jermaine defoe had a chance to get over the goalkeeper.chester city manager pep guardiola says he will be at the club for the next three seasons, maybe more but that he is arriving at the end of his coaching career. in an interviuew with the american broadcaster nbc, the 45 year—old said, "i will not be on the bench until i am 60 or 65 years old. i feel that the the process of my goodbye has already started." they are back up to third in the table after beating burnley 2—1 at the etihad stadium, but they played for an hour with 10 men after having their captain fernandinho sent off for a reckless challenge. gael clichy and sergio aguero both scored in the space of four second—half minutes to set up the victory. ben mee scrambled one back for burnley. despite the win, pep guardiola had what can only be described as an awkward exchange with the bbc‘s damianjohnson after the match. we won against a lot of circumstances in a tough game and we are happy for that. what was it your view of the red card? you are the journal is not me. the fans wou

jermain defoe the hero once again.ee off ten—man west ham. and he's back — the fed express rushes through his return after a six—month break from tennis. hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today. we're going to kick things off in the north—east of england, where sunderland fans can celebrate the start of 2017 with a precious point against in form liverpool. two penalties from jermain defoe saw the black cats draw 2—2 withjurgen klopp's side. sunderland's top scorer making no mistake from the spot on 25 minutes after daniel sturridge had given liverpool an early lead. he would later be taken off with an ankle injury. sadio mane restored the visitors' lead, but it was the senegalese who was at fault for the equaliser when he handled the ball to give the hosts a second spot—kick. it means liverpool are five points behind leaders chelsea, who play on wednesday.

took the lead through daniel sturridge and then sadio mane at the stadium of light, but twice jermain defoelised from the penalty spot. they're still in the relegation zone, butjust one point off safety. liverpool are still second, but if chelsea beat spurs on wednesday they could stretch their lead to eight points. we matched liverpool's energy, and we deserved a draw today. we hung m, we deserved a draw today. we hung in, they had some opportunities, we made some good saves but we had some big chances as well. you need a little bit of luck, i thought, when you work so hard. but it doesn't feel too good of course, it's a little bit of coincidence in situations like this. manchester city have returned to third in the table after beating burnley 2—1 at the etihad stadium, but they played for an hour with ten men after having their captain fernandinho sent off in the first half for a reckless challenge. gael clichy and sergio aguero both scored in the space of four second half minutes to set up the victory. ben mee scrambled one back for burnley. despite the win, pep guardiola had what can on

two penalties from jermain defoe saw the black cats draw 2—2 withjurgen klopp‘s side.d's top scorer making no mistake from the spot on 25 minutes after daniel sturridge had given liverpool an early lead. he would later be taken off with an ankle injury. sadio mane restored the visitors‘ lead, but it was the senegalese who was at fault for the equaliser when he handled the ball to give the hosts a second spot—kick. it means liverpool are five points behind leaders chelsea, who play on wednesday. i don't know exactly. my team were ready for picking and i was proud of them. iwas ready for picking and i was proud of them. i was not sure they could do it. we could have played better in a few moments. we conceded two goals after penalties. i think after a whole season without penalties against us, nearly, yes, we can play better football, but i'm not sure if we can play better football. the criticism, positive or negative, from me, it is pretty much not possible. we matched liverpool's energy for a lot of the game and i think we deserved it. they had some opportunities and w

jermain defoe scored a consolation, it was not enough. sunderland are five games without a win.ry, very difficult for sunderland at the bottom of the table. the players need to take responsibility. they need to stop making individual mistakes. i didn't think overall the performance was that bad. but by the time we got three goals, they made the game very difficult. but we stuck at it in the second half, we created one or two chances ourselves. we weren't quite able to take them. we were never really in trouble throughout the proceedings today. it is a good response. it is the right result and the right performance, after a poor performance last weekend. i said during the week that my group of players, more often than not, if they've disappointed people, which we did last weekend, more fun than not we bounce back quickly, and that's what we've done today. watford were in action against middlesbrough today. it was an emotional day at vicarage road as tributes were paid to the former watford manager graham taylor, who died on thursday at the age of 72. not n ot exa ctly not exactly

jermain defoe scored what proved to be a consolation for the home side.bility. they need to stop making individual mistakes. i didn't think overall the performance was that bad. but by the time we got three goals, they may begin very difficult. but we stuck at it in the second half, we created one or two chances ourselves. we we re we were never really in trouble throughout the proceedings today. it isa throughout the proceedings today. it is a good response. it is the right result and the right performance, after a poor performance last weekend. isaid after a poor performance last weekend. i said during the week that my group of players, we did disappoint people last weekend, but more often than not we bounce back quickly. it was an emotional day at vicarage road as tributes were paid to the former watford manager graham taylor, who died on thursday at the age of 72. players and fans observed a minute's applause before kick—off. he managed the club in the late 70s and 80s, leading watford from the fourth division to the old first division in five years.

and west ham are expected to increase their offer for sunderland striker jermain defoe after having anagainst, the world number 68 gerald melzer. the austrian took murray to a tie—break, in the first set, but the world number one eventually came through 7—6, 7—5. he'll face spain's nicolas almagro next. the england and leicester centre manu tu—langi, has been ruled out of the six nations and next summer's lions tour with a knee injury. it's another blow for the player, who has suffered a string of injuries, over the last three seasons. he's appeared just 23 times for leicester since 2013 — and just once for england, under eddie jones. paralympic champion kadeena cox, has defended her decision, to take part in the channel 4 programme, thejump, describing life as a ‘ticking time bomb'. uk sport have suspended her funding while she takes part in the programme — in which participants learn to ski jump. on social media, cox said her diagnosis, of ms, had changed her outlook on life, so she was going to enjoy ski—ing. ms dhoni has stepped down, as india's one day captain, ahead of the, od! s

lead as well, through daniel sturridge and sadio mane, but twice jermain through daniel sturridge and sadio mane, but twicejermain defoe owned by just sunderland still in the renegade and is owned byjust a point of safety. liverpool still second in the table but if chelsea beat spurs on wednesday, they could stretch their lead. manchester city have returned to third in the premier league after they beat burnley 2—1 at the etihad stadium. they played for an hour after having captain fernandinho sent off in the first half for a reckless challenge. gael clichy and sergio aguero both scored in the space of four second—half minutes to set up the victory. ben mee scrambled one back for burnley. despite that win, pep guardiola had what could only be described as an awkward exchange with the bbc‘s damian johnson after the match. we w011 damian johnson after the match. we won against a lot of circumstances ina tough won against a lot of circumstances in a tough game, so we're happy for that. the sending-off, what was your view of the red card? you are the journalist, not me. i'm sure the fans would want to know. you don't seem