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Sunderland counter and, when Diarra marauds through the inside-left channel and squares for Brobbey, Udogie does really well to lever him out of the road, preventing a potentially match-clinching goal in the process.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThat push from Brobbey probably wasn\u2019t a booking,\u201d emails Richard Coopey, \u201cbut he knew exactly what he was doing and that was a snide, nasty bit of play.\u201d<\/p>\n Harsh, I think \u2013 it was a shove looking to con the ref, but I don\u2019t think he thought anyone would get hurt.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAfter the deflected goal De Zerbi had a look that said: \u2018So this is what it\u2019s like to manage Spurs\u2019,\u201d reckons K\u00e1ri Tulinius. \u201cI can sort of see the bones of what he\u2019s trying to get Tottenham to do, stretching the game, creating space and attacking at speed, but the players are still having to think before doing. There just isn\u2019t much time to graft the muscles onto that skeleton.\u201d<\/p>\n Yup, it\u2019s a tricky one. At this point, the ideal is probably a vibes manager, not a systems manager, but the board probably think De Zerbi can do the job permanently, so have gone for him on that basis, hoping to stay up and assuming, if they don\u2019t, that under him, there\u2019s a better than decent chance they come straight back up again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.37 EDT<\/p>\n Oh man, Romero won\u2019t be able to continue and he\u2019s leaving the pitch, tears in his eyes. It didn\u2019t look a bad injury \u2013 a dead-leg type thing \u2013 but he wants to be on the pitch, and now he isn\u2019t, replaced by Danso.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The great Rob Smyth is under way with Chelsea v Man City\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Vila are on the attack in Nottingham, Sels shoving out a cross that falls nicely into the path of Rogers \u2026 who sends his shot screeching over the bar.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Gosh, Brobbey chases down as Romero seeks to shepherd back to Kinsky, there\u2019s a little shove from the striker and a collision follows, Romero running through the keeper\u2019s head. De Zerbi wants a second yellow for Brobbey but the ref isn\u2019t showing one, and there\u2019s a lengthy pause while treatment is administered to both Spurs players.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n De Zerbi was preparing a triple change, which he makes after the goal: Tel, Sarr and Palhinha replace Gray, Bergvall and Richarlison.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Sunderland 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (Mukiele 61)<\/p>\n AND THERE IT IS! Mukiele takes the ball off Sadiki, who moves down the right as a decoy, allowing his full-back to veer infield, beat the nearest defender, and lash a shot looking inside the near post, only for Van de Ven to extend a leg and deflects the effort inside the far, leaving Kinsky stranded. That feels like a crucial moment in the season\u2026<\/p>\n Sunderland’s Nordi Mukiele. Photograph: Scott Heppell\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.28 EDT<\/p>\n As they did in the first half, Spurs find Richarlison pulling left, and again, his finish is tame, passed straight at Roefs. De Zerbi needs to do something, I think, because he team look impotent, whereas Sunderland are more menacing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We might have a new entry into my Players I\u2019d Struggle Most to Have XI: Brian Brobbey is pushing to join Antonio Rudiger in the team.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s been a slow start to the second half at Sunderland, neither side threatening. I wonder if De Zerbi might gamble and try Simons, because his side has a serious lack of guile, invention and quality.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Watkins goes for the line and Williams slides in to block; there\u2019s no contact but both hurt themselves and after a pause, both seem fine to continue.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.15 EDT<\/p>\n Tielemans is caught trying to play out and Jesus moves through the centre, opting to shoot from the edge when he might\u2019ve continued, wafting over the top. Villa will know they\u2019ve got away with one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cNot news, but Villa are soooooo much better with Tielemans in that midfield unit,\u201d reckons Benjamin Gravestock. \u201cMakes all the players round him better, too.<\/p>\n Villa got sucker-punched, properly, there – Forest were showing nothing very much at the time. Bizot is a solid enough \u2018keeper but if Martinez is going to physically deteriorate – this recurring back issue seems to be more recurring – I\u2019m not sure he\u2019s ever going to regain the heights he once hit and Bizot hasn\u2019t shown enough to convince me he has the chops to be the no. 1.<\/p>\n Was heartened to see a link with James Trafford in the summer and think he would have a good chance of being the main guy next season but my football supporting friends think he\u2019ll stay because Pep sees him as \u2018the future\u2019. Given Donnarumma seems to have quite a lot of future available to him, I think Trafford\/Villa would be an excellent match.<\/p>\n Am hopeful we can kick on in the second half; Villa need to build a run after the extended disappearance in the Ber-tieleginnmar-a Triangle (sorry).\u201d<\/p>\n Yup, agree on Bizot, and Donnarumma isn\u2019t going anywhere, I shouldn\u2019t think \u2013 at 27, he could easily play another decade at similar level. Trafford is too good to wait around, too, so I\u2019b be surprised id he\u2019s not on the move again this summer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Forest finished the first half strongly and they\u2019ve started the second well too, Hudson-Odoi curling a cross to the far post and Igor Jesus is up \u2026 but, under pressure, he heads down and wide of the near post.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We go again\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Righto, I\u2019m going to restart my computer in the hope it improves matters \u2013 currently, I\u2019m watching Sunderland on my laptop and Forest on my phone, with no game permitted by my main screen.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half-time scores<\/p>\n Crystal Palace 0-1 Newcastle United<\/p>\n Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa<\/p>\n Sunderland 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Udogie crosses low from the left and someone, O\u2019Nien I think, slides to intercept but leaves the ball there for Solanke \u2013 this is a chance \u2013 but the finish is a little rushed, sidefooted hard and allowing Roefs to block when a dink probably means 1-0.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019re into added time and, when Sunderland put a ball into the box from a free-kick and the flick-on lands in Brobbey\u2019s path, Kinsky is out quickly and well to block the punched shot, Mukiele lashing the follow-up into Gallagher\u2019s body.<\/p>\n Brian Brobbey of Sunderland in action. Photograph: Stu Forster\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.02 EDT<\/p>\n And here it comes, Osula sliding in pursuing a low cross from Miley, looking like he might score with his buttocks before adjusting legs, cramp football-style and, from a seated position, flicking in. It loos simple, but it\u2019s excellent improvisation.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.14 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Newcastle United (Osula 43)<\/p>\n The man brought in today puts Newcastle in front; hopefully we\u2019ll be shown the goal properly shortly.<\/p>\n Newcastle United’s William Osula (right) scores. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.54 EDT<\/p>\n \u201cStrange world Daniel,\u201d writes Stephen O\u2019Sullivan. \u201cI\u2019m actually watching Palace v Toon clear as a bell here in Kuala Lumpur. Palace a whisker away from the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n Isn\u2019t it just. I fear my new internet connection, much better and faster than the one it replaced, so they told me, is in fact not so.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa (Williams 38)<\/p>\n Forest move down the right and, when Hutchinson crosses, Hudson-Odoi retrieves, rolling back for Williams, who takes responsibility and, shaping to shoot for the far corner from the edge, instead drags a low shot back through McGinn\u2019s legs and inside the near, Solskjaer-style; that\u2019s a terrific finish, and we\u2019re level.<\/p>\n Nottingham Forest\u2019s Neco Williams. Photograph: Nick Potts\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.07 EDT<\/p>\n \u2026then smashes it over the top. <\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u2026he takes his time preparing himself too\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I bet Xhaka fancies this\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s a really tight game at the Stadium of Light but Sunderland look likelier, Brobbey\u2019s physicality and nous causing Spurs\u2019 centre-backs a problem. And, as I type, he tempts Van de Ven into a foul, converted into a yellow card by the dissent which follows, and his team now have a free-kick on the edge of the box, well right of centre.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n More importantly, why doesn\u2019t Brobbey have a song to this?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Brobbey struggles for the ball with Porro, eventually introducing elbow to coupon. So Porro goes down, as one might \u2013 now that you ask, obviously I\u2019d have brushed it off myself \u2013 and the ref shows a yellow card. That\u2019s the right call, just about; I can\u2019t pretend I\u2019m not suspicious as to Brobbey\u2019s intentions, but it was more of a jab than a swing, so there\u2019s just enough ambiguity to keep it 11 v 11.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sunderland win a throw, hurled in by O\u2019Nien, and when the ball is only half-cleared, it drops on to Xhaka\u2019s laces, on the edge of the box, right of centre \u2026 and he connects beautifully, his shot zipping fractionally wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.37 EDT<\/p>\n I\u2019d not be surprised to see Chris Wood come on for Forest at half-time \u2013 currently, they lack a box presence, constantly moving the ball but with no one to aim at or play off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n At Selhurst, it\u2019s still Palace 0-0 Newcastle, but aggravatingly, I\u2019m not currently allowed to watch the game. Hopefully, a half-time turn-off-and-on sorts things.<\/p>\n An Eagle is walked around Selhurst Park prior to the Crystal Palace v Newcastle United Premier League match at Selhurst Park. Photograph: Dylan Hepworth\/Every Second Media\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.40 EDT<\/p>\n Here come Villa again, again feeding a pass into Rogers, who turns around the corner and into the path of Watkins, through the middle. The first touch is heavy but works nicely, inciting Sels to come out \u2026 only for the finish to bobble just past the post.<\/p>\n