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00:02:29his first in Chelsea blue very avoidable from Sunderland's point of view well you
00:02:37certainly have to question Sunderland's goalkeeper Robin Roofs look yeah they
00:02:43didn't do enough and Robin Roofs didn't really do anything Chelsea one Sunderland nil
00:02:47Garnaccio having a little run at Tri Hulme it's a corner
00:02:57so first corner of the game is the Chelsea corner 12th minute one nil up
00:03:05Rhys James delivery flicked on dangerously Cucurella
00:03:09we block Caicedo can hit them Caicedo shot charged down by a advancing Enzo Le Fay
00:03:19very comfortable midweek Champions League victory against Ajax here for Chelsea
00:03:26Dan Ballard won that from João Pedro
00:03:31Isidore for Sunderland
00:03:37and it's their throat
00:03:40so Mukiello with this throw in
00:03:45flicked on and driven goalwards and poked in by Isidore
00:03:51Sunderland have equalised
00:03:55that's why long throws are back in fashion
00:04:02chaos caused and in the melee Wilson Isidore poke Sunderland level
00:04:10onside because Josh Achimpong is standing on the line
00:04:16hit by Traore into the crowd
00:04:19flicked up nicely for Isidore and Sunderland a level
00:04:24and it goes inside to Noah Siddiqui
00:04:35Granit Xhaka lovely ball Isidore on the turn and side netting
00:04:39well he's claiming a corner but he found himself in a lovely little bit of space here
00:04:46and was beautifully found by Granit Xhaka
00:04:49here's Liam Delat watching on he's back in training now which is good news
00:04:57for Enzo Mureska
00:04:59Enzo Fernandes well
00:05:04Dan Ballard felt he had to deal with it maybe a little lack of communication with Robin Roofs who was right behind him and could presumably have gathered it
00:05:12Rhys James corner near post to Hayen and Garnacho blocked by Roofs
00:05:22good corner that flicked on at the near post by Enzo Fernandes
00:05:26Garnacho arriving well-timed at the far Roofs sprinted from one post to the other and made the save
00:05:34Enzo Fernandes
00:05:39Moises Kaiseido
00:05:41worth a hit and tipped over
00:05:45good strike by Charlo Ballard
00:05:47hit this really well
00:05:49tipped up and over the bar by Robin Roofs
00:05:53Ballard and Guillaume together
00:06:01Ballard is generally speaking at the better of that battle and he has a game
00:06:05Le Fay careful ball to Granit Xhaka
00:06:09unlike him a poor touch but then a nice touch into
00:06:13Le Fay whose forward ball finds Isidore really well covered
00:06:17action point
00:06:19Isidore was almost away there
00:06:25just shy of the hour mark Pedro Neto now
00:06:28to Mark Cucurella
00:06:30drilled in
00:06:32and it's Esteval
00:06:34well those behind the goal at Stamford Bridge thought Esteval was about to make an instant impact here
00:06:43feels a bit like attack against defense
00:06:49but Sunderland have never lost their composure never lost their focus
00:06:53never lost their shape there's no panic out there from them
00:06:56João Pedro's flick Mark Guillaume shrugged off the ball
00:07:00Granit Xhaka forward into Wilson Isidore this is Enzo Le Fay
00:07:05Le Fay that's a lovely ball Granit Xhaka if he can get onto it
00:07:09and he's chopped inside Granit Xhaka it's a great chance good block by Achenpun
00:07:13maybe just lacked a little bit of conviction once he got inside the area here Granit Xhaka
00:07:19but it's a great opportunity
00:07:21and Achenpun did well
00:07:23I'm not sure Stamford Bridge has been louder than this all season
00:07:27and it's all noise from those traveling Sunderland fans
00:07:35that's well run Reynaldo
00:07:37might just launch a counter-attack here Reynaldo
00:07:41Taubi
00:07:43Broby at the back post Sanchez came got something on it
00:07:47it's a really inviting ball into the box from Taubi
00:07:51that touch from Robert Sanchez is crucial
00:07:59there's quite a lot of Saturday afternoon tension around Stamford Bridge at the moment
00:08:07going to ground Broby not getting a free kick
00:08:10here's Estevão
00:08:14can't get through Reynaldo
00:08:17and Brian Broby is off after this
00:08:23and Sanchez is retreating
00:08:25having decided he couldn't get there
00:08:27Broby has Tosin and Chalaba to try and beat
00:08:30support arriving now
00:08:31Taubi it's in
00:08:33it's in
00:08:35and Sunderland are surely going to win at Stamford Bridge
00:08:40James Dean Taubi
00:08:42James Dean Taubi
00:08:44so composed
00:08:46well this
00:08:50is quite a day
00:08:52for those who have made the long long journey
00:08:56from Sunderland
00:08:58because they're going home with three points
00:09:00he tried as long forward ball
00:09:04Broby began his run from inside his own half
00:09:06held it up and waited and waited and waited for someone to come
00:09:12and when he came
00:09:14how about that
00:09:16what a moment
00:09:18a brilliant result for Sunderland
00:09:21Taubi's late late winner
00:09:23Chelsea won
00:09:24Sunderland 2
00:09:26we know that with Nardi
00:09:28he's a machine
00:09:29he can throw the ball
00:09:30so far
00:09:31so I have to expect
00:09:33every time the ball jump in my feet
00:09:35and as a number 9
00:09:36you know
00:09:37you have to feel
00:09:38every time where the ball is going to go
00:09:40and the ball just be in front of me
00:09:43I just have to touch
00:09:44so today is a good goal
00:09:46like a fox
00:09:47we say
00:09:48you are a fox in French
00:09:50we say like this
00:09:51how does that translate
00:09:52what's the
00:09:53Renard
00:09:54we say renard in French
00:09:55was a game where
00:09:57the performance was not one of our best performance
00:10:00and we know that
00:10:02you can draw points against any team
00:10:03when you don't perform 100%
00:10:05we start well with the goal
00:10:07but even with that
00:10:08we were not
00:10:10you know
00:10:11we were losing second ball duels
00:10:12against these kind of teams
00:10:14you have to
00:10:15you have to know how to deal with that
00:10:17and I think overall
00:10:19we are not good enough
00:10:20I think this win we dedicated for our fans
00:10:22because they still believed
00:10:24it
00:10:25until the end
00:10:26and
00:10:27last season
00:10:28our
00:10:29slogan
00:10:30I don't know how to say it
00:10:31was to
00:10:32until the end
00:10:33and today we show that
00:10:34we are here
00:10:35every time
00:10:36even at the time
00:10:37we are still believing, believing, believing
00:10:38and that is the key of the team
00:10:39for us
00:10:40the target remains the same
00:10:42we want to
00:10:43reach
00:10:44as soon as possible
00:10:45this target of
00:10:4640 points
00:10:47more or less
00:10:48so we are on the road
00:10:50with 17 points
00:10:51well done today
00:10:52thank you so much
00:10:53well they might get there
00:10:55a little bit quicker than perhaps
00:10:56they had anticipated
00:10:57now we don't want to give anything away
00:10:58about later results
00:10:59but that is the top 3 at 5 o'clock
00:11:01and what a sight that is
00:11:02for Sunderland fans
00:11:03and actually they fully deserve the win today
00:11:06Yeah they were very good today
00:11:09I think they had the right attitude
00:11:11they weren't overworld
00:11:12we can see with the stats here
00:11:14forget that possession stat
00:11:15they dominated without the ball
00:11:17and you can see at the bottom
00:11:18Jules won
00:11:19Ariel Jules won
00:11:20they went to Stamford Bridge
00:11:22physically they were strong
00:11:23they went to Stamford Bridge
00:11:24full of confidence
00:11:25and I think they dominated the game
00:11:27without the ball as I say
00:11:28this is in the first two minutes
00:11:30of the game
00:11:31and they are getting in those little gaps
00:11:33between Chelsea's defence and midfield
00:11:35Isidore's a problem for Chelsea
00:11:38but this is what I like
00:11:39it's the reaction
00:11:40the pressure out of the way
00:11:41they are not sitting back
00:11:42they want to put pressure on Chelsea
00:11:43they forced some early mistake
00:11:45Dan Ballard who was excellent
00:11:47all afternoon
00:11:48stepping into midfield
00:11:49calm
00:11:50wants the ball again
00:11:51this is at Stamford Bridge
00:11:53and Cucurella who's been high
00:11:56and inside often
00:11:57left Traore
00:11:58Dan Ballard picks him out
00:11:59this time it comes to nothing
00:12:01but you can see Sunderland have gone there
00:12:03with the right attitude
00:12:04now when Chelsea do get possession
00:12:07they fall back into this 5-4-1 shape
00:12:09but it's not passive
00:12:10so they're there
00:12:11but as soon as the ball gets played back
00:12:13they're pressing
00:12:14they're putting pressure onto the ball
00:12:15they win the ball back
00:12:16and then they don't hesitate
00:12:18they've got runners going forward
00:12:19again you can see where Cucurella is
00:12:21he's nowhere near Traore
00:12:22because he wants to get involved in the attack
00:12:24and Sunderland are full of confidence at this point
00:12:26they're full of running
00:12:27full of energy
00:12:28and they're getting shots off
00:12:30here Chelsea want to play through the centre of the pitch
00:12:33because they've got quality players in their midfield
00:12:35but Sunderland have got bodies around the ball
00:12:37they're blocking the passing lanes
00:12:39again aggressive in the tackle
00:12:41they retain possession really well
00:12:43if you look at Granit Xhaka who was brilliant today
00:12:45if you keep an eye on him
00:12:47full of running
00:12:48full of running
00:12:4933 years old
00:12:50he gets in behind
00:12:52little bit of skill
00:12:53and he's unlucky not to get the finish
00:12:56Reynaldo
00:12:57excellent again in dealing with the wingers
00:12:59they win the ball back
00:13:00this is right at the end
00:13:01Gertrude steps in
00:13:03plays a hopeful ball to Broby
00:13:06just clears his lines up there
00:13:07but if we keep an eye on Caicede and Santos
00:13:10the desire is just not there
00:13:12they expect their defenders to deal with it
00:13:14and as Broby holds it up because he's so strong
00:13:16he gets his head up
00:13:18rolls it to Talby
00:13:19great finish in the bottom corner
00:13:21one excellent day for Sunderland
00:13:23I think Regis Libris has done a brilliant job
00:13:25of his game plan today
00:13:26and all the players executed it well
00:13:28and Michael Regis Libris has been a quiet presence
00:13:30so far hasn't he in the Premier League
00:13:32but what a remarkable start
00:13:34yeah I mean I'm hugely impressed
00:13:36I think there's so many positives to look at
00:13:39I think the biggest one for me is the way they came into the league
00:13:42you know by the playoffs
00:13:44and what you kind of put your back three or four weeks
00:13:47so they probably got into that little spell with two plans
00:13:50do we go up do we not
00:13:51but still it puts you behind
00:13:53and today they had four players who
00:13:55who had from the team last season
00:13:57so it's a big change into
00:13:58from a coaching perspective
00:13:59to put that and implement that so quickly
00:14:01and to accumulate the points they've got
00:14:04it's an unbelievable achievement to be sat here with so many points
00:14:08In his pre-match interviews
00:14:10Maresca said they weren't going to resort to the trend of long throws
00:14:14and he joked that perhaps Liam's dad Rory DeLapp might come out of retirement if he needed that
00:14:19but he was undone by one today
00:14:20Yeah he might not want to use long throws
00:14:22but Sunderland didn't care at all
00:14:25this is Mukaele
00:14:27and as we've just highlighted Traore and Neto
00:14:30so Neto's job is to do the edge of the box
00:14:33the second ball not the first one
00:14:35and they're actually trying to throw it
00:14:36so it lands in that space that we've highlighted
00:14:38and as we run it on here
00:14:39you can see Neto just switches off
00:14:41he looks at the ball for a second
00:14:43Traore doesn't
00:14:44he follows it in
00:14:45it's a little bit of ping pong
00:14:47and it ends up in a goal
00:14:48but you can see it's not the first throw in
00:14:51it's not the first contact that's going to score you the goal with these long throw-ins
00:14:54it's the second ball
00:14:55where's it going to land
00:14:56and I think that when you've got attacking minded players doing defensive jobs
00:15:00it's always a problem
00:15:01you probably might be better off putting a Cucurella or a Rhys James on the edge of the box
00:15:05Isidore gets his goal and the long throw pays off again
00:15:09Chelsea are the youngest side by away in terms of their average starting age in the Premier League
00:15:15and I mentioned before Mareska said
00:15:16well he hasn't said
00:15:17we're saying he's not played a player over the age of 30
00:15:20someone who used to sit on this set a while ago said you don't win anything with kids
00:15:23what do you make of their age profile Michael
00:15:26is it an issue for you?
00:15:28I think it gets flagged up if they don't win games
00:15:31I think it can be both ways
00:15:32I think it's positive and negative
00:15:33I think they've got a fair amount of experience within the squad within the team
00:15:37they've got World Cup winner in there
00:15:38they've got players that have played an awful lot of Premier League games
00:15:40and big Champions League games as well
00:15:42the challenge always with young players is consistency
00:15:47and there's the freshness, there's the enthusiasm
00:15:49and there's no doubt that pure talent within the squad
00:15:52but consistency is something that you get with experience
00:15:56and you've got to go through the process
00:15:57so that's what they're going to suffer at times
00:16:00and I suppose they're ready to take that on board
00:16:03in context, if they had won today
00:16:05they would have been sitting right near the top of the table
00:16:08so we take that on with a kind of balanced view
00:16:13I'm still excited by the squad that they've got
00:16:16but consistency is the biggest challenge
00:16:18OK, well Liverpool's four game losing run
00:16:21came to an end against Frankfurt in midweek
00:16:23they faced Brentford
00:16:24who claimed a third win under Keith Andrews at West Ham on Monday
00:16:30Two teams in the bottom four
00:16:31one of them has lost every match at home
00:16:33the other every game away
00:16:35consistency of the unwanted sort
00:16:38Brentford find the back of the net
00:16:40and Igor Thiago celebrates with his manager
00:16:44here's a chance for number two
00:16:46two and it's taken
00:16:48for Tyus Janssen
00:16:50it's Brentford's night in the East End
00:16:56Jonathan Pearce was at the GTEC Community Stadium
00:17:00Right, Mo Salah off at your peril
00:17:04without a goal in six games
00:17:05dropped in midweek and criticised
00:17:07he has six goals in seven league meetings with Brentford
00:17:10and Liverpool need him firing again
00:17:12a fifth away league defeat in London on the spin
00:17:14would be their worst run in the capital in 56 years
00:17:18Brentford are unchanged from Monday's win at West Ham
00:17:21when Igor Tudor took his tally to five league goals
00:17:23only Harland and Semenya had more going into this weekend
00:17:26Kelleher, Vandenberg and Henderson all play against their old club
00:17:30Salah's return is one of three Liverpool changes
00:17:33from the 5-1 midweek demolition of Eintracht Frankfurt
00:17:36when Frimpong and Isak were injured
00:17:38Honour Bradley and Kerkhez prepared to Robertson
00:17:42also come back in
00:17:43Ryan Gravenberg's ankle injury
00:17:45rules him out of the squad completely
00:17:47there's a chase
00:17:54won by Mamarashvili
00:17:56Bradley couldn't keep it in players
00:17:57a throw to Brentford
00:17:59Coyote will take this throw in long
00:18:02and they've got Collins in at the near post
00:18:06wrestling in there with Shavaslai
00:18:08comes away from the near post now
00:18:10it's aimed in behind him
00:18:11it's a chance it's a goal
00:18:12and Brentford leads through Dango Atara
00:18:16could the goalkeeper have done better
00:18:221-0 Brentford
00:18:25not the best piece of Liverpool defending
00:18:27you can see where Collins goes
00:18:29Sipoz lies there with him
00:18:31escapes him
00:18:32but it's aimed just long
00:18:34a good flick on wasn't it
00:18:35for Brentford
00:18:36by Aja
00:18:37and hooked home
00:18:38and Arne Schlott will not be happy with the defending
00:18:41what a start for Keith Andrews boys
00:18:44Kerkes
00:18:48Kerkes
00:18:52Sipozlai space
00:18:54Brentford player within five yards of him
00:18:56it could be made to pay for that
00:18:58Florian Witts
00:19:00poked it in
00:19:01Eketike with the back heel
00:19:03Witts
00:19:04oh what a brilliant opportunity
00:19:05for an equaliser
00:19:08had to hit the target from there
00:19:10it's a bad miss
00:19:12on the half volley
00:19:14who sliced across the ball
00:19:16and it veered white
00:19:18a year ago
00:19:20Liverpool were striding through games at the top of the Premier League
00:19:24they are stuttering now
00:19:26Kahuda again
00:19:28he's everywhere at the moment
00:19:30Damsgaard
00:19:32into Thiago
00:19:34and they get between the defenders
00:19:35well defended by
00:19:36Liverpool
00:19:37and then Damsgaard with a hit
00:19:38and that's a good save by Mamadashvili
00:19:40initially good defending by Van Dijk
00:19:42but the ball rolled away
00:19:44dropped straight to Damsgaard
00:19:46one thing in his mind
00:19:47and the big right hand came up and over
00:19:49from Georgi Mamadashvili
00:19:51to make the save
00:19:53Gatbro
00:19:55Gets it back again
00:19:59ooh challenge on it
00:20:01the Collins challenge on Gatbro
00:20:03has been checked by the VAR
00:20:05and cleared
00:20:07too short
00:20:09how much of the ball he got if any
00:20:11Jones
00:20:13misplaced ball
00:20:15without 3 minutes of stoppage time
00:20:19can Brentford get another win for a hard time
00:20:21it's Sharda
00:20:22Sharda in on goal
00:20:232-0 Brentford
00:20:24well well well
00:20:28Liverpool
00:20:30carved
00:20:31wide open
00:20:34and he's a happy man and why not
00:20:40Sharda starts his run from inside his own heart
00:20:42Damsgaard ball is sweet
00:20:44Benate high up the pitch
00:20:46can't get back
00:20:47doesn't seem to want to get back
00:20:49almost gave up the chase didn't he
00:20:51Sharda gets his body across him
00:20:55and then he just gives up the ghost
00:21:01booze up early
00:21:03timekeeping
00:21:053 minutes of stoppage time in Synglund
00:21:07we've played 4 and a quarter minutes
00:21:11ready to get the cross in
00:21:13it's loose
00:21:14and Liverpool have a stoppage time go back
00:21:18and Kerkhe's delighted with it
00:21:20Kerkhe's it's not been his season so far
00:21:22on his slot side back into it
00:21:24Kerkhe's with his first Liverpool goal
00:21:26Grossman Bradley went all the way through
00:21:28Kerkhe's
00:21:29good run at the far post
00:21:30Swataras switched off
00:21:32and that's wiped away the misery
00:21:34of recent criticism
00:21:36for Milos Kerkhe's
00:21:37on the stroke of half time
00:21:39how important will that be
00:21:40new referee for the second half
00:21:44the second half
00:21:45Tim Robinson
00:21:46who was the fourth official in the first
00:21:48has replaced Simon Hooper for the second
00:21:50Hooper not fit enough to continue
00:21:52and he will be
00:21:54the fourth official in this second half
00:21:56now
00:21:58I'd like to see that challenge again
00:22:00here's Damsgaard
00:22:02Kerkhe's gone down off the ball
00:22:04Dolce has made a splendid save
00:22:06it's all happening
00:22:08Batara
00:22:10Henderson
00:22:11clipped the cross
00:22:12it's a terrible header out really
00:22:14comes to Janhout
00:22:16poked into the box
00:22:18Damsgaard
00:22:20can they get a shot off here at the end of it all
00:22:22Aja couldn't
00:22:23and maybe Liverpool will break
00:22:24it's a terrific game of football
00:22:29now here's Coyote
00:22:31Sade is up for Brentford
00:22:33but limping after the challenge
00:22:36Batara's foul
00:22:37right on the edge of the penalty
00:22:38and Liverpool feud
00:22:44that's a really good stretching save
00:22:46to deny Mikael Damsgaard
00:22:49I think Brentford thought it was worse than it was
00:22:51Salah did get a yellow card for the challenge
00:22:53the referee allowed play to go on
00:22:57just checking this
00:22:59VAR to see whether the challenge was inside the box
00:23:02very very close
00:23:05I think the VAR
00:23:06the challenge might well have been on the line from Van Dijk
00:23:10After review
00:23:12the chat by Liverpool before
00:23:14is on the line
00:23:15my final decision
00:23:16is penalty
00:23:18Van Dijk
00:23:20Van Dijk looks baffled
00:23:23he struck for the ball though
00:23:25when he was in the penalty area
00:23:26and the challenge is on the line
00:23:29what has been a sometimes breathtaking game of football
00:23:33somewhat controversial
00:23:34right at the end of the first half
00:23:36here we have
00:23:38another twist
00:23:39Igor Thiago
00:23:41straight down the middle
00:23:42and Brentford
00:23:43have the two goal buffer again
00:23:45they lead Liverpool
00:23:46by three goals to one
00:23:49it's his seventh goal this season
00:23:51in ten games
00:23:53sixth in the league
00:23:55and Liverpool have it all to do again
00:23:57a bit all to do again
00:24:06here's Shabozla
00:24:07Salah
00:24:10Shabozla
00:24:12it's good work by Liverpool
00:24:13they've got an opportunity
00:24:14Michalas who is in there
00:24:15Salah
00:24:16burrowed his way through
00:24:17wanted to get there
00:24:18was hungry to get there
00:24:19shot deflected over
00:24:20but look
00:24:22at the teamwork
00:24:23and the camaraderie at the back for Brentford
00:24:25blocking that
00:24:27you almost think they
00:24:28they were celebrating winning the World Cup
00:24:40this is Lewis Potter
00:24:44dangerous crossing
00:24:45Otara attacked the ball
00:24:46none of the Liverpool defenders did
00:24:50he went wide
00:24:52well if they defend
00:24:53as badly as they have done
00:24:55today
00:24:56for the rest of the season
00:24:57they will win nothing
00:25:10Shabozla
00:25:11picked the pocket there
00:25:12Salah's brought it down
00:25:13oh it's a great finish
00:25:15well that'll do him the world of good
00:25:17and that's a reminder
00:25:18as a reminder
00:25:19that Mo Salah is far from finished
00:25:21it's a brilliant finish
00:25:23by him
00:25:24is it just a consolation
00:25:25it's 3-2 to Brentford still
00:25:27but it could be a turning point
00:25:29in the season for Mo Salah
00:25:31Shabozla did really well
00:25:33Salah brought it down acrobatically
00:25:35and then thundered at home
00:25:37terrific game of football
00:25:38never write Mo Salah off
00:25:40but today
00:25:41surely it's too late for Liverpool
00:25:43it's too late for Liverpool
00:25:49Chiesa
00:25:50looks through the middle
00:25:51Van Dijk as the centre forward
00:25:52and Kevin Kelleher
00:25:54and his old teammate
00:25:55comes together
00:25:56well the referee here has counted him down
00:26:10and said he had possession for too long
00:26:14wow
00:26:16and by our reckoning
00:26:17he held the ball for 13 seconds
00:26:20which means it's a corner kick of course
00:26:22and the goalkeeper Mamarashvili
00:26:24at six foot six is up for it
00:26:26this would be a sensational twist in the tail
00:26:29Shabozlai with the corner kick
00:26:31it's headed away
00:26:33Brentford fans are doing their nut here
00:26:36here's Mcalister darting into the box
00:26:39and arrives
00:26:42well that would have just kept it all
00:26:43it's kept in play
00:26:44it's still loose
00:26:45it's Chiesa
00:26:47it comes back to Gomez
00:26:50he leaves it
00:26:51Shabozlai with the shot
00:26:52and Kevin Kelleher
00:26:54wants to Liverpool
00:26:55makes a late save
00:26:56to surely take the game away from Liverpool
00:26:59Brentford win
00:27:02three goals to two
00:27:04unbelievable evening
00:27:08for the young manager Keith Andrews
00:27:10and for Liverpool
00:27:11a fifth consecutive league visit to the capital
00:27:15with a fifth successive defeat
00:27:20wow
00:27:21that was crazy wasn't it?
00:27:22yeah
00:27:23good crazy though
00:27:25yeah we enjoyed it
00:27:26I think we
00:27:27we have that type of approach the game
00:27:29where
00:27:30let's have a go
00:27:31let's get into the opposition
00:27:32let's have a good
00:27:34good rattle at this
00:27:35let's formulate our plan
00:27:37see can we execute it
00:27:39and under the pins
00:27:40everything is
00:27:41character, resilience
00:27:42great
00:27:43togetherness
00:27:44and then the quality comes to the fore
00:27:46and I think you can see that
00:27:47the different types of goals we scored
00:27:48and once we got through that
00:27:49for 10 to 15 minutes
00:27:50where I felt like
00:27:51they controlled
00:27:52that period after that
00:27:53I thought we were absolutely excellent
00:27:55what I have to do
00:27:57is look at
00:27:58what we do wrong
00:27:59and what we do well
00:28:00and today
00:28:02I do have a clear idea
00:28:03of what we have to improve
00:28:05but that has not always been the same situation
00:28:07in all the other games
00:28:08so it's every time
00:28:09a different problem
00:28:10that cost us the game
00:28:12and today
00:28:13I don't think we did the basics right
00:28:14so
00:28:15too many
00:28:16duels were lost
00:28:17too many second balls weren't won
00:28:19and that was for me
00:28:21the first time in the last four games
00:28:22but
00:28:23that was for me
00:28:24the main thing
00:28:25what we have to improve
00:28:26looking at this game
00:28:28indeed
00:28:29but what a week for Brentford
00:28:30and Keith Andrew
00:28:32and two wins in the week
00:28:33that performance was no smash and grab
00:28:35just like Sunderland
00:28:36and just like Sunderland
00:28:37it all started with a long throw
00:28:38yeah I have to say
00:28:39I thought they were outstanding
00:28:40in so many aspects
00:28:41they set the stall up quite early
00:28:43they had a long throw after one minute
00:28:45so it was clear what the intentions were
00:28:47in play for set plays at times
00:28:49but the long throw
00:28:50here we come
00:28:51a really good long throw
00:28:52Ayer with a flick on
00:28:53and Wattare with a really good finish
00:28:55Kerkhez is probably going to get
00:28:58a little bit questioned at the back post
00:29:00but it's really difficult
00:29:01because you'll see
00:29:02his goal siding
00:29:03is a really good position
00:29:04and the ball goes away from him
00:29:06and away the other side
00:29:07and because Wattare is on his left foot
00:29:09it's almost impossible for Kerkhez to get to
00:29:12we've already touched on
00:29:13the first contact doesn't score you the goal
00:29:15the second contact scores you the goal
00:29:16as from Sunderland
00:29:18but it's a really difficult one
00:29:19in the back post room
00:29:20to deal with
00:29:21we've had many discussions
00:29:22this afternoon
00:29:23and tonight about it
00:29:24and
00:29:25but 1-0
00:29:26and they fully deserved it
00:29:27they were outstanding
00:29:28Brentford
00:29:29until this game
00:29:30it was quite a quiet day
00:29:31for VAR wasn't it
00:29:32and about a minute before
00:29:33Brentford made it 2-0
00:29:34Liverpool were calling for a penalty
00:29:36yeah and I can see why
00:29:38because
00:29:39because
00:29:40as we're going to see now
00:29:41it's Cody Gakpo
00:29:42he receives the ball
00:29:44and as he
00:29:45he's really clever with this
00:29:46little 1-2 give and go
00:29:47gets it back
00:29:48and at this pace
00:29:49and from that angle
00:29:50it probably looks like
00:29:51the contact's made
00:29:52but the official word in this
00:29:54that Nathan Collins
00:29:55had actually planted his foot
00:29:56and not made contact
00:29:57with Cody Gakpo
00:29:58which I can go with
00:29:59I don't think that
00:30:00there's any contact in that
00:30:01and Nathan Collins
00:30:02has put his foot down
00:30:04and Cody Gakpo
00:30:06has gone over
00:30:07probably just expecting contact
00:30:09and it didn't really come
00:30:10so
00:30:11for me
00:30:12it's a no penalty
00:30:13and it was a frantic end
00:30:14wasn't it
00:30:15to the first half
00:30:16because just a minute later
00:30:17then Shada makes it 2-0
00:30:18Yeah
00:30:19and then straight away
00:30:20Brentford show a little bit
00:30:21of class actually
00:30:23and it's a really good goal
00:30:24from their point of view
00:30:25as they win the ball back
00:30:27Damsgaard
00:30:28who's a cracking little player
00:30:29that pass is sublime
00:30:30splitting the centre backs
00:30:31brilliant run from Shada
00:30:33keeps his composure
00:30:35I think Marmadash Vili
00:30:36will be a bit disappointed
00:30:37but if you look at the
00:30:38defending from Liverpool's
00:30:39point of view
00:30:40we highlight the 2 centre backs
00:30:41there
00:30:42Canate can see him
00:30:43he's got about 15 yards
00:30:44head start on him
00:30:45and he just doesn't realise
00:30:46the danger at all
00:30:47until it's too late
00:30:48both of them are nowhere near him
00:30:50when he puts the ball
00:30:51in the back of the net
00:30:52Van Dijk
00:30:53doesn't really sprint back
00:30:54Canate can't get back
00:30:56and as I say
00:30:57puts it down the middle of the goal
00:30:58I think the goalkeeper
00:30:59would disappoint
00:31:00from Liverpool's point of view
00:31:01that's an unacceptable goal
00:31:02I think possibly just because
00:31:04the penalty shot just before that
00:31:05they might have still been
00:31:06thinking about that
00:31:07but that's not good enough defending
00:31:08and the later on
00:31:09Stockley Park had something else to say
00:31:10there was a VAR interjection
00:31:12they thought that the incident happened
00:31:15inside the box
00:31:16what did you make of it Michael?
00:31:17Yeah I mean it's really really close
00:31:19you know initially
00:31:21I actually
00:31:22I thought it was outside the box
00:31:24in real time
00:31:25and I thought it was
00:31:26I wasn't sure about the contact
00:31:27to be honest
00:31:28from where we were watching it
00:31:29I have to say
00:31:31I think
00:31:32when you stop it
00:31:33and it's
00:31:34it's on the line
00:31:35and I think it's
00:31:36it's very close
00:31:37and if it's on the line
00:31:38then it's a penalty
00:31:39my little one
00:31:40for me is
00:31:41from a referee's point of view
00:31:42I think
00:31:43historically it needs to be
00:31:45more inside the box
00:31:47to give a penalty
00:31:48than it does outside the box
00:31:49to get a free kick
00:31:50and if he
00:31:51if the referee's thinking
00:31:52it's outside the box
00:31:54I can give a free kick
00:31:55it's not the end of the world
00:31:56where penalty's a bit of a
00:31:57perhaps obviously a bigger decision
00:31:58and then it's taken away from him
00:32:00because it's in the box anyway
00:32:01so penalty well taken
00:32:02calm
00:32:03cool
00:32:04calm
00:32:05collected
00:32:06fantastic finish
00:32:07and sent them on their way
00:32:08Four league defeats in a row now
00:32:10for Liverpool
00:32:11they only had four league defeats
00:32:12all season
00:32:13last time round
00:32:14what's your take on what's happening?
00:32:15Yeah I mean I try to put it
00:32:17in perspective
00:32:18of a player's kind of mindset really
00:32:20and being in it
00:32:22personally
00:32:23and you go through
00:32:24really good runs
00:32:25and good times
00:32:26and it comes quite easy
00:32:27and you're in a flow
00:32:28and conferences there
00:32:29and you're not thinking too much
00:32:31and you're just instinctive
00:32:32and it all goes to plan
00:32:33and then
00:32:34a couple of little things
00:32:35little details
00:32:36that don't go your way
00:32:37and then it kind of snowballs
00:32:38a little bit
00:32:39and you can start thinking
00:32:40as a player
00:32:41I'm doing exactly the same
00:32:42I'm putting the same effort
00:32:43and I'm trying to do the same things
00:32:44you're just not coming off
00:32:45and at the minute
00:32:46it looks like
00:32:47they're second guessing a little bit
00:32:48a few new players
00:32:49listen a lot of talent
00:32:50in that group
00:32:51but it doesn't
00:32:52it just shows you
00:32:53how hard winning is
00:32:54because it doesn't take much
00:32:55for it to look harder
00:32:57than it did
00:32:58so I do think they'll be okay
00:33:00but they do need to
00:33:01to put a stop to that run
00:33:02pretty quickly
00:33:03Thank you
00:33:04so after back-to-back victories
00:33:06for the first time
00:33:07under Ruben Amaro
00:33:08Manchester United faced Brighton
00:33:09who'd won on their
00:33:10last three visits to Old Trafford
00:33:12your commentator
00:33:13is Steve Bauer
00:33:14the search for consistency
00:33:17and momentum continues
00:33:18for Manchester United
00:33:20as they bid for their
00:33:21fourth home win in a row
00:33:23Harry Maguire is missing
00:33:24through injury though
00:33:25and Mason Mount is only a substitute
00:33:27so both Benjamin Szczesko
00:33:29and Lenny Jorrow start
00:33:31Brighton who've won
00:33:32six of the last
00:33:33seven league meetings
00:33:34between the two
00:33:35recalled the Kuyper for Gomez
00:33:37whilst Danny Welbeck
00:33:38looks for his seventh goal
00:33:40against his former club
00:33:42can they finally beat their
00:33:46bogey team Brighton
00:33:47who have won six
00:33:49of the last seven
00:33:50Premier League meetings
00:33:51between the two
00:33:52Ruta
00:33:54being chased by Casemiro
00:33:57and getting away from him
00:33:59Ruta's pull back
00:34:00and Lammans with the save
00:34:02to Danny Welbeck
00:34:03who has been a scorer
00:34:05back at Old Trafford
00:34:07four times
00:34:08since he left
00:34:09Mbwema
00:34:15away from Dunk
00:34:16and into Ahmad
00:34:19he's up against the Kuyper
00:34:20oh
00:34:22down goes Ahmad
00:34:23Anthony Taylor
00:34:24unmoved
00:34:26Michael Oliver in VAR
00:34:28will check that
00:34:30well let's have a look at this then
00:34:31the Kuyper
00:34:32VAR said he
00:34:33just got the ball
00:34:34slight touch of the ball there
00:34:36happy with the on-field decision
00:34:39from Anthony Taylor
00:34:44Kuyper
00:34:45lovely feet
00:34:46oh decent try as well
00:34:47smart save from Verbruggen
00:34:50lovely footwork from him
00:34:53and he caught it well
00:34:54and he caught it well
00:34:59he's won it back
00:35:00Shesko
00:35:04Ahmad
00:35:09now it's broken to Shesko again
00:35:11a little too intricate from him
00:35:13oh look at that from Fernandes
00:35:15Casemiro
00:35:17KUNYA
00:35:18he has lift off in a Manchester United shirt
00:35:26his first United goal
00:35:29and after 16 for club and country without one
00:35:33that's a big smile
00:35:35from Matthias KUNYA
00:35:37who's enjoying this stage
00:35:39audacious from Fernandes
00:35:42awareness from Casemiro
00:35:44and clinical
00:35:46from KUNYA
00:35:48one touch with the left
00:35:49and look at that
00:35:51inch perfect with the right
00:35:53into that bottom corner
00:35:56since the start of last season
00:35:57Matthias KUNYA scored more goals from outside the box
00:36:01than any other Premier League player
00:36:05that is one clean sheet in 21
00:36:08Premier League games now for Brighton
00:36:10Van Hecker
00:36:11Van Hecker
00:36:13Rieta put under excellent pressure from Shaw
00:36:16Casemiro
00:36:18deflected!
00:36:202-0 Manchester United
00:36:22with a huge slice of luck
00:36:28one back initially by Shaw
00:36:30and then it struck
00:36:34Ayari
00:36:36Casemiro takes the acclaim
00:36:38United 2
00:36:39Brighton 0
00:36:40Brighton
00:36:43his eighth
00:36:44Premier League goal
00:36:46for Manchester United
00:36:50KUNYA
00:36:51Cheshko
00:36:52and Bwemo quickly into KUNYA
00:37:01and he's got Ahmad over here
00:37:04oh he couldn't find either of the two players in the box
00:37:07dunking the way
00:37:11KUNYA try to find Fernandes
00:37:13for Gruggen with the instinctive save
00:37:16they have what the real threat going forward Manchester United
00:37:20left arm did the job
00:37:24Manchester United have kept just one clean sheet all season
00:37:28two in 15 Premier League games
00:37:29that will
00:37:31certainly be a target
00:37:33to keep Brighton at bay
00:37:34van Hecker
00:37:38van Hecker
00:37:42strength again from De Ligt
00:37:44Wifa
00:37:46Natomas cross
00:37:48all the way through
00:37:51and very close
00:37:53to Laman's goal
00:37:55he says he doesn't get a touch
00:37:56the referee agrees
00:37:58he was mighty relieved to see it go wide
00:38:03lovely touch on KUNYA
00:38:04KUNYA
00:38:12no foul by Shaw
00:38:13Cheshko
00:38:15and Bwemo one on one with dunk
00:38:17oh and he's squeezed it home as well
00:38:22his fourth Manchester United goal
00:38:25and that's third of the day
00:38:27and you have to say
00:38:29that that's
00:38:30this scoreline
00:38:31has a realistic look about it
00:38:36now Brighton
00:38:38are furious that that wasn't a foul on Ruta
00:38:41but Omwen
00:38:43and Bwemo
00:38:45through the legs of dunk
00:38:48no chance for Verbruggen
00:38:51this has been checked and cleared by Michael Oliver
00:38:55in VAR
00:38:57the goal stands
00:38:58Manchester United three
00:39:01Brighton nil
00:39:03Fernandes with the interception
00:39:05and Bwemo's free
00:39:07undenied by Verbruggen
00:39:09and again
00:39:11Brighton
00:39:12giving away possession cheaply
00:39:14that's an excellent start from Verbruggen
00:39:17Manchester United's first corner
00:39:19in the 71st minute
00:39:21Fernandes with it
00:39:24well defended by Brighton
00:39:25well defended by Brighton
00:39:26Dorgou
00:39:30Watson with the interception
00:39:32and Minte on the chase
00:39:34and a heavy first touch
00:39:36oh now Dorgou caught him there
00:39:39it's a Brighton free kick
00:39:41clipped his heel
00:39:43the substitute and it's a yellow card
00:39:45for Patrick Dorgou
00:39:47is this a denial of a clear goal scoring opportunity
00:39:52you can argue that Minte had lost control of the ball and the goalkeeper was going to pick it up
00:39:57Brian and Bwemo is the draft excluder
00:40:01behind the wall
00:40:03oh it's a fabulous strike from Welbeck
00:40:07who has another goal against his former club
00:40:12that's his seventh strike since leaving Old Trafford and his fifth back here
00:40:19and he's got Brighton back to 3-1
00:40:22over the wall just under the bar
00:40:25it's a fifth goal in four games
00:40:28for the man who's 35 next month
00:40:31Dorgou scored six goals
00:40:34in the last quarter of an hour of games this season
00:40:37what a strong finish might make it interesting here
00:40:40still Danny Welbeck
00:40:42Kadioglu
00:40:47oh Hammond's had to move quickly
00:40:50and Julie did
00:40:52first strike from Kadioglu
00:40:55nice high for the United goalkeeper
00:40:58seven minutes of added time
00:41:02he looks at the screen
00:41:03it's not exactly the figure he wanted to see
00:41:06well did they ideally
00:41:08Kadioglu
00:41:16he's been allowed to carry the ball a long way there
00:41:20and here's the substitute
00:41:22Kostoulas with the shot which is deflected
00:41:26for a sixth Brighton corner of the game
00:41:29in the 92nd minute
00:41:33James Milner with it
00:41:35oh
00:41:37and they've got one
00:41:41and it is the substitute
00:41:43Kostoulas
00:41:45with his very first Brighton goal
00:41:47in the 92nd minute
00:41:50free header
00:41:52got away from Zertski
00:41:55and the Greece under-21 international
00:41:59powered his header home
00:42:00and there are five more minutes
00:42:04of stoppage time
00:42:06still to play
00:42:08and you can feel the nerves
00:42:09all around Old Trafford
00:42:15Zertski's flick
00:42:17away by Milner
00:42:19Fernandes leaves it
00:42:21and Waymo
00:42:22to make absolutely sure
00:42:29two for him
00:42:31fourth United
00:42:33and three wins in a row
00:42:36well they haven't done it the straight forward way
00:42:38an intake of breath from the United manager
00:42:41but it's a statement win from his side
00:42:45it's four home wins in a row as well
00:42:50and that positivity and momentum
00:42:54is building
00:42:56Manchester United 4
00:42:58Brighton 2
00:43:00Mateus well done
00:43:01another win and your first United goal
00:43:03how does that feel?
00:43:04wow
00:43:05I feel so good to be part of this
00:43:07with Van Gogh
00:43:08my first one here in Old Trafford
00:43:09I dream a lot of this
00:43:11and that's coming
00:43:12but of course I think
00:43:13the configuration is
00:43:14much more important
00:43:15with the win
00:43:16we worked hard
00:43:17we had chances
00:43:18of course they also had chances
00:43:20but I think the main part
00:43:21was after our mistakes
00:43:23we just did two easy mistakes
00:43:24and then it cost energy
00:43:25and this energy
00:43:27we missed a little bit in the end
00:43:29at times you felt you were the architects
00:43:30of your own downfall
00:43:32yeah, exactly
00:43:33this is the club then
00:43:35I've grown up to watch
00:43:37and to be here
00:43:39is a mix of sensations
00:43:40you know
00:43:41to be a fan
00:43:42inside of the pitch now
00:43:43to help them
00:43:44I think it's
00:43:45wow, it's my dream to come true
00:43:47you could say you did it the old
00:43:48Manchester United way today
00:43:49not the straightforward way
00:43:50what were you thinking at 3-2?
00:43:52it was hard
00:43:53but again
00:43:54we had some moments in the past
00:43:56when the spirit was a little bit different
00:43:58we suffered more
00:43:59today we scored the last goal
00:44:01in the last minute
00:44:02because I felt that
00:44:04we can deal with bad moments
00:44:06in a better way than
00:44:08we showed last year
00:44:10and then when you have a different spirit
00:44:12you have a little bit luck
00:44:13so let's continue with that
00:44:15talk a bit about that spirit in a moment
00:44:17but Michael you noticed something
00:44:18and have noticed this
00:44:19in Manchester United's midfield
00:44:21a tactical shift
00:44:23some changes
00:44:24get straight into the tactical side
00:44:25a lot's been said about the midfield too
00:44:27and the pairing
00:44:28and the spaces that they've got to cover
00:44:29over the last year or so really
00:44:30and for me as an ex-midfielder
00:44:32something I'm really interested in
00:44:34of how they get to support and help
00:44:36you can't expect two midfielders
00:44:37against a good team
00:44:38to deal with three and four players
00:44:40so how do you find the solution?
00:44:42they found a solution with
00:44:43the forwards dropping in
00:44:44to support this middle zone
00:44:45that we're showing here
00:44:46to support Bruno and Casemiro
00:44:49they found support with Luke Shaw
00:44:50jumping in on Ruta
00:44:51and staying in there
00:44:52to almost make a three midfield
00:44:55which then in the end
00:44:56it's a numbers game
00:44:57and it's a space game
00:44:58and you've got to fill the right spaces
00:44:59and Bruno, Luke Shaw
00:45:01and Casemiro here
00:45:02filling that middle of the pitch
00:45:03just kept them solid
00:45:05there's no way against the Brighton team
00:45:06you could ask Bruno and Casemiro to do that
00:45:09and the formation was quite fluid
00:45:10and you can see Luke Shaw's almost right midfield here
00:45:14that leaves Cunha to drop in
00:45:15and be responsible
00:45:16and be really disciplined
00:45:17but because of the spaces
00:45:18and he's tucked in
00:45:19or around it
00:45:20even when they got broke at times
00:45:21they were willing to backtrack
00:45:23and fill in fluid
00:45:24and you see Cunha backtracking
00:45:25in the left back position here
00:45:27it summed it up
00:45:28it was such a big shift
00:45:29from Mbwemo, Cunha, Bruno, Casemiro
00:45:32and Luke Shaw
00:45:33to fill the middle of the pitch
00:45:34and again here you see it
00:45:36the release, Chesco presses
00:45:37the goalkeeper
00:45:38you expect Brighton
00:45:39to make a pass or two
00:45:40to break the press
00:45:41Bruno releases
00:45:42Casemiro's in and around
00:45:43Luke Shaw
00:45:44all the way in aggressive
00:45:45with the confidence to win it back
00:45:46and then Casemiro gets it
00:45:48a little bit of luck with the finish
00:45:49but I think they earned that
00:45:50because of the spaces
00:45:51that they closed down
00:45:52and stopped Brighton
00:45:53as the game went on
00:45:54stopped Brighton playing through
00:45:55the next clip we're looking at
00:45:57is a little bit with the ball
00:45:58and again
00:45:59I feel there's something building
00:46:01you know
00:46:02Casemiro holds the middle of the pitch
00:46:03Cunha drifts a little bit
00:46:04when Cunha drifts low
00:46:05Casemiro holds the middle
00:46:06Bruno's got license to drift
00:46:08a little bit higher
00:46:09and Mbwemo drifting off the back
00:46:10of Chesco
00:46:11and there's that fluidity
00:46:13and there's almost that
00:46:14between the three of them
00:46:15when they're getting it
00:46:16they're looking to pass
00:46:17to each other
00:46:18until the final moment
00:46:19and it's a great move
00:46:20and Cezco on the end of it
00:46:21would have been nice to
00:46:22to see him finish the move
00:46:24for such a good move
00:46:25but you can see there's
00:46:26something building
00:46:27and the connection between
00:46:28especially them three
00:46:29and they kind of suit to play
00:46:31different positions
00:46:32around that front line as well
00:46:33and there's a fluidity
00:46:34and they've done both sides
00:46:35of the game fantastically well today
00:46:37Ruben Amarin said the word
00:46:38spirit about four times
00:46:39didn't he
00:46:40in that answer there
00:46:41and clearly there is something
00:46:43that you can't measure
00:46:44isn't there
00:46:45you know we talk a lot about
00:46:46all the statistics
00:46:47the data, the XGs
00:46:48but emotion
00:46:49and you know effort
00:46:50and togetherness
00:46:51and confidence
00:46:52you know it's not tangible
00:46:53but it's visible
00:46:54Yeah I've kind of got a smile
00:46:56on my face
00:46:57because when you get that moment
00:46:58as a footballer
00:46:59and you get a connection
00:47:00with somebody
00:47:01say it's a wavelength
00:47:02and you almost play off instinct
00:47:03and I kind of put it as
00:47:05you almost play with a smile
00:47:06inside because you enjoy
00:47:08playing with each other
00:47:09and it looks like
00:47:10they've found that connection
00:47:11and two of them
00:47:12have just arrived in the summer
00:47:13Bruno's been there
00:47:14for a period of time
00:47:15and listen it's not just
00:47:16them three
00:47:17but it feels that
00:47:18there's something really fun
00:47:20about the way they want to play
00:47:21and there was a lot
00:47:22on the game today
00:47:23you know playing
00:47:24to go three wins
00:47:25after beating Liverpool
00:47:26and everyone going
00:47:27yeah but
00:47:28it's happened before
00:47:29type thing
00:47:30a big game to go again
00:47:31they've lost against Brighton
00:47:32in the past
00:47:33so it was a big game today
00:47:34and I thought they played
00:47:35ever so well
00:47:36Thank you Michael
00:47:37in Sunday's match of the day
00:47:39it's another performance
00:47:42blasted home by Nico Williams
00:47:45another set piece goal for Arsenal
00:47:47total delirium
00:47:49is another part
00:47:50every point
00:47:52dear
00:47:53the main man
00:47:54steps forward again
00:47:56Creechie
00:47:58Screamer from the
00:48:00Bairdly Sponsitude
00:48:02Jack Grealish
00:48:04with his first Everton goal
00:48:06Ben Tecker
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00:48:29where you can also find the goals
00:48:30from every game
00:48:31Fulham had lost their last three
00:48:33ahead of a trip to Newcastle
00:48:35who had the joint-most clean sheets
00:48:37this season
00:48:38along with Arsenal
00:48:39despite winning just twice
00:48:40in eight games
00:48:41Guy Mowbray
00:48:42was at St. James' Park
00:48:46No keeper has kept more
00:48:48Premier League clean sheets
00:48:49than Nick Pope this season
00:48:50but it was his long-throw assist
00:48:52for Harvey Barnes
00:48:53against Benfica on Tuesday
00:48:54that's really got people talking
00:48:56he's doing everything right
00:48:57to get back in the England squad
00:48:59in time for the World Cup
00:49:00one-chain Newcastle
00:49:02Joe Linton
00:49:03replaces Jacob Ramsey
00:49:04amongst six Fulham changes
00:49:06there's a first league start
00:49:07this season
00:49:08for Emil Smith-Rowe
00:49:09he's come on as a sub
00:49:10in all eight games
00:49:11before today
00:49:12but has now got the chance
00:49:13to play his way in to stay
00:49:14it's a big game for him
00:49:16and for Fulham
00:49:17they must end their losing run soon
00:49:22it is Fulham
00:49:23in their change
00:49:24particularly lurid green strip
00:49:27looking to end a run
00:49:29of three successive defeats
00:49:31they last lost four in a row
00:49:32between March and April 2023
00:49:35burn to Gordon
00:49:39Gordon taking on Tete
00:49:41not quite leaving him behind
00:49:42but he is fouled again
00:49:44that's two
00:49:45and it'll be a yellow card
00:49:47for the Fulham number two
00:49:49Tete
00:49:50oh struggling there
00:49:51nowhere near the ball
00:49:54Trippier in
00:49:58Leno stay back
00:49:59and Voltemada
00:50:00oh how did he miss
00:50:01I was about to call a Newcastle goal
00:50:05Voltemada should really be celebrating one
00:50:08I'm sure he'll have another chance today
00:50:10but it might not be as skilt-edged as that one
00:50:12here's Trippier
00:50:14Murphy
00:50:15Murphy
00:50:24Murphy once more
00:50:25can he pull it back
00:50:26oh he's hit the outside of the post
00:50:28it's all Newcastle this
00:50:30it's actually touched by Leno onto the post
00:50:33it might have flashed right across the face that one
00:50:35Marco Silva looks a little worried
00:50:39his team have barely crossed halfway
00:50:42it's a wonder it's 0-0
00:50:44Bassey under pressure
00:50:46and he's lost the ball to Jacob Murphy
00:50:48Murphy has to stay in front and keep his head
00:50:50and he's done both of those things
00:50:52to put Newcastle in front
00:50:54it's an awful mistake from Bassey
00:51:07and he didn't get back at Jacob Murphy quickly enough
00:51:11to truly put him off
00:51:13Murphy could hear him
00:51:14sense that he had to take it on early
00:51:16what a true shot that is
00:51:18Leno got a glove to it
00:51:20but not enough to put it round the post
00:51:23Newcastle United 1
00:51:26Fulham 0
00:51:31Smith throw to Berger
00:51:33Sander Berger's shot parried by Pope
00:51:35Traore
00:51:37he's got the chance now
00:51:38and he's put it wide
00:51:41Sander Berger who's never scored for Fulham
00:51:43this is his 46th game for them
00:51:46and he draws the save from Pope
00:51:48he didn't get it away to
00:51:50where he would have wanted it to go
00:51:52but he didn't need to trouble himself by saving Traore's shot
00:51:5798 years young
00:51:59Don Williamson
00:52:01amongst the Newcastle United supporters today
00:52:03he's got a press box seat for this one
00:52:0580 years since his first match in 1945
00:52:09and I tell you what at 98
00:52:11was sharper than most half his age
00:52:14then he had the honour of meeting him
00:52:16pre-match
00:52:17or was it the other way round
00:52:19Alan Shearer had the honour of meeting Don
00:52:24Bruno Guimaraj
00:52:25here's Joe Linton
00:52:27Gordon
00:52:29through for Jacob Murphy who is through on goal again
00:52:33can he do it again?
00:52:34no
00:52:36Leno got more on it this time
00:52:40Sessegnon
00:52:41not able to get close to him
00:52:43Bassey nowhere near him
00:52:45but Leno
00:52:46made sure he did
00:52:47well the only thing he could possibly do
00:52:49just try and make the target small
00:52:51there's a Fulham change for the start of the second half
00:52:55with record signing Kevin coming on
00:52:57Emil Smith Rowe has made way
00:53:07on the ball moving forward with it
00:53:09they've looked okay
00:53:11putting the ball in the net
00:53:12not so good
00:53:14Kevin
00:53:16that's a good one
00:53:17big chance
00:53:18oh it's off the bar
00:53:19Lukic follows up
00:53:20and now it's in
00:53:21and Fulham are level
00:53:26Kevin made it happen
00:53:28it's one hack of a cross
00:53:29Raul Jiménez was on the end of it
00:53:32combination of
00:53:33tope and
00:53:34frame of the goal kept him out
00:53:37but Lukic followed in
00:53:39and risked injury in doing so
00:53:41he'll ignore the cuts
00:53:43he's made it 1-1 at St James' Park
00:53:46both players now need patching up
00:53:50there are going to be three Newcastle United substitutions
00:53:53directly after that goal
00:53:56Fabian Scherr is going to come on
00:53:58that will be for Sven Botman
00:54:00Sasha Lukic has been
00:54:03treated and is okay to go again
00:54:10awkwardly comes off Lukic for Joa Linton
00:54:12now here's Gordon
00:54:14Gordon against Tete
00:54:16it worked in the early moments of the game
00:54:18Tete got a booking but
00:54:19I don't think Newcastle have given it to Gordon
00:54:21to attack the full back often enough since then
00:54:25Valtemada
00:54:27Gordon
00:54:28Bruno Guimaraj
00:54:29oh it had to be
00:54:33well Newcastle really ought to have very quickly
00:54:35re-established their lead
00:54:37Valtemada and Gordon couldn't have done any more
00:54:40it's going to be a free kick for Newcastle
00:54:46it's going to be a free kick for Newcastle
00:54:48no it's not
00:54:49play goes on
00:54:50Bruno Guimaraj
00:54:51thought he'd been sent flying
00:54:53Scherr hasn't got it properly away
00:54:55here's Kevin
00:54:56now it's Raul Jiménez
00:54:58and he brings the save from Pote
00:55:01with Newcastle fans furious that they
00:55:04didn't get a free kick and Fulham were allowed to come back at them
00:55:07Tonali
00:55:12Ilanga
00:55:18Bruno Guimaraj
00:55:20Sander Berger makes sure he doesn't get a side of goal
00:55:24Ilanga to Trippier
00:55:26it's over Leno
00:55:28coming in at the back with Joe Linton
00:55:30but ignore those cheers
00:55:31he's hit the side of the goal
00:55:32great leap by Joe Linton
00:55:36you know what
00:55:38maybe he ought to have hit the target
00:55:43Trippier
00:55:45Ilanga
00:55:47Valtemada strong to hold off the challenge of by Bruno Guimaraj
00:55:51he had to work too
00:55:52and now Tonali gets in behind the Fulham defenders
00:55:55Tonali it's parried by Leno
00:55:58it's Barnes now
00:55:59and booted away by Berger
00:56:05Tonali onside he has a look into the middle
00:56:08it was goal bound
00:56:14Sessegnon
00:56:16loses out to Ilanga and now it's Osula
00:56:18Bruno Guimaraj and Anthony Ilanga are with him
00:56:21Osula has he got the chance he has
00:56:23the chance he has
00:56:24and it's going to come out with a chance to score the winner
00:56:27Bruno Guimaraj
00:56:30plants it in
00:56:35the pressure pays
00:56:39the ball was lost by Calvin Bassey
00:56:42two Newcastle goals coming from his errors
00:56:46Osula's shot saved by Leno but
00:56:49he will know that
00:56:52on another day
00:56:54he would have got that out to a safe place
00:56:56all he could do today
00:56:58was pop it straight out into the path of the incoming Bruno Guimaraj
00:57:03and it's Newcastle United 2 Fulham 1
00:57:07it was end to end I thought it was a really really
00:57:11attacking performance from both teams
00:57:13both teams were going for the win
00:57:15we're delighted to get it ourselves
00:57:17I thought it was a really good last 20 minutes from us
00:57:19I thought we were relentless in our pursuit to try and win
00:57:22and then eventually one of those chances fell for us
00:57:25the beginning of the second half again
00:57:27very good reaction from us
00:57:29and we equalized the game
00:57:31we had a good chance with Raul after to score the 2-1
00:57:33we cannot make mistakes like we did and we were punished by that
00:57:36I was ready for the rebound like Sheera
00:57:38a beautiful goal
00:57:40a beautiful goal in front of the Gallo Gate
00:57:42yes, a very good moment
00:57:44even when he's not here
00:57:46he gets a mention
00:57:48a very different kind of striker in Nick Valtomada
00:57:50and you want to talk a bit about the evolution of this Newcastle side
00:57:54with him in it
00:57:56it's a small change but it was a big change at the time
00:57:58you know, Azak leaving and Valtomada coming in
00:58:00it actually suits the players around him in some ways
00:58:03because you see he wants to come to feet Valtomada
00:58:05but there is a clear difference
00:58:07Newcastle breaking the midfielder
00:58:09Azak would definitely want to run in behind
00:58:11so there's a tweak in terms of the service
00:58:13they know that he wants to come to feet
00:58:15that then leaves space for players to run in behind
00:58:17that's the wide man to get 1v1 in wide areas
00:58:21but it gives an added responsibility for the other midfielders
00:58:25the other 8th or the opposite winger to make the box
00:58:28and you see that Valtomada can't link the player and make the box
00:58:31but actually Newcastle have got players that want to run past him
00:58:34and run into the box
00:58:36you see they've just won the ball back here
00:58:38the 4-5-1 set up, regained the ball
00:58:40and you see there's a V with the two wide men
00:58:42and Valtomada at the moment is top of that V
00:58:44all of a sudden they start linking
00:58:45he's the one that's deeper now
00:58:48and you see Murphy and Gordon now starting to link
00:58:50Bassi wants to get attracted to Valtomada
00:58:52because he thinks I need to go tight
00:58:54but that leaves the space in behind
00:58:56and it's something that worked all day long Newcastle
00:58:58sometimes it was the wide man that hit that space
00:59:01big opportunity to go 2-0
00:59:03sometimes it was one of the midfielders
00:59:05and as the game moved on with Tonali, Joe Linton
00:59:09running into them spaces, Bruno then attacking them spaces
00:59:12you see here Tonali running past Valtomada again
00:59:16linking one and two touches
00:59:18fill that space that he's left
00:59:20Bassi had gone tight again
00:59:22Tonali getting in behind
00:59:24it was something all afternoon in different ways that they worked
00:59:26leaves a big responsibility again for the opposite wide man to get in the box
00:59:30for the midfielder to fill the box
00:59:32exactly the same principle but this time Valtomada and Bassi has gone away from goal
00:59:36which leaves the big hole in the middle of the goal
00:59:38again Valtomada links, opposite wide man, midfielder in the box
00:59:41Bruno could have scored, big big chance
00:59:44and then Eddie's just touched on it about finishing strong
00:59:47the finish with big energy
00:59:49Asula, Tonali
00:59:51Alanga coming on the pitch
00:59:53Bruno making it in the last minute of the game
00:59:55making the box still
00:59:57transition this time but still in the box
00:59:59Tonali might have got the tap in
01:00:01it just highlighted
01:00:03for me there's a tweak at the top end of the pitch
01:00:06because they haven't got the number 9 that runs in behind
01:00:08but actually if anything it enhances everybody else's strengths
01:00:12because the 8s want to run, the wingers want to run
01:00:14and Valtomada by coming short to Lincoln
01:00:16leaves a lot of space to do that
01:00:17and it's a big problem to defend
01:00:19it's not easy and they've got the results and they've got the rewards for it rather
01:00:22Thank you
01:00:24Time for last night's action now
01:00:26West Ham was still waiting for a first win under Nuno Espirito Santo
01:00:29they faced Leeds and Alistair Mann was at Elland Road
01:00:32Leeds United remove seven points ahead of West Ham with a victory tonight
01:00:39a significant psychological boost in their final home game before the international break
01:00:45and the host made four changes to the side which lost to Burnley
01:00:49including Lucas Perry in goal for the first time since August
01:00:53Defender Yaka Biol makes his Premier League debut
01:00:55the return of wing-backs Diouf and Juan Bissaka are the alterations for Nuno Espirito Santo
01:01:03as he seeks the winning formula
01:01:05Crescencio Somerville makes his first appearance against Leeds since leaving 14 months ago
01:01:14West Ham have lost just one of the last seven meetings with Leeds
01:01:17and they've not been beaten at Elland Road since 2005
01:01:24Rampardieu
01:01:28Longstaff
01:01:30Aronson
01:01:31now Bogle
01:01:33Bogle's ball in
01:01:35and Okafor's head up
01:01:37great save and then turned in by Aronson
01:01:38well the first attempt on target of the match is saved by Aronson
01:01:41well the first attempt on target of the match is saved by Aronson
01:01:46but the follow-up gets smashed in by Aronson
01:01:50well they work it to a gap on this side and Bogle's cross is beautifully crafted
01:01:57the marking all over the place
01:02:00and Okafor's head up parried by Aronson the swiftest to reply
01:02:06Somerville trying to have his first involvement
01:02:16oh and that's a brilliant attempt from Bowen
01:02:22and Lucas Parry couldn't hold on to it such was the venom in the shot
01:02:27stunning effort from Bowen
01:02:29and the reaction save from the goalkeeper
01:02:34did well to parry it away at the second attempt
01:02:39Okafor
01:02:41nice touch
01:02:42Goodmanson
01:02:44took a deflection, that'll be a corner
01:02:47West Ham's frailties from defending set pieces well known throughout the division
01:02:53Leeds looking to exploit that frailty now
01:02:58and they are doing it and Roden meets it on the forehead
01:03:04and West Ham are two behind
01:03:06well it's just an awful goal to concede
01:03:13there's so much wrong with West Ham's defending there
01:03:15but their frustration is in marked contrast to the unbridled joy around Ellen Road
01:03:23Leeds two
01:03:25West Ham nil
01:03:26last weekend Leeds had four times as many attempts as Burnley
01:03:34didn't take any of them and lost 2-0
01:03:37they've not been as errant this time around
01:03:41Bowen
01:03:43it's a good run
01:03:45it's a very good run
01:03:47little touch from Paquetar
01:03:50and it'll reach Paquetar
01:03:52and Paquetar will bring West Ham back into the game
01:03:57well the flag has just gone up
01:03:59it was a belated flag
01:04:02well naturally VAR will check that the flag was correct
01:04:06the Leeds players were in sense that the offside flag hadn't gone up anyway
01:04:11well that suggests that he's offside
01:04:14and it won't stand
01:04:17and Paquetar's celebration
01:04:21comes to an end
01:04:27well when he locks out
01:04:29it is well and truly out
01:04:35here's Bowen
01:04:41it's a good ball
01:04:42the sour check got there
01:04:44and his reaction tells you that he believes he ought to have done better having done so
01:04:49it's a great ball in and Salcek gets above Roden
01:04:53but puts his header beyond the post
01:04:56Aaronson
01:05:01gets past two challenges
01:05:04and then goes right down the middle
01:05:07and now what's the pass at the end going to be like?
01:05:09well he's going to have a go himself and he's hit the top of the bar
01:05:13took a deflection on the way through
01:05:14well he just kept on going, ran right down the middle
01:05:20and Paquetar wasn't catching him, Salcek wasn't catching him
01:05:25and it comes off Kilman and it's the top of the bar
01:05:27and Paquetar
01:05:30and Paquetar
01:05:32Beall too short
01:05:34Wan-Bissaka picks him off
01:05:35Bowen
01:05:37Wan-Bissaka
01:05:39Wilson went for the flick, it was a clever idea
01:05:41and he didn't get enough on it
01:05:44well they've
01:05:46lost every home game
01:05:48not done that much on their travels
01:05:50but supporters are
01:05:52still making
01:05:54lengthy journeys
01:05:55even on a Friday night
01:05:56and probably questioning their sanity for doing so
01:06:01Walker-Peters
01:06:03Bowen
01:06:05a little glance on goes in from Fernandes
01:06:11West Hamer back in it
01:06:14very late on
01:06:18Bowen's ball, Fernandes flick
01:06:202-1
01:06:23and it will be nothing more than consolation
01:06:26and it won't feel like that at all
01:06:29you need to win many points at home
01:06:31and we knew that we lost a bit of the momentum
01:06:34not in terms of performance but in terms of points
01:06:37and it was important to win this momentum back with this win today
01:06:41and for that our supporters and the Lats deserve to celebrate this weekend a little bit
01:06:46Nuno, how would you describe the way your team started this evening?
01:06:51Bad, very very bad
01:06:53How do you repair the players from that?
01:06:56Insisting, insisting and trying to find solutions
01:06:58there's a lack of
01:07:01focus, commitment
01:07:02in the duels
01:07:04football is aggressive
01:07:05and we need contact
01:07:07and we are not doing the basic things
01:07:09when we are defending
01:07:10I promise you and I promise everybody that is listening
01:07:12we're not going to give up
01:07:14we will insist
01:07:16and we will improve
01:07:18Well they might be on last but this will cheer up Leeds fans
01:07:20because every promoted team in the last 10 years
01:07:22who's got to 11 points after 10 games
01:07:24has stayed up
01:07:25and they're only on 9 games
01:07:26and it was a great result
01:07:28back to winning ways at home
01:07:29Daniel Farke
01:07:30setting them up
01:07:31perfectly to exploit West Ham's weaknesses
01:07:33Ashley
01:07:34Yep, come out of the traps really fast
01:07:35Leeds at home
01:07:36with their support behind them
01:07:37you thought they would do
01:07:39assisted by West Ham's lack of pressure on the ball
01:07:41with Ethan Ampadu
01:07:43in midfield
01:07:44you can see how much space he's got
01:07:46as he drives at West Ham
01:07:47there's no pressure there
01:07:49Aronson then gets on the ball
01:07:51we just highlight Dioff
01:07:52doesn't stop the cross
01:07:53well enough
01:07:55should be close at
01:07:56it's right at the start of the game as well
01:07:57Scarles at the back
01:07:59and Okafor
01:08:00doesn't defend the back post at all
01:08:02and then none of the defence react
01:08:04it's a really poor goal from West Ham's point of view
01:08:06but Leeds will be over the moon with that start
01:08:09Joe Roden scores for Wiles in his last game
01:08:12for a header
01:08:14and as you can see here as we break it down
01:08:15it's Tadibo in the middle zone in the 6 yard box
01:08:18just gets attracted to the ball and dominant Calvert-Lewin
01:08:20when actually if he'd have stayed where he's supposed to be
01:08:24he's in a better position to head that out
01:08:25but as it is
01:08:27he gets attracted to the ball
01:08:28and Joe Roden's got a free header
01:08:30middle of the 6 yard box
01:08:32great header from him
01:08:33a brilliant result for Leeds
01:08:35Now we know how Nuno Espirito Santo played with Nottingham Forest
01:08:39and he had the speed of Alanga and Hudson-Odoi
01:08:42and still no wins in 4 for him
01:08:43so we had a look at that
01:08:45who were their fastest players West Ham
01:08:46and this season they're both centre-backs
01:08:49do they have the players to play Nuno Ball?
01:08:52Well actually it's interesting because if you take away the perspective of the league position at the moment
01:08:58if you give me that front 4 of Wilson, Paquatar, Somerville and Bowen
01:09:03I'd say that is a dangerous, really dangerous front 4
01:09:06there's a lot to put the team together to go with that
01:09:10but as a front 4 I think there's a real threat in there and dribblers and ball carriers
01:09:13OK, let's have a look at the table then
01:09:16and Sunderland are second after their win at Stamford Bridge
01:09:19Manchester United enter the top 4 for the first time this season
01:09:21Liverpool defending champions 4 points off the pace in 6
01:09:24at the bottom, Newcastle are up to 11th
01:09:26Leeds move into 15th
01:09:28West Ham stay in the bottom 3 and are still seeking a first win under Nuno
01:09:32so Sunderland up to 2nd, great day for Regis
01:09:35nice one Cyril, goodnight
01:09:36Goodnight
01:09:37Goodnight
01:09:38Get out of here
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