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Match of the Day - Season 55 - Episode 02: 03/01/2026
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00:00Oh, my God! Oh, look at that! Absolutely phenomenal!
00:04Rooney O'Connor!
00:07Welcome to Match of the Dead.
00:46Match of the Dead
01:00alongside Alan.
01:01First, Wolves still winless
01:03but looking to build on their draw at Old Trafford
01:05in midweek against a West Ham side
01:07who began the day four points from safety
01:09and without winning their last eight.
01:11Commentary from Alistair Mann.
01:14It was the 8th of November
01:16when West Ham last won a match
01:18and though Wolves haven't gathered
01:20a three-pointer since April,
01:22their increasingly hopeless position
01:25has actually begun to relieve the tension.
01:27Rob Edwards' assertion
01:29that recent displays at Anfield and Old Trafford
01:32were promising
01:32is backed by him making just one change
01:35from the draw with Manchester United.
01:38Santiago Bueno returning from injury.
01:41With just nine goals
01:43in their nine away games this season,
01:45West Ham's travels
01:46have offered little encouragement.
01:48Captain Jarrod Bowen
01:50continues to look their brightest spark,
01:52particularly today
01:53as he scored more career goals
01:55against Wolves
01:56than any other opponent.
01:58His importance now even greater
02:00given Lucas Pacatá
02:02has been ruled out with injury.
02:05Following the news of the sad passing
02:07of former Wolves winger Terry Wharton
02:10who died at the age of 83
02:12following a short illness.
02:14Two sets of players
02:16will now pause
02:17for a moment's reflection.
02:30Now there's been a feeling
02:32in these parts
02:33that this is a game
02:35in which the pressure
02:36is all on the visitors.
02:39Wolves' increasingly desperate plight.
02:42They seem now resigned
02:44to their fate
02:45for West Ham.
02:47It is a must-win fixture.
02:50And West Ham have already
02:51won the ball back
02:52through Somerville.
02:53He kept it in play as well.
02:55There are options as well.
02:57Potts is one of them.
02:58Well, he was clipped, I think.
03:00Tried to stay on his feet
03:02which was the honest thing to do.
03:05Well, he could easily have gone down
03:07and won a penalty there.
03:08But it was quickly dismissed.
03:14Nicely done by Mane.
03:16An exciting protégé.
03:19On it goes to Huang.
03:21Huang's ball across
03:22and Wolves in front.
03:27Less than four minutes
03:28and Arias scores his first goal
03:31as a Wolverhampton Wanderers player.
03:34Sometimes, as a commentator,
03:36you're reluctant to point out
03:38how long it's been
03:39since there's been a goalless draw.
03:41But you never expected this
03:43to end 0-0.
03:44And within four minutes
03:46that particular prospect is over.
03:50And he's inherited a team
03:52who have had real problems
03:53expressing themselves this season.
03:56Defensively, they have been frail.
03:59Here he is again, Mane.
04:01And now, Hugo Bueno.
04:06Clearance as far as Mane.
04:08He goes down
04:09and wins the penalty.
04:13Magassa says no way.
04:15Peter Bank says definitely.
04:17And Magassa went for the ball.
04:20And Peter Bank says he got the man
04:22and not the ball.
04:23And awards Wolves a penalty.
04:26So Huang, with an opportunity
04:29to give Wolves a 2-0 lead.
04:34An opportunity he takes
04:37and the explosion of noise
04:39around Molyneux
04:40is to herald a potentially winning position.
04:43For Wolves, number 11.
04:453, 2, 1.
04:47Well, it was April 26th
04:50the last time that Wolves celebrated
04:52a victory in the Premier League.
04:55Huang's penalty
04:56right down the middle.
04:59Areola moving out of the way.
05:01But Wolves in uncharted waters this season.
05:05They lead 2-0.
05:08Walker-Peters.
05:11And that's headed straight to Mane.
05:14He doesn't need asking twice
05:16to have a go.
05:18Full of confidence.
05:21Brings in Chatua.
05:25Trying to get round
05:26Scars.
05:28He's done it.
05:29Dangerous ball in
05:30and then he wins a corner.
05:42Headed away by Kilman.
05:45João Gomez.
05:46Clip ball in.
05:48A brilliant save by Areola.
05:50Wow.
05:51That is sensational.
05:53He had no right to get anywhere near that.
05:57And he's helped it over his crossbar
05:59with his foot.
06:01You go a long way
06:02before you see a save
06:03better than that one.
06:05That just looked like
06:07it had to be a goal.
06:11Here's Hugo Boyne up.
06:18Mane's onside.
06:19No question of that.
06:20And he has a goal.
06:22And it's three.
06:28They're so excited about him
06:31in these parts.
06:32Matthias Mane.
06:33He's been given licence
06:35to have a go
06:36and he gets the ball.
06:37And he now scores
06:39for the first time
06:40as a Wolverhampton Wanderers
06:42first team player.
06:43No question of offside.
06:46And Mane thought
06:47well why not?
06:48And it was a stunning strike.
06:51He's a player
06:52with so much promise.
06:54Outstanding at Old Trafford
06:56on Tuesday.
06:57And now
06:58he has his first
06:59professional goal.
07:01And it will not be the last
07:03on the evidence
07:04of what we've seen
07:05so far from him.
07:06And Wolves
07:07extraordinarily
07:08lead 3-0.
07:12Well
07:12a penny for your thoughts.
07:15More like a million pounds.
07:19Nuno has
07:20made his changes.
07:22Changed the formation.
07:23Mayers has gone in
07:24as the third centre-half.
07:27Saucek
07:29up towards Somerville.
07:33Probably looked as lively
07:35as anyone for West Ham.
07:36That's a good attempt
07:37from Bowen.
07:39Got underneath it
07:40and skied it
07:41but
07:42at least it will
07:43go down as a chance.
07:46Well
07:46they've not seen
07:47their team
07:48win away from home
07:49since August the 31st.
07:51Ironically
07:52that was
07:52at Nottingham Forest
07:54under the management
07:55of Nuno Espirito Santo.
07:58Andre
07:59in front of Bowen.
08:01Hugo Bueno
08:03still going.
08:06It's a good effort
08:07and Areola
08:07puts it
08:08beyond the post.
08:09And he's a player
08:11who has
08:11certainly benefited
08:13after Ryan
08:14night.
08:14Norrie left
08:15for Manchester City
08:16working it
08:17onto his right foot
08:18and Areola's
08:19save was important.
08:23Wilson
08:26with Mane
08:27for company
08:29and he wins
08:30a corner.
08:33Fifth West Ham
08:34corner
08:35their fourth
08:36of the second
08:37half.
08:40Great delivery.
08:42Good punch
08:42by Jose Sartre.
08:45Well just at the
08:46moment
08:46VAR
08:47are still checking
08:48for a potential
08:49foul
08:50Krejci
08:51on the back
08:52of Saucek.
08:54Saucek
08:55was asking
08:56the question
08:57nothing given.
09:02Andre
09:04cleared
09:05but only
09:05as far
09:06as Mane.
09:09Oh he's
09:10done that well.
09:11It's a great
09:11save again
09:12from Areola.
09:14Well he's
09:15box office
09:15isn't he Mane?
09:16Just such
09:17an exciting
09:18prospect.
09:19He scores
09:20his first
09:21ever professional
09:22goal
09:22and it gives
09:23him the confidence
09:24to try and grab
09:25his second.
09:35Well the damage
09:37was inflicted
09:38in the first
09:39half
09:39but it was
09:40some serious
09:41damage to
09:42West Ham
09:42United.
09:44Wolves
09:44finally
09:45taste the
09:46victory.
09:47Rob Edwards
09:48first in
09:49charge
09:50of Molyneux
09:51and as much
09:52as Wolves
09:53are delighted
09:54West Ham
09:55will be
09:56feeling
09:56desperate.
09:58A terrible
09:59afternoon for
10:00the visitors
10:00a wonderful
10:01one for
10:02the hosts.
10:03The final
10:04score
10:04Wolves
10:053
10:06West Ham
10:07United
10:080.
10:09The overall
10:10performance I
10:10thought we
10:10were good
10:12resilient when
10:12we needed to
10:13be compact
10:13when we needed
10:14to be
10:15but yeah
10:16stuck together
10:17and played
10:17some really
10:18good football
10:18at the right
10:18moments as
10:19well so I
10:19thought it
10:19was a pretty
10:20complete
10:20performance.
10:21Has it
10:21been difficult
10:22to convince
10:22them to
10:23buy in
10:23to what's
10:24going on?
10:24No because
10:25I don't think
10:25if you watch
10:26the performances
10:26I don't think
10:27the lads have
10:27struggled to
10:28buy in at
10:28all.
10:29I think
10:29they've been
10:29all in and
10:30you're seeing
10:30that and
10:31we're seeing
10:31that so a
10:33big credit
10:33to the lads
10:34and huge
10:35credit to
10:35the supporters
10:36that's for
10:36them today
10:37because they've
10:37had it
10:38really really
10:38tough.
10:39Has this
10:39been the
10:39lowest point
10:40so far
10:40since you
10:41took over
10:41would you
10:41say?
10:42Yes
10:43yes
10:43especially
10:44the first
10:44half was
10:45really
10:45disappointed
10:46it was
10:46embarrassing
10:48and I
10:49should
10:49apologize
10:50to our
10:51fans
10:51those that
10:52travel
10:52those at
10:53home
10:54this is not
10:55what we
10:55want to
10:56show them
10:56we have
10:57problems
10:58in terms
10:59of squad
10:59in terms
10:59of options
11:01but that
11:02doesn't
11:02is not
11:03a justification
11:04for what
11:04we did
11:05in the
11:05first half
11:06the mistakes
11:07that we
11:08made
11:08the lack
11:09of effort
11:11discipline
11:11organization
11:12responsibility
11:14was very
11:15bad.
11:15Tell us
11:16about the
11:16feeling
11:17when you
11:17get the
11:17board
11:18and you
11:18think
11:18you know
11:19what
11:19I'm
11:19going to
11:19have a
11:19crack
11:19here
11:20yeah
11:21I saw
11:21Janari
11:22say
11:22on the
11:22edge
11:22but I
11:23thought
11:23let me
11:23get a
11:24chance
11:24let me
11:24shoot
11:25and
11:25went in
11:26and I
11:26was
11:26buzzing
11:26buzzing
11:27to get
11:27my
11:27first
11:27goal
11:29moment
11:29you
11:29dream
11:29of
11:30but
11:30did
11:30it
11:30feel
11:30even
11:31better
11:31in
11:31reality
11:31yes
11:32100%
11:33when I
11:33saw it
11:33going
11:33I
11:34just ran
11:34to the
11:34corner
11:34and did
11:35a nice
11:35knee
11:35slide
11:35and celebrated
11:36the team
11:36and the
11:37fans
11:38can't help
11:39but smile
11:39can you
11:40and his
11:41performance
11:41and just
11:42listening to
11:43him
11:43and there's
11:44only one
11:44place to
11:44start
11:45and that's
11:45for him
11:45it's no
11:46coincidence
11:46that Wolves
11:47have certainly
11:48improved in the
11:49last three
11:49games
11:49and the
11:50three games
11:51are the
11:51ones that
11:51he's
11:52started
11:52Liverpool
11:53Man United
11:53and obviously
11:54today
11:55and everything
11:56was about
11:57him today
11:58he brought
11:58an energy
11:59he was
12:00brave
12:01on the
12:01ball
12:02he was
12:02the best
12:03player
12:03on the
12:03park
12:03by a
12:04mile
12:04he
12:05constantly
12:05did that
12:06he just
12:06played
12:07with
12:08such
12:09confidence
12:09for someone
12:10so young
12:11he played
12:12a huge
12:13part
12:13in that
12:14first
12:14goal
12:15little
12:16give
12:16little
12:16go
12:16and he
12:17doesn't
12:17stop
12:17look
12:17round
12:18the
12:18corner
12:18and he
12:19follows
12:19his
12:19ball
12:19and we
12:21will talk
12:21about
12:21West Ham
12:22and how
12:22weak
12:23they were
12:23today
12:23but they
12:24just
12:24couldn't
12:24handle
12:25him
12:25he was
12:26too
12:26quick
12:26for them
12:26there
12:27he gets
12:27the penalty
12:27of course
12:28they score
12:29the penalty
12:30and
12:31same thing
12:32again
12:32look
12:33he's
12:33the wrong
12:33side
12:34then goes
12:35takes the
12:35ball
12:36with the
12:36left foot
12:37and hits
12:37it with
12:37the right
12:38foot
12:38great
12:38skill
12:39to do
12:40there
12:41from him
12:41doing his
12:42bit
12:42defensively
12:43which he
12:43had to
12:44do
12:44more so
12:45second
12:46off
12:46when
12:47West Ham
12:48changed it
12:48a little
12:49bit
12:49but he
12:50was
12:50more than
12:51prepared
12:51to do
12:52that
12:52and
12:53look at
12:53this
12:53this is
12:54brilliant
12:54is it
12:55the little
12:56flick
12:56through
12:57there you
12:57go
12:58see you
12:58later
12:58to
12:59Bowen
12:59and
12:59Fernandez
13:00and that's
13:00a decent
13:01save there
13:01and to
13:03get his
13:03first goal
13:04it'll be
13:04it'll be a
13:05day he will
13:06never ever
13:07forget and so
13:08he shouldn't
13:09because he's
13:10given something
13:11different to
13:11Wolves and as I
13:12said they've been
13:14better far better
13:15when he's been in
13:16the team and you can
13:17see that today since
13:18he's been in the
13:18team look all of a
13:20sudden total shots
13:22shots on target
13:22fouls won so
13:24yeah it
13:25it looks very
13:26promising for him
13:27he started off as
13:29a kid at
13:30Rochdale and
13:30Wolves brought
13:31him into
13:31their academy
13:32and he talked
13:33to people around
13:34Wolves so one of
13:35the things that
13:36they're impressed
13:37with him is that
13:38he's performing for
13:39the first team in
13:40the same way that
13:41he performs for
13:42the under 21s
13:43he's sticking true
13:44to what he does
13:45is that from your
13:46experience with
13:47academy coaching
13:48is that unusual
13:49sometimes it is
13:50I think you need
13:51football personality
13:52obviously you're
13:53dealing with
13:53different characters
13:54but I think for
13:55this young man
13:56it was a master
13:56class in terms of
13:57how he played
13:58his desire
14:00he looked like
14:00he's been there
14:01for years
14:02and a lot of
14:03occasions you get
14:03young players
14:04like you said
14:04they're in the
14:05under 18s or
14:06the 21s and
14:06they're the best
14:07player all of a
14:08sudden they go
14:08over to the
14:08first team and
14:09their games change
14:10a little bit
14:11but if he can
14:12excite us like
14:13the other Mane
14:15that we had in
14:15the Premier League
14:16then it would be
14:17amazing but what a
14:18performance
14:18When you realise
14:20the pressure that
14:21Wolves are under
14:22then you look at
14:23him today and
14:24just the way he
14:24played and he
14:25played with such
14:26freedom
14:26it was great to
14:27watch
14:27Off the back of
14:28Anfield and
14:28Old Trafford as
14:30his first two
14:32so for all of
14:33that and that's
14:33brilliant for Wolves
14:34and what a boost
14:35that will give
14:36them
14:37West Ham on the
14:38other hand
14:39what adjective
14:40would you use to
14:41describe West Ham
14:42I'll give you three
14:43or four you can
14:43choose whatever
14:44you want
14:44weak, woeful
14:45pathetic, useless
14:47all of those
14:48things particularly
14:49in the first half
14:51I can't remember
14:51such a poor
14:53performance from
14:53a team in the
14:54first half
14:55all over the
14:56park not just
14:57in midfield
14:58you can see
14:58the three
14:59midfielders
14:59there
15:00yes that's
15:01great skill
15:01Potts has
15:02got to come
15:03over
15:03Fernandes has
15:04got to track
15:04the runner
15:05comes over
15:06but there's
15:07no such effort
15:07to get back
15:08into the box
15:08and all of a
15:09sudden it's
15:09too late
15:10you're punished
15:10that was a
15:11constant today
15:12not following
15:13runners
15:13not prepared
15:14to win
15:15tackles
15:15not prepared
15:16to roll
15:17your sleeves
15:17up
15:17Bremont can
15:18run 30
15:19or 40
15:20yards up
15:20the pitch
15:20there
15:21and there's
15:21no one
15:21within 10
15:22yards of him
15:22it's like
15:23how do you
15:24want it
15:24how easy
15:25do you want
15:25it
15:25how free
15:26do you want
15:26to be
15:27take your
15:28time
15:28put your
15:28ball into
15:29the box
15:30of which
15:31they did
15:31and they
15:33really just
15:33couldn't handle
15:35what Wolves
15:35were chucking
15:36at them
15:36Magasa
15:37and Potts
15:37same thing
15:38again
15:38they don't
15:39win the
15:40tackle
15:40there
15:40how many
15:42times that
15:42happened
15:42particularly
15:43in that
15:43first half
15:44we lost
15:45count of
15:46it
15:46ball into
15:47the box
15:47again
15:48Mane
15:48who we've
15:49spoken about
15:49who was
15:50brilliant
15:50is free
15:52the ball
15:53eventually
15:53falls to him
15:54and he gets
15:55his penalty
15:55too late
15:56weak
15:57same thing
15:57again
15:59Jao Gomez
16:00just have a
16:01look at this
16:01look at how
16:02and there's
16:03just no
16:03desire to
16:04close down
16:05he takes
16:06three touches
16:07before he puts
16:07the ball
16:08into the box
16:08but for a
16:09wonderful save
16:10that's another
16:11goal
16:11there
16:12you've got
16:12Fernandes
16:13and Magasa
16:14again into
16:15the midfield
16:17I mean this
16:19is just
16:20it's unbelievable
16:21this is
16:21it's great
16:22skill
16:23absolutely
16:23but if you
16:24just have a
16:25look at
16:25I don't know
16:26how to describe
16:27it without
16:28swearing
16:29oh go on
16:30swear
16:30it's like
16:31no but
16:32just have a
16:32look at
16:33Mavropanis
16:33if that's
16:34the best
16:34you can
16:34do
16:34in closing
16:35down
16:36a defender
16:37turning your
16:38back
16:38not preparing
16:39to put
16:39your foot
16:40in
16:40when your
16:40team's in
16:41danger
16:41of being
16:42relegated
16:42seriously
16:43you cannot
16:44allow that
16:45to happen
16:45you have
16:46to do
16:46better
16:47than that
16:47and that's
16:48why the
16:48manager
16:48was that
16:50angry at
16:50full time
16:51because of
16:51performances
16:52and incidents
16:52like that
16:53and if you
16:54look at the
16:54comparison to
16:55what West Ham
16:56will lie
16:56under Graham
16:57Potter
16:57and to
16:57where they are
16:58under Nuno
16:59and actually
17:00the numbers
17:00are worse
17:01under Nuno
17:01than they
17:01were under
17:02Graham Potter
17:03but I mean
17:04they're depressing
17:05whichever way
17:06you look at
17:06them
17:06whichever coach
17:07you look at
17:07them
17:07which highlights
17:08really Jermaine
17:09what West Ham
17:10this is deeper
17:11than who their
17:11head coach is
17:12yeah because
17:13on the
17:13ground
17:14it was
17:14disappointing
17:15the performances
17:16the results
17:16weren't there
17:17and obviously
17:18Nuno come in
17:18I think naturally
17:19when a new
17:19manager comes in
17:20you're going to
17:20get a reaction
17:20I think that
17:21happens from
17:21the players
17:23but since then
17:24nothing's really
17:24really happened
17:25to be honest
17:25the performances
17:28players go into
17:28games and they
17:29work hard
17:29but competing
17:31is different
17:31working hard
17:32and competing
17:32is completely
17:33different
17:33when you see
17:34the goal
17:34especially the
17:35Mane one
17:36there's different
17:37phases of the
17:38game
17:38when the ball
17:38goes wide
17:39you're defending
17:39the box
17:40as soon as it
17:41comes into the
17:41middle you're
17:42defending the
17:42goal
17:42and when you're
17:43seeing players
17:44shoot from the
17:45edge of the
17:45box and your
17:46defenders are not
17:47engaging or making
17:47contact
17:48it's worrying for
17:49the manager
17:49and it's worrying
17:49for West Ham
17:50what I would
17:50also say
17:51quickly is
17:51that the
17:52players and
17:53the manager
17:53have to
17:54accept the
17:54criticism that
17:55they're getting
17:55this season
17:56and particularly
17:57today
17:57but what I
17:58also say is
17:59the money that
18:00West Ham have
18:00spent
18:00the recruitment
18:01needs a good
18:02hard long look
18:03at as well
18:03because it
18:04hasn't been
18:04anywhere near
18:05good enough
18:07Arsenal began
18:08the day
18:08four points
18:09clear when they
18:09travelled to
18:10Bournemouth
18:11who'd gone
18:11ten matches
18:12without a
18:12victory
18:13commentary
18:13on this
18:13one from
18:14Mark Scott
18:17Bournemouth
18:17were responsible
18:18for half of
18:19Arsenal's
18:20four league
18:20losses last
18:21season
18:22but you'd
18:23get long
18:23odds on
18:24them doing
18:24damage to
18:25the Gunners
18:26title chances
18:27today with
18:28that ten game
18:29winless run
18:30their worst
18:31under
18:31Antony
18:32Iriola
18:32Iriola
18:34goes with
18:35the same
18:35side that
18:35started the
18:36draw at
18:37Chelsea
18:37so Antoine
18:38Semenho
18:39starts for
18:39the Cherries
18:40once again
18:41despite
18:41Manchester
18:42City
18:42closing in
18:43on a deal
18:44for the
18:44Garnetan
18:45Mikel
18:46Arteta
18:46switches
18:47his side
18:47up by
18:48three
18:48Declan
18:49Rice returns
18:50after missing
18:50the Villa
18:51game with
18:51a knee
18:51injury
18:52while
18:52Nani
18:53Madweke
18:53and
18:54Gabriel
18:54Martinelli
18:55come in
18:55out wide
18:56it's only
18:57Madweke's
18:58second start
18:58in the last
18:5914 league
19:00games
19:00Marino
19:01Trossa
19:02and Saka
19:02all move
19:03to the
19:03bench
19:03Havertz
19:04misses out
19:05altogether
19:05as he's
19:06eased back
19:07in after
19:07that long
19:08layoff
19:10this is
19:11this is the
19:11sixth time
19:12that Arsenal
19:12have topped
19:13the premier
19:13league table
19:14by the end
19:14of new
19:14year's
19:15day
19:15on all
19:16five
19:17previous
19:17occasions
19:18they've
19:19failed to
19:19win the
19:20title
19:22Timber
19:26Madweke
19:29good stuff
19:30by Nani
19:31Madweke
19:33the run
19:34was excellent
19:34the finish
19:35was poor
19:36still looking
19:37for his
19:37first premier
19:38league goal
19:38for Arsenal
19:39Nani
19:39Madweke
19:40and he
19:41made real
19:42headway
19:42to get
19:43into a
19:43handy
19:43position
19:44but then
19:45the accuracy
19:46was lacking
19:46with the
19:47hit
19:49his side
19:49won a
19:50four game
19:50winning run
19:51in the league
19:52for the
19:52second time
19:53this season
19:53they didn't
19:54manage
19:55more than
19:55three in a
19:56row last
19:57season
20:02all
20:03deary me
20:04given straight
20:05to Emma
20:05Nielsen
20:06a horrific
20:11error
20:11has gifted
20:13Bombers the
20:14opening goal
20:15and it was
20:16a chance
20:17gobbled up
20:18by Emma
20:18Nielsen
20:19Gabriel
20:20with an
20:21absolute
20:22nightmare
20:23here
20:23and Arsenal
20:25who we've
20:26got used
20:26to seeing
20:27being so
20:28watertight
20:28at the
20:29back
20:29with one
20:30of the
20:30biggest
20:31gaps
20:31you will
20:32see
20:32all season
20:33and
20:34Bournemouth
20:35are in
20:35front
20:35against
20:36the
20:36league
20:36leaders
20:41and forwards
20:42towards
20:42Brooks
20:43timber
20:44underneath
20:44it
20:46Tamadier
20:47Cliver
20:48opens
20:48up
20:50not far
20:51away
20:53I think
20:54Raya
20:54was hoping
20:55rather than
20:56expecting it
20:57to go
20:57wide
21:00go back
21:01a long
21:01way
21:02Mikel Arteta
21:03and
21:03Antoni
21:04Iraiola
21:04with the
21:04pair
21:05having played
21:05together
21:06for a
21:06youth
21:06team
21:07in the
21:07past
21:07country
21:14Zubumendi
21:16is a bit
21:17too robust
21:18from Alex
21:18Jimenez
21:21hoping to do
21:22some damage
21:23at the
21:24other end
21:25now
21:25Gabriel
21:26after
21:26an error
21:27that led
21:28to the
21:28opener
21:30delivered
21:31by
21:31Teklum
21:31Rice
21:32and
21:32Petrovic
21:33is done
21:33with it
21:34to a
21:35certain
21:35extent
21:37Madweke
21:39forgets
21:40Semenyo
21:40and away
21:41from Semenyo
21:42and still
21:43going
21:43and across
21:44and blocked
21:46but in
21:46Arsenal level
21:48and it
21:48is
21:49Gabriel
21:49who
21:50makes
21:50amends
21:51for his
21:51ghastly
21:52error
21:52by
21:53blasting
21:54Arsenal
21:54level
21:56Madweke
21:56was really
21:57positive
21:57here
21:58absolutely
21:58did
21:59Semenyo
22:00and then
22:01cut it
22:02back
22:02looking for
22:03a teammate
22:03to get
22:03on the
22:03end
22:04of it
22:04Martinelli
22:05had the
22:05first
22:06pot
22:06which
22:06was
22:06blocked
22:07but
22:07Gabriel
22:08made
22:09no
22:09mistake
22:09when
22:09the
22:09ball
22:10broke
22:10his
22:10way
22:14a
22:14speedy
22:15response
22:15from the
22:16league
22:16leaders
22:17Bournemouth
22:18one
22:18Arsenal
22:18one
22:20what a
22:21start
22:21to the
22:22game
22:27here's
22:28Alex
22:28Scott
22:30Seneci
22:33Jimenez
22:43Hill
22:44good
22:45ball
22:45and a
22:46good
22:46chance
22:47that
22:47Tavernier
22:48can't
22:48take
22:50no one
22:51picked up
22:51the run
22:52of
22:52Tavernier
22:53who couldn't
22:54quite
22:54manoeuvre
22:55the correct
22:55angle
22:55to find
22:56the net
22:58touch
22:59Zubamendi
22:59to
23:00Jokeres
23:01and
23:01Rice
23:02couldn't
23:03give it
23:03back
23:03to
23:03the
23:04Swede
23:06nice
23:07from
23:07Tavernier
23:09lets
23:09himself
23:10down
23:10with the
23:10pass
23:12given away
23:13possession
23:14chiefly
23:14again
23:14though
23:18cliver
23:18danger
23:19aso
23:20Tavernier
23:21should have
23:21done better
23:23he couldn't
23:24get the
23:25correct
23:25touch
23:25on it
23:30Semenyo
23:31lovely
23:31first
23:31touch
23:35still
23:41Semenyo
23:42Evan
23:42Nielsen
23:44Semenyo
23:45finds a
23:45tricky
23:45chance
23:47ball
23:48coming
23:48towards
23:49him
23:49and
23:49the
23:49first
23:50time
23:50scoop
23:50had
23:51too
23:51much
23:52height
23:52on it
23:59Senecy's
23:59header
24:00finds its way
24:01to
24:01Truffair
24:02and Evan
24:03Nielsen
24:03struck
24:04down
24:07free
24:08kick
24:08taken
24:08quickly
24:10and
24:10they could
24:10be in
24:11here
24:11with
24:11Brooks
24:11Brooks
24:14Dosey
24:15from
24:15Arsenal
24:16but it
24:17was such
24:17a tough
24:18angle
24:18for
24:18David
24:19Brooks
24:19to
24:19try
24:19and
24:20find
24:20the
24:20net
24:20with
24:21switched
24:22off
24:22here
24:22didn't
24:23they
24:25Brooks
24:25might
24:26have
24:26been
24:26offside
24:27but
24:27no need
24:29for
24:29VAR
24:30to get
24:30involved
24:30as he
24:31wasn't
24:31able
24:32to
24:32get
24:33it
24:33inside
24:33the
24:33post
24:40Senecy
24:40ahead
24:41of
24:41Jokeres
24:42there
24:45Martinelli
24:45Jokeres
24:46got the
24:46wrong
24:46side
24:46of
24:47his
24:47man
24:47Senecy
24:48struggling
24:48to
24:48recover
24:49Odegaard
24:50now
24:50Rice
24:51brilliant
24:54absolutely
24:54critical
24:55from
24:56Declan
24:56Rice
24:57and the
24:58league
24:58leaders
24:59have
24:59turned
24:59it
25:00around
25:02he's
25:03come in
25:03for a
25:03bit
25:03of
25:04stick
25:04for not
25:05making
25:05much
25:06of an
25:06impact
25:06this
25:06season
25:07Victor
25:07Jokeres
25:08but
25:08he was
25:09the
25:09man
25:09that
25:09started
25:10it
25:10all
25:10for
25:11Arsenal
25:11here
25:11causing
25:12a bit
25:13of
25:13panic
25:13inside
25:13the
25:14penalty
25:14area
25:14Odegaard
25:16saw
25:16Declan
25:16Rice
25:17and
25:17he
25:17saw
25:18exactly
25:18where
25:19he
25:19wanted
25:19to
25:19put
25:20the
25:20ball
25:20and
25:21caressed
25:21it
25:22beyond
25:22Petrovic
25:23in
25:25in
25:26first
25:26time
25:26stroke
25:26in
25:27is
25:27gorgeous
25:28from
25:28Declan
25:29Rice
25:29who
25:30scored
25:31in
25:32the
25:32loss
25:32to
25:32Bournemouth
25:33in
25:33May
25:33but
25:34has
25:34put
25:35Arsenal
25:35in
25:35front
25:36against
25:36the
25:37Cherries
25:37today
25:38to
25:38the
25:38delight
25:39of
25:39his
25:39manager
26:10win
26:10Saka
26:11with
26:12the
26:12intelligent
26:13run
26:13Rice
26:13peeled
26:14back
26:14Saka
26:15found him
26:16perfectly
26:16and you
26:17never really
26:18doubted
26:19Declan
26:19Rice
26:19when he
26:20went for
26:21another
26:21first-time
26:22hit
26:23Bournemouth
26:24won
26:24Arsenal
26:24three
26:26Bournemouth
26:26won't feel
26:27a bit
26:27hard done
26:28by at the
26:28current
26:28scoreline
26:29they've
26:29had their
26:29chances
26:30and they've
26:30been more
26:31than a
26:31match
26:31for
26:32Arsenal
26:35let's
26:36have it
26:36here
26:38Cook
26:40opens up
26:41for the
26:41hit
26:41here
26:41oh
26:42what a
26:43hit
26:43too
26:43from
26:44Kruppi
26:45and
26:46Bournemouth
26:46are back
26:47in
26:47business
26:49Junior
26:50Kruppi
26:51with
26:51a
26:51crack
26:52beyond
26:53David
26:54Raya
26:55to move
26:56Bournemouth
26:57back to
26:57an inner
26:58goal
26:58well that
26:59is the
27:00definition
27:00of an
27:01impact
27:01sub
27:02and what
27:02an impact
27:02he had
27:03on the
27:03ball
27:03here
27:03a
27:04ripper
27:05beyond
27:05Raya
27:06little
27:07hope
27:07keeping
27:07that
27:08one
27:08out
27:08and
27:09it's
27:09Bournemouth
27:09two
27:10Arsenal
27:11three
27:13Sinesi
27:14pumped
27:14in
27:14Salivas
27:15underneath
27:16it
27:16he has
27:17a swing
27:18and it
27:18comes
27:19off
27:19Kuryan
27:20Timber
27:20for a
27:21throw
27:22for
27:23Bournemouth
27:23and Antoine
27:24Semenyo
27:25will
27:25hurl this
27:27in
27:27what could be
27:28one of his
27:28final appearances
27:29for the club
27:31could he help out
27:32his potential new
27:33employers
27:33by helping
27:35Bournemouth take
27:36points off
27:36Arsenal
27:37Semenyo
27:38Semenyo's
27:38throw
27:38keepers
27:39up
27:40there
27:42new
27:43year
27:43same
27:44outcome
27:45for
27:45Arsenal
27:46Mikel
27:47Arteta's
27:48men
27:48make it
27:49five wins
27:49in a row
27:50Bournemouth
27:52unhappy with
27:52the referee
27:53they felt
27:54there was
27:54still time
27:55left for
27:55them to
27:55try and
27:56do
27:56something
27:56but they
27:57fall
27:57just
27:58short
27:58against
27:59the
27:59league
28:00leaders
28:00who have
28:01shown
28:01grit
28:02and
28:02determination
28:03to recover
28:04from that
28:05dreadful start
28:06to win here
28:07by three
28:08goals
28:09to two
28:10today we
28:11conceded three
28:11goals
28:12against Arsenal
28:13and they
28:14haven't really
28:15had a lot
28:15of chances
28:16you know
28:16you can concede
28:17three goals
28:18because they
28:18are putting
28:19a lot of
28:19pressure on you
28:20they have
28:20I don't know
28:2125 shots
28:22and your
28:22keeper saves
28:23but I
28:25haven't felt
28:25like a game
28:26where we
28:26should be
28:27conceding
28:27three goals
28:28big praise
28:28to them
28:29because a
28:29team that
28:30creates
28:30so many
28:31questions
28:33and
28:33difficulties
28:34to you
28:34in everything
28:35that we
28:35do
28:35because they
28:36do it
28:36really well
28:36and on top
28:37of that
28:37we put
28:38ourselves
28:38into a
28:39very difficult
28:39position
28:40in the
28:40manner
28:40that
28:41you
28:42concede
28:42the goal
28:42and then
28:43it's a
28:43big mountain
28:44to climb
28:44but I
28:44think the
28:45team
28:45showed
28:45a lot
28:46of
28:46maturity
28:46while
28:46Gabby's
28:47done
28:47after that
28:48mistake
28:48it's
28:49remarkable
28:50and then
28:50the team
28:51slowly
28:52grew
28:53started
28:53to
28:53control
28:54and
28:54dominate
28:54the game
28:54much
28:54better
28:55scored
28:55two
28:55very
28:56great
28:56goals
28:57Were you
28:57hoping
28:57for the
28:57hat-trick
28:58when you've
28:58previously
28:59been looking
28:59for two
29:00I actually
29:00was
29:00I was
29:01thinking
29:01one more
29:01cut back
29:02to me
29:02please
29:03but another
29:04chance
29:04didn't arise
29:06and Bournemouth
29:07for the last
29:0715 minutes
29:07played really
29:08well
29:08they shut
29:09that space
29:09off
29:10so I was
29:11guided to
29:11not get
29:11the hat-trick
29:12but I'll
29:13keep trying
29:13maybe one
29:14day that
29:14might come
29:16well if
29:16he keeps
29:17adding the
29:17goals
29:17Jermaine
29:18he becomes
29:18even more
29:18the complete
29:19midfielder
29:20doesn't he
29:21unbelievable
29:21you know
29:22296
29:23games
29:23and you know
29:24the first
29:24time he's
29:25got two
29:25goals
29:25in a
29:25Premier League
29:26game
29:26but I mean
29:27what a
29:27performance
29:28I think
29:29when you
29:29look at
29:29the
29:30modern day
29:31midfielder
29:31he does
29:32everything
29:32you see
29:33here
29:33he's
29:34just
29:34energy
29:34level
29:35to get
29:35you
29:35out
29:35the
29:35pitch
29:35I remember
29:36Declan speaking
29:36a few
29:37years
29:37and he
29:38modelled
29:38his game
29:39on
29:39Yaya
29:39Torre
29:40and that
29:41was
29:41Yaya
29:41Torre
29:41like
29:42getting
29:42you
29:42out
29:42the
29:42pitch
29:43unfortunately
29:43he didn't
29:43get the
29:44free kick
29:44there
29:44but even
29:45here
29:45he knows
29:46what's
29:47around
29:47him
29:47he comes
29:49away
29:49from the
29:49pressure
29:50and you
29:50see
29:50the change
29:51of speed
29:52to caress
29:53it in the
29:54corner
29:54his body
29:55position
29:55his shoulder
29:56good contact
29:58into the
29:58corner
29:59here
29:59the other
30:01side
30:01of the
30:01game
30:01can you
30:03be
30:04effective
30:04and stop
30:05those balls
30:06into the
30:06front
30:06you see
30:07him
30:07scanning
30:07there
30:08I think
30:09that's
30:09Clybert
30:09stops
30:09the
30:10passes
30:10going
30:10forward
30:11and then
30:12he doesn't
30:12stop
30:13there
30:13on to
30:14the
30:14second
30:14balls
30:14wins
30:15that
30:16everything
30:16he did
30:18arriving
30:18into the
30:19box
30:19at the
30:19right
30:19time
30:19he
30:19spoke
30:20about
30:20if he
30:20can
30:20add
30:20goals
30:21to
30:21his
30:40he
30:42he
30:42can
30:44he
31:00go on
31:03to win
31:07this title you know he's pivoting yeah I mean he he must be the perfect player
31:13for any manager the manager's dream he's a manager's dream really is I mean his
31:17attitude is is amazing he very rarely misses games and when he's out there
31:22he's a regular eight out of ten so he's been incredible so he said that's you
31:27did he about Yaya Torre that's what I remember watching it and he actually said
31:30that you know he he watched Yaya Torre's game and away Yaya Torre is to get the
31:34teams on the pitch and you know drive through midfield and he's and he's got
31:36that I think the only thing that now is probably adding a little bit more goals
31:39to his game and he can you know when he arrives on the edge of the box he makes
31:41good contact he's a good finisher Bournemouth are great to watch going forward
31:45that their problem this season has been defensively when when you look at the
31:49stats their numbers are way down which is maybe to be expected Jermaine I suppose
31:54given given the number of defenders they lost in the summer and the goalkeeper
31:58yeah well it's not just the thing I mean it's ten players and I think when you
32:01look at that you know last season you know at this stage of the sea you know
32:03seventh now 15th and you talk about you know when you concede you know that many
32:09goals you know you don't give yourself a chance to win games and it's there are
32:14funny teams watch Bournemouth because some of the performance is actually good you
32:17know they play the right way they got good players they have a go but you know if
32:20you if you if you can't concede if you stop conceding goals you know it's so
32:25difficult to win games you think they'll be all right there I think they'll be
32:28all right yeah I think they'll have enough up top when they'll get enough goals I
32:30think to be all right yeah okay six games on tomorrow's match of the day
32:56what's it go to all Joe Lindsson who's hooked it in
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33:43iPlayer from 22-11 now no club in Europe's top five leagues had a higher win percentage at home
33:49than Aston Villa in 2025 Nottingham Forest their first visitors of 2026 and Steve Bauer was at this one
33:59Villa who've won their last 10 games here are able to recall both Cash and Kamara after suspension
34:06both Captain McGinn and Martson also return and Nana is injured Nottingham Forest who've lost four of
34:13their last five Premier League games and their last five here are able to welcome back Ola Aena after
34:19injury for the first time since September while Frenchman Dylan Bakwa starts for the first time under Sean Dyche
34:32Bright sunshine on a very chilly afternoon in the Midlands
34:41Williams is quickly closed down Watkins denied by John Victor it's still alive Martin it isn't now what a let
34:54off it's a fantastic stop you know from the Brazilian
34:57goalkeeper Nico Williams put under pressure by Rodgers and Watkins thought he given Villa the lead but the six foot
35:05six frame of John
35:06Victor did brilliantly well his right leg denying Watkins
35:13still trying to get his watch moving there I think
35:18classy from Kanza
35:23Lindelof had to make that he didn't Mr. Mingez for Nottingham Forest
35:29Hutchinson stepping inside and forcing the save out of Martinez
35:37when Hutchinson came inside here you could see his intention Martinez equal to it good height for him
35:53Rodgers
35:55Watkins
35:59the special moment that was required
36:03to break down Nottingham Forest's stubborn resistance
36:09provided by the man in form
36:12Oli Watkins
36:13on his 250th appearance for the club
36:18his sixth goal in seven Premier League games
36:22to finally unlock the forest door
36:29and it needed to be of the highest quality
36:31and it was
36:34two quick touches
36:35and then the emphatic one
36:39John Victor actually
36:40went with his opposite hand there
36:43got something on it
36:45wasn't right in the corner but
36:47the speed of the strike
36:49went past him
36:52Unai Emery side
36:53have the advantage
36:55at the break
36:59Tielemans
37:01Martin
37:02that's too close to the goalkeeper
37:03who decided not to catch it
37:08got the job done in the end
37:11there was a slight question mark about John Victor there
37:17Simon Hooper says play on
37:18and backward does that but he's closed down by Tielemans
37:23Watkins behind McGinn
37:25Cash is in space
37:26Kamara's found him
37:28McGinn coming in
37:322-0 Aston Villa
37:34three and a half minutes into the second half
37:38a second Premier League goal of the season
37:42for the Villa skipper John McGinn
37:45well a perfect end to the first half
37:47and a dream start to the second
37:51and he reacted quickly in the end here
37:54the credit Tielemans there
37:55to win it back
37:58and it eventually came out of cash
38:01he delivered the cross for watch McGinn
38:04in ahead of Milenkovic who was a little flat-footed
38:08but the desire from John McGinn to get there
38:13won the day
38:15fully committed as ever
38:18Aston Villa 2
38:19Aston Villa 2
38:20Nottingham Forest 0
38:24and committed meeting required now
38:27his team the second lowest scorers in the Premier League
38:31this season only 18 goals Forest have mustered
38:35long from Milenkovic
38:37long from Milenkovic
38:38Jesus
38:40still so well to potentially keep that alive
38:43Dominguez
38:44in from Hutchinson
38:46Oh and Backward
38:50completely miscued the header
38:53first real moment of promise
38:56from Nottingham Forest
38:58early ball in eventually from
39:00Amari Hutchinson
39:02and that needed to go
39:04right across
39:06the face of the goal from Backward
39:08he knew that too
39:16it's Backward
39:18Gibbs-White bursting forward
39:20and he's onside
39:21it's Morgan Gibbs-White for Forest
39:25hope is restored
39:28seven games without a goal
39:31he's popped up
39:33just past the hour mark
39:35with a perfect time to end that run
39:37and get it back to 2-1
39:41timed his run to perfection
39:44took his time
39:45and then lifted it beautifully
39:48past Emi Martinez
39:50lovely finish from the Forest skipper
39:53and from nowhere they are back in the game
39:56Villa 2, Forest 1
40:0013 goals conceded in the last seven games now for the home team
40:05in the possession of Hutchinson
40:09couldn't find McAtee though
40:16Tielemans
40:17into McGinn
40:19oh the goalkeeper's in no man's land here
40:22and John McGinn
40:25makes him pay
40:28his second
40:30and Villa's third
40:33and it could be a crucial goal in the outcome
40:37the skipper
40:39at the double
40:42well the goalkeeper's down holding his left calf
40:45but when this ball was played
40:48and he was never ever getting there
40:53that's a super finish from McGinn
40:57but
40:57John Victor
40:59caught
41:00where he was never getting to the ball or the man
41:04and from then on
41:05it was composure
41:07what McGinn provided
41:09look at the curl on that from that angle
41:13absolute precision
41:14Aston Villa 3
41:16Nottingham Forest 1
41:18and you would expect
41:20Matt Sells
41:21to be required here
41:23for the remaining 17 minutes for Nottingham Forest
41:28and it is a tearful
41:29John Victor
41:31that leaves
41:32the field
41:32at Villa Park
41:34and that Sells without a warm-up
41:36and is told he is coming on
41:43Williams
41:46Forest hit back straight away
41:49Gibbs White
41:51Martinez required
41:54well the goalkeeper was changed at one end
41:57the Villa one
41:58had to stay warm
41:59and had to stay alive
42:01with a save you would have expected him to make
42:05Aston Villa up to second
42:08with an 11th consecutive home win
42:10the last time that happened
42:12was 36 years ago
42:15that is five defeats in six though for Forest now
42:18Aston Villa 3
42:20Nottingham Forest 1
42:23the manager pushes me a lot
42:24he is very demanding
42:25he says I should be scoring more goals
42:27getting in better positions
42:28and we do a lot of analysis
42:31and this morning
42:32he pushed me hard to get in those positions
42:33and thankfully today
42:35I have managed to get two goals
42:36so hopefully he will get off my back a wee bit
42:38it is a strange situation today
42:40because there is a lot of energy out there
42:41there is a lot of performance
42:41there is a lot of mentality
42:42because you know
42:43come back 2-1
42:44looks different
42:45but you can't keep giving yourself
42:46a mountain to climb
42:47we did it in the last game
42:48you know
42:49pretty pretty soft goals
42:50you know
42:50from the organisational point of view
42:52and just players just switching off to the basics
42:54you know
42:55and the basics of principles of the shape
42:57and the organisation
42:57we were focusing a lot this match
43:00to try to
43:01to keep the energy we
43:03we had or we showed it
43:05but of course playing out of matches
43:06and last week in Chelsea then Arsenal
43:10now again
43:12we needed rest
43:14we needed
43:16we needed
43:17work and get focus
43:18for this match
43:19with the energy
43:20we show it
43:21and
43:22how the players respond
43:24in all demand
43:25we are settling
43:27really fantastic
43:29well they struggled in the second half of the Emirates
43:31Alan
43:31because they had
43:32they lost Anana at half time with injury
43:34and Kamara
43:35was suspended
43:36they had him back today
43:37and it made a big difference
43:38yeah with Kamara and Telemans in that midfield
43:42and then you heard John McGinn saying
43:43he has to get other managers telling them to get into better positions
43:46well that happened today
43:47and it worked perfectly for them today
43:49and the midfield balance was
43:50was absolutely superb
43:52I thought
43:52you got Kamara and Telemans there
43:54this is in the
43:54in the first minute
43:55and it all happens because of
43:58of their positioning really
43:59is that there's
44:00there's actually no way out for Nottingham Forest
44:02when they win the ball back
44:04because they're closing down there
44:08and then all of a sudden
44:09they're closing down there
44:10and there's just no way out
44:11at all
44:12the Rodgers is also closing there
44:14so
44:14forced them into
44:15into a mistake
44:17and after the first minute
44:18it should be 1-0
44:18Ollie Watkins should put the ball in the
44:20in the back of the net
44:21it's a decent save
44:22and then the last minute of the half
44:24where Forest are thinking they're doing okay
44:26the midfield balance again
44:27they get their throwing
44:28and their set up there is
44:30is perfect
44:31and that little swivel here
44:33from Telemans
44:33then the pass
44:34into Rodgers
44:35he doesn't even look
44:36he actually knows where he
44:37exactly where he is
44:39and as I said
44:40that balance was superb
44:41I mean the finish is wow
44:42it's a fantastic goal
44:44it really is
44:45and there's again
44:46there's no way out
44:47they just don't give up on it
44:49Telemans is there
44:50expecting
44:51there's no foul
44:52but what's the reaction
44:54he's straight after it
44:55he blocks it
44:56and then all of a sudden
44:57Villa are on the front foot
44:58and then you can see
44:59his midfield partner there
45:00Camara
45:00he's then getting forward
45:02and playing the pass in
45:03and then McGinn's getting
45:04into those good positions
45:06that he was on about
45:08that his manager's telling him
45:09to get into
45:10I mean this is an incredible pass
45:12and a great touch
45:13from McGinn
45:13like a quarterback pass
45:15isn't it there
45:15he just guides it in there
45:17but you see the touch better
45:19I mean God knows
45:19what the goalkeeper's doing
45:21I haven't got a clue
45:21where he is
45:22but just have a look
45:24at the pass here
45:25the way to pass
45:27and then the touch
45:28from McGinn
45:29you can see where he wants it
45:30that touch there
45:31with the right foot
45:32and then to get that much
45:33bend and curl on it
45:35when he's under pressure
45:36it really is a great finish
45:37this is the angle
45:38you can see it there
45:38from this angle
45:39how far
45:40have a look at the ball boy
45:41as well
45:41he's ready to go
45:42look
45:42he's up on his knees
45:43ready to celebrate
45:45it's such a clever goal
45:47a clever finish
45:48but I thought
45:48the midfield balance
45:50for Villa to do
45:50was spot on
45:52and that takes them
45:55into second
45:56from a Nottingham Forest
45:57point of view
45:58we can show you
45:58the sort of run
45:59that they are on
46:00at the moment
46:01Sean Dyche-Allen
46:03said afterwards
46:05before today's game
46:06if you look at their
46:07last six
46:07so from Wolves onwards
46:08they've taken six points
46:10out of those six games
46:12and Sunderland
46:13in that same period
46:13had taken seven
46:14so it's his job
46:16to look at the reality
46:17he said
46:17not the noise
46:18and Sunderland
46:19are obviously getting a lot
46:20do you understand that logic?
46:22I understand where
46:22he's coming from
46:23and what he's trying to say
46:24because he's trying to
46:25give his team
46:26a little bit of confidence
46:27and a little bit
46:28of belief
46:29but what I would say
46:30the game they have
46:30on Tuesday
46:31against West Ham
46:32at West Ham
46:33is a huge game
46:35for both football clubs
46:36and if Forest
46:37can go there
46:37and win
46:38I would say
46:39that's pretty much
46:39enough for them
46:40Do you think Forest
46:41in that game
46:42can take advantage
46:43of the pressure
46:44that will be on
46:45West Ham at home
46:46and what the atmosphere
46:48will be like?
46:48I think they're going
46:49to have to
46:49I think they're going
46:50to have to go there
46:50and try and win the game
46:52like we said before
46:53it's a massive game
46:54from a West Ham
46:55point of view
46:56being at home
46:57it's almost actually
46:58better being away
46:59there's always been
47:00an expectation
47:01and a demand
47:02to play the right way
47:03at West Ham
47:03to win games
47:04to compete
47:04like we spoke about
47:05at the top of the show
47:06but that is a huge game
47:08massive
47:09Forest probably have
47:10carry more of a threat
47:11don't they?
47:12Well yeah
47:12and judging
47:13they've lost
47:14the last four
47:15but judging
47:15by their performance
47:16today and the noise
47:17that will create
47:18West Ham
47:19it'll be a tough atmosphere
47:20they'll be at home
47:21on Tuesday
47:21OK
47:22there's a pattern
47:24to Brighton's
47:24last six
47:25it reads
47:26lost draw
47:26lost draw
47:28lost draw
47:29they were looking
47:30to break the sequence
47:31against a Burnley side
47:32six points from safety
47:33Simon Brotherton
47:34was at the Amex
47:3718 year old
47:38Greek international
47:39Haralampos Kostoulos
47:40makes his first
47:41Premier League start
47:42and Caro Mitoma
47:43is first in over
47:44three months
47:45Jorginho Rutter
47:46and Brian Gruder
47:47both come in too
47:48Pascal Gross
47:49has just rejoined
47:50the club
47:51from Borussia Dortmund
47:52and is named
47:53as one of the substitutes
47:54Burnley make
47:55three changes
47:56with Jadon Antony
47:57and Jakob Brun Larsson
47:59playing
47:59instead of
48:00Marcus Edwards
48:01and Lume Chowna
48:02while Bashir Humphries
48:03starts at the back
48:04with Maxime Stev
48:05absent through injury
48:08Burnley actually
48:09unbeaten in their
48:09last seven
48:10away league fixtures
48:11against Brighton
48:13and Hove Albion
48:13but lost away to them
48:15in over a decade now
48:18excellent play
48:19opportunity
48:20taking flag
48:21up straight away
48:22though
48:22to deny
48:23Kostoulos
48:24took his chance
48:26extremely well
48:27but the flag
48:27was raised immediately
48:28as soon as the ball
48:29was played forward
48:31very tight call
48:33there
48:33but Kostoulos
48:35certainly
48:35took the chance
48:36superbly well
48:39it looked close
48:40and indeed it was
48:41it was extremely close
48:44and it was
48:44almost
48:45the perfect start
48:47for Fabian Herzl
48:48this team
48:48small margins
48:50Brighton
48:51without a win
48:51actually
48:51in just over a month
48:53now
48:53back end of November
48:54at Nottingham Forest
48:55looking to make
48:56a positive start
48:57to this one
48:57in towards Ruta
48:58blasted towards goal
49:00by Gomez
49:02and it was a shot
49:03that was heading
49:05goalwards here
49:05from Diego Gomez
49:08deflected behind
49:09by Ekdal
49:13it's excellent play
49:15from Jorginho Ruta
49:16backed up by Gruda
49:18Ajari
49:20Kostoulos is in there
49:21blasted home
49:22by Ruta
49:24it's taken them
49:25nearly half an hour
49:27but this time
49:28the home side
49:29really are ahead
49:32and Jorginho Ruta
49:33has his second goal
49:34of the season
49:36Ruta's initial
49:37attacking burst
49:38appeared to have
49:39come to an end
49:40Gruda
49:41and Ajari
49:42kept it alive
49:43and Kostoulos
49:45with the deflection
49:46that fell
49:47at the Frenchman's feet
49:48and Ruta
49:50buried the chance
49:54Joel Veltman
49:55with the throw
49:56met by
49:56Bashir Humphreys
49:59Breuer chasing
50:04and Cara Mitoma
50:05on the end of it
50:06here
50:06with Kyle Walker
50:08for company
50:14it's going to be
50:15Brighton's ball
50:18so Burnley
50:20finding themselves
50:21in a familiar
50:22position
50:23behind
50:26Kadiolu
50:27sweeps it in
50:28and almost
50:29snuck it in
50:30at the near post
50:32Dubravka
50:34covering the near post
50:36to deny
50:36Kadiolu
50:38games come thick
50:39and fast
50:40at this time
50:41of year
50:41don't they
50:41Scott Parker
50:42and his team
50:42at home
50:43to Manchester
50:43United
50:44on Wednesday
50:45night
50:47here comes
50:47Jadon Anthony
50:48now
50:49into Brun Larsson
50:50support from
50:52Lucas Pires
50:52and Pires
50:54brings the save
50:55from Verbruggen
50:55that's the best
50:56we've seen
50:57from Burnley
50:57almost on the
50:58stroke of
50:59half time
50:59first effort
51:01on goal
51:01on target
51:03from the
51:04Clarets
51:10here's
51:11Gomez
51:14Kadhiolu
51:15forward
51:16Zidane
51:17Gomez
51:17can't find
51:18a way
51:18through
51:18Ubachukwu
51:19tries to
51:19send it
51:20away
51:20sliding in
51:21but Yasin
51:22Iari
51:22collects it
51:23here
51:23oh it's
51:24the perfect
51:24start to the
51:25second half
51:25for Brandon
51:26Hobalbion
51:30the lead
51:31is doubled
51:31and we've only
51:32been playing
51:32just over a
51:33minute following
51:34the restart
51:36and Burnley's
51:37problems this
51:38afternoon have
51:39just got a
51:39whole lot worse
51:41only half
51:42cleared by
51:43Ugo Chukwu
51:45Ayari was
51:46quick on his
51:47feet
51:48quick to
51:48react
51:49quick to
51:50collect the
51:51loose ball
51:52and Ayari
51:54has his
51:54third goal
51:55of the
51:55season
51:57right
51:57looking to
51:58make a
51:58winning start
51:59to the
51:59new year
51:59they've made
52:00a bit of
52:00a habit
52:00of it
52:01they've
52:01only lost
52:02their first
52:02league game
52:05at the start
52:06of a calendar
52:06year
52:07once in the
52:07last 16
52:08years
52:09before today
52:13Guarantino
52:13Luiz
52:14he's lost
52:15his way
52:15in a pretty
52:16big way
52:18it could so
52:19easily have
52:19been three
52:20Dubravka
52:21makes the
52:22save
52:22from
52:23Kostoulos
52:29Veltman
52:30moves it
52:30on
52:30Gruda's
52:31got support
52:32on the
52:32far side
52:39this is
52:39Ayari
52:40Kostoulos
52:41was there
52:43Kadioulu
52:43moving in
52:43at the
52:44far post
52:44as well
52:45it might have
52:45been a
52:45tap-in
52:46for him
52:46had it
52:46gone that
52:47far
52:48and
52:48Yasin
52:49Ayari
52:49who scored
52:50the second
52:50very nearly
52:52creating a
52:53third
52:53as Kostoulos
52:55stretching
52:57that's an
52:58excellent pass
52:58for Marcus
52:59Edwards
52:59to latch
53:00onto
53:01Luum
53:01Chawna
53:01is up
53:02alongside
53:02him
53:02Jayden
53:03Anthony
53:03in the
53:04middle
53:04as well
53:10net by
53:10the head
53:11of
53:11Vanhecker
53:12Burnley
53:13have a
53:13corner
53:14signs of
53:15life
53:17from Scott
53:17Parker's
53:18team
53:18at 2-0
53:19down
53:22as
53:22Perez
53:22with the
53:23corner
53:24back
53:25across
53:27Kadioulu
53:28was on
53:28the line
53:31and Burnley
53:32was so
53:32close to
53:33getting a
53:33goal back
53:34Ferdi
53:34Kadioulu
53:35in the
53:35right
53:35place
53:36there
53:37and
53:37Brighton
53:38get it
53:38away
53:41Kadioulu
53:41heading it
53:42against
53:42the
53:42crossbar
53:43the
53:43ball
53:43clearly
53:43not
53:43going
53:44over
53:44the
53:44line
53:46De Kuyper
53:47a bit
53:53loose
53:53there
53:53Ayari
53:54into
53:54De Kuyper
53:55free
53:55kick
53:57referee
53:57couldn't
53:57miss
53:58that
53:58if he
53:58tried
53:58it
53:58was
53:59right
53:59in
53:59front
53:59of
53:59him
54:01Josh
54:01Laurent
54:01concedes
54:02it
54:07well
54:08Beck
54:08leaves
54:08it
54:10slamming
54:11against
54:11the
54:12post
54:12there
54:12from
54:13Maxine
54:13de Kuyper
54:16Brighton's
54:17so close
54:17to number
54:18three
54:21well
54:22it's going
54:22to be
54:22two points
54:23from the
54:23last
54:2333
54:24available
54:25for
54:25Burnley
54:26after
54:27today
54:32good
54:33tracking
54:33back
54:33there
54:34by
54:34Yasin
54:34Ayari
54:35but
54:35Clarentino
54:36Luis
54:36has done
54:37really
54:37well
54:37and
54:37the
54:38deflection
54:38falls
54:39fortuitously
54:40into the
54:40gloves
54:41of
54:41Bart
54:41Verbruggen
54:42there
54:43Brighton
54:44back to
54:44winning ways
54:45their first
54:46victory
54:46in seven
54:47Brighton
54:48two
54:48Burnley
54:49nil
54:51I
54:51thought
54:51we were
54:51poor
54:52today
54:52yeah
54:52I thought
54:53we were
54:53really
54:53poor
54:53I thought
54:54we
54:55didn't
54:56deserve
54:56anything
54:56from the
54:57game
54:57today
54:57really
54:57so
54:58I think
54:58there's
54:59been
54:59other
54:59games
54:59where I've
54:59stood
54:59here
55:00and said
55:00that
55:00we
55:02were
55:02competitive
55:03and the
55:03results
55:04have not
55:04gone
55:04our
55:04way
55:05but
55:05we've
55:05been
55:06hugely
55:06compared
55:06today
55:07and
55:07won
55:07the
55:07case
55:07really
55:08and
55:09there
55:09was
55:09a
55:09big
55:09shift
55:10from
55:11we
55:11lost
55:11the
55:12game
55:12only
55:12three
55:12days
55:13ago
55:13against
55:13Newcastle
55:14which
55:15was
55:15very
55:16different
55:16to
55:16how
55:16we
55:17looked
55:17today
55:17really
55:18we
55:18lacked
55:19a
55:19little
55:19belief
55:20today
55:20and
55:21that
55:21was
55:22worrying
55:22today
55:22we
55:23controlled
55:23the
55:23game
55:24I think
55:24there was
55:24one
55:25chance
55:25for
55:26Burnley
55:27in the
55:27first
55:27half
55:28overall
55:28we
55:29defended
55:29quite
55:30well
55:30we
55:30had
55:31some
55:31good
55:32chances
55:32after
55:32set
55:32pieces
55:33we
55:33don't
55:33have
55:33that
55:34many
55:34chances
55:35in
55:35the
55:35first
55:35half
55:35but
55:36in
55:36the
55:36second
55:36half
55:36again
55:36we
55:37started
55:37well
55:37we
55:37created
55:38more
55:38chances
55:38we
55:39controlled
55:40the
55:40game
55:40quite
55:40well
55:41so
55:41it
55:41was
55:41not
55:41a
55:42perfect
55:42game
55:42but
55:43overall
55:43it
55:44was
55:44a
55:44good
55:45performance
55:45and
55:45in
55:45the
55:46end
55:46we
55:46kept
55:47a
55:47clean
55:47sheet
55:47and
55:47we
55:48deserved
55:48to
55:48go
55:48the
55:48way
55:48we
55:49lost
55:49today
55:49is
55:49not
55:50one
55:51which
55:51was
55:52nice
55:52for
55:52us
55:53really
55:53and
55:53not
55:53acceptable
55:54really
55:54and
55:54we
55:54need
55:54a
55:54reaction
55:55now
55:55for
55:55sure
55:57and
55:57like
55:57you
55:57said
55:57the
55:58saving
55:58grace
55:58is
55:59that
55:59there
55:59is
55:59only
55:59x
56:00amount
56:00of
56:00points
56:00but
56:10positive
56:10in
56:11recent
56:11post
56:11match
56:11interviews
56:12is
56:12Scott
56:12Parker
56:13Jermaine
56:13hasn't
56:13he
56:13but
56:14not
56:14today
56:14he
56:15was
56:15fuming
56:15yeah
56:16I mean
56:16Bernard's
56:16win this run
56:17now extends
56:17to 11
56:18Premier League
56:18games
56:19really
56:20disappointing
56:20I mean
56:21last season
56:21yeah of course
56:22you know
56:22in the
56:22championship
56:23conceding
56:2416 goals
56:25and you know
56:25this season
56:26they've conceded
56:2739 goals
56:28I mean
56:28the signs were
56:29there from
56:29early on
56:30they look like
56:32an okay
56:32position
56:33right there
56:33and you know
56:34it's just
56:34a long
56:35boat over the
56:35top
56:35but the signs
56:36were there
56:36I think
56:36that's
56:37poor defending
56:37from the
56:37fullback
56:38you've got to
56:38be in the
56:39inside looking
56:40out
56:41here you know
56:42Rudy gets it
56:43here and you
56:44think right
56:45there's not
56:45anywhere you can
56:46go really
56:46you know
56:46you can't
56:47come back
56:47inside
56:47you've got
56:48to make
56:48contact
56:48and you know
56:49try and win
56:50the ball
56:50and stop
56:52them getting
56:52inside
56:53it's poor
56:53defending
56:54there
56:54it's too
56:54easy to get
56:56through
56:56yeah a little
56:57bit of fortune
56:57there
56:58but it gets
56:58the goal
56:59and that
56:59but I just
56:59feel like
57:00when the ball
57:00goes wide
57:01you have to
57:01make contact
57:02and win
57:02the ball
57:02again they've
57:03got bodies
57:04back
57:04don't really
57:05look like
57:08poor really
57:09again can you
57:10regain it
57:11and try and
57:12play out
57:12and it's just
57:13an unbelievable
57:14finish
57:14but yeah
57:15they caused
57:16their own
57:17problems
57:17to be honest
57:18there again
57:20overplaying
57:20sometimes when
57:21you're away
57:21from home
57:22it's difficult
57:22you've got to
57:22get the ball
57:23from back
57:23to front
57:24quicker
57:24this should
57:25have been
57:25a goal
57:26and they just
57:27continue to
57:27play the same
57:28way
57:29it sort of
57:30goes even
57:30ahead
57:31no one's
57:32engaging
57:32getting close
57:33it's too
57:34easy
57:34not defending
57:35the box
57:36again another
57:37great chance
57:38Brighton could
57:39have scored
57:39four goals
57:40and you can
57:41see why
57:41Scott Park
57:42is disappointed
57:42because
57:43it's a reflection
57:44on the team
57:45that he wants
57:46to put out
57:47and like I
57:47said last
57:48season conceding
57:4916 goals
57:49and it's almost
57:50against his
57:51principles
57:5139 goals
57:53is way too
57:53many
57:55Brighton
57:55up to 8
57:56despite that
57:57being just
57:58their first
57:58win in 7
57:597 yeah
57:59that's the
58:00big picture
58:01for Brighton
58:01I think I
58:02would expect
58:03something around
58:04that now
58:04and I know
58:05there were
58:05one or two
58:06that weren't
58:07happy on that
58:08run but
58:08they're back
58:09to winning
58:09ways and as
58:10you said
58:10back up to
58:118
58:11here's the
58:12table then
58:12Arsenal extend
58:13their lead to
58:146 points
58:14Manchester City
58:15face Chelsea
58:16on Sunday
58:17Villa are into
58:172nd after an
58:188th successive
58:19home league win
58:20Wolves have
58:21doubled their
58:21points tally for
58:22the season after
58:23beating West Ham
58:24West Ham 4 points
58:25behind Forest
58:26and they play
58:27each other on
58:27Tuesday
58:28that's it
58:29thanks to
58:29Alan and
58:30Jermaine and
58:30now that they
58:31have that first
58:32win maybe
58:332026 will be
58:34the year of
58:34the wolf
58:34goodnight
58:41you
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