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West Brom boss Tony Pulis has taken his customary standing role and we will hear from shortly ahead of his team's home league match with Swansea tomorrow.

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Wassim Kabbani: I missed two penalties in cup final once, thankfully we won in extra time.. but was very embarrassed when I received the man of the match award!

Peter Fry: Junior 20 over cricket match we were chasing 116 and were all out for seven. I was the only one not bowled and four of my runs came off my head!

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Manchester United are not the only team who are favouring a diagram today. How about this from Tottenham's twitter detailing Harry Kane's heroics this term. Resembles the old opening credit sequence on BBC hospital drama Casualty doesn't it?

Blimey, Ashley Young is getting in on the long-ball act now.

Talking to BBC Sport's Simon Stone, the Manchester United winger has defended the club's style of play after West Ham manager Sam Allardyce said United employed "thump it forward and see" tactics to net an injury-time equaliser in Sunday's draw between the teams.

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Former Hammers and Arsenal striker John Hartson said he had never seen a United team "just hoofing the ball".

"Lots of people are saying it's not our style, but we're happy with how things are going," said Young, 29.

"The boys have fought back at West Ham and showed the team spirit to get the point."

Swansea have begun talks to buy the Liberty Stadium.

The Premier League club currently share the council-owned stadium with rugby union side Ospreys through a 50-year lease.

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Swansea were a third-tier side when the stadium opened in 2005 but they have since established themselves in the top flight and are keen to increase the capacity of the 20,800 venue.

"Positive, exploratory discussions with the Swans have now started about selling the Liberty Stadium to them," Swansea Council leader Rob Stewart told the South Wales Evening Post., external

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Paul Phillips: Aged 8, getting lapped during an 800m race after my Dad told me to "pace myself". Took it too far I think!

David Murphy: Playing for the local u-14's CC. It was my first ever game and I was opening and we were bowled out for 16. I made all 16....

George Fisher: Number 11 batsman for my school cricket team, come in needing one run to win. I got stumped on the first ball. Not a good day.

Nic: Goal kick out of my hands, over my head and into the net for an own goal. I got some stick for that.

We're assuming you didn't go on to become a professional goalkeeper Nic..?

A last snippet from Manuel Pellegrini, who is asked about the fact that City - due to their FA Cup exit at the hands of Middlesbrough - have 10 days off following tomorrow's match with Stoke.

"We have ten days after this, but it's important to think game by game. We have to win against a strong team tomorrow," he said.

City have been stuttering a little of late and are now seven points behind Chelsea at the top of the table.

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Asked about his side's current form, Manuel Pellegrini said: "If we win tomorrow, we have only one less point than at the same point last season. I don't feel any pressure."

Over to Manuel Pellegrini's media conference now, where we are assured there are absolutely no A4 sheets of paper with long ball stats on them.

Instead there's just a bit of talk about Stoke and how tough tomorrow's game might be.

"They are a very good team. Especially playing at the Britannia," says the City boss. "Last season we just won 1-0 at home and drew away.

"The whole squad is fit. We are going to go and try to win three points as we always do away from home."

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Dom Smith: In goal during house football - conceded a 40 yard volley which nutmegged me! Went straight up into the sun and didn't see it.

Charlie Newman: Wirral cricket club were all out for three against Haslington. The top 10 batsmen got ducks with no. 11 getting 1, and 2 leg byes.

Zebra: Being goal keeper for a 20-0 loss and getting sympathy man of the match.

Dominic Farr: Playing cricket for Hockley CC. I was bowling and went for 30 in an over (last ball should've been a wide too)

Philippa Dasher: Worst sporting moment? Got told I couldn't play because I'm a girl.

Back to Chelsea, where there's not a long-ball in sight... Jose Mourinho is asked about the seven-point gap over Manchester City at the top of the table.

If the journalists assembled were hoping he'd say, 'yeah it's brilliant, we've got the title in the bag', they are severely disappointed.

"We are in the driving seat but seven points with 14 matches to go ... if it was 14 points with seven matches to go we'd be almost there. But seven points with 14 games left is a long way to go," Mourinho responds.

"It's better than a zero point-lead but in England seven points isn't much. In another country it would be a big lead because in every other country the top teams only lose points when they play each other. Here they can lose points to anyone."

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It would be fair to say Louis van Gaal is irked by suggestions he has turned Manchester United into a long ball team.

The four A4-sized stats sheets he was carrying as he entered the press conference room at Carrington this lunchtime was confirmation he knew the questions about United's style were coming.

The answers were long and detailed.

He fundamentally disagreed with Sam Allardyce's view at West Ham on Sunday. He claimed most of United's long passes were sideways, in an attempt to switch play and he had only reverted to a more direct approach when it became obvious a change in tactic was required.

As he left the room, he advised all journalists to take a copy of the stats - and "show them to Big Sam".

And here is exactly what Louis 'don't call me long ball' van Gaal handed out to journalists...

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And another...

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Oh, and another....

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Are we all clear about this? United are not, we repeat not, a long-ball team. Good. Now someone go and tell Sam Allardyce sharpish.

Louis van Gaal is going to town on these accusations of long-ball football.

"I am sorry, you are saying what is not happening," he tells the journalist asking the questions.

"We are playing ball possession play and after 70 minutes (at West Ham) we did not succeed, in spite of many chances in the second half - so then I changed my playing style.

"Then, of course, with the quality of Fellaini, we played more forward balls and we scored from that, so I think it was a very good decision of the manager.

"But, when you see overall the long ball, and what is the percentage of that, then West Ham have played 71% of the long balls to the forwards and we 49.

"I give it you these stats," he says, handing out his stat sheets. "You can copy it and then maybe you can go to Big Sam and he will get a good interpretation."

Fair to say the Dutchman is less than impressed with Big Sam's long-ball comments...

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Roberto Martinez on the knee injury to full-back Leighton Baines that kept him out against Liverpool: "Leighton hasn't been able to train so it's difficult at the moment to see him involved. We'll assess him today and make a final decision closer to the game.

"Christian (Atsu) will come back into the group on Friday and from that point on will be available."

You may remember that West Ham manager Sam Allardyce accused United of playing a long-ball game during Sunday's Upton Park draw.

It doesn't seem to have gone down well with Louis van Gaal, who, when the subject is raised, whips out a sheet with lots of stats on to refute Allardyce's comments.

"When a colleague of mine is saying this kind of thing then you have to see the data," says Van Gaal.

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"You have to look at the data and then you will see that we did play long balls, but long balls wide, rather than to the striker.

"I have to say that it is not a good interpretation from Big Sam."

Nice try from a crafty journo at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho is asked what he makes of the FA's decision not to charge Nigel Pearson.

But any hopes of a juicy answer involving a tirade against the FA and the unfairness of the system (Mourinho was charged last month for claiming there was a campaign to influence referees' decisions against his Chelsea side) are quickly dispelled.

"I have only thoughts about myself. I don't have thoughts about managers. No comment," says Mourinho.

On playing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge tomorrow, Roberto Martinez says: "We'll have to stop them playing and get on the ball, we can't allow them to have the ball, we have to break them down and score goals.

"Against Chelsea at home (when they lost 6-3 in August), we started the game with our heart rather than our head and conceded two early goals. They are the best team on home soil but we'll go there with a clear mentality of wanting to be ourselves and our intention is to try to win."

Over to Old Trafford where Louis van Gaal has been addressing the media.

First he revealed defender Paddy McNair has signed a new contract, which ties him to the club until June 2017.

"We have seen a lot of young players in the first part of the season. He has a great future at Manchester United," said the Reds boss.

'You seem in a better mood today, Jose?' a brave hack says.

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The Chelsea boss shrugs, pulls that not-bothered face only he can do, and responds: "I was in a good mood the other day. I just needed a bit more time to understand why my player was suspended (Costa) and why some people are punished and others aren't.

"I needed a bit more time to process that. I had a lot of attention last weekend."