Are Manchester City About To Pull Away?
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The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Clarke, Alyson Rudd and James Restall.
Did we witness the game of the season between Spurs and Liverpool or was it more of a fair match due to Covid cases? (00:00)
With Liverpool and Chelsea both dropping points - is the title race already starting to tip into Manchester City’s favour? (21:42)
Newcastle are still looking leaky at the back - has Eddie Howe actually had much of a positive influence on the team yet? (24:25)
Roughly halfway through the season, we pick our half-time awards. Which manager has impressed us the most? Who has been the smartest signing and which teams will go down? (33:40)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the game is sponsored by the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, |
| 0:04.6 | which is inviting everyone in the UK to share their experience of the pandemic |
| 0:08.8 | because every story matters. Although the pandemic now feels like some time ago, |
| 0:13.4 | it's left a long lasting impact on all of our lives. It was something that we experienced together, |
| 0:18.8 | however, despite that, it affected us in many individual ways. Every story matters is your |
| 0:24.4 | opportunity to share how the pandemic impacted your life with the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. |
| 0:30.0 | It doesn't have to be just about the virus either. This can be about how it impacted your day-to-day life, |
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| 0:56.5 | Search every story matters. |
| 1:00.1 | Hello and welcome back to the Game Football Podcast from The Times. Today we talk about the |
| 1:04.9 | officiating and VAR in the great game between Spurred and Liverpool in the Premier League. We also |
| 1:11.3 | ask what's going wrong for Eddie Howe at Newcastle United is he the man to turn things around? |
| 1:17.9 | We'll also give our mid-season report as we approach Christmas, who are the teams, the players |
| 1:23.5 | and signings of the seasons that's far and much, much more including our predictions for the rest |
| 1:29.0 | of the campaign. This is the game. |
| 1:40.1 | Hello again, welcome back to the Game Podcast where my self-cue wasn't craft. It's Christmas |
| 1:45.2 | week. We don't know how much football will get over the next 10 days or so, but we'll look back |
| 1:50.0 | at the weekend and the season so far today. Alongside me, Alison Rudd, Tom Clark and James Restall, |
| 1:57.4 | but we have to start with, I think, the game of the season so far, thoroughly entertaining, |
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