Saturday football reaction

Maya Yoshida's goal is the difference at St Mary's.

To stay across the second half in that game, head on over to our dedicated live text commentary.  

Norwich manager Alex Neil: "We had good opportunities but when you gift goals away you make it doubly difficult. We huffed and puffed and we had chances but it wasn’t enough. If you don’t defend your box well enough it is always going to be a tough task. Goals change games.

"This is a test of character. The rest of the season will show whether we have enough character in the group."

Sunderland goalscorer Jermain Defoe: "It is a difficult place to come and we showed great character to come back, we dug deep to get a point.

"There were so many positives in the second-half and we have to keep that going now and work hard until the end of the season."

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson: "It was not a good result. We need to see the last 10 minutes of the game out  and it was not good enough.

"The walk-out is not an excuse, the game is down to us as individuals." 

Liverpool coach Pepijn Lijnders: "We are disappointed, we know a game is for 95 minutes and for 83 minutes it was excellent.

"When we got the first goal we played better. Then there was the foul, I do not think it was a foul. They scored and it was 2-1 and still I thought there was nothing wrong with the result but it was disappointing to let them get two goals.

"The scoreboard never lies but today it did a bit."

Slaven Bilic is the second Premier League manager today to sport a tight beanie. He is currently looking a lot more agitated than the first, Claudio Ranieri. Bilic's West Ham team trail Southampton 1-0 at a wet St Mary's.

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Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "We defended really well when we had to but the amount of opportunities we created is pleasing.

"If anything we should have scored three or four more in the second half.

"We have to make sure we don't drop our standards now."

Stoke boss Mark Hughes: "We huffed and puffed and didn't really create again and that is a concern for us. 

"A disappointing day. We made mistakes at key times in the game and couldn't recover.

"We have to pick ourselves up and start doing the fundamentals and basics."

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Aleksandar Mitrovic, Newcastle goalscorer: "That was a very important result for us. We tried to press high from the first minute, and we got the first goal. I thought we should have scored more goals, but 1-0 is not a bad result. 

"We will stay up, of course we will. We have quality - I know we will be safe."

West Brom keeper Ben Foster: "It's a disappointed dressing room, but it was a disappointing result. We were a bit short today.

"We haven’t got many wins under our belt this season, but we have only lost two in our last 10 games. But we need a few more goals and a few more wins. Three or four more wins should see us safe."

Tony Pulis, West Brom boss, at St James' Park: "Since I have been here, that's our worst performance playing away from home. It could have been more than 1-0. But they are a great group of lads, we'll have to take this on the chin and work this out.

"Newcastle have got good players, and look at what they have recruited. But like all teams in this league you need a little luck. Today they didn’t need luck though - they were better than us, full-stop.

"There are 10 or 11 teams at the bottom looking over our shoulders, and we are one of those teams.

"There are a certain number of points you need to get, and we need to get those points soon to ease the pressure."

Remember, there is still one Premier League going on. It is currently 1-0 to Southampton against West Ham at St Mary's. Maya Yoshida is the unlikely scorer.