8 wins from 8 as Arsenal top UCL league phase
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to discuss Arsenal’s 3-2 win against Kairat Almaty at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.
The panel reflect on Arteta’s pre match press conference and his message to the players and fans, Havertz scoring and assisting on his first start since returning from injury, Martinelli’s excellent performance, Kairat’s away support, enjoying the new league format of the Champions League, potential opponents in the knockout phase, Eze’s improved showing and the difficulties creative players face settling into a new team.
Plus, they look ahead to the match away to Leeds United on Saturday and we hear from Daniel in London in this week’s instalment of Up Your Arsenal.
Producer: Robby Williams
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:07.1 | The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:14.8 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. |
| 0:16.3 | This is Handbrake off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic. |
| 0:21.3 | We'll be talking about Arsenal's 3 to win the Emirates last night against Chirat Al-Matti. |
| 0:28.1 | And looking ahead to lead in the league on Saturday. |
| 0:30.8 | I'm joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clark. |
| 0:32.6 | Good morning. |
| 0:33.3 | Hello. |
| 0:34.2 | Hiya. |
| 0:34.8 | Hi, guys. |
| 0:38.1 | Mikhail gave a rather brilliant answer in his pre-match press conference. |
| 0:42.9 | He was speaking about the defeat against Manchester Night. |
| 0:45.4 | He talked about Arsenal fans jumping on the boat. |
| 0:49.2 | That's what he said, jump on the boat. |
| 0:50.9 | I thought he said fun boat. |
| 0:52.7 | I thought he said the boat of fun. I hope he did say the boat of fun. Are you keen on getting on ships or boats? Adrian, you done the cruise, done any of that? I don't mind a log flu. Is that really a boat? Is that, I mean, I suppose it is. It's a floating thing, isn't it? I got to be honest, that's about as boaty as I like to get these days. |
| 1:12.0 | Right. |
| 1:12.2 | Not a fan. |
| 1:13.3 | Not a fan. |
| 1:14.3 | When I was younger, I went on a football trip to Holland, I think, so I might have done the |
| 1:20.9 | Felix Doe to Zubrugger. |
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