Match of the Day 2 Season 7, Episode 1: August 15th, 2010

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August 15th, 2010

Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's big game in the Premier League. Liverpool v Arsenal

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August 22nd, 2010

Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's Premier League action. Fulham v Man United Newcastle v Aston Villa

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August 29th, 2010

Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's Premier League matches. Aston Villa v Everton Bolton v Birmingham Liverpool v West Brom Sunderland v Man City

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September 12th, 2010

Colin Murray introduces highlights of both of the day's Premier League matches. Birmingham v Liverpool Nice One Cyril Yesterday's Action

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September 19th, 2010

Colin Murray introduces highlights of the day's top-flight games, plus a review of Saturday's action. Manchester United v Liverpool Chelsea v Blackpool

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September 26th, 2010

Colin Murray introduces highlights of the day's top-flight games, plus a review of Saturday's action. Bolton v Manchester United Wolverhampton v Aston Villa Newcaste v Stoke

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October 3rd, 2010

Colin Murray introduces highlights of the day's top-flight games, plus a review of Saturday's action. Chelsea v Arsenal Manchester City v Newcastle Liverpool v Blackpool

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October 17th, 2010

Colin Murray introduces highlights of the day's Premier League games, including the match between Everton and Liverpool. Merseyside derbies are usually fast and frenetic affairs, with the last 11 league games producing 19 red cards. Liverpool's Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Everton's Marouane Fellaini were both dismissed when the sides last met before Dirk Kuyt grabbed the winner for the Reds. The day's other game sees newly-promoted Blackpool host Manchester City at Bloomfield Road. While City have spent a fortune in the hope of becoming a Premier League force, Ian Holloway guided Blackpool to promotion from the Championship on a shoestring budget. Most pundits tipped the Tangerines to struggle before the start of the season, but there have been some encouraging signs from Holloway's side so far.

60 min

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October 24th, 2010

Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's Premier League matches, including an intriguing match at Eastlands where Manchester City welcome title rivals Arsenal. City won this fixture 4-2 last season but the match made the headlines for all the wrong reasons when City striker Emmanuel Adebayor - signed from Arsenal - incensed some of the Gunners fans by running the length of the pitch to celebrate his goal in front of them. Elsewhere, Manchester United are at Stoke, while Liverpool will hope to put their poor start to the season behind them when they play Blackburn at Anfield.

60 min

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October 31st, 2010

Gabby Logan presents highlights of the day's Premier League matches, including highlights of two feisty derbies. First up is Aston Villa's clash with Birmingham at Villa Park. The Blues are on a horror run against their biggest foes, losing their last six matches to the Villans, including two 1-0 defeats last season. Elsewhere, Newcastle face their northeast rivals Sunderland for the first time since February 2009 following the Geordies' relegation to the Championship.

60 min

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November 7th, 2010

Highlights including Liverpool v Chelsea, Arsenal v Newcastle and West Brom v Man City.

60 min

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November 14th, 2010

Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's Premier League matches, including Everton's match with Arsenal at Goodison Park. The Toffees have made another slow start to the season and David Moyes will be anxious to see his side move up the table as quickly as possible. Chelsea v Sunderland Everton v Arsenal

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November 21st, 2010

Colin Murray introduces highlights of the day's two Premier League matches, including Fulham versus Manchester City. Cottagers' boss Mark Hughes faces the club that controversially sacked him last year, immediately replacing him with Italian tactician Roberto Mancini. The day's other game is at Ewood Park, where Blackburn Rovers host Aston Villa. Remarkably, it will be the seventh meeting of the clubs in a little over a year.

60 min

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November 28th, 2010

Colin Murray with highlights of Newcastle v Chelsea and Tottenham v Liverpool.

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December 5th, 2010

Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's two Premier League matches and a round-up of the rest of the weekend's action. West Brom and West Ham face north-east opposition, with Newcastle travelling to the Hawthorns and Sunderland hosting the Hammers. Promoted pair West Brom and Newcastle have acquitted themselves well in the top flight this season. The Baggies have won at Arsenal and held Manchester United at Old Trafford, while Newcastle put six past Villa and scored five against Sunderland. Both league meetings were drawn last season, and West Brom have not claimed all three points in 17 attempts since Boxing Day 1984. West Ham have taken 10 points out of the last 12 against Sunderland and already won at the Stadium of Light this season, in the League Cup. Having made a poor start to the campaign, West Ham will be desperate to keep that good run going.

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December 12th, 2010

Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's three Premier League matches, which were all derby games. There is also a chance to see the goals from all of Saturday's games in the top flight. Having struggled to beat Chelsea for years, Tottenham were looking for a third consecutive home win over the Blues at White Hart Lane today. Spurs' last victory in April threatened to derail Chelsea's title hopes and although Carlo Ancelotti's side were eventually crowned champions, his players will be determined to avenge that defeat today. Birmingham have won their last three league matches against Wolves, including the last meeting at St Andrew's in February when they had to rely on two late Kevin Phillips goals. Wolves had home advantage today although that didn't help them in their only previous derby this season, when they conceded a late Emile Heskey goal to lose 2-1 at home to Aston Villa. Bolton against Blackburn is always a fiercely contested derby match.

60 min

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December 19th, 2010

Colin Murray introduces Premier League highlights. West Brom host Wolves at the Hawthorns where both sides will be looking for points in their battle to beat the drop.

60 min

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January 2nd, 2011

With the New Year just begun, who will start 2011 in style? There are highlights from the day's two Premier League matches, with the feature being Chelsea's match with Aston Villa. Champions Chelsea won this corresponding fixture at Stamford Bridge 7-1 last season, but Villa tightened up their defence to earn a goalless draw with the Blues at Villa Park back in October. The goals have dried up for Carlo Ancelotti's side after their blistering beginning to the season, but they will be desperate to get the New Year off to a good start as they bid to retain their Premier League title. The day's other game sees Wigan host Newcastle. The Geordies have a dismal record in away matches with the Latics and have lost all four of their Premier League matches at the DW Stadium. Roberto Martinez's side almost pulled off another victory over Newcastle in October, but they threw away a 2-0 lead at St James' Park to draw 2-2.

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January 16th 2011

Colin Murray presents highlights from a huge day of Barclays Premier League action. There's the Merseyside derby from Anfield between Liverpool and Everton, and there's a North East derby from the Stadium Of Light with Sunderland looking to avenge their 5-1 thrashing they suffered at the hands of Newcastle. The third derby of the day sees Midlands rivals Birmingham take on Aston Villa at St Andrew's, while title contenders Tottenham and Manchester United meet at White Hart Lane.

60 min

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January 23rd 2011

Off-field events at Ewood Park have overshadowed Blackburn's season, with the new owners controversially sacking manager Sam Allardyce last month shortly after completing their takeover of the club. Caretaker manager Steve Kean claims he can satisfy the owners' demands and lead the club into the top five despite having only five million pounds to spend in the January transfer window. Today's opponents West Brom have more modest ambitions - avoiding relegation - but they have exceeded expectation since promotion last summer.

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February 6th, 2011

Colin Murray introduces highlights of the day's two Premier League fixtures. Chelsea entertain Liverpool at Stamford Bridge looking to avenge a 2-0 defeat at Anfield earlier this season. Carlo Ancellotti's side need a victory to maintain their hopes of winning a second successive title. At Upton Park, West Ham take on Birmingham. The two sides shared the points in an entertaining match at St Andrew's earlier this season as the Blues roared back from 2-0 down to snatch a point.

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February 13th, 2011

Colin Murray introduces highlights from the Premier League match between Bolton and Everton. The Reebok Stadium has proved to be a lucky ground for the visitors in recent seasons, with three victories in their last five visits, although Bolton did win last season's corresponding fixture 3-2. There is also another chance to see all the goals from Saturday's games with MOTD2's extensive round-up which includes all the major talking points and incidents.

60 min

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February 20th, 2011

Highlights from the Black Country derby at the Hawthorns between relegation-threatened West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

60 min

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February 27th, 2011

Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's Premier League match at Upton Park, where West Ham host Liverpool. The Hammers are in real need of points near the foot of the table but have lost their last four matches against Liverpool, who are enjoying a revival under Kenny Dalglish. There are also highlights of Manchester City's home clash against Fulham, with Roberto Mancini's men looking for another home win at Eastlands to maintain their title hopes. Plus a full round-up of Saturday's Premier League action plus discussion on all the latest talking points.

60 min

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March 6th, 2011

Colin Murray reviews the day's Premier League action, featuring Liverpool v Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur. United had already defeated the Reds twice at Old Trafford this season and were looking for their first win at Anfield since 2007, while Wolves were aiming to add Spurs to their list of impressive conquests at Molineux this term.

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March 20th, 2011

Colin Murray presents highlights from today's two Barclays Premier League matches, as well as all the goals and talking points from yesterday's eight games. Today's fixtures include Liverpool's visit to the Stadium of Light, where they suffered a controversial 1-0 defeat to Sunderland last season when Darren Bent's winner found the net after deflecting off a beach ball thrown onto the pitch by a Reds fan. Also in action today were Chelsea, who hosted Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. City have a good recent record against the Blues, winning the last three meetings, with their talisman Carlos Tevez finding the net in all three games. The Argentine scored twice in this fixture last season, when City came from behind to win 4-2 in a lively encounter, which Chelsea ended with nine men after both Juliano Belletti and Michael Ballack were sent off.

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April 3rd, 2011

Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's Premier League programme, which features two fascinating games. Manchester City host Sunderland in a crucial clash hoping to avenge the 1-0 defeat they suffered at the Black Cats in August. Last season's corresponding fixture at Eastlands produced seven goals as City ran out 4-3 winners in a thrilling encounter. Fulham versus Blackpool is also an encounter with much at stake. The last time Blackpool faced Fulham at Craven Cottage, these sides were both in the third tier. That 1999 match ended 4-0 in Fulham's favour - a similar result this time would put a huge dent in the Ian Holloway's bid to keep Blackpool in the Premier League for a second season.

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April 10th, 2011

Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's Premier League programme which features two games. Blackpool entertain title-chasing Arsenal in a match which has huge significance at the top and bottom of the table. The Seasiders have been a revelation in their first season in the Premier League. Though they have picked up some notable scalps along the way, they have struggled lately and are in danger of relegation.

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April 17th, 2011

Colin Murray presents highlights of the Premier League game between Arsenal and Liverpool.

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April 24th, 2011

Colin Murray presents highlights of the Easter Day fixture between Bolton and Arsenal.

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May 1st, 2011

The animosity between the clubs may have cooled in recent seasons, but the competitive fire still burns for rival managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger. Their head-to-head record is identical, but it is Ferguson who has emerged the victor in the last three meetings. Arsenal desperately need a reversal of fortune as they seek a first trophy since 2005.

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May 8th, 2011

Colin Murray introduces highlights from the day's Premier League matches. Chelsea travel to Manchester United looking to make amends for what has been a disappointing season for the Blues, who claimed a league and cup double last season. Victory at Old Trafford would be some comfort after Sir Alex Ferguson's side knocked them out of the Champions League. It is always a big game when Wolves play West Brom, and with both sides in the relegation battle, there will be even more riding on the match at Molineux. The day's other game sees Arsenal visit Stoke, where the Gunners left it very late for victory last season in a game marred by a serious injury to Aaron Ramsey.

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May 15th, 2011

Colin Murray introduces highlights from the day's five Premier League matches which have huge implications at the top and bottom of the table. High-flying Chelsea take on Newcastle at Stamford Bridge looking for an all-important victory, and fellow London club Arsenal look to sign off their home season in style against Aston Villa. At the bottom, Wigan take on West Ham at the DW Stadium in a crunch relegation clash, with precious points at stake for either side in their bid to beat the drop. Carling Cup winners Birmingham, who have struggled since winning that trophy at Wembley in February, host Fulham. Meanwhile, Liverpool meet Tottenham at Anfield, with both sides looking for the victory to help secure European football for next season.

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