we have just and i have beenjoined by mark lawrenson.vejust been hearing aboutjose mourinho and maybe he might start to prioritise the europa league instead of the premier league, does that place extra emphasis on getting three points tonight? yes, i was here on saturday and there's no doubt west brom did a job on them. i think he said the other week, looking up the rest of the fixtures before the saturday game he said probably europa league might be the best way, to be honest it will change from game to game. they have home tonight, sunderland at the weekend, and elect. it is what it is. at least he has stopped saying they have so many games, they have that because they are so successful. when the games do come thick and fast, nine games in the space of 30 days in april for united, what is it like as a player? great, you don't train, happy days, and if you are progressing it means you are winning. you come back preseason training in late june and earlyjuly, and preseason training in late june and early july, and if preseason training in

he is too powerful for mark lawrenson! midday today. thank you.murray out of the monte carlo masters last week and took the first set here, but the world number one fought back to take the match two sets to one. meanwhile, maria sharapova is through to the semi—final of stuttgart‘s wta tournament as she continues her comeback from a doping ban. sharapova saw off estonian qualifier anett kontaveit for her third straight win after 15 months out of the game. sebastian vettel looks determined to increase his lead in the formula 1 drivers‘ championship after topping the timesheets in friday's practice ahead of this weekend's russian grand prix. the ferrari driver was a quarter of a second ahead of his team—mate, kimi raikkonen, and more than half a second ahead of the mercedes of valtteri bottas and championship rival lewis hamilton. final practice gets underway at 10am with qualifying from 1pm. in rugby union's premiership, harlequins beat top of the table wasps. even though their captain, england scrum—half danny care, went off early, with a stomach

the merseyside derby, mark lawrenson in the red corner, kevin in the blue corner.y, club in real turmoil but they had to have a really good wembley weekend. claude puel, southampton boss, he is on, talking about what you are talking about, el classicoast, and we have premier league predictions as well coming from the comedian, 0mid djalili. couldn't read my notes there. mango fingers! congratulations on the net where there are. full knitwear! -- congratulations on the knitwear. i got distracted by mango fingers, we are back to one hour, and we curling is one of team gb's most successful winter 0lypmic sports. but that's all thanks to scotland. in the future, though, they could be getting help from south of the border. mike's been to a farm in kent where they've built england's first dedicated curling rink. voiceover: v0|ceover: where once they milked cows, they are forming a new breed, intend, the garden of england, they are milking something very rare outside of scotland, curling talent for the future. it is because there was nothing in england, icame it is becaus