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Match of the Day running order revealed

The Match of the Day 2 running order has been revealed ahead of the programme, after what has been a busy and controversial afternoon.

You can see the highlights of all of those played so far along with all the talking points, replays and analysis from 10:30pm on BBC One.

Presenter Mark Chapman will as always be joined by pundits Jonathan Woodgate, and Troy Deeney who’ll no doubt will have a lot to rant about. If you miss the show, you can view it over on the BBC iPlayer.

1) EVERTON v CHELSEA

Everton boost their Premier League survival hopes with a 1-0 win over Chelsea; Richarlison’s strike 59 seconds into the second half sealed win; Jordan Pickford produced three vital saves to deny Chelsea; Everton now two points behind Leeds and Burnley

Everton boss Frank Lampard: “Difficult. They are always a team that will put you under pressure late on. We did brilliantly. The team, stadium, the fans were man of the match today. From the drive in to the support, which we need. Thanks to them.

“The fans are in the middle of this. I am pleased the players could see on the way in what it means to the fans. They know that and understand it. They got behind us, were nicely aggressive, this place has to be a hard place to come. Results have been good here at Goodison before I came, we have to maintain that.

“We have to fight for points, we are in the relegation zone, and we have to go with that same spirit every game.

“They [the players] have to show they care. I like that. They don’t have to go over the line but have to show they care; the fans want to see that. I prodded them a bit before the game because the situation is clear. We need to perform with that level in all our remaining games. That needs to keep coming in and if it doesn’t, we have to sort it out.

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel: “We hate to lose, we are responsible for it. It was our responsibility in Old Trafford to not have more – we struggle to have consecutive clean sheets and top performances and that is why we lost today.

“We have to be without mistakes, disciplined in your positions and don’t make mistakes. When you have that much possession, we did not play our best match, but we were in control, and then we gave a goal away and it kills the game for us because it is everything the opponent wants. It is a huge pattern in our season.

“We have now four matches in the last two weeks and one clean sheet, that needs to change – if we try to get away with OK performances that is not good for us, we are a team that needs to be on the very top limit on every match basis. If we try to get away with OK, we lose games.

“We struggle with concentration and determination levels and you see that in the last four matches.”


2) TOTTENHAM v LEICESTER

Tottenham climb to fourth after Heung-min Son and Harry Kane overcome much-changed Leicester; Only Mohamed Salah has more Premier League goals than Son this season after South Korean nets 18th and 19th of the campaign

Player ratings

Tottenham: Lloris (6), Royal (6), Romero (7), Dier (7), Davies (6), Moura (5), Hojbjerg (6), Bentancur (6), Sessegnon (6), Son (8), Kane (7).

Subs: Kulusevski (7), Winks (n/a), Bergwijn (n/a).

Leicester: Schmeichel (6), Castagne (6), Amartey (6), Soyuncu (5), Thomas (6), Albrighton (6), Mendy (5), Soumare (6), Perez (6), Daka (6), Iheanacho (7).

Subs: Tielemans (6), Vardy (5), Brunt (5).

Man of the Match: Heung-min Son

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte: “We got three points at an important moment of the season, especially because we are going to face Liverpool and then Arsenal in the next games. Today was vital to get three points.

“When you have to play for only one result there is a lot of pressure, but I said to my play to live in this moment and enjoy it because we deserve it after the really great work we’ve done in these six months.

“No one at the start of the season would have imagined that Tottenham could fight for a place in the Champions League, especially in November when there was the [managerial] change. For this reason we have to be satisfied that we stay in this position and fight for a big achievement.”

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers: “I’m a little frustrated but pleased at the same time. We started the game very well, we controlled the first 20 minutes and looked a threat, we hit the post and that stopped us going in front.

“I’m frustrated with the first two goals; we’ve lacked aggression in that area and have suffered from that all season. The players could have felt sorry for themselves and unravelled at 2-0, Spurs are a good team and can score lots of goals, but they didn’t do that.

“The spirit was there, we kept fighting and working, and got our reward with a really good goal from Kelechi. But soft goals at certain moments have cost us this season, that’s the biggest disappointment.”


3) WEST HAM v ARSENAL

 Gabriel Magalhaes’ second-half header secures a 2-1 win for Arsenal against West Ham; Gunners move back into fourth place above Tottenham; Jarrod Bowen had earlier cancelled out Rob Holding’s opener

Player ratings

West Ham: Fabianski (7), Coufal (6), Zouma (7), Cresswell (6), Fredericks (6), Noble (6), Rice (8), Fornals (7), Bowen (7), Benrahma (6), Lanzini (6).

Subs: Antonio (6), Soucek (6), Yarmolenko (6).

Arsenal: Ramsdale (7), Tomiyasu (6), Holding (9), Gabriel (8), Tavares (7), Elneny (7), Xhaka (7), Odegaard (7), Martinelli (7), Saka (7), Nketiah (7).

Subs: Cedric (6), Smith Rowe (6), Lokonga (6).

Man of the match: Rob Holding

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta told Sky Sports: “We won ugly and big teams have to find a way to win ugly when they don’t play at their best.

“With the ball we were really poor. We lacked composure, dominance to play the game we wanted to play, but we found a way through set pieces, through defending extremely well.

“To win here is credit to the boys. They showed the spirit we have.

“I’m still digesting a lot of things we didn’t do right, but as a team to grow in confidence and to continue with the moment we have, we’ve won against three big teams in a row.”

On Arsenal showing a streetwise streak, he added: “I love that. We need that to win football matches.

“You have to find a way, you have to play the game that is necessary to play when you are not at your best and we did that in a lot of moments.”

West Ham manager David Moyes told Sky Sports: “We played quite well in periods of the game and did a good job against a good team, but we got undone by something we’re normally very good at which is defending set pieces. The team we put out today lacked that height we required.”

In his press conference, he added: “The team we selected today, we knew it was a risk because we took out a couple of big players, players who head the ball quite a bit for us. That was a risk we took and in the end it came back to punish us.”

Moyes also felt aggrieved by what he deemed to be a handball by Holding in the build-up to Arsenal’s winning goal.

“Rob Holding was up to head it but he doesn’t actually get it and it hits his arm and it’s not stopped. I think if the referee had seen it, he would have stopped it.”

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