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What were the highlights of Watford's victory over Chelsea?
Well, what a night this was for Watford. One win in 12 going into this. They've scored four for the third time ever in the Premier League. And they've done it against Chelsea. They've beaten them for the first time in 19 years. These are the champions, remember. Conceded three back-to-back defeats for the first time since 1995. The drama keeps on coming next weekend. Watching the runaway leaders Manchester City take on Leicester, will Mahrez be in action against City? 5.15, we start later time this coming Saturday. Super Sunday features Newcastle and Manchester United. That starts from 1.30, Southampton, Liverpool, the later game. And we see Chelsea again next Monday night when they take on the bottom side, West Brom.
Wayne Rooney is our special guest tonight. We'll be talking to Wayne about Manchester United and England in lots more detail before the night is out. But, Jamie, I have to start with the fact that we're watching Chelsea next Monday night. Is Antonio Conte going to be in charge by then on the evidence of tonight?
There's a good chance he could go before then. Not just because of how Chelsea are playing of late or tonight, because of Chelsea's history of a change of managers when the club fear they're not going to make Champions League. I think they've done it with Villas-Boas, Di Matteo, I think with Mourinho as well. I think that was maybe actually thinking they may even be worse than that with Jose. But Conte said before the game, I want the owner and the board to come out and back me. Well, that's never going to happen because Roman Abramovich hasn't come out and spoke about anything in 10, 15 years, whatever it is he's been at the club. So that's not going to happen and it's certainly not going to happen on the back of tonight.
I think when you call it on with your owners and your board, as he has done over these last few weeks, months with the January transfer window, you've got to back it up. And unfortunately, they've been found wanton. And the players maybe have let him down. That's maybe his feeling. To lose the ball with 3-0 and then to go to Watford and lose 4-1 to Chelsea. I mean, it was a shambles, really. That first half, don't take anything away from this, Chelsea being with 10 men. 11 v 11, Watford were by far the best team and should have been a goal or two up. The amount of times they took the ball off Chelsea, how much more intensive, the intensity, aggressive they were. Second half, Chelsea had a little bit of possession, never looked like scoring.
Piece of brilliance from Hazard. As soon as Watford stepped up, they just fell apart at the back. And that is nothing that you associate what we've seen tonight and against Bournemouth with Conte teams. So you have to look at it again. As we saw with Mourinho, is there now a discord actually between the players and the manager?
Well, what would you say on that, Wayne? Because we've seen all the speculation about Conte's relationship with the hierarchy at Chelsea. He has injury problems as well, we shouldn't forget that. But what about that relationship between him and the team? Can you take anything in terms of evidence from that tonight?
You'd like to think the problems he's got with the board are not affecting the players, but... As you've seen in the last two games, that is not Chelsea. You don't identify them performances with Chelsea Football Club. And tonight, that's as bad a performance I've seen from a Chelsea team in a long, long time. So Sutton's not right and maybe it might need a change to get it back on track. The game tonight, they just didn't play. It was like they had no desire to go and win that game.
What impact did Chelsea's recent performance have on their manager's future?
And that would be the most disappointing thing for the Chelsea manager.
You said that wasn't Chelsea watching that. What are you talking about in terms of the details of the football that we've seen here?
Chelsea over the years, they're a clever team. They manage the game really well. They're solid, they're hard to beat, they're hard to create chances against and you have to take your chances if you want to beat them.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What were the highlights of Watford's victory over Chelsea?
0:05–3:24
2
What impact did Chelsea's recent performance have on their manager's future?
3:24–10:18
3
How does Wayne Rooney reflect on his career at Manchester United?
10:18–12:29
4
How did Wayne Rooney transition from Everton to Manchester United?
12:29–18:09
5
What challenges did Rooney face while playing for England?
18:09–19:12
6
What insights does Rooney provide about his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson?
19:12–22:52
7
What does Wayne Rooney envision for his future in football?
22:52–59:45
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