Are Liverpool lucky and do Arsenal have the best squad?
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The Times
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🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Liverpool left it late again, is it a winning habit or a worrying trend? Or to quote Gregor, can both things be true? With Isak making his debut after his record-breaking transfer Liverpool now have a array or attacking options but with Wirtz, Ekitike, Salah and Gakpo all wanting to start could they have problems ahead?
Harry Kane scored two against Chelsea, is he the best striker in Europe?
For Arsenal, another impressive display away to Bilboa. While Liverpool are top and might have the best starting eleven, do Arsenal have the best squad in the league? If they do, then its time they won something thinks Martin Samuel.
Finally, what’s wrong at Aston Villa?
Tom Clarke is joined by Tony Cascarino, Martin Samuel and Gregor Robertson.
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| 1:18.8 | Three wins and one defeat so far for the English teams in the Champions League. |
| 1:23.1 | On today's show, we'll discuss victories for Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham and Chelsea's defeat in Munich against a Harry Kane-inspired Bayern. |
| 1:31.4 | We'll also discuss a worrying collapse for Nottingham Forest and Ange Poster Coglu and another poor result for Aston Villa and Unai Emory and debate who has the strongest squad in the Premier League. |
| 1:42.3 | I'm Tom Clark and joining me today. we have the Chief Correspondent for the Times |
| 1:45.5 | and Sunday Times, Martin Samuel. The former striker turned columnist Tony Cascarino and the former defender turned journalist Gregor Robertson is here as usual. Chaps, we're all in the new studios, but it's quite cozy now. All four of us are in here, isn't it? Yeah, lovely. You're turning a heating up though. |
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