Manchester City: FA Cup Champions

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I think Colwell being back, Wich James being back in there as well, you saw a more robust side to them but I think with most of the attacking coming from gusto on one side and Kukere on the other, their defenders you know they might be able to contribute and attack sometimes but their defenders so their attack wasn't really there and I think from a city standpoint at times I think Marble and Harlan didn't work well together as they did and as the game wore on Roger was getting more tired they were losing that influence in that midfield section and it was boring, it was boring that's essentially what it was because every time Doc you've got the ball for example somebody who we want to see on the ball is a 2v1 against them it's going to be very difficult for him to go past two players and so on so Chelsea tried to make it for harder cities they could that's the first thing and they did do that so when that ends up being the case you've got a game like that. Jermaine is a striker, talk us through the cementio goal. What a finish, so he didn't have his best game today. Not many 2-players did. Exactly and I think that's something that we need to address but at the same time he was part of the build up, the one thing he does really really well he doesn't set the ball off and watch and admire his pass and admire what's going on in front of him, the attacking play. He finds himself going into the danger areas into the 18-yard box closing down, closing into the six-yard box close to where the goalkeeper is, lovely little ball across the pitch from Harlan but that finish, the little back heel finish is so so difficult to do. Nine times out of ten you will miss the target every now and then you'll miss the ball completely but to do it from that angle oh my gosh the goalkeeper has absolutely no chance of getting there because he doesn't expect it. I'm offended you didn't ask me about that finish. So there we go back to what Samford Bridge? Yeah sometime in 2010 or whatever but I think in fairness from Chelsea from this perspective, Colwell is on cementio, so when cementio does that there are certain times in football where you hold your hand up and say well there's not much I could have done there, that's great forward play that's a fantastic finish and something where nine times out of ten that probably doesn't go in but today it certainly does. And of course you kind of felt as this game was going on, it was going to take a big mistake or something special to separate these two sides. Yeah I don't know if you'd agree but defensively the teams weren't making that many mistakes, a lot of mistakes were happening in the attack so maybe one's going to be that quality, would you agree? 100% 100% I don't feel like Chelsea put City under enough pressure for them to make a mistake in the first place and on the flip side of it I think the way City were playing Chelsea had to just sit the pen away you know so they weren't, I mentioned before they weren't passing making the penetrative passes through the midfield or through the defenders, they weren't getting the defenders facing their own goal, everything was being played in front of them and it was neat and tidy don't get me wrong, it was pleasing on the eye but as a striker I want to see goals, I want to see opportunities, I want to see shots, I want to see saves, we didn't see enough of that today. We saw the emotion and we had Bernardo Silva when he caught himself on the big screen at the top, obviously this is last piece of silverware in theory that he'll lift for Manchester City, what will the history books say about him? For Manchester City's an icon, I think they showed recently that through his tenure at City he's not played in maybe seven games total, that is it, so you can see how important he's been at the times, maybe he's playing as six, maybe he's playing as an eight, maybe he's high and wide on the side, he's played left back as well, one thing for sure is that he's had to be played, he's probably Pep Barreiro's most trusted player throughout that whole time, so legacy-wise for him this year, being given the captain's armband as well, for him to walk up those steps, it's wise to be able to lift the trophy in that manner and to know that you know these are the final days and what's been an incredible chapter for him, for Man City, you know, for his legacy in the Premier League as well, so he's rightly emotional, same for John Stones who isn't necessarily getting a chance to play like Bernardo Silva is, but as he walks away, people will lift him onto their shoulders because he's been an icon for Manchester City. I always feel something like Bernardo Silva is someone who former players appreciate more than fans even because you can see what he does, maybe more than those haven't played at that level. Yeah absolutely, he's one of those players that he's the creative force before the creative force, you know, every time he gets to the ball here, they always give you 110% energy and effort, he's not the quickest player in the world, but he's so intelligent, the way he plays the game, he plays the game two steps ahead of everybody else and that's why he stands out as much as he does, for me as a striker, I would have loved to have played with somebody like that, but with Bernardo Silva, just because of the way that he makes space, not just for himself, but for everybody around him, he's an incredible footballer, great human being and genuinely it's going to be a shame to see him leave in the Premier League. For sure, I would say the same way with Bernardo Silva, the same way it was for David Silva, when they first came, I thought these small little left-wing players want to play like little rinky-dinky football, get into them, be physical, you'll dominate them. For all the years that those two players have never been dominated and instead their influence has been phenomenal, you give them the ball and you trust them with the ball, very rarely do they turn over, all the time, they dictate in the tempo and the mood of the game football, and for both of them they've been through City's most consequential era in their history, a time when the Premier League is changing styles and so on, little Bernardo Silva, who is not very tall, is not very fast, not very strong, he's still without question one of the most important players for a team that's won so much. How do you go about replacing someone like that? I don't know, I don't know, I think in my opinion as a City supporter, the way that the league is going, it might require different sorts of skill sets and so on, because for Bernardo Silva's ability to roam and play so many positions has made him invaluable for the team, I don't think he can actually find somebody who does that, I think Bernardo has felt his way into becoming that player for City, understanding how the team works, understanding how the league works, so I don't think he replaced him, I think in some ways, if you want a midfielder with like influence, maybe Nico Riley can go in there in the future instead of starting in the left back, but the fact is Bernardo Silva has done it his own way, and the dangers as the case with like De Bruyne and others that came before, he can't directly replace them, we can find a way to sort of help the team go into that next era. Let's welcome in to our Craig Burley as with us, Craig, of course you were, we didn't hear your commentary, I'm sure it was full of sunshine and positivity, wasn't it for this game? Well, I was about as positive as I could in that first 45 minutes, I think a bit of a little leads when they came here, against Chelsea, I think Chelsea will fail, particularly in that first half, they've left it on the team, and what do we talk about when we saw the line-ups, what will happen when they push, City push them back to their back five, is that they'll dominate the middle of the park, they'll dominate possession, and that's how it panned out, so yeah, the City didn't have to be great, Chelsea were a bit better in the second half, I heard your boys talking just before I came down, City are not a juggling lot at the moment, they're a good side, and I just feel Chelsea were a little bit too... So we've got Bernardo Silva, I'm not sure if you can get him just here, he's talking behind Craig, we were just talking about how he's going to be missed Craig. Oh I thought you're going to get him in for an interview. You're going to have to get in yourself Craig, that's the thing. You could use your burly charm. Oh yeah, I mean I was just talking, you know, you had David Silva, as you well know, who was, I need out of ten every week, sometimes a nine or a ten, and you replace that at some point with the Portuguese version, who's that consistent player, and for someone so diminutive, he's not big to have that physical presence and want that physical battle as well, it's absolutely brilliant. We were saying before, like he's a player that shouldn't be as good as he has been for this whole time, but I think about the way the Premier League is, a player that's maybe five foot eight, five foot nine, isn't the quickest, isn't the strongest, but for City across those years has been as important as anybody else within that side. Well they was going to leave a couple of years ago, wasn't he? Every year has been rumoured. And then he was talked out of it, but I think the time is right for him, going out in this sort of high. I would say so, yeah, I would say so. And there might even be a Premier League. You never know, and I think what's been key, I think for this year with him, this is the first year he's been captain, and wearing the amban and taking on that responsibility with this new side, with new players, they see the game in a different way, but I think he's led by example. And that's an example that you feel that teams like Chelsea, which may have been missing, like people like Rodry, who we saw today, Bernardo Silva, people who can take this team, take this 11 by the struff of the neck, and lift them to the standards that Pet wants. Yeah, absolutely. With Chelsea, you know, that's why they spent over £200 million on two centimetre midfield players. They were hoping one of, if not both of those two midfield players, Enzo and Caesado, were going to be something similar. You know, you don't spend a hundred million quid and not expect to get a phenomenal football player. It's just something behind the scenes that Chelsea is just not quite right. It took them a little bit of time. Maybe the price tag was a little bit too heavy on them. Maybe the expectations that come with it. To be fair, I think where else sort of go, slightly against it, I think Enzo and Caesado have turned out to be players that they wanted to be. They've grown into it. I think so. Yeah, I agree. But initially, maybe it was a bit too much for them. Yeah, I think for me anyway, you know which players are key for Chelsea. You mentioned those two, like at its best, you mentioned the Cold Plot now. You can talk about Levi Colwell or Reese James. But I think for me, a lot of the supporting cast around here, at times, they don't, they can't elevate themselves to that level to where they can be competitive. If you have a midfield today of, it was almost a little box at times, you know, something's there to go a bit wider. If you have guys, Caesado, and you have, you know, Reese James, and you have Fernandez and Cole Palmer, and then you succeed possession and ask them to have to do a defensive job, that's going against the grain of what these guys are about, what brings the best out of them. Hey, Cole Palmer going back to help Malogusto for the ball of the game. It's where he's going to hot city. So I just think Chelsea don't ever, they've got no direction from it. Never mind no league this year. Manchester City then winners of the FA Cup. It is cup season, of course, on ESPN. Next week, it's all about the Pocahau. Byam Munich again, Stuttgart that game live on ESPN plus 2 PM Eastern. Hey, sports fans, the ESPN app has all of ESPN all in one place. The ESPN app is your home to thousands of live events ESPN shows and originals across every ESPN network and service. And now you can check if you already have ESPN unlimited as part of your TV package for no additional calls. Visit activate.espn.com to learn how to access your account or sign up then start streaming in the ESPN app. It's all of ESPN all in one place. Sign up or activate now. It's another FA Cup title then for Manchester City up to eight. Still a bit away from Arsenal and Manchester United but after three or two defeats in a row, Naiden. I don't know who you're talking about. Sweet one obviously against Palace in United. I don't know who you're talking about, Dan Thomas. They've just won it. That's all you need to focus on. It doesn't have to be great to win it. Yeah, that's the way this thing goes now. By the way, it's raining and I don't know if you know, I don't work in the rain. Well, they're good. Off you go. I'm honest. I was hoping you'd melt like the Wicked Witch. Small print of my contract. With Craig alluded to it yesterday, could this be pep by the other swan song? Before this last few days, I thought he was going to be, but in recent press conferences, he's talking about how he's going to be back next year. He said it wasn't his last time at Wembley. Yeah, but I think he said something impressive today as well, where he's saying that he will be back next season. And for something to be that direct and that strong, it's very unlike Guardiola. I think he likes to sort of keep people guessing overall. So for him to say that, you know, it's almost like we have to call him a liar for saying it, but through the last few years, I don't think we've had the chance to do that. So I think he's staying. It seems like he wants to go again. He's got one more year left on his field. I was going to ask that. He's got one more year left on his field. So this never in his story, you know, keeps on going. So pep by the other state, meanwhile, from a Chelsea perspective, of course, the talk has been over the last 48 hours that they've had productive talks with Chavio Lonso. I don't know why that entails. Uriola is still in the mix on a slot. We'll talk about that a little bit later on with Liverpool and what most Salah has come out and said. So in that state, like, where are we with Chelsea and who's going to be in charge next season? Well, being in the main Chavio Lonso, as you know, we cover La Liga every week, he took a big hit with that Real Madrid job. Got out just in time. So he wasn't unscathed, but he got out, you know, with a little bit of damage. He can't afford that to happen again. So if it is to be Chelsea for him and not Liverpool, he's got to get the assurances. But that's all the assurances, every manager gets. And when you get in there, it changes. And that's the problem. But what we're doing now is whatever this club are doing, isn't working. Right? And how easy is it to fix great? Well, you have to bring in a coach and you have to trust it. You can't bring somebody in and then you have half a dozen people with their fingers in the pie trying to make decisions that are affecting the on field. You have to lay the guardiolas and the clots of this world who have been super successful in England, but they've basically controlled the football club within reason. That has to happen, but I don't think that that will happen. And why wouldn't he be a Chelsea player that's looking elsewhere? Right. All the time. You know, Cuccarelli said this, Enzo Fernandez said he might want to live in Madrid one day. Why not? Why wouldn't, unless, if I was a player at that club and I was at the peak of my career, as some of these players are, some of them are a bit younger, and I was looking at them saying, they don't know what they're doing upstairs, and they're just going to keep making bad decision after bad decision after bad decision, and therefore we won't be challenging. Okay, we're at an FA Cup final today, but we won't be challenging for the Premier League, really. We won't be challenging for the Champions League. Why wouldn't a world cup winner or a cold pama or a Jaupé Drossay, do you know what? I think I can go somewhere else and better myself, and that's the issue that Chelsea have. So they have to make, I think, a big statement with the appointment of a new manager. And who will that be? I think it will be Erej, although. I think all this Alonzo stuff, I wouldn't say it's necessarily a smokescreen, but it just feels like he's going to be going to Liverpool. Have you seen the reports from Liverpool today about the data? But when I hear the data thing, it feels like that's almost the honest lot, using that as a justification for how well he's doing. But that's not him saying that. This is the Richard Hugheses and FF, the Fernandez sports group, on the club are saying, the data's telling us, this is bonkers, isn't it? But you know how that will be received though. By the fan base, by people in football, that will be received terribly, because they know ultimately they're not happy with what they're seeing on the pitch. And if we want to talk about data, one key bit of data is they've lost 19 games of football this season. How do you say that's fine as long as their XG is going up? The 19 games is too much. Fans were leaving early yesterday against Aston Villa, and as they enter this next season, are they going to be comfortable? They're losing faith in the type of football that's being played as well. It was interesting what you were saying during the game. None of these players want to be playing this system. Chelsea were set up to play. What did you mean by that? So you look at the type of football they were playing, every single one of them, Col Parma, you look at Giorgio Pedro, you look at the attacking players especially, they don't want to be sitting deep in their own half defending like a half court press. You don't want to do that. Those type of players need to be in attacking areas, picking up the ball, pressing the centre half, pressing the full backs, winning the ball, turning the ball over in the final third, where their real creativity can really kick in. That's where the magic happens. Not in your own half, you can't do anything from your own half. That's what the defenders are for, that's what you're holding centre midfield players, that's what Enzo Fernandez when he's playing in the sixth or Qaisado when he's playing in the sixth or the eighth, that's what they're there to do, that's their role, that's their job. And then they give it to the creative players, the Col Parmas, and all of those other players, that should have turned up today but didn't. For sure, Craig said it, like what you've said there, Craig has already said that because he said Col Parma doesn't want to have to be doubling up with Mal Augusto for 90 minutes, but that ends up being what he's doing and I think to make it worse from a Chelsea perspective, especially that first half, is Col Parma then wins the ball back and he looked forward and he's going to play it to Mal Augusto, further up the field, that is the exact opposite of what you want it to be, you want to be able to feed those attackers in those dangerous areas so they can do something, but instead, as was the case in that first half with Chelsea, here comes Coqueria down the left, here comes Mal Augusto down the right who are good players, but if you want to be creative and score tons of goals and win games, it's not going to be that easy. Did you see how, and I think he's one of the best talented frontmen in English football, Joe Pedro, but either Chelsea won the ball back in those areas, you know, right back in the full back area and he had nobody within 30 yards of him when they played up to him, or I was walking from our commentary position, he was actually 15-20 yards inside the defensive half when Chelsea were defending, so when they won the ball, there's no outlet, there was absolutely nothing and nowhere to go, but you then have to travel 70 yards. For me, I thought in some ways, it was Chelsea played with that style in a manner of a team who are far below where they should be as a football club, because they were thinking in the match, like, I've been guilty of this for the teams I've played for, they looked at it, spent so much time getting ready for what city we're going to do that it disregarded what they were going to do themselves in terms of how to attack, so whenever they won the ball back or say Sanchez had the ball, he's looking up, here's a high ball to Joe Pedro, Joe out, wrestle three or four players if you can, maybe he'll drop to one of ours and maybe we can do something, that's a side that's far better than that, so many good footballers being basically told, like, we're going to focus on, just make coal, make sure you come back, make sure you come back, pack out the midfield, yeah exactly, let's make it hard for them, yes you can make it hard for them, but you also need to try and win the game at some point and Chelsea don't have that. And also footballers these days are just way too nice. Well exactly, look at everyone being nice to Nadum. Look at these two, I mean it's just because I took my teeth out it wasn't horrible, I mean I was just horrible and I tell you what I mean by that, because Semenyo who was manning the match scored a brilliant goal, I mean what a skill set to have, big, strong, fast and talented, yeah I mean, it's a good starting point, and it's not me, no exactly. But what I'm saying is being horrible is as soon as Cuccarello was booked and he'd had him on toss before he was booked, one on one, when Cuccarello gets booked I didn't get the mindset of not ramming that ball down Semenyo's target every time. I'm in midfield, I'm getting the ball, good, there you go, fill back, don't even overlap, and you're running Cuccarello because he cannot make a challenge, but for a long period of the game they didn't do that, and that's why I'm saying sometimes I think does the modern day player even think about these things or does the manager have to say hey he's booked, give him the ball, let him run up? Are they too honest? Because that's what I would say, they're too honest, whereas they're too nice, too nice, too honest, in our day, that's exactly what I would do, I'll target him. If he's on a yellow card I'm going on the other side and playing on him. If the other centre halves on the yellow card, I'm going on that side, I'm targeting him, I'm stamping on his toes, I'm giving him little elbows in the ribs, I'm causing absolute carnage. To be fair what I will say is I've never actually played for a really good team, so I can't really say how the sides are going to look. Despite that, you very much hang your hat on Manchester City, and somehow still trying to get yourself in the celebrations as well, I think we've got some footage here of you with... More footage? I think this was Rodry wasn't it? Just after the trophy presentation. At the end of the day, you know what I mean, if a Ballon d'Or winner wants to come and say hello to me, then there's not much I can do, you know what I mean? Basically I'm like Ballon d'Or just by being close to them, that's the way it goes, no? It rubs off, huh? I'm glad I wasn't here. To be honest, though, you stood there, look. To be honest, to be honest, though, Craig, just to the... I'm not shaking players' hands. They're not shaking your seat belt. No, exactly. I've crossed that divide many years ago. Yeah, to be fair, I've obviously been very, very fortunate to support City in his last few years whilst I've been working, and I've seen, like, say Rodry after a Champions League final, scored the winning goal, spoken to him then, and I think for Gehi as well, last year when a palace won it, I spoke to him and congratulated him, and I said, you probably don't know anything about blah blah blah, I says, then he started talking about our careers, so I have a connection from there, congratulating him again, and said basically it's his trophy, not the last two years in a row. Anyway, run the promo, dad, whatever. Run the promo. Let's do the promo, shall we, after that? I thought I was enjoying that. It's all to play for at the bottom of La Liga. You can see all those games live tomorrow on ESPN+. We've discussed in detail over the last few days the destination of Xaviolonso's next managerial club, and according to a man who came running down the steps with such excitement, here at Wembley Stadium, as we're just about to all leave, have a dinner, have a celebratory beverage, Mark Ogden has got some breaking news. Yeah, well, Chelsea are very close to a point, and Xaviolonso was their new head coach, four-year contract, I'm told, could be in charge for the Tottenham game on Tuesday, so obviously Chelsea identified a short list of candidates, Andoni Raiola, Marco Silva at Fulham, but Xaviolonso was the favourite candidate, as soon as he made it aware that he was ready to consider Chelsea, had some assurances to be given in terms of recruitment, the authority of the coach, but all those have been dealt with, and Xaviolonso is now on the verge of taking the Chelsea job. Was Liverpool ever in the event? I've been told that Liverpool were never ultimately convinced about Xaviolonso, so I don't think that was part of the equation. I think maybe he was waiting for it, maybe he was hoping for it, but clearly, as a player, Xaviolonso had a lot of rivalry with Chelsea as a Liverpool player, but no, it's, you know, Chelsea have made headway there. We know that Arnys Lotzson is a bit of pressure at Liverpool, but I think he'll stay, but clearly, if Xaviolonso goes to Chelsea, it takes him out of the equation for Arnys Lotz, which does add a new element to it. How come Liam Rossigno got a six-year contract? Xaviolonso, who has been... What do you think, Craig? It's a statement, it's a statement. I mean, Liverpool's him was brilliant, won the league, big job at Real Madrid, he don't become a bad manager overnight, they just didn't accept what he was wanting, i.e. work hard on pressing. The basics run about, but it's a danger him getting in there because of the way Chelsea have operated, so he has to have control, or an element of control, that some managers haven't had, and he has to have a big sway in how the club has been run, certainly on-field, and all big decisions with players. So he's stepping from almost a frying pan into the fire here, but as we've talked before, Chelsea has a big job, but you've got to make sure you're keeping the best players. So, you know, there's no point in Xaviolonso coming in, you sell Colpama, you sell Níza Fernández, you sell Qaís Hedo, you've got to keep your big players, your core players, and build around that, but if you want to keep those big stars at the football club, you have to make a statement in terms of the manager, and to be fair, this is a statement. It is a statement, you may. It's quite cool, you would say, for Chelsea, considering what's been going on the last few months. Yeah, it is, but Chelsea is a big football club, you know, so you look at Xaviolonso, where he is as a manager, granted it didn't quite work out for him at Real Madrid, but again, he's a very good manager. As a player, if I'm looking at that and I'm seeing him coming in, I'm thinking to myself, this is amazing. The amount of things I could learn from this guy from a playing perspective, not only from a coaching perspective or a management, but just listening to him about, when I pick the ball up in this area, this is what I want you to do. Those sort of nuggets of information, it's going to be golden for the likes of Colpama, for the likes of Jorale Pedro, all of those forward position players, especially, I think, is a great acquisition. Yeah, so my only thing with this is why do it now with eight days to go before the season ends? Like, if you wanted to boost, because you know, I've done this say a couple of days ago and then gotten into this final with a different sort of energy to it, because I imagine there'll be lots of Chelsea fans who will be happy bringing in someone like that, but like, why couldn't they have done that so that he could lead him out for this game in particular? Yes, like, going into the future the four years, if it works out well, it'd be great. But like I say, what's the significance of these next eight days? And I thought as well, same as everybody else, and I've embarrassed myself for the last two days straight, that he was going to Liverpool, ridiculously embarrassed myself, but what's new? You know what I mean, Dan Thomas? Yeah, you said Roger, he wasn't going to start. Yeah, I did, yeah. Did he play? Did he play? Yeah, you know, playing Devils advocate just for a second, if Alonso comes in before this game and they lose, they're going into the Chelsea, into the Tottenham game, but he wouldn't mess slightly off. It wouldn't matter because he still arrived as underdogs, but they've got a massive boost going into the Chelsea. Yeah, exactly. Any sports fans out there will be absolutely ecstatic, I'm sure. Last word to you, Oggie. Yeah, just to add on to, I think, I think Chelsea have learned the lesson. I think they've realised that they had to appoint a coach with credentials. I think they've got addressing with players who want to be coached by a top coach to play for Chelsea, a top club. They expect to be coached by a top coach, and the Rossini experiment was a disaster, 106 days. So they've learnt the lessons and to be fair, they've acted like a big club. They've acted like a big club, got a big manager. I know we had issues with addressing with Real Madrid, but like you say, you know, if you're a player, and Enzo or Ike said, you've got one of the world's best midfielders, can tell you how to play. So, you know, it's a big move by Chelsea. I think it's a great move. Right, before we pack up, before we got anything else, you want to say? Anything else you want to break on? That's what peps do. Thank you very much, guys. I tell you what, of course, the bar has been set low, hasn't it, for Chelsea. You look at their run over. That's just broadcasting. Their run over the last couple of months has been dismal, as Hogi says next up. Of course, it's Spurs who are fighting for their lives for survival. So it's yet another trophy for Pep Guardiola, his third FA Cup title, and he caught up with Alex Alcino after the game. Pep, congratulations. Another trophy. How does that one feel? Good. It was a tough final. We knew it. So, a little bit sorry. But sorry, always not complete, because many incredible players that helped us a lot this season through the years could not play the final, but it's what it is. So, a little bit sad of that. But, yeah, really happy for the people. Thanks for all the fans that came from Manchester to here to support us again. And, yeah, five finals in ten years. Three victories is quite good. The final needed a moment of magic, and we certainly got that. It took me through that goal. How did you see it? Normally, Antoine had to cross, you know, for the Erling score. It was the opposite, but it was really good. What a finishing. The impact from Antoine and Marc since in winter time and transfer window have been amazing. Just how big an impact has he had? How has he transformed this city team since he arrived? No, we had a lot of injuries, a lot of problems. That's why, you know, we bring players, but they are young, a good age, and they're the perfect for the, you know, for the next five, six, seven years. City have a two-top place. How much belief is there that you could still win another trophy before the end of the season? Well, yeah, it's difficult because we have no time at hands. And now, so in Tuesday, imagine how to come by or have late, and Tuesday, Monday, how to travel to Bournemouth, like they play for a European competition. He's extraordinary teams. I don't know how many, since the last time they lost. So the energy they have and so we'll be so, yeah, now of course, celebrated, but that is a dumb schedule, you know, you know, even you cannot celebrate the FA Cup, one of the most prestigious titles all around the world, and not even we can celebrate it, but we do it the next Monday after Estonville with a human team and all together in Manchester, because when you win two titles and you are in the position like fight at least for the Premier League, it's an extraordinary season. Winning trophies is always emotional, but did this one feel that little bit more emotional than others? No, it was really good, but you know, the game was so tight, but they are so good. So Chelsea maybe don't have the season, they had the season at the spec, but you see the patterns, so Col will break the lines with Caithedo and James, how the composer, how Col Palmer are getting that positions. Cucurell and Gusto, the pace, defend with five in the back, I didn't expect. He's a really, really top, top, top team, top team, and top, top player. So that's why we knew that it will be difficult, but unfortunately, we find the moment and we won. As always, to keep up to date with all the latest news that's going on in the world, go over to YouTube and subscribe to our ESPNFC channel. A busy day in the Bundesliga, here's Keir Naly. Thank you, Dan. Yes, matchday 34 in the Bundesliga and a chance for Bayern Munich to celebrate in front of their fans as they took on Cologne. Ali and I have been with you throughout the season to see this one play out and today Bayern were adamant they were going to celebrate in style, the 2001 Champions League team were there, Bayern legends to witness Bayern's performance today, and it was quite the performance as well. No surprises, first goal came from Harry Kane. Leonard Carlos just put in this into a dangerous area, it really is about Harry Kane creating some separation from the defender. More importantly, it's a clean finish and between the legs of the defender has the goalkeeper 1-0. Kane would strike again just three minutes later. And as a goalkeeper you put a wall and you trust that wall is going to stay together. Well, trust issues for Cologne, trust issues. The wall doesn't stay together, back of the net, 2-0. Taking it now to the 22nd minute, there had been one back on the board from Saïd El-Mala but this is Tom Bischoff to restore the two goal advantage. Again it's Leonard Carlos down the right hand side, cuts the ball back, clean finish from Tom Bischoff, 3-1. Manuel Neuer getting to say goodbye for now because he's extended his contract so we'll be seeing more of him next season. Taking it now to the 69th minute, Harry Kane making sure that for the 11th time since he came to the Bundesliga, he's taking away the match table. I'm guessing you might want to step up to Harry Kane as he takes his first touch forward. He's just allowed too much space, too much time and then he hits that ball with his laces 4-1. Leon Goretzka saying goodbye, his time at Bayern coming to an end today but he got quite the round of applause and some lovely scenes after the game as well which we'll get to 83rd minute. Nicholas Jackson in on the action. I just come on the field. Get excited Nicholas Jackson, first touch on the ball is a goal apparently not as exciting as I thought it would be. And there we go, was Leon Goretzka. Who Manuel Neuer insisted lift the trophy today. Very classy and very cool what we saw from Bayern this season. 122 goals, the most goals in a single season among Europe's top five leagues since the 60s. Then we've got to see the beer showers. Conrad Leimer gets Leon Goretzka. Don't worry, the youngsters were all in on it. The best bit was Lenard Carl trying to keep his medal dry. Okay Vincent Gombani didn't run away, he just took it. He took it. So save for Conrad Leimer with Harry Kane. But did our boys at the side of the pitch stay dry because last time this happened they didn't so let's find out how it worked out for Archie. I think we're going to get a guest here. Michael! Michael it is an absolute pleasure to have you come by. Michael it has been a joy to watch you play this season. How has it been for you to be part of this Bayern Munich team? It has been incredible to be honest. We've had a good season. We've done good things this season, I've heard that we've improved from last season as well. And we are proud to be part of this team. I think you're in trouble. Do you know what? That still long sentence more than we've heard from Michael at least say in the whole of this season. Now will we get him back? It's a good question. You thought you were safe next to me? No, I'm fine. Tom Bishop and Jonathan Targill were waiting very patiently. Michael can you just tell us how that... thank you for... I just got a face full. Do you like beer? No. I'm not in my hair. Are you ready for Sturzkern? Yeah, I'm going to be the next goalkeeper. Last game on end on my hand. How do you play with this guy? What? Hey, it's top man. He's a top player. He's a top person. We learned so much from playing with someone like him. We tried to help each other and this season so far it's gone well. We've got one more match and we hope it goes well as well. Michael, go get dry a little bit. Thank you very much. We'll pass that on. Michael, thank you. Harry, let's not forget before the celebrations another hat trick today. 36 goals equaling your best ever Bundesliga season. How does it feel? It feels great to be on this. First of all to celebrate here and have this with the fans again. The seasons are long, the seasons are tough. For a team like Bayern Munich, of course the expectation is high and we fulfil that this year especially in the league. And then for me personally, you know, I always want to score in every game I play. I know I'm going to get chances and I have a standard that I set for myself to try and reach in every moment and of course nice to get another free today. Just the 35 titles for Bayern Munich now. Is that it? Just the 30 ahead of the next content. Is that it? We'll see Adortment and Borussia Mönchengladbach. Werder Bremen on four. This is since the league was founded in 63-64. At the less favourable end of the table though there was quite a lot of drama today because for the first time in Bundesliga history the divisions bottom three entered the final matchday on the same number of points. Sanpaulian Wolfsburg two of them facing each other. Coolio Rakis to put Wolfsburg ahead here and then 57th minute. Cise would equalise for Sanpaulian. You think that maybe Sanpaulian has live. The goalkeeper Vasili would make sure that that wasn't the case. Schakastrophic, he punches the ball into his own net. Now he's complaining of a foul. The referee would go and take a look at it. I don't think there's enough for a foul. It's just simply Schakastrophic, Deloc Royal punches the ball into his own net. Good luck. Goal would stand to one for Wolfsburg. There would be a chance for Christian Ericsson to score a penalty. Didn't manage to do that but Wolfsburg would strike again anyway. Payson a bit cheer. And it's Christian Ericsson who gets his shot. Save initially but then on the rebound three one. Wolfsburg. Yep three one to Wolfsburg and so they secure the spot. The relegation playoff spot. They will have the chance to fight another day and try and secure their status in the Bundesliga for another season. Meanwhile we wave goodbye to Heidenheim who lost to Mainz and Sanpauli. Stuttgart will be going to the Champions League next season. They ensured that they stayed in four spots. A point was enough for them because Hoppenheim and Laverkusen behind them both dropped points in their games. That's how things are looking at the top half of the table but Stuttgart will have a shot at some silverware before they venture into the Champions League next season because they take on Bayern in the Pucall next Saturday May 23rd. We have you covered for that game. Our coverage will begin at 1.30 but that's all from us Dan. Back to you. We'll wrap things up in Scotland. Celtic taking on Hartz in a winner takes all tie. It'll be Hartz who would take the lead. Shanklin with a goal to give the visitors the advantage. Shanklin free. They're like he's too guttly leaving with that space and you know at that moment he must have felt incredible for them. Could it be their day? Could they make history? They didn't have much time to celebrate though because this is just before half time. A penalty would be awarded here. It'd be a handball. Yep. Yep. Yeah, his handball is harsh isn't it? He's going down. He's not committed to using his hand but it does clearly strike his arm. Now 1-1 would be enough to see Hartz crowned champions. That's exactly what the score would be after we'd see Engels. Giver goes the right way, goes under him, gets a little lucky there. Hit with a slower ball. Could do better. In the 87th minute at this stage Hartz are champions as the board is played in. It's my Aida. Obviously he's who makes it 2-1. This is the right VAR call. That is correct. This is the right VAR call. Wow. No conspiracies now. So the player that was offside wasn't involved in the initial. Yeah. Yeah. And of course it's not been a controversial week in Scotland. No, not at all. And then Hartz pressing. It is a dream come true. It is a dream come true. You've got to love this and you're no goalkeeper. For the last week we go. Now what do you do? Pass it? No, it's not. You're not passing. I'm trying to tackle him so I can score. Take it to the lane set, aren't I? Yeah, why not. I'm nodding with your head. Remember that one. Celebrations then for Craig's old side. Celtic are champions of Scotland once again. A reminder of where that stands between them and ranges 56 to 55. Well it's been a controversial week in Scotland and it's all gone against Hartz. A magnificent job for Martin and Neil. Going twice as into the manager to get Celtic over the line. But Hartz had it in the grass for much of the season on the till loser right at the death. They are going to feel so bad tonight. That's it. That brings us to the end of today's show. Be sure to go over to YouTube to check out Extra Time. Thank you very much. Morrie, SPNFC tomorrow. Till then, goodbye. Welcome in there to latest edition of Extra Time. Craig, Jermaine, Nadema here as they're just cutting the lawn off the Manchester City. Cutting the lawn. What do you want to call it? Cutting the grass? Can the lawn? It's just reminding me. I need to call the gal. This is what Stevie won't pay for a gardening. Have you got so angry from these guys? Nadema, what's your overall assessment of Manchester City season with the two trophies and like the finishing second in the league, are you content, disappointed or do you see a lot of positives going into next season? I don't necessarily see a lot of positives, but I think the two trophies are very significant. I think the fact that last season they didn't win anything and this year coming into it, they haven't been perfect again. But as opposed to last year, they were fine to finish in the top four. This time, it seems likely that Arsenal will win the league, but you've got a chance to come to Wembley and to win. They lost to Crystal Palace last year, you've addressed that this time by being Chelsea and that league could win again against Arsenal. It gives you reasons to believe that the gap isn't probably going to be that big going forward. Greg, would you sell Enzo in the summer? Why? Well, I don't know. Radu wants to know. Maybe financial need to with FFP and all that stuff. Is he not one of those players that's on a like a 25-year contract? Probably it's Chelsea player, isn't he? So that's a good one. You don't necessarily... They didn't lose today because of Enzo, by the way. You don't want to sell your best players. I think the question would be tilted to the fact that he's suggested that he may want to play somewhere else sometime and his heart may not be in it. Which I don't necessarily agree with. I wouldn't be looking to sell him. You've got to look at French players that have come in, like Liam DeLap, Good Lad, big strong boy, will work hard, but he's not what Chelsea needs. If they want a backup to Schiau Pedro, it has to be better than that. You've got to look at other positions at the Garnaccio good enough. So I think you're looking at players like that, French players, you want to beat your squad up, which is what Arsenal have done. You don't sell your best players and win the Premier League unless you replace them with better players. But the problem is, you're Chelsea, you know, I've got Champions League football at the moment. That allure to get in the quality of player that you want to be at the level that you need isn't there. But you look at Manchester United, they haven't got Champions League football. They didn't have it this season, you know, and look what they've done. They've taken a massive step backwards, focused, realigned all of their goals and ambitions. They've worked really hard. Michael Carrick has come in and done a phenomenal job. Look at what they've got to look forward to next season. Craig, should Derek McKinnon... I'm not me again. Should Derek... This is Scottish question, so they're asking you the scot. All right, Derek McKinnon. American. What? He seemed fine. Keep talking, keep talking, let's say. Ra, ra, ra. Go on, Derek McKinnon. He's going to talk himself out of it. Go on, Derek McKinnon, let's say him before it too. I'm going to another ra, ra, ra. Get on with it, will you? Should Derek McKinnon still win manager of the season despite losing out on the titles today or should Martin O'Neill get the honour by turning Celtic season around? Yeah, that's interesting because they've given out the award before the season was finished, which they didn't normally do. Makes common sense to wait until everything's done. For that was the old days, they don't tend to do it. That is a difficult one because Derek McKinnon did do it and has done a terrific job at heart. They faltered in the last five minutes of the season because they were at one-one, they were over the line, but right in the death it got taken away from them. But there's no question. Martin O'Neill is interim manager twice after the job that Wilfred Nancy didn't do when he came in, it was a shambles. To pick that up again and go has been brilliant, but I don't have an issue with somebody like Derek McKinnon. So what's the answer? I know, I just felt like we're on a roundabout here. That's not like you at all, by the way. What is happening here? Did you not hear what I said at the end? You said you don't have a problem. You said you're firmly on the fence. You didn't know. You didn't say who you think should get it. Derek McKinnon. There we go, good. But it was handed out before the season finished, so that can't be changed. I've got a massive left hook, you know, and I've got a long reach. Where's the kidney again? The liver. I'm going for the kidneys now. What is happening here? Oh man. Good next question please, Dan. Craig. No! You weren't at your most Wembley Craig. Now Wembley Craig is happy Craig, do you mean? When he's a connected grumpy diva, just not particularly nice to be around. He's not smiled. He's come here. It's good to be glad there's a little one just there. I saw that. I saw that. We're almost at the bar. That's what I'm saying. I'm charged for smiling. It's not going to do these offerings to shows and he gets it wrong. We have to do it again. I say, I'm not smiling again. There we are. I want to do it once. One and done. They said you weren't very happy during the commentary. They wanted a bit more positivity for this game. Watch the game. First half was bread. Chelsea didn't really show up. They said they did what they had to do. Yeah, it was poor. It was a poor game. I wasn't trying to dress up. No chance. Why would I start doing that now? Final question. I'm not smiling. Jermaine, which of these Chelsea players is not there next season? Enzo, Parma, Caicedo, Cuccarella. Oh, wow. That is a very good question. Come on. It depends which manager's in. I would say, Garnaccio. He's not answered the question. He's not answered the question. I think all four of those players that were mentioned are very good players. They just need the right manager to work for them. Oh, my gosh. Okay, let's raise that. All four of them stay. All four stay. Parma stays. You can answer four in. I can see what's going on here and try to help him out. All four stay. I genuinely believe all four of them stay. If it's Chaviolonso, would that inspire them to stay? Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. They'll be playing good football. They've got a manager who's a respectable football player, incredible football player. I've got a great history and great experience. It didn't quite work out for him at Real Madrid, but he's dealing with so, so many ridiculous egos that it made it almost impossible for him to oversee and look after everything that goes on on the pitch. And if you look at his win percentage as a manager for Real Madrid, it wasn't actually bad. It was pretty decent. I think it was around about 70-ish percent win ratio. Real Madrid obviously need a little bit more than that. I think Chelsea would be good for him. So they all stay, like he said. Everyone stays. Thank you very much. We'll keep this segment like me short and sweet. Short and super bitter. Bit of a little man. Oh, such a happy team. ESPNFC returns to your screens with Bristol Kedetskets. Tomorrow more reflections on what's going on at Chelsea. Rumours are suggesting that Chaviolonso will be going to Stanford Bridge.