Back on top after Havertz stings Bees
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone, to reflect on Havertz’s late winner at Brentford, sending Arsenal top of the Premier League.
The panel also discuss Ramsdale’s performance including what it could mean for his future, this season vs last season and whether we need midfield reinforcements in January.
Plus, Beth Mead back on the scoresheet and looking ahead to Lens.
Produced by Jay Beale.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.0 | Sacker, that's a better ball in. |
| 0:06.0 | Kari Havats! |
| 0:10.0 | Well, he needed a moment to kickstart his Arsenal career |
| 0:14.0 | and the moment that he comes is up, takes them top of the Premier League. |
| 0:19.0 | The only way to and top of the Premier League. |
| 0:28.5 | The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:37.1 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by the Athletic. |
| 0:40.0 | We're going to talk about the win over Brentford. |
| 0:47.2 | I have to admit that I didn't see it live because it was really one of the stranger nights in my life. |
| 0:49.9 | I was in Trans Sanctuary. |
| 0:57.5 | It was a daytime event over by Tobacco Dock in East London, dancing for seven hours. |
| 1:00.2 | Slightly unseemly for a man of my age, you may think. |
| 1:02.8 | But they're about 12ers. It was essentially the weirdest, the weirdest place I've ever watched a game. |
| 1:08.5 | I was right in the middle of the dance floor, listening to John Askew, |
| 1:11.8 | the acclaimed trance DJ, when I looked at my phone and Kai Haverts had scored in 89 minutes |
| 1:18.3 | and I showed my mate. And I was punching the air and everyone's going, you're liking the music. |
| 1:22.1 | I'm going, no, finally Havert's got on the score sheet from Open Play, although I am enjoying the music as well. |
| 1:29.1 | Definitely the weirdest place I've ever watched a game. |
| 1:31.8 | You two, you ever watched a game in a weird place? |
| 1:34.9 | Adrian? |
| 1:35.5 | Not really. |
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