Bongs can ring in the new decade. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello. Welcome to sportsday live at the bbc sport centre with me ben croucher. Our headlines this sunday liverpool win again. Arsenal dont. Var . Plenty of that too. Just another day in the premier league in scotland rangers win the Old Firm Derby. It made their manager rather happy. And feeling a bit sick. England succumb to south africa in the first test in centurion. Welcome to the programme. Liverpool have ended 2019 as they started it. Top of the premier league table. Theyll take some catching from here now after restoring their 13 points advantage with a 1 nil win over wolves. Not for the first time this season the video assistant referee had a big influence. Nick parrott has the details. With the festive fixtures coming thick and fast it is hard for teams to stay on form. Both liverpool and wolves are thrilled in their last games but with such a short turn around anfield was unlikely to see a classic. Weary of the threat posed by the world champions, the visitors brace themselves for an onslaught. Kept it at bay until half time when the report went up to one goal. Sally alana got through for a goal. It was initially ruled out by the referee but the video assistant referee said it is in. Hurt by that, the wolves could be struck back and got level. That wasnt until var had a look and said it was knocked it all. It took until the second half for wolves to get over that but they could get past alison becker. The report often needed late goals to win the games but clearly sought out the victory to end 2019 on a high. Can you imagine a time before var . What were we all talking about after games . Well, two Big Decisions went against wolves at anfield. Heres what captain conor coady made of it. It is tough making that decision, especially as a high ego takes you in the premier league and we are checking var. I spoke to the guys today but you do not get clarification on what is happening. They say they are offside, they have to check, as far as your psychos might be dont know. It is hard to ta ke might be dont know. It is hard to take and it has happened twice to us now and we have had to point probably the best teams in the world in the last two days. It is difficult and on an emotional level you are up and down and you dont know quite what to do but i am pretty sure the process can be a bit quicker and pretty sure the process can be a bit quickerand a pretty sure the process can be a bit quicker and a bit smoother but it is all about getting the right decision at the end of the day. If you was clearly offside and that is the law it is the law. If arsenal were hoping to replicate the new manager bounce enjoyed by the likes of watford and everton, well its not so much a bounce and more of a bump. After the boxing day draw at bournemouth, mikel arteta watched his side blow a i nil lead to lose 2 1 to chelsea. Four straight home defeats is their worst run in 60 years. Heres michael redford. The emirates have not been the most thrilling place to watch football. You have to go back to october to find last time arsenal won in front of their home fans, a wake up call very much needed. The new man in the dugout aims to provide it and asked for energy in his First Programme notes. He got his response. Chelseas defence were sleeping as was the rest of the team. This was the best of a drab first half. But individual moments change matches. Joe genio wasnt shown a second yellow card for this. It would prove key for moments later when the midfielder got a late christmas present. They couldnt miss. His dream had become a nightmare, abra ham snatching victory. Three successive home defeats for arsenal for the First Time Since 1997. Arsenals last 15 games has yielded just one victory whilst chelsea have had a win at the emirates and Tottenham Hotspur to show for their last fortnight but also home defeats to southampton and bournemouth. The life of a premier league manager. Our next home games we will prepare for to turn that corner but we have shown in one week of football if you forget southampton for second is a really great performance against tottenham. We need to put them together and keep doing them. If you could take you away form back, you will be laughing. Yeah, that is the reality of where we are. We are in fourth position and we want more. We have to focus on that when they come around. Lam i am pleased with it a lot of things lam seeing i am pleased with it a lot of things i am seeing and a lot of things they are taken on board but there are many things we have to improve on still. One other game today. Six oclock kick off for Manchester City at home to sheffield united. Its currently i o. Delete happened in the second half at the end howe stadium. David moyes looks set to be named as west ham united boss for the second time, after Manuel Pellegrini was sacked last night. Moyes left the club in the summer of 2018 having just guided them to safety. West hams owners then said wanted to go in a different direction which was pellegrini. Its believed moyes could be appointed as early as tomorrow, with the hammers just a point and a place above the premier League Relegation zone. You have to go back to 2010 for the last time rangers won an Old Firm Derby at celtic park. That run was ended today as a 2 1victory over their arch rivals ignited the scottish premiership title race. Steve gerrards side are just two points behind celtic with a game in hand heading into the winter break. Watching an entertaining contest was lydia campbell. Its been nearly a decade of domination for celtic but their eight titles in a row mean nothing on derby day. Rangers are here to keep a hold on their own title bid, but instead make a copy took a hold of christopherjullien, penalty to celtic. Up stepped Ryan Christie and in jumped Allan Mcgregor to make the save. Minutes later, ryan kent made celtic pay, guiding his shot in. Celtic levelled shortly after, but it took a helping hand from 0dsonne edouard to guide Callum Mcgregors shot home. Celtic boss predominance of scottish football showing cracks. Alfredo morelos had a quiet game by his standards, but that changed in the final seconds, shown his second yellow for diving. But that will only be a subplot, with rangers winning at celtic for the first time in ten years. Elsewhere, hearts 1 all draw against aberdeen means theyll be bottom for the winter break. Livingston jumped above hibs into fifth with a 2 nil win. Third placed motherwell conceded twice in the second half to lose at home to second bottom hamilton. Stjohnstone drew 1 all with ross county. St mirren beat kilmarnock1 nil. What a game at st andrews this afternoon in the championship with leeds united beating Birmingham City 5 4 to go top of the table. Having given away the lead three times, a wes harding own goal settled the match in the fifth minute of stoppage time. Coupled with west broms defeat at home to middlesbrough, leeds are top on goal difference. Fulhams one nil win over stoke takes them third. Nottingham forest have gone fifth, beating bottom side wigan by the same scoreline. Prestons defeat at home to reading sees them slip out of the playoff places, whilst at the bottom, barnsleys goalless draw at swansea means theyre up to third bottom with only goal difference keeping them in the relegation zone. He was a target for Manchester United in the january transfer window but one of the hottest strikers in european football is heading to germany. Erling haaland is joining Borussia Dortmund for 17 Million Pounds after impressing for rb salzburg domestically and in the Champions League. Hes scored 16 goals in 1a games in the austrian top flight and another eight in the Champions League group stages. To centurion first where englands illness hit side were comfortably beaten in the first test by south africa. A second straight batting collapse saw them slip to a 107 run defeat. With players and staff struggling with a flu like bug, captainjoe root described it as a tough week. Jo currie reports. In a year full of special moments for england cricketers, could they squeeze in one more high before the end of 2019 . 376 runs would be englands highest ever successful run chase, and joe denly set about putting a dent in it. But the man that south africa really wanted, rory burns, they were not farfrom getting him. His innings yesterday had given england a chance but with a swipe and a grab he was out. No century, but still a valuable 8a. Like a lot of his team, joe root has been struggling with illness, but he looked on the road to recovery. He was about to lose his fellowjoe, joe denly, trapped lbw by dwaine pretorius. That meant the arrival of ben stokes, but what was left in the tank . It turns out just fumes. From the reaction of the south africans, and stokes himself, it shows how crucial this was. Jonny bairstow following, it was starting to feel like south africas day. Joe roots dismissal only made that feeling stronger. With the captain gone, england put up little resistance. A difficult week on and off the field for the captain. We had to deal with a lot of things outside the game itself, but we stood up, especially in the last two days, and weve really come up and shown a lot of character. Its very frustrating thats all weve got to take from the game. England move on to cape town for the second test on friday. So just how bad is this bug thats plagued their squad for the last week or so . Players, coaches and support staff have all been affected some needing to be quarantined at their hotel. Head coach Chris Silverwood spoke with our correspondent jonathan agnew. Now i have never been involved in the build up to a game like this before when you are told on the morning that your players are falling over. Yesterdayjoe and josh showed a lot of courage and there are players left back at the hotel. What can you do to try and leave that here . Is that possible . You dont want to take this bug on to cape town. I would like to leave it year. I would like to leave it here. Obviously the two guys i hear, they will come down to cape town with us just in case, because as you seem it has been very unpredictable with what is happening, but he medical staff are working very hard to make sure that those who are infected are quarantined and kept away from the healthy ones, which is a very difficult thing to do when you are in the middle of a test match. Have you literally had people in different rooms and travelling at different times . We have, for example the guys have been coming back and been training while the guys have been while the guys have been on the park, they have been separated. Whenjosh was poorly yesterday we had him in a different room, we got his head down and he had a sleep. Hand sanitiser is everywhere, you name it, it is all happening. In melbourne, australia have won their test series against new zealand with one test still to play. Their 2117 run win in the second test has given them an unassailable 2 nil lead. Tom blundells 121 the only bright note for new zealand as they were dismissed for 240 in their second innings. Aussie spinner nathan lyon claimed 4 wickets. Exeter will start 2020 on top of rugby unions premiership, prevailing by 1a points to 7 against saracens at sandy park. The two sides have met in three of the last four finals with saracens winning the lot, although their points deduction for financial indiscretions meant they went into todays match bottom of the table. Converted tries either side of half time put exeter comfortably in the lead but it all got a bit heated towards the end and the chiefs had finish the game with 1a men after Harry Williams was sent off for his part in a mass brawl. They managed to see out the win though and are now one point above northampton at the top of the table. We know the identity of the first two semi finallists at the pdc world darts championships. 2014 runner up peter wright, you cant miss him with that haircut, hit 12 180s in a 5 3 victory over luke humphries. Earlier, Nathan Aspinall reached the semi finals for a second straight year. He saw off a spirited performance from belgiams dimitri van den bergh to also win 5 3. Hell play either Michael Van Gerwen or darius la banuskas in the last four. Manchester after taking into zero
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