Match of the Day Season 2026 Episode 2

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00:00Welcome to Match of the Dead.

00:30Good evening.

00:52The new season is well and truly up and running

00:55and we've got three games on the way for you from the opening Sunday.

00:58Danny Murphy and Joe Hart have pre-seasoned well and are raring to go.

01:03We begin at Old Trafford.

01:04Manchester United and their new look forward line against Arsenal

01:08with Mikel Arteta's side coming into this season

01:10on the back of three second-place finishes in a row.

01:13Commentary comes from Guy Mowbray.

01:16Once again, Arsenal's aim is to go just one better.

01:21Manchester United, well, they have to be miles better.

01:24But given their finish of 15th last season,

01:27that is surely the simpler assignment.

01:31They're undoubtedly having a go for more goals

01:33with new signings Brian Invermo and Mateus Cunha

01:36straight into the side for game one,

01:38whilst the towering Slovenian Benjamin Szczko is a substitute.

01:43Arsenal were linked with him,

01:44but spent on Viktor Jocheres instead.

01:47And the Swedish striker bought from Sporting Lisbon

01:49is in for his debut from the off,

01:51along with midfielder Martin Zubimendi.

01:55First, we pause to honour the memory of someone

01:58we should be enjoying watching perform

02:00in the Premier League this season.

02:03Diogo Jota, along with his brother Andre Silva,

02:06taken too soon.

02:07The fixture computer clearly has an impish human sense of humour,

02:30putting these two together for game one of a new season.

02:34Calafiore in again.

02:38Lodegaard takes over,

02:40leaves Dorgou on the deck,

02:41corner Arsenal.

02:44Altai Bayemdur starting in the Manchester United goal,

02:47Andre Onana has missed pre-season

02:50and is not a judge to be fit enough to play just yet.

02:53And it's nodded in on the line,

03:06Calafiore got the touch.

03:11A super soft goal

03:12to get Arsenal going for the new season.

03:16Altai Bayemdur feels he's being impeded by Saliba,

03:19but he's still got to do better than that.

03:22It's going to be checked.

03:27Inevitable wrestling's going on in front of it all.

03:30Now is that going to be seen as a foul on the keeper?

03:32I think the arm into the side might be a factor there.

03:35And the view there is there's not enough in it.

03:41So Calafiore,

03:43from a centimetre out,

03:44heads Arsenal into the lead.

03:46That's knocked the stuffing out of what was a positive sounding ground.

03:50Raya made to hurry

03:54and made to struggle by Matthias Cunha,

03:57who thinks he was bumped off the ball unfairly.

04:01Not sure that was the case.

04:03What is undoubtedly the case

04:04is that David Raya was very, very fortunate.

04:08Nikola Teta's always got a lovely way with words and quotes.

04:12Asked about being under pressure to win the title this time round.

04:16I said this week,

04:17you have to keep digging

04:18because one day gold is going to be there.

04:20Dorgun.

04:23Matthias Cunha wants it,

04:25Dorgun went for it!

04:26And it was the right call.

04:28What a good try.

04:30He arrived at Old Trafford last season

04:31with a reputation of being a full-back who can't half-finish.

04:35Well, he hasn't got his first goal for the club yet,

04:38but he was close there.

04:41Odegaard.

04:43Pass one.

04:45Pass two.

04:47Odegaard shot.

04:48Couldn't get past three.

04:50He couldn't squeeze it far enough into the corner

04:54to properly test Altai Binder.

04:59Former Manchester United defender Gabriel Enza

05:01is now on Nikola Teta's Arsenal coaching staff.

05:05Bruno Fernandes.

05:11Mount.

05:13Saliba's got to be careful with the holding.

05:16Mateus Cunha.

05:17Really sharp.

05:18And it rolls along the line for Calafiore to now clear.

05:24Mateus Cunha's starting to make a big difference

05:26to Manchester United's forward play.

05:28That might well have been squeezing in.

05:31I reckon that's a pretty good save.

05:331-0 Arsenal,

05:34but United have had more chances to score.

05:36Last season,

05:39Arsenal failed to win

05:40ten Premier League matches

05:42from leading positions,

05:44which is the first time that's happened to them.

05:48Mateus Cunha.

05:49At first,

05:50it looked as though he'd given himself too much to do,

05:52but he did well to get there.

05:55Saliba all over him,

05:56holding him.

05:57Now it's a free kick.

05:58And now there's an increase in the noise levels.

06:06Can Manchester United do to Arsenal

06:08what was done to them in the early stages?

06:13It's Bruno Fernandes.

06:15Right on top of the goalkeeper.

06:17Raya has sorted it out, though.

06:22De Ligt standing right in front of Raya.

06:25That's good from David Raya.

06:27That's strong.

06:28That's what Altai Bajander needed to do first half.

06:31Well, this has got the crowd

06:32to their feet.

06:34Casemiro is off.

06:36Manuel Ugarte is coming on.

06:37It's not that change that they're interested in.

06:39Not really.

06:40It's this one.

06:41Off goes Mason Mount.

06:43On comes Benjamin Szczko.

06:47Big, big money.

06:49Big, big striker.

06:56There's Cunha.

06:57Oh, beautiful.

06:57Ben White with a desperate grab or two.

07:01And he can't stop Cunha.

07:02And he finds Mboumou.

07:05Mboumou keeps his feet.

07:07He won't fall for Ahmad.

07:09And Calafiore has done the clearing.

07:10He's got the place pumped again.

07:15The place pumped again.

07:16Bruno Fernandes.

07:17Improvised try from Mboumou.

07:20Mboumou.

07:21Wide it goes.

07:27Magnificent from Mateus Cunha.

07:29Looked as though it really started something here.

07:33And Mboumou struggled at first to get it out of his feet.

07:38And it wouldn't run kindly for Ahmad.

07:41Gabriel did everything he could just to stay in the way.

07:45He was in the way twice.

07:47Now it's Mateus Cunha.

07:58Now it's Mateus Cunha.

08:01Dorgou.

08:02It's deflected.

08:03And Mboumou's on to it.

08:04And Raya was ready for it.

08:09Bruno Fernandes.

08:12This time it's Cescola and it's wide.

08:21And the deflection aided Brian Mboumou there.

08:24He's able to come on to it and generate the power.

08:27Ahmad just a few groans in the crowd.

08:35There was a little more pace for the attack.

08:37Ahmad supplies it.

08:38He skips past Madweki again.

08:40This is Cescola.

08:43Mateus Cunha follows it out.

08:46Shaw.

08:50Claimed by Raya.

08:52Claims from Manchester United that Ahmad was unfairly impeded.

08:57Nothing in that.

08:59Both hanging on to one another.

09:07Here's Havertz.

09:09And Maguire stays in his way.

09:11And that's his first involvement to give away a free kick.

09:14Starting with Ugarte.

09:17Carelessly passing the ball to Kai Havertz.

09:19Which is why I guess Harry Maguire thought,

09:22well, I've got to do something.

09:23Oh, the guard or Rice.

09:30It's going to be Declan Rice.

09:33Couldn't squeeze it all the way,

09:34but that's because it was deflected along the way.

09:39Might well have done it otherwise.

09:41United have to be a team in a hurry.

09:43They're used to this sort of position.

09:45Lost seven of their last dozen Premier League games at Old Trafford.

09:48Amad to Bruno Fernandes.

09:51A little bit of momentum lost with that pass.

09:54De Ligt wants it inside.

09:56He's got it.

09:58De Ligt across into the centre.

10:01Maguire tries to get there.

10:02Arsenal bundle it away as a potential penalty's being checked.

10:10I know not what for right now.

10:12It was a little bit happening.

10:15Mateus Cunha, I think, might have been tackled certainly by Saliba.

10:19Play goes on.

10:20Dorgu, it won't sit, it won't bounce, it won't stick.

10:23I can tell you the check's over.

10:25And this was why Manchester United were asking for a penalty.

10:30Yes, there's contact,

10:32but I don't think there's enough ever to overturn the ref's view that,

10:36well, let it all go on.

10:42Odegaard.

10:46Havats.

10:49To the corner and intending to stay there.

10:51No, no, he's done better, he's found Odegaard.

10:53And Odegaard plays it through for Saka.

10:57De Ligt back to block.

11:05Bakayo Tata's team nearly there for a day-one win.

11:10Odegaard slaloms through.

11:13Bakayo Saka beats Mbumo to the ball.

11:19Plays it in.

11:20That surely handball, Madwerke,

11:22not that he could finish it anyway.

11:26Saka.

11:27Mourinho.

11:29And that'll be Bayern de Haas,

11:31but he's got to be quick, he's got to launch it.

11:33No, he doesn't, he's played it short to Bruno Fernandes.

11:35He's got to launch it.

11:38Not quick enough, it's been Manchester United's failing all day.

11:41One goal wins it, scored very early on by defender Riccardo Calafiore.

11:48And the season starts with the same old story here,

11:52Manchester United beaten at home.

11:55And on the other side, the season starts with a very familiar old story.

11:59It's 1-0 to the Arsenal.

12:01I'm very happy, it's always very challenging to go to Old Trafford.

12:06You can sense and feel the momentum they're trying to build here.

12:09It was a special atmosphere with the new signings and to come here away and win the game is a big result.

12:15Clearly we deserve more.

12:18We were the better team, I think that is clear.

12:21But in the end we lost, we did a lot of things right.

12:24In the end we should cross more the ball to the box, especially with the right players.

12:29I think we didn't even play our best football, you know.

12:32But still we managed to get the three points, so I'm so happy and we are so happy for this.

12:36What's the spirit like in the Arsenal camp?

12:38How have the new boys come in and joined in with things?

12:41The new boys are going to help us a lot.

12:43I think and I hope it's going to be the secret to win something this year.

12:46Obviously it's very frustrated the way we conceded the goal.

12:49We were very aware of what they could do in set plays.

12:54Not being able of scoring with so many chances that we created is something that we have to look at.

13:00You've spoken about the need for positivity on the field, but also off the field.

13:03Every time you went forward it was matched by the noise from the stands.

13:06They just want to have that feeling again.

13:08I think it's the simple thing.

13:10So we go to Old Trafford, we are not going to get bored.

13:14Sometimes you win, sometimes you draw.

13:16We need to win more than we won last season, of course.

13:20But they want to see something.

13:22They want to be here and to feel something.

13:24I think they felt something.

13:26Yeah, great atmosphere today at Old Trafford.

13:28Now, no big surprise that Arsenal get their scoring off this season from a set piece.

13:32They've scored 31 goals from corners over the last two seasons.

13:35But you're going to have a closer look at Bayern's role in this goal.

13:39Yeah, yeah.

13:39And I think it's important that when we go to analysis, I think it's important that we run it clean.

13:44Because I know that everyone at home is going to watch this game.

13:46Everyone in the stadium will watch this game.

13:48And their first immediate reaction will be, the goalkeeper has to be stronger.

13:52Now, look.

13:53I'm not here to say whether it's good, bad or indifferent.

13:55I need to explain why that situation has occurred.

13:58So as Bayern Deer sets up here, he's looking out.

14:01He feels like he's got Mount.

14:02He's dealing with Saliba.

14:03As he looks out a lot across the edge, everything else is in place.

14:06And he's thinking, anything that comes to that near post, I can come and deal with.

14:11So this is before Declan Rice has started his run-up.

14:14Now, that's where he sees it.

14:16That's where the action is going to take place.

14:18Mount taking care of Saliba.

14:20Bayern Deer focusing on everything that's in front of him.

14:23Now, in the millisecond it takes for Declan Rice to approach the ball.

14:28And as he gets to here, the whole situation has changed.

14:31Saliba has removed Mount out of the way.

14:33And he's got himself locked in for a battle, for a physical battle,

14:36that Bayern Deer wouldn't necessarily have been prepared for.

14:39So if we just move it on.

14:45As the ball gets to here, Bayern Deer will be very aware that that's his ball.

14:50So he now needs to deal with Saliba.

14:52He needs to get him out of the way and create some room so he can deal with the ball.

14:56He'll be well aware he's not catching it, but he wants to get a good punch on it and clear his lines.

15:00Now, this is the moment that he just manages to free himself.

15:04He just gets away from Saliba.

15:05So he needs to get set here and this is where he needs forward momentum.

15:09He needs to be setting off and attacking that ball.

15:11Saliba knows that.

15:12He knows what he's doing in this situation.

15:14Arsenal's strongest player.

15:15Low centre of gravity.

15:17And he just gets the nudge in as Bayern Deer tries to take off.

15:20And that is why it results in him not being able to use his right hand, flaps a left hand at it.

15:26And Kelly Fiore cannot believe his luck.

15:28Easiest goal is he'll score.

15:30Now, in this situation, personally, I would always want my teammate next to me.

15:34I want my teammate.

15:35I want Mount, the other side of Saliba, so I could use him as a human shield.

15:39I'd be using my left arm up against him because it's not a foul when you're pushing against your own player.

15:44It's now a physical battle.

15:45Like I say, he's up against Arsenal's strongest player.

15:48I'd be using Mount to get him away, clear myself some space.

15:51I'd occupy my left arm and then I'd look to use my right arm to punch.

15:55But because he's embroiled in such a strong battle and his weight's all over the place,

16:00he's not able to get a good solid punch.

16:02But we're going to get a really good example soon of how he could have handled that situation better.

16:06The thing is, though, Joe, as a goalkeeper,

16:07if you do choose a player to stand between you and someone as strong and as big as Saliba,

16:12surely you want someone bigger and with more physical presence than Mount.

16:15Yeah, I agree.

16:16You want someone who's going to handle one of the hardest players on the pitch.

16:18But that's who they chose to do the job.

16:20But Saliba just got around it so easily.

16:22OK, and then, of course, Raya has, not long afterwards,

16:26the perfect textbook, almost, example of what you should have done.

16:29I mean, it wasn't the same move exactly, but a brilliant punch in what was really a faultless afternoon from him.

16:34Yeah, he had an excellent game.

16:36He had some really good moments.

16:37And if you're going to have a Premier League winning goalkeeper,

16:39you don't just have to make big saves.

16:41You have to command your box.

16:42And what I talked about is how he frees up his right arm so he can be able to punch away from the goal.

16:47Deals with the lit.

16:48That's a tough physical battle.

16:49Just gets that space so he can push it and clear his lines.

16:52That's music to his defenders' ears.

16:55But, as we talked about, not only has he done that, that's his bread and butter.

16:59This save I thought he made against Cunha.

17:01Cunha looked a menace all afternoon.

17:03Now, at first glance, not everyone would have picked up on that, but I knew straight away.

17:06That is such a sharp save.

17:08Brilliant.

17:09So many more micro-adjustments getting set.

17:12And it's a really smart shot from Cunha.

17:13He probably wouldn't have expected it.

17:15And here, to change the trajectory of the ball, there's no room for error.

17:19That's an incredible save, and Cunha knows it.

17:21He absolutely knows.

17:22That's a brilliant save.

17:22He thought he scored.

17:24And as the ball comes here, later on in the game, your team's 1-1-0 away at Old Trafford.

17:28That's exactly what you want.

17:31Now, what Rea does so well is when he sets, he realises he's not coming for the ball,

17:34makes adjustments.

17:36Here, these little micro-adjustments.

17:38Sets.

17:38Buomo has a great header, and that is all over Instagram later.

17:41That's a huge save.

17:42Man-in-the-match performance.

17:43We were swooning, and you were going, oh, that's easy.

17:46That's your bread and butter.

17:47That's the one that you've got the pitcher blowing up on your wall.

17:49Definitely.

17:50Arsenal's attack today, not as good as their stats, kind of, on average would be over

17:55last season.

17:55Not as many shots as you'd expect from their ex-G's.

17:57But actually, for Jokeres, you know, first game in the Premier League, there he is playing

18:02at the centre forward that Arsenal have been desperate to get hold of.

18:06And actually, it was a quiet debut, wasn't it?

18:08I felt from a bit, Gab.

18:10I mean, touches in the opposition box, three, says it all, really.

18:13The stats aren't good.

18:14But that's because he's relying on other players to get him the ball.

18:17Arsenal have got brilliant creative players, and they weren't quite at the races today.

18:20It was a below-key performance from them.

18:23And as I said, their main creators were not feeding him.

18:25But this is what we do.

18:27You know, we build players up, and then we overanalyse in the first week or two.

18:30Let him settle in.

18:31It'll take time for Arsenal to get used to having a sense of ball.

18:33Any player needs to build up relationships with other players, especially forwards,

18:37when to make the run, who can I trust to get me the passes, you know,

18:39and physically as well.

18:41It's the Premier League.

18:42We know it's different than the Portuguese.

18:43And plenty for Manchester United to get used to as well in terms of new players.

18:46And they'll leave the stadium tonight, those fans, feeling disappointed

18:50they didn't take a point or three points.

18:51But you think there's plenty to be positive about.

18:54The progression was incredible.

18:55More dynamic, more direct, more confidence.

19:00Physically, they looked really good.

19:01And I think a lot of that comes from having players high up the pitch,

19:05especially the two new boys, who are just high in quality

19:08and good, skilful players who are physical and able.

19:12And they scare opposition.

19:14So the system we know, excuse me, the shape,

19:17he won't deviate from it.

19:19Playing forward early.

19:20We saw lots, there's the front three, lots of times last season.

19:24Matt Bruno supporting them.

19:25Manchester United playing out from the back,

19:27constantly getting caught in the defensive third.

19:30We hardly saw that today.

19:32Then you've got the runners, because they've got pace.

19:34They want to get in behind.

19:36So if you've got players at the top of the pitch,

19:38who want to get in behind and want to threaten the back,

19:40then get the ball early more quickly.

19:41There's that front three again.

19:43All in positions they're familiar with and have played with before.

19:46It's a great ball from Mount, who, by the way,

19:47had an excellent game, and that's positive.

19:49But then you've got the wing-backs more confident,

19:51willing to run forward, to support their forward players,

19:54knowing they're going to keep it, knowing it's going to stick.

19:56There's the back three.

19:59We talked about it many times last season.

20:01They weren't coming out enough,

20:03taking a risk to help the midfielders and win the ball high up.

20:06As soon as they win it, again, there's the wing-back Dogu this time,

20:09high up the pitch, brilliant strike,

20:11and a few inches away from scoring, of course.

20:14And look, talk about tactics all you want, quality.

20:18Brilliant dribbler, physically strong, full of confidence.

20:21United didn't have this last season.

20:23Hoyland low on confidence, Xerxes low on confidence,

20:26Maynou playing up there.

20:28It's a completely different dynamic.

20:30Here's this pass forward.

20:31His distribution was great, by the way.

20:33Great ball in, and then what have you got?

20:35Brilliant passer in Bruno, and now he's got runners linking up.

20:40So much to be pleased about for Manchester United fans.

20:45And then, again, moments like this.

20:48You know, somebody who's got the confidence to take responsibility

20:50at Old Trafford in front of that expectant crowd.

20:53He looks up, he's got runners.

20:55Xerxes goes on the pitch at this stage.

20:57Even more options.

20:58And to be honest with you, I haven't seen Arsenal struggle that much

21:02in the second half in terms of not being able to get out,

21:05being pinned back.

21:07And again, look, there's the front three.

21:10They get in the box.

21:11They've got numbers in there.

21:12Brumo wants to round off his day.

21:13Good performance, and that's the save we're talking about.

21:16But overall, I mean, it's chalk and cheese, Gap, honestly.

21:19And Man U fans can actually be, I think, quite positive about this.

21:2422 shots, and of course, Cesco came on.

21:26Massive reaction, didn't he, from the fans in the stadium.

21:29He used to come into that as well.

21:31Exactly, and I was going to say, and that is a great positive for them,

21:33that presumably next week, Craven Cottage will get his debut.

21:35Yeah, he really is, and it feels like the new players

21:37that have had a little bit of time, you know, Cunha and Brumo,

21:40they've had a little bit of time, they've got the system,

21:42so they'll believe that Cesco, they can get him in,

21:44they can get him firing.

21:45So, Danny, what's the priority, you think, for Manchester United

21:47with the rest of the transfer window?

21:50Well, some might think a goalkeeper,

21:51but I'd probably think a central midfielder.

21:53If they're going to play Bruno in there,

21:55someone with a bit more physicality than Ugarse and Casemiro,

21:58more powerful to do a bit more running for him.

22:02But, I mean, look, even if they don't get anybody,

22:05that front end of the pitch is going to make their season

22:09completely different than last,

22:10because every team they play against is wary.

22:13OK, Nottingham Forest's seventh place finish last season

22:17was their best in 30 years.

22:19They began the new campaign against Brentford

22:21with their new head coach, Keith Andrews,

22:23taking charge of his first competitive game.

22:25At the City ground for this one, Martin Fisher.

22:29Hugely contrasting emotions for fans of these clubs over the summer.

22:33Excited chatter in these parts about the return of European football

22:37to the City ground.

22:38Nervous mutterings down Brentford way

22:40about life after Thomas Frank

22:42and a new season without many of their stars.

22:46Dan Undoy is Forest's only debutant today,

22:48but more new signings arriving daily, it seems,

22:52keeping Morgan Gibbs-White

22:53probably their best bit of business.

22:56For Brentford, Mbumo, Norgard, and Flecken have gone.

22:59Wisser wants to.

23:00The new faces for the new manager today

23:03are Keevian Kelleher and Anthony Malambo.

23:09Brentford have yet to lose on the opening day in the Premier League.

23:13Forest last won a top-tier curtain-raiser

23:15on this very day in 1996.

23:19The late Kevin Campbell got a hat-trick that day at Coventry.

23:22The Reds went on to be relegated.

23:27Hudson-Odoi

23:29is found across.

23:32Collins steps in

23:33before his new goalkeeper, Keevian Kelleher, could collect.

23:38Nottingham Forest get the first corner of the afternoon.

23:43Deep towards Wood.

23:45And it will drop for Wood!

23:46And Wood starts this season

23:48in exactly the same fashion

23:51as he coloured last season.

23:57It hasn't taken him long.

24:00Five minutes into the new season

24:03and Chris Wood gets his first strike of the campaign.

24:0820 in the Premier League last term.

24:11That was his best ever in the top flight.

24:14And how about that for a smart finish

24:16from the Kiwi?

24:18And Forest in front.

24:22The first injury of the season

24:24is to Nottingham Forest's goalkeeping coach

24:26caused by his celebrations

24:28of Wood's early strike.

24:33Here's Anderson.

24:34It's lovely stuff.

24:35Anderson's drive!

24:37And hooked away

24:38by Lewis Potter.

24:41But Forest at the moment

24:42are in top form

24:45moving the ball nicely.

24:46Gibbs White.

24:52Lovely combination with Wood.

24:55Einer, not quite what he intended

24:56but it still might work Forest's way.

24:58It almost comes to Wood, it still might.

25:00It's cleared by Coyote

25:01only as far as Anderson.

25:04Anderson has another go

25:05and this time Kelleher right behind it.

25:09Well, the way this game is going

25:10I don't think we'll have to wait

25:12too much longer

25:13before Forest increase their lead.

25:20Welcome to life

25:21as a Premier League manager

25:22Keith Andrews.

25:28Morgan Gibbs White

25:29turning into trouble

25:30no foul

25:31Yarmouk takes over

25:32half a chance here

25:33for Brentford

25:34sells with his first save

25:35of the campaign

25:36and it's a good one too.

25:40Gordon Gibbs White dispossessed

25:41and Yarmouk

25:43trying his luck.

25:49This is Henry

25:50has gone away

25:52from Andoy

25:53and he's found a cross

25:55Jensen had a go

25:56and it's a brilliant block

25:58by Nico Williams

25:59that denies

26:01Igor Thiago

26:03the chance of

26:05not just equalising today

26:07but the chance to score

26:09his first ever

26:10Premier League goal.

26:15Hudson-Odoi

26:16Anderson free

26:22gives White

26:26twisting and turning

26:29and crossing

26:30and finding

26:30and Doy

26:31who finds the back

26:33of the net

26:33on his Forest debut

26:35a quite

26:37marvellous finish

26:38a quite

26:39exquisite

26:40move

26:41and now

26:43the scoreline

26:44properly reflects

26:45Forest dominance

26:46of this first half

26:48Andoy

26:50the £35 million

26:52signing from Bologna

26:53announces

26:54his presence

26:55in a red jersey

26:56Forest 2

27:00Brentford 0

27:01it's a long

27:04long way back

27:05for Brentford

27:05from here

27:06oh what a ball

27:12that is

27:13Anderson

27:13Wood is in

27:14for number 3

27:15and he's never

27:16going to miss that

27:17Forest are

27:21rampant

27:22Brentford

27:26blown away

27:27quick thinking

27:29from Elliot

27:30Anderson

27:31puts it

27:32on a plate

27:33for last season's

27:35prolific goal scorer

27:36two in the opening

27:3845 minutes

27:39for last season's

27:42ace

27:42marksman

27:43it's Forest 3

27:46Brentford 0

27:47the only question

27:47now

27:48how many will

27:49Forest score

27:50and how many

27:51Brentford will

27:52concede

27:52before this one

27:53is all over

27:54and that will bring him

27:58a yellow

27:58and that will bring him

28:02a yellow

28:02Williams knew all about

28:06the threat of Sharda

28:07with his pace

28:08seven yellows last term

28:11and his first

28:12on the opening day

28:13of this

28:14lofted forward by

28:16Kelleher

28:16it's going to be

28:24Jensen with this

28:24throw

28:25Collins trying to get

28:27free at that

28:28near post

28:28it's headed away

28:31by Ina

28:32only as far as

28:32Lewis Potter

28:33looping header

28:34onto the top

28:35of the net

28:36rather than

28:37the back of it

28:38well

28:39set pieces

28:41were

28:41a huge part

28:43of Brentford's

28:44armoury

28:44last season

28:46and they

28:47almost

28:49brought them

28:50their first goal

28:50of this new

28:51campaign there

28:52Gibbs-White

28:57Hudson-Odoi

28:59it's opened up

29:00for him

29:00to hit

29:01Kelleher right

29:04behind it

29:04scored five

29:06last season

29:06in Callum

29:06Hudson-Odoi

29:07a couple of

29:08very important

29:09goals too

29:09in the

29:10famous win

29:11at Anfield

29:11and also

29:12the only goal

29:13of their

29:13victory here

29:14against

29:14Manchester

29:15City

29:15Anderson

29:17pings it out

29:18for Williams

29:19Hudson-Odoi

29:20to his left

29:20he's away

29:24from Coyote

29:25oh

29:27what a goal

29:27that would have

29:27been

29:28Gibbs-White

29:28spectacular

29:30overhead effort

29:32from

29:34Forest's

29:34talisman

29:35that just

29:36just

29:37clears the

29:37crossbar

29:38Collins for Coyote

29:45Collins for Coyote

29:45Coyote

29:50Coyote

29:50won't have much

29:52change out of

29:53Nico

29:53Williams all day

29:54and he's unable

29:55to get the better

29:56in there either

29:57And it's already demonstrated that he can hurl this football a long way, Michael Coyote.

30:07This time it's Collins who heads goalwards, took a flick off of Forrest's head,

30:16and it's going to be a corner.

30:22In by Carvalho, right the way across, Charter got a touch.

30:26Appeals for handball, and Brentford get a penalty.

30:31While Peter Banks, emphatic with his call there, got himself in a very good position

30:38and had no doubt at all that he saw the hand there quite clearly of Ibrahim Sangane.

30:47Igor Thiago, now the chance to score his first ever Premier League goal.

30:53Matt Sells takes some beating though, but he has been beaten here.

30:59Igor Thiago can celebrate.

31:04What an emphatic start to the new campaign for Nuno Espirito Santo and Nottingham Forrest.

31:10Forrest three, Brentford one.

31:12I'm very pleased with the way we started the game.

31:17The football that we played, the goals that we achieved, the composure, the solid in defence,

31:22didn't allow too many things to Brentford, it was a very good first off.

31:25We want to continue to do what we did last season, and if not, go better.

31:28We know we've got a European campaign that we're going to have to juggle at the same time,

31:31so it's not going to be easy.

31:33But we want to continue to strive and continue to get better as the club's showing.

31:37It was always going to be a difficult game, for sure.

31:39I think we made it even more difficult for ourselves.

31:41The set-piece was always going to be a threat in terms of what they do.

31:44First goal, our structure to control that, I just felt was lacking in the first half.

31:50But ultimately, in the first half, we didn't perform.

31:53Did we see again today, Nuno, the importance of keeping Morgan Gibbs-White here over the summer?

31:59Yeah, it was very important for us.

32:01He's a key player, and it's only the beginning of the season.

32:04I think he has much more to show.

32:07Yeah, they've spent over £100 million strengthening their squad.

32:09Obviously, they're going to have to be competing over, you know, a lot of fronts with Europe in mind.

32:13But it's actually a player they've persuaded to stay who stole the show, Danny.

32:18If you love football, you can only enjoy watching that performance today.

32:23It was absolutely sensational, and he looks happy, creative.

32:30There's so much about him to like.

32:33He could have been out the door. He more or less was.

32:37But Forrest fans, I mean, if they loved him before, they'd love him even more now.

32:43He's a leader. He's demanding the ball.

32:46He pops up all over the place. He had a lovely role today in that ten role.

32:51I've seen him play last season in central midfield, play wide, play as a ten.

32:55Intelligent footballers, they can play anywhere.

32:58And he just keeps getting on the ball, dictating.

33:00He's got pictures. He knows where everybody is around him.

33:03He looks fit, quick.

33:05Obviously, he's content now because the speculation's ended and there's no way he's leaving.

33:11And he can look forward as the players are around him to a good season playing in Europe.

33:15And playing like this, I mean, there was chat about them not being quite ready and Nuno talking about it in the week.

33:20This performance was electric. They were all at it, with and without the ball.

33:25And the more confident he got as the game went on, the more he was getting on the ball and dictating things.

33:32He's probably watching now, actually, because why wouldn't you when you know you've played so well?

33:37He probably knew he was going to be getting a run.

33:39The other thing that I like about him as well, which is, and Joe and I were talking about it,

33:43is he's not one of those players who always comes to feet.

33:47He's happy to run him behind for his team and do the hard yards as well.

33:51And for such a creative player, very, very good defensively.

33:54And I'm sure Thomas Tuchel will be keeping an eye on him.

33:57Now that, with his so-called weaker foot, is a beautiful assist.

34:02And second half, as I said, talk about enjoying your football.

34:05Just relaxing, moving constantly on the move.

34:08Hard to pick up, great feet.

34:11Must be a pleasure to play with.

34:13The more players you've got like that, and this would have been the icing on the cake.

34:15Look at this for an effort.

34:17That really would have been what he deserved for his performance.

34:20There was other good performances, don't get me wrong.

34:22You know, Elliot Anderson was terrific, and there's the...

34:24I think the passes in final third, 31 is a high number.

34:28That's a really good thing, because it shows how creative and positive he's trying to be.

34:33Yeah, it was such a high-energy performance with so much quality.

34:37And like you said, Danny, he's got that speculation out of the way now.

34:40There's no doubt that he was in conversation and stuff was happening.

34:43Forrest stood strong, they made him feel valued, and he's put on an absolute show today.

34:47Playing against the Brentford side, who last season got a 2-0 victory at the City ground,

34:51but they are a very different side now, both in terms of the leadership off the pitch

34:55and the players on the pitch.

34:57In fact, that was the youngest side on average that they've ever fielded in the Premier League.

35:01Many big names have gone, and there's a period of transition clearly here for Keith Andrews to deal with.

35:07There are mitigating circumstances for the performance, but they got run all over in the first half.

35:13They were passive, and that's not acceptable, whether you're young or old.

35:16But they are missing experience.

35:17Norgard going, captain, good player, commander in the middle of the pitch.

35:21Obviously, the forward players who've left.

35:23I'm sure they'll bring one or two more in before the window closes.

35:26They've got to.

35:27And I wouldn't be surprised to see Jordan Henderson in that team very soon,

35:31just to give them a bit of guidance.

35:33Came off the bench today, of course.

35:34And you look at where their players have gone to, of course,

35:37and it's testament, isn't it, to their brilliant recruitment.

35:40They've gone to Manchester United, Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen,

35:42and obviously released Ben Mee, the likes of Ben Mee gone as well.

35:46He's a big miss.

35:47So, you know, they are going to take time.

35:49Yeah, they're definitely going to take time.

35:51And it's a shame, because under Thomas Frank,

35:53they've really established themselves as a Premier League team.

35:56A really tough opposition.

35:57I think if you listen to any manager who was about to play Brentford

36:00over the last couple of years, they said,

36:01look, we've got a really tough task coming up.

36:03But Danny talked about in the first half,

36:05the physicality not quite being there,

36:06but they've just got to find their identity again.

36:08And Keith Andrews has got a tough job,

36:10but I'm sure they'll be capable.

36:12OK, to Stamford Bridge next.

36:14Chelsea on the back of their Club World Cup success over the summer

36:17against last season's FA Cup winners Crystal Palace.

36:20Mark Scott is your commentator.

36:24While Chelsea are still basking in the glory of their triumphant road trip

36:28in the States, the state of things and Palace seems a bit uncertain.

36:32Just three months on from winning their first ever major trophy,

36:36with star names linked with moves away and barely any incomings.

36:40In contrast, Chelsea have dropped another couple of hundred million

36:43over the summer.

36:44Jamie Gittins and João Pedro get their league debuts for the club,

36:47while fellow new boys De Lax, Devao, Esugo and Hato begin on the bench.

36:51Despite noise in the media suggesting Ibera Esa wouldn't feature

36:55due to interest from Spurs,

36:57he starts, as does another on someone's shopping list,

37:00in Palace captain Mark Gay.

37:06Both meetings last season ended in draws.

37:09Prior to that, Chelsea had won 14 games in a row against Palace.

37:14Here is Gittins, first chance for him to stretch his legs.

37:18So Rhys James with this first corner of the game for Chelsea.

37:29James into a good area and flicked on by Kukurea,

37:32and it had to be dealt with by Ismaila Saar at the far stick.

37:35Might not have been going in, but Ismaila Saar wasn't too short.

37:41Leto, good bend, Kukurea's flick on.

37:48And over goes Zenzo Fernandes, looked a bit theatrical to me.

37:52Very quickly checked and cleared this, normal football contact was the view

37:57from the video assistant referee James Bell.

38:00Ooh, that's really bad, Ibera Esa, Saar.

38:12Munoz wants it.

38:15First time ball in from the Colombian, it's tricky.

38:18As his control just let him down.

38:20He's got it back, though.

38:22Lovely stunt from Esa.

38:23Hughes, Mateta, not quite.

38:28Well, it's brought back for the earlier challenge on Will Hughes,

38:32right in the D.

38:34Kukurea had a swipe at the ball but just caught Will Hughes.

38:39And we know who's taking this, it's only Ibera Esa that is in position.

38:46He is in position.

38:49Slap-bang central.

38:51Not many gaps here for Esa to try and get through.

38:54But he has done!

38:56An absolute rocket from Ibera Esa to put Crystal Palace in front.

39:05But it might not count.

39:09Darren England going across to have a glance at this

39:13because Mark Gay made a move into the Chelsea wall.

39:21And the goal is struck off.

39:23Away number six is less than one metre into the wall

39:26as the shot is taken.

39:28Therefore it's an indirect free kick and a disallowed goal.

39:33So just to tidy up what happened,

39:35the reason the goal has been struck off

39:37is because Mark Gay was less than one metre away from the wall

39:41as Esa took the shot.

39:48To Lacroix.

39:51Wharton, nice roll, decent pass.

39:53Gets it back from Saar as well.

39:55Mitchell's up there, it's Jean-Philippe Mateta!

39:57Good block from Sanchez.

40:01Wharton the architect here, quick give-and-go between him and Saar.

40:04too close to Sanchez.

40:10Caicedo.

40:14Neto.

40:17Neto's ball in, goes all the way across.

40:22Gittens.

40:25Looking for the angle for a pop at goal, deflected, dangerous!

40:28And it should really have resulted in the Chelsea opener,

40:32courtesy of Trevor Chalabar.

40:36Chalabar from close range, skied it over the top.

40:46Richards with the long throw.

40:47Sanchez coming a long way.

40:48And Esa back across goal.

40:53Esa again.

40:55Munoz!

40:59Mark Gay has gone down here.

41:01Was there a punch in the head from Sanchez on him?

41:05Well, the check's complete, nothing in it.

41:07Chelsea's an absolutely dominated possession so far, but...

41:11Dean Henderson and the Palace goal hasn't really had anything to do.

41:16Neto.

41:18Good ball, Parma.

41:20Oh, Nick's going to come here for Stabell!

41:22Isabel!

41:30Just for a moment, you thought it might be written in the stars

41:33that the 18-year-old scored on his Premier League debut.

41:44Esa, useful area here, he's got Mitchell in support.

41:47He's gone for goal and stung the palms of Sanchez.

41:49Sluggish this from Chelsea, look at the room for Ibera Esa.

41:54Advancing towards the edge of the box and then powering that one.

41:57Just too close to the keeper.

42:00Oliver Glasner says by Monday night the disappointment about

42:03Cass not overturning Palace's demotion to the Conference League

42:06was gone.

42:08They face Norwegian side Frederikstad in the play-off round

42:12with the first leg on Thursday.

42:15Andres Santos.

42:16Quavik starting on it, not quite enough.

42:19Dilap!

42:23Straight at Dean Henderson.

42:25And that might be Chelsea's last chance

42:27and one of their very few chances to win this match.

42:30Andres Santos can't take it.

42:31Best opening his side of Carvedout all afternoon.

42:33And it's a horror strike from Andres Santos.

42:35Tough game, we expected a tough game.

42:38We try our best.

42:39We create chances.

42:40Always we can do better.

42:41Even if, you know, it's a tough game.

42:42We've got a tough game.

42:43We've got a tough game.

42:44We've got a tough game.

42:45We've got a tough game.

42:46We've got a tough game.

42:47We've got a tough game.

42:48We've got a tough game.

42:49We've got a tough game.

42:50We've got a tough game.

42:51We've got a tough game.

42:52Andres Santos can't take it.

42:53Best opening his side of Carvedout all afternoon.

42:55And it's a horror strike from Andres Santos.

43:00It's a tough game.

43:01Tough game.

43:02We expected a tough game.

43:03We try our best.

43:05We create chances.

43:06Always we can do better.

43:07Even if, you know, when you win, you can do many things better.

43:10I think we could attack better.

43:12We could defend in some moments better.

43:14But it's, you know, it's the first game of the season.

43:18Honestly, over the almost 100 minutes, I think the draw is OK for both teams.

43:23Yes, we scored a goal that was disallowed.

43:25And we had a few chances, but honestly, Chelsea had 2-3 as well.

43:29But overall, I think we deserved this point.

43:32Were you aware of the rule that led to that free kick being disallowed for Palace?

43:36You knew about it.

43:37So did you expect it to be disallowed when it went in?

43:40When they scored, I didn't see that.

43:42When I reviewed, I saw that it was a foul.

43:46Maybe the rule is you have to be one yard away.

43:48When we move too early, then you can disallow it.

43:51But I think you have to be careful because then many free kicks will be disallowed.

43:55Ebb scored that free kick.

43:56There was a lot of noise about him coming into this game.

43:58He's not been distracted.

43:59Did you have any doubts in your mind about picking him today?

44:02Not at all.

44:03I think Ebb and Marc, there was a lot of noise about these two players in the last weeks.

44:07And everybody could see the performance today.

44:09And they are 100% aligned with this group of players, with this team and with Crystal Palace.

44:14I spoke to them almost daily.

44:17So I said maybe more than with my kids and my wife in the last couple of days.

44:23But it was worth to talk to them and we will continue.

44:26And they didn't just show that they are great football players.

44:29They are just showing that they are great persons.

44:33And this is what I really appreciate.

44:35Well, the last time Chelsea started a campaign in the Premier League with a goalless draw was 2011.

44:40They went on and won the Champions League that season.

44:42So that's something to take away from today.

44:44Now, we nearly had the big match of the day bust up in the studio tonight.

44:48Because there was major disagreement about that free kick, Ezra's free kick and the goal being disallowed for about two minutes.

44:56Until we worked out why it was disallowed.

44:58Yeah, and I'm sure there was in the stadium.

45:00There was people watching at home.

45:02Originally, we thought the Gehi versus Caicedo battle was key in this situation.

45:07But what turns out, there needs to be a one metre gap with a four man wall.

45:11Gehi, harsh with Caicedo.

45:13Me and Danny disagreed whether it was a foul or whether it wasn't.

45:16But the fact is that Gehi moved him within one metre of the wall.

45:21So as soon as he does this, as soon as he moves him here close to that four man wall, the goal has to be ruled out.

45:27Robert Sanchez will be breathing a sigh of relief.

45:29Gehi was as confused as we were, but the referee very clear.

45:33And it is indeed law 13.

45:35It's been around since 2019 where three or more defending team players form a wall.

45:41An attacking team player must at least remain a metre or a yard from the wall until the ball is in play.

45:48Well, do you know what? I have to credit Va.

45:50I'm the first to jump on him if they do something wrong.

45:52But that is so sharp that he was on it so quickly because none of us knew in the studio.

45:57And thank God it came out quickly because I thought I was going to be laid out.

46:02I was worried for you.

46:04And of course, poor Eze be thinking lightning does indeed strike twice because the opening day last season, an even better free kick, Danny.

46:13Well, when you take free kicks, you know how desperately sad it would be to have that brilliant free kick disallowed.

46:19That was pushing on the line.

46:21There was pushing in the box.

46:22The referee brewed a whistle before the ball hit the net, which is just, and then to happen again on the opening day next season, he might as well not play next season.

46:30Where will he be next season? We'll get on to that in just a moment.

46:33But a feature of their success last season, Crystal Palace, was the solidity of their defence.

46:38And that was on display again today.

46:39Oh, yeah, the togetherness at the back.

46:41Well, if we're going to go through their last three fixtures, Man City in the FA Cup final, Liverpool in the Community Shield, and today at the World Champions, Chelsea.

46:49This back three, along with Henderson, along with the full backs.

46:53Look, Richards is not even on the field here, but Oliver Glasner's got them so well marshalled.

46:57The communications there.

46:58Mitchell slots in.

47:00Chelsea constantly trying to probe the lines.

47:02They've got really technical players.

47:04And the closer they get to goal, the more that Palace bunch up.

47:08Constantly trying to get a 2v1 if they possibly can.

47:11That's how they want Chelsea playing.

47:13They want them crossing aimlessly into the box.

47:15Richards, Gehi, Lacroix, they're going to gobble that all day.

47:19This is the 2v1 situation we talked about.

47:22Can they push them back? Can they push them back?

47:24Chelsea are a good team.

47:26They managed to move it around the box.

47:27But when they run out of ideas, gain bread and butter.

47:31Even Mateta, I had to highlight him.

47:34I think he was excellent.

47:35You know, he holds the ball up.

47:36But when it comes to the defensive point of view, it's an 11-man job.

47:40Different ways of Chelsea playing.

47:42They've proven that.

47:43You know, bringing Dilap in with that little bit of presence.

47:45Lacroix gets comfortable, gets up against him.

47:48His mates get around him and deal with the situation.

47:50And snuff out another difficult opportunity.

47:53This is late in the game.

47:54This is, again, doubling up. 2v1.

47:56Can they push Chelsea back?

47:57Stamford Bridge expecting.

47:59They're expecting a win today.

48:00Late on.

48:01Can they get 2v1 again?

48:03Yes, they can.

48:04Gehi, this is the last ball into the box.

48:06You hear the whistle going.

48:07Palace boys have worked so, so hard.

48:10They're out on their feet.

48:11But it's job done.

48:12A great point.

48:13And since Glasgow was appointed, look at the company they're keeping there

48:16in terms of clean sheets.

48:18They're third, joint third on 17, behind Arsenal and Manchester City, Danny.

48:23It's been tremendous, considering how poorly they started last season

48:28and then to get so established and comfortable in a system,

48:32because we talk a lot about tactics, but he has nailed it.

48:34The players are comfortable with it.

48:36They've just got the team settled and then, unfortunately for Palace fans,

48:39it looks like that might be assembled.

48:41Yeah.

48:42Eze and Gehi, of course, both mooted to be very close to moving on.

48:46And some of the emotions that were coming out today would say

48:49perhaps this is imminent.

48:50Eze there, applauding and looking like this was potentially a goodbye.

48:54Joe, do you see that emotion there?

48:56Oh, I hate to speculate.

48:58I really do.

48:59But there's a lot of smoke, isn't there?

49:01A lot of smoke around these names.

49:03Oliver Glasner was very strong there, saying that he believes that the team

49:06were fully committed and they couldn't play like that.

49:08But these sorts of things, when you come into your fans and let them know

49:11how much you appreciate them with this on the line, it does send a message.

49:15Yeah.

49:16Palace have got, sorry, Palace have got a wonderful recruitment team.

49:19They've always replaced players quickly and very, very well.

49:24I know Doug E. Friedman's left now, but he was a big part of that.

49:27But they've still got a good team there.

49:29Any club who gets the services of one of those two is going to be pleased

49:34because they're two terrific players, both huge, huge influences at Crystal Palace.

49:41But it's unfortunately the way football is now.

49:44The smaller clubs who do well, the big boys come in and they take their best away.

49:48And, of course, the problem with Gaye as well is that he's only got a year left

49:52on his contract.

49:53So they're in a really difficult one with that.

49:55So maybe you'll be wearing the same colour as your dress.

49:58Glasner said on Sky, on Eze, he said he'll come to training,

50:06he'll have Tuesday off, and then on Wednesday we will be taking him

50:09to play against Frederikstad.

50:11Of course, the Norwegian side they're playing in the qualifying on Thursday.

50:15They both seem like good lads. I don't envisage a problem.

50:18I say they seem excellent pros.

50:20Nothing but positive things to say about them, but business is business.

50:23They can play on Thursday actually and then not be tied in other European competitions

50:27should they go somewhere that wears red that plays perhaps

50:30in a different European competition.

50:32On Chelsea, they have spent a lot of money, as they always do,

50:35bolstering their attack.

50:37And they had some stats that were really interesting today

50:39in terms of their highest XG they've ever had and not scored.

50:43I mentioned at the beginning you have to go back to 2011

50:45with them to have a goalless match as the opening run of the season.

50:48Should they be a little bit worried about their attack?

50:50Or is this fatigue from being world champions, as Joe rightly pointed out?

50:54I think part of it is they've only just got back.

50:56They've had a little break after the tournament,

50:59which means they're probably not quite into rhythm.

51:02And what we talked about before with Joca,

51:04new players at Chelsea need a bit of time to adapt to the surroundings

51:08and the player relationships I talked about.

51:10It's one game. It's the opening day of the season.

51:12I mean, they've got an abundance of talent

51:14and I'm sure within a couple of weeks they'll be scoring plenty of goals.

51:17And they made chances.

51:18Yeah, they did. They just looked a little bit frustrated towards the end.

51:21You know, they've come off the back of a huge high towards the end of the season.

51:25But everything seems quite settled, which is quite unique for Chelsea

51:29in previous starts to the season.

51:30There's been a lot of talk about the money they've spent.

51:32They've finally got themselves in a position where they can have a good foundation.

51:35I'm sure they'll build on it.

51:36And we saw, didn't we, PSG, who, of course, were also playing in the Club World Cup,

51:41not looking themselves in the Super Cup.

51:43So, you know, maybe just take a few weeks.

51:45Yeah.

51:46OK.

51:47Well, if you've missed any of the action this weekend,

51:49both Match of the Day programmes are available on iPlayer,

51:52along with highlights of each of the weekend's Premier League games,

51:55which are also on BBC Sport website and app.

51:58Look out for the Wayne Rooney Show,

52:00with a fresh episode dropping first thing tomorrow morning.

52:03For more reaction and debate, there's the Monday Nightclub.

52:07That's on Five Live and BBC Sounds from 7 o'clock.

52:11And there's highlights from the all-important Champions League playoffs

52:14on Wednesday night with Celtic and Rangers both in action this week.

52:17And every game from the Women's Rugby World Cup is live on the BBC.

52:21It's all kicking off with England against the USA on Friday

52:24at the Stadium of Light, which is probably still bouncing.

52:27Do join us for that one.

52:29OK, let's catch up on what's happened in the rest of the opening weekend.

52:33Liverpool get their title defence underway.

52:39And he scores!

52:41The first downfield goal for Hugo Ekechike.

52:45They're looking for room and still and finding some.

52:49Semenya's in the middle and has scored.

52:54He's got to go left surely.

52:55He goes alone and scores brilliantly.

52:57It's 2-2.

52:59A bit of a mess and in from Chiesa.

53:03Salah.

53:05And that will do it.

53:07Liverpool start with a win.

53:10Anthony Alanga with an epitome goal.

53:13The narrative is going to be that Newcastle lack a goal scorer.

53:16Now, Esri Conte.

53:18He's going to be sent off.

53:19He's gone.

53:20And Virginia Rootford down.

53:23Brighton have got a penalty.

53:25It's Brighton's first goal of the new season.

53:29Far post.

53:301-1.

53:31A point apiece.

53:34Victory slips through Brighton's hands.

53:37Sunderland are ready to go.

53:39Down for the corner and it's in.

53:43Have a listen to that.

53:47That's pretty handy.

53:48That's 2-0.

53:50That's Ballard.

53:53Is it all?

53:54What a smile of Sunderland.

53:58It is with Charleston.

53:59Half a chance.

54:00Spurs lead.

54:01Judas with the cross in.

54:02It's a brilliant effort.

54:05Takes it wide.

54:06Crots it in.

54:07Spurs have a third.

54:08Game 7 match.

54:14Trying to feed Rico Lewis.

54:15Haaland waiting.

54:17Unerling.

54:18Haaland scoring.

54:19Can he get it there?

54:20He can.

54:21And he can finish beautifully.

54:22A debut goal for the Dutchman in City Blue.

54:28Emphatic.

54:31Chucky.

54:32Oh, it's a debut goal for him as well.

54:37It seems it would be remiss to have you here and not ask you

54:40about James Trafford and his development.

54:42You know, we knew last season at Burnley that he was turning

54:45into a really special goalkeeper and obviously his stats

54:48last season were incredible.

54:50But obviously now with City, give us a little take on what you've

54:54made of his progress.

54:55Yeah, look.

54:56Firstly, I'm really pleased for him.

54:57I know him loosely.

54:59He's a goalkeeper and obviously he was a Manchester City goalkeeper

55:01when I was there.

55:02Lovely kid.

55:03And he's got such a hunger for it.

55:05And what I love about his career is he decided to make that move

55:08to Burnley.

55:09It was a big money move for a 20 year old.

55:12And he went and it was a difficult season to go into Burnley.

55:15You know, Vinnie company trying to play out.

55:17Different system.

55:18They were in that bottom three the whole season.

55:20But he kept strong.

55:21He kept brave.

55:22Could have gone somewhere else.

55:24Didn't stayed.

55:25And I just think he's just developed so much physically.

55:27Physically and mentally he's developed.

55:29And last season we just had those stats on before.

55:32Incredible stats.

55:33Fully deserves.

55:34He had a buyback clause.

55:35And Manchester City knew.

55:36They knew what he was capable of.

55:38They knew what his potential was.

55:39They borrowed him out to Burnley.

55:41They bought him out for a decent price.

55:42And it only makes them stronger.

55:44Is he, for you, well suited now to City?

55:47Is he going to be their number one this season?

55:49I think that's a great question.

55:50It's a really strange kind of scenario at the moment.

55:52But he's come in.

55:53And one thing I know that he will go in there and he will believe

55:56and he will act like he's the number one.

55:58I think they will, whoever's the other goalkeeper,

56:00I think they will share games.

56:01I think they're in that unique position

56:03where they're probably going to plan for 60 games in a season.

56:05And they're going to be able to share it through the Cups

56:07and in the Premier League.

56:08But they're definitely going to have two goalkeepers they believe in

56:10and he'll be one of them.

56:11You're sitting down for a cup of tea with Pep on Friday, aren't you?

56:13Yes, certainly.

56:14Question number one, isn't it?

56:15Well, exactly.

56:16Well, no, I've got another question before then.

56:17Yeah.

56:20Danny, of course, one more game to go this weekend.

56:23Leeds United back in the Premier League up against Everton

56:26who have in their line-up Jack Grealish,

56:30which is obviously, for Grealish, a great opportunity

56:33to try and kind of invoke some of the stats that we saw

56:36from his career about two or three years ago,

56:38which seemed to have just waned a bit in the last couple of seasons.

56:40Yeah, it's a fresh challenge for him.

56:42I think it's a good move.

56:43He'll be the main man.

56:44He'll probably play centrally.

56:46You know that Moise will set up players behind him to protect him

56:50and let him go and show his creative side.

56:52Is that a good match-up for you, Moise and Grealish?

56:54Yeah, well, we've seen...

56:55Look, Moise brought players like Kudos into West Ham,

56:58who's, you know, a flair player.

56:59He did wonders with Lingard when he took him to West Ham on loan.

57:02So there's no reason why it can't work.

57:04I mean, I think a lot of it's going to be down to Jack's hunger

57:07and desire, which seems there, the appetite.

57:09He wants to be in the World Cup squad and he's a terrific player.

57:12And the other advantage is the fact that when teams play Everton,

57:15it's not going to be like when you play for Man City, packed defences.

57:18He's going to be in a game where teams are...

57:21There's going to be space.

57:22Yeah.

57:23And he's a dribbler and he makes things happen.

57:24I'm excited for him.

57:25I think it could be a really good move.

57:26You played under Moise?

57:27Yeah, I did.

57:28You know, Moise makes it very clear.

57:30You have to work hard on your team and you're going to have a very regimented...

57:33The way I look at him though, the way he did it, especially when I was at West Ham,

57:36we kind of had nine players particularly needed working hard and sticking to it.

57:40But he allowed the room for the Anatovic, the Jack Grealish in your team,

57:44to play with freedom and flow and run the show.

57:47And I feel like it's going to be...

57:48I'm really excited to see how it plays out.

57:50The other thing with Jack quickly as well is that the year when he had his best season,

57:52when they won the treble, his defensive work was great.

57:54Yeah.

57:55It's not like he's unreliable in that respect.

57:57He's not a selfish player at all.

57:59So you can definitely get the full package from him, if he's the main man.

58:03Yeah, it'd be great to see that joy back of him kind of running through defensively

58:06with the ball at his feet, wouldn't it?

58:08And of course, good luck to Leeds as well, back in the Premier League.

58:10Yeah, absolutely.

58:11Thank you very much, guys.

58:12Let's have a little look, shall we, at the table.

58:14Very early days, I know.

58:16But Nottingham Forest win takes them up to fifth in this embryonic Premier League table

58:21with Arsenal sixth.

58:22Manchester United a 15th for now, the same position they ended last season

58:26with Brentford two places below them.

58:28So thank you very much to Danny and to Joe.

58:311-0 to the Arsenal.

58:32Sounds familiar.

58:33Business as usual round here.

58:35Weekend one done.

58:36Goodnight.

58:46Yes!

58:56Oh no!

58:59.

59:03.

59:05.

59:07.

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