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Former Arsenal striker John Hartson: "Some of the goals that Arsenal conceded you wouldn't see on a Sunday League pitch. But let's take nothing away from Stoke. They flew out of the traps and Mark Hughes won't be bothered about Arsenal's defending. Arsenal have got to stop conceding goals. Some of the goals they conceded yesterday was schoolboy stuff. They are not defensively strong enough. When you go away to a team like Stoke you have to say to yourselves 'They are going to come at us in the first 20 minutes. We know what's going to happen and we've got to be strong enough to withstand it'. Arsenal have to start from the back and stop conceding goals."

Independent football correspondent Sam Wallace: "You always feel that Arsenal are a couple of signings away from the real deal. Isn't the problem that fact that Arsenal didn't sign a centre-half?"

Match of the Day commentator Guy Mowbray: "You ask Stoke fans and Arsenal is the one they look forward to the most. But I still think Arsenal will finish in the top four."

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Stoke forward Jonathan Walters: "[Arsenal at home] is one of those games that has the whole crowd rocking. Everyone knows it is huge and we have such a good record against them. We know what they don't like, especially at our place.

"Bojan is a great little player, he finds pocket of space in between the midfield and defence, his technique is brilliant, and he has been at the biggest club in the world. He was a great little find by the management and they have done so well to get him playing the way he is. He is such a lovely guy as well. There are no airs and graces about him and he works so hard for the team.

"More than previous years we are getting the ball down. In the first half we kept it well, we played through the lines with some great attacking play. In the second half it was always going to be backs to walls, but we dug in. We are dominating possession in games now, and hopefully those games which have been a little bit tight we can find the goals to win."

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Away from the Premier League, there are 10 FA Cup second round ties this afternoon.

The action is already under way as first round giantkillers Warrington Town look to cause another upset against Conference side Gateshead.

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Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero was in tears as he limped out of his team's match against Everton on Saturday. It remains unknown how bad the injury is but there has been speculation it could be a serious knee injury.

Former Wales international John Hartson: "I speak from experience here. When I did my back, slipped my disk, I jumped for an innocuous challenge, the sort of which you have 20-30 in a game, and as I came down I knew, you know as a player when something is bad, has gone wrong. I knew.

"That is the reaction I got from Sergio Aguero on Saturday, he must have felt something that brought him to tears, it said that he could be out for a while here. His reaction tells me that he feels he is in trouble, I hope I am wrong because he is great for the league. If he is out for six months it is a huge loss, it is Chelsea's league from today. Aguero has 19 goals and wins games on his own, he is so instrumental to City."

Independent football correspondent Sam Wallace: "This is winning a league title, you are going to lose players along the way. City have put a squad together and will hope they have others that can step up because things don't always go your way. If they lose him for a long time there is no reason why they cannot still challenge. Immediately important is the Roma game in the Champions League - it is a one off and when it has gone it has gone."

Match of the Day commentator Guy Mowbray: "It is not quite like Liverpool and and Luis Suarez last season, City have got other players who can come in, but they will obviously miss him if he is out for a while."

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West Ham United on Twitter:, external The kit - and the winter wear - is laid out for the lads in the dressing room!

Gloves? Come on guys we aren't even into minus temperatures yet.

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce makes two changes as midfielder Alex Song and forward Enner Valencia come back into the side, replacing Morgan Amalfitano and Mauro Zarate.

Just one change to the Swansea side that beat QPR on Tuesday, with Angel Rangel in for the suspended Neil Taylor.

West Ham starting XI: Adrian, Jenkinson, Cresswell, Tomkins, Reid, Song, Kouyate, Nolan, Downing, Valencia, Carroll

Swansea starting XI: Fabianski, Rangel, Richards, Williams, Bartley, Sung-yueng, Britton, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Montero, Bony

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Former Wales international John Hartson: "Regarding Jose Mourinho's comments about Newcastle's ball boys, to be fair, Newcastle are holding on, there are six minutes of injury time, what does he expect the ball boys to do? It was a historic win for Newcastle, really hard fought."

Match of the Day commentator Guy Mowbray: "Jose Mourinho's comments were pure frustration, it was a moan because he was upset they lost. He could not really lay the blame on anything, it happens in sport. I didn't notice the ball disappearing any more or less than at any other ground in any other game. He would not agree with me when I said they were not at their best. He felt they were unlucky but they were not at their best."

Independent football correspondent Sam Wallace: "I always feel he has a strategy. He has a plan, but he is quite an emotional person as well. People see him as this master of mind games, but he can never really quite stop himself from airing his deepest grievances."

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Former Wales international John Hartson: "You can't come out and take Chelsea on because they will tear you apart. They break with so much pace, and we know all about the quality they have got. Newcastle, they just soaked up the pressure. Chelsea had lots of the game but the efforts on goal were not there. Jack Colback kept Cesc Fabregas quiet and Fabregas is normally the instigator for Chelsea. And for the second goal Colback won a fantastic tackle to start the counter attack."

Independent football correspondent Sam Wallace: "It was a brave move for Jack Colback to make from Newcastle. I was amazed Sunderland let him drift on his contract to be honest. He is a Newcastle fan, but you thought it might be really difficult for him but the way to deal with that is to play well. I remember Alan Pardew talking earlier in the season about the need to wait for his signings to settle in, and they have now.

Match of the Day commentator Guy Mowbray: "Newcastle's all-round game and organisation was excellent. Jak Alnwick got the headlines, he made one great save from Diego Costa, but the first double punch when he cleaned out Costa, that set the tone. Fabricio Coloccini was outstanding too. He was loving the battle with Costa and what about Jack Colback? When we was at Sunderland I thought he was a neat and tidy player but at Newcastle he is playing like a senior player now."

At the other end of the table, we will also have live text commentary of the later Premier League match between Aston Villa and Leicester at Villa Park.

Villa ended a nine-match winless league run with victory over Crystal Palace on Tuesday, while Leicester are enduring their own nine-match streak without a win.

The Foxes are rock bottom, but would move up a place with a win, while the Midlanders will be up to 11th with victory.

Plenty to look forward to.

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Terry: Playing Elliot Star, the big name team in our league in the cup final, we turned up to see their manager putting a load of money behind the bar to toast their victory before the game had even started. We played out of our skins, our oldest player nicked a goal with 20 minutes to go, defended for our lives and hung on. Best thing was - their manager came back into the bar and asked for his money back! The EBOG players gave him fierce stick as he left.

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MOTD 2 Extra gets underway at 12:15 GMT. Today host Mark Chapman is joined by former Wales international John Hartson, Match of the Day commentator Guy Mowbray, and Independent football correspondent Sam Wallace.

You can watch on BBC One, online, or listen on BBC Radio 5 live.

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Ben Gatehouse: Parklife Bees taking the Ron Halfacre Cup. Bottom that season, but still got promotion?!

Graeme Hunter: Thomas Cook FC in Bradford Sunday League, we got to the semi-final of the cup. The night before we went out and ended up at their pub. One of our players (drunk) proceeded to give away all our tactics. We lost 4-0!

Has your Sunday League team triumphed with 10 men? Or maybe your junior side beat a local heavyweight? Ever scored the winner? Or fluffed a great chance with glory in your sights?

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West Ham joint chairman David Gold, speaking to BBC Sport: "If you had asked the players a couple of seasons ago to do what they do they wouldn't have been able to do it. Sam Allarydce has got them playing the West Ham way and it is very exciting.

"It is a good side, we are scoring goals from all over the pitch, there is absolutely no limit to what we could achieve. If you are a realist, the odds are that you will finish in the top 10 and, hopefully with a bit of luck get a European place."

Make no mistake this is a match between two form teams.

West Ham's tally of 24 points from 14 matches represents their best start to a Premier League campaign - the last time they had a better tally in the top flight was in 1983-84.

But Swansea are also having their best start in the Premier League, with 22 points from 14 matches.

Something has to give today - although neither would be too disappointed with a draw I suspect.

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Ben, London: Having single-handedly dragged my school team through to a regional cup final, I stepped up to miss the crucial penalty that lost us the game after extra-time. I was 11, I cried for a week. I still cry sometimes.

Andy, Buxton: U13s cup final for New Mills, we played at Stalybridge Celtic's ground - the pitch was massive! Our 'keeper conceded a penalty and got sent off in the first 10 minutes, and an outfield player went in net and saved the pen! We went on to win 2-1 and drink champagne out of the trophy aged 12! Happy memories indeed.

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Thanks very much Gary, Good day to you all.

A couple of big Premier League games at both ends of the table ahead, so let's get on with it.

Right then, my work here is done. Time to hand over to my colleague Andy Cryer to guide you through today's Premier League action.

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Danny Higham: I remember playing for my Sunday League side in a cup final. This was stuff dreams were made of. We were 1-0 down, got a penalty, and being the smallest bloke in my team I was the biggest to step up. Keeper guessed right, but I finished the rebound 1-1. Ten minutes to go we get a corner. I hang around 25 yards from goal for corners. The ball was whipped in, was cleared, and fell with one bounce in front of me. 'Bang!' I hit it so clean it flies over the 'keeper and in! Typical Roy of the Rovers. 1993 Jubilee Cup final. The Plough Upper Dicker 1-2 Woodingdean United. A memory I will never forget.

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"When your owner has a big helicopter that lands on the pitch to pick him up after every home game, like Leicester's Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha does, then you know he is seriously rich and wants to stay in the Premier League.

"Unfortunately for Foxes boss Nigel Pearson, my old club are bottom of the table with two points from their last nine games and every mistake his team makes at the moment seems to lead to an opposition goal.

"I hope they stick with Pearson, because he is a good manager who got them up in the first place. But being realistic, things do not look good for Pearson and he is the manager who is most at risk."

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