Arsenal’s Old Trafford victory, Man City’s depth & Liverpool’s chaos

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Soccer, Unknown, Soccer,, Sports, Football

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The Premier League is back and so too are Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Adrian Clarke and Matt Davies-Adams to take in all the Matchday 1 action.

Arsenal have their backs against the wall at Old Trafford but come away with all three points. But are there reasons to be cheerful for Ruben Amorim?

Man City breeze past Wolves at Molineux as we all consider the players Pep didn’t even have at his disposal. And champions Liverpool secure a dramatic victory over Bournemouth. Are Arne Slot’s side far too open?

There are big wins for Sunderland and Forest which are impressive but might tell us quite a lot about West Ham and Brentford.

Plus Eze, Richarlison and Birmingham’s perfect winning goal.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: The Premier League is back! (01.00)

• PART 2a: Man United 0-1 Arsenal (08.30)

• PART 2b: Chelsea 0-0 Crystal Palace (16.00)

• PART 2c: Forest 3-1 Brentford (23.00)

• PART 3a: Sunderland 3-0 West Ham (32.00)

• PART 3b: Spurs 3-0 Burnley (38.00)

• PART 3c: Wolves 0-4 Man City (44.00)

• PART 4a: Liverpool 4-2 Bournemouth (49.00)

• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League plus Championship headlines (56.00)

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