As easy as it gets at Ipswich

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

The Athletic

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Adrian Clarke and Art de Roché join Ian Stone to reflect on Arsenal's demolition of Ipswich at Portman Road. Mikel Arteta opted for a strong side, the panel discuss why rhythm and momentum is as important as rest in the lead up to Arsenal's Champions League semi final.

Leandro Trossard got the nod up front scoring a brace, the Belgian dovetailed beautifully with Mikel Merino who was deployed in a midfield role. With Thomas Partey suspended for the first leg against PSG, was this perhaps an indication of Arteta’s plans in the Champions League?

After his heroics in Madrid, Gabriel Martinelli was on the scoresheet again — his 50th goal for the club — while Ben White returned to the starting XI, completing the trio of Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka, who hadn't started together since November.

With two goals coming from short corners, and 16 being taken across the Brentford and Ipswich games, has Nicolas Jover added some variety to Arsenal's set piece routines?

The panel also reflect on Arsenal's 2-1 defeat to Lyon in the Women's Champions League, and look ahead to Crystal Palace's midweek visit in the Premier League.

Produced by Jay Beale.

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:07.0	The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off.
0:14.6	Hello, I'm Ian Stone. This is Handbreak-Off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic on Sunday.
0:23.5	The Arsenal beat Ipswich Town 4-0 at Portman Road to reflect on the game and look at the Crystal Palace of the Emirates on Wednesday
0:28.4	I'm joined by Art de Roche and Adrian Clarke morning or evening depending on where you are
0:34.9	hello good morning I'm coming. I'm coming home.
0:38.1	I'm coming home after this.
0:39.3	Basically, as soon as this is done, I'm on a plane.
0:42.8	Good luck with that.
0:43.8	Good luck with that.
0:44.7	Thank you very much.
0:46.2	By the way, right, we'll talk about the Ipswich game,
0:49.5	but Leif Davis, that tackle on Bucayo Saka, right?
0:53.9	I mean, it was awful, of course it was.
0:56.3	But the Ipswich fans spent the rest of the game booing Buccio
0:59.6	and all that same old ass and always cheating nonsense, which really pisses me off.
1:04.7	You ever been blamed for something that's not your fault?
1:07.8	Yeah.
1:09.3	Yeah.
1:11.5	He said that with certainty, stony, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He said that with certainty, Stony.
1:13.7	Yeah.
1:14.4	Yeah, there was a certain, there was a certain bitterness as well there.
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