A year like no other... bumper review of the 2020/21 Premier League season

The Sky Sports Football Podcast

Sky Sports

Sports, Sports News, Soccer, News

4 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In the final Pitch to Post Review show of the season, Jasper Taylor is joined by Ben Ransom, Nick Wright and Gerard Brand to look back on an historic year of Premier League football.

| PART ONE - Man City bow out in style | North London clubs battle for little other than bragging rights | Chelsea's season of two halves

| PART TWO - What do Man Utd need to mount a proper challenge? | How on earth did Liverpool finish third?! | West Ham's fantastic achievement | Leicester fall short again

| PART THREE - Awards section: Team of the season | Game of the season | Moment of the season | Next year's surprise package

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0:00.0	The Sky Sports Football Podcast is brought to you by Bet365.
0:04.3	Bet365 wants to help you make every moment extraordinary.
0:08.4	That's why they make it easy to change things up.
0:11.1	You can take a time out, set up reality checks and set your limits.
0:15.2	Because when you make the most of the moments without Bet365,
0:18.6	it means you can enjoy the moments with them.
0:23.6	When you play, play safe with Bet365, it means you can enjoy the moments with them. When you play, play safe with Bet365. Hello and welcome to the pitch to post season review. How do you even begin to put together an intro for a Premier League season like that? Not a single club has had it easy. Even the eventual runaway champions Manchester City were down in eighth at Christmas. At that point, Liverpool were top and looking a good bet to make it consecutive Premier League titles before an incredible run of poor results.
0:56.6	Mechal Ateta's Arsenal spent some time languishing in 15th. And speaking of teams with
1:01.1	club legends turn managers, Frank Lampard and Olly Gunasolshar had contrasting fates after spells
1:06.5	of pressure. Lampard replaced by Thomas Tuchel, whilst United stuck with Olly, as both teams were
1:11.8	rewarded with a top four finish.
1:13.9	Arguably, the most consistent team were Leicester, and yet somehow, somehow, for the second
1:19.0	year in a row, they just miss out on a top four spot.
1:22.9	Elsewhere, Spurs sacks Joseo Murillo in the week of a major final.
1:26.3	There was plenty of early season handball controversy.
1:29.4	A bit of thrash the reigning champion 7-2.
1:31.9	Fans return to stadia, and I haven't even mentioned the European Super League.
1:36.8	But let's be honest, it's best not to mention that anyway.
1:39.8	I'm Jasper Taylor.
1:40.6	Alongside me to review the season is skysports.com's senior football writer Gerard
1:45.1	Brand, Sky Sports feature writer Nick Wright, and Sky Sports News reporter Ben Ransom.
1:50.4	G.B, we've spent the majority of this season reviewing it week by week. It's been quite
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