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00:00:00What a freestyle!
00:00:01Oh, what a go!
00:00:03Oh, look at that!
00:00:04Absolutely phenomenal!
00:00:06Rooney O'Connor!
00:00:08Welcome to Match of the Dead.
00:00:50Hello, 25 goals tonight on a busy match of the day.
00:00:54Seven games from Saturday and one from Friday night.
00:00:57Alan Shearer and Danny Murphy are raring to go.
00:01:00They've watched every second of it.
00:01:02League leaders Arsenal booked their place in the League Cup final this week
00:01:05with victory over Chelsea.
00:01:07Visitors Sunderland have never won away at Arsenal in the Premier League.
00:01:11Commentary comes from Robin Cowan.
00:01:14Arsenal still fighting on four fronts,
00:01:16but the Premier League remains the competition they covet the most.
00:01:20It's been 22 years since the Gunners held the title.
00:01:23The supporters' understandable anxiety will only be relieved
00:01:26with victory this afternoon for another few days at least.
00:01:30It's two changes from last weekend's win over Leeds.
00:01:33Calafiore comes in at left back.
00:01:35Gabriel Jesus makes just his second Premier League start of the season.
00:01:39Kai Havertz keeps his place as an attacking midfielder.
00:01:42He scored two in his last three games, including the winner
00:01:45that sealed Arsenal's place in the League Cup final.
00:01:48Sunderland keep the same eleven that beat Burnley.
00:01:51Brian Brobby has three goals in his last six.
00:01:53He got the last-minute equaliser against the Gunners at the Stadium of Light in November.
00:01:57That preserved their unbeaten home record, one that still stands today.
00:02:02A new initiative has been launched this season, Premier League with Pride.
00:02:06This is the first weekend dedicated to celebrating and supporting the LGBTQ plus community,
00:02:12as well as highlighting the work that still needs to be done to make football fully inclusive.
00:02:19So no win ever in the Premier League for Sunderland against Arsenal.
00:02:23Their last victory against Arsenal in any competition came all the way back in February 2012
00:02:28in the FA Cup at the Stadium of Light.
00:02:30Mikel Arteta was in the Arsenal starting eleven that day.
00:02:39Trossard manages to get the cross in!
00:02:41It's an early opportunity!
00:02:44Trossard managing to dig out the cross.
00:02:47You've got to say Kai Havertz should be getting that on target at the very least.
00:02:54Accused of being slightly wasteful at times, Arsenal.
00:02:56who sometimes forgets that they start the weekend six points clear at the top of the Premier League.
00:03:06Foul is eventually given.
00:03:12Late from Calafiore.
00:03:19Oh, David Royer hasn't claimed it and Brobby!
00:03:21That shot was on target.
00:03:24Kai Havertz has had Arsenal's best opportunity in front of goal.
00:03:28He's managed to keep Sunderland's best opportunity out of his own nets here.
00:03:33Sunderland's captain Granit Xhaka denied a reunion on the pitch today against his former club due to an ankle injury.
00:03:42Here is Landreau Trossard.
00:03:44Here is Landreau Trossard.
00:03:45Here is Landreau Trossard.
00:03:49Rice!
00:03:52Robin Roos looks fairly confident that this was flying wide.
00:03:56Didn't quite get enough curl on it, Declan Rice.
00:04:07The Faye.
00:04:09Brobby.
00:04:10Well, Zubamendi has stayed down.
00:04:13The referee took quite some time to decide that was a foul.
00:04:18And not only that, he's going to give a yellow card for Brian Brobby.
00:04:23The on-field decision is confirmed.
00:04:28A natural motion in the foot.
00:04:32Zubamendi.
00:04:36Calafiore.
00:04:38Now Trossard.
00:04:44Sets it!
00:04:45Oh, it's there!
00:04:46A beautiful strike!
00:04:49Martin Zubamendi fires the gunners into the lead.
00:04:55Wonderful play from Trossard.
00:04:58A perfect set for him.
00:04:59Crying out to be hit by Zubamendi.
00:05:03Cuts across it beautifully.
00:05:05In off the post.
00:05:06Sweet and true from Zubamendi.
00:05:09His sixth goal of the season.
00:05:18Robbie wins the header.
00:05:21Trossard finds Havertz.
00:05:23Through for Gabriel Jesus.
00:05:25The flag has stayed down.
00:05:27It's Jesus!
00:05:28He's brought down.
00:05:30Surely penalty.
00:05:33The flag is up.
00:05:35Gabriel Jesus might be offside.
00:05:39Now, is he still in his own half?
00:05:41I think he's just about offside.
00:05:45Really not by much.
00:05:48Opportunity from the penalty spot.
00:05:50It's going to be taken away from Arsenal.
00:05:56Trossard leading the charge once again.
00:06:00Declan Rice.
00:06:02Was an option and said it's the reverse ball for Calafiore.
00:06:05And he's given it away to Brobby.
00:06:08And there's an overload on the right for Sunderland.
00:06:10This could spell danger.
00:06:13It's Diara.
00:06:17Very difficult chance from that sort of position.
00:06:20And now Sunderland.
00:06:21A little light.
00:06:24Havertz on the charge.
00:06:27It's Havertz!
00:06:32He missed a very good chance early on in this game.
00:06:36No one in a blue shirt was engaging.
00:06:39It opened up really nicely for him.
00:06:41And sends it wide.
00:06:48Now Hulme.
00:06:50Le Fay.
00:06:52Brobby.
00:06:56Oh, David Reier.
00:06:58Forced into a stop.
00:07:00It was Talby with the effort.
00:07:08Hulme.
00:07:09Hulme in the way.
00:07:09The scampering Trossard.
00:07:11It's towards Brobby.
00:07:13Great ball in.
00:07:16Really well worked.
00:07:17Bouncing the ball off each other.
00:07:19Siddiqui knew there wasn't a clear path to goal.
00:07:23Talby took it.
00:07:24And Reier spilt it.
00:07:25But no one in a blue shirt to follow up.
00:07:29Niall Quinn a guest at the Emirates.
00:07:32To observe two out of the three.
00:07:36Clubs who represented at senior level.
00:07:39With distinction.
00:07:41Nice idea towards Havertz.
00:07:44Kiele cuts that ball out.
00:07:48Gives it straight back to Leandro Trossard.
00:07:50Now Havertz.
00:07:52Jokeres!
00:07:57And that should be that.
00:08:01Arsenal were patient.
00:08:03Winning it back.
00:08:05High up the pitch.
00:08:06Pinning Sunderland in.
00:08:08Trossard again.
00:08:10At the heart of it.
00:08:13Havertz.
00:08:13Finding Jokeres on the stretch.
00:08:16As he slipped.
00:08:17Finding the back of the net.
00:08:18They all count.
00:08:20And this one.
00:08:21Means that those Arsenal supporters can rest a little easy now.
00:08:25Arsenal two. Sunderland nil.
00:08:32Ballard couldn't take it down.
00:08:34Or Ranildo.
00:08:36Stuttered.
00:08:37And Arsenal are in here.
00:08:39It's Martinelli.
00:08:41Jokeres!
00:08:45At the double.
00:08:47Rounds off a very productive afternoon for Arsenal.
00:08:51There was a tired ball in.
00:08:54Norgaard's clearance.
00:08:55Fell to Martinelli.
00:08:57Ranildo didn't know whether to stick or twist.
00:09:00And Gabriel Martinelli playing in Jokeres.
00:09:04Unselfish.
00:09:05To tee up his teammate.
00:09:08Routine.
00:09:09Comfortable.
00:09:12Very few moments of jeopardy from an Arsenal perspective.
00:09:16Exactly what was required.
00:09:19Playing every three days.
00:09:20We just played a huge semi-final here a few days ago.
00:09:23And to go again in that manner with that commitment every single player.
00:09:27It's just great to watch.
00:09:29And the other thing is the quality that we can bring.
00:09:32And the intensity.
00:09:33And how prepared the players are to go and impact the game.
00:09:36I think we showed character and personality.
00:09:39With and without the ball.
00:09:41I think we even were dominant at the beginning of the second half.
00:09:44With a couple of opportunities.
00:09:46We didn't seize those opportunities.
00:09:48And if we don't catch those ones, I think the game is over.
00:09:53The result helps when we're 1-0 up.
00:09:55And they tried to chase an equalizer.
00:09:58And then, yeah, it was of course nice to take the chances and to help the team.
00:10:04So it was a good Saturday.
00:10:05Today, he saw the line-up.
00:10:07I told him, you're going to come in.
00:10:08You're going to have a big impact in the game.
00:10:10And he was ready for it.
00:10:11And that's a joy.
00:10:12Because that means that we can change the game in different ways.
00:10:16And this has made the difference when it came on.
00:10:19Well, they're enjoying a lot at the Emirates.
00:10:21This is Arsenal's home record.
00:10:22And no surprise that the team who are top of the table do have the best home record.
00:10:27But when you look at what that's built on.
00:10:29That incredible defence is there as well.
00:10:30With seven clean sheets.
00:10:32And an XG of less than eight across their home games so far.
00:10:35This looked like another comfortable victory for them, Alan.
00:10:39What did you make of the performance?
00:10:40I thought they were very professional without being brilliant.
00:10:43And also using their squad strength really, really well in terms of the subs that they brought on.
00:10:50They had a couple of players out of Inter.
00:10:51But I thought Sunderland did really well.
00:10:54And caused some problems for Arsenal.
00:10:56And frustrated them at times.
00:10:58That should have been in the back of the net there with a mistake from Raya.
00:11:02Probably should have put it in.
00:11:03But this is what Sunderland did really well, I thought.
00:11:05They got men behind the ball.
00:11:07And at times they frustrated Arsenal and made it very difficult for them.
00:11:11And as I said, could have scored one or two themselves.
00:11:14And it took a summer signing that cost 60 million.
00:11:18And it took a piece of brilliance because Sunderland, again, they had that many men behind the ball.
00:11:23That's what it was going to take.
00:11:25Just something to unlock that defence.
00:11:27And it was a brilliant strike from Zubamendi.
00:11:30But again, you can see the numbers behind.
00:11:33And then all of a sudden, I said, using their squad strength.
00:11:36They bring on Jokeres.
00:11:38They bring on Martinelli.
00:11:39They've got no Saka who's out injured.
00:11:41No Odgaard who's out injured.
00:11:42And the same thing again.
00:11:43They've got men behind the ball.
00:11:45And Sunderland were always in this game.
00:11:47They were always in it and making it difficult for them.
00:11:50But then the clearance doesn't work.
00:11:51They find themselves in a good position.
00:11:53Jokeres comes on.
00:11:55He gets his first goal there.
00:11:56And then the ball comes into the box.
00:11:58And then another substitute plays a huge part in the goal in Martinelli.
00:12:03It's a game Arsenal had to win.
00:12:05But as I said, there was nothing spectacular about them.
00:12:08But they were very, very professional.
00:12:10And he puts it on the plate for Jokeres.
00:12:12And there was no coming back from that.
00:12:14So that is three big, big, big points for Arsenal.
00:12:17You can see Jokeres there.
00:12:19Most goals in all competitions.
00:12:21In 2026.
00:12:23So the goals are starting to flow for him as well.
00:12:25But they've got so many options.
00:12:27Yeah, so many attacking options for Arsenal.
00:12:29And as Alan said, it's a really big three points that takes them nine clear of Manchester City.
00:12:34You've still got the game at Anfield against Liverpool to come this weekend.
00:12:37But anybody waiting for these Arsenal nerves to kick in is having a longer and longer wait, Danny.
00:12:43Yeah, well, it's a must win for City.
00:12:44But you have to say, since they lost to United, Arsenal, they've won four on the spin in all comps.
00:12:48Yeah.
00:12:49They're in a League Cup final.
00:12:50They've finished top of the Champions League group.
00:12:52It doesn't look like a side that's nervous.
00:12:54They've got good competition for places.
00:12:56They can win games when they don't play very well.
00:12:58They're the best team at the moment.
00:12:59And if City don't win tomorrow, you've got to say it's game over, I think.
00:13:05And far from looking nervous, are they almost composed, Alan?
00:13:08No, but I think there's so many people waiting for a slip up that when you see a performance like
00:13:13that today, and that's fine.
00:13:15They don't have to be brilliant every game.
00:13:16They just have to find ways to win games.
00:13:18And they've done that today.
00:13:20So there's not from, I don't think from their side, there's no panic at all.
00:13:22And no set plays today.
00:13:24Yes.
00:13:24And every goal came from open play as well for Arsenal.
00:13:28Manchester United were looking to make it four wins in a row under Michael Carrick.
00:13:32They faced a Spurs side that had gone six Premier League games without a win.
00:13:36Commentary comes from Guy Mowbray.
00:13:39On behalf of their clubs, Michael Carrick and Thomas Frank lead the commemorations for the Munich air disaster,
00:13:46which happened 68 years ago yesterday, claiming the lives of 23 people, including 11 Manchester United players and staff.
00:13:55It is the foundation for everything this football club became and is today.
00:14:03The United team is the same one that started against Fulham last Sunday.
00:14:07And that means a 100th appearance in the Premier League for a rejuvenated Casemiro.
00:14:13For Spurs, three changes from their proper game of two halves against Manchester City.
00:14:18Mickey van der Ven returns after injury and starts two for Pab Matassar and Wilson Oduber.
00:14:23Dragasin, Bissouma and Colin Mouane all dropped to the bench.
00:14:29It's a lively enough game down in North London when these sides came together in early November.
00:14:352-2.
00:14:37And it all happened late in that one as well.
00:14:40Could happen early for Manchester United today with Bruno Fernandes leading the charge and finding Embermo!
00:14:47Who couldn't find the net, but it certainly laid down a marker for the rest of the early afternoon.
00:14:53And Embermo just got his head down and hit it.
00:14:56Hope for the best.
00:14:58Embermo, of course, today up against his old boss Thomas Frank.
00:15:06Simons.
00:15:10That was Gallagher.
00:15:13Trying to sweep it past Lammans.
00:15:15It's a good opportunity.
00:15:16Lammans was ready for it and he didn't really connect with it.
00:15:20Cool head Carrick.
00:15:21Feet on the ground.
00:15:23Let's not get carried away was his message this week.
00:15:25And perhaps as much if not more than anybody.
00:15:28He's mindful of the fact that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had a terrific start as Manchester United boss as well.
00:15:34Dalot to Cunha!
00:15:38I think Vicario had a feeling it was going wide.
00:15:43Lovely first time effort though.
00:15:46That was the referee's view of Matthias Cunha's bending effort.
00:15:50It wasn't far away from giving United the lead.
00:15:55Bruno Fernandes on the run.
00:15:58Missed by Romero.
00:16:01He was ready for whatever Cunha was trying to do.
00:16:04Romero then goes into Casemiro.
00:16:07Both players hurt.
00:16:08And it's a red card for Cristian Romero.
00:16:11Casemiro is down and stayed down.
00:16:15Romero goes again.
00:16:17For the sixth time in his Spurs career.
00:16:22Casemiro was getting there.
00:16:24Romero was getting there come what may.
00:16:27He took everything but look at that challenge.
00:16:30There isn't a video assistant referee in the world who'd overturned that.
00:16:34And you just wonder what's going on in that head.
00:16:36He's had so much to say this week.
00:16:39He's brought so much attention on himself.
00:16:41And then he does that.
00:16:43And that's the Tottenham Hotspur captain.
00:16:46It has to be different when you wear the armband.
00:16:50What was it Thomas Frank said after that rollercoaster game against Manchester City last week?
00:16:54I prefer it going more smooth.
00:16:57But this is football.
00:16:59Good time again Thomas.
00:17:02Martinez.
00:17:05Nice taken turn from Cunha.
00:17:07Siemens have read the pass.
00:17:08Good challenge from Cunha.
00:17:10I think that was deflected.
00:17:12It was.
00:17:12It's going to be a corner.
00:17:14Bruno Fernandes once again not hanging around in his ambitions to beat Vicario.
00:17:23Bruno Fernandes with a flat one to Mehnu.
00:17:26Here's Embermo.
00:17:27Oh!
00:17:28Brilliantly worked.
00:17:31And passed into the corner by Brian Embermo.
00:17:36Embermo into double figures of goals as a United forward.
00:17:40Mehnu made the move.
00:17:42Nobody went with him.
00:17:43How about this though for a slot from Embermo?
00:17:47If it was fully intended, did he catch it as he wanted to?
00:17:51Oh, let's not quibble about it.
00:17:53I think he did.
00:17:55Tucked in.
00:17:58Michael Carrick's plan comes together.
00:18:00It's Manchester United won Tottenham Hotspur nil.
00:18:04With a whole lot of reorganising to do.
00:18:07We can only presume that he said something inspiring and made some really useful changes last weekend.
00:18:13He's going to have to do it again.
00:18:15There's Cunha.
00:18:16Turned behind by Pallina.
00:18:19By the time Frank does give those words at the interval, it's imperative for Spurs that the gaps only still
00:18:25one.
00:18:26Embermo.
00:18:27Goal scorer.
00:18:28Now corner taker.
00:18:33Soon to be crosser.
00:18:36That's Casimiro and it's tipped over the top by Vicario.
00:18:42Mightily close to two.
00:18:52Sure.
00:18:55That was a risky one.
00:18:57A curious one.
00:18:58Here's Xavi Simmonds!
00:19:03Must have been close judging by his reaction.
00:19:06It's a proper good go that.
00:19:11Thomas Frank is a non-stop bundle of energy and instructions.
00:19:16Casimiro.
00:19:18Now Luke Shaw.
00:19:19There'll be cries of shoot.
00:19:21And he does!
00:19:26Let's see how much this was moving in the air.
00:19:29Looking at the way that Vicario contorted his body to save it.
00:19:33I'd say plenty.
00:19:35Certainly travelled.
00:19:37Now a United corner.
00:19:40Embermo.
00:19:42Vicario stays back.
00:19:43Maguire trying to hold his ground.
00:19:45He's claimed that he was being fouled.
00:19:48Here's Dalot.
00:19:49He's going to have a crack.
00:19:51Another one repelled by Vicario.
00:19:54Both Manchester United full backs have their eyes on the jackpot.
00:19:59This is what Maguire was asking about.
00:20:01Well, he's got a case hasn't he?
00:20:04Vandevene just wrapped his arm around.
00:20:06No sense of challenging for the ball.
00:20:08Play went on for Dalot to try that.
00:20:11Well watched by Vicario who's been busy.
00:20:14And might only get busier before the afternoon is out.
00:20:21Menuh to Dalot.
00:20:22Dalot looking for Cescou.
00:20:24Dino Fernandes is behind him!
00:20:28And he may well have sealed it.
00:20:31Really nicely finished.
00:20:33And I think the game is as well.
00:20:37It's a really tough one for the Manchester United captain because it came over Cescou and two Spurs defenders who
00:20:44you might have thought one of them would have got it.
00:20:47And Bruno Fernandes kind of caresses the ball with his shin.
00:20:52I think he knew how that was going to arrive and got the contact he needed.
00:20:57It's the goal that Manchester United have needed for quite a while.
00:21:00It's 2-0.
00:21:07Vissouma.
00:21:11Up towards Ahmad.
00:21:13Ahmad has Bruno Fernandes with him.
00:21:16And will try and time the pass to his captain.
00:21:20Cescou's in the box unmarked!
00:21:21Oh, had to score!
00:21:24It's the last touch of the game and it really should have finished.
00:21:283-0 to Manchester United instead of the two that it is.
00:21:33It won't take any of the shine away for Michael Carrick though.
00:21:37The former Spurs man who became a fully-fledged Old Trafford stalwart has made a flying start in his time
00:21:45as the head coach here.
00:21:47Manchester United 2, Tottenham Holtz for 0.
00:21:49I thought the boys got the balance right.
00:21:51You can see that they're playing with confidence and the expression side of the game is certainly there.
00:21:56We need to keep that.
00:21:58There's things we can work on and keep improving.
00:22:00We've been together for three or four weeks.
00:22:03We want to keep striving for more, but it's great.
00:22:05The next time we're part of the game.
00:22:07Goal malfunction is what we love.
00:22:09Can I ask you about your goal?
00:22:11Off the shin, but I reckon you meant it.
00:22:13Yeah, because I think that if you go with your feet, the probability of the ball going very, very high
00:22:19is big because it's bouncing in front of you.
00:22:22Some people will say that it was not meant it, but it was actually meant it because I knew the
00:22:25ball then would have gone straight into the floor and Vicario there has to move with the ball.
00:22:30So I just tried to go across him to make him not able to jump and get the ball there
00:22:34and he almost got it.
00:22:35The red card is the big incident.
00:22:37After this week of all weeks, it's the last thing you needed, your captain needed, the club needed.
00:22:41Do you have an issue to solve with him now?
00:22:43I just think it's the perfect storm.
00:22:47Of course, it was today.
00:22:49It should have happened.
00:22:51It is what it is.
00:22:52I think it's clear that the situation is EU have now seen it through five times just to be absolutely
00:22:57clear.
00:22:58You know, it's clearly tried to tackle the ball.
00:23:00The ball just left and then it's a follow through and then unfortunately it's a red card.
00:23:04Well, since Thomas Frank mentions it, let's talk about the red card before we get on to Manchester United's performance
00:23:09and series of performances.
00:23:10Christian Romero, and we heard Guy mention it there to Thomas Frank, posted after the game last week where he
00:23:16had to come up at half-time ill that it was disgraceful that Spurs only had 11 fit players to
00:23:21select from.
00:23:22Now they have won fewer for the next four matches because he got himself sent off correctly in your opinion?
00:23:28Yeah, absolutely.
00:23:29Michael Oliver gets it absolutely right.
00:23:32You can't tackle like that in today's game.
00:23:36And he's got to show better leadership and he's said what he said in whatever post he's done on Instagram
00:23:42or whatever it was on, but leaders are the ones who perform for the team and makes other players around
00:23:47them better.
00:23:48And now he's going to be missing for four games and Tottenham just do not need that.
00:23:53But absolutely it was a red card.
00:23:56Danny?
00:23:56Yeah.
00:23:57Thomas Frank can't be blamed for this today.
00:23:59He's to blame.
00:24:01They were in the game when he was on the pitch and when he's gone off and give the team
00:24:04a mountain to climb.
00:24:05And, you know, I'm sure one or two of the lads at half-time went in and said the piece.
00:24:08Well, I hope they did anyway, because it makes life really difficult.
00:24:12And is the captain this record of most red cards in the Premier League since he's made his debut in
00:24:16August 2021.
00:24:17How concerning is that?
00:24:19How worried should Tottenham be about that?
00:24:21Very concerned.
00:24:21Yeah.
00:24:22Well, I mean, you said it.
00:24:23He's going to have four games because it's his second red card this season.
00:24:26So, you know.
00:24:27And he could have had one or three more.
00:24:28Yeah.
00:24:29From Manchester United's point of view, it's another win under Michael Carrick.
00:24:34Nothing changes except maybe it did a little bit, Danny.
00:24:36Well, you'd have been forgiven for thinking he'd just put the same team out, same formation.
00:24:41And he didn't.
00:24:42He made a great little tweak and it worked perfectly.
00:24:4511 v 11 United are opening Spurs up and making chances.
00:24:48He played Bruno and Cunha as two 10s or two false nines, whatever you want to say.
00:24:52He moved Mbumo.
00:24:53He's been playing centre-forward out to the left.
00:24:55And Ahmad was on the right.
00:24:57And what it did with two intelligent players like these two, it gave the Tottenham centre-halves a real problem.
00:25:02Do we go in and follow them or do we drop off?
00:25:04Does the midfield three?
00:25:05Any two of the three Tottenham players drop in.
00:25:07This is the first minute.
00:25:09Look at the space Bruno's got.
00:25:10He's playing some of the best footballers of his career.
00:25:12And surely the game plan was to try and stop him getting on the ball.
00:25:15That's an early warning.
00:25:16Here again, one coming to feet in space.
00:25:18The other one, no one picking him up.
00:25:20Of course, as I said, they're talented boys.
00:25:23They are really special footballers.
00:25:24But you have to set a plan to stop the best players.
00:25:27When the ball eventually comes to Bruno here, again, you expect him to score.
00:25:31But how can he be in that much space?
00:25:33And this is the little tweet Carrick made that I thought I was really impressed with.
00:25:36And he's obviously a, you know, really football thinking man and tries to find different ways.
00:25:41And Cunha, again, asking for the ball because he knows he's in space.
00:25:44I think it's Paulino trying to get back in there.
00:25:46No communication.
00:25:48And time and time again.
00:25:49This is all 11 v 11, by the way.
00:25:51Ahmad's got two options here.
00:25:52Look, he can play.
00:25:53Bruno is free.
00:25:54Centre-halves are too deep.
00:25:55Midfielders aren't coming back quickly enough.
00:25:57Cunha was free.
00:25:59The goal instigated by Bruno, of course.
00:26:02Little clever move.
00:26:03Little clever corner set playing.
00:26:05And Bruno fires one into the bottom corner.
00:26:06Now that's against 10, of course.
00:26:08You expect them to go and dominate the second half.
00:26:10But similar things happened.
00:26:12Clever players getting in intelligent positions.
00:26:16Linking up together.
00:26:17Starting to enjoy themselves.
00:26:18Getting lots of the ball.
00:26:19And it's only a great block here.
00:26:20Stops Bruno getting another shot off.
00:26:23Cunha had gone off at this point.
00:26:25But Bruno got his goal with a wonderful finish.
00:26:27And topped off a brilliant performance.
00:26:29Considering actually he had one of his poor performances last week.
00:26:32I did the game against Fulham.
00:26:33And he wasn't at his best.
00:26:35But at the moment, he's arguably the best number 10 in Europe.
00:26:38And because of that, these stats that Michael Carrick is putting on the board
00:26:41don't look like a flash in the pan.
00:26:44Do they look sustainable?
00:26:46I mean, it'll be hard to keep going with these numbers.
00:26:48These are phenomenal numbers.
00:26:50He'll be much happier seeing those after 10 games, let's say.
00:26:53But he can't have asked for a better start.
00:26:55They're playing good football.
00:26:56The fans are on board.
00:26:57The players look confident.
00:26:58They're enjoying themselves.
00:27:00Not fun, is it?
00:27:01It is if you're a Manchester United fan.
00:27:04Now, having gone three without a win in the Premier League.
00:27:08Newcastle welcomed this season's surprise package Brentford to St James' Park.
00:27:12Commentary comes from Martin Fisher.
00:27:16Remarkably, this is Newcastle's only home match and a challenging eight-game spell.
00:27:21They've been strong here this season.
00:27:24Anita picked me up after Wednesday's disappointments in the Carabao Cup.
00:27:28Brentford have been excellent on the road recently, but their last success here was in 1934.
00:27:34Bruno Gümmerich is back for Newcastle after missing the last four games with an ankle injury.
00:27:41Johan Wisser starts against his former club.
00:27:43For the Bees, Keane-Louis-Posse replaces the suspended Kevin Scharder.
00:27:50There's never been a goalless draw between these two.
00:27:53In fact, in the Premier League there have been a glut of goals.
00:27:5737 scored in nine games.
00:28:00Let the fun commence.
00:28:02Botlin got his head to it, it might drop invitingly here for Lewis-Posse.
00:28:06Was he held back by Trippier?
00:28:08Andy Madley not impressed.
00:28:13Keane-Louis-Posse made the most of it, but there's definite contact there from Trippier
00:28:17as he grabs hold of the Brentford man's jersey.
00:28:22Checks and cleared.
00:28:25Intelligent ball into space for Willock.
00:28:27Adger across for Brentford.
00:28:28Wisser and Murphy are in the box.
00:28:31Gümmerich just arriving.
00:28:32So too is Hall that it's turned behind before it can reach the left-back.
00:28:44In by Gümmerich.
00:28:46Keeper can't get to it!
00:28:47And he's headed home!
00:28:50Sven Portman on his 100th appearance for Newcastle
00:28:55has his first ever goal at St James's Park.
00:28:59Dutch Delight.
00:29:01Newcastle in front.
00:29:03And he's done it in front of the Gallagher.
00:29:09Trippier, what a beautiful ball that is for Barnes.
00:29:15Hall.
00:29:17Saw a gap.
00:29:18Burst through it.
00:29:18Great ball in!
00:29:20And Wisser stabs it goalwards and it's cleared off the line by Jan Elks.
00:29:26It looked in all the world as though it was going to be number two for Newcastle,
00:29:30but Jan Elk was in the right position at the right moment.
00:29:34In the Premier League, Newcastle boasts the third worst record of holding on to winning positions.
00:29:41So Brentford shouldn't be too demoralised just yet.
00:29:46Batara.
00:29:48Now having a run at Trippier.
00:29:52Great cross!
00:29:53And headed home at the back post!
00:29:55Vitaly Janel makes it 1-1.
00:29:57Great response from the Bees.
00:30:01Magnificent delivery by Dango Watara.
00:30:05And Vitaly Janel is the beneficiary.
00:30:08His first goal of this season.
00:30:10But it owes so, so much to this ball in from Dango Watara.
00:30:15It's a gem.
00:30:16And Jan Elks steers it home.
00:30:20And Brentford are level.
00:30:23Thanks, pal.
00:30:25Newcastle 1, Brentford 1.
00:30:34Oh, that's careless.
00:30:35Gimaraish quickly on to Tonale.
00:30:42Disappointing centre, but it's not the grace of the balls from Henderson that Lewis Potter had to get a move
00:30:46on to clear towards Thiago, who's helped it on to Coyote.
00:30:52Here's the danger man, Watara, on the left foot.
00:30:55Puts Trippier down on his backside and tees it up for Jensen.
00:30:59What a chance!
00:31:00Shout for penalty given.
00:31:03Jacob Murphy.
00:31:06Yellow carded for handball.
00:31:09And referee Andy Madley could not have had a better view of that.
00:31:13It's a poor effort in the end from Matthias Jensen.
00:31:16And in this day and age, that is a penalty every day of the week.
00:31:23It's Thiago for Brentford and a 2-1 lead.
00:31:28Terrific spot kick.
00:31:30And from one behind, Brentford have turned this around.
00:31:34And Jacob Murphy's handball punished with a perfect penalty from Igor Thiago.
00:31:41Brentford will look to see this through for their fourth away win in their last five trips.
00:31:51Botman.
00:31:53Waltemada was slightly on his heels, but it will run through for Wisser.
00:31:56A chance to turn this right for Trippier.
00:31:58Got a lot of room far side.
00:32:00Alanga, Waltemada and Barnsler in the middle.
00:32:02Was that handball by Henry?
00:32:05Strong shouts from Trippier.
00:32:07The arm behind the back, and the ball touches the top of his chest.
00:32:13On-field decision confirmed.
00:32:23Ciao.
00:32:26He's going to have a blast here, he is.
00:32:29Great save by Callaghan.
00:32:32That's a firm strike that from the German.
00:32:35Well dealt with by Cuevin Callaghan.
00:32:43Coyote won that well, but now a chance for Asula on the counter for Newcastle.
00:32:48Can he get his head up here?
00:32:49Bruno Gimaraes away to his right, he's come left instead for Alanga.
00:32:53Boddy's falling in the middle.
00:32:56Gimaraes down, Asula down.
00:32:58Coyote down.
00:32:59And the referee has called a halt to proceedings as VAR checked for a possible penalty.
00:33:05Just keep your eye on Bruno Gimaraes in the middle here.
00:33:08Coyote is the defender coming across.
00:33:11And he just appears to catch his trailing leg with his leading left leg.
00:33:20After review, there is a careless trip by the Blue 33.
00:33:24My final decision is penalty kick.
00:33:27Penalty given.
00:33:31Bruno Gimaraes accepts the responsibility.
00:33:34But Callaghan, with three penalty saves out of six this season in the Premier League, will take some beating.
00:33:41But he is beaten.
00:33:43And we're level at St James'.
00:33:45And the returning skipper is the local hero again.
00:33:52It's 2-2, with everything to play for, with 12 to go.
00:34:03What a ding-dong battle this one has been.
00:34:08Well, that's a lovely ball from Jenson.
00:34:10Watara is in, and Watara thumps it home for 3-2 Brentford.
00:34:15Well, he scored a screamer to win at Villa Park a week ago.
00:34:20And Dango Watara has silent St James' Park.
00:34:24And this is a magnificent ball from Matthias Jenson.
00:34:28Watara took aim, fires, and Brentford are back in front and on course for their first win at St James'
00:34:37Park since 1934.
00:34:45You're making this a bit of a habit, winning on the road. What's the secret?
00:34:48Very good question. I think we just put the workout in every single week.
00:34:52I think we all know how difficult it is to play against Newcastle, especially at this ground.
00:34:57We said the same last week, Villa way.
00:35:00Now we've got six points. I think everyone is buzzing and we have to keep going.
00:35:03Dango Watara, magnificent ball in for that equaliser and then a really calm, collected finish.
00:35:09Yeah, he's growing all the time. I speak about him being part of the group and been a disjointed season
00:35:17because he went to AFCON.
00:35:18Started on the right, went to the left, your right, the cross was sensational.
00:35:21And then the finish was just outstanding. He's concentrating behind, he's constantly evolving his game and he's a big part
00:35:27of our group.
00:35:29Strange game because I think at 2-2 you think we're the team that's going to go on and win
00:35:33that game.
00:35:33We had ascendancy in the second half, I thought it was much better.
00:35:37But the game got away from us with a really poor third goal.
00:35:40Possibly it could be Europe next season?
00:35:43I'll certainly be going there on holiday in the summer and that's the only way we'll speak about that word
00:35:48for the foreseeable future.
00:35:49It was a really enjoyable end-to-end game unless you're watching from a Newcastle United perspective.
00:35:56That's 11 goals they've conceded in the final 10 minutes in the game in the Premier League this season.
00:36:02Nobody has conceded more in that time.
00:36:06And Brentford were able to take advantage of that through Dango Watara who had a fantastic game.
00:36:12Yeah, he was outstanding.
00:36:15Actually he did, he started on the right-hand side but then they shifted him to the left-hand side.
00:36:20I mean this cross, oh my God, into Jan out who was also superb in the game.
00:36:24That is an unbelievable cross and a fantastic header and he was a constant threat for Brentford today.
00:36:31Everything he did, I thought, was measured.
00:36:34Great skill, pace, ability to run with the ball and he did this so many times, the check.
00:36:40We'll talk about this penalty in a minute but it was him that played a huge part in getting there.
00:36:47Whether it was right, left, he gets his goal here.
00:36:49He strikes it so well, Port perhaps should do better but he catches it superbly well on the half volley.
00:36:55The power he gets behind it and the direction.
00:36:59Yeah, and Newcastle couldn't really handle him.
00:37:02He's back on the right-hand side on this one again and we saw the same again.
00:37:06The little chop again as if to say, I'm going to shoot with the left but comes back in on
00:37:09the right.
00:37:10Perhaps should do better but he was absolutely outstanding and what a job Keith Andrews is doing with that Brentford
00:37:15team.
00:37:16He's rinsing every bit of ability out of his players and doing so, so well.
00:37:20Yeah, sitting in seventh place in the table at the moment.
00:37:23A penalty award in that game for handball.
00:37:27Let's tee up, Alan, by setting up the situation, Danny.
00:37:31Yeah, I mean, I think that when we saw it, we felt it was a penalty
00:37:35and then you look at it a bit more and you think, well, his arm comes down to a more
00:37:39natural position
00:37:40so maybe it's not but looking at it, he's bringing it down towards the ball
00:37:45so it would be fair to say that the officials think that he's gone from unnatural towards a natural
00:37:50but it's one of those things, under the handball law, they've got it right.
00:37:55Let's say, I think the officials have got it right.
00:37:57But it's a difficult one to keep seeing players get penalties given
00:38:02when actually you can't get your arm out of the way but that's the problem with the law, Al, isn't
00:38:06it?
00:38:07It's probably a penalty, yeah, under the law but the law is just terrible.
00:38:11I mean, there's so many things, that natural, unnatural proximity.
00:38:16I mean, it's just absolutely ridiculous.
00:38:18Just go back to, is it deliberate handball or not? So much simpler.
00:38:22And you think that one wasn't deliberate handball?
00:38:25Because that's where the grey area here is, the movement of Jacob Murphy's arm.
00:38:28He's just trying to get his arm inside and the ball's hit his arm under the law, yes, it's probably
00:38:33a penalty
00:38:33but they've just got themselves in such a mess with so many wording over the year.
00:38:39I think what they could say, it's gone down as an undeliberate handball, accidental handball, sorry.
00:38:45But you could argue that bringing it towards the ball is a deliberate act
00:38:50and if he'd have moved his arm up, it'd have gone through.
00:38:54So, I get why they've given it, but I agree with Al, I'm not a big fan of the law.
00:38:57I'd like to go back to deliberate handball, so much simpler.
00:39:01But the problems are deeper than that at Newcastle at the moment.
00:39:04Nine goals conceded in their last three, we looked at the goals they're conceding in the last ten minutes of
00:39:08games.
00:39:09Anyhow, probably under the most pressure that he's been since he's been in charge of Newcastle.
00:39:13Are they mitigating circumstances or is it justified?
00:39:16Yeah, he's having a really tough time, the toughest time since he's been at Newcastle
00:39:19but I think it was a tough situation in the summer, we know with the ISAC situation
00:39:24and with no sporting director.
00:39:26But there's no doubt their summer signings, other than Malik Chow, haven't worked as yet.
00:39:32They've spent an absolute fortune on four players and they're yet to get anywhere near the heights
00:39:38that they did at other football clubs.
00:39:40And that is a huge problem for Eddie and for Newcastle.
00:39:44And until they solve that, I'm not sure it will get better.
00:39:48Next, there's a big game at the bottom of the table at Turf Moor.
00:39:52A win for host Burnley would reduce the gap between them and visiting West Ham to just two points.
00:39:57Connor McNamara, watch this one.
00:40:01For the last 11 league games, there has been no movement to the relegation zone.
00:40:07Wolves bottom and these two side by side above them.
00:40:10Burnley in 19th place, starting today five points behind West Ham in 18th.
00:40:17Scott Parker was vocally critical of his side's performance, losing 3-0 at Sunderland.
00:40:22He makes two changes today with Hannibal Mebry coming back into the midfield.
00:40:26And joint top scorer Zeon Fleming leading the attack up front.
00:40:29Nuno EspÃritu Santo makes three changes from West Ham's defeat at Chelsea.
00:40:34Interestingly, there's a change in goal.
00:40:36Mads Hermansen preferred to Alfonso Reona, who's not injured but dropped to the bench.
00:40:42Axel Di Sassi, on loan from Chelsea, makes his West Ham debut in place of the suspended Tadipo.
00:40:48And Callum Wilson joins the attack.
00:40:51Last time these sides met was back in November.
00:40:55It was a thrilling game with two late goals.
00:40:58West Ham won by three goals to two in the end.
00:41:02Somerville.
00:41:05It's an attacking team that Nuno EspÃritu sent to his league today.
00:41:09Somerville takes on Kyle Walker, goes down in the penalty area.
00:41:12Now the referee Darren England points for a goal kick.
00:41:15He's managed to just about stay on the right side of the law here.
00:41:20It has been checked and cleared.
00:41:21And that has seemed to be a normal coming together of two players jostling for the ball.
00:41:27They haven't won any of the last seven Premier League games against West Ham.
00:41:32And this victory over today's opponents was back in the behind closed doors summer of 2020.
00:41:42Esteve looking for Jadon Anthony.
00:41:45The sack a little bit uncomfortable but he dealt with it well.
00:41:49Callum Wilson allows the ball to roll for Mateusz Fernandes.
00:41:52And now Crescencio Somerville.
00:41:54And he's nicked it over the goalkeeper to score.
00:41:57It's an early lead for West Ham in this crucial game in the relegation battle.
00:42:05He's now scored in five games in a row in all competitions.
00:42:13Nuno EspÃritu Santos team who have scored more goals in the opening 15 minutes of Premier League games this campaign
00:42:20than any other team in the top flight.
00:42:23Burnley who have conceded more than their fair share of early goals feel the sting.
00:42:28The weight of the pass into his path, a key element there.
00:42:33As Crescencio Somerville continues this wonderful run that he's been on.
00:43:00It's been a whirlwind of an opening 25 minutes for West Ham.
00:43:04And already Burnley looked to be in big trouble today.
00:43:10Nuno EspÃritu Santos team who gave away a two goal lead to lose last weekend.
00:43:17Surely Lightning's not going to strike twice in that regard.
00:43:21All about the delivery here.
00:43:24Alhaji Malikju, given the time and the space to lay it onto the forehead of Kistianos.
00:43:32Burnley 0, West Ham United 2.
00:43:39Still in play for Kyle Walker.
00:43:44Hannibal Mabry.
00:43:47Edwards.
00:43:50Trying to get the ankle.
00:43:51Worth a goal.
00:43:53Marcus Edwards.
00:43:56He had the bend.
00:43:57He had the whip.
00:43:58He just needed a little bit more of both there.
00:44:03And here is Lucas Pérez.
00:44:07Bashir Humphreys who continued the run from central defence.
00:44:09Fleming got up well.
00:44:10They appealed when it came off an arm.
00:44:13The on-field decision is to play on.
00:44:15It came off the upper body of Di Sassi.
00:44:18But I don't think his arms were in an unnatural position if in fact it hit the defender's arms at
00:44:23all.
00:44:28They are seeking some positivity on a day that has very much gone against them so far.
00:44:34Estet.
00:44:36To Schlaubert.
00:44:39Fleming.
00:44:40Might get another chance.
00:44:43Mavropanos hesitates.
00:44:44And Edwards can't turn it in.
00:44:47Most unfortunate lot to concede there.
00:44:49Marcus Edwards still going.
00:44:51Now Mavropanos puts it out for the corner.
00:44:56Three chances in one there.
00:45:04Sent in by Jay Divan today.
00:45:06That's your Humphreys at the back stick.
00:45:08Fleming threw himself at it.
00:45:11And Burley just can't squeeze it in.
00:45:14It was a great effort here.
00:45:16The flying header from Zion Fleming.
00:45:18Bravely throwing himself at it.
00:45:20But West Ham's rear guard stands for...
00:45:28Humphreys.
00:45:29Bowen's done really well to steal in behind.
00:45:32And then he flashes it in front of Corsensio Somerville.
00:45:36West Ham United so close to a third.
00:45:40Bashir Humphreys completely outfoxed.
00:45:43And on another day that would have been laid on a plate for Somerville.
00:45:48No Premier League team has dropped more points from winning positions this season than West Ham.
00:45:54But the way this day has panned out.
00:45:56The Vizalic fans feeling very confident now that the three points are going their way.
00:46:02West Ham complete a Premier League home and away double over Burnley this season.
00:46:07This is an important victory for Nuno EspÃrito Santo.
00:46:11It is now 15 games without a win for Burnley.
00:46:14Only three victories in the Premier League all season.
00:46:19It was tough today.
00:46:20And certainly the first half was tough.
00:46:24I don't think there was a lack of desire or a lack of passion.
00:46:27We were in a difficult moment.
00:46:29I think you can feel that.
00:46:30I think the stadium felt that to be quite honest with you.
00:46:32And I think you see a team that are fragile at this present moment in time for sure.
00:46:35And we give ourselves a mountain to climb.
00:46:39Second half we have numerous chances.
00:46:42And we don't manage to maybe crank up the pressure.
00:46:45And we just fallen a little bit short today for many reasons really.
00:46:49So hugely disappointing.
00:46:50Obviously we spoke before about how important this game was.
00:46:53I thought there was a totally different reaction to the performance we had against Sunderland.
00:46:57But in this current environment.
00:46:59And I include everything around the place in terms of that.
00:47:02It was edgy.
00:47:03And it felt it.
00:47:04And I think that reflected at times on the players.
00:47:06We were solid.
00:47:07We were very, very strong in our box.
00:47:10Axel, Dinos, Aaron, Malik, Scarls after I think they did a good job on containing Burnley.
00:47:17We are still in the same situation.
00:47:18We have to focus on ourselves.
00:47:21Try to get this energy to the London Stadium with our fans like you see today.
00:47:26It was so nice to see helping the team.
00:47:29And even in the second half when Burnley puts us against the ropes
00:47:32you can see our fans singing and supporting the boys is so important.
00:47:36Three wins and four now for West Ham.
00:47:38They've taken 21 games to get three wins before that.
00:47:41And it's the first clean sheet since August.
00:47:44How have they turned it around?
00:47:45I think there's been a huge shift in attitude.
00:47:47A month ago I thought they were gone.
00:47:49I thought there was no coming back from that performance and result against Wolves.
00:47:52But I think after that in terms of how positive they've been.
00:47:56Particularly they've gone into forward positions.
00:47:58Today there was a good old fashioned 4-4-2 if you like.
00:48:01With two wingers, two centre forwards.
00:48:04And they played on the front foot.
00:48:06They were always positive.
00:48:08Always first thought, can they go forward?
00:48:10Always having three, four, five players in the box.
00:48:13And he's been a huge part of that.
00:48:15Somerville.
00:48:16And another goal today that was a fantastic finish.
00:48:19But that's what I mean by committing so many men forward.
00:48:23And we saw a brilliant crossing from Vitara not so long ago.
00:48:26This is equally as good from Juve.
00:48:28But you've got two centre forwards in there.
00:48:31Castellanos gets his first Premier League goal.
00:48:33If he doesn't get it then Wilson's in there behind him.
00:48:36So everything was on the front foot.
00:48:38Everything was positive.
00:48:39And another great example of that.
00:48:41Of winning the ball back up high.
00:48:43And then all of a sudden you've got three, four, five players who are prepared to get into the box.
00:48:48And that was the difference.
00:48:49Somerville again.
00:48:50Okay.
00:48:51The Burnley are lucky to get away with that.
00:48:53But they were asking so many questions.
00:48:56Second half that didn't really change.
00:48:58Again it was that guy Somerville.
00:49:00But just look when he wins it there.
00:49:02How many people are getting up there.
00:49:04And already up in there.
00:49:05But that comes from being positive.
00:49:08And another big, big win for Nuno and for West Ham.
00:49:12It's another defeat though for Burnley.
00:49:14That's 11 defeats now this season.
00:49:15They're one short of their league record number of defeats in one season.
00:49:20Which was set in 1888-89.
00:49:23They haven't won in their last 16.
00:49:25As we heard and as Scott Parker said, the fans have turned.
00:49:28Yeah, there's no positives.
00:49:30They've gone out with a whimper haven't they?
00:49:31Decent start to the season.
00:49:33They were competitive.
00:49:34Now they've got no confidence.
00:49:36The fans have lost, you know, all hope.
00:49:38It's going to be a difficult end of the season for them.
00:49:40We'll have to wait and see what happens with Scotty.
00:49:43Two games for you in Sunday's Match of the Day.
00:50:05And you can follow all of Sunday's action from Midday on Five Live and BBC Sounds.
00:50:10And to remind you that individual highlights of every Premier League game available on the BBC Sport website and iPlayer.
00:50:17Coverage of the Winter Olympics continues on Sunday from 9am on BBC2 and iPlayer.
00:50:23And there's live WSL from 2.15, a Spurs take on Chelsea.
00:50:29Now another side trying to make it four Premier League wins in a row under a new manager at Chelsea.
00:50:34Liam Rossini's side made the trip to bottom of the table walls.
00:50:37Your commentator is Mark Scott.
00:50:41Rob Edwards says Wolves transfer business both in and out has given his squad a nice refresh.
00:50:48And their two new arrivals both make their debuts today, which starts for Angel Gomez and Adam Armstrong in an
00:50:54attacking line-up.
00:50:55Matt Doherty also comes in with Agbedou sold, Andre injured and Rodrigo Gomez benched.
00:51:01Chelsea are too different from the League Cup loss at Arsenal.
00:51:05Cole Palma and Pedro Neto replacing Gerald Harto and Liam Dallat.
00:51:10There's no Rhys James in the squad.
00:51:15Doherty looking for Matthias Mane, who's crowded out but has done really well, very well.
00:51:22Mane's still going, shrugging off a couple of challenges.
00:51:25And that's looped behind for a corner kick after magnificent stuff from Matthias Mane.
00:51:35Well, he really has impressed since getting his first taste of Premier League action in December.
00:51:43Great industry and endeavour here to earn Wolves an early corner.
00:51:48Sanchez has stayed. It's a tricky one to deal with.
00:51:52And Chelsea just about do deal with it.
00:51:56Encouraging start for Wolves here.
00:52:00Well, they're up against the set-piece Masters in the week of Arsenal.
00:52:03Dealt with those dead balls okay, but nearly made a right mess of it against the bottom club.
00:52:11For Fana.
00:52:14Nice idea from Pedro Neto.
00:52:16And he's got clear of Hugo Bueno as well.
00:52:19Plenty of white shirts up there.
00:52:21João Pedro collects, controls, but can't quite offload.
00:52:26Oh, but then goes over and Jared Gillett has given a penalty.
00:52:30What a clumsy foul that was on João Pedro to give Chelsea a spot kick.
00:52:37They have barely done anything so far.
00:52:40But the Wolves captain has tripped João Pedro to give away a penalty.
00:52:46It will be Cole Palmer with the duties here from 12 yards.
00:52:54Palmer, perfect.
00:52:56And Chelsea are in front.
00:53:00His last goal was a penalty against Brentford last month.
00:53:05And he rolled this one in very calmly too.
00:53:09Wolves nil.
00:53:10Chelsea won.
00:53:13Here's Neto.
00:53:18Gusto after it here.
00:53:21Decent looking ball.
00:53:22Cucurea.
00:53:25And Caicedo.
00:53:27Enzo Fernandes.
00:53:28Went for the Rapona.
00:53:30Fernandes again.
00:53:31Sar is there.
00:53:33Wolves survive.
00:53:35Enzo Fernandes improvised really cleverly here.
00:53:38And Sar made the save.
00:53:40Would have been some goal.
00:53:46For Fana.
00:53:49Neto.
00:53:51Good ball that from Andres Santos.
00:53:54Gusto!
00:53:55Good save from José Sar.
00:53:57Gusto who scored his first ever senior goal in the home win over Wolves in November.
00:54:03Almost netted here.
00:54:05With a fizzing hit.
00:54:07Chelsea starting to assert the kind of dominance that you would have expected them to have done.
00:54:15Oh, Pedro has gone over.
00:54:17And it's another penalty.
00:54:20Well, initially I thought it looked a bit soft.
00:54:23But Jared Gillett has decided that the shove from Mosquera merits another penalty kick.
00:54:30I do just wonder if it was outside the area.
00:54:33And that might be what they're protesting about here.
00:54:36Well, VAR have double checked.
00:54:38And they say that it was inside the box.
00:54:41So it will be a second penalty kick for Chelsea.
00:54:45So Cole Palmer, who's already netted from the spot, steps up once again.
00:54:54Different corner.
00:54:56Same outcome.
00:54:57And Chelsea double their lead.
00:54:59And Chelsea are well on course for another victory under Liam Rossini in the Premier League.
00:55:08It would be four in a row.
00:55:11Kind of run that Enzo Mareska only managed once across this season and a half in charge.
00:55:19Pedro Neto.
00:55:26Touched on here for Cucuré.
00:55:28Chelsea looking for a third.
00:55:29Palmer!
00:55:30Hat-trick for Cole Palmer!
00:55:33The high school celebration, but he's red hot this afternoon.
00:55:39So much talk about how to get the best out of Palmer.
00:55:43Well, he's got a first half hat-trick this afternoon.
00:55:47This was far too easy.
00:55:49Slice down that left-hand side of the Wolves defence.
00:55:52And nobody was picking up Cole Palmer.
00:55:55And you knew when he got there what was coming next.
00:55:58It's Wolves nil.
00:55:59It's Chelsea three.
00:56:00And it could get very, very ugly for the home side now.
00:56:12Matthias Mane.
00:56:14Rodrigo Gomez has made the offer.
00:56:21Oh!
00:56:47Oh!
00:56:47Oh!
00:56:47Oh!
00:56:47Wolves on the board.
00:56:49And it was flicked on handily in the near post by Armstrong.
00:56:54And that caused problems for Chelsea.
00:56:57Orocodare on hand to react quickest to stab home.
00:57:02It's a clever flick from Armstrong.
00:57:03Not so clever defensively from Chelsea.
00:57:07And Tolo Orocodare was there to profit.
00:57:11To make it Wolves one.
00:57:13Chelsea three.
00:57:17Mascara's throat.
00:57:23And there's a stoppage here.
00:57:26Matlo Gusto.
00:57:30Oh!
00:57:51Oh!
00:57:53Oh!
00:57:57Oh!
00:58:06Oh!
00:58:11Oh!
00:58:39That's great for him.
00:59:11All confidence.
00:59:12Oh!
00:59:29Oh!
00:59:36Oh!
00:59:37Oh!
00:59:39Oh!
00:59:42Oh!
01:00:09Oh!
01:00:10Oh!
01:00:10Oh!
01:00:11Oh!
01:00:12Oh!
01:00:12Oh!
01:00:12Oh!
01:00:12Oh!
01:00:12Oh!
01:00:12the sides again and by the time they get down into the final third the quality of the pullback's
01:00:20brilliant and Palmer's not going to miss that and if that's him playing what 60% fit a few
01:00:28players a few teams should be worried when he gets 100% but we know his quality he's a wonderful
01:00:32talent he's calm he's end product he's a game changer but he does need to carry on this form
01:00:37and stay fit till the end of the season if he wants to get in that England squad I think.
01:00:40I tell you
01:00:40what it's one level when you remember the fathers of players it's another level altogether when you
01:00:45remember the fathers of managers it's a new level to move on to but it's been fantastic for Liam
01:00:51Rossigno Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace are still to come for them quick word on the the start
01:00:56he's made Alan? Brilliant yeah Leeds and Burnley at home next as well so that'll be another opportunity
01:01:00to do to kick on again. Now Fulham and Everton face each other on the same points having both accrued
01:01:0634 from 24 games but who would break the deadlock? Chris Wise was at Craven Cottage
01:01:13it feels like summer playing musical chairs for those final European places
01:01:17Fulham and Everton without a seat at the start of the day and yet a win would have them feeling
01:01:23quite
01:01:24cosy by the end of it. Marco Silva's side have been on both the right and the wrong end of
01:01:29late goals
01:01:29recently he's made one change from the defeat at Man United. Sessegnon preferred to Robinson at left
01:01:35back and that's the same position that Everton have altered. Michalenko returns with Brantwaite
01:01:41having his minutes carefully managed. David Moyes serving a touchline ban after he passionately
01:01:47celebrated that dramatic Everton equaliser of Brighton. Not just side by side in the table with
01:01:55the same points but even the same goal difference as well these two. I think the paths of Fulham and
01:02:01Everton could be intertwined right to the very end of this Premier League season. Everton get it up and
01:02:10forward towards Barry who at the moment is alone and in a difficult spot with Anderson coming into a
01:02:18tackle like that but Armstrong's helped him out and Everton have got it again and Harrison Armstrong
01:02:22goes over and wins the free kick as well. Chiquese just leaning into the youngster
01:02:31so Garner with the free kick and this potentially is where Everton can come into their own on a day
01:02:37like this. Garner's gone for goal. Leno saw it and flicks it over the bar for a corner
01:02:47Everton corner that is a good one and the head has hit the post
01:02:50and Armstrong can't get on the follow-up. That certainly was a scare for Fulham. It's the head of Jake
01:02:56O'Brien
01:02:57at the far post amongst that cluster of bodies
01:03:01And he's serving his touchline ban today David Moyes who is watching very high up in the Riverside stands
01:03:11It's a foul on Smith-Rowe but they still got the ball and then suddenly Awobi's got it in Everton's
01:03:16box and here's Jimenez
01:03:19And in it goes from Raul Jimenez
01:03:23And it took a while to deflect and bobble and eventually nestle in the Everton net but it made it
01:03:32That's really unlucky it's the save by Pickford and then it's bounced back in off the defender
01:04:05So that will go down as a
01:04:07And Smith-Rowe how unlucky is that?
01:04:10Mightily close to a second for Marco Silva's team
01:04:13The confidence to take it first time Emil Smith-Rowe
01:04:22Sessegnon
01:04:22You can see why he's been selected by Marco Silva today ahead of Anthony Robinson
01:04:26Now having said that he then
01:04:28Relinquishes the ball it's won back by Chikwese
01:04:30It's Smith-Rowe
01:04:32Jimenez
01:04:36Inches away from a second for Fulham
01:04:39That one certainly would have been his
01:04:41Had he found the corner
01:04:4560 games in charge of Everton
01:04:47Marco Silva had his
01:04:48Final game a 5-2 defeat in the Merseyside derby
01:04:52Just over six years ago
01:04:58Chikwese slipping it in
01:05:00Smith-Rowe and Pickford
01:05:01Very quick off his line to block the angle
01:05:06So swift to recognise the danger there Pickford
01:05:11More work for Everton to do right before half time here
01:05:14Wilson's delivering
01:05:16Armstrong ahead of Cuenca
01:05:18Chikwese
01:05:19Oh my word
01:05:20Off the top of the crossbar
01:05:23That would have been a hit from the heavens
01:05:25From Samuel Chikwese
01:05:30There he is he's almost close enough to us
01:05:32In the match of the day commentary position
01:05:33To hear everything we say today
01:05:35But we've only got good things to say about Thomas Tuchel
01:05:41Chikwese can't keep it in
01:05:42At least in his attempts to do so
01:05:44Presents the ball to O'Brien
01:05:46But Fulham have it back with Sessegnon
01:05:48And Harry Wilson with the room
01:05:50And Chikwese with even more
01:05:53And somehow Everton have scrambled it away
01:05:57And Menez couldn't quite get the final telling touch to the ball
01:06:02Since his return to the club
01:06:04Everton have drawn more games than any other Premier League side
01:06:07Including three of their last four
01:06:09And I think from here he may very well take a draw today
01:06:17This is Tyrik George
01:06:19Mikelenko
01:06:20Good spin from him
01:06:21Mikelenko
01:06:21Jusby Hall
01:06:221-1
01:06:27He was in brilliant form before his injury
01:06:30And he's back on the score sheet now
01:06:33And David Moy's team are back in the game
01:06:35And Vitaly Mikelenko
01:06:38Give him a whole heap of credit
01:06:40Unlucky with the own goal in the first half
01:06:43But a super play
01:06:45Of creativity to make that for Dewsbury Hall
01:06:48Who slides Everton
01:06:51Level at Craven Cottage
01:06:58And a foul by Castagne
01:07:00Which again is going to give Everton the opportunity
01:07:03To send Tarkovsky forward
01:07:05Send Keane forward
01:07:07And it's gone short to Dewsbury Hall
01:07:09Fulham weren't quite alert to that
01:07:10Dewsbury Hall with a cracking ball
01:07:13Is there a touch on the way through?
01:07:16There was
01:07:17Assistant referee's seen it
01:07:19Corner to Everton
01:07:21Yeah just got his fingers to it
01:07:23That's an excellent spot by the official
01:07:26So a change for Fulham
01:07:27Two changes in fact
01:07:28Oscar Bob
01:07:29On for his debut
01:07:31Having joined from Manchester City
01:07:32For 27 million pounds
01:07:35And I'm just hoping that double change
01:07:37Is going to disrupt the flow of the
01:07:39Everton corner
01:07:40And there is some Everton flow
01:07:42Oh how's that gone in?
01:07:45Leno has made a right mess of it
01:07:47The Fulham goalkeeper
01:07:49And Everton have stolen the lead
01:07:51At Craven Cottage
01:07:53It's manic in the away end
01:07:54It's messy inside that six yard box
01:07:58Jake O'Brien
01:07:59In front of Leno
01:08:01Who just couldn't get around
01:08:02The Everton centre half
01:08:03And it is going to be an own goal
01:08:05From Leno
01:08:06It is his touch
01:08:07And Everton for the first time
01:08:09In 12 years
01:08:11Have a Premier League double
01:08:13Over Fulham
01:08:15Look we might have been a little bit
01:08:17Fortunate in little bits
01:08:18But we were unfortunate on the goal
01:08:20Our goalkeeper made a couple of really good saves
01:08:22In the first half
01:08:24But I thought for certainly for most of the second half
01:08:27I thought we were the better team
01:08:28Good first half from us
01:08:29The game at half time should be decided
01:08:31To be honest
01:08:31Should be 4-0 or 4-1 really
01:08:35At this level when you create so many chances
01:08:37You have to be clean and ruthless
01:08:39To kill the game
01:08:42And second half was completely the opposite
01:08:46Ourselves
01:08:46We were just able to blame ourselves
01:08:47To be honest
01:08:48I don't remember them
01:08:49Having a passage of play
01:08:51In the whole second half
01:08:52We won the ball a lot
01:08:53And that's how we need to start
01:08:55In the first minute
01:08:58Because we've definitely got the players
01:08:59To do that
01:09:00And to do it for 90 minutes as well
01:09:01So I'm hoping we can start doing it
01:09:04From minute one
01:09:05Rather than 45
01:09:06I'm glad I was up there
01:09:07Because I'd have probably been running on the pitch
01:09:09When we scored that second goal
01:09:10Well actually I noted the fact
01:09:11You had quite a lot of room up there
01:09:13To run up and down
01:09:13If you wanted to in the stands
01:09:14The concrete's not good for knee slides
01:09:17I've got to tell you
01:09:18Although if you'd been on the pitch
01:09:19It would have been a different story
01:09:21Look just the second time Everton
01:09:22Have come back to win an away league game
01:09:24Across the last three seasons
01:09:25But we have seen these improved performances
01:09:28In the second half from them
01:09:29Before Alan
01:09:30Yeah not for the first time
01:09:31It's happened with Everton
01:09:33I mean Fulham should have scored two or three
01:09:35At least in that first half
01:09:38But then what was different
01:09:40Is they played with more courage
01:09:41They committed more men into the box
01:09:43Played with more freedom
01:09:44More pace to their game
01:09:46That should be hit first time
01:09:47And then they pressed higher
01:09:49And forcing Fulham into mistakes
01:09:52Playing the ball exactly where they wanted them to do it
01:09:55They set the trap
01:09:56Mikhelenko's higher up on the pitch
01:09:59But then you see how many players they've got
01:10:01When they actually win that ball
01:10:03And getting into forward positions
01:10:05And goal scoring opportunities
01:10:06Mikhelenko again is a lot further forward
01:10:09And Fulham couldn't handle it
01:10:12And that was a brilliant win in the end
01:10:14And that's again luck
01:10:15But that's the same thing
01:10:16That didn't necessarily happen in the first half
01:10:18Fusby Hall finishes it off really, really well
01:10:21And then they get the little bit of luck
01:10:23That they need
01:10:24Good ball in
01:10:24But surrounding the goalkeeper Leno
01:10:26And a big three points again for Everton
01:10:29But much, much better in the second half
01:10:31Rather than the first half
01:10:32Yeah, much improved second half performance from Everton
01:10:34Now, despite beginning the day in third place
01:10:37Aston Villa's league form has wobbled of late
01:10:40They lost three of the last six
01:10:41They travelled to inform Bournemouth
01:10:43And Steve Wilson was there
01:10:47Bournemouth are hoping to complete an impressive
01:10:49Hat-trick of home wins
01:10:51Having seen off Spurs and Liverpool here in their last two
01:10:55One change today to the 11
01:10:57Which won at Molyneux last weekend
01:10:58It's the first start for the 19-year-old Brazilian forward
01:11:02Ryan signed from Vasco da Gama
01:11:04Adam Smith misses out
01:11:06Villa make four changes to the side which lost to Brentford
01:11:10Including a first league start since September for Tyrone Mings
01:11:14Who once upon a long ago was a Bournemouth player
01:11:17Oli Watkins needs one more goal for 150 in the league
01:11:26Taken up by Alex Jimenez
01:11:30Evan Nielsen's touch off
01:11:32Croupie, good effort
01:11:33And Evan Nielsen, oh he should have scored
01:11:38Well Martinez made the save from Junior Croupie
01:11:43But pushed it straight out to Evan Nielsen
01:11:45Who just couldn't get the leverage on the header
01:11:55Changed it, Sancho
01:11:56And B is in a nice little spot of the medal
01:11:58Sancho's drifting inside
01:11:59And he's found Rodgers
01:12:02Who drives the ball into the roof of the net
01:12:04And puts Aston Villa in front
01:12:11An unerring finish from Morgan Rodgers
01:12:16Such a confident finish
01:12:21That's a great goal
01:12:22He's absolutely lashed that
01:12:26Into double figures for the season
01:12:28Morgan Rodgers for Aston Villa
01:12:37Evan Nielsen turning
01:12:41Scott, good hit
01:12:43Martinez patting it down
01:12:45And then denies Evan Nielsen
01:12:47Very similar to Evan Nielsen's early opportunity really
01:12:54In that it was Emi Martinez
01:12:57Dealing with a powerful drive
01:12:59This time from Scott
01:13:01But patting it straight to Evan Nielsen
01:13:03And then recovering
01:13:06In comes the resulting Bournemouth corner kick
01:13:10Well it's hit the bar, Ryan
01:13:11In his home debut
01:13:14But if this had gone into the back of the Aston Villa net
01:13:18It would have been an inadvertent assist for Morgan Rodgers
01:13:30Here's Buendia
01:13:32Good save
01:13:33Petrovic
01:13:38That's a little bit of a coming together
01:13:40The maintenance of Buendia
01:13:42Buendia felt he'd been fouled
01:13:47The VAR Chris Cabernet
01:13:48Has agreed that
01:13:49There was no cause for a penalty here
01:13:51It's a good save by Petrovic
01:13:54And there's not a lot
01:13:56Is there
01:13:56Jimenez on Buendia
01:14:00Well Anthony Taylor
01:14:03Sorted it out fairly quickly
01:14:07And both have been booked
01:14:08Alex Jimenez and Emiliano Buendia
01:14:14Easy to forget in the excellent season
01:14:17That Villa are having again
01:14:18But they didn't score a goal
01:14:20In their first four Premier League games
01:14:22Of this season
01:14:31Really good run
01:14:33Ryan, oh he scores
01:14:37Oh it's an outstanding individual goal
01:14:39On his home debut
01:14:41From the 19 year old for Bournemouth
01:14:49And they absolutely love that here
01:14:54And he really did it all himself
01:15:01Away from Luka Dean so easily
01:15:04Mings didn't get across
01:15:05And he's just slotted it
01:15:08In the near post
01:15:10It's one each
01:15:12And that's one he'll remember
01:15:14For a long long time
01:15:21Sancho
01:15:28Sancho to Mati Cash
01:15:33Well
01:15:34Petrovic has got a touch on this
01:15:36It's a corner kick to Villa
01:15:39Really sweetly hit by Cash
01:15:42Petrovic with a little glancing touch on this
01:16:13Three minutes to go
01:16:15Onana for Villa
01:16:16Onana for Villa
01:16:17Brooks for Bournemouth
01:16:18Goal kick for Villa
01:16:24Ryan Christie
01:16:25Ryan Christie
01:16:26Didn't even have to break stride to volley this goal
01:16:31Anthony Taylor blows this whistle
01:16:33And it's finished all square at the Vitality
01:16:35Ormuth one
01:16:36Villa one
01:16:38I think it's not enough for us
01:16:40Before the game probably you take a point
01:16:42Or it's a decent result
01:16:45After the game
01:16:46I cannot feel completely satisfied
01:16:50Because I think we were the better team today
01:16:52Easily
01:16:52And we couldn't win the game
01:16:54Good evening
01:16:55Yes good point
01:16:55Good point
01:16:56Difficult
01:16:57And
01:16:58The first half
01:17:00We
01:17:00We fighted
01:17:01We dominated sometimes
01:17:03We needed defence as well
01:17:05But offensively we created
01:17:07Chances
01:17:07And we scored
01:17:09And one
01:17:10Was equal match
01:17:11The first half
01:17:12But the second half
01:17:13Maybe we needed more
01:17:14And we didn't achieve it
01:17:15But of course
01:17:16Happy with the
01:17:17Respond on the field
01:17:18The players did
01:17:19Still a bit disappointed
01:17:20Obviously going 1-0 ahead
01:17:21And
01:17:22You want to try and see the game out
01:17:24And even add to the lead
01:17:25And I think we had chances to do that
01:17:26I think
01:17:27It was a very open game in a sense
01:17:28So I think both teams
01:17:29Could get into the box
01:17:30And could get chances
01:17:31But
01:17:32They were miles better than the second half
01:17:33And
01:17:34Deserved to get back into the game
01:17:35So yeah
01:17:35We'll take the point
01:17:36And we'll move forward
01:17:37And Ryan got a goal on his home debut
01:17:39He took it really well
01:17:40Yes it's an amazing play
01:17:42I think Ryan can go inside
01:17:43Can go outside
01:17:44It's really difficult for the defender
01:17:46No
01:17:46And
01:17:46Has finished it also
01:17:47Really well
01:17:49He's still
01:17:50Young player
01:17:51Still needs adaptation
01:17:52He needs to improve
01:17:53Some things
01:17:54But
01:17:54If he does it with
01:17:56The other day
01:17:57With the goal today
01:17:57With numbers
01:17:58It's always easier
01:18:00Well look
01:18:01The points were shared
01:18:02In this game
01:18:03But Bournemouth
01:18:03In terms of the numbers
01:18:04Were absolutely dominant
01:18:06Much higher XG
01:18:08Much more shots
01:18:09Shots on target
01:18:10Touches in the opposition box
01:18:12Everything
01:18:12They were ahead of
01:18:14Aston Villa on
01:18:14Yeah
01:18:15They grew into the game
01:18:16Second half
01:18:17I mean
01:18:17Second half they were really good
01:18:18Villa were decent in the first half
01:18:19Rogers
01:18:20Sancho
01:18:21But Bournemouth's been on a good run recently
01:18:23And
01:18:24Ryan the new signing
01:18:25Who they've brought in
01:18:26To replace Semenyo
01:18:28He's young
01:18:29He's 19
01:18:29He goes both ways
01:18:31His final ball
01:18:32Sometimes didn't work
01:18:33But his positivity
01:18:34And his willingness to beat people
01:18:36And try and make things happen
01:18:37Is always refreshing
01:18:38You know
01:18:38He was sometimes
01:18:39Coming in and playing
01:18:40And passing
01:18:41And making the right choices
01:18:42And then when he had the space
01:18:43He'd try and
01:18:45Beat his fullback
01:18:46Go one on one
01:18:48Here he gets a chance
01:18:49He's going to be good in the air
01:18:50As well
01:18:50He's a big lad
01:18:51He nearly gets a goal there
01:18:54And this is the bit
01:18:55I'm talking about
01:18:56We see so many wingers
01:18:57Come back
01:18:58And go inside
01:18:58And pass
01:18:59And straight away
01:19:00Bam he's in
01:19:01He's trying to make things happen
01:19:02And maybe a bit of a better ball there
01:19:04But he grew into the game
01:19:05In the second half
01:19:06More and more
01:19:07Starting to get on it
01:19:07And try and dominate
01:19:08As the whole team did actually
01:19:10I mean they've got another
01:19:1119 year old in Krupe
01:19:12Who's a wonderful player
01:19:13Their recruitment team's phenomenal
01:19:15They seem to have
01:19:16Ready made replacements
01:19:17All the time
01:19:17And you have to give them
01:19:19Credit for that
01:19:20Because the amount of players
01:19:21They've sold
01:19:21And still to be in the position
01:19:22They're in
01:19:23I mean this is really bad
01:19:24Defending but still
01:19:25The pace
01:19:26The power
01:19:27The positivity
01:19:29And the finish there
01:19:30On his so-called
01:19:31Weaker foot
01:19:32Will do him the world of good
01:19:33To score on your first full
01:19:34Game for your club
01:19:35And get the fans on board
01:19:37He looks a super talent
01:19:39Having had a chance
01:19:40At the title
01:19:41Aston Villa now have
01:19:42Only one win
01:19:43In their last five
01:19:44Is that a worry?
01:19:45No I still
01:19:46Still think
01:19:47And they're punching
01:19:48Well above their weight
01:19:49And I think
01:19:49If they can get into top five
01:19:51And perhaps get
01:19:51Champions League football
01:19:52That way
01:19:53That will be a very
01:19:55Very good season for them
01:19:56Let's go to Friday night's game
01:19:58Now a relegation six-pointer
01:19:59Leeds took on Nottingham Forest
01:20:01At Elland Road
01:20:02Alistair Mann
01:20:03Watch this one
01:20:06Leeds boss Daniel Farker
01:20:08Estimates that his side
01:20:09Need 12 more points
01:20:10To stay up
01:20:11With results here
01:20:12At Elland Road
01:20:13Likely to be pivotal
01:20:14His side have lost
01:20:16Just two of the last
01:20:17Eleven games
01:20:17Though an injury
01:20:18To the industrious
01:20:19Anton Stack
01:20:21Is a blow
01:20:21Noah Okafor
01:20:23Deputises
01:20:23Like Leeds
01:20:25Nottingham Forest
01:20:25Are in their best form
01:20:26Of the season
01:20:27And are searching
01:20:28For a third straight away win
01:20:30They'll pursue it
01:20:31With a debutant goalkeeper
01:20:32In former Manchester City player
01:20:34Stefan Ortega
01:20:35Who's one of three changes
01:20:36With Morato
01:20:37And Zac Abbot
01:20:38The others
01:20:39The latter
01:20:40Making his first
01:20:41Premier League start
01:20:453-1 winners in November
01:20:47Nottingham Forest
01:20:48Are seeking a first
01:20:50League double
01:20:50Over Leeds
01:20:51In 12 seasons
01:20:54And Padua
01:20:56That's a little lax
01:20:58And here's Sangare
01:21:02Igor Jesus
01:21:03And Hudson-Odoi
01:21:07That's too firm
01:21:09I think
01:21:09No, Gibbs-White
01:21:10Will get there
01:21:10I think he might have
01:21:11Hung in the breeze
01:21:12Dominguez
01:21:13And that's
01:21:14Chips away
01:21:14By Darlow
01:21:15Well there is
01:21:16A strong wind
01:21:17Inside Elland Road
01:21:18And it held the ball up
01:21:20And Dominguez
01:21:22Eventually the beneficiary
01:21:24They were on
01:21:25Five points
01:21:26From eight games
01:21:26When he took over
01:21:2721 points
01:21:29From 16
01:21:30Since
01:21:32Pocker 4
01:21:33That's a nice touch
01:21:34To get away from
01:21:34Anderson
01:21:37Brings in
01:21:38Goodmanson
01:21:40And wins the corner
01:21:44And it's Leeds
01:21:45Fourth corner
01:21:47Can't do much
01:21:48For the previous three
01:21:51More with that one
01:21:53What about the second ball
01:22:23That's much better
01:22:24He's scored
01:22:25And everyone stops
01:22:28The Nottingham Forest
01:22:30Players in particular
01:22:31Grueb's ball forward
01:22:33And Vogel
01:22:35Is onside
01:22:36And there's the proof
01:22:38He just steals in
01:22:40Unnoticed
01:22:41And puts it beyond
01:22:43Ortega
01:22:45Vogel
01:22:46Justin
01:22:49Aronson
01:22:50Aronson
01:22:50Good play
01:22:52And Justin
01:22:53Shot
01:22:53Saved
01:22:54And Okafor
01:22:552-0 Leeds
01:23:01Well it's Bedlam
01:23:03Two goals in
01:23:05Ran about
01:23:06Three minutes
01:23:07And Leeds
01:23:08Are suddenly
01:23:09In control
01:23:11They've won all
01:23:12Their four
01:23:13Previous night
01:23:14Games
01:23:15Here in
01:23:15Ellen Road
01:23:15This season
01:23:17It looks as though
01:23:18They might be on
01:23:19Their way
01:23:19To a fifth
01:23:20The momentum
01:23:22All with them
01:23:23It is Leeds
01:23:252
01:23:25Nottingham Forest
01:23:260
01:23:27In a pivotal game
01:23:29In battling
01:23:31Relegation
01:23:33Anderson
01:23:35Gibbs
01:23:35White
01:23:38He's overdone
01:23:39That
01:23:39But he suddenly
01:23:40Gets it back
01:23:40Again
01:23:41And tries
01:23:42The shot
01:23:42Which deflects
01:23:43And Darlow
01:23:44Pushes it away
01:23:46Well Darlow
01:23:47Had to make
01:23:48Two movements
01:23:49Here to make
01:23:49The save
01:23:50He's already
01:23:51Going down
01:23:51For the first
01:23:52Attempt
01:23:53And then
01:23:54It just
01:23:54Flicks
01:23:54The defender
01:23:55And he has
01:23:56To go
01:23:56Again
01:23:5919 of Leeds
01:24:0126 points
01:24:02Have come
01:24:03Here in
01:24:03Ellen Road
01:24:04And well
01:24:05Of course
01:24:06To adding
01:24:06Another three
01:24:07This evening
01:24:09Good ball
01:24:10Gruev
01:24:10Now Okafor
01:24:13Makes an angle
01:24:14Hits the shot
01:24:16Bogle
01:24:16Couldn't quite
01:24:18Get the ball
01:24:19From out
01:24:20Of his feet
01:24:20And
01:24:22Anderson
01:24:22And emerges
01:24:23With it
01:24:25Good header
01:24:26By Amper
01:24:28Here's Gruev
01:24:29And
01:24:30Turned in
01:24:31By Calvert-Lewin
01:24:32He's chested it in
01:25:03What a start
01:25:33Hutchinson
01:26:03Sengare
01:26:04say 80 minutes and also showed the other side of us also the fighting edge and the
01:26:09steel so overall a perfect perfect win perfect night for us can't get over the
01:26:13straight ball at the top with the unit or staring at the ball that's you know
01:26:16that for me is nowhere near acceptable and they know that never give away a
01:26:20second goal which is not great just from doing the basics and then you get to
01:26:25halftime and you still think you're now I actually thought we're still in it at
01:26:27that point and then the third goal and you just go well you know you're
01:26:30scratching your head because I've looked back at them all and they're miles off
01:26:34what we normally do as a unit but I know individuals but as a unit Danny that
01:26:38result plus the win for West Ham means it's looking a lot tighter at the
01:26:43bottom than we thought it might do yeah I mean me and I was just talking about it's
01:26:46very difficult to predict too West Ham are out of all the five teams you'd say up
01:26:50to Tottenham who are in the in the relegation battle West Ham are in the
01:26:54best form and Palace are in the worst form they haven't won a game since early
01:26:57December I think it could go right to the wire
01:27:01yeah I mean when you look at Palace and the form that they're in Tottenham I
01:27:05mean surely Tottenham can't be pulled into that relegation battle and they're in it
01:27:10yeah they're gonna have to start winning games and rather sharpishly
01:27:16West Ham I still think if you're gonna ask me I know you're gonna ask me so I'll
01:27:19probably just say West Ham just yeah I can hear the West Ham fans screaming at me now
01:27:24yeah but the idea of momentum and the idea of those runs of form that you're
01:27:28talking about Danny are going to be so important at this stage of the season and
01:27:32any of these teams could be streaky yeah I think confidence is a massive thing
01:27:36down there West Ham now are looking up and everyone's buzzing and training it
01:27:39whereas the other teams who aren't winning any games training's harder every day
01:27:43the confidence is dropping I've got a feeling with Forest European till that that might
01:27:49hamper them a little bit I think Leeds will be all right I think because of their their
01:27:53home form be strong at all let's take a look at the whole Premier League table then
01:27:58Arsenal end the day nine points clear at the top of the table that's the first time they've done
01:28:01that since their last title win in May 2004 excellent starts Manchester United and Chelsea
01:28:07have made under new management continue they both won for the fourth game in succession
01:28:11Brentford's bid for European football gathers pace their level on points with Liverpool
01:28:16West Ham with a third win in four close the gap on Nottingham Forest so for the first time since
01:28:21before Christmas three points separate the teams in 17th and 18th and that is all from us thank you
01:28:27Alan and Danny on a very busy day Arsenal made it all look so easy good night
01:28:41you
01:28:44you
01:28:45you
01:28:47you
01:28:47you
01:28:47you
01:28:48you
01:28:52Yeah!
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