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00:00:00Formula, Rhys James makes his 200th appearance for Chelsea, Trevor Chalabar is back from suspension,

00:00:06Andre Santos and Romeo Lavia also start, Enzo Fernandes is injured, Moises Caicedo on the bench.

00:00:15And prior to kick off, the players take a knee, reiterating the message, there should be no room

00:00:20for racism or prejudice of any sort in football or anywhere else.

00:00:25Chelsea looking to win here at the City ground for the third season in a row, this is where

00:00:33they secured Champions League qualification at the back end of last season, but it's been

00:00:38given away by Malagusto and Awanyi, has a first sighting of goal on his return to action for

00:00:45the first time since the end of last season.

00:00:49Chelsea causing problems for themselves here.

00:00:52Ange Postokoglu, the 8th permanent manager under Evangelos Maranakis.

00:01:02It's poor from Chalabar, Awanyi, now Gibbs-White, bursting clear of Lavia, nicely done, Elliot

00:01:10Anderson, Forrest threatening for a moment here, and it all came from that poor pass as Chelsea

00:01:16conceded possession, that it'll check back, and the stumble.

00:01:24Well, Enzo Maresco forced to take a seat in the stand today, following his red card against

00:01:29Liverpool, two yellows, the second of which you may remember his exuberant celebration on

00:01:33the touchline.

00:01:34Got away from Romeo Lavia, here's Morgan Gibbs-White, and it's wide, and it's at least the third

00:01:45time, if not more, that Chelsea have given the ball away inside their own half of the field,

00:01:50and Gibbs-White, unable to hit the target, an unexpected opportunity, spurned.

00:02:01The bounce beats Adjampong, Awanyi's there, it's Douglas-Louise, Gibbs-White!

00:02:08Forrest are knocking on the door.

00:02:12Gibbs-White was really stretching to try and get there.

00:02:15And there's the thoughtful face of the Nottingham Forest owner, Evangelos Maranakis.

00:02:26A penny for his thoughts.

00:02:31Jean-Pedro, lovely little bit of skill in towards Andre Santos, who is sending it just wide.

00:02:39Chelsea suddenly creating something out of seemingly nothing, and Forrest survive.

00:02:50Jean-Pedro, two Brazilian strikers going at it, and Jean-Pedro going to ground, and Chelsea

00:02:58with a free kick.

00:02:59Early second-half pressure here from Chelsea.

00:03:07Grace James whips it in.

00:03:10Heather away by Gibbs-White, collected by Malagusto.

00:03:18Neto is going to have a run at Nico Williams here, and it was worth it.

00:03:22Adjampong, 1-0 Chelsea, unmarked, clear header.

00:03:28Great chance, fine goal.

00:03:32Josh Adjampong scores his first goal for the club.

00:03:36What a moment for the 19-year-old.

00:03:38Well, Chelsea made three changes at the break.

00:03:40They've been brighter already in the opening exchanges at the second period, and here Adjampong.

00:03:45Right place, right time.

00:03:48The cross was delightful from Pedro Neto, right on his head.

00:03:54It's Nottingham Forest, 0-0 Chelsea, 1.

00:04:00And here comes Chelsea again with Gusto into João Pedro, up to Marc Guil.

00:04:06They get a free kick as well for that one on the edge of the box.

00:04:09Dangerous times here for Forest.

00:04:13And it's a foul by Morato, who has already gone in the referee's book in the first half.

00:04:26Sells on the balls of his feet.

00:04:28Oh, and it's two!

00:04:32And in the blink of an eye, Chelsea open up, real daylight, Pedro Neto.

00:04:39And it's all unravelled for Nottingham Forest in the opening six minutes of the second half.

00:04:45Pedro Neto scores in front of the travelling fans, Forest are shell-shocked.

00:04:51There, through the hole in the wall.

00:04:54Big gap, and it's a big goal.

00:04:58The first cries of Sakt in the morning heading towards the touchline,

00:05:03coming from the Chelsea fans.

00:05:05Here's Milenkovich.

00:05:08He was caught by Malagusto.

00:05:13He'll get a card.

00:05:16That's actually a beat there for Malagusto.

00:05:23Sangare losing out to João Pedro.

00:05:26Chelsea threatening again.

00:05:29João Pedro close.

00:05:30As Chelsea seek to put this game way beyond reach.

00:05:38Forest just looking for a spark to bring them back in the game.

00:05:41Anderson across.

00:05:42Williams going for it.

00:05:43And really good defensive work in support of his colleagues there from Jamie Gittins.

00:05:49Zinchenko across.

00:05:59Oh, what a chance that was for Williams.

00:06:02Big moment there.

00:06:05Forest and he really needed that to go in.

00:06:09Milenkovich.

00:06:10Here's Williams.

00:06:14No way past Kukurea.

00:06:15Corner.

00:06:25By the head of Milenkovich.

00:06:27Saved by Sanchez.

00:06:31Forest threatening here.

00:06:32Sanchez able to flick it over with his fingertips.

00:06:41Well, Evangelo Samarinakis hasn't been in his seat for over five minutes now.

00:06:47Has he seen enough?

00:06:47One back by Murilo Sangare.

00:06:56Here's Anderson.

00:06:58Now Hudson-Odoi.

00:07:05Hudson-Odoi.

00:07:06He goes, Jesus!

00:07:07How did that not go in?

00:07:08An extraordinary moment.

00:07:14The delivery from Callum Hudson-Odoi.

00:07:18And the effort from Igor Jesus there, hitting the crossbar and the post.

00:07:28Rhys James.

00:07:29Guillou.

00:07:31Anderson challenged by Kukurea.

00:07:33Here's Esteval.

00:07:35Corner.

00:07:35Tell you what, it wasn't that far away from 3-0.

00:07:44Esteval to take it.

00:07:47Right under the goalkeepers.

00:07:49No!

00:07:49It's 3-0, Rhys James.

00:07:53Marks his 200th appearance for Chelsea.

00:07:56With a goal that seals the deal at the city ground.

00:07:59Three goals for Chelsea.

00:08:01Three points.

00:08:02Ange Postacoglu and Nottingham Forest.

00:08:05Empty-handed again.

00:08:08And thousands of people immediately make for the exits.

00:08:17It was a terrific looking corner.

00:08:19From Esteval.

00:08:20Punched away by Sells.

00:08:23It was a lovely finish from Rhys James.

00:08:26Charles Pedro forward looking for Esteval when it's collected by Sells.

00:08:36And a foul there on Nico Williams by Malagusto.

00:08:39And he's already been booked earlier in the match.

00:08:44So that means that Chelsea will finish the game with 10.

00:08:47He knew it straight away.

00:08:49Malagusto sent off for Chelsea.

00:08:51That should do it.

00:09:00The mood darkens.

00:09:02The booze grow louder in Nottingham.

00:09:04It's an excellent away win for Chelsea.

00:09:07But for Ange Postacoglu, things don't look great less than six weeks after taking the job.

00:09:14And 21 minutes later, a 39-day tenure was ended with a 39-word statement from the club.

00:09:23Big Ange was gone.

00:09:2739 days is not very long.

00:09:28You must have hardly got to know Ange Postacoglu, really.

00:09:33No, not really.

00:09:33But that's the nature of football.

00:09:36You know, results haven't been good enough.

00:09:39Us as players have to take massive responsibility.

00:09:42And, you know, collectively as a group, we need to do more.

00:09:46You know, we have to look at ourselves in the mirror.

00:09:48We have to get on the training pitch.

00:09:50We have to look for them.

00:09:51Then 1%, it's fine margins.

00:09:53And, yeah, we need to give absolutely everything we owe it to the fans to put in a really good performance on Thursday.

00:09:57But it's a tough game, isn't it, at the top level.

00:09:59An excellent result for you.

00:10:01But today the Forest manager has lost his job.

00:10:05Yeah, they just said me.

00:10:08Unfortunately, it's our job.

00:10:10It's business where you need to win games in case you don't win games.

00:10:14The consequence is for all of us exactly the same.

00:10:18So, Ange Postacoglu, 39 days, puts him second officially on the shortest managerial reigns in Premier League history.

00:10:24But Sam Allardyce, if you remember, was brought in to manage Leeds to the end of the season.

00:10:29So, if you're looking at a permanent appointment, you could argue that it is the shortest of all time.

00:10:33Michael, was it inevitable today?

00:10:35Yeah, I think it was in terms of the owner and his standards for the club.

00:10:40Remember last season, he thought he was going to get Champions League.

00:10:42Didn't work out.

00:10:43They got into Europe.

00:10:45Wasn't good enough.

00:10:46Obviously, Nuno gets sacked after that.

00:10:49But in terms of football, five games, 39 days in the Premier League and he's getting sacked.

00:10:57It's just ridiculous to me.

00:10:59I don't know where we're going as football.

00:11:01I understand the results have not been great.

00:11:04But in terms of a manager trying to get his philosophy over, we knew with Nuno there was a defensive style team.

00:11:11Now, we know Ange likes to play on the front foot.

00:11:12And we always talk about giving managers time to put their input on what the team wants to do.

00:11:20And for them to get five games in the Premier League, for me, I just...

00:11:23With an international break in the middle of all of that, in terms of getting to know your players, do you have some sympathy for him?

00:11:27Yeah, absolutely.

00:11:27You do have sympathy for him, yeah.

00:11:29I mean, the owner has to accept his share of the blame.

00:11:32He went out and chose this particular manager knowing that he had a completely different system to what the previous manager had got.

00:11:40But five Premier League games, you absolutely have sympathy for him.

00:11:44But the names...

00:11:45Mareska said it, didn't he?

00:11:46You know the rules in football.

00:11:48If you don't get results immediately, unfortunately, you're going to lose your job.

00:11:52And the names in the frame, Sean Dyche, Mancini, Rafa Benitez.

00:11:58You know, some people might say, well, why would you want to go there and work under that regime?

00:12:02It's so uncertain.

00:12:03The queue will be a mile long.

00:12:05It's a huge football club.

00:12:06There's only 20 jobs available in the Premier League.

00:12:09Everyone wants to come in the Premier League.

00:12:11And I'm pretty sure the owner already would have spoken to at least five or six of those big names.

00:12:17OK, well, let's talk about what happened in the match.

00:12:19Because in the first half, actually, Forrest had quite a few good chances.

00:12:22And it took Mareska to make some changes for Chelsea to get to Flurry.

00:12:25Yeah, it didn't work for them at all.

00:12:27I mean, Forrest had some really, really good chances.

00:12:29Didn't take them.

00:12:29We're all sat thinking we all know what's going to happen.

00:12:31And particularly in forward positions, it didn't work for Chelsea.

00:12:34Got Santos and Pedro there.

00:12:36Pedro was the nine.

00:12:38But on these occasions, he actually came short into those positions.

00:12:43And the only time it worked was the last minute of the first half.

00:12:46Didn't work here at all.

00:12:48They weren't linking up well at all.

00:12:51And the managers obviously look and think, I'm going to change it.

00:12:53This is the one occasion in the first half it did.

00:12:56Pedro goes short.

00:12:57Santos goes in behind.

00:12:59That was their best chance.

00:13:01Probably their only chance in the first half.

00:13:02And he thought, you know what, it's not working, I've got to change it.

00:13:05So not only did he bring Gittins and Caicedo on, so it had a bit of solidity in, particularly in the midfield.

00:13:11He brought Guiu on.

00:13:12And you can see the difference now there.

00:13:14Pedro's now playing predominantly in the 10-10 role.

00:13:18Guiu's in the centre-four and he's running in behind.

00:13:20And all of a sudden, it changes.

00:13:21They're now playing on the front foot.

00:13:24They're now getting chances in the final third.

00:13:26But that turns into a free kick, which they then get the, it turns out they get the goal from it.

00:13:31Similar thing again, look, Guiu's coming short for that ball, but he's actually asking the question in behind.

00:13:36It's such a clever run.

00:13:38He doesn't get it the first time, but you can see, again, look, that way ends up.

00:13:42Again, making it difficult for the Forrester fence.

00:13:45And they're having to think again all the same.

00:13:47Now, just watch this, how it works.

00:13:49You can see Pedro knows exactly where he is.

00:13:51OK, he chooses not to play him on that occasion, but he then gets the ball back.

00:13:56And again, that's a clever ball and a pass.

00:13:58They work it well.

00:13:59They get the free kick and they score again from the free kick.

00:14:02It's well worked from James and from Neto.

00:14:05But Chelsea, I think, were without doubt much, much better for those changes at half-time.

00:14:10More on the front foot and created certainly more chances.

00:14:13And as we've spoken about, we know what happened after that.

00:14:15Yeah, and they did have chances in the first half.

00:14:17And obviously, Maranakis had seen exactly everything he wanted to see there.

00:14:21I think Yates says it in his interview, I think it's a collective for Forrest.

00:14:25And they did have a lot of chances in that first half.

00:14:28And that was a difference in the end.

00:14:30It was quality.

00:14:31Another result now doesn't look great for Forrest.

00:14:33But if you actually watched the game, if they would have took a few of those chances,

00:14:36it could have been a different outcome.

00:14:38And so many new players brought in over the summer, obviously.

00:14:41And then Nuno leaves.

00:14:43And then, obviously, as you said, there's not very much time for anything.

00:14:45And then a new manager's going to come in and have to work with those players

00:14:48and try and get the team to be cohesive.

00:14:51It feels, doesn't it, almost counterproductive.

00:14:54Especially when it's a different style.

00:14:55We know that it's a completely different style to what Nuno had.

00:14:59Now, I know the results at the end of last season didn't go as well as they wanted.

00:15:04But it's a completely different style.

00:15:06A lot of those players were brought in for that particular system

00:15:09and worked and loved that system.

00:15:12It was always going to take time to change.

00:15:14But we know you haven't got that.

00:15:16But still, five games is crazy.

00:15:18Well, it moves fast, doesn't it?

00:15:19Who knows what the next 24 hours is going to bring there.

00:15:21OK, well, both meetings between Crystal Palace and Bournemouth

00:15:24finished goalless last season.

00:15:26Fingers crossed, everyone.

00:15:27Your commentator is Robin Cowan.

00:15:31Recent meetings might not have lived long in the memory between these two.

00:15:35But they're both on course for unforgettable seasons.

00:15:37Palace's club record 19-match unbeaten run was ended by Everton

00:15:42before the international break.

00:15:44But Oliver Glasner goes with the same team that lost on Merseyside.

00:15:47Jean-Philippe Mateta scored on his full international debut for France

00:15:51over the break, proving the doubters, including allegedly,

00:15:54a few of his former teammates, wrong.

00:15:56Former Zantoine Semenyo also had something to celebrate,

00:15:59helping Ghana to qualify for the World Cup.

00:16:01He's been involved in nine goals in seven appearances this season for the Cherries.

00:16:05David Brooks and Evan Nielsen are out injured.

00:16:07It's three changes from the victory over Fulham.

00:16:10First Premier League starts for Eli Kruppi and Alex Jimenez.

00:16:13Justin Kluivert also comes in.

00:16:17The form of the 1-4 of their last six Premier League games,

00:16:21but it's just two wins in their last nine away from home.

00:16:25Only defeat this season, opening day at Anfield.

00:16:28Kluivert's corner towards the near post.

00:16:46It's another chance here, swung up towards the middle,

00:16:49well defended by Gay.

00:16:51Sarr is down for Crystal Palace.

00:16:54Wicked one from Kluivert, and it's Helton at the back post.

00:17:10Eli Kruppi!

00:17:19Stung Selhurst Park!

00:17:24Well, Kruppi just had to help her over the line a couple of inches out,

00:17:27but he was totally on track there

00:17:30on his first start in the Premier League.

00:17:33Just 19 years old.

00:17:38Already his second goal for Bournemouth.

00:17:42Here's Pino.

00:17:47Meteta!

00:17:53He's got to be hitting the target, really, those opportunities.

00:17:55Well, it's been a good response.

00:17:59Nothing to show for it so far.

00:18:05Semenyo bursting forward.

00:18:08Getting away from Richards.

00:18:10Gay's clearance isn't enough.

00:18:12And it's another for Bournemouth,

00:18:14and it's another for Eli Kruppi!

00:18:16A devastating break.

00:18:21The Semenyo centre wasn't really dealt with by Gay.

00:18:27Could he have turned it behind for a corner?

00:18:29Either way, he's presented it straight to Kruppi,

00:18:32who was in the right place,

00:18:33and showed real composure

00:18:35to slam it past Henderson.

00:18:38Take something special from Palace,

00:18:40or a big collapse from Bournemouth

00:18:42to change the outcome of the points.

00:18:47No foul on Scott.

00:18:49Sarr, that will be one.

00:18:51Seneci, mistimed.

00:18:57Yellow card for Marcos Seneci.

00:19:01Oh, was it a denial of a goal-scoring opportunity?

00:19:05They are recommending that Jared Gillett goes to the screen.

00:19:15Did catch him with the studs.

00:19:18A nervous wait for Marcos Seneci.

00:19:26Let's see what Jared Gillett has to say.

00:19:28After a view, the original decision of yellow card to number five stands.

00:19:40The player is moving slightly wide, and there is a covering defender.

00:19:44Well, Jared Gillett has stuck by his decision.

00:19:48We don't see that very often, but happy that this is far enough from goal

00:19:54that that shouldn't warrant a red card.

00:19:57Lacroix, Mateta.

00:20:05Mateta.

00:20:07Finds Sartre.

00:20:09Munoz.

00:20:10Mateta!

00:20:11A brilliant goal for Palace.

00:20:17It's been ruled out.

00:20:21There was an offside during this move somewhere.

00:20:27It's another very long check.

00:20:28And Jean-Philippe Mateta has put Palace back in the game.

00:20:42So, this changes the mood somewhat.

00:20:45Oh, Marcel, road ends are roaring.

00:20:56Kamada.

00:20:57Munoz!

00:20:58Mateta!

00:21:05Total delirium at Selhurst Park.

00:21:07It's another tremendously worked goal from Palace.

00:21:13He's missed a few today, but he's taken two brilliantly.

00:21:19What a week.

00:21:24Bournemouth have been on the back foot ever since they conceded that first goal.

00:21:29But...

00:21:29Promising move forward here.

00:21:32Tavania!

00:21:34It's put away by Ryan Christie!

00:21:37Two minutes of the 90 remaining!

00:21:44Lovely move down the left.

00:21:48Tavania!

00:21:50With the pullback.

00:21:53And the fresh legs of Ryan Christie.

00:21:56Got himself into a perfect position

00:21:58to potentially score the winner here.

00:22:01Richards.

00:22:07Bouncing ball.

00:22:08Deflected.

00:22:08Away for a corner.

00:22:09Here we go.

00:22:17It's dropping.

00:22:18Where is it dropping?

00:22:20Richards.

00:22:21Lacroix.

00:22:22Another big deflection.

00:22:25Another corner.

00:22:31Here we go again.

00:22:31High looping.

00:22:32Wrestling match in the box.

00:22:35Oh, it's a penalty!

00:22:38Gay went down.

00:22:42It's being looked at.

00:22:45But Jared Gillette had a good view of this.

00:22:48Be surprised if he changed his mind here.

00:22:50One more chapter to this match.

00:23:04Mateta!

00:23:11Cool as you like.

00:23:14Mateta takes home the match ball.

00:23:16Tannis wants to win this.

00:23:21Sent forward by Henderson.

00:23:23Mateta wins the header.

00:23:25And Ketia!

00:23:26Mateta!

00:23:31Oh!

00:23:32We are all Oliver Glasner now.

00:23:36Chance for the winner.

00:23:38He's snatched at that.

00:23:41What entertainment.

00:23:42These two have served up this afternoon.

00:23:47I cannot be happy.

00:23:48I'm not pleased.

00:23:49I'm upset.

00:23:50I'm angry.

00:23:50As you want.

00:23:51Because the call we've received in the 96 minute.

00:23:54Yes, I cannot accept it.

00:23:55I think the VAR has been influenced by the previous decision.

00:23:58When he has called the referee.

00:23:59The referee has watched the play.

00:24:01Doesn't attend.

00:24:02His correction.

00:24:03And then probably the VAR has decided,

00:24:05I'm not going to intervene anymore.

00:24:06I didn't think it was going to be quite that eventful.

00:24:08But it was.

00:24:09And yeah, I think in the end maybe it draws fair.

00:24:12I'm a questionable last penalty call.

00:24:14But that's football at the end of the day, isn't it?

00:24:17I'm so proud of the performance today.

00:24:20And not just the results.

00:24:22But how we played.

00:24:23How many chances we created.

00:24:25And yeah, we have also a big credit to Bournemouth.

00:24:28They were so ruthless today.

00:24:30Every chance was a goal.

00:24:31So they had eight finishes overall and three goals.

00:24:34But the mentality of the team.

00:24:36The way we played.

00:24:37The problems we caused them.

00:24:39It's incredible what these players are doing.

00:24:41I want to win every game.

00:24:44And I think I have the ball to win this game.

00:24:47Even if I score a hat-trick.

00:24:50It's up to me to score that goal.

00:24:52And I didn't score.

00:24:54That's why I'm like that.

00:24:55What a game this was.

00:24:58And we'll get on to Iriola's comments there and the penalty incident in a minute.

00:25:02But Jean-Philippe Mateta had a fantastic day.

00:25:05You have to go back to 2016 for a player to score a hat-trick in a home game and not get a win.

00:25:09Andy Carroll.

00:25:10For West Ham.

00:25:10Well, first of all, I've got to say two really excellent sides.

00:25:13And it was a brilliant game.

00:25:15But Mateta, he's just really, really difficult to play against.

00:25:19Defenders, you know, do not enjoy playing against this guy.

00:25:23He's awkward.

00:25:24He's as game as they come.

00:25:26He'll run in behind.

00:25:27I mean, he actually should have had a hat-trick in the first half.

00:25:30Could have had a hat-trick in the first half.

00:25:31That was the most difficult one.

00:25:33His movement is really, really good.

00:25:36That's a fantastic ball in and he should score again.

00:25:38This is probably the best chance in the first half.

00:25:41Falls to him in a nice position again.

00:25:44Just can't get the connection that he wants.

00:25:47But then all of a sudden, I said about his movement.

00:25:49Hold up players, excellent.

00:25:50Bringing people into the game.

00:25:52But his movement.

00:25:53To get into the six-yard box after he's played the pass.

00:25:57That's the impressive thing.

00:25:58His movement again.

00:25:59The defender's with him.

00:26:01And then two seconds later, he's not.

00:26:02Because of, as I said, his movement again.

00:26:04And that's a clever finish.

00:26:06Then he gets his penalty.

00:26:08His hat-trick goal.

00:26:09And you're thinking, he can't, can he?

00:26:12And this was the easiest one of the lot, wasn't it?

00:26:15I mean, he's leaning back.

00:26:16And anyone that understands French can understand what he's about to say.

00:26:20There you go.

00:26:21It's not very often you see someone scoring a hat-trick

00:26:26and be so disappointed at the end of the game.

00:26:29But look at those stats.

00:26:30I mean, 11 shots.

00:26:31Shots inside the box.

00:26:32Nine.

00:26:33As I said, he's hat-trick.

00:26:34But I love the way he plays.

00:26:37Because he's a nightmare for defenders.

00:26:39So Bournemouth feel a little bit hard done by.

00:26:40That they ended up not getting all three points.

00:26:43And Iriola's point was that the referee perhaps wasn't going to be called over

00:26:47to go and have a little look at the screen.

00:26:49Because he'd been called over earlier and not changed his on-field decision.

00:26:53No, I don't.

00:26:55I think he's clutching there, to be honest.

00:26:58But in terms of the penalty, I think it's actually quite harsh.

00:27:02I think Diakete there on Geyi.

00:27:05The only problem, he's not looking at the ball.

00:27:07And the referee had warned him beforehand.

00:27:10So he was going to give the penalty in this moment.

00:27:14But I still think it's a little bit harsh.

00:27:15Because they're both going back and forth with each other.

00:27:18And to give that, yeah.

00:27:19I think you need to see the consistency also.

00:27:22I get why he's given that.

00:27:23But let's hope that another referee would do the same next weekend.

00:27:26What about 19-year-old Kruppi?

00:27:28Getting two on his first start.

00:27:29First start as well.

00:27:30Two goals, yeah.

00:27:31Very, very good.

00:27:32And it's that recruitment that Bournemouth obviously have to be so good at, don't they?

00:27:36Well, we spoke about the defensive situation that they've done so well

00:27:39in recruiting the players.

00:27:40Got a forward there on his first start.

00:27:42He's got a couple of goals.

00:27:43Brilliant.

00:27:439th and 12th, the finishes that he's had so far, Iriola, as Bournemouth manager.

00:27:47You know, where can they realistically push on to?

00:27:50It depends who they keep.

00:27:53I think Alan's exactly right.

00:27:55The recruitment's been excellent.

00:27:57I think when we talk about Brighton and what they have done,

00:28:01but Iriola and the people down there have done a brilliant job.

00:28:05I think for him, when he first came to the club, I was thinking, what is he trying to do?

00:28:11And when he first came, he was pushing really high and some of the results wasn't going their way.

00:28:15But the way he's managed to lose players, get players in and still buy into the system what they're doing

00:28:20and do it with effect, he's just a top coach.

00:28:23He really is.

00:28:24And the players that they lose, you know, they go to Paris Saint-Germain, they go to Liverpool.

00:28:27They, you know, they're selling for big money to big clubs, big moves as well.

00:28:31So, as a player, it would be quite an attractive place to go.

00:28:34And I also think when you're looking at the players, what he does, I think, really well

00:28:39is gives his players the freedom to go and play.

00:28:41Just go and express yourselves and you can see they're enjoying their football.

00:28:44OK.

00:28:45Well, in form, Manchester City faced Everton with an excellent record in this fixture.

00:28:50The Toffees' last league win at City came 15 years ago during David Moyes' first spell in charge.

00:28:55Steve Bauer, watch this one.

00:28:56Manchester City back at the Etihad where they've won seven of their last eight Premier League games.

00:29:04But they must do without the injured Rodri today.

00:29:07So, Nico Gonzalez starts.

00:29:09There are also recalls for Doku and Ake and Marmouche returns as a substitute.

00:29:15Everton are unable to play on loan Jack Grealish against his parent club.

00:29:19But they are able to welcome back Kiernan Dewsbury Hall after suspension.

00:29:23Beto has preferred to Barry up front.

00:29:25Alcaraz preferred to Dibbling and Keane is fit to start.

00:29:32Everton.

00:29:33To say they are due a win against Manchester City.

00:29:36There's something of an understatement.

00:29:38One victory in 24 Premier League meetings.

00:29:43It was a little loose from Ake.

00:29:45And Njais onto it.

00:29:46Beto trying to get into the penalty area.

00:29:48There he is.

00:29:50And he's wondering just how he didn't make the all-important contact.

00:29:55Excellent try from Njais.

00:29:57And subsequent ball.

00:29:59Oh, and that's how close Beto was.

00:30:01As did Garner there on Haaland.

00:30:12City keen to keep things moving.

00:30:15Nunes.

00:30:15Savino.

00:30:20Really nicely tied ball into Savino.

00:30:24Almost had too much time to think about it.

00:30:28Now the landmark today.

00:30:30His 350th Premier League game as a manager.

00:30:33Not done too badly in the previous 349, has he?

00:30:40Again, Savino.

00:30:41That time Mikelenko got his foot in.

00:30:44And City have their second corner of the game.

00:30:49Now, yeah.

00:30:49It's a score from a corner in the Premier League this season.

00:30:53Everton will hope that continues here.

00:30:55Oh, it nearly didn't.

00:30:56Well, Pickford didn't move here.

00:31:00So congested.

00:31:02It would have been an own goal.

00:31:03Off Jake O'Brien.

00:31:07Njais for Everton.

00:31:08Trying to get numbers forward.

00:31:10Alcaraz is bursting down the left-hand side.

00:31:13Here comes Adresa Gay.

00:31:16He's trying to pick out Alcaraz.

00:31:18Fantastic defending from Reinders.

00:31:22Here's Njais.

00:31:23Such a box of tricks.

00:31:24Ilian Njais.

00:31:26Turned over by Donnarumma.

00:31:29With his first save of the game.

00:31:31But in those moments, Everton have looked a threat on the break.

00:31:36Top scorer Njais has been at the heart of most of it.

00:31:45Alcaraz looking for the run of Dewsbury Hall.

00:31:47Harland with the block.

00:31:49And Harland's now on the charge here for Manchester City.

00:31:52Reinders.

00:31:53Doku!

00:31:54Denied by Pickford.

00:31:56And cleared by Mikhelenko.

00:32:00And in the blink of an eye, from that, with Everton in possession on halfway,

00:32:05Manchester City sense something.

00:32:08And in the end, it was straight at Jordan Pickford.

00:32:11It's been a fascinating battle, this.

00:32:12It's been a fascinating battle, this.

00:32:12The Brazilian against the Ukrainian.

00:32:14The Brazilian against the Ukrainian.

00:32:15The Brazilian won this one.

00:32:15And he caught that much better.

00:32:16The Brazilian against the Ukrainian.

00:32:16The Brazilian won this one.

00:32:17And he caught that much better.

00:32:18The Brazilian against the Ukrainian.

00:32:18And he caught that much better.

00:32:20And it's been a fascinating battle, this.

00:32:20The Brazilian against the Ukrainian.

00:32:21Remained us to pick out Savino

00:32:25Who's around Michalenko

00:32:27It's Savino

00:32:28Jordan Pickford to the rescue again

00:32:32And he's virtually the last kicker this first half

00:32:35It's been a fascinating battle this

00:32:37The Brazilian against the Ukrainian

00:32:39The Brazilian won this one

00:32:40And he caught that much better

00:32:51Now that's a nicely weighted ball

00:32:53O'Reilly in

00:32:55There he is

00:32:56We've hardly mentioned his name

00:32:59But the main man steps forward again

00:33:02Erling Haaland

00:33:05Into double Premier League figures already for the season

00:33:08Forget touches of the ball

00:33:10Forget goal involvements

00:33:12This is what he's all about

00:33:14And from the moment O'Reilly was looking to cross that

00:33:18He was on the move

00:33:19There's the look from O'Reilly

00:33:21Lovely delivery

00:33:22And the end result was never ever in doubt

00:33:27Deadlock broken

00:33:28And no surprise

00:33:31With the name on the score sheet

00:33:33Incidentally that's the third time

00:33:38That Haaland has been into double figures

00:33:41In the first eight league games of the season

00:33:42And it's no surprise nobody else has managed that

00:33:49Oscar Bob

00:33:50Lovely turn from Foden

00:33:54And he's picked out Savinho

00:33:56Haaland wants it pulled back

00:33:59And Haaland makes it two

00:34:02Erling Haaland at the double

00:34:07Two in five second half minutes

00:34:10Have a completely different complexion on this game

00:34:14Talk about enjoying his football

00:34:18What a spell

00:34:20He's enjoying

00:34:21Demanded it here

00:34:23Pulled away

00:34:24I think that went through the legs of Tarkovsky

00:34:27Which deceived Pickford

00:34:29Two for Haaland

00:34:30And two for Manchester City

00:34:33Foden

00:34:40He's looking for Haaland

00:34:42Now then

00:34:43Here's the hat-trick opportunity

00:34:45Undenied by Pickford

00:34:48He's on it again

00:34:49That time blocked

00:34:52And followed in and wide

00:34:53From Cherki

00:34:55But for all the delight of the two goals

00:34:59That will eat away at him

00:35:01On the verge of a 28th career hat-trick

00:35:04And the majority of the Eti

00:35:07Hadn't expected him here

00:35:08To complete it

00:35:09Pickford's left hand first

00:35:11And then Tarkovsky's block

00:35:13Dibbling on Cherki

00:35:22Silly yellow card for Tyler Dibbling

00:35:24Here goes Haaland

00:35:31Is it this time?

00:35:33No!

00:35:34Denied by Pickford again

00:35:36Oscar Bob's picked it up

00:35:38Haaland again

00:35:41He slams the turf in sheer frustration

00:35:47Brilliant movement

00:35:51Really well found

00:35:53And the leg to Pickford this time

00:35:57Denied him the match ball

00:36:00And this one

00:36:01Wouldn't quite come down for him

00:36:03A lot of work

00:36:05They were not easy at all

00:36:06And the first half

00:36:08More troubled

00:36:10We couldn't really settle our game

00:36:13And a completely different second half

00:36:15And three points

00:36:17When you've got Erling in the form that he's in

00:36:19I mean what are five minutes again

00:36:20For him to turn the game around?

00:36:22We cannot rely completely on the team

00:36:26So we need other players

00:36:28You know

00:36:28Wingers, stacking midfielders

00:36:30And other ones

00:36:31We need

00:36:32We need to

00:36:33They have to make a step up

00:36:35To score goals

00:36:36Of course we play to

00:36:38You know to provide Erling

00:36:40The quality they have

00:36:41They have the passes

00:36:42And the score of goals

00:36:43But other players

00:36:45Have to do it again

00:36:46The job against a lot of the better teams than us

00:36:49Is to make sure we challenge them

00:36:50When we put in a performance

00:36:51And for long periods of the game we did

00:36:52So we move on

00:36:54I'm disappointed with the result

00:36:56Not with how the players performed today

00:36:58Well because he was the outstanding player today

00:37:01I think we should have a little bit of time

00:37:03To really kind of wax lyrical about Erling Haaland

00:37:06And have a look at that

00:37:07That's the quickest players to reach 10 Premier League goals

00:37:10And Erling Haaland occupies the top three places

00:37:13There is of course a Newcastle United legend on there

00:37:15But it's not you

00:37:16It's Les

00:37:17It's Les Ferdinand

00:37:19I remember when one goal every game was alright

00:37:25But not anymore was it

00:37:26Yeah you took 10 games

00:37:2792-93

00:37:28Not good enough

00:37:29He was today at his unplayable best at times wasn't he

00:37:33Yeah I mean it seems quite ridiculous

00:37:35Me doing an analysis piece on a striker

00:37:37Where we've got Alan Shearer

00:37:38Record Premier League goalscorer

00:37:41But I want to talk about from a defensive point of view

00:37:44And what Everton did

00:37:45So as we roll it on here

00:37:47It's really interesting with Haaland's movement

00:37:52They always talk about it doesn't have many touches

00:37:55But it's his smart movement

00:37:57And Keane there can see him

00:37:59It's absolutely perfect

00:38:01And as we roll it on now

00:38:03Haaland can see the back of his shirt

00:38:06So can we just hold it there for a moment

00:38:08We always talk as a defender

00:38:11Now to defend the space

00:38:13So he has to run back as quick as possible

00:38:15The two centre half into that space

00:38:17And Haaland knows he can outrun him

00:38:20But what he decides to do

00:38:21As we roll it on here now

00:38:24Is just check his run

00:38:26And that is IQ

00:38:28And it's unbelievable

00:38:30Game football intelligence

00:38:32Again here

00:38:33Absolutely outstanding

00:38:35Just gets in these brilliant positions

00:38:39Where he just holds his run

00:38:41Perfect

00:38:42Now if we hold it here

00:38:43Okay

00:38:44As the ball for Man City goes out wide

00:38:46As a centre half

00:38:48You have to protect the near post

00:38:50So

00:38:51As we run it on slowly here

00:38:53Tarkovsky is in two minds

00:38:56Whether to drop back

00:38:58Or to go to the danger

00:38:59Which is Haaland

00:39:01It's too late for Pickford

00:39:03He sees it

00:39:03But the next clip

00:39:04Is my absolute favourite

00:39:06We'll just stop it here for a moment

00:39:09Keane there

00:39:11In his perfect position

00:39:13You see Foden on the ball there

00:39:15So when Foden's on the ball now

00:39:17How you learnt to defend

00:39:18If he's got time and space

00:39:20You have dropped off

00:39:21He's dropped off

00:39:23He's given himself five yards

00:39:24We roll on the ball

00:39:25We roll it on now

00:39:27As he plays that pass

00:39:29Haaland still gets it

00:39:31And that's what we talk about

00:39:33Unplayable

00:39:34Defenders are doing

00:39:35The right things

00:39:36But they still can't defend him

00:39:38When he's in this form

00:39:40He really is unstoppable

00:39:42And his goal record this season

00:39:44What's he got?

00:39:4523 goals in 13 games

00:39:47For club and country

00:39:48He's just phenomenal

00:39:50Yeah, let's have a look

00:39:50At where that puts him

00:39:51In kind of Europe's elite

00:39:53If you like

00:39:54And again

00:39:55Harry Kane was scoring tonight

00:39:56For Bayern Munich

00:39:57But look

00:39:58This is club and country

00:39:59And his rate of scoring

00:40:01Is the best in Europe

00:40:02This season

00:40:03He's got everything on him

00:40:05Yeah, I mean

00:40:06You're talking about

00:40:06Three amazing players there

00:40:07But for me

00:40:08If you're building

00:40:09From scratch

00:40:11What you want

00:40:12As the ideal centre forward

00:40:14Look at Haaland

00:40:16I mean

00:40:17He's got

00:40:18Obviously the goals

00:40:18Pace

00:40:19Movement

00:40:20Strength

00:40:20Good in the air

00:40:21He doesn't mind being roughed up

00:40:23It doesn't bother him

00:40:24If he doesn't have

00:40:26Five or six touches

00:40:27Within a minute

00:40:28Oh, he has one touch per half

00:40:30As long as that touch

00:40:31Is a goal

00:40:32There's not many players

00:40:33Like that

00:40:33So for me

00:40:35He's almost perfect

00:40:37He really is

00:40:38He's a fantastic talent

00:40:41I love watching him

00:40:42And we're lucky to have him in our league

00:40:44And obviously Man City

00:40:45Have got an incredible player on their hands

00:40:48And they needed him today

00:40:49Because the first half

00:40:50There wasn't much there

00:40:50Was there?

00:40:51Yeah, I think

00:40:52Everton had some really good chances

00:40:53With Beto

00:40:54But in the end

00:40:55The quality shone through

00:40:56OK, thank you very much

00:40:58Well, Premier League leaders

00:41:00Arsenal travel to Fulham

00:41:01Looking to make it

00:41:02Five wins in a row

00:41:03In all competitions

00:41:04Jonathan Pearce was at

00:41:05Craven Cottage

00:41:06Arsenal are now odds-on

00:41:09To land their first title

00:41:11Since 2004

00:41:12The Cottagers

00:41:13Look to go four home league games

00:41:15Unbeaten at the start of a season

00:41:16For the first time since 2011

00:41:18With three changes

00:41:19Kearney gets a first league start

00:41:21This season

00:41:21For the injured Lukic

00:41:22Cuenca

00:41:23A first Premier start

00:41:24Since the opening day

00:41:25For Bassi

00:41:25Who's only on the bench

00:41:26After international duty

00:41:27And Jimenez

00:41:28Is fit to return

00:41:29After a groin problem

00:41:30Diop drops out

00:41:31Arsenal just one defeat

00:41:33In their last 14

00:41:33Against Fulham

00:41:34Enter a favourable run of fixtures

00:41:35Looking to cement top spot

00:41:37With one in fours

00:41:38Change for the win over West Ham

00:41:40Zubimendi for the injured

00:41:41Odegaard

00:41:42Just three goals

00:41:43Conceded in ten games

00:41:44In all

00:41:44It's their best ever

00:41:45Defensive start

00:41:46Fulham went into this

00:41:48Having lost their previous two

00:41:50Last lost three league games

00:41:52In a row

00:41:52In December 23

00:41:53But at home

00:41:55They're a different proposition

00:41:56Easy minutes

00:41:59And Berger

00:42:04To Wilson

00:42:06Went to plant it

00:42:07Really decent start

00:42:10Here by Fulham

00:42:10Causing this morning's

00:42:13League leaders

00:42:13Problems

00:42:14Helmed up his body

00:42:16To try and bend it in

00:42:17To add to the goal

00:42:19He scored against

00:42:20Brentford back in September

00:42:21All a little bit slow

00:42:25From Arsenal

00:42:25In possession

00:42:26Not a lot of movement

00:42:27Up front

00:42:28Canofiori's now

00:42:29Made a dash

00:42:30Into the middle

00:42:30He's found by

00:42:31Trussard and scores

00:42:32Court of an hour

00:42:34Gone

00:42:34But there's a flag up

00:42:36And it won't count

00:42:37That's a real moment

00:42:39Of invention

00:42:39From Arsenal

00:42:40In the game

00:42:41Canofiori breaking lines

00:42:43With his run

00:42:44Lovely finish

00:42:46Mind you

00:42:46But it won't count

00:42:47He's as it

00:42:53Again

00:42:55Dwelt on it

00:42:55Too long

00:42:56And King will race

00:42:57Away for Fulham

00:42:58Chased by

00:43:00Zubimendi

00:43:01Who leaves him

00:43:02To

00:43:02Gabriel

00:43:03Still King

00:43:06Oh

00:43:07Decepted

00:43:07Right

00:43:08I have to say

00:43:08He didn't mean it

00:43:09He was looking

00:43:10For Iwobi

00:43:11In the middle

00:43:11He's had a look

00:43:13Maybe he did mean it

00:43:15He'll say he did

00:43:16Timber has Saka

00:43:19Down the line

00:43:20As they're making

00:43:20A run as well

00:43:21Just inside him

00:43:22But again

00:43:23Good work by Fulham

00:43:24Here

00:43:24Now there's a gap

00:43:25Saka

00:43:26On to Jokeres

00:43:27Is he onside

00:43:27Carried by Leino

00:43:29Trussard leaped

00:43:30For the loose ball

00:43:30And collected

00:43:32By the keeper

00:43:33Second time

00:43:34Jokeres

00:43:35Played on by

00:43:35Castagne

00:43:36Fizzed the shot

00:43:37And Leino

00:43:38Got down to it

00:43:38Well

00:43:39That's the best

00:43:41We've seen

00:43:41From Arsenal

00:43:41Mick Jagger

00:43:44Watching on

00:43:45Arsenal

00:43:52Finishing the first half

00:43:53Strongly

00:43:54Saka

00:43:57To take on

00:43:57Sessegnor

00:43:58Oh that's dangerous

00:43:59The cross in

00:44:00Comes out of

00:44:00Calafiore

00:44:01Good hit

00:44:01Couldn't keep it down

00:44:03Get it full fat

00:44:05On the left foot

00:44:05Volley

00:44:06Arsenal beginning to create

00:44:08Timber looks for Saka

00:44:14To take on

00:44:16Sessegnor

00:44:16And he's got away

00:44:17From him here

00:44:18Saka

00:44:19Still going

00:44:20Pokes it

00:44:21Square

00:44:21It's come out of the defender

00:44:22And in the end

00:44:23Just about

00:44:23Cleared away

00:44:24By Castagne

00:44:24Determined run

00:44:26By Bakaio Saka

00:44:28The Arsenal captain

00:44:29Picked it up there

00:44:30Got away from

00:44:30Sessegnor

00:44:31Stayed on his feet

00:44:33That's a heavy touch

00:44:33But he was too strong

00:44:34In that challenge

00:44:35In that challenge

00:44:35The game that Arsenal

00:44:38Would have expected to win

00:44:40Berger

00:44:41And King has wrestled it

00:44:45The way of Fulham

00:44:46Jimenez

00:44:46Managed to scramble it

00:44:48On to Wilson

00:44:49Back it goes

00:44:50First look for Raul Jimenez

00:44:51Vital touch by Timber

00:44:52Iwobi

00:44:52Back through the penalty

00:44:54And Wilson arrives

00:44:55Fulham fans respond

00:44:57Crescendo noise

00:44:59Tenacity

00:45:01Endeavour

00:45:03And in the end

00:45:04And the ball was played back

00:45:06By Iwobi

00:45:06Met it true enough

00:45:08But couldn't keep it down

00:45:09Come on Fulham

00:45:11Is the cry

00:45:12Zubamendi

00:45:15There's Timber

00:45:16Down the right-hand side

00:45:17Keeping Ben

00:45:18Wide out of the team

00:45:19Because he's a

00:45:20More attacking threat

00:45:21Saka's squeezed it

00:45:23Through to Eza

00:45:24Jokeres

00:45:25That's a good challenge

00:45:26It's a good challenge

00:45:28And Cuenca stayed down

00:45:30Again

00:45:30He's holding his face

00:45:31Just got bumped there

00:45:33From Jokeres

00:45:34Fulham

00:45:37Determinedly

00:45:38Have held on

00:45:39For 57 minutes

00:45:41Here comes the cross

00:45:43It's in this time

00:45:44Trossard

00:45:45Score of many

00:45:47An important goal

00:45:48Was in there

00:45:49Did he get the touch

00:45:50He thinks he did

00:45:51Gabriel was involved as well

00:45:53Arsenal lead

00:45:5458 minutes gone

00:45:56Trossard arriving

00:45:57At the far post

00:45:58The deadlock is broken

00:46:00One of the near posts

00:46:01By Gabriel

00:46:02And there's

00:46:03The Belgian international

00:46:04To force it in

00:46:05Coaches goal

00:46:07For Trossard

00:46:08Well the best teams

00:46:10Find a way

00:46:11If they can hold

00:46:14On to this lead

00:46:15Then Arsenal

00:46:17Would have come through

00:46:18A tricky day

00:46:19Saka

00:46:21Taking on Kevin

00:46:26That is going to be

00:46:28A penalty kick

00:46:29Risky challenge

00:46:31By the substitute

00:46:32It's the first thing

00:46:33He's done since

00:46:34Coming on

00:46:34VAR

00:46:37Was asking the question

00:46:39Whether the ball

00:46:40Was touched

00:46:40Sure Atwell

00:46:43Has told Anthony Taylor

00:46:44To go to the monitor

00:46:45He's made contact

00:46:48With the ball

00:46:48There

00:46:49The ball moves

00:46:50Off the contact

00:46:51From the foot

00:46:52This has to be

00:46:54Overturned

00:46:54The decision

00:46:55And here comes the referee

00:46:57After review

00:46:58And we'll hear his description

00:46:59Fuller 22 makes a challenge

00:47:02And plays the ball

00:47:04Therefore no foul is committed

00:47:06No penalty

00:47:07No penalty

00:47:08Martinelli

00:47:15Squeezes the pass up wide

00:47:19To Saka

00:47:20Timbers there ahead of him

00:47:22Into Jokrej

00:47:24Again back to goal

00:47:25Good swivel

00:47:26It's parried

00:47:27And that's a good double save

00:47:29Martinelli denied in the end

00:47:30Well there you can see

00:47:32What Jokrej can do

00:47:33Decent save

00:47:35And then the follow up save

00:47:36From Martinelli

00:47:37Was just as good

00:47:38We came to a really difficult place

00:47:40We had experience

00:47:41In the last two seasons

00:47:42Not winning here

00:47:43And we wanted to

00:47:44Make another step

00:47:45Against that really good side

00:47:47And keep knocking on the door

00:47:48And keep insisting

00:47:49Because the way

00:47:50They play

00:47:51Demands that

00:47:52But very happy

00:47:53At the point

00:47:54The corner

00:47:54Was taken

00:47:55And I saw Gabi

00:47:56Go in a duel

00:47:57And I went to the back post

00:47:59When it happened

00:47:59So really pleased

00:48:01The ball came there

00:48:02And did the last job

00:48:04Where Gabi

00:48:05He jumped

00:48:06So high

00:48:07That it's almost impossible

00:48:08If you don't stop him

00:48:08In the run

00:48:09And we tried

00:48:09Most of the times

00:48:10We did very well

00:48:11In our defensive set pieces

00:48:13In that moment

00:48:14He jumped in a way

00:48:16That was very difficult

00:48:17For us to control

00:48:18Three goals

00:48:19Conceded in 11 games

00:48:20That's the best ever

00:48:21Defensive start

00:48:22In Arsenal's history

00:48:23I'm so happy for the team

00:48:27For everyone

00:48:28Because we work very hard

00:48:30And training

00:48:30And training every day

00:48:31And that's the reward

00:48:33We get as well

00:48:34If you keep a clean sheet

00:48:35You need only one goal

00:48:36To win a game

00:48:37And it was a tough game

00:48:38For us today

00:48:39And we did it that way

00:48:40Well Jonathan said it there

00:48:42They are the best

00:48:43Defensively in Europe

00:48:44They've gone back to back games

00:48:45Now without letting

00:48:46The opposition have a shot

00:48:47First time in 22 years

00:48:48So what's improved

00:48:49Because they were already

00:48:50Good last season

00:48:50Defensively

00:48:51Yeah I think they defend

00:48:53Really well as a team

00:48:55In all parts of the pitch

00:48:56So I just want to show you

00:48:58The first clip

00:48:58You would say this is a high block

00:49:01If Alan you forgive me

00:49:02For saying that

00:49:02But in terms of

00:49:04It was a throw in

00:49:06And look at the reaction

00:49:07From Gabriel

00:49:08To get back in

00:49:10Now you've got a four

00:49:11Versus four

00:49:12And as the clip materialises

00:49:16The ball goes wide

00:49:18Gabriel's back into position

00:49:20The ball's going to get

00:49:22Circulated around again

00:49:24And before you know it

00:49:26You've got the whole team

00:49:28Behind the ball

00:49:29That is defending

00:49:30As a group

00:49:31As a team

00:49:32Knowing exactly

00:49:33What they need to do

00:49:34So you've had the high block

00:49:35Now we're in the mid block

00:49:37Arsenal on the ball

00:49:39They give away the ball

00:49:40Sloppily

00:49:41And you think in this situation

00:49:44Will they panic

00:49:45Nope

00:49:45Rice

00:49:46Sales Gabriel to go left

00:49:48Califiori doubles up with him

00:49:49Rice goes into the centre back

00:49:51Position

00:49:51Absolute

00:49:52Brilliant defending

00:49:53So they've had the high

00:49:54We've had the middle

00:49:55And this is what they've been doing

00:49:57Especially in the Champions League

00:49:58Against really good sides

00:50:00In that low block

00:50:01Saying to Fulham

00:50:02Play

00:50:03Play round us

00:50:04Because you're not going to play through us

00:50:05And if they do get through

00:50:06It's going to have to be

00:50:08Something

00:50:08Exceptional

00:50:09To really

00:50:10Do that

00:50:11Nice and compact

00:50:13Excellent

00:50:14And yeah

00:50:16I mean

00:50:16The compactness

00:50:17In the centre of the pitch

00:50:19Of this team

00:50:20Is just brilliant

00:50:21So the conclusion of that

00:50:23If they continue to do this

00:50:24Last season they drew 1-0

00:50:26Today they get the win

00:50:27And if they want to win the league

00:50:28They need to carry on

00:50:29With this form

00:50:30Because look at that

00:50:31Goals conceded first

00:50:32Clean sheets first

00:50:33Big chances against first

00:50:35XG

00:50:35And the rest is history

00:50:37May well be

00:50:40Maybe

00:50:40As you allude to there

00:50:42Defensively

00:50:42Yes very very strong

00:50:43They've scored the same amount of goals

00:50:44At this stage as they did last year

00:50:46Which is 15 goals

00:50:47And all season long

00:50:48We were hearing

00:50:48They really need a centre forward

00:50:49They need somebody

00:50:50Who can bag them a load of goals

00:50:51They buy the centre forward

00:50:53In Jockeris

00:50:54And he hasn't got the goals

00:50:55But has he helped improve them

00:50:57Yeah he hasn't got the goals

00:50:58I mean he's not in the league

00:50:59Of the three

00:51:00We showed in the previous clip

00:51:02Far from that

00:51:03But I think he brings

00:51:04A different strength

00:51:05There's no doubt

00:51:06That he will have to improve

00:51:07His goal scoring

00:51:08As you said

00:51:09He's only got three

00:51:10But one of his strengths

00:51:12Which has suited Arsenal

00:51:13Is he actually goes

00:51:14The other way

00:51:15He goes in behind

00:51:15And I think

00:51:16When he does that

00:51:17That then creates space

00:51:19For others to play

00:51:20Because last season

00:51:21You had maybe Havertz

00:51:23Or Mourinho

00:51:23Mourinho

00:51:24Coming short

00:51:26And that's easier

00:51:26For teams to defend against

00:51:28But when you're running

00:51:29The other way

00:51:29They get deeper

00:51:30And deeper

00:51:31That then opens the space

00:51:33For others to play

00:51:34So I think

00:51:34From that point of view

00:51:36He has improved Arsenal

00:51:37And will he get the goals

00:51:39Do you feel like

00:51:39I think he will get the goals

00:51:41Obviously nowhere near

00:51:42As many as he got

00:51:42Last season

00:51:43But he will get the goals

00:51:44With the number of chances

00:51:46That Arsenal create

00:51:47He will

00:51:47And his numbers

00:51:48Should improve

00:51:49OK

00:51:49Two games

00:51:50On tomorrow's

00:51:51Match of the day

00:51:52There's live commentary

00:52:16Of both of those games

00:52:17On BBC Sounds tomorrow

00:52:18Premier League Sunday

00:52:19Begins at midday

00:52:20You can also see highlights

00:52:21Of all the week's

00:52:22Champions League games

00:52:23On Wednesday night

00:52:24At 10.40 on BBC One

00:52:25And if you fancy

00:52:26Something a bit different

00:52:27You can watch

00:52:28The final day

00:52:29Of Grand Sumo Tournament

00:52:31Live from the Royal Albert Hall

00:52:33On iPlayer

00:52:34From 2 o'clock

00:52:35Winless Wolves

00:52:37Travelled to face

00:52:38A Sunderland side

00:52:39Unbeaten at home

00:52:40Since returning

00:52:41To the top flight

00:52:41Your commentator

00:52:42Is Guy Mowbray

00:52:43It's been a more than

00:52:46Decent start

00:52:46By Sunderland

00:52:47And a very successful

00:52:49Return to the Premier League

00:52:50For Granit Xhaka

00:52:51He's provided the assist

00:52:53For all the team's

00:52:54Last three goals

00:52:54And has fond memories

00:52:56Of Wolves

00:52:56From last time

00:52:57He played them

00:52:57Scoring twice

00:52:58In his final Arsenal

00:52:59Appearance

00:53:00A 5-0 win

00:53:01In May 2023

00:53:02Fellow

00:53:0333-year-old

00:53:04Matt Doherty

00:53:05Is the only one

00:53:06Playing today

00:53:07Who also figured

00:53:08The last time

00:53:08These clubs met

00:53:09Way back

00:53:10And a division down

00:53:11In May 2018

00:53:12He missed Wolves

00:53:14Last game

00:53:14Against Brighton

00:53:15Following a wrist operation

00:53:16But he's quickly back

00:53:18To lead them

00:53:18In their quest

00:53:19For a first win

00:53:20Of the season

00:53:21The Black Cats

00:53:23Purring

00:53:24Especially at home

00:53:25Whilst Wolves

00:53:26Are howling

00:53:27And if they don't

00:53:27Get that first win

00:53:28Here today

00:53:29Or against Burnley

00:53:30Next weekend

00:53:30Then the anguish

00:53:32Will be at a maximum

00:53:33Siddiqui

00:53:37Isidore

00:53:39Johnston

00:53:41Scampers back

00:53:41Towards his goal

00:53:42Isidore's got a lot

00:53:43To do

00:53:44But he's done it

00:53:45And now the flag

00:53:47Goes up

00:53:48So Isidore's

00:53:51Celebrations

00:53:52Are cut short

00:53:53Brilliantly finished

00:53:55By Wilson Isidore

00:53:56Who is looking to

00:53:58Carry on

00:53:59Being Mr. 100%

00:54:00At home

00:54:00He's scored in

00:54:01Every game

00:54:01At the Stadium

00:54:02Of Light

00:54:02In the Premier League

00:54:03This season

00:54:04And for a brief moment

00:54:05He thought he'd done it again

00:54:06Looking for a

00:54:09Third home win

00:54:10Already this season

00:54:11The last time

00:54:12They were in the Premier League

00:54:13In 2016-17

00:54:15They only won three

00:54:16At home all season

00:54:17Xhaka

00:54:20Le Fay

00:54:25Effortlessly found

00:54:26By Xhaka

00:54:27He turns

00:54:28Doherty

00:54:29With ease

00:54:29As well

00:54:30Here's Mukiele

00:54:31He's going for the return

00:54:34And he's scored

00:54:36And he's scored

00:54:36What a wonderful

00:54:40Sondland move

00:54:41Finished off by

00:54:43Nardi Mukiele

00:54:44It's for Sondland goal

00:54:45Look at Mukiele

00:54:47As soon as he laid it off

00:54:49He demanded the return

00:54:52From Trey Hume

00:54:53And he managed to get the shot

00:54:55Through Sam Johnston

00:54:57Who will feel that

00:54:58Never mind

00:54:59Should have saved it

00:55:00At one point

00:55:01He had saved it

00:55:02In Sondland 1

00:55:03Wolves 0

00:55:04Trey Hume

00:55:06Trey Hore

00:55:07Cut out by Ugo Buena

00:55:11Wolves have got to hang on

00:55:13Just for the moment

00:55:14Because Sondland are well on top

00:55:16Of Vitor Pereira's team

00:55:17Helt on by Ballard

00:55:22And off the post

00:55:24Trey Hume

00:55:24So close

00:55:25To making it two

00:55:27I see the cobs whirring

00:55:31In Trey Hume's mind

00:55:32Head it

00:55:33Kick it

00:55:34What do I do

00:55:34I think he picked

00:55:35The right option

00:55:35Very nearly scored

00:55:37Ugo Gomez

00:55:42Who's going for it

00:55:43Mukiele is going away

00:55:46With it

00:55:46Rigg

00:55:47Oh

00:55:48Risky

00:55:48Ballard couldn't collect it

00:55:50Strand Larson

00:55:51Couldn't convert it

00:55:52Zao Gomez

00:55:55Wolves nearly gifted

00:55:56A way back into the game

00:55:58Andre

00:55:59And that one's flown

00:56:01It's felt like a half

00:56:05Of two halves

00:56:06Sondland on top

00:56:08For the first quarter

00:56:09Wolves are

00:56:11Well in this game

00:56:13Andre

00:56:16Zao Gomez

00:56:18Rodrigo Gomez

00:56:21Lugo Bueno

00:56:26Arias knocks it down

00:56:29And Munezzi

00:56:29Let's fly

00:56:30Roofs positioned

00:56:33Absolutely brilliantly

00:56:35A really simple save

00:56:37For him

00:56:38Because of where he started

00:56:39He's too close

00:56:41To the giant frame

00:56:42Of Robin Roofs

00:56:42And curling

00:56:43Towards the goalkeeper

00:56:44All the time

00:56:45Siddiqui

00:56:47Le Fay

00:56:50It's bounced off him

00:56:51The referee does now

00:56:53Stop the game

00:56:53He was happy to see

00:56:56If some sort of advantage

00:56:57Would develop

00:56:58But it didn't

00:56:59That's a difficult one

00:57:07To defend

00:57:07But

00:57:08Wolves have managed it

00:57:10Ballard couldn't get

00:57:12The touch at the end

00:57:13Look at how this bounces

00:57:15A bit of spin on it

00:57:17That's what takes it away

00:57:18From the flying

00:57:19Ballard

00:57:20I think his expression

00:57:22Rather sums up

00:57:23This second half

00:57:24So does theirs

00:57:26Arakidari down to

00:57:31Strand Larson

00:57:32Arakidari misses it

00:57:34And then the chance

00:57:37Is put wide

00:57:37And it was another

00:57:38Big chance

00:57:39Chatua

00:57:41Was in behind

00:57:43Just wonder now

00:57:44If the Wolves candle

00:57:46Has flickered out

00:57:46Might be a case

00:57:48Of them needing

00:57:48To have

00:57:49Done more

00:57:50When they did have

00:57:51Spells on top

00:57:52And for much of this half

00:57:53That's been the case

00:57:54Fair Lopez

00:57:58Challenged by Alderete

00:58:00But he's

00:58:00Got the better of him

00:58:01Fair Lopez

00:58:03Puts the next ball

00:58:04Into the Sunderland box

00:58:05Frantic defending now

00:58:07And he trousers away with it

00:58:09And look at the break

00:58:10It's Talby

00:58:11He's got Le Fay up there

00:58:12He's got Mayenda

00:58:13Further over

00:58:14And Johnston's been

00:58:16Feeding by his own player

00:58:182-0 Sunderland

00:58:19Own goal

00:58:20Critchie

00:58:21Now the win is sealed

00:58:27Wolves' rotten luck

00:58:29Continues

00:58:30Perhaps appropriately enough

00:58:33Beaten by the Black Cats

00:58:34Talby leading the counter charge

00:58:38He was looking for Mayenda

00:58:40At the back

00:58:41Critchie knew he had to

00:58:43Cut it out somehow

00:58:44But Johnston was

00:58:45Completely wrong footed

00:58:47By that

00:58:47Wolves are staying bottom

00:58:49Sunderland are staying

00:58:51With that feeling

00:58:52Of flying high

00:58:53In the Premier League

00:58:54Was it a little bit anxious

00:58:57In the second half

00:58:58Without that second goal

00:58:59On the board?

00:59:00Yeah probably a bit

00:59:02Because we are still

00:59:03A young team

00:59:03With limited

00:59:05Shared experience

00:59:06So

00:59:07You can't

00:59:09Buy maturity

00:59:10You have to experience

00:59:12Different situations

00:59:13It wasn't another one

00:59:14And at least

00:59:16The mindset

00:59:17The togetherness

00:59:19Helped us

00:59:20To keep this

00:59:21Kinship

00:59:22We have two or three chances

00:59:23That we cannot lose

00:59:24We cannot miss

00:59:25But it's football

00:59:26Keep working

00:59:29And prepare the next game

00:59:33Because it's a game

00:59:35That we must win

00:59:37Like today

00:59:38But we must score goals

00:59:41Not concede goals

00:59:43And this is what we should do

00:59:45Nourdi Mukieli

00:59:46He seems to sum this team up

00:59:48He plays happy football

00:59:50Yeah absolutely

00:59:51He has a really good energy

00:59:53And he's really well connected

00:59:56With our project

00:59:57Our team

00:59:59And he's a good player

01:00:01We play very well

01:00:03The first half

01:00:03And the second

01:00:04And yeah

01:00:05We scored two goals

01:00:06And we don't concede

01:00:07So this is really important

01:00:08For us

01:00:09For the team

01:00:09And for the confidence

01:00:10And yeah

01:00:11I'm really happy

01:00:12Also for my first goal

01:00:14At home

01:00:15And yeah

01:00:16Just hope that

01:00:16We will keep going

01:00:17Like we do

01:00:17Because we did

01:00:19A really good game today

01:00:20Well no spoilers

01:00:22But the fact that

01:00:22Sunderland are higher up

01:00:23The running order

01:00:24Than Newcastle on the show

01:00:25And you're here

01:00:25Might tell us something

01:00:26About what's going to happen

01:00:27In that match

01:00:28But let's not

01:00:28Let's not go down that road

01:00:29Because actually

01:00:30Huge credit to Sunderland

01:00:31For their start of the season

01:00:32Have a little look at this

01:00:3399 teams

01:00:35Have been promoted

01:00:35To the Premier League

01:00:36In its history

01:00:37And they are joint fifth

01:00:38In the amount of points

01:00:40They've managed to accrue

01:00:41In their first eight games

01:00:43Joint with obviously

01:00:44The teams there

01:00:45Going up to Middlesbrough

01:00:46Who are the only team

01:00:48Out of that list

01:00:49Who actually ended up

01:00:50Being relegated

01:00:50So it's boding very well

01:00:52For them this start

01:00:53Of the season

01:00:53And their home form

01:00:54So well

01:00:55I think they signed

01:00:56Really good players

01:00:57Yes they spent

01:00:57A lot of money

01:00:59But they brought quality

01:01:01Into the squad

01:01:01Xhaka's been good

01:01:02Muchielli as well

01:01:04And you want to give

01:01:04Sunderland some praise

01:01:05Don't you Alan?

01:01:06Well you watch this game

01:01:07Mika

01:01:08So you can talk about them

01:01:09But we did say

01:01:10About their home form

01:01:11Was always going to be key

01:01:12And that's been part

01:01:14Of their success

01:01:15161 million they spent

01:01:1614 players have been brought in

01:01:18But they've got to gel

01:01:20They've got to work

01:01:20They've got to be quality

01:01:21Yeah I think that's the most important thing

01:01:24You can sign whoever you want

01:01:25But they've got to buy into

01:01:26Exactly what they want to do

01:01:28And they've got to perform

01:01:29And like you said

01:01:30Other than what

01:01:30Three wins and a draw at home

01:01:32They're using their stadium

01:01:33As a fortress

01:01:34And you know

01:01:36I want to eat a little bit

01:01:36Of humble pie as well

01:01:37Because of the amount

01:01:38Of players they signed

01:01:40I thought it would be

01:01:41Difficult for them

01:01:42And they've done better

01:01:43Than I expected

01:01:44And long may it continue

01:01:45Because it's a really good story

01:01:48Muchielli there

01:01:49With obviously

01:01:50A fantastic goal for him

01:01:51And obviously

01:01:52We've got to mention Wolves

01:01:53Who are still winless

01:01:55Wasn't a good start

01:01:56To them last season either

01:01:58But they've got

01:01:58Same as what happened

01:01:59Last season

01:02:00They didn't win any

01:02:01In first eight last season

01:02:02I think their next home game

01:02:03Is Burnley

01:02:04They have to win that

01:02:06OK

01:02:07Up next

01:02:08Brighton face Newcastle

01:02:09With the Magpies

01:02:10Never having won

01:02:11A Premier League game

01:02:12At the Amex

01:02:13Steve Wilson was there

01:02:14Nine points from seven games

01:02:18Is a slightly underwhelming

01:02:19Tally for both these clubs

01:02:20Who've come a long way

01:02:21Since being promoted together

01:02:23In 2017

01:02:24Fabian Ertsema

01:02:26Makes one chase

01:02:27To Brighton XI

01:02:28Which salvaged the late point

01:02:29At Wolves

01:02:30Gruder has a knock

01:02:31And is replaced by Ruter

01:02:33Nick Valtemada

01:02:34Scored his first goal

01:02:35For Germany

01:02:36In the international break

01:02:37Adding to a goal

01:02:38In each of his last three

01:02:40For Newcastle

01:02:40No changes

01:02:42From the win over Forest

01:02:43If this game were to finish

01:02:46Goalless then Newcastle

01:02:47Then Newcastle would be the first club

01:02:49In 90 years

01:02:50To play out goalless draws

01:02:51In each of their first

01:02:53Four away league games

01:02:55Trivia

01:02:58Little bit of room

01:02:59Crosses a decent one

01:03:02And it was Joe Linton

01:03:03Who attacked it

01:03:03Tonali turns it back

01:03:04Into Bruno Guimaraes

01:03:06Who did really well

01:03:07To find some space

01:03:08And is not far away

01:03:10That little step away

01:03:12From Dunk

01:03:13Just gave him the room

01:03:14He needed to get the shot away

01:03:16Eddie Howe used to be

01:03:19The fresh-faced

01:03:20Bright young thing

01:03:22Of Premier League management

01:03:23But Fabian Ertsema

01:03:25Is 15 years younger

01:03:27Oh Joe Linton's

01:03:34Giving it away to Welbeck

01:03:36Jorginho Ruter

01:03:37Here for Brighton

01:03:38It's a good effort

01:03:40And a good save

01:03:41Well Joe Linton

01:03:44Will be mightily relieved

01:03:45They thought they had

01:03:48Ruter penned in

01:03:49He did very well

01:03:50To get the shot away

01:03:51On target

01:03:51Good save by Pope

01:03:532017 Newcastle

01:03:56Went up to the Premier League

01:03:57One of the biggest champions

01:03:58Just one point ahead

01:04:00Of Brighton

01:04:00Who went up

01:04:01As runners-up

01:04:02In 17 meetings since

01:04:03Newcastle have only won two

01:04:05Ruter

01:04:07Ruter through to Welbeck

01:04:11And nipped in

01:04:13By Danny Welbeck

01:04:14And that was

01:04:16So straightforward

01:04:17So simple

01:04:19Straight down the middle

01:04:22And Brighton are in front

01:04:24But Ruter

01:04:25Collected the pass

01:04:27Simply accelerated

01:04:29Simply accelerated away

01:04:29From Tonali

01:04:30Threaded it through to Welbeck

01:04:33Who clipped it over Pope

01:04:34Well how did Newcastle

01:04:37Allow them to stroll through

01:04:38So simply

01:04:40It's beautifully taken

01:04:41By Welbeck

01:04:42Brighton 1-0

01:04:43Brighton 1-0

01:04:43Newcastle 0-0

01:04:44Oh he's done well Belieber

01:04:53Four in this Brighton attack

01:04:55This is Ruter

01:04:57Cardiolo

01:05:00Put it into a great area

01:05:02But luckily for Newcastle

01:05:04There weren't any blue and white jerseys

01:05:05There and Botman cleared

01:05:06There's a few appeals here from Brighton

01:05:08Banheka with a very strong challenge

01:05:10De Kaipa

01:05:17Cardiolo

01:05:19De Kaipa

01:05:21Pope managed to keep it away

01:05:23They're hanging on here

01:05:26Newcastle

01:05:26That's a good save by Pope

01:05:30Well hit

01:05:31By De Kaipa

01:05:32There were a few appeals here

01:05:33For handball

01:05:34Don't think you can go

01:05:35Giving those

01:05:36It could be a corner

01:05:43Unless Dunk prevents it

01:05:45Bruno Guimaraes

01:05:58Was looking for the contact

01:05:59With Cardiolo

01:06:00And then recovered

01:06:02It's pushed away by Verbruggen

01:06:04Newcastle appeal

01:06:05Murphy has it

01:06:07And Murphy's

01:06:08Well off the mark

01:06:09Well Bruno Guimaraes

01:06:12It seemed to me

01:06:13Was looking for the contact

01:06:14With Cardiolo

01:06:16He's done well

01:06:18To get back on his feet

01:06:19Smashing it across goal

01:06:20Pope pushed it out

01:06:21Now did it hit

01:06:22Viva on the arm

01:06:23You'd say it did

01:06:26It does hit his hand

01:06:29But

01:06:29Deemed to be in a natural position

01:06:32Which seems

01:06:32Reasonable enough to me

01:06:34Murphy

01:06:43Murphy

01:06:43Bruno Guimaraes

01:06:48Good ball

01:06:48Lewis Miley

01:06:49Voltamada

01:06:50Brilliant

01:06:50Oh that's brilliant

01:06:52Scores all kinds of goals

01:06:58This kid

01:06:58This is a lovely goal

01:07:03Brilliant

01:07:07Impudent

01:07:10And outstanding

01:07:12Brighton won

01:07:14Newcastle won

01:07:15Nick Voltamada

01:07:17Has made a huge impact

01:07:19On the Premier League

01:07:20And here's Harvey Barnes

01:07:23And now Murphy

01:07:25And Bruno Guimaraes

01:07:27And Voltamada

01:07:29Couldn't quite take it with him

01:07:30Dan Byrne with the throw

01:07:41Oh that was very awkward

01:07:43For Verbruggen

01:07:44And Bruno Guimaraes

01:07:46Sees it

01:07:46Fly over the top

01:07:47Of the bar

01:07:48For a corner

01:07:48Verbruggen

01:07:50Was in a lot of bother

01:07:52Bruno Guimaraes

01:07:54Drove it

01:07:56And it hit Ayari

01:07:57On the thigh

01:07:57And flew over

01:07:58Lewis Dunk

01:08:01Yes in IRE

01:08:05Oh that's a really good run

01:08:06Vifa's been well found

01:08:07Super challenged

01:08:09But well back

01:08:09He hadn't scored

01:08:16At the Amex

01:08:17Since February

01:08:17And he was about

01:08:19To be substituted

01:08:20But he's got his second

01:08:22To this game

01:08:23And put Brighton

01:08:25Back in front

01:08:25All about the run

01:08:29Of Mats Vifa

01:08:30Really

01:08:30It's a great challenge

01:08:33But it fell beautifully

01:08:35For Welbeck

01:08:35And he tucked it away

01:08:38With such aplomb

01:08:39And his name

01:08:43Rings around the Amex

01:08:45We showed resilience

01:08:48We showed character

01:08:49We showed personality

01:08:50On the pitch

01:08:51And we stick to our principle

01:08:52We stayed in our formation

01:08:54We kept the structure

01:08:56Quite well

01:08:57And then we get the reward

01:08:58So I'm very pleased

01:09:00With the performance

01:09:01Or

01:09:01We're disappointed

01:09:02With the first half

01:09:03Performance really

01:09:04A bright start

01:09:05And then we faded

01:09:05The last half an hour

01:09:07That first half

01:09:08Was hard to watch

01:09:10Really

01:09:10I don't think

01:09:11We were particularly

01:09:11Good with the ball

01:09:12And we ended up

01:09:12In transition

01:09:13An awful lot

01:09:14And Brighton scored

01:09:15In that period

01:09:16We were pleased

01:09:16To get in at 1-0

01:09:17And then try and regroup

01:09:18We were much better

01:09:19In the second half

01:09:19We gave a much better

01:09:20Account of ourselves

01:09:21We looked like we could score

01:09:22We were a goal threat

01:09:23And when we conceded

01:09:25The second goal

01:09:25We were the dominant team

01:09:27There's always that possibility

01:09:28You've got to sniff it out

01:09:29That the ball could fall your way

01:09:31So I just

01:09:32I was kind of

01:09:33Wondering

01:09:35Trying to see

01:09:36If it could fall nicely

01:09:37For me

01:09:38And it did

01:09:39And I stuck it away

01:09:40Very nicely

01:09:40The years you've been

01:09:42Playing at this level

01:09:43You just look like

01:09:43A guy who's really

01:09:44Enjoying himself

01:09:45No

01:09:46I'm hating it

01:09:46No I love it

01:09:49I've got the passion

01:09:51And love for football

01:09:52So when I'm out there

01:09:53On the pitch

01:09:54It's what I want to do

01:09:55I'm feeling good

01:09:56I feel fit

01:09:57I feel strong

01:09:57So it's not

01:09:58It's not a time

01:09:59Of stopping any time

01:10:00Shortly

01:10:01Did they deserve

01:10:03The win today

01:10:03Brighton

01:10:04Yeah

01:10:04I thought Brighton

01:10:05Were the better team

01:10:06Newcastle I thought

01:10:08Were too easy

01:10:09To play through

01:10:10At times

01:10:10And Brighton

01:10:11Found that way

01:10:12Of finding that extra man

01:10:14In front of the back four

01:10:15And Newcastle's midfield

01:10:17And in fact

01:10:17Newcastle covered less ground

01:10:20Six kilometres less ground

01:10:21Than Brighton

01:10:22Outer possession

01:10:23And that tells you

01:10:24We talk about

01:10:25Whether it was

01:10:26Joe Linton

01:10:26Or Bruno

01:10:27Travelling back from

01:10:28Playing Japan

01:10:29In South Korea

01:10:30Or whatever

01:10:31Or Tenale playing

01:10:32For Italy

01:10:33But it was unusual

01:10:34For Newcastle

01:10:35The first goals

01:10:35Have conceded away

01:10:36From home

01:10:37And this is what

01:10:37Brighton did

01:10:38Really really well

01:10:39Getting in

01:10:40Those positions there

01:10:41And the midfield

01:10:42Just couldn't cope

01:10:44With that

01:10:44That's a brilliant

01:10:45Ball through

01:10:45And a very

01:10:46Very clever

01:10:47Finish

01:10:47And it happened

01:10:48A few occasions

01:10:49There's the midfield

01:10:50They just played

01:10:51Around them

01:10:52Look

01:10:52Joe Linton comes in

01:10:53It's not really

01:10:53It's not really a press

01:10:54And the passing

01:10:55And the moving

01:10:56From Brighton

01:10:57Again was excellent

01:10:58I know they came

01:11:00Into it a lot more

01:11:00In the second half

01:11:01Newcastle

01:11:02But they took

01:11:03Joe Linton off

01:11:03They brought

01:11:04Lewis Miley

01:11:05Onto the pitch

01:11:06But still

01:11:07They were finding

01:11:08Those little bits

01:11:09Of space

01:11:09Just in between

01:11:10There you go

01:11:11Iari is there

01:11:12And again

01:11:13That pass is correct

01:11:14And before Newcastle

01:11:15Can react

01:11:15They're too late

01:11:16And they should have

01:11:17Been punished

01:11:18Again

01:11:18And this was

01:11:19The winning goal

01:11:21Coming up

01:11:21The movement's

01:11:22Fantastic

01:11:22From Brighton

01:11:23Look at Weaver

01:11:24There getting

01:11:25Into that space

01:11:25Albeit

01:11:26He doesn't get

01:11:27That ball

01:11:27Doesn't come for him

01:11:28But that

01:11:29Is such a

01:11:30Clever finish

01:11:31It really

01:11:32Really is

01:11:33And it has to

01:11:34Because Newcastle

01:11:35Normally

01:11:36In those positions

01:11:37They're really strong

01:11:38But today

01:11:39They weren't

01:11:40Look at that

01:11:40Micah

01:11:41He's ageing

01:11:42Like a fine wine

01:11:43Isn't he

01:11:43Danny Welbeck

01:11:44He's on to score

01:11:45More goals

01:11:46In his 30s

01:11:47Than he did

01:11:48In his 20s

01:11:48He only needs

01:11:49Five more

01:11:49To equal his 20s

01:11:51Totals

01:11:51He's 34 years old

01:11:52So it's feasible

01:11:54That he'll do that

01:11:55Before he's 35

01:11:55He's just a fantastic pro

01:11:57I mean he's had

01:11:58His knee injuries

01:11:58As well

01:11:59But he plays

01:12:00In a system

01:12:00That suits him

01:12:01And he said

01:12:02In his interview

01:12:02There he loves football

01:12:03I think he's got

01:12:04Another three

01:12:05Four years in him

01:12:06I don't think

01:12:07He's finishing

01:12:07Anytime soon

01:12:08Because he's a number

01:12:09Nine

01:12:10And there's not

01:12:10Many number nines

01:12:11About there

01:12:12And I'm just

01:12:12Delighted for him

01:12:13Okay

01:12:13It was a battle

01:12:14Between two promoted

01:12:16Sides at Turfmoor

01:12:17As Burnley took on

01:12:18Leeds United

01:12:18Your commentator

01:12:19Tom Gale

01:12:19A six pointer

01:12:22A must win

01:12:23Or a must not lose

01:12:25Take your pick

01:12:26It's four defeats

01:12:27Across their last five

01:12:28For Burnley

01:12:29Zian Fleming

01:12:30Comes in to make

01:12:31His first Premier League

01:12:32Start

01:12:32Replacing the injured

01:12:33Lyle Foster

01:12:34Leslie Ugochukwu

01:12:36And Jakob Brun Larsson

01:12:37Also return to the 11

01:12:38Daniel Farkas

01:12:40Four game streak

01:12:41Of naming the same

01:12:42Lead starting line

01:12:43Up comes to an end

01:12:44Jack Harrison

01:12:45Replaces Noah Okafor

01:12:46Who's sidelined

01:12:47With a thigh problem

01:12:48Substitute Dan James

01:12:50Returned from injury

01:12:51Five weeks ahead

01:12:52Of schedule

01:12:52January's championship

01:12:57Meeting between

01:12:58These two

01:12:59Ended goalless

01:13:00With just a single

01:13:01Shot on target

01:13:02Surely no one

01:13:03Here today

01:13:04Wants a repeat

01:13:04Of that

01:13:05Stark has a lot

01:13:08Of room

01:13:09The away supporters

01:13:11Wanted him to shoot

01:13:12Aronson

01:13:14Acrobatic stuff

01:13:15From Dominic Calvert-Lewin

01:13:17Talk about

01:13:19Trying to make

01:13:20Something out of nothing

01:13:21This would have been

01:13:23A spectacular finish

01:13:25Today Daniel Farkas

01:13:28Side start a run

01:13:29Where three of the next

01:13:30Four games

01:13:31Are away from home

01:13:32Taking them into

01:13:33The November

01:13:34International break

01:13:35Miscommunication there

01:13:38Amongst the leads

01:13:39Back line

01:13:39Needlessly conceding

01:13:42To throw

01:13:42For the first time

01:13:45This afternoon

01:13:45Perhaps a chance

01:13:47To see

01:13:47The Kyle Walker

01:13:49Long throw

01:13:49It's a decent one

01:13:53Met by Strauch

01:13:54Harrison

01:13:55Trying to prevent

01:13:56The corner

01:13:56Does so

01:13:58Walker can go

01:14:01Again

01:14:02Pulls it short

01:14:04This time

01:14:04Gets it back

01:14:05That's a decent

01:14:06Ball

01:14:07And it's met

01:14:10By the head

01:14:11Of Leslie

01:14:12Ugachukwu

01:14:13The Frenchman

01:14:16Scores

01:14:17In back-to-back

01:14:18Premier League

01:14:19Games

01:14:19And gives his

01:14:22Side the ideal

01:14:23Springboard

01:14:24In what is

01:14:27A high-stakes

01:14:28Game

01:14:28Parker's not

01:14:30Fazed

01:14:31Just like they

01:14:32Planned

01:14:33What a ball

01:14:34This is

01:14:35From Kyle Walker

01:14:36He's just begging

01:14:38For someone

01:14:38To get on the

01:14:39End of it

01:14:39We have to credit

01:14:41Ugachukwu

01:14:42He does the rest

01:14:44No chance

01:14:45For Darlow

01:14:46Burnley 1

01:14:47Leeds United

01:14:480

01:14:48Colour

01:14:52Burnley free kick

01:14:54Anthony

01:15:00Presents it

01:15:01Straight to

01:15:01Harrison

01:15:02It's opening up

01:15:03Aronson

01:15:04Off the post

01:15:06Scott Parker

01:15:09Would have been

01:15:09Furious

01:15:10If that would have

01:15:11Resulted in an

01:15:12Equaliser

01:15:13For the visitors

01:15:14What a golden

01:15:15Opportunity this is

01:15:17For Brendan

01:15:17Aronson

01:15:18But we have to

01:15:19But we have to credit

01:15:19Martin Dubravka

01:15:21Proving his

01:15:22Fine goalkeeping

01:15:23Abilities

01:15:24Benefiting from

01:15:25The aid of a post

01:15:26And Padua

01:15:29Longstaff

01:15:31Patient build up here

01:15:33From Leeds United

01:15:34And was he caught

01:15:34There he was

01:15:35Anthony

01:15:38The guilty party

01:15:39It is

01:15:44Anton

01:15:45Stack

01:15:45An excellent save

01:15:48And he strikes it well

01:15:52It's goalkeeper side though

01:15:53So Dubravka did have a good

01:15:55Sight of it

01:15:56Save still needed to be made

01:15:57Longstaff

01:16:06His cross

01:16:10Harrison

01:16:10Best moment

01:16:13Of the second half

01:16:15For Leeds United

01:16:16So far

01:16:16That was a chance

01:16:19And he knows it

01:16:20Stroke

01:16:23Walker read that

01:16:27Will he get there first

01:16:29He will

01:16:3035 but still

01:16:33Blistering pace

01:16:34Checks back to find

01:16:39Cullen

01:16:40Chowney

01:16:47He has room

01:16:48Chowney

01:16:49Scream

01:16:51Scream it

01:16:54From the Burnley

01:16:55Substitute

01:16:56There didn't seem

01:16:58To be much on

01:16:59So he thought

01:17:00Why not

01:17:01What a way

01:17:04To score

01:17:04Your first goal

01:17:06In Burnley colours

01:17:07He's not closed down

01:17:08But wow

01:17:10Burnley

01:17:11Double their

01:17:12Advantage

01:17:13Courtesy of Scott Parker

01:17:15Bringing a man on

01:17:16From the bench

01:17:17Bloom Chowney

01:17:18Makes it

01:17:19Burnley

01:17:20Two

01:17:20Leeds United

01:17:22Now

01:17:22James

01:17:27Checks

01:17:28Back to Longstaff

01:17:30Towards Calvert-Lewin

01:17:32And Bogle

01:17:33How has he not

01:17:37Put that away

01:17:38Calvert-Lewin's effort

01:17:41Hangs in the air

01:17:42And

01:17:42Bogle

01:17:44Kicks the advertising

01:17:45Hoarding

01:17:46In frustration

01:17:47James's delivery

01:17:51James' delivery

01:17:51Towards Calvert-Lewin

01:17:52And Padua

01:17:53Couldn't wrap his leg

01:17:54Around it

01:17:54Walker can't clear either

01:17:58Chowney has stayed down

01:18:03Goodmanson

01:18:07Goodmanson

01:18:07It's cross

01:18:09And I think

01:18:10Matcha got the final

01:18:11Touch there

01:18:12It's going to be

01:18:14A second win of the season

01:18:16For Scott Parker

01:18:17And for the first time

01:18:18Burnley have beaten

01:18:19Leeds United

01:18:20In the Premier League

01:18:21Burnley two

01:18:22Leeds United nil

01:18:23I thought the performance

01:18:25Was everything we planned

01:18:26To come here today

01:18:27Really

01:18:28So

01:18:28Hugely competitive team

01:18:30And we probably

01:18:31Experienced that

01:18:32Last year

01:18:33Certainly went toe-to-toe

01:18:34With Leeds

01:18:34For some time

01:18:35Throughout that year

01:18:36But overall today

01:18:39First and foremost

01:18:40Coming to get a result

01:18:41And we've managed

01:18:43To do that

01:18:43Your first Burnley goal

01:18:45And what a goal

01:18:46Can you talk us

01:18:47Through it please

01:18:48I'm very happy

01:18:51I'm full

01:18:52I'm excited

01:18:55And proud

01:18:57Satisfied

01:18:58Because it's long work

01:19:00I work every day

01:19:01For this

01:19:02With City

01:19:02It's a beautiful goal

01:19:04I'm happy

01:19:05You have to be clinical

01:19:06Especially as a newly

01:19:07Promoted side

01:19:07And yeah

01:19:09Each of your situation counts

01:19:10So to be self-critical

01:19:11You have to say

01:19:13We didn't have this

01:19:13Effectiveness level

01:19:14Like they had

01:19:15Performance-wise

01:19:16I can't complain about anything

01:19:18But this is how football works

01:19:19When Daniel and the Leeds fans

01:19:21Look at those stats

01:19:22They will wonder

01:19:22How they came away

01:19:24From Turf Moor

01:19:25With nothing

01:19:25Yeah Leeds were excellent

01:19:27Apart from

01:19:28You know

01:19:28Putting the ball

01:19:29In the back of the net

01:19:29Absolutely dominated the game

01:19:31But Burnley

01:19:32Stayed in the game

01:19:33And took the chances

01:19:34When needed

01:19:35Kyle Walker

01:19:36With the first one

01:19:37A great great cross

01:19:38Into Ogochukwu

01:19:39And then the second one

01:19:41Chuana

01:19:41What a strike this is

01:19:43He finds a little space

01:19:45In there

01:19:45And the turn

01:19:47Too much time

01:19:49And he just

01:19:49Absolutely belts it

01:19:52I mean the technique

01:19:53Is just sublime

01:19:54Sort of cuts across it

01:19:56The goalkeeper

01:19:57No chance

01:19:58I mean

01:19:59What an amazing goal that was

01:20:01And another promoted side

01:20:02That is really building

01:20:03On their home form

01:20:04Yeah but even if you look

01:20:05At the stats

01:20:06That won't bother Burnley

01:20:07Because it was something

01:20:08Similar to like that

01:20:08In the championship

01:20:09Last season

01:20:10So they've just carried that on

01:20:11But yeah

01:20:11Their home form

01:20:12Is going to be key

01:20:13Like it is for every

01:20:14Premier League club

01:20:15That comes up

01:20:17Yeah

01:20:17And we mentioned a minute ago

01:20:18Didn't we

01:20:18Of course

01:20:19It's Wolves next away

01:20:20You know

01:20:21And that's a pivotal game

01:20:22For both

01:20:22They're going to target

01:20:23Games away

01:20:24Obviously

01:20:24Yeah but I think

01:20:24If you look at the bigger picture

01:20:26For Burnley

01:20:26I think Scott

01:20:27And his staff

01:20:28Will be reasonably happy

01:20:29With the start

01:20:31That they've made

01:20:31In the Premier League

01:20:32They've shown to people

01:20:34I think they're going

01:20:35To be competitive

01:20:36Particularly at home

01:20:37I think the good thing is

01:20:39When Burnley was under

01:20:41Vincent Kompany

01:20:41They tried to play

01:20:42A style of play

01:20:43Obviously they didn't work

01:20:44For the team

01:20:44Worked for Kompany

01:20:45He's gone to Bayern Munich

01:20:46But now

01:20:47They've got a defensive style

01:20:48Stuck to what they know

01:20:50And it's working for them

01:20:51And home form

01:20:52Yeah and all three

01:20:53Promoted teams

01:20:54Are all out of the bottom three

01:20:55So they'll all be

01:20:56Very pleased with this start

01:20:57Actually

01:20:57Yeah sticking to their identity

01:20:59Working on their home form

01:21:00And at the moment

01:21:01Seems to be working for

01:21:02Them

01:21:02Well let's have a look

01:21:03Shall we

01:21:04As you're giving it away

01:21:04At the Premier League table

01:21:06No surprises then

01:21:08With Liverpool

01:21:09Not in action

01:21:10Until tomorrow

01:21:11Arsenal extend their lead

01:21:13At the top

01:21:13To three points

01:21:14But on the eight occasions

01:21:16Arsenal have had at least

01:21:1819 points at this stage

01:21:19They've gone on to win

01:21:20The title only once

01:21:21The combined telly

01:21:22Of 29 points

01:21:23By Sunderland, Leeds and Burnley

01:21:24Is 15 more

01:21:25Than the three promoter sides

01:21:26Managed this stage

01:21:27Of the season

01:21:28Last time

01:21:29Wolves fail to win

01:21:30Any of their opening

01:21:31Eight games

01:21:32For the second season running

01:21:33Well

01:21:35As we found out today

01:21:36It's going to take

01:21:37More than a shield

01:21:38To protect you

01:21:38If you're a Premier League manager

01:21:40As Ange Postacoglu

01:21:41Found out today

01:21:42Banished

01:21:43After 39 days

01:21:44And eight games

01:21:45You two can sleep easy

01:21:47Tonight

01:21:48On your way

01:21:49Good night

01:21:50He's going to be a person

01:21:53Officers

01:21:54Soon as we can do it

01:21:55It's going to be a woman

01:21:55And a man

01:21:56After 39 days

01:21:59He's going to be a man

01:22:00And a girl

01:22:00Hopefully

01:22:00He's going to be a man

01:22:01And a man

01:22:01He's going to be a man

01:22:02He's going to be a man

01:22:02Yeah

01:22:07Yeah

Match of the Day - Season 54 - Episode 15: 18/10/2025

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