Arsenal show they belong amongst Europe's elite
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Art de Roché and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to discuss Arsenal’s 1-1 draw away to Atletico Madrid in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League on Wednesday.
The panel reflect on the strong away performance, the togetherness of the squad, Arsenal feeling like they are apart of the European establishment, an outstanding display from Rice in a deeper role, the controversial decisions around the penalties and player fatigue in comparison to their European counterparts.
Plus, they respond to listener messages, discuss the rescheduling of final home game against Burnley, look ahead to the match against Fulham at the Emirates on Saturday and we hear from Terry in Islington in this week’s instalment of ‘Up Your Arsenal’.
If you like the panel’s song choices, check out the ‘Now that’s what I call Handbrake’ playlist on both Spotify and Apple Music and listen to them all there:
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/now-thats-what-i-call-handbrake/pl.u-d2b00jZuDxWk6P
Producer: Robby Williams
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:07.1 | The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:14.7 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. This is Handbrake-Off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic. |
| 0:19.2 | We drew 1-1 away at Athletico Madrid last night, |
| 0:23.5 | and we're going to have a little chat about that. |
| 0:25.5 | And look ahead to Fulham on Saturday. |
| 0:28.4 | I'm joined by Arda Roche and Adrian Clark. |
| 0:30.4 | Good morning. |
| 0:31.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:32.7 | Morning. |
| 0:33.3 | Do you see the bloke-making sandwiches at halftime? |
| 0:35.4 | Indeed, indeed. |
| 0:36.3 | I mean, I mean, what? |
| 0:40.4 | What is that? |
| 0:41.5 | Just do it beforehand, mate. |
| 0:43.2 | Go ahead and do it before. |
| 0:44.7 | Bring a pack lunch. |
| 0:46.7 | Or possibly eat before you come in and then watch the game. |
| 0:50.1 | I have a real objection to eating at football unless they're like little chocolatey snacks which are passed around |
| 0:55.5 | that's fine. Of course that's fine |
| 0:57.4 | but making sandwiches honestly |
| 0:59.4 | fuck off. Maybe you just didn't listen to |
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