Arteta & Pep set up Wembley date - will Arsenal extend their lead this weekend?
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Jack Lang and Dan Kilpatrick are in the studio ahead of a mouthwatering weekend of action.
Arsenal and Man City will meet in the Carabao Cup final in late March after overcoming Chelsea and Newcastle in the semi-finals in midweek. We discuss the very different approaches of Rosenior and Howe to how they handled the top two.
Could the Gunners increase their lead at the top of the table this weekend? Arteta’s men host Sunderland while Pep and his players travel to Anfield, a ground that hasn’t brought them much joy over the years.
Red-hot Man United look to hang on to 4th place as they face Spurs, about whom skipper Cristian Romero has been sounding off again.
Plus a big weekend of six-pointers at the bottom and the ticking time bomb that is Crystal Palace.
Produced by Charlie Jones
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Arsenal & Man City reach Carabao Cup final (02.30)
• PART 2a: Liverpool v Man City preview (13.00)
• PART 2b: Arsenal v Sunderland preview (19.00)
• PART 3a: Man United v Tottenham preview (25.00)
• PART 3b: Wolves v Chelsea + Bournemouth v Villa (32.00)
• PART 4a: Brighton v Crystal Palace preview (37.00)
• PART 4b: Newcastle v Brentford + Fulham v Everton (46.00)
• PART 4c: Leeds v Forest + Burnley v West Ham (49.00)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Totally Football Show |
| 0:10.9 | Today, heated rivalry |
| 0:12.8 | Two men face off in a passionate series. |
| 0:15.8 | Pep and Mikkel, |
| 0:17.0 | who've added a Carabai Cup final date |
| 0:18.9 | to their sweaty league tussle |
| 0:20.4 | after impressing everyone with their semis this week. |
| 0:22.9 | We check in on the midweek action, |
| 0:25.1 | take stock of the Tuesday Deadline Day news, |
| 0:27.7 | with Palace last and about and all that, |
| 0:29.4 | and look ahead to the weekends games. |
| 0:31.1 | Man United Spurs, Leet Forest, Liverpool, Man City, |
| 0:34.7 | all games taking place this weekend. |
| 0:36.7 | It's the Totally Football Show. |
| 0:40.5 | Thursday, the 5th of February. |
| 0:45.8 | Yay! |
| 0:46.8 | Welcome to a Totally Football Show. |
| 0:49.1 | Danco Patrick's back with us today. |
| 0:50.7 | Hello, Dan. |
| 0:51.3 | Hello. |
| 0:52.1 | Nice to see you. |
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