ROAD
ROAD AND
ROAD AND WON. SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU.
WE'RE NOT DRESSING UP FOR
HALLOWEEN.
HALLOWEEN. I JUST DISAGREE WITH THAT.
>> I WANTED TO DO IT.
>> YOU ALWAYS WANT TO DROP UP,
ROBBIE MUSTOE.
ROBBIE MUSTOE. >> TIM HOWARD AND ROBBIE MUSTOE
WITH REBECCA LOWE WITH YOU.
SO MUCH GOING ON YESTERDAY, TIM.
WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST HEADLINE?
>> WELL, THE WOBBLE AT THE TOP,
YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. LIVERPOOL DROPPING POINTS.
MANCHESTER CITY LOSE AND CHELSEA
STRUGGLING FOR A LITTLE BIT
THERE AT NEWCASTLE, AND SO JUST
A LITTLE BIT OF A GLIMPSE THERE
OF THE CHINK IN THE ARMOR AT THE
TOP AND AT THE UNBEATABLE TEAMS
CAN ACTUALLY BE BEATEN, BUT, OF
COURSE, IT HAS TO BE MANCHESTER
UNITED.
UNITED.
UNITED. THE PRESSURE THAT WAS SLIGHTLY
EASED, SHALL WE SAY, ON -- ON
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER.
3-0 WIN AT TOTTENHAM.
YES, IT WAS CONVINCING BUT
TOTTENHAM WERE POOR.
I THINK IF RUMOR HAS IT, HE HAS
THREE GAMES TO SAVE HIS JOB.
ATALANTA MID-WEEK AND A MASS
EXODUS DURING THE GAME AT OLD
TRAFFORD, STILL A WAYS TO GO IN
TERMS OF GETTING THIS -- GETTING
PAST THIS TUMULTUOUS POINT BUT
JOB WELL DONE.
>> SO HOW DO YOU ASSESS THE
PERILOUSNESS OF HIS SITUATION
RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW? >> WELL, I DON'T THINK -- WHEN I
LOOK AT THE STATEMENT, YOU KNOW,
FROM THE CLUB THAT HE HAS THREE
GAMES, I DON'T THINK IT'S THREE
GAMES.
GAMES.
GAMES. I
GAMES. I THINK AFTER THAT THEY HAVE
CHELSEA AND THEY HAVE TO PLAY
ARSENAL.
ARSENAL.
ARSENAL. IT'S A DIFFICULT STRETCH.
LIKE THEY ARE NOT OUT OF THIS
YET.
YET.
YET. THEY
YET. THEY HAD A GOOD RESULT, OF
COURSE, BUT THERE'S STILL A LONG
WAY TO GO IN TERMS OF GETTING
THIS BACK ON STABLE FOOTING.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. YOUR HEADLINE FROM YESTERDAY.
>> CRYSTAL PALACE, AMAZING
RESULT AT THE HOME OF THE
CHAMPIONS.
CHAMPIONS. PATRICK VIEIRA, HUGE RESULT FOR
THEM AND THE BELIEF THAT THE
PLAYERS AND THE FANS WILL GET ON
THE BACK OF THAT.
ONLY THEIR SECOND PREMIER LEAGUE
WIN OF THE SEASON AND A
DIFFICULT JOB FOR PATRICK
VIEIRA.
VIEIRA.
VIEIRA. GOING INTO THAT CLUB WITH MORE
THAN HALF A TEAM.
NEW PLAYERS TRYING TO MOLD IT IN
A DIFFERENT WAY AND THAT'S
DIFFICULT.
DIFFICULT. THAT'S RISKY.
THAT'S RISKY. PLAYING OPEN AND ATTACKING
FOOTBALL, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S
EASY TOE DO AND SOME OF THE
LOWER TEAMS ARE RETICENT TO TRY
IT.
IT.
IT. HE'S
IT. HE'S DOING IT, AND IT ALSO FEELS
WHERE IT IS ON THE TABLE RIGHT
NOW, IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE
HIGHER.
HIGHER.
HIGHER. RESULTS STILL HAVEN'T BEEN GREAT
BUT THAT'S A MAGNIFICENT
VICTORY.
VICTORY.
VICTORY. MAN CITY, BACK-TO-BACK GAMES
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WEST
NOW. WEST HAM IN THE LEAGUE CUP, NO
GOALS, AND I THOUGHT THIS SEASON
THAT MAN CITY'S ISSUE WAS GOING
TO BE GOLD SCORED.
LAST YEAR I KNOW THEY WON IT
WITH GUNDOGAN SCORING 13 PREMIER
LEAGUE GOALS AND THIS CHIP-IN
WITH PLENTY.
WITH PLENTY. THE OTHERS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER,
AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN MUCH MORE
GOALS THAN THOSE TEAMS.
YOU LOOK AT THE LEAGUE TABLE,
REBECCA, SIX GOALS LESS THAN
CHELSEA ALREADY AND NINE GOALS
LESS THAN LIVERPOOL.
FIVE POINTS OFF THE TOP.
CAN'T KEEP RELYING ON THE
MIDFIELD PLAYERS TO PROTECT TO
RUN, TO TACKLE, TO CREATE AND TO
SCORE AND DO EVERYTHING IN THIS
TEAM.
TEAM.
TEAM. >>
TEAM. >> INTERESTING, BECAUSE
LIVERPOOL HAVE TONS OF GOALS AND
CHELSEA ARE SCORING EVEN WITHOUT
LUKAKU AND DO YOU AGREE WITH THE
CITY STRIKER SITUATION, TIM?
>> I THINK THAT CITY ARE A
TITLE-WINNING TEAM, BUT I DO
THINK WHAT ROBBIE IS SAYING IS
TRUE.
TRUE.
TRUE. THIS TITLE THIS YEAR WILL BE WON
BY GOAL-SCORING, AND LIVERPOOL
CAN'T STOP SCORING.
AS YOU SAID, CHELSEA, EVEN WITH
THEIR TOP TWO GOAL SCORERS OUT,
THEY HAVE GOALS COMPLETED
THROUGHOUT THE TEAM SO THEY ARE
NOT RELYING JUST ON THAT
MIDFIELD.
MIDFIELD.
MIDFIELD. >> GOING BACK TO PALACE FOR A
SECOND.
SECOND.
SECOND. YOU SAID HALF THE TEAM IS NEW IS
CORRECT AND THE OTHER HALF HAVE
BEEN PLAYING A CERTAIN WAY UNDER
ROY HODGSON FOR YEARS SO HOW
HARD HAS IT BEEN, FOR EXAMPLE,
YOU COME IN AND YOU HAVE TO NOW
PLAY A VERY DIFFERENT WAY AND
FAST.
FAST.
FAST. IS
FAST. IS THAT HARD?
>> REALLY HARD.
FOR ALL THE PLAYERS.
PARTICULARLY FOR McCARTHY OR
MIDFIELD PLAYERS THAT USED TO
LOOK AT THE BACK PLAYERS ON THE
BALL.
BALL.
BALL. ARE
BALL. ARE GOING ALONG, NOT GETTING
ALONG AND YOU KNOCK IT ALONG AND
I'LL GET THE SECOND BALLS AND
WE'LL KEEP OUR SHAPE NOW.
I'VE GOT TO GET THE BALL.
GIVE IT TO ME.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN PLAY AND
SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE,
BECAUSE ONE PLAYER IS SPREAD
OUT, THERE'S A RISK IF YOU GIVE
THE BALL AWAY YOU'RE LEAVING THE
TWO CENTER BACKS VULNERABLE.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
IT TAKES GOOD COACHING AND THE
PLAYERS TO DO IT.
SOME OF THE PLAYERS ARE STILL
THERE FROM LAST YEAR.
CAN YOU DO IT?
CAN YOU RECEIVE THE BALL?
ARE YOU RELIABLE IN POSSESSION?
WILL YOU GIVE THE BALL AWAY?
THAT'S THE FASCINATING PART AND