there is a chance to win the FA Cup

because they know that Manchester United have not been consistent.

Bernat have come into form yesterday but you might catch them on a bad

taste and you've got a great chance to win the title. Not just this

match. Let's turn our attentions

to the Premier League. Newcastle came from 2-0 down to draw

2-2 against Liverpool at Anfield. Rescued what could be a crucial

point. Afterwards Rafa Benitez spoke

to Simon Brotherton. A good eight days for Europe, ?5,

the win against Swansea and applied against Liverpool. Yes, it was a

crucial game for us, for the confidence of the players. City

conceded a goal and reaction was also positive in terms of belief.

This one could be the same. I don't know because it depends on the other

games as well. 27th change in the players in the last week? Yes, they

are quite professional and they work hard. -- Tony Sims change in Bernat?

-- don't you sense a change in Bernat? They work hard every day, I

am very pleased with them. We will be on BBC Two today with my guests,

so absolutely the Newcastle collections! Jermaine, what impact

has Benitez had? He is known for his tactical skills, one of the biggest

things I have noticed is a mentality shift at the club. Players showing

that dedication and spirit, that they obviously need. Listening to

have come together, I don't know if they've had a kind of team meeting

to say, this is what we need to do to stay in the league. But coming

from the camp is a positive, when you see the players they seem to be

singing from the same hymn sheet and a pint against Manchester City which

should really have been three points, and applied against

Liverpool yesterday which was huge, coming from two goes down. In the

first half, Liverpool was in session. And a couple of changes,

and it was just a different side -- in the first-half, Liverpool were

sensational. He's given that club hope when most of us felt they were

going. As well as a game is important. The Swansea game was

important, such a big thing to win at home and then go into the

Manchester City game will go down and then come back, all this builds

momentum. They really had to dig deep in the second half yesterday.

The fact that they had come back just days before against Manchester

City, they will have got belief from that. As Jermaine said, tactically,

what the manager is trying to implement will take time low

hopefully we'll see the fruits of that. An interesting discussion

yesterday that people have decided that Newcastle went two of their

last three games! It could be over for Spurs, Newcastle won seven games

in the league season, where do we suddenly think they went two of

their last three? I am sorry, I have supported them a long time and they

always let you down! It is to order, whatever you say with those last

three games, it's tough to stay up. Scoring the goals. They don't seem

to come easy, the goals. All the hard work within the team. It is

nice to see her paces back because he is a genuine goal-scorer, as much

as Mitrovic gives you, he doesn't have the fox in a box style yet. I

think that will make a big difference in those games. How many

gays... Hanging will have had a draw against Manchester City and

Liverpool? This is something the players can hold onto, the manager

has come in and changed the mentality of those players, the game

from -- the confidence gained from the last three games will hold him

in good stead for the next three. Are as frustrated as Alan Shearer

was that they didn't get rid of Steve McClaren earlier? In hindsight

it is easy to sit here and say that. Certainly they've got themselves, in

Rafa Benitez, a top manager, who's got the credentials in the Premier

League, whether or not they have done it too late, only time will

tell. Being a Newcastle fan myself, it is frustrating to Xavi change

that has happened under Benitez. Why could it not have happened earlier?-

back frustrating to see that. Suppose Newcastle go down on goal

difference or by one point and then Benitez goes and you have to start

again? That if he could be persuaded to stay and build something for the

long-term, something Newcastle haven't done for so long, would he

be able to swallow his pride and to a year in the Championship and come

back? How long have we got to talk about

Mike Ashley? Shall we move on? On to Liverpool! Mamadou Sakho is being

investigated by Uefa for a failed drugs test, which happened after the

Manchester United Europa League game. We are hearing it is a fact

burn it similar to Yaya Toure, who was banned in 2011. Possibly a 12

month ban for Mamadou Sakho. Can you believe it has come to that? I can't

believe players are daft enough to take medication of their own without

checking with the club doctor. And what on earth is a fat burner and

why would you take one? I was always in the fortunate position of being

absolutely ripped, so I was fine! They were chasing me! This is a new

thing, as far as I am concerned. When I was playing, fat burners were

nonexistent. Whenever you took any type of medication, it always came

from the club doctor. I wrote a piece recently and I had a bit of a

laugh with it with a few journalists about how scared I was to take

Lemsip. They will go crazy on the Lemsip now that I have retired! But

that is the situation you get into. Paracetamol and water, no matter how

ill you are. I remember the cup final against Chelsea. I did not

sleep. I slept for one hour before the game. I was up all night. I

couldn't sleep, ill, and the doctor came up and gave me water and

paracetamol and that was my lot. No matter what. I am perplexed in this

day and age with all the media scrutiny, substance abuse not just

in football but in sport, that players... Mamadou Sakho is taking

stuff like this without thinking about the consequences. There might

be rugby players watching today. In rugby, you can take a certain type

of fat burner. It is batch tested, and presumably the same in football,

but he has until Tuesday to request analysis of his sample. There is

speculation over what type of substance it was. The fact that it

has come to this, and it is this unknown area and he doesn't know.

Exactly. Certainly a lot of footballers don't necessarily look

at what substances are banned. There are so many out there. For me, you

have got to talk to your team doctor. Make sure that everything

you are taking, all the supplements that you are putting in your body,

that they are legal. It is a very silly situation that he finds

himself in. He could get up to two years, they say. It is the impact on

the club as well. He has been playing really well and he is

pivotal to everything that has been good about his club for the last

three months. These next couple are just so important. They are possibly

going to be in the European semifinals, and to have him missing,

it is just a headache that you don't need as a club and you expect a

player to behave far more responsibly. What do you make of the

way Liverpool have handled it? Very efficient. Absolutely and they

almost had the option to play him yesterday because of Uefa but they

took the sensible decision and they work right white to do that. -- they

were quite right to do that. They will be fuming with him and rightly

so because you don't expect a player to be that daft in this day and age.

Arsenal against Sunderland kicks off at 2:05pm today. A point for

Sunderland take them out of the bottom three that they have a

dreadful record against Arsenal, just one win. Arsenal have got to

prove themselves. They are going through a tough period within their

own club and their own fans, so they will want to put on a big

performance. Sunderland have got games in hand, but Arsenal at home,

it is as tough as it gets, to be honest. If they can take one point,

that will be great for them, but there are three Newcastle heads

sitting on the table so good luck with that! I will balance it out for

you, Sunderland fans! When we look at Jermain Defoe, we look at how

important his goals have been for Sunderland but he hasn't scored

since the 2nd of January. His last seven have been away from home. What

is that about? When they play away from home, you set up differently.

That might suit Jermaine, it's sitting back, as opposed to being at

home when they are the team looking to push on. That might suit him, and

we all know that Jermain likes to run off the back of a defender. Did

you ever get in that situation when you prefer to be away from home?

Certainly, with the pressure they are under, and the position they are

in, playing at home, maybe they feel under a bit more pressure to try and

win games. That can be detrimental for performances. When you go away

from home, the home team is expected to win, so that might suit the way

that Sunderland and Jermain Defoe play. Off the bottom three fighting

it out, they have the best goal-scorer, Sunderland. And as a

team, we know that he might get one, but you can't say that about Norwich

and Newcastle where is Jermain Defoe has been there and done it. He is

possibly not Sam Allardyce's ideal type of man as a striker. He would

probably prefer a bigger guy to take the knock-downs and Sam Allardyce

himself has had to adapt to the way Jermain Defoe feed the ball, but he

has proved that he can find a way to go, no matter what the tactics are.

And he still looks as fit and sharp as ever. When you think he went off

to Canada and we thought that was that and he came back and when he

came back he wanted to play for England again and we thought, yeah.

I have played with him so I can imagine what it is like! But he put

in the work. He said to Sam, stick this lad here. I saw him, being back

in Newcastle, and you look at him and he is so hungry and that is the

thing with him, he always has been hungry for goals. He is going to

look 20 when he is 50. Yes. He breathes, lives the goals. That can

only stand Sunderland in good stead. And a question for you. Acceptable

second place? When you see Leicester and Tottenham playing and occupying

the top two spot, you think Tottenham should have done it. It is

so long since they have won the Premier League. And Arsene Wenger

said it is embarrassing that Arsenal are not above Spurs and Leicester.

The accent is a criticism from the fans but he sounds like a broken

record. ! He accepts the criticism. He says we were a bit tired today.

Arsenal fans have got fed up with that and they want to hit a new

message, a different approach. You are looking at me and thinking how

can I dare suggest that Arsene Wenger should go, but the mood is

really not great and there are a lot of empty seats and the fans are

waiting to see if the board will make a big decision and change it.

Many Arsenal fans will say that it has always been the plan for the

contract to run out and let them go, let him go with dignity. I said

second place earlier. With the demise of Chelsea and Manchester

City not quite producing, this was the year that we thought Arsenal

would step up. And it was looking like it at one stage. Earlier in the

season, we thought they would. The problem is they are not really in

contention to be chasing for it. A lot of Arsenal fans would be like,

right, so long as we are going for it, that is acceptable. The worst

thing I have heard from Arsenal fans of late is that they would prefer to

finish outside the top four because that is the only thing to get Arsene

Wenger sacked, which I think is unbelievable. Lots more to talk

about. If you watched Match Of The Day last night, you might have heard

this. Edit and hazard, the Chelsea midfielder, who scored two goals,

his first in the Premier League. -- Eden Hazard. We have four games to

play and we cannot be in a Champions League next season. We must get

ready for next season. I get the sense that your supporters don't

want Tottenham to win the league. We don't! The fans, the clubs, the

players, we don't want Tottenham to win the Premier League but in

football you never know. We are hoping for Leicester because they

deserve to be champions this season, but we will see. We had a good game

to come next week. Look at Jermaine Jenas's face! You have been getting

in touch about those comments. Mark says it will motivate Spurs players

even more. How embarrassing that Chelsea's season is about stopping

Spurs winning the title. The fact that beating Tottenham would be

their biggest achievement shows that Eden Hazard has no interest in

Chelsea and no professionalism and he has got to move on. An exciting

new future for Chelsea. He has said what everyone else is thinking. And

has there ever been such a dramatic fall in one season in the Premier

League? Let's cut those two things up. He is not going to sit there and

say that he wants Spurs to win the league, come on! It is what

everybody knows. There is obvious rivalry between Chelsea and Spurs. I

am pretty sure that most of the league, most of the London clubs,

would prefer a letter to win the title. Going into the game, I know

it will be a good game and so on, but if Spurs keep doing what they

are doing now, I don't give Chelsea a chance in that game anyway. We

will see. As Martin Keogh said last night, if Eden Hazard had had last

season's season, he could have got away with comments like that but

most fans will think that he hasn't really performed this season. We

know what happened at Chelsea. It is unbelievable that you can go from

being the best player in the league to that. We don't know what is

happening behind the scene. There have been changes of manager and you

don't know what happens in the dressing room but it has been a

tough season for Eden Hazard and for him to come out with that comment, I

just find it unbelievable, really. Surely he should be focusing on what

he can do for Chelsea and forget about the other clubs. You wonder if

he had his head turned with talk of Real Madrid. You would know. When a

club is coming in for you, you have heard word that they are coming in,

how does it affect you on the pitch? It can affect you, it can, but it

depends where you are at and which club you are at. Eden Hazard is at a

top club competing at the top level in the Champions League. I am pretty

sure his contract is very healthy. He is at Chelsea Football Club, not

at a lower team. For example we have had issues in the past. For example

Wanyama getting chased by Spurs. He is not a dyed in the wool Chafee fan

-- Chelsea fan. He may just want to move on. It is more of symbol. -- it

is more simple. He had that phenomenal season last year and this

year special attention will have been placed on him from every single

team to make sure they shut him down. Putting in specific players

just to shut him down to make sure he does nothing. And that mixed in

with the fact that Chelsea from top to bottom basically fell apart as a

club, and couldn't but the performances together, that weighed

heavily on his shoulders. They wanted Eden Hazard to save them and

he didn't have the answers. With the start that the club had, confidence

was down. I don't care who you are, confidence plays a major part in

what we do. Obviously he has had a lack of confidence this season. He

has shown it in his performances. I think the fact that they are playing

left in the last game of the season will be thrown at them for the next

three weeks. -- playing Leicester. We are not killjoys. We want some

fun, in a post-match interview, because I do them and they sent me

to sleep. Your man certainly led him into it, invited him to hang

himself. In that match this afternoon, you get the feeling there

are bigger tests to come for Leicester City. Manchester, Everton,

Chelsea, they need to slip up and force base to win. When you expect

them to win is when you get nervous. Gladio Raney Airey said for the

first time this week that they have got to believe that they can win. --

cloudier Renny This can change the mindset. Why

change anything? It has gone so well. Three games to go, so why not

go for it? After the late goal they got the

feeling was good but now they know they will not have Jamie Vardy for a

couple of games. Maybe he thinks, and must change the record, Latin

and up, and the lads might have said, I like that, others might have

gone, no, I don't know if we can deal with this. He will have had

that feeling day in day out and he's made that decision. Wearing your

striker's hat, how will this affect the way that teams play against

Leicester because they won't have Jamie Vardy and he has been so

pivotal. Opposition defences have always been scared off the pace he

has. I think teams they will play can set up differently. Having Jamie

there, running behind and harrying players, he has been a major factor

in the success of Leicester this season. So I think it is important

to note that it could have an adverse effect on the Leicester

team. That goes back probably to what Claudio Ranieri said this week

to give the players some belief. With Jamie Vardy being out, maybe to

change the way they are looking at the games, and hopefully, we all

know he is a top manager... You have to trust his instincts, it has gone

so well so far. Yes, there is no doubt it will be a big loss, not

having Jamie Vardy. Some people would say it would be a bigger loss

of they didn't have somebody like Wes Morgan, don't get me wrong, from

an attacking aspect they might lose a little but what has carried them

for the last month is the back four. Without Jamie Vardy there will have

to play differently. They won't be able to hit that ball through the

middle because the striker won't have the pace. You are relying on an

experienced manager to find a way of playing differently to get the

results. They have got the results and hopefully that will hold them in

good stead because every question that has been asked of them, they

have been answered. If you are just tuning in, that is the voice of

Shola Ameobi. Jermaine and Shaun Custis with us now. Our viewers have

been getting in touch, saying, silencers, I think Leicester will be

OK today but the best they can hope for is to draw with Manchester

United. Manager says that those will do it, they have been the best team

all season and finally have a great chance and momentum is with them.

And the Spurs challenge, you will be at White Hart Lane on Monday, to see

them play westbound. There's only one thing, they can do what they are

doing and hope for a slip-up. The beauty of Spurs is that they are

peaking at the right time. I was listening to some of the interviews

with some of the players before and after the game with Stoke City. They

can't wait to get out of the blocks. They can't wait to show these teams

what they are capable of. You have got players like Lamela was having a

resurgence towards the end of the season when some are tired. I've

tried to find weaknesses and you struggle. That balances with, what

have West Brom got to play for? I think Spurs will be too powerful for

West Bromwich on Monday. Although it all depends on what Leicester City

do today. That will affect Spurs whether they like it or not. Is the

difference, Shaun, that Leicester could have finished in the bottom

ten of the Premier League, and next season, Spurs will be challenging

game if they keep their manager? Even Claudio Ranieri seems to feel

it is now or never for Leicester. He does not expect this again next

season especially if they've got Champions League commitments, which

they will have. This is their once-in-a-lifetime chance. And you

sense with Spurs but they could be going on, going forward. Although as

to wander from the point of view of Spurs, they would be pretty crushed,

if they miss out this season will that knotted them a bit because they

will know that possibly they were the better side and they didn't do

it. Like Liverpool. If you look at the stats, they on the one in

everything. Apart from the important thing! It will hurt than 100%. I

think there will be a feeling, not exactly that it is

once-in-a-lifetime for Spurs but it was easier to do it this year than

it will be next. Look at teams like Manchester United and Chelsea, they

will be back in there and it will be even harder. Look at what Liverpool

did. When they should have won the league. Look at the way they fell

off next season and Brendan Rodgers lost his job. As much as we say it

is now or never for Leicester, think it is the same for Spurs. If they do

it they can win more. The kick-off at five past two in the Premier

League is Sunderland against Arsenal, let's get the team news.

Let's head to the Stadium of Light where Alastair Yeomans has the team

Only one defeat in six games for Sunderland and Arsenal haven't

changed from the team that beat West Brom on Thursday. Jack Wilshere is

on the bench, significantly. This first appearance at the senior side

this season after he broke his leg. Good news for Arsenal and for

England. Thank you. Updates on five live. That will kick-off at five

past two. We've only got a couple of minutes left, Shola, it's a big one,

Manchester City beating Stoke 4-0 yesterday, Iheanacho hazards and

stick this season and nobody seems to want to celebrate with an -- he's

had some stick. Yet in 11 goals in eight starts, with Pep Guardiola

coming in, a player you would want to keep, even on the periphery. What

phenomenal statistics. Most every time he shoots, he scores. And for

Manchester City, with all the money they have spent to be able to

produce young players coming through is testament to what they believe

in. The fact that you've got a young player like that, being able to come

on, and Manchester City are always going to create chances, you have to

take those chances. Look at all the press that has been behind Marcus

Rashford and the young players at Manchester United. He has probably

scored more goals than Russia and this season, -- then Marcus

Rashford, this season, without playing as many games. If you meet

him in the area is that a big difference? Know, everyone matures

at different times. He's got a long way to go. He's young. He can find

the back of the net. As a young striker, all that City are trying to

do can only be good. Shola, thank you, Shola Ameobi, Shaun Custis,

Jermaine Jenas, thank you, remember, Leicester against Swansea later.

You can hear Watford v Palace on Sports Extra.

Match of the Day 2 is on BBC One tonight -

Jermaine will be back alongside Charlie Adam.

Whatever you are doing and this Sunday afternoon, have a good one,

and we will see you later.