Arsenal Start Off Season Strong, Man United Show Promise
The 2 Robbies
NBC Sports Soccer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe host live from Old Trafford to break down a busy opening weekend to a brand new Premier League season
0:10 - Manchester United showcase signs of promise despite an opening day 1-0 loss to Arsenal
6:18 - On a night where they paid tribute to Diogo Jota, Liverpool lift themselves with emotion and secure a late winner against Bournemouth
9:24 - Man City's new signings come out of the gates firing in an impressive 4-0 win at Wolves
12:18 - Quickfire headlines of the weekend's other top stories: Spurs, Sunderland and Nottingham Forest
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the two Robbie's podcast, your destination for the depth discussion and analysis of the Premier League. |
| 0:19.2 | I'm Robbie Musto. He's Robbie Earl and we're at somewhere rather special, my friend. We're at Sideliner, Old Chafford. We've just seen Manchester United taking on Arsenal. Arsenal getting a 1-0 win. We can't see if a bit of a goalkeeping mistake, we'd have to say. But a day when I think both teams can take something from this game. Arsenal, certainly the three points. |
| 0:39.1 | Manchester United Rob, let's just start with them. |
| 0:42.3 | I mean, from my point of view, and I'll say, |
| 0:43.9 | obviously I know you weren't at the Premier League summer series tournament |
| 0:47.1 | because you're away on holiday. |
| 0:49.3 | But this is a continuation of the work. |
| 0:51.7 | And I said to you, Ruben Amaran, happy place is on the training |
| 0:55.1 | ground, is with these players and you can kind of see some of the work that's been done |
| 1:00.3 | and just a bit of a different feel about the team and the club really in some way. |
| 1:05.0 | First off, it's such a pleasure really to come to the UK for our first weekend the atmosphere here at the start |
| 1:12.9 | I mean we know there's like on the back of summer series and some signings that there's some |
| 1:16.3 | enthusiasm some excitement about the season it was loud here mate and it was a fierce game |
| 1:21.1 | frenetic game I thought man United made it a fast game I think arson really wanted that I thought |
| 1:26.5 | united were quite direct at times to get those front players involved. And they played some really good football. We're very close. You know, David Ray made a brilliant save, a fingertip save. A little later in the game. Dorgo hit the post. Yeah, from the left-hand side. And they stretch Arsenal a lot, Rob. Both wing backs got high up the pitch, Stolo overlapping then Burma, Doogogun on that left-hand side. And it was kind of the, you know, everyone's been talking about the system and the shape, haven't they? Well, today it was none of that. It's not so much about that. It was about people in getting in good areas of the pitch and causing problems. To that point, I'd have to say, I thought Arsenal's defender was excellent. |
| 2:01.6 | I thought Slebe and Gabrielle, which we know is one of the best, probably the best, they are. They are the best. Partnership. Califiori coming in on that left-hand side, did a good job. He picked Califiori instead of Mars Lewis Skelly. I know Lee Dixon and Comptory talked about, he thought it was a smart decision. |
| 1:58.4 | And I think it was, because he's physical, California. |
| 2:01.7 | He sprints into the midfield as well to help out. |
| 2:04.2 | In fact, both... about he thought it was a smart decision and I think it was because he's physical |
| 2:17.8 | California he sprints into the midfield as well to help out in fact both |
| 2:21.5 | fullbacks do when they play but I think bringing him one side Ben White's an experience |
| 2:25.8 | yeah yeah like he's been there done it he's a good defender I you know you |
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