Are Arsenal Cracking Under Pressure?
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The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Roddy.
Arsenal dropped more points in the title race at the weekend. Are they struggling under the pressure and will the title come down to the result of the game against Manchester City? (00:00)
Ollie Watkins continued to impress for Aston Villa as they put Newcastle in their place. Could Unai Emery’s team make Europe? (17:28)
Brighton have a knack of finding exciting young players with Julio Enciso the latest to impress - scoring the winner at Stamford Bridge. Tom Roddy has more about his exclusive story on the likely identity of Chelsea’s new manager (26:20)
Dean Smith’s 600th game in management didn’t go to plan - with Leicester losing to Manchester City. Do the Foxes have a better chance of survival under him, though? (39:02)
Bournemouth showed they’re up for the fight with a stunning victory against Spurs. Are the Tottenham fans losing focus on the action on the pitch? (49:22)
We round up the rest of the games across the weekend - with several teams fighting for their lives in the Premier League (65:59)
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| 0:00.0 | In 2004 Andrew Malkanson was jailed for life after a woman was raped in greater Manchester. |
| 0:07.0 | I couldn't find a way to demonstrate I was telling the truth. |
| 0:10.0 | But the police got the wrong man, who then fought for two decades to clear his name. |
| 0:16.0 | Today we told this court I was innocent and finally they listened. |
| 0:21.0 | 17 years, a series from the Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 0:25.0 | Listen wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.0 | This is the game football podcast from the Times. |
| 0:37.0 | Today, Arsenal dropped two more points in there. |
| 0:40.0 | Bats all to lift the Premier League as Manchester City closing with another comfortable victory. |
| 0:45.0 | We'll talk about Aston Villa's resurgence under Unighamry. |
| 0:49.0 | Could they make it into the top four? |
| 0:51.0 | Brighton put in a stunning performance at Chelsea. |
| 0:54.0 | Who though will their next manager be? |
| 0:57.0 | We'll talk about Dean Smith's first game in charge of Leicester and all of the big stories at the bottom with huge wins |
| 1:02.0 | for Bournemouth, Crystal, Palace and Wolves. |
| 1:05.0 | This is the game. |
| 1:09.0 | Hello again, welcome back to the game podcast. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm Hugh Wasncroft. |
| 1:13.0 | Alongside Alison Rudd, Tom Roddy and Gregor Robbers, who alongside me all together in a studio in London Lightmagic |
| 1:19.0 | to react to what was once again an event for weekend of football with plenty of storyline. |
| 1:25.0 | We're going to start throughout this podcast. |
| 1:27.0 | I think I'm going to go from top of the table towards the bottom of the table, which means Chelsea fans you'll have to wait. |
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