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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  December 21, 2024 7:30pm-8:01pm GMT

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' begins personality of the year begins his quest. great to have your company here on bbc news. let's kick off in the premier league where manchester city endured another torrid afternoon, losing 2—1 to aston villa as their wretched run of form continued in the west midlands. the defeat leaves them sixth in the table, nine points behind leaders liverpool having played two games more. any hopes of a fifth straight title look like they're fading fast. patrick gearey reports. it is the time of year it is the time of year for it is the time of year for novelty items but nothing looks strange are the manchester city's fall. no disguising one when into an aston villa and
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they were holding on by fingertips. where teams are trouble this opportunity against city. and goals. making use of this time in the champions once famously relentless now played only in fits and starts in search of something, anything. aston villa been looking for their own consistency of the season for a lot of the space to work through it. morgan rogers gave them full control, something city have long lost. they did not lose again until late october but now they are scrambling but this was phil's first lead goal of the season which tells its own story. they cannot alter the tale of this match. this months ago, the road 100 and manchester city could be stopped and i manchester city wonders when this will end. some of the extraordinary step
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some of the extraordinary stats. 9 defeats in 12. conceded 2 or more in eight straight away games. winless in five straight away league games. first time that's happened under guardiola. they could finish the weekend eighth in the table. let's hearfrom both managers starting with the increasingly beliguered city boss. it was just one reason, we are busy and there are a lot of legal factors to make that position and the team leader and the champions league, we are doing really well and i think we have to think positive and have incredible work done for the skies and a lot of them have a lot of incredible pride and the desire to do it and we have to find a way and come back. i think we played better and i want to try to get the positioning manchester city has been very difficult and the second half, i think more or less
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we were playing and getting confidence to dominate and keeping more position as well, and avoiding chances because in the second half, we impose and we decided to when and through our domination of them. you wait all season for win over crystal palace and then two come along at once. yes just three days after knocking them out of the league cup at the emirates, arsenal travelled to selhurst park in the premier league and eased to a 5—1 victory. gabrieljesus scored a hat—trick in the game midweek and continued his good form with two more inside the opening fifteen minutes, declan rice rounded off the scoring in a win that puts mikel arteta's side in third — three points off liverpool but having played two games more. if city's demise has caught you by surprise, what about nottingham forest's rise? they're keeping pace in the top
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four with a 2—nil win at brentford. goals from ola aina and anthony elanga earned forest their third win in a row, against a brentford side who hadn't lost at home this season. is about enjoying the moment realising that we didn't achieve nothing yet, is a tough competition and so, the truth is that now we go home and now we're going to recover and prepare very well for the next one and improve and try to give the players detailed information and push them to stay humble because this is how you build something. we are playing auainst something. we are playing against the _ something. we are playing against the team _ something. we are playing against the team that - something. we are playing against the team that is i something. we are playing i against the team that is third or fourth_ against the team that is third or fourth on the table and i think— or fourth on the table and i think we _ or fourth on the table and i think we dominated on top of the game throughout the game and, _ the game throughout the game and. may— the game throughout the game and, may be the last quality offensively and they probably needed to hang on to that goal and we — needed to hang on to that goal and we create a mistake or made and we create a mistake or made a mistake — and we create a mistake or made a mistake they made it a little more — a mistake they made it a little more difficult for us.
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a first home defeat of the season for brentford. ipswich still search for a first home win. very rarely going to be your afternoon when this happens. conceding inside 26 seconds as they lost a—nil to newcastle. swedish international alexander isak scored the first hattrick in the premier league by a newcastle player for five years. jacon murphy grabbed the other. eddie howe's side are up to seventh, a point behind man city. ipswich remain in the bottom three. i think we have tweaked a number of little things to try to upturn our form number of little things to try to upturn ourform and i think we've looked a lot better in the last few weeks and creative players going back to what it is always been, free scoring and looking like we can create it any time and i'm delighted with the contributions of the whole team. we can be sublime one week in the next week, we can be frustrated with ourselves but i think the last three games, all we can focus on this the future in the last three games been a huge step forward. difficult day for us and the — step forward. difficult day for us and the opponent -
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step forward. difficult day for us and the opponent was - us and the opponent was stronger than us today and they scored — stronger than us today and they scored the goal in the first seconds _ scored the goal in the first seconds which makes it difficult and we had moments in the first— difficult and we had moments in the first half on friday with the first half on friday with the barbary match to play through them and of a threat but i — through them and of a threat but i don't think our game management in general, we did not feel— management in general, we did not feel the periods the new council— not feel the periods the new council was on top and very good — council was on top and very good side and we needed to show more _ good side and we needed to show more resilience and standing in. nothing to separate west ham and brighton at the london stadium. it was a subdued first half but both goals came within seven minutes of each other after the interval. mats weiffer grabbed his first brighton goal to put the seagulls ahead only for mohammad kudus to head in his third of the season. brighton are ninth. west ham 14th. we had to look forward to the next and it's very difficult to win and in you have to keep with the positive to improve
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the situation we are looking forward to the next challenge against tottenham. you forward to the next challenge against tottenham.— forward to the next challenge against tottenham. you have to cive against tottenham. you have to give results _ against tottenham. you have to give results to _ against tottenham. you have to give results to achieve - something and be able to do so in the _ something and be able to do so in the last— something and be able to do so in the last game and have to analyse _ in the last game and have to analyse it— in the last game and have to analyse it again and be honest to each— analyse it again and be honest to each other and invest everything that we can do and invest— everything that we can do and invest at— everything that we can do and invest at the highest level we can do— invest at the highest level we can do and at the moment, it is average — can do and at the moment, it is average and we have to get to our top — average and we have to get to our top spot. so here's how the top of the table looks after today's games, no change in the top four places. arsenal's win narrows the gap on chelsea to just one point. chelsea are away at everton tomorrow while liverpool travel to spurs. nottingham forest are fourth after their win at brentford. aston villa's win against manchester city means they go fifth — ahead of pep guardiola's side. and here's the bottom — ipswich's heavy defeat to newcastle leaves them third from bottom. southampton, wolves, leicester and everton all play tomorrow. crytal palace's are still fifteenth after their defeat to arsenal.
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bottom side southampton take on fulham in one of five premier league matches tomorrow and the saints have confirmed ivanjuric as their new manager on an 18—month deal. juric replaces russell martin, who was sacked after last weekends 5—0 thrashing by tottenham. he was recently manager at roma, but was sacked in november afterjust 12 matches in charge. his first match in charge will likely be saints' premier league match with west ham on boxing day. no changes at the top of the championship today with the top four all winning sheffield united remain three points clear. kiefer moore got both goals in their win at cardiff city. leeds remain second after thrashing oxford united a—nil. burnley beat watford 2—1 and sunderland came from behind to beat 10—man norwich by the same score at the stadium of light. earlier, portsmouth moved out of the relegation
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places in spectacular style as they beat frank lampard's coventry city 4—1. callum lang scored all four goals, becoming the first pompey player to do since yakubu twenty years ago. hull city are also out of the bottom three after they beat swansea city 2—1. substitute mason burstow scoring late on to end a 13—game winless run for his side. rangers have moved into second place in the scottish premiership after a 1—nil win over dundee at ibrox. vaclav cerny scored the goaljust after half time. that win coupled with aberdeen's 3—1 defeat at home to hibernian means rangers overtake aberdeen who drop to third. in the other match st mirren won 2—1 at ross county. celtic have an 8 point lead at the top. they travel to dundee united tomorrow. now let's turn to rugby union and bristol bears turned on the style in a breathless encounter with leicester tigers this afternoon, 12 tries. 78 points on a record breaking afternoon at welford road, with the bears running out 54—24 winners.
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craig templeton watched this one. the away dressing room has felt a lot like home for bristol recently and one went on their travels will give them ten in a row a premiership record. it was in full voice and leicester tigers roared early through the area but were silenced in dramatic fashion. first by gabriel who scored twice to put them in a dominant position and then putting bristol into complete control. by the time gabrielle went over, they at six for staff tries and for the first half points. leicester then showed some chris in spirit by giving bristol another and then the recipients. and then finishing things off in style in the distance between them and the
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tigers defence during the distance between the two sides. 54 distance between the two sides. 5a points for a leicester but then, a premiership record ten away wins for bristol and the premiership records. a remarkable game. bristol's stay at the top was short lived, with west country rivals bath returning to the head of the table with a bonus point win at newcastle. after an evenly contested first half, bath cut loose after the break, running in three more tries including this smart finish from scottish international finn russell. bath, beaten finalists last season, have now won seven of their first eight games. at the other end of the table, exeter remain winless in wet and windy conditions at sale. they scored the first points of the match but sale rallied with two tries before half—time including this from joe carpenter —
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his second of the season. they added a further two after the break in a comfortable 28—10 win. keeping it local in the united rugby championship today with all five matches seeing sides from the same country playing each other. league leaders leinster have made it a perfect eight wins from eight after victory over connacht. in swansea, second bottom ospreys produced a dramatic finish to beat scarlets in the west wales derby. the hosts trailed for three quarters of the match led when it mattered as iestyn hopkins scored just the second try of his career to make it a merry christmas for the ospreys fans. here are all of today's scores — home wins earlierfor bennetton, stormers and sharks. plenty going on elsewhere this saturday. trainer fergal o'brien was left in tears after training crambo to victory in the long walk hurdle at ascot. the 9—1 shot held on in heavy conditions to win the stayers race for the second year running. england's eddie pepperell
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has a share of the lead going into the final round of the dp world tour's mauritius open. pepperell carded a third round 69 and he and south africa's dylan naidoo are one shot clear on 11 under. american lindsey vonn raced in herfirst world cup event for nearly six years, finishing an impressive 14th in the super g in st moritz, as she continues building towards the 2026 winter olympics. austria's cornelia hutter won took the win. australia's new test opener sam konstas was out for a duck as his sydney thunder side lost by five wickets to sydney sixers in the big bash league. the 19—year—old lasted just three balls. the undercard is underway in saudi arabia where all eyes will be on the main event in 2 and a half hours time.
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a blockbuster heavyweight world title rematch between oleksandr usyk and tyson fury. back in may — fury�*s unbeaten record was ended by the ukrainian. fury�*s response? putting the heavy in heavweight — tipping the scales after over 20 stone for the rematch. 4 stones more than usyk. and whether it's 11 minute face offs or the length of fury�*s beard — if the fight is anything like the build up, we should be in for a cracker. ade adedoyin in is ryiadh for us. tyson furey has been in the many events, defeating vladimir to become the champion and against deontay wilder, but in the context of where he is in his career at the moment, this feels like a massive fight in a massive occasion. this is george, it would not be a big occasion without a bit of controversy let's talk about beard gate, talking about tyson
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fury�*s beard. usyk�*s cam says his beard should be cut because he could cushion the blow because it's too large and he could scratch usyk�*s face, what you make of it all? it’s could scratch usyk's face, what you make of it all?— you make of it all? it's a valid point _ you make of it all? it's a valid point to _ you make of it all? it's a valid point to be - you make of it all? it's a valid point to be honest| you make of it all? it's a - valid point to be honest with you, nothing that you think of but can you see the edge of the ten. is that what is aiming for, the beard in front of them and so, yet it makes sense that time there was a rule that no facial hair been in this modern every revelry have to support one, going to the abc rules because the boat is on the line and some commission out there said it was fine and tyson fury does not have to shave his beard. he could have mind games in mind but summed it be before they get into the ring and the sacred either in tyson fury stinks i won beard gate, what is can i when? and those mind games do have an effect and do make a difference and usyk throughout his career, he had
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to travel and even as the champion felt like the away fighter and surprising that this is the point where they are passionate about for them to raise it and in many ways, fair comment but you know, those behind him now and. the other talking _ those behind him now and. the other talking point is the weight and we know that tyson fury is going to be heavier than he was last time they fought we do not know how often you and he had his baseball cap and liverjacket and he had his baseball cap and liver jacket and and he had his baseball cap and liverjacket and did not strip down. we know he will be heavier but how significant is that? it heavier but how significant is that? , , u, heavier but how significant is that? ,, ,, that? it is significant because they have _ that? it is significant because they have with _ that? it is significant because they have with division, - that? it is significant because they have with division, you | they have with division, you can weigh in what you like as long as you're over the threshold for cruiserweight. sometimes some people choose to come and heavy, sometimes light and jeff to assess whether that will have any bearing on a in the game plan for tyson fury, heavy, it doesn't need to be that heavy because he already has a massive height and weight
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advantage in range and reach advantage in range and reach advantage over usyk he did not have to be heavier. if anything, i think they could be anything, i think they could be a bit of a concern because they heavier you are, the more taxing it is to manoeuvre that body around the ring for 12 rounds and you could face the possibility of gassing out more or getting tired and if he just wants to be a bigger stronger man and the bibs of the punch is better because he was heard badly in that last fight, he did not touch down, he got a standing eight count but it was the most part we have seen tyson fury. he thinks maybe the heavier you are, the better the punching resistance will be and will see in the fight. he will see in the fight. i've changed _ will see in the fight. i've changed my _ will see in the fight. i've changed my mind - will see in the fight. i've changed my mind a - will see in the fight. i've changed my mind a few| will see in the fight. i've changed my mind a few times over how this will play out, what do you think will tonight? every boxing, anything happens. if you look at the facts and try to make a prediction logically,
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