Are Arsenal's Wheels Coming Off?
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The Times
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🗓️ 16 February 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy, Ian Hawkey - with Tom Clarke.
The master beat the apprentice as Manchester City took the Premier League lead from Arsenal. Are the wheels starting to come off for Mikel Arteta’s side? (00:00)
Chelsea will have to win at Stamford Bridge to progress in the Champions League after a 1-0 loss away at Borussia Dortmund. Is the lack of a striker going to continue to haunt them until the end of the season? (20:38)
Tom Roddy joins us from Dortmund fresh from his sit-down interview with Dortmund striker Sébastien Haller, as he continues his comeback from testicular cancer (33:28)
Tottenham also need to win at home to make the last 8 of the Champions League, but should they be quietly confident against AC Milan? (37:46)
Bayern got the better of PSG and Ian Hawkey casts his expert eye over where both European giants find themselves at present (43:54)
Southampton and Leeds are still on the lookout for new managers ahead of their meeting on Saturday. Just how important is the Premier League match at Elland Road? (49:50)
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| 0:00.0 | This is the game football podcast from the Times. |
| 0:04.1 | Today Manchester City beat Arsenal in the Premier League to leap from them at the top of the table, |
| 0:09.9 | as the momentum shifted from North London to Eastlands. We'll be talking about that huge match |
| 0:16.3 | and some big games in the Champions League as well, but defeat for both Premier League sides as |
| 0:21.1 | spurs and Chelsea are beaten by a goal to nil on their travels. We'll discuss Paris Saint-Germain |
| 0:27.3 | after their defeat to buy in Munich and look ahead to some important games at the bottom of |
| 0:32.4 | the Premier League this weekend, a huge clash between Everton and Leeds and what next for South |
| 0:38.0 | Amton in their new manager search as they go to Chelsea. This is the game. |
| 0:46.8 | Hello, welcome to the game podcast. I am Hugh Wozncroft and of course we begin with a huge game |
| 0:52.7 | in the Premier League title race. It ended Arsenal 1, Manchester City 3, Manchester City returning |
| 0:58.9 | to the top of the Premier League for the first time since November, leapfrogging the leaders |
| 1:03.3 | Arsenal or the then leaders Arsenal with a vital victory at the Emirates. City on top and |
| 1:08.8 | goal difference, but they have played a game more and we begin this discussion with Tom Clarke |
| 1:13.5 | who's here to discuss that match with us. Tom Roddy will join us shortly from Dortmund to discuss |
| 1:18.6 | the Champions League alongside Gregor Robinson and Ian Hawke as well. Plenty for us to discuss |
| 1:24.9 | and in great company as well. Let's start with this game at the Emirates as I say. Tom Clarke, |
| 1:31.3 | a game that in many ways was decided by Errors. What did you make of it? |
| 1:35.6 | Yeah, you're right though. It was decided by Errors. I would say the first error from Tommy Asus |
| 1:40.8 | is very much a self-inflicted one. I would say the other ones in the second half were more |
| 1:45.6 | brought on by City's improved pressing. I saw there was a market difference in the way City |
| 1:50.8 | played, not just tactically, but in terms of their intensity and where it was targeted, |
| 1:55.8 | first half the second half. I think first half Arsenal controlled the game really and they were |
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