A bruising game at Stamford Bridge and Manchester City leave it late – Football Weekly

Football Weekly

The Guardian

Soccer, Sports

4.6 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Barney Ronay and Dan Bardell as 10-man Chelsea earn a point at home against top of the table Arsenal. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:12.6	Hello and welcome for the Guardian Football Weekly, all square in the title
0:15.7	decider at the bridge. Chelsea, impressive with 11 and knuckled down with 10 after
0:19.2	Caesado's red card. Perhaps another sign that they're serious contenders. Man City sitting between those two in second after an injury time winner for Phil Foden, heartbreak for Leeds United. Elsewhere, Liverpool stopped the rot at West Ham, no salla and a goal for Isaac. More home agony for Spurs, giving Fulham their first away win of the season. Two down before the game even started. Thomas Frank criticizes the fans. What a mess. There's a great comeback for Sunderland, a decent comeback for Man United, against a tired palace, an emphatic Newcastle winner Everton. Brentford beat Bernie Leighton, Bryant win at Forest, and Villa squeezed past wolves and into the top four. We'll pay tribute to Billy Bonds, answer your questions. And that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.
1:01.3	On the panel today, Barry Glendan.
1:03.0	Welcome.
1:03.5	Hi, Max.
1:04.0	Hello, Barney.
1:05.2	Hi, Max.
1:05.9	And good morning to Dan Bardell.
1:07.8	Morning, Max Rushton.
1:09.0	Let's begin at Stamford Bridge then.
1:10.6	Chelsea won, Arsenal one.
1:11.8	Not a bad game, Barry.
1:13.0	Not a classic.
1:14.0	Just a bit hectic.
1:15.2	Did I build it up too much on Thursday and on Monday and on Tuesday or whenever it was?
1:20.6	I would say it was quite a bad game.
1:23.0	And it certainly didn't live up to the billing.
1:25.5	You were giving it on Thursday and Wednesday.
1:29.8	If it hadn't been Chelsea Arsenal, it would very much have been last on match of the day,
1:35.2	even worse than Villaf Wolves, with apologies to Dan.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 8 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Guardian, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Guardian and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.