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Another Slow Start for Man City?

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Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew continue to react to this weekend's Premier League results and question if Man City can overcome another slow start to the season just like last year. Plus, Mario Melchiot joins the show to break down who he thinks will in the title race at and explain why he thinks Chelsea don't have too many positives to take away from their victory against Brighton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome in the latest edition of the Espen AFC. I'm Dan Thomas joining the studio today

0:08.4

by Shaka Hissop and Stevie Nickle. Brilliant weekend of football right across the board.

0:13.6

We'll focus first what happened in the Premier League because I think it's fair to say there

0:17.2

is definitely a title race on after Manchester City once again drop points of course after that three-thru draw against

0:24.0

Spurs Liverpool coming from behind to meet Fulham Arsenal meanwhile with that win against

0:27.9

Wolves meaning you take a look at the top three this is four points that separate them for Manchester City, question marks as to why they

0:35.8

aren't as convincing as they were last season. It's three Premier League games now without

0:40.9

a win. You have to go back to April 2017. That's over six years,

0:46.0

Stephen, since that last happened. Three Premier League games without a win despite leading in

0:51.4

all of them. That's the first time since November 2019 and eight goals

0:55.3

allowed in three games.

0:57.3

They have surrendered the league six times in three matches.

1:01.4

Mario Malkin is with us, but Mario, forgive me if I don't go to you first on this,

1:05.4

because Stevie, ahead of the show,

1:07.4

said to me, damn, there's three main points I want to make about Manchester City's to fail me and

1:14.6

started telling me then but I was like, no, wait!

1:18.1

I still want to hear them twice.

1:20.1

In the surprise move, you don't tell the story.

1:22.3

But that was definitely the story.

1:25.0

Okay Stevie, so what are the three points?

1:28.0

I've forgotten. Can't remember.

1:30.0

That you'd like to make about cities defending.

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