Arsenal & Liverpool's Tactical Stalemate; Amorim Out at Man United; Rosenior In at Chelsea
The 2 Robbies
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4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Robbie Mustoe & Robbie Earle recap a busy midweek round of matches in the Premier League and touch on the latest managerial news surrounding Manchester United & Chelsea
1:00 - Arsenal and Liverpool's highly anticipated matchup ends in a 0-0 tactical stalemate and leaves questions over the attacking options for both clubs
13:21 - Ruben Amorim gets sacked as Manchester United manager after a tumultuous 14 months in charge, and leaves a bevy of questions for United's hierarchy to address as they hit the reset button once again
24:56 - Chelsea appoint Liam Rosenior as head coach, who must now hit the ground running and turn around the club's poor run of form
37:48 - A quick whip-around to the other storylines from Matchweek 21: Manchester City 1-1 Brighton, Crystal Palace 0-0 Aston Villa, Bournemouth 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United 4-3 Leeds United, Brentford 3-0 Sunderland, Everton 1-1 Wolves, West Ham 1-2 Nottingham Forest
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Happy New Year and welcome to the two Robbie's podcast, your destination for in-depth discussion |
| 0:17.1 | and analysis of the Premier League. I'm Robbie Musto and he's Robby O'L and here |
| 0:22.4 | are today's topics. The week's marquee matchup between Arsenal and Liverpool ends in a |
| 0:27.4 | nil-nil draw but leaves Arsenal's six points clear at the top of the table. Darren Fletcher |
| 0:32.0 | takes charge for Manchester United's two-two draw at Burnley after Ruben Amarin was sacked by |
| 0:37.0 | the club on Monday morning following a tumultuous 14 months in charge. |
| 0:41.5 | Chelsea's new boss Liam Rossignor watches from the stands as Chelsea's disciplinary issues resurface in a 2-1 loss at Fulham |
| 0:48.6 | and we whip around the bevy of midweek matches which produce some incredible storylines. |
| 0:53.6 | That's what we've got coming up in today's episode. |
| 0:59.0 | Okay my friend, we let's kick it off it. The big game, it was at the Emirates. I think all eyes were on this one. |
| 1:05.0 | Arsenal facing Liverpool, the team that beat them at Amfield, that Zubbers-Lye goal |
| 1:10.9 | early in the season. All eyes |
| 1:14.6 | on Arsenal, chance to go eight points clear |
| 1:16.6 | and I think for many people |
| 1:18.6 | make the statement that this was going to be their |
| 1:20.9 | year. Didn't quite play out |
| 1:22.9 | like that, Rob, a nil-0 draw. I thought |
| 1:24.7 | quite an intriguing game |
| 1:26.9 | all the same. It lacked a little bit of |
| 1:28.8 | gold-mouthed acting some big moments, but I actually thought Rob as the game was going on. It |
| 1:33.6 | wasn't a classic, but for me, and I'm assuming maybe for both managers who will come out of |
| 1:39.8 | this day, I thought it was a bit of a learning, like what, what, what, what, what, what, |
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