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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 few nights.

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 Alan Shearer and Jermaine Jenas 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 at any time on most devices.

1) WEST HAM v MAN CITY

West Ham hold on for a draw against Man City thanks to Lukasz Fabianski’s penalty save from Riyad Mahrez; Pep Guardiola’s side recovered from two goals down but missed chance to move six points clear

Player ratings

West Ham: Fabianski (9), Coufal (6), Zouma (7), Dawson (7), Cresswell (6), Rice (8), Soucek (7), Lanzini (7), Fornals (8), Bowen (9), Antonio (8).

Subs: Noble (6).

Man City: Ederson (6), Cancelo (6), Fernandinho (6), Laporte (6), Zinchenko (6), Rodri (8), De Bruyne (7), Grealish (8), Silva (7), Mahrez (6), Jesus (7).

Subs: None.

Man of the match: Jarrod Bowen.

Man City boss Pep Guardiola told Sky Sports: “Great comeback. And a comeback against this team in this stadium with the way they defend and how strong they are was an incredible credit to the team.

“We played a really good game. We spoke at half-time and said if we score one goal, we’ll be in the game, don’t give up. Fortunately we scored early in the second half.

“One more week, one more game, with our people at home. I assure you something: it will be sold out in the Etihad Stadium and we’ll do the best performance possible to win the game and win the title.

“It would have been perfect to win today but West Ham is fighting for Europa League and have made an incredible season. It’s in our hands, that’s good.

“It will not be easy. there will be a lot of emotions. We have to train calm and arrive fresh. We have one week. Some days to recover. And we will do everything in that game to win the title.”

West Ham’s Mark Noble told Sky Sports: “We agreed we wouldn’t do [a sentimental sub] it was only to be in the best interests of the football team and West Ham.

“Kevin Nolan came over to me at half-time and said the gaffer’s going to need you at about 70 minutes and it’s thank you to Lukasz that he saves the penalty right at the end and makes the day that little bit more special.”

On his emotional reception before the game, Noble added: “I tried to keep it together at first but the emotion got the better of me.

“It was fantastic send-off from the fans today. It’s been a long lead-up to this game because I announced it last season and what a season it’s been.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better send-off. Very rarely at this level of football do you get to make your own exit and I’ve been lucky enough to do that.

“It’s the right time now to go and spend time with the family. I’ll always be associated with West Ham.

“They’ve made it clear to me, the board, the owners and the boss that they want me to stay but I’m definitely going to have a holiday and see what happens in the future.”


2) TOTTENHAM v BURNLEY

 Harry Kane’s penalty boost Spurs’ top-four hopes, and damaged Burnley’s survival bid; victory means Spurs move above Arsenal into fourth place; Arsenal face Newcastle at St James’ Park on Monday

Player ratings

  • Tottenham: Lloris 7; Emerson 6, Sanchez 7, Dier 6, Davies 6, Sessegnon 8; Hojbjerg 6, Bentancur 7; Moura 7, Son 6, Kane 7
  • Subs: Kulusevski 6, Rodon n/a
  • Burnley: Pope 7, Roberts 6, Long 5, Collins 8, Lowton 6, Taylor 7; Brownhill 6, Cork 6; McNeil 6, Cornet 5, Barnes 6
  • Subs: Lennon 6, Weghorst 6
  • MOTM: Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham)

The decision to award the spot-kick was controversial, with Barnes having little time to react to the ball, though his arm was outstretched. For Burnley interim coach Jackson, his fury was clear.

“I’ve just watched it back,” he said in his post-match press conference. “I don’t think it’s a penalty. You have to look at what happens before the ball comes in. It’s an 18-yard box with bodies in it, people are competing.

“Someone pulls Ash’s arm, he tries to keep his balance. How he can get out of the way of that, I don’t know. You don’t stand in an 18-yard box with your arms by your side. They’re up and they’re using your strength. Nobody has even appealed for a penalty.

“How can you go back into the 18-yard box and there’s three shirt pulls, someone pulls someone’s arm – you’d never get the game going.

“I’m annoyed but I’m proud of the group. They gave a right go. There’s a sign of fighting spirit. Id on’t want to take my annoyance out on something when they played so well.”

But for Tottenham manager Conte, he was adamant the spot-kick should have been given.

“I think 200 per cent – not even 100 per cent,” Conte added, while pointing to his arm explaining where it hit Barnes. “It was so clear and honestly, it is difficult to understand their complaints.”


3) LEEDS v BRIGHTON

Leeds remain in trouble but move out of the bottom three; Pascal Struijk headed home in injury time after Danny Welbeck’s opener for Brighton

Player ratings

Leeds: Meslier (7), Firpo (5), Koch (6), Llorente (5), Cooper (6), Raphinha (6), Phillips (6), Klich (7), Harrison (7), Rodrigo (6), Gelhardt (8)

Subs: Struijk (7), Greenwood (7), Shackleton (6)

Brighton:Sanchez (8), Veltman (7), Dunk (7), Cucurella (7), March (7), Bissouma (8), Caicedo (7), Trossard (6), Gross (7), Mac Allister (6), Welbeck (7)

Subs: Lamptey (6), Webster (7)

Man of the match: Joe Gelhardt

Leeds boss Jesse Marsch said: “Our goal was to get three points but we knew any points and Burnley losing could shift the pressure the other way. Burnley have a match in hand but to fight and stay in the match especially in the second half when we were quite good. We were a bit unlucky not to come away with more.

“The first corner we had our chance but the way it’s going it hits our own player in the face and prevents it being a goal. The first half we couldn’t settle. Our confidence on the ball wasn’t good enough. And our pressure was all over the place. That meant Brighton caused us trouble. We tried to be more compact after 30 minutes and from there we pushed the game really well.

“This is a psychological battle. We have to stay strong and show up next weekend and be at our best. When we are put in difficult situations you can see the resolve of our team. But we need to show that in the beginning of our matches. It’s a fight and nothing comes easy. We dig holes and then have to dig ourselves out. But we’re ready to invest everything in our last match and see if we can do this.”

Brighton boss Graham Potter said: “In the first half we created some really good opportunities. We had lots of good play, good opportunities and got into the final third and the box a lot. But, in fairness, in the second half Rob [Sanchez] had to make a couple of good saves, so I wouldn’t begrudge Leeds their point.

“We probably needed the second goal to kill it off, and Danny’s chance was the best one, but that’s football. We didn’t get it and in the end, you always leave yourself open to that.

“I’m proud of the players though because it was a tough game, a tough environment, and a tough challenge for us in terms of how much it meant for the opposition. It meant a lot for us, of course, but we haven’t got the knife to our throat in terms of relegation, so I think we performed really well.

“Overall, the result was probably about right and in a tough environment, against an opponent fighting for everything, we take the point.”

4) EVERTON v BRENTFORD

Rico Henry and Yoane Wissa score two goals in as many minutes to give Brentford 3-2 win at Everton, who have Jarrad Branthwaite and Solomon Rondon sent off; Toffees now two points outside bottom three with two games to play

Frank Lampard speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live:“We knew a win would get us safe. First part of the game we were great. When it was 11 v 11 we were great. I didn’t see anything other than a win at that point but the red card changed the game”.

On the red card:“It’s a big lesson for him. The possibility of the penalty with Richarlison, all I hear is my players dive, but a shirt tug is a shirt tug. No complaints, once that is given it’s a red card. 70 minutes in the Premier League with 10 men is too hard to sustain. You have to ask for everything to go your way and it didn’t. The effort was brilliant and I can’t complain. The effort and spirit was great, the reality is we need to go again on Thursday.”

On Thursday’s game against Crystal Palace:“It’s mental and physical. It’s in our hands so we want to take stock tonight. If we win on Thursday then we are in the Premier League next year. I have belief in these players and these fans that they will turn up with the same attitude that they did today.”

Brentford manager Thomas Frank speaking to BBC Sport: “It was very difficult today. It was an unbelievable atmosphere.

“They went 1-0 up and we talked about staying cool and in the game. It was a clear red card but sometimes you don’t see teams winning against 10-men when they sit back.

“Second half we did fantastic. We were patient and in the end we got the goals. We made a change, we made it clear how we wanted to attack with more crosses – and the third goal comes from a cross.

“The whole season we have said we want to finish as high as possible. we will do our very best to win on Sunday.”


5) WATFORD v LEICESTER

Leicester thrashed Watford 5-1 in Roy Hodgson’s final home game in charge of the Hornets; The hosts took the lead through Joao Pedro but two goals apiece from Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes plus James Maddison strike, sealed comfortable win for visitors

Player ratings

Home Team: Foster (5), Ngakia (6), Cathcart (4), Kabasele (5), Masina (6), Sissoko (6), Kayembe (6), Gosling (6), Kalu (5), Pedro (7), Sema 6).

Subs: Kamara (6), Etebo (n/a).

Away Team: Ward (8), Justin (6), Fofana (7), Evans (6), Castagne (6), Mendy (6), Dewsbury-Hall (8), Maddison (8), Tielemans (7), Barnes (8), Vardy (8).

Subs: Albrighton (7), Amartey (6), Daka (n/a).

Man of the match: Jamie Vardy.

Watford boss Roy Hodgson: “We were architects of our own downfall.

“Bad mistakes led to the goals. When you analyse the goals we conceded, there isn’t a lot good you could say. Crass individual errors and we find ourselves on the end of a very bad defeat.

“We’ve had the worst home record in all the leagues. You need your wins at home. The fans are entitled to be frustrated and upset with us and to make their opinions heard.”

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers: “It was a fantastic win. It’s never easy at this stage of the season when people think you have nothing to play for. I’m proud of the players. They turned up. They were hungry right to the end, and it was a good win for us.

“It was another unfortunate deflection from the corner which saw us concede. Our response was outstanding. The hunger and momentum and feeling of the game was good for us. It’s how we want to play. We want to be difficult to play against with or without the ball. We did both today.

“I thought the attacking part of our game was outstanding. James Maddison’s quality was sensational – his passing, his delivery, work rate was very good. We had that intensity. We were penetrating. We talked before about making more runs in behind.”


6) ASTON VILLA v CRYSTAL PALACE

Crystal Palace’s Jeff Schlupp hit back to cancel out Ollie Watkins’ opener for Aston Villa and earn a share of the spoils at Villa Park; Both sides’ hopes of a top-10 finish remain intact ahead of final week

Player ratings

Aston Villa: Martinez (6), Cash (7), Konsa (6), Mings (7), Digne (6), Luiz (6), Nakamba (7), McGinn (7), Coutinho (6), Watkins (7), Ings (6)

Subs: Chambers (6), Ramsey (6), Buendia (n/a)

Crystal Palace: Butland (6), Clyne (6), Andersen 6), Kouyate (6), Guehi (6), Mitchell (6), Gallagher (5), Milivojevic (5), Eze (5), Mateta (5), Zaha (6)

Subs: Edouard (5), Benteke (5), Schlupp (7)

Man of the match: Ollie Watkins

Crystal Palace’s Patrick Vieira:

“I’m really happy with the performance. I think, from the first minute, we played well and we managed to control the game. We showed quality and we showed character to get back into the game and manage to take a point. I was really pleased [with the reaction to going behind] because it wasn’t easy to concede that goal. We didn’t deserve to concede that goal and we showed quality and character to fight and to find the strength to get back into the game and to score that goal.

“From where I was, I thought it was a foul. There is a player who played the ball and they are the ones who played the player but I have not had the chance to look at it again. That was from my angle.

“We tried our best, but when we get to the last third we don’t always make the correct decisions and, of course, we need to keep working and keep improving. But this is one of the areas that, next year, we have to be better in because I think there was a space for us today; with the way we played, the situation and the chances we created, we should score more than one goal.”

Aston Villa’s Steven Gerrard:

“It was a really close game; I thought Patrick’s team caused us some issues in the first half and we had to tweak one or two things at half-time. Going over the chances, I felt like we created enough to win the game and score more than one goal.

“I think, on another day, if we were more ruthless and more clinical, we would have been sat here talking about three points rather than one. [It was] really naive in terms of the goal we’ve conceded, but our overall performance, I don’t think there was too much wrong with it. They have got dangerous players, they are a good team and we haven’t conceded one set play well enough on second phase – unfortunately that has cost us two points.

“It’s on, but it’s slightly more difficult now. We needed to really take control and take maximum points today, but my players are frustrated and I really like it. I really like that they are frustrated and hopefully we can take that frustration out on Thursday night because we want to be a more consistent team at home but we have to be more ruthless and clinical in front of goal.

“Those duels and those challenges were getting played on all over the pitch, so I don’t see any reason why it [Watkins’ goal] should have been ruled out. Ollie deserves all the credit for that goal. We asked him to really play behind the target second half and he certainly did. Great cross from Lucas (Digne), who was outstanding. The idea when you are out wide is to put that ball underneath the crossbar and make it really difficult for the goalkeeper and the defence. That’s when we had the game exactly where we wanted it.”


7) WOLVES v NORWICH

Wolves and Norwich City play out a 1-1 draw in the Premier League; Teemu Pukki opened the scoring in the first half; Rayan Ait-Nouri’s second-half header earned Wolves a point; the hosts stay in eighth, while Norwich remain bottom of the table

Player ratings

Wolves: Ruddy (6), Ait-Nouri (8), Coady (6), Boly (6), Toti (8), Jonny (7), Neves (7), Moutinho (7), Neto (6), Jimenez (6), Hwang Hee-Chan (6)

Subs: Podence (6), Silva (7), Chiquinho (8)

Norwich: Gunn (6), Byram (6), Gibson (6), Hanley (6), Aarons (7), Dowell (6), Gilmour (6), Normann (7), Lees-Melou (6), Pukki (8), Giannoulis (6)

Subs: Rupp (6), Sorensen (6), Rowe (6)

Man of the match: Teemu Pukki

Wolves manager Bruno Lage:

“I don’t know what they sung but if you tell me I will sing the same things,” said Lage.

“I understand when we are losing the rumours come from anywhere but I don’t have any problem with any of them (players) since day one, this is because the club built top professionals.

“It is so hard to find players like this, Ruben is one of them. He has worked hard since the first day.

“We know how the market is and when these kind of players are in a good way some teams can appear and pay. The club have lost players before but last year it was the same, everyone talked about Ruben and nothing appeared.

“I want the best for Ruben and I want the best for the club. If Ruben stays I will be very happy.”

Norwich manager Dean Smith:

“I enjoyed it, it was a good disciplined performance,” said Smith. “We needed to stop the bleeding, we had been giving away too many big chances and goals since we got relegated so we put an extra man in defence.

“I thought it worked well, we restricted them. One thing Teemu will be disappointed with is he could have had the match ball at half-time.

“He has 11 Premier League goals this season and he’ll be eager to get more against Tottenham (on the final day).

“I was annoyed with their goal because it was never a free-kick. It was a poor decision and from that they scored and it gave them a lift. We grew back into the game and restricted their chances again. We never ran out of gas.”

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