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00:00:00Rooney O'Hoo!
00:00:02Welcome to Match of the Dead.
00:00:44Good evening. Five games on the way this evening and only three weekends remain in the Premier League season.
00:00:50It's the final sprint towards the finish line. Always up to speed, of course, Wayne Rooney and Ashley Williams.
00:00:56League leaders Arsenal play tomorrow. They began the day with a five-point advantage at the top, having played a
00:01:02game more than second-place Manchester City.
00:01:04Pep Guardiola's side faced Europe chasing Brentford this evening on the back of something of an epic at Everton on
00:01:10Monday.
00:01:12Pep Guardiola's team hoping to narrow the gap at the top to three points.
00:01:17This could be a big night to the title race.
00:01:20Dukku. That's the call for Manchester City!
00:01:29Oh, Gay completely switches off. Tino Barry does his bit.
00:01:35Jake O'Brien! Everton have turned it around!
00:01:44And Erling Haaland gets one back!
00:01:48Jeremy Dukku rescues a point for Manchester City!
00:01:56Your commentator at the Etihad is Guy Mowbray.
00:02:02A late equaliser usually feels like a point gain but not in Manchester City's case on Monday, having lost the
00:02:09lead and any notion of having an advantage in the title race.
00:02:13It feels now like only a mistake-free run to the finish will keep them in with a shout.
00:02:19And the team setting out to start that run today shows two changes from the draw at Everton, with Dutch
00:02:24duo Nathan Ake and Tijani Reinders coming in, replacing Kusanov, who's got a knock, and Nico Gonzalez back to the
00:02:31bench.
00:02:32Two changes to the Brentford team as well, as they chase a European place for the first time ever, and
00:02:38maybe even a spot in the Champions League.
00:02:41Aaron Hickey and Christopher Ayer come in for Seb van den Berg and Dango Watara.
00:02:49Five minutes played, and Andy Morrison's name is being sung by Manchester City fans.
00:02:56Their former captain has been diagnosed with Ramsey-Hunt syndrome, it's a virus in the facial nerve.
00:03:02He was the man who wore number five in that famous 1999 playoff final against Gillingham.
00:03:09All that Wembley drama, fondly remembered and still loved here.
00:03:14Ake, had to stretch for it, stretched enough to make it a throw-in rather than a corner.
00:03:26Donnarumma doesn't get there, he's struggling, and it's cleared away by Mateus Nunes.
00:03:32Donnarumma appealing for a foul, nobody listening to him.
00:03:39It's the only sort of foul on Donnarumma there.
00:03:43Igor Thiago is just a big presence in front of him.
00:03:47Doesn't have to get out of the way just because the goalkeeper wants him to.
00:03:57Igor Thiago with a touch on for Schade, now there's a race on, and Mateus Nunes takes the ball.
00:04:03Brentford are adamant that he took the ball by foul means.
00:04:08And VAR are in operation.
00:04:11They took the ball.
00:04:12That's the VAR's opinion.
00:04:15The collision with Schade happened afterwards.
00:04:23He really senses his chance here, and he has forced Doku off balance.
00:04:27Think it was just a slip there.
00:04:28It is going to be a corner.
00:04:31The corner will be taken quick and short.
00:04:37Doku, with a shimmy past Jensen, and a touch towards Haaland.
00:04:42It's blocked, it's Gehi trying to get to it.
00:04:44But Kelleher then gathers the ball.
00:04:47The City threat is rising.
00:04:50Doku's in the midst of most of it.
00:04:52Haaland is starting to get more and more involved by the minute.
00:04:57Doku, with a lift through to Bernardo Silva.
00:05:00Jensen back to challenge him.
00:05:02And this one rolls behind four.
00:05:05Once given this time, the referee's frantically blowing away on his whistle.
00:05:08Bernardo Silva trying to get to the ball.
00:05:11Stopped from doing so.
00:05:13And a little bit of afters between Bernardo Silva and Nathan Collins.
00:05:18Bernardo Silva gets the yellow card, which is his tenth of the season.
00:05:23He's past the threshold, isn't he?
00:05:30Well, Manchester City have to hit the ground running.
00:05:33This is a big 45 minutes.
00:05:37Coyote.
00:05:39Through for Igor Thiago.
00:05:41Igor Thiago through on goal.
00:05:43Gehi now gets in his way and Donnarumma gets in the way of the shot.
00:05:48Important save.
00:05:50The Premier League's second most lethal marksman was in for Brentford.
00:05:55And Brentford got in really simply.
00:05:59Donnarumma sharply down and Gehi regained his composure to put it behind.
00:06:12It's not rocking and rolling, is it?
00:06:14Not at all.
00:06:17Too used to it?
00:06:19Expecting it?
00:06:20Don't know.
00:06:22Grinders.
00:06:23Doku.
00:06:30Doku.
00:06:32Just invited Hickey to get there first for Brentford and he did.
00:06:35It's going to be a corner.
00:06:38Pijani Rinders is going off and I think Ryan Shirky is going to see his number on the board as
00:06:43well.
00:06:43And on will come Omar Mahmouche and Phil Foden.
00:06:55Foden has scored seven goals in nine previous games against Brentford.
00:06:59Here's Doku.
00:07:01Here's Doku.
00:07:01He's gone for it again.
00:07:03And he's done it again.
00:07:05It's a repeat show from Jeremy Doku.
00:07:09All eyes were on the touchline with the substitutions being made.
00:07:14As soon as they were on the field the corner was taken.
00:07:16Called Brentford.
00:07:17And Doku hasn't half relieved the atmosphere in here.
00:07:23And that's the sort of view he's been looking for all game.
00:07:26He loves that view.
00:07:28He loves that goal.
00:07:29We've seen it a few times now.
00:07:31More than once in the last few weeks.
00:07:36They needed that.
00:07:39Goodness they needed that.
00:07:44Otara.
00:07:47Played through beautifully to Igor Thiago.
00:07:49Igor Thiago's touch.
00:07:51Down goes Shada in the box.
00:07:53He's at him and he was pushed.
00:07:56Mateus Nunes.
00:07:57Plays it against Jamal Juk.
00:07:59But there will be a VAR check.
00:08:02And this is a really important one.
00:08:04For Manchester City.
00:08:05For Brentford.
00:08:06For Arsenal.
00:08:07The first thing to be looked at will be the offside potentially.
00:08:11Igor Thiago.
00:08:12And then was there a push on Shada?
00:08:14That's what this is about ultimately.
00:08:16Well the check's over.
00:08:17There will be no ref for penalty.
00:08:20Just a bit of jostling between the two.
00:08:22And not enough to constitute a push on the back of Kevin Shada.
00:08:26That's how the ref saw it in real time.
00:08:28And that's how VAR has seen it having another look.
00:08:30That's how VAR has seen it.
00:08:35Bernardo Silva.
00:08:39Semenyo.
00:08:45Semenyo's built of a head of steam here.
00:08:47Caught the cross for Haaland.
00:08:49He can't finish first time, he can second.
00:08:52A different sort of Erling Haaland goal.
00:08:58And a different sort of feeling of relief from the first goal.
00:09:02And City do now seem to be on their way.
00:09:05To the three points that were an absolute cast iron must.
00:09:10The Erling Haaland has now scored in four successive Premier League games.
00:09:15Can't recall him netting too many times like this before, if ever.
00:09:20Manchester City two, Brentford nil.
00:09:26Another silver.
00:09:27Mamouche.
00:09:29Foden.
00:09:30Nicely shifted from boot to boot.
00:09:36Doku.
00:09:39Doku across to Foden!
00:09:41What a save that is from Kelleher.
00:09:44Razor sharp.
00:09:46Phil Foden thought his long wait for his next goal was over.
00:09:49He was sharp too with the attempt to score.
00:09:53What about that?
00:09:54Strong arm from Kelleher.
00:09:56Manchester City have played their best football since going one nil up.
00:10:00Just seem to shake all the cobwebs from them.
00:10:03Calm everything down.
00:10:05He started to actually play rather than be swamped by what it all meant today.
00:10:11Bernardo Silva.
00:10:13He's trying to prompt City to push forward to the end.
00:10:16Knowing that goals could be a factor right at the end of the season.
00:10:19Here's Haaland.
00:10:21Haaland through to Mamouche.
00:10:23And Mamouche has taken that beautifully.
00:10:27And that's what Bernardo Silva has been insisting upon for the last few minutes.
00:10:32Ripping them up for more.
00:10:34You never know, one more at the end of the season could make all the difference.
00:10:40Umar Mamouche has found game time really difficult to come by in the last few weeks and months.
00:10:46But you wouldn't know it by the way he puts this in.
00:10:48That's clinical.
00:10:50And another assist for Erling Haaland.
00:10:52We talk a lot about his goals.
00:10:54Well, that's eight that he's made in the Premier League this season as well.
00:10:59So many years poke only to Lewis Potter.
00:11:02Henderson.
00:11:11by Watara.
00:11:13He got Tiago.
00:11:14And it's saved by Donnarumma.
00:11:17Again, the academic in terms of today's points could mean something at the end of the season in terms of
00:11:23goal difference.
00:11:27Manchester City get the result that they absolutely had to this evening.
00:11:32For Brentford, a real blow to their hopes of getting into Europe for the first time in the club's history.
00:11:38They'll go again next week with two to play.
00:11:41City play Palace on Wednesday night.
00:11:43The first of three that they've got left as the chase of Arsenal goes on.
00:11:50In the first half, we arrived a lot in the final third, like what happened against Everton,
00:11:55but we didn't have enough players there.
00:11:57In the second half, we had enough players there.
00:11:59To score a goal is not to be a genius.
00:12:01It has to bring players close to Erling.
00:12:04And Omar scored because Erling and Phil Foden was close to Erling in the second half.
00:12:08That's why we create the sense of more goals.
00:12:11So Erling is there, Omar is there, and create a little bit doubts for the defenders.
00:12:15Otherwise, Erling alone against three central defenders is impossible to score a goal.
00:12:19We know that we had to score.
00:12:22And when we scored a goal, obviously, there was more space.
00:12:25And then we scored the second goal, and we were a bit relieved, happy.
00:12:29Could have, should have had a penalty, a key moment.
00:12:32I've looked at it three or four times.
00:12:33There's no way Kevin would go down.
00:12:36And the comment that was made was there wasn't enough contact.
00:12:40But when he's, Kevin's one of the quickest players in the league,
00:12:43and when he's moving at such speed, it's only going to take a little bit of contact.
00:12:47He's got the goal gaping.
00:12:50So, for me, that one is a penalty.
00:12:52And the gap is down to two points again.
00:12:55Over to Arsenal. What do you do tomorrow?
00:12:56Do you watch it, follow it, going golfing?
00:12:58By training, I have my sister here, so we'll see.
00:13:01But, yeah, you have my home, I'll watch it, yeah.
00:13:04We all will, Pep. We all will.
00:13:06It really was Wayne the Doku show again today, wasn't it?
00:13:09He's stepped up, as good and big players do, when their teams need them.
00:13:13He has, and I think over the last few weeks, he's been incredible, really.
00:13:17And his run of form, and his goals, he's scored the chances he's created.
00:13:21You see this, his first goal against Everton,
00:13:23cutting inside on his left foot, whipping in the far corner.
00:13:26And again here, hanging out in the back of the space.
00:13:29And then, no hesitation, gets the ball, cutting inside,
00:13:33and it's a great finish.
00:13:34And today, he was an absolute nightmare for the Brentford defenders.
00:13:38They couldn't deal with him, he was direct, he was positive,
00:13:42but with quality, which sometimes he has lacked at times.
00:13:45He makes the goalkeeper make a good save.
00:13:48And then he's forming a really good partnership with Nick O'Reilly,
00:13:51I think, again, and this is part of his game which I think he's improved a lot.
00:13:54It's a really good ball to O'Reilly, and then he pulls the ball back,
00:13:57but nothing really comes of it.
00:13:59Again here, drawing players into him.
00:14:01Good bit of communication with his eyes with O'Reilly,
00:14:04which is important and you need.
00:14:06Really good touch, flick, ball comes into the box,
00:14:08and then Man City get another half-decent chance
00:14:11from him being positive and taking the ball.
00:14:14Here, drawing players into him again.
00:14:17Stands the defender up.
00:14:18No chance the defender can do anything about it,
00:14:20and create a really good chance for Erling Haaland.
00:14:22So everything that City done, come from him.
00:14:25Find the pocket of space in the middle of the pitch,
00:14:27being positive again, no hesitation,
00:14:29taking a shot of his left foot.
00:14:30And here, Brentford now, they know that he's caused them problems all day.
00:14:35So now what they've done, they've got three players out
00:14:37and they still can't deal with him.
00:14:38They've got three players to try and get close to him,
00:14:40to try and tackle him, to try and foul him,
00:14:42get to the byline again.
00:14:44Another good ball into the box and unlucky not to score.
00:14:47And now on the corner, Phil Foden plays it short,
00:14:50they try and double up on him.
00:14:53Thiago comes out to see if he can help as well.
00:14:55And then here, the problem here is Thiago thinks
00:14:57that Brentford have got the ball.
00:14:59He goes to run forward.
00:15:00He gambles for the counter-attack.
00:15:02And Dockby comes into the space where Thiago was
00:15:04and it's another incredible finish.
00:15:07Incredible.
00:15:08And to repeat that goal, if you like,
00:15:11as he has done a few times, is just phenomenal.
00:15:14And have a look at this as well.
00:15:15Well, I think this shows how reliant him today,
00:15:18and not just today, over the last few weeks,
00:15:20Man City has been on Dockby.
00:15:21Most of the attacks have come down the left-hand side.
00:15:24And when you've got a player that confident and not in form,
00:15:26you have to just keep him in the ball.
00:15:28And if you keep giving him the ball, you'll cause problems.
00:15:30Well, this increase, this flurry of goal-scoring activity,
00:15:33is no coincidence, Wayne.
00:15:34Have a look at this clip.
00:15:35You and Micah telling him he needs to shoot more.
00:15:38After the FA Cup semi-final, this was his response.
00:15:42My first reaction when I dribble is like,
00:15:44who is free, instead of where is the goal, you know?
00:15:47Yeah.
00:15:47Instead of shoot or...
00:15:48So I have to be more selfish in those moments
00:15:50and look for the goal first as an attacker.
00:15:53And since that FA Cup semi-final,
00:15:55I mean, he's literally gone out there
00:15:57and done everything you told him to.
00:15:58Yeah, well, after the semi-final, I said to him off air,
00:16:00I said, you need to be more selfish and get more shots off.
00:16:02And you see from that, you know, the goals he scored,
00:16:05the shots he's had, the chances created.
00:16:07Everything about his game since then
00:16:09shows he's an absolute world-class player.
00:16:12And this season, but especially over the last month,
00:16:14you see it come together.
00:16:15Are you claiming an assist?
00:16:17I hope not, because obviously...
00:16:19Well, Arsenal fans aren't happy with you.
00:16:20No, but what you enjoy is top players being, you know,
00:16:24good and creating and causing problems for defenders.
00:16:26And speaking of Arsenal, of course, for the title race,
00:16:29they could not afford to drop any more points, Manchester City.
00:16:31They had to get back to winning ways today.
00:16:33Let's remind ourselves of the run-in there, Ashley.
00:16:36Yeah, they did what they had to do today
00:16:38against a very stubborn Brentford team.
00:16:40And then they just put the pressure a little bit
00:16:41back onto Arsenal tomorrow.
00:16:43I feel like Arsenal will be confident.
00:16:46They'll go into that game with confidence
00:16:47and they know it's in their hands now.
00:16:49And if you're Manchester City,
00:16:50today you just go out and get the win any way you can do.
00:16:53Yeah, I think City have just got to try and win the games.
00:16:55And I said this last week,
00:16:57I felt City would drop points against Everton
00:16:59and I feel like both teams will win every game,
00:17:01which makes Arsenal champions.
00:17:04And, of course, there were a couple of decisions.
00:17:06You heard Keith Andrews there talking about Kevin Sharder
00:17:08that he felt could have gone for them today.
00:17:10Did you agree with him?
00:17:12No, I can understand why he's frustrated,
00:17:15because in real time both decisions seemed like a foul,
00:17:18which weren't given.
00:17:19But after watching it back, I have to say,
00:17:21I don't think either of them was a foul.
00:17:23This was the first one.
00:17:24And as you can see,
00:17:25Nunes just gets a touch on the ball there.
00:17:27And I don't think that's enough contact.
00:17:29I can understand.
00:17:30I don't think Sharder's dived,
00:17:31because he's running at pace.
00:17:32But I don't think it's enough for a foul.
00:17:34Watching this one, in real time,
00:17:36I thought it was a penalty, definitely.
00:17:38But as we see the replay,
00:17:39Sharder actually trips himself up.
00:17:42That's his own foot against his own heel.
00:17:44And because, again, he's running at such pace,
00:17:46he goes down.
00:17:47So I can see why Keith Andrews would be frustrated.
00:17:50But looking back at them, they're not fouls.
00:17:52At this stage in a title race,
00:17:55when it's tit for tat, Wayne, you've been there.
00:17:56Tell us what it feels like when you're inside that.
00:18:00Exciting, nervous.
00:18:01You get every emotion.
00:18:03And obviously with Man City win today,
00:18:05now it's Arsenal's turn to go out
00:18:06and go and win the game tomorrow against West Ham.
00:18:09So every type of emotion you think you can have,
00:18:11you go through over this next couple of weeks.
00:18:14And it's brilliant when you're in it.
00:18:17When you get out of it at the right side,
00:18:19then it's incredible, such a good field.
00:18:21When you're on the wrong side of it,
00:18:22which I've been on as well,
00:18:23it's one of the worst fields in the world.
00:18:25OK, all to play for.
00:18:27Well, if Aston Villa win the Europa League
00:18:29and finish fifth in the Premier League,
00:18:31then sixth place would qualify
00:18:32for next season's Champions League.
00:18:34Bournemouth currently occupy that spot
00:18:35on a run of 15 games unbeaten
00:18:37ahead of their visit to Fulham.
00:18:38And Chris Latcham was at Craven Cottage.
00:18:41Anthony Iriola has three games left at Bournemouth.
00:18:45Can he deliver continental football
00:18:46as the perfect parting gift?
00:18:49Marco Silva may also be on the move.
00:18:51We don't know if he'll extend his Craven Cottage contract.
00:18:54He makes changes from the side,
00:18:56folded by Arsenal last week.
00:18:58Tom Kearney comes into midfield,
00:19:00while Rodrigo Munez starts
00:19:02in place of the injured Raul Jimenez.
00:19:05Bournemouth have stood down right-back Alex Jimenez
00:19:07while they investigate social media posts.
00:19:10So Adam Smith comes in,
00:19:1212-goal junior group.
00:19:13He has impressed everyone this season,
00:19:15including Barcelona,
00:19:16said to be tracking his progress.
00:19:22It's been a good watch,
00:19:23some terrific football,
00:19:24but precious little by way of real chances.
00:19:29Triquese now.
00:19:30Threads one through to Castagna.
00:19:32Hangs the ball high,
00:19:33and Munez!
00:19:35With the goal gaping,
00:19:36heads the ball wide.
00:19:38Head in hands for his manager.
00:19:41Triquese with disguise on the pass.
00:19:44The arc of the run kept him onside,
00:19:45and Munez surely should have hit the target.
00:19:52Castagna plays the ball inside to Wilson.
00:19:55Helps it on,
00:19:56and now look at this space down the left-hand side.
00:19:59Robinson galloping forward.
00:20:01Hill comes across to block him,
00:20:03and it's important defensive work
00:20:04by the right-back who tucked in Adam Smith.
00:20:14Kearney is the first meet,
00:20:15and Munez with the overhead attempt.
00:20:20Wonderful technique.
00:20:21Shout for handball.
00:20:22Play continues.
00:20:29VAR are checking for any whiff of handball from the Munez overhead kick.
00:20:33Play continues for now.
00:20:36That's a wonderful shimmy from Castagna,
00:20:39and a foul from Christie will produce the first yellow card of the afternoon.
00:20:45Really clever body shimmy from Castagna.
00:20:49He paid for it.
00:20:52Here's another look at the Munez overhead kick straight into the ground.
00:20:57Well, Andy Madley is being sent to the screen here
00:20:59for the challenge by Ryan Christie on Castagna.
00:21:04That's a bad one when you slow it down.
00:21:08And here comes the verdict.
00:21:10After review,
00:21:11the yellow card for Bournemouth number 10
00:21:13has been upgraded to a red card for serious style player.
00:21:16The final decision is red card.
00:21:19This is not.
00:21:20Wait till you see it.
00:21:21So Ryan Christie is sent from the field
00:21:23in front of the watching Scotland boss Steve Clarke,
00:21:27and Bournemouth are down to ten.
00:21:32So not yet half-time,
00:21:34and Fulham are a man up.
00:21:38Wilson's cross.
00:21:40Anderson's header is looping onto the crossbar.
00:21:44Well, that would have been a one-two punishment for Bournemouth.
00:21:47Really well worked.
00:21:48Anderson gets up high.
00:21:50I think Petrovic had it covered.
00:21:56Long-range effort from Lukic is a good one,
00:21:59and Petrovic punched.
00:22:01Castagna helps it back in.
00:22:02It's too high for Smith-Rowe.
00:22:04Fulham surging towards the half-time break.
00:22:10Really good hit from Sasolukic.
00:22:12Denied by the brilliant diving save from Petrovic.
00:22:19Tabernier has ridden the challenge of Castagna,
00:22:22and...
00:22:24The play was initially allowed to continue,
00:22:26and then Anderson has gone in really heavily on Truffaut.
00:22:29There.
00:22:30And all of a sudden Bournemouth are surrounding Andy Madley,
00:22:33and asking him about the ferocity of the challenge.
00:22:39It is a yellow card for Joachim Anderson.
00:22:43They're checking this for a red card for possible serious foul play.
00:22:48And now Andy Madley is being sent to the screen again.
00:22:53The VAR are showing Andy Madley the incident in full speed first,
00:22:58so he can see it,
00:22:59and then slowing it down so he can see the top leg,
00:23:02and can judge for himself whether it's two feet with dangerous force.
00:23:10After review, the yellow card for Fulham number five
00:23:13has been upgraded to a red card for safe foul play.
00:23:16The final decision is a red card.
00:23:20It's ten on ten.
00:23:21The yellow card for Anderson deemed insufficient after review.
00:23:26And now Marco Silva's Fulham are also down to ten men.
00:23:30And Fulham's advantage is removed.
00:23:35Well, the half-time team talks would have been shaken up,
00:23:38maybe even torn up by those two late red cards.
00:23:41Tavernier.
00:23:43Did well to keep it in play.
00:23:46Couldn't keep possession.
00:23:49But he's won it back here, Tavernier.
00:23:51And now Kruppi on the edge never needs too much!
00:23:54And he's whipped the ball onto the crossbar.
00:24:00Barely a yard to work in for the young Frenchman,
00:24:02but he's shown all season.
00:24:03He doesn't need much more than that.
00:24:07First look at goal for the teenager.
00:24:09And he's so nearly beat Bernd Leno.
00:24:16Traffert with the delivery too high for Ryan.
00:24:21Smith recycles the play.
00:24:22Not yet full for Ryan,
00:24:24who got it out of his feet
00:24:25and found the back of the net!
00:24:30A magic moment for Bournemouth in the sunshine!
00:24:34Their brilliant Brazilian at it again.
00:24:39What a season this teenager is having.
00:24:41And when Smith laid it off,
00:24:43he only had one thought in his mind.
00:24:44Bang!
00:24:46Could Bernd Leno have done better?
00:24:48Slightly unsighted.
00:24:50And only Iola.
00:24:51Cares not a jot.
00:24:521-0 Bournemouth.
00:24:54Marco Silva says if Fulham want European football,
00:24:57every game really becomes must-win.
00:25:00If Bournemouth get the points today,
00:25:02they could almost touch European football.
00:25:05Bob.
00:25:05Lovely disguise on the pass and gets it back.
00:25:08Gets a yard and fires the ball over the top.
00:25:12What an introduction that would have been for the young Norwegian.
00:25:19Good to see Roy Hodgson,
00:25:21one of five former Fulham bosses in the stands today.
00:25:25Kruppi to Ryan.
00:25:26Kruppi is foul, play continues.
00:25:28Ryan is advancing on his own,
00:25:30but Josh King is the only man to stop him.
00:25:33Ryan goes past two and Castagne has done well.
00:25:36It's still alive and Truffert has his shot blocked on the line.
00:25:40Josh King, who's just come on, a teenage attacker,
00:25:44is initially beaten, but he is the player that recovers
00:25:47to block the certain goal from Truffert.
00:25:53Unal keeps possession and has it in the box now and whips it across.
00:25:58Goal and Amin Adley fluffs his lines.
00:26:04Brilliant work by Unal.
00:26:06And if not quite an open goal,
00:26:09four fifths of an open goal.
00:26:13Fulham are into their last minute.
00:26:15Robinson sends it into the box.
00:26:16It might yet fall for Bob.
00:26:19It might yet fall for King.
00:26:21Off the underside of the bar.
00:26:23And still alive.
00:26:24Munez is blocked out.
00:26:26And Bournemouth can breathe again.
00:26:30What a moment for Fulham and Josh King.
00:26:33But he couldn't beat the upright.
00:26:35And that's why they're celebrating.
00:26:39Bournemouth have held on.
00:26:40And now they believe they can almost book their flights.
00:26:45Full time at Craven Cottage.
00:26:47Fulham nil, Bournemouth won.
00:26:50Today was not decisive because we still need more points.
00:26:54But it was a big game considering also the opposition.
00:26:59Also how the game has gone.
00:27:01The two red cards, you kind of reset, start a different game.
00:27:04And I think especially the players have shown like big spirit.
00:27:08Completely undeserved result for us.
00:27:10I think is the first thing that I want to say.
00:27:13After of course that weird moment from Anderson,
00:27:16the red card changed completely the dynamic of the game.
00:27:19I didn't see so far an image that showed to me
00:27:22that is a clear red card for Roa.
00:27:24That is true, I didn't see.
00:27:25I see many replays about the moment.
00:27:28You don't think that's a red card?
00:27:29No, I didn't see an image that showed to me that is a red card.
00:27:32The lads are buzzing.
00:27:34That was a real shift of a game.
00:27:36We believe in ourselves.
00:27:37The ability we've got in this group is top.
00:27:40It's a special group.
00:27:41And we've got two big games now to keep our dream alive.
00:27:45We'll get onto the dream in a moment.
00:27:46But Michael Silva having a bit of a grumble there about Joakim Andersson.
00:27:49And that was the second red card of the match.
00:27:52So let's do them in order. Ryan Christie first.
00:27:54How did you see them both?
00:27:56Yeah, I think this one's a now done red card.
00:27:58I think he's just misjudged it.
00:27:59I don't think there was malice in the tackle.
00:28:01But you can see clearly here, it's high with force and he's out of control.
00:28:05So I think Castagne is lucky that he managed to continue playing in that game.
00:28:10I think Christie knows straight away he's mistimed that and it got upgraded and rightly so.
00:28:14By Andy Madley, who did have a busy afternoon.
00:28:18This one, at first, I didn't think it was a red card.
00:28:22And I thought that Andersson was a little bit unlucky.
00:28:25But watching it back, I think he's left the floor with both feet.
00:28:29Whereas he has touched the ball a little bit.
00:28:33Both of his right and his left foot made contact.
00:28:35So I can see why it was given.
00:28:37And he has tweeted about this.
00:28:39And that appears to be genuine, his sentiment in there that, you know, that he's taking full responsibility.
00:28:44So he's taking ownership of it.
00:28:46Yeah, which would suggest that he probably knows as well that it's the right decision.
00:28:50And, of course, that all happened in the first half.
00:28:52Second half, Bournemouth come out and we're used to seeing them playing very attractive attacking football.
00:28:56And they kind of reverted to their type.
00:28:58Yeah, absolutely.
00:28:59And I think credit to the manager, again, we often say this, but he actually took his striker off and
00:29:05put on Tyler Adams, who was excellent.
00:29:06And you can see with these three players at the top end of the pitch, Tavernier wins the ball back.
00:29:10It's a great bare skill from Kruppi.
00:29:12So unlucky not to score that.
00:29:13That would have been a great goal.
00:29:16And that Truffaut delivers the ball in.
00:29:19They keep it alive.
00:29:20It goes out the back.
00:29:22Rayan's very clever with where he gets the ball.
00:29:24And once he gets in this position, you just fancy him.
00:29:26And it actually takes a bit of a nick off Calvin Bassi and goes past the goalkeeper.
00:29:32Truffaut, as I said, he had a really good game.
00:29:34He's added so much to this Bournemouth team this season.
00:29:37Driving forward, they've got pace and power.
00:29:40Tavernier is always lively.
00:29:41Great bit of skill.
00:29:42Double step over.
00:29:43Shifts it.
00:29:43Gets his shot off.
00:29:44And they're creating chances.
00:29:46They still look dangerous, even though Evan Nilsson's not on the pitch.
00:29:48You can see here how quickly they get the ball forward.
00:29:51A little bit of skill from Kruppi.
00:29:53And then Rayan, he's been electric since he's been in the league.
00:29:56But look at the support with him.
00:29:58They're up.
00:29:59Even though they've got ten men, they've still got energy.
00:30:01A little bit unlucky.
00:30:02Truffaut probably should score a good block from King.
00:30:05But, you know, having taken his striker off with ten men, you wonder what he's doing.
00:30:09But when you've got those players up front, you've still got a sacking option.
00:30:12That whole passage there actually kind of sums up it was a crazy game in Memphis, wasn't it?
00:30:15Very entertaining.
00:30:16They are on the longest unbeaten run at the moment of 16 games.
00:30:22That's in Europe's top five leagues this season.
00:30:24They're the ones that are in the continuous unbeaten run.
00:30:27The others have come to an end.
00:30:28And that is why they're in the box seat, really, for that sixth spot.
00:30:31Yeah, and I do really believe it's down to the manager.
00:30:34I think he's been so impressive this season.
00:30:36They've recruited well.
00:30:37But it's almost like whoever he puts on the pitch gets the job done.
00:30:41And he plays his style of football.
00:30:42And I think they've been a credit to themselves and the league.
00:30:45Man City at home.
00:30:46Nottingham Forest away are their two remaining fixtures.
00:30:49And Fulham, of course, could have been up there.
00:30:52But they've just tailed off, haven't they?
00:30:54Just two wins in nine.
00:30:56And kind of an opposite situation in a way to Bournemouth,
00:30:59who've got real clarity in what's going on with their team,
00:31:01their manager for the future.
00:31:02Yeah, it is.
00:31:03And I think for the Fulham players, obviously,
00:31:05with the uncertainty with Marco Silva's future at the club,
00:31:10and you don't know how that affects players
00:31:12and whether that affects them in a negative way.
00:31:14But obviously the run of form they've been on hasn't been great.
00:31:16And the flip side, as you said, was Bournemouth.
00:31:20They lose the manager, announce the manager's leaving,
00:31:22and swiftly announce a new manager,
00:31:24which gives them players clarity.
00:31:26It gives them the energy and the vision to look forward,
00:31:29to know what they want to do,
00:31:30and hopefully go and qualify for Europe.
00:31:32And, of course, new manager coming in, Marco Rosa.
00:31:34Delighted that they're sitting there at the moment,
00:31:36potentially with Champions League football next season.
00:31:38OK, well, Brighton manager Fabian Herzler signed a new deal this week
00:31:42to keep him at the club until 2029.
00:31:43His side were looking to continue their push for European football
00:31:46when they faced bottom side Wolves at the Amex.
00:31:49Jonathan Pearce, watch this one.
00:31:52Hertzler has won 43.5% of his games in charge,
00:31:55the highest win percentage of any of their managers
00:31:58since Gus Boyette 13 years ago.
00:32:01Two wins from the last three should be enough for European qualification.
00:32:04Wolves haven't won in 19 away league games,
00:32:07and their seven away goals this season
00:32:09is the lowest tally in Europe's top ten leagues.
00:32:11Two Brighton changes to Koipa for Wiefer who's injured,
00:32:15Carioglu switches to right-back,
00:32:16and Dunk returns after four games for Boscagli.
00:32:19If Danny Welbeck scores a 14th Premier League goal this season,
00:32:22it'll set a new club record.
00:32:24One Wolves change,
00:32:25Hwang for Arrakadari up front,
00:32:27Crecci is fitting up for the bench.
00:32:29They haven't beaten Brighton in the last eight meetings,
00:32:32but they've lost here just once in six visits.
00:32:39In the old gold and black,
00:32:40Wolverhampton Wanderers get us off and underway,
00:32:43kicking from right to left.
00:32:45If they lose today,
00:32:47it means they'll have lost against all other 19
00:32:50Premier League clubs this season,
00:32:51and that would be just the second time that's ever happened.
00:32:56Ugo Bueno takes the throw to Andre,
00:32:59here's Danny Welbeck to Mitoma.
00:33:01Brighton will want to start the game on the front foot,
00:33:03and well,
00:33:05and it's out wide here for De Kuyper's cross into the middle,
00:33:08and they've started brilliantly!
00:33:10Pinchel won three goals in three games,
00:33:12and Brighton over Albion's score
00:33:14in the first minute of play.
00:33:17Brighton one, Wolves nil,
00:33:19what a start.
00:33:21It was a towering leap and a fine header,
00:33:24but I'll tell you what, Mitoma does well here.
00:33:27Battled hard to play it out wide.
00:33:30De Kuyper back in the starting line-up,
00:33:32saw the run of Incherwood,
00:33:33no-one an old goal did.
00:33:35Really appalling defending.
00:33:37Brighton over Albion one,
00:33:38Wolverhampton one was nil,
00:33:40is the score in the first minute.
00:33:44Minty tries the big switch.
00:33:47All the way to Mitoma,
00:33:49Lima was hesitant,
00:33:50Mitoma inside him,
00:33:51will shoot from here will he?
00:33:52He releases,
00:33:53Minty arrives back into the middle,
00:33:55and it's cleared away by Santiago Buena.
00:33:59And Brighton cut effortlessly through
00:34:01Wolverhampton Wanderers there.
00:34:05Brighton are flying.
00:34:08Four minutes gone, they're ready lead.
00:34:10De Kuyper will take the corner kick.
00:34:14To the far post,
00:34:16Dunk makes it two!
00:34:20This is a stroll in the sunshine for Brighton and Hove Albion.
00:34:25Two up inside four minutes.
00:34:27It's his first goal since February 24.
00:34:31Back in the side,
00:34:32he's missed four games,
00:34:32a couple of them through suspension.
00:34:35Made his run in from beyond that far post.
00:34:37Too strong,
00:34:38too focused,
00:34:39too hungry.
00:34:40Look at the old gold shirts back in there.
00:34:42A lot of them are just marking space.
00:34:45Victory today,
00:34:47coupled with other results,
00:34:48could take them sixth.
00:34:49Boston will win the Europa
00:34:51and finish fifth.
00:34:52Sixth will be enough
00:34:53to bring Champions League football.
00:34:56Welbeck
00:34:57steps away from the challenge,
00:34:59into Minty,
00:35:00sharp return,
00:35:01Hinchewood.
00:35:03In it comes to Mitoma!
00:35:05It's well worked,
00:35:06but wide.
00:35:08First touch took it wide
00:35:09and he really wanted.
00:35:11Narrowed the angle,
00:35:12he was allowed to get the shot away.
00:35:15There's no communication out there
00:35:17for Wolves.
00:35:18Lack of leadership.
00:35:22Diagonal switch to Minty.
00:35:26Mario Rambueno.
00:35:28In comes across,
00:35:29Welbeck, far post,
00:35:30needed to be saved.
00:35:34And again a ball from the wide position,
00:35:36causing damage.
00:35:38Cross for Welbeck at the far post.
00:35:40Caps got too much on it,
00:35:42headed down.
00:35:44Onto the ground
00:35:45and Bentley pushed it around.
00:35:48Wolves have made a change.
00:35:50They've taken
00:35:51Hugo Rambueno off,
00:35:52he hasn't reappeared.
00:35:53And, uh,
00:35:54David Molo-Wolf has come on.
00:35:57Mane.
00:35:58Looks for the substitute.
00:36:00Carioglu got back at him
00:36:01and deflected it away.
00:36:02But that's a meaningful Wolves attack
00:36:04for the first time in the game.
00:36:05And as a result of it,
00:36:06they get their first corner of the game.
00:36:10Right-footed.
00:36:11It's dangerous, you know,
00:36:12towards that far post area.
00:36:14Dunk got up well.
00:36:16This is Andre.
00:36:18Flashes it back into the middle.
00:36:20Wang with the header on.
00:36:21Mane scoops the cross back in.
00:36:23Off the top of the bar.
00:36:26That's the closest we've seen
00:36:27from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
00:36:29Ahead from Yes and Mosquera.
00:36:31And he's just got a reaction from him
00:36:33for the second half.
00:36:36The Hinchua goal, by the way,
00:36:38was his 150th in charge as a manager
00:36:41of Brighton.
00:36:42And the 400th goal his teams have scored
00:36:45in his career as a manager.
00:36:47Mane has crept infield.
00:36:50Tries to trick his way through.
00:36:52Still going!
00:36:52It's parried away.
00:36:54Arms run.
00:36:54Can he finish?
00:36:55Checks back to his left.
00:36:56And it's scrambled away.
00:36:59Couldn't clear his feet to get the shot off.
00:37:02Mane here was allowed to get through that gap.
00:37:05Get the shot away.
00:37:07Keeper didn't cover himself with glory.
00:37:10And Brighton fans are getting agitated.
00:37:19And Kuba Minto goes out wide.
00:37:23Dunk lets it run onto the Kuiper.
00:37:26Takes the extra touch.
00:37:27It's a backheel by Gross.
00:37:32Lovely little backheel here.
00:37:36Rob Edwards will take some cheer from the fact that they've
00:37:40kept the scoreline to the two.
00:37:44Oh, lovely football, Brighton.
00:37:47Rute.
00:37:48No free kick.
00:37:49Picks himself up.
00:37:51Desperate defending back in there.
00:37:52Minties turned away!
00:37:54Scores!
00:37:55And Brighton have a third.
00:37:58Oh, they finally made the game safe.
00:38:0282 minutes after they scored their second goal,
00:38:05they get their third.
00:38:07They slowly deserve one.
00:38:11Tried to get it away, Wolves.
00:38:14But it wouldn't go.
00:38:16And it wouldn't go.
00:38:18And Minty exploded in the third goal.
00:38:22His third goal of the season.
00:38:24Alfie, we're with you.
00:38:26Alfie is the son of the kit man
00:38:28who had crucial surgery this week.
00:38:32And Brighton have albeit with three goals and three points.
00:38:36Move closer to Europe.
00:38:37Brighton three, Wolves nil.
00:38:39Me and Maxi, we just spoke in the warm-up.
00:38:41He said, when I've got the ball, you know, make runs into the box.
00:38:44And he obviously got the ball at his feet and crossed it.
00:38:47And yeah, I was arriving with good timing and it set us on our way.
00:38:52It probably weren't our best performance, but it's a 3-0 win
00:38:55and that's all that matters at this stage of the season.
00:38:57It's results.
00:38:58It was a shocking start.
00:38:59I think we were still in our nice hotel for the first five minutes.
00:39:03Absolutely, yeah, a despicable start.
00:39:05Played backwards.
00:39:07Still in bed for the second one.
00:39:09The corner was shocking defending.
00:39:11We know there's going to be a lot of change going forward
00:39:13and for next season.
00:39:14So, you know, that is what it is.
00:39:16But the ones that are here right now continue to show some pride.
00:39:19Two games to go.
00:39:20Leeds, then Manchester United.
00:39:22How do you approach those games?
00:39:25We have to go all in now and that approach doesn't change.
00:39:29So, we will keep going.
00:39:31We focus on our jobs.
00:39:32We focus on things we can control, we can influence.
00:39:34That's only the performance and then we see what happens.
00:39:37Well, they were disappointed with their performance last weekend against Newcastle
00:39:40and they were in a real hurry to get things done and dusted today, weren't they?
00:39:43Fastest ever Premier League goal for Brighton.
00:39:45They was and they started the game, you know, with so much intensity
00:39:48and you look at this from the start, getting around the ball, winning the ball back
00:39:53and now they go forward, they've got runners going forward
00:39:56and Wolves just could not live with it right from the start.
00:39:58And I think this is Brighton's fastest goal in the Premier League history.
00:40:0235 seconds.
00:40:03But what a header, what a cross and what a header that is.
00:40:05And it didn't stop there.
00:40:06Wolves just could not deal with Brighton all day and this.
00:40:11Another great switch of play.
00:40:12We don't seem to see these switches of play anymore.
00:40:15But then the intent, again, runners off the ball, making Wolves, you know,
00:40:19look very ordinary, which, let's be honest, they have been all season.
00:40:23And then a good cutback and now they get a corner.
00:40:25But look at the bodies in the box.
00:40:27And from that resulting corner, this defendant is shocking.
00:40:31You look at the Wolves players.
00:40:33Brighton, the danger for Brighton is at the back post.
00:40:35The Wolves players are not even interested.
00:40:36They're not looking, they're not opening the body.
00:40:38They don't know what's around them.
00:40:39And then as the ball comes into play, the ball comes to the back post.
00:40:43And then it's another good header.
00:40:46So I think how they started the game, the intensity, the energy,
00:40:50which Wolves Brighton had was incredible.
00:40:53And then this is the 15th minute.
00:40:55So all this is inside the 15 minutes.
00:40:57A game getting bodies in the box and then nearly killing the game off.
00:41:02But I think the way Brighton set out the stall to win this game
00:41:07from early on was devastating.
00:41:09And for the manager, a new three-year deal, three goals and three points.
00:41:13And it was a fantastic performance.
00:41:14Jack Hinchelwood has caught the eye all season, hasn't he?
00:41:18And he personifies versatility, I think, doesn't he?
00:41:20Because he's played in these positions here.
00:41:23This is the percentage of time that he's played in each of these different positions.
00:41:26And that's over 4,311 minutes as well.
00:41:29So you think, well, where is his best position?
00:41:32Well, of late, it would seem actually to be in the 10 rule.
00:41:36Yeah, and he's only 21 years old.
00:41:38And sometimes as a young player, you're asked to play and fill in
00:41:41and do a job for the team, which he's obviously done.
00:41:42You see 30% of his games are right back there.
00:41:45But he seems to have found a home, as you say, in this attacking midfield position.
00:41:48He was brilliant again today.
00:41:50Scored a really brave, good header at the start of the game.
00:41:53And he seems to be comfortable in that creative position.
00:41:56Well, I said that perhaps Bournemouth were in the box seat for that sixth place.
00:41:59But these are Brighton's remaining fixtures.
00:42:02They've got Leeds away, Manchester United at home, Wayne.
00:42:05And let's not forget, European football could go right down to eighth place this season.
00:42:10Yeah, I think they're tough fixtures to both Brighton are a fantastic team
00:42:14they've shown that all season.
00:42:16And I think it's safe to say that they pretty look sure
00:42:19to be playing European football at some stage next season.
00:42:22They have had a season, of course, in Europe before.
00:42:24But, you know, having Fabian Hurtzler's contract secured as well
00:42:27for a few more years, that was announced this week.
00:42:30Again, you referred to it with Bournemouth.
00:42:31That certainty shows what a well-run club it is.
00:42:35Yeah, well, exactly. I think Devon Bramford are two of the best-run clubs
00:42:38in the Premier League.
00:42:39And it's no surprise, you know, they're doing what they're doing.
00:42:43OK, thank you.
00:42:44Four games on tomorrow's Match of the Day,
00:42:45with plenty of attention on events at the London Stadium.
00:43:09We'll be back in the next episode.
00:43:17There's live commentary of all those games
00:43:19across Five Live and BBC Sounds,
00:43:21along with Celtic against Rangers
00:43:23from the Scottish Premiership at midday.
00:43:25Kelly Summers, Chester Lucy Bronze
00:43:26in the football interview,
00:43:27which is straight after this programme on BBC One.
00:43:30Next Saturday afternoon, it's the FA Cup final
00:43:32between Chelsea and Manchester City.
00:43:34That's live on BBC One.
00:43:35And if you missed the start of the show,
00:43:37it's available right now on iPlayer,
00:43:38along with edits of every match.
00:43:40And watch out for this.
00:43:41It drops first thing on Monday.
00:43:45We got labelled like the golden generation.
00:43:48We had captains winning Premier League, winning Champions League.
00:43:51But in the World Cup, you get a crisis every two or three days.
00:43:57Reporters, cameras everywhere.
00:43:59This is a bad start for England.
00:44:00Everyone was thinking, why is it not quite working?
00:44:05Know any of the characters in that one?
00:44:08That's a bad one for me, though.
00:44:10You'd have to watch it.
00:44:11OK, to Anfield, fourth place, Liverpool.
00:44:13Still work to do, of course,
00:44:15to guarantee Champions League football next season.
00:44:17Chelsea have the FA Cup final next week,
00:44:20but they've lost six in a row in the Premier League.
00:44:21Commentary comes from Simon Brotherton.
00:44:25Champions League football could be secured for Liverpool
00:44:27by the end of the day.
00:44:28If they win and Bournemouth don't,
00:44:30Rio and Gamora starts in place of Florian Beards,
00:44:33who's ill,
00:44:34while fit again,
00:44:35Georgie Mamadashvili returns in goal.
00:44:38Chelsea make five changes,
00:44:39among them,
00:44:40Philip Jorgensen starts in goal,
00:44:42with Robert Sanchez out,
00:44:43following his clash of heads on Monday,
00:44:45with Morgan Gibbs-White.
00:44:47And Levi Colwell
00:44:48makes his first start of the season
00:44:49after recovering from an ACL.
00:44:57A bit of space here
00:45:00for Kerkhez,
00:45:02and he's taking full advantage of it,
00:45:04challenged by Caicedo,
00:45:05and it's going to be a Liverpool free kick.
00:45:11Clumsy from Caicedo.
00:45:17So, five minutes in,
00:45:20Sir Bosley strikes it,
00:45:22straight at Colwell.
00:45:26And Gamora.
00:45:28Up against Parma.
00:45:30Here is Gravenberg.
00:45:31Oh, it's delightful.
00:45:35What a glorious strike.
00:45:38Grant Gravenberg
00:45:39scores for the first time
00:45:42since just after Christmas
00:45:44in the league.
00:45:46And what a beautiful strike it was too.
00:45:50And it's taken Liverpool
00:45:52just over five minutes to score.
00:45:55Liverpool 1-0.
00:45:59And Chelsea's recent woes
00:46:01are quick to continue.
00:46:07Given away by Jorgensen,
00:46:09collected by Frimpong.
00:46:10Red shirt suddenly now
00:46:13appearing in and around
00:46:14Chelsea's penalty area.
00:46:16And it's a corner.
00:46:18First one of the game.
00:46:23Alexis McAllister to take.
00:46:28first one of the game.
00:46:30So,
00:46:31it's left for Van Dijk.
00:46:33And it was a great chance
00:46:34for number two.
00:46:38Completely unmarked.
00:46:40Van Dijk,
00:46:41not sure whether he was in an offside position there,
00:46:44but he was in plenty of space.
00:46:46And it was a good chance.
00:46:50Caicedo.
00:46:52This is better.
00:46:53Brilliant pass from Moises Caicedo.
00:46:55Kukureya.
00:46:57Fingertip saved by
00:46:58Mamadashvili.
00:47:00Gusto sending it in,
00:47:01trying to pick out
00:47:02Giorgio Pedro.
00:47:03That was better from Chelsea.
00:47:07Chelsea suddenly
00:47:08bursting into life here.
00:47:19A free kick there
00:47:20conceded by Cody Gakpo.
00:47:26Chelsea,
00:47:27one assumes,
00:47:27a sensing opportunity here.
00:47:30Despite the fact
00:47:31they're behind.
00:47:34Enzo Fernandes
00:47:35whips it in!
00:47:36Oh,
00:47:36it barely needed a touch!
00:47:37It may not have even got one!
00:47:41Chelsea are level!
00:47:44It was slow and hard
00:47:46and it went all the way through
00:47:48into the far corner of the net.
00:47:52Was there a touch by Fofana here?
00:47:55Swung his right foot at it.
00:47:58Chelsea won't worry too much
00:48:00about who it is
00:48:01who claims the goal
00:48:02because most importantly for them
00:48:05they are level.
00:48:10It's been a while
00:48:11since Chelsea won a match
00:48:12at Anfield.
00:48:13Their last win here
00:48:14came in front of an empty stadium
00:48:16during Covid.
00:48:17Mason Mount
00:48:18scored the only goal
00:48:19of the game that day.
00:48:20It was five years ago.
00:48:25Caicedo.
00:48:26Great movement here
00:48:26by Kukurea.
00:48:28almost an own goal
00:48:29and into the back of the net
00:48:30by Cole Palmer.
00:48:33Chelsea get their noses in front
00:48:35in the fourth minute
00:48:36of the second half.
00:48:38And Cole Palmer scores
00:48:40for the first time
00:48:42in a couple of months
00:48:44since the 4-1 win away
00:48:45at Aston Villa
00:48:46early in March.
00:48:51The goal is not going to stand.
00:48:54Kukurea is a judge
00:48:55to be in an offside position
00:48:57and it will be offside
00:48:59by a very slender margin.
00:49:01There's a let-off
00:49:02for Liverpool.
00:49:07Andres Santos.
00:49:10Interception made by Jones
00:49:11and Curtis Jones has it now.
00:49:13Advantage played by the referee
00:49:15and Jones has done really well.
00:49:19And now it's with Frimpong.
00:49:25Soboslai.
00:49:272-1 Liverpool.
00:49:28Flag goes up.
00:49:29Won't count.
00:49:30Curtis Jones celebrates
00:49:32for barely a second or two.
00:49:37Both teams then denied a goal
00:49:39by a slender offside margin
00:49:41in the opening 13 minutes
00:49:43of the second half.
00:49:47Liverpool have won
00:49:48the last two games here
00:49:49recently against Fulham.
00:49:512-0.
00:49:51Crystal Palace 3-1
00:49:52in the last home match.
00:49:55And they're on the front foot
00:49:56once more
00:49:57with Ryan Gravenberg.
00:49:59Jeremy Frimpong.
00:50:01Looked like a handball there.
00:50:03Cuts back.
00:50:04Soboslai brings the best
00:50:05out of Jorgensen.
00:50:07They will check
00:50:08for a possible penalty.
00:50:12Supporting arm.
00:50:14Here's the word
00:50:15that comes back
00:50:16to the referee.
00:50:20Here comes the change
00:50:21for Liverpool.
00:50:22Alexander Isak
00:50:23is going to come on
00:50:25and the crowd
00:50:26are very unhappy
00:50:27that Rio and Gamora
00:50:29is the player
00:50:30being substituted here
00:50:31by Arniss Slott.
00:50:33And having expressed
00:50:34their displeasure
00:50:35towards their manager
00:50:36at his decision
00:50:37and Gamora gets
00:50:38a great reception.
00:50:49Bit of space here
00:50:50for Csaposlai
00:50:51to strike it!
00:50:53Rattling
00:50:55the frame of the goal
00:50:57with a venomous shot
00:50:59with a venomous shot.
00:51:00Thunderous strike.
00:51:07Puccarea is challenged
00:51:08by Jones
00:51:09and
00:51:10Caicedo loses it
00:51:11to Isak.
00:51:18corner.
00:51:22What a Liverpool
00:51:23pressure for Chelsea
00:51:24to try to deal with.
00:51:30And the header was
00:51:32a brilliant one
00:51:33from Van Dijk.
00:51:35They will check
00:51:36the challenge
00:51:36on him
00:51:37inside the penalty area.
00:51:40And they've actually
00:51:41looked at the other
00:51:42incident
00:51:42on
00:51:43McAllister
00:51:44but it will not
00:51:45be given
00:51:46as
00:51:47a penalty.
00:51:53Nicely done
00:51:54from Jean-Pedro
00:51:55who's still going here
00:51:56and still
00:51:57and Frimpong
00:51:59challenges.
00:52:01He's back up
00:52:02but it will be
00:52:02looked at.
00:52:03It breaks down
00:52:03for Chelsea.
00:52:04He's asking the question
00:52:06but Liverpool
00:52:07can't get it away.
00:52:08They claim a handball
00:52:09and the referee's
00:52:10going to give a free
00:52:11kick to Liverpool.
00:52:15They've completed
00:52:16the check
00:52:16on the challenge
00:52:17in the penalty area
00:52:18and it will not
00:52:19be a penalty.
00:52:24That'll do it.
00:52:25On is even
00:52:25at Anfield
00:52:26and the noise
00:52:28in the background
00:52:29tells you what
00:52:30many among
00:52:30the home faithful
00:52:31think of it.
00:52:32It's finished
00:52:33at Anfield.
00:52:33Liverpool won
00:52:34Chelsea won.
00:52:36It was disappointing
00:52:37to concede that goal.
00:52:38We'll have a look
00:52:39at that
00:52:39and look at the reasons
00:52:40why.
00:52:41Much better reaction
00:52:42from the early goal
00:52:43we conceded last week
00:52:44so that's a positive
00:52:45and that's what
00:52:45you have to do
00:52:46at this level.
00:52:47At any moment
00:52:47Premier League teams
00:52:48can have a moment
00:52:50score a goal
00:52:50a bit of quality
00:52:51so it's not going
00:52:52to be perfect
00:52:53and I was pleased
00:52:53with the response.
00:52:54Rio Ngemoa
00:52:55was given an opportunity
00:52:56today.
00:52:57He's quite a handful
00:52:57isn't he?
00:52:58The crowd clearly
00:52:59wanted to see
00:53:00a bit more of him
00:53:01when he came off.
00:53:02I can completely
00:53:03understand that
00:53:03they wanted to
00:53:04see him longer
00:53:04but what they
00:53:06probably didn't notice
00:53:07is that three minutes
00:53:08before that he went
00:53:08to the floor
00:53:09close to Kram
00:53:10so I had contact
00:53:11with him
00:53:12can you go on
00:53:13and he was really doubting
00:53:15so he gave the signal
00:53:16that he had to come off
00:53:17but I knew
00:53:19when his number
00:53:20went up
00:53:20that wasn't the most
00:53:21popular decision
00:53:22I could make
00:53:23at that moment
00:53:23of time.
00:53:24Yeah there were
00:53:25definitely some
00:53:25rumblings at Anfield
00:53:27of disquiet today
00:53:28when we'll get
00:53:29into that
00:53:29but first of all
00:53:30Wayne will you
00:53:31clear up the
00:53:31Chelsea equaliser
00:53:33and who should
00:53:34the goal go to?
00:53:37Yeah it's
00:53:37a 10th out goal
00:53:38I think
00:53:39it's a really
00:53:41good free kick
00:53:41actually
00:53:41but it's
00:53:43poor defenders
00:53:44from Liverpool
00:53:45you look at the
00:53:45space here
00:53:46in the middle
00:53:46of the penalty
00:53:46box
00:53:47and the ball
00:53:48goes right through
00:53:49and for Farner
00:53:50I think he
00:53:52says straight away
00:53:53it's not his goal
00:53:54and he points
00:53:55to Enzo
00:53:55so it's Enzo's goal
00:53:58but the marking
00:53:59from Liverpool
00:54:00was terrible
00:54:01and I initially
00:54:02thought he actually
00:54:03got a touch
00:54:04on the ball
00:54:04That's the angle
00:54:05Yeah it looked
00:54:06like it did
00:54:06but then this
00:54:07clears it up
00:54:07I think
00:54:08you see here
00:54:09he's nowhere near
00:54:10the ball
00:54:10and it goes
00:54:11straight in
00:54:11but the worrying
00:54:13thing for Liverpool
00:54:13is if you look
00:54:14at Chelsea players
00:54:15they're all reacting
00:54:16and all waiting
00:54:16for a rebound
00:54:17or the second ball
00:54:17and there's only
00:54:18one Liverpool player
00:54:19who's actually reacting
00:54:20they're all stood
00:54:21you know
00:54:218-10 yards
00:54:23out the box
00:54:24and I'm just watching
00:54:26it go on
00:54:26so I think
00:54:27that was a big concern
00:54:28Six defeats in a row
00:54:29before today
00:54:30for Chelsea
00:54:30and there was a little
00:54:31tactical tweak
00:54:32wasn't there
00:54:33involving Mark Cucurella
00:54:34which has made a bit
00:54:35of a difference for you
00:54:36Yeah absolutely
00:54:37today I think
00:54:38they played him higher
00:54:39of the pitch
00:54:40they had
00:54:40Fafana
00:54:41just in
00:54:41behind him
00:54:43and this is from
00:54:44kick-off
00:54:44and it shows
00:54:46that most of the
00:54:48attacks today
00:54:48were down
00:54:49Chelsea's left-hand side
00:54:50and that was
00:54:51down to Cucurella
00:54:52who we know
00:54:53he's full of energy
00:54:54full of running
00:54:55very creative
00:54:56and today
00:54:57he looked like
00:54:57he enjoyed himself
00:54:58in this
00:54:59more advanced
00:55:00position
00:55:02the timing
00:55:02of his run here
00:55:03is brilliant
00:55:04he's looking to run
00:55:05forward
00:55:16he's looking to run
00:55:18another good run
00:55:20from Cucurella
00:55:21he was really
00:55:22trying to
00:55:23pierce the Liverpool
00:55:24defence with his
00:55:25movement
00:55:25and his runs in
00:55:27behind
00:55:27here now
00:55:28that Frimpong's on him
00:55:29Jones is a little bit
00:55:30caught in between
00:55:31should he go to
00:55:31Fernandes
00:55:32or not
00:55:33again
00:55:33this one
00:55:34he was just offside
00:55:36on this one
00:55:36but again
00:55:37it's another great run
00:55:38the timing of it
00:55:39was nearly perfect
00:55:40nearly sets up the goal
00:55:41for Cole Palmer
00:55:45this is Curtis Jones
00:55:46on the ball
00:55:47gives it away
00:55:47just look at Cucurella
00:55:49he's on his bike
00:55:50straight away
00:55:51he doesn't stop there
00:55:52he continues
00:55:53into the box
00:55:54two Liverpool players
00:55:56are focused on the ball
00:55:56nobody's thinking about
00:55:58what's behind them
00:55:59he makes that run
00:56:00and again
00:56:01nearly gets his shot off
00:56:02if it's not for
00:56:03a really good block
00:56:04from McAllister
00:56:05so
00:56:05in a team that's
00:56:06struggled to find
00:56:07creativity
00:56:08just moving
00:56:09Cucurella up the pitch
00:56:11seemed to do
00:56:11his trick for them
00:56:12today
00:56:12and give them
00:56:13a different dynamic
00:56:14to their attack
00:56:14and getting that point
00:56:15and having a performance
00:56:16like that
00:56:16the week before
00:56:17you've got an FA Cup final
00:56:18will have done them
00:56:19the world of good
00:56:20but Liverpool
00:56:20Wayne
00:56:21could have today
00:56:22of course
00:56:22all but sealed
00:56:23the deal in terms
00:56:23of Champions League
00:56:24football
00:56:24they had a lot
00:56:25to play for today
00:56:25they did
00:56:26they could have
00:56:26guaranteed Champions League
00:56:28football next year
00:56:29which it looks like
00:56:30they'll certainly get that
00:56:31but there was a lot
00:56:33of worrying signs
00:56:33which that's been
00:56:34all season
00:56:34if I'm being honest
00:56:35and I think
00:56:37they don't know
00:56:38they haven't got
00:56:39an identity
00:56:40of how they play
00:56:41players don't look
00:56:42as if they're interested
00:56:43to play for the team
00:56:44and the fans
00:56:45are realising that
00:56:46the fans are seeing that
00:56:47and obviously we've seen it
00:56:48with Rio going off
00:56:49but the Liverpool fans
00:56:50are normally
00:56:50they give the players time
00:56:52they give the managers time
00:56:53they're patient with them
00:56:55but I think they're starting
00:56:56to lose the patience
00:56:56they've lost nine points
00:56:58from winning positions
00:56:58at Anfield this season
00:57:00which is the most
00:57:01for a very long time
00:57:03and obviously
00:57:03it's a completely
00:57:04contrasting season
00:57:05isn't it
00:57:05to this time last year
00:57:06there's a lot to get right
00:57:08a lot to put right
00:57:09yeah
00:57:10and I think they made
00:57:11a lot of changes
00:57:11in the summer
00:57:12ones that we all sat here
00:57:13and thought were really
00:57:14good players
00:57:15and it's taken them
00:57:16a long time
00:57:16to integrate into it
00:57:17going forward
00:57:18I'm not sure
00:57:18which of these players
00:57:20that Arna Slott
00:57:22is going to try
00:57:22and build
00:57:22his team around
00:57:23and who are the core
00:57:25players in this team
00:57:26it just
00:57:27at the minute
00:57:28they just don't
00:57:28I don't see really
00:57:29where they're going
00:57:30it's been a really
00:57:30frustrating season
00:57:31for Liverpool
00:57:32OK
00:57:32third place
00:57:33Manchester United
00:57:34have already sealed
00:57:35their place
00:57:35in next season's
00:57:36Champions League
00:57:37they headed to the
00:57:38Stadium of Light
00:57:38to face a Sunderland side
00:57:39still with European
00:57:40ambitions of their own
00:57:41Mark Scott
00:57:42is your commentator
00:57:44Sunderland are just
00:57:45three points off
00:57:46eighth
00:57:47which could be good enough
00:57:48for a place in Europe
00:57:49next season
00:57:50but they've not been
00:57:51too good lately
00:57:52taking just a point
00:57:53from their past
00:57:54three matches
00:57:55their appeal
00:57:56against Dan Ballard's
00:57:57red card at Wolves
00:57:58was unsuccessful
00:57:59so Lutzer Alhid
00:58:01Traude comes in
00:58:02for his first minutes
00:58:03in over a month
00:58:04Manchester United
00:58:05have Lissandro Martinez
00:58:06back available
00:58:07after a ban
00:58:08while there are rare
00:58:09starts for Mountain
00:58:10Terksi
00:58:11with Masraoui
00:58:12and former Sunderland
00:58:13favourite Ahmad
00:58:14also coming in
00:58:19Krandi Xhaka
00:58:22wanted Reynaldo
00:58:23to make the run
00:58:24almost used him
00:58:25by not using him
00:58:26Reynaldo now
00:58:27shuffles it back
00:58:28to Talbi
00:58:31Sunderland making
00:58:32the brighter start
00:58:33and a bright moment
00:58:34here which nearly
00:58:35ends up in the net
00:58:36from Talbi
00:58:39Sunderland
00:58:39Sunderland
00:58:40I think knew
00:58:41it was going
00:58:42wide
00:58:46Manchester United
00:58:47yet to have
00:58:48any serious
00:58:49possession
00:58:49in the
00:58:50Sunderland half
00:58:51and it's Sunderland
00:58:53coming forwards
00:58:53again here
00:58:54Siddiqui's through
00:58:56and he's denied
00:58:57by a terrific
00:58:58stop from
00:58:59Sunderland
00:59:04Siddiqui started
00:59:05to move
00:59:06but a bit
00:59:07of fancy footwork
00:59:08continued his run
00:59:09spotted and
00:59:10picked out
00:59:11by a super pass
00:59:12and then it's
00:59:13a super stop
00:59:13from Lomans
00:59:14to prevent
00:59:15Sunderland
00:59:15taking the early
00:59:16lead
00:59:16and they are
00:59:17making the early
00:59:18running
00:59:19while he secured
00:59:21Champions League
00:59:21qualification last
00:59:22week
00:59:23Michael Carrick
00:59:23says nothing's
00:59:24really changed
00:59:25in terms of
00:59:26whether he'll be
00:59:27staying on as
00:59:27manager next season
00:59:28and that he's not
00:59:30bothered if the
00:59:30club are running
00:59:31the rule
00:59:31over other
00:59:33potential candidates
00:59:34as well
00:59:34given the job
00:59:36that both these
00:59:36managers have done
00:59:37this season
00:59:38it's a bit strange
00:59:39that there is talk
00:59:40that they might not
00:59:41be in post
00:59:42come the start
00:59:42of the next
00:59:43campaign
00:59:47Ahmad peeling away
00:59:48and that's important
00:59:49from Rinaldo
00:59:51Kuna back in
00:59:52and Xerxi
00:59:55best we've seen
00:59:56from Manchester
00:59:56United so far
00:59:58tricky for Xerxi
01:00:00though as he was
01:00:01going backwards
01:00:01to try and
01:00:02generate some
01:00:03forwards momentum
01:00:06a much changed
01:00:07Manchester United
01:00:08side today
01:00:09and they're yet
01:00:09to really click
01:00:14Lafay
01:00:14Broby
01:00:16laid off nicely
01:00:18and sent wide
01:00:19by Sadiqi
01:00:20with the aid
01:00:21of a deflection
01:00:22it's another sight
01:00:24of Senel Oman's
01:00:26goal for Sunderland
01:00:26and Sadiqi's
01:00:28strike looked on
01:00:29target
01:00:29until the
01:00:30intervention
01:00:31from Mason
01:00:33Mount
01:00:36the weather is rubbish
01:00:37and the game
01:00:39hasn't been much
01:00:40better
01:00:41Shaw's hurried
01:00:42clearance is cut
01:00:43out
01:00:49Lafay
01:00:49bit of quality
01:00:51there
01:00:51and Broby
01:00:53denied by a quality
01:00:54stop from Lomans
01:00:56not the first time
01:00:57today that the
01:00:58Manchester United
01:00:59keeper has stood
01:01:00up
01:01:01and kept
01:01:02Manchester United
01:01:03level in the game
01:01:04perhaps a bit too
01:01:06close to Lomans
01:01:07but he still had
01:01:08work to do
01:01:08and reacted
01:01:09smartly
01:01:17here
01:01:18Hittrauda
01:01:20Broby
01:01:20Hittrauda
01:01:25hasn't scored
01:01:26for Sunderland
01:01:27Lutzarell
01:01:28Hittrauda
01:01:29mightily close
01:01:31to changing
01:01:31that here
01:01:32nice layoff
01:01:33from Broby
01:01:34and although
01:01:35he slipped
01:01:36as he hit it
01:01:37it was almost
01:01:38stitch perfect
01:01:45out to
01:01:46Fernandez
01:01:48and
01:01:48Manchester United
01:01:49have got a
01:01:50man down here
01:01:51it's Bruno
01:01:52Fernandez
01:01:52who's
01:01:53holding his face
01:01:59oh and I think
01:02:00that
01:02:00Angulo
01:02:01could be
01:02:01in trouble
01:02:02here
01:02:05certainly
01:02:05an arm
01:02:06in the face
01:02:06of Bruno
01:02:07Fernandez
01:02:07I'd be surprised
01:02:09if VAR
01:02:10didn't want to
01:02:10take a closer
01:02:11look at this
01:02:13movement of the
01:02:15arm towards
01:02:15Fernandez
01:02:16but not in a
01:02:17violent manner
01:02:18is the VAR
01:02:20verdict
01:02:21so Bruno's
01:02:22going to be
01:02:23disappointed here
01:02:24that there are no
01:02:25further repercussions
01:02:29Martinez
01:02:30good strong challenge
01:02:31not a bad pass either
01:02:32and here's
01:02:33Mateus
01:02:33Cunha
01:02:34to possibly win it
01:02:35for United
01:02:38Masraoui
01:02:38Fernandez
01:02:42still searching
01:02:43for that bit of quality
01:02:45this afternoon
01:02:46Manchester United
01:02:52Bruno
01:02:53Fernandez
01:02:53releasing
01:02:54Dorgue
01:02:54danger here
01:02:55for Sunderland
01:02:56Dorgue's cut back
01:02:57Cunha
01:02:59roof's in the way
01:03:04Cunha with the turn
01:03:05and then the tumble
01:03:06and it's a free kick
01:03:08for simulation
01:03:09and a yellow card
01:03:11for Mateus
01:03:12Cunha
01:03:14referee had no
01:03:15hesitation here
01:03:16that this was a dive
01:03:17from Cunha
01:03:19hasn't had much to do
01:03:20today
01:03:21Robin roofs
01:03:22but ensured that he
01:03:23was in the right spot
01:03:24to repel that strike
01:03:26from Cunha
01:03:26I think a clean sheet
01:03:30away from home
01:03:31tough place to come
01:03:32here
01:03:33we knew it was going
01:03:34to be tough
01:03:34it was never going
01:03:35to be a perfect game
01:03:36I think chose
01:03:37probably where we're
01:03:37at in terms of
01:03:38not playing totally
01:03:39at our best
01:03:40and getting a good
01:03:41result
01:03:41so the points
01:03:42probably we created
01:03:44enough chances
01:03:45to win this game
01:03:46but chances
01:03:47doesn't mean goal
01:03:49and when we
01:03:51got this momentum
01:03:52and the big chances
01:03:54we were not
01:03:54clinical enough
01:03:55and I think the
01:03:56Premier League
01:03:56is really demanding
01:03:57when you don't score
01:03:58you are always on the edge
01:04:00but it shows that
01:04:00our season has been
01:04:02excellent so far
01:04:02and I think
01:04:03we don't know
01:04:04what will happen
01:04:05for the last two games
01:04:06but it's very positive
01:04:08and if we are
01:04:09disappointed at home
01:04:10after a draw
01:04:11against Man United
01:04:13it's a good sign
01:04:13for the club
01:04:14and some people
01:04:15from the outside
01:04:15looking in
01:04:16will say
01:04:16was there an issue
01:04:17with motivation
01:04:17now that you've got
01:04:18Champions League
01:04:19in the bag
01:04:20no
01:04:22that's not something
01:04:23that you need to be
01:04:23concerned about
01:04:24for the remainder
01:04:24of the season
01:04:25either is it
01:04:26not at all
01:04:28nothing's done
01:04:28the season's not
01:04:29finished
01:04:30so if someone's
01:04:32got that mentality
01:04:32then they're not
01:04:33in our camp
01:04:33it's not something
01:04:34we've spoken by
01:04:35and it's certainly
01:04:36not going into the
01:04:36game today
01:04:37the boys were in
01:04:38a really good place
01:04:38so that's really
01:04:39not something
01:04:40that we're concerned
01:04:40about at all
01:04:41we'll talk about
01:04:42Manchester United's
01:04:42performance
01:04:43and maybe the drop
01:04:44off from last
01:04:45weekend in a moment
01:04:45but first of all
01:04:46the incident on
01:04:47Bruno Fernandes
01:04:48Nilsson Angulo
01:04:50was he lucky?
01:04:51very lucky
01:04:52really lucky boy
01:04:53because I don't know
01:04:55what he's thinking
01:04:56he's clearly
01:04:57that's not a running
01:04:58action
01:04:59he's clearly tried
01:05:00to elbow him
01:05:02in the face
01:05:02he's caught him
01:05:03with his forearm
01:05:04we've heard today
01:05:05that because it was
01:05:06the forearm
01:05:07not the elbow
01:05:08or it wasn't enough
01:05:10contact that it's not
01:05:11a red card
01:05:11it is a red card
01:05:12that's the naughty
01:05:13challenge
01:05:13he's very lucky
01:05:14not to be sent off
01:05:15and there was a drop
01:05:16off in performance
01:05:16there were a few
01:05:17personnel changes
01:05:18as well
01:05:19and perhaps
01:05:20if we have a little
01:05:21look at Michael
01:05:22Carrick's
01:05:22use of his players
01:05:24since his time
01:05:25in charge
01:05:26he's actually used
01:05:27fewer players
01:05:28in the Premier League
01:05:29than most teams
01:05:31around
01:05:32in fact any other
01:05:32team around him
01:05:33equal there
01:05:34with Leeds
01:05:35and Everton
01:05:35and Bournemouth
01:05:35below
01:05:36and that points
01:05:37to perhaps
01:05:38the fact that he
01:05:39is showing today
01:05:40he needs to strengthen
01:05:41his squad
01:05:42with Champions League
01:05:42football
01:05:43next year
01:05:43yeah no I think
01:05:44with Manchester United
01:05:45not in the Champions League
01:05:46last season
01:05:46obviously to get back
01:05:48in the Champions League
01:05:48against Liverpool
01:05:49last week
01:05:50was big for the club
01:05:52and today
01:05:52yeah they weren't
01:05:54at the best
01:05:54but in terms
01:05:56of the players
01:05:57use
01:05:57I think what it shows
01:05:58is that Manchester United
01:05:59need to invest
01:06:00in players
01:06:01in the summer
01:06:02because
01:06:03in order for Man United
01:06:04to compete
01:06:05in the Premier League
01:06:06next season
01:06:06in the Champions League
01:06:07next season
01:06:07where they want to be
01:06:08they have to invest
01:06:09they have to strengthen
01:06:10the squad
01:06:10and I don't think
01:06:11there's any denying that
01:06:12now if I was a player
01:06:14and Manchester United
01:06:15wanted to sound on me
01:06:16the first question
01:06:16I would ask is
01:06:18does the manager want me
01:06:19who is the manager
01:06:19does the manager want me
01:06:20so I think for Manchester United
01:06:22to have that clarity
01:06:23on who the manager is
01:06:24and listen
01:06:24I think everyone knows
01:06:26I've been very supportive
01:06:27of Michael Carrick
01:06:28if Michael Carrick
01:06:29hadn't done the job
01:06:30he'd done
01:06:30I wouldn't be sitting here
01:06:31saying you should give him
01:06:33the job
01:06:33but I think for what he's done
01:06:34and he's earned his right
01:06:36to get that manager's job
01:06:37and I think for the club
01:06:40to announce him
01:06:41I think they need to do it
01:06:41swiftly
01:06:42because they need to get
01:06:43players in
01:06:43and they need to get players
01:06:44you know
01:06:45they'll be talking
01:06:46I'm sure they will
01:06:46but they need to get players
01:06:47in for next season
01:06:48to improve that team
01:06:49and the price of those players
01:06:50that they're looking at
01:06:51if they have a good World Cup
01:06:52it only goes up doesn't it
01:06:53so in terms of good business sense
01:06:55you want to get those players
01:06:56signed up
01:06:57before they go off
01:06:58and play in the World Cup
01:06:59absolutely
01:07:00because they'll have their targets
01:07:01and we've seen now that
01:07:03you know
01:07:04he wants the players
01:07:05that he wants to play
01:07:06and when some of those players
01:07:07are out there
01:07:08a weaker team
01:07:08first and foremost
01:07:09I agree with you
01:07:10I don't know what more
01:07:11Michael Carrick can do
01:07:12to get the job
01:07:13it's a bit farcical
01:07:14that he hasn't got the job already
01:07:15just give him it
01:07:16he's got the club back
01:07:17into the Champions League
01:07:18so back him
01:07:19and then he can go
01:07:20and then choose players
01:07:21that he wants
01:07:21quickly and swiftly
01:07:22before the World Cup
01:07:23but it's not that
01:07:24it's other
01:07:24it's players will be
01:07:26looking at Manchester United
01:07:27but they'll also be looking
01:07:28at other teams
01:07:28so what you don't want to do
01:07:30is have your targets
01:07:31and then
01:07:31and lose them
01:07:32because you haven't got
01:07:32a manager in place
01:07:33and I think he's done
01:07:34everything to
01:07:35to get it done
01:07:36and then let's start
01:07:37bringing players in
01:07:38and some people might say
01:07:39well yeah
01:07:39they've not played
01:07:40as many players
01:07:40because they haven't played
01:07:41in as many competitions
01:07:42they've played the fewest games
01:07:43in their history this season
01:07:44haven't they
01:07:44but they'll be playing
01:07:45a lot more next season
01:07:46yeah they will
01:07:46and listen
01:07:47whether it's Michael
01:07:48or someone else
01:07:49they're going to have to
01:07:50bring players in regardless
01:07:51so it should be Michael
01:07:53and let's hope it is
01:07:53final word
01:07:54okay let's have a look
01:07:55at the table
01:07:56the gap at the top
01:07:57is now two points
01:07:58after Manchester City's win
01:07:59Manchester United and Liverpool
01:08:00stay third and fourth
01:08:02respectively
01:08:02Bournemouth
01:08:03Brighton and Brentford
01:08:04remain in the race
01:08:05for Europe
01:08:05at the other end
01:08:06both West Ham and Tottenham
01:08:08are still fighting
01:08:09for survival
01:08:09Arsenal go to the London
01:08:11Stadium on Sunday
01:08:12while Spurs host Leeds
01:08:14on Monday night
01:08:15thank you so much
01:08:17Ashley and Wayne
01:08:18in a season then
01:08:19of surprises
01:08:19here's where we stand
01:08:20Pep supporting the Hammers
01:08:22Spurs might need Arsenal
01:08:23to do them a favour
01:08:24and Bournemouth
01:08:25could be in the Champions League
01:08:26and we're still no closer
01:08:27to knowing who's going
01:08:28to win the title
01:08:28expect more twists and turns
01:08:30over the next few weeks
01:08:31goodnight
01:08:46we'll see you next time
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