Benitez's future on the rocks, COVID chaos continues and is the title race already over?

Sunday Supplement

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3.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Vicky and Darren are joined by Andy Cole to reflect on Manchester City's 1-0 victory over Chelsea, to give Pep Guardiola's side a 13 point lead at the top of the Premier League. They also discuss Rafa Benitez's future at Everton, after it was reported the board are holding emergency talks about his role, whilst the COVID chaos continues after the North London Derby was postponed.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sunday Supplement Podcast brought to you by Bet365 and at Bet365 they don't
0:06.5	do ordinary. It's where every game, every goal and every point matters. Whatever the sport,
0:12.6	whatever the moment, it's never ordinary at Bet365. Please gamble responsibly over 18s only.
0:19.4	Welcome to the Sunday Supplement Podcast with me, Vicki Gommasort. Derek Lewis is alongside
0:26.2	me as always and today we welcome along the Manchester United legend Andy Cole. So much to talk about
0:30.8	with Manchester City going 13 points clear at the top is the title race all but over. We reflect
0:35.8	on Philippe Coutinho's immediate impact at Aston Villa as they came back from 2-0 down to draw
0:40.3	against Manchester United. We'll also discuss Rafa Benitez's future Everton after one win in 13.
0:45.9	Plus, I sit down with Antonio Conte who tells me he's still got plenty of ambition at Tottenham.
0:51.1	Hi there. Welcome back Andy. Hello. Nice to see you. Happy New Year. Happy birthday. Yeah, let's not
0:59.2	mention that one. You have a party. No, I didn't. Was it a work event? So it was no party to come though.
1:08.8	You will be invited if you play your cards right. Okay, let's start of course with Rafa Benitez
1:13.5	because this is the big breaking news isn't this morning. His future as Everton Boss is in
1:17.3	a serious doubt after the club has called this board meeting to discuss his position following
1:21.6	that two undefeats to Norwich. So let's cross now to the club's training ground as speak
1:26.1	live to Ben Manson who's there for us. So good morning Ben. Can you tell us what's the very latest
1:30.4	from where you are? Yeah, well, we're waiting for official movement after what we heard last night.
1:38.4	That was that there were discussions around Rafa Benitez's future. The board's talking to
1:44.6	owner Farhad Machiri about Benitez all set against the backdrop of supporter protests against
1:51.9	the backdrop of poor results and really humbling and disappointing performances not least that
1:58.1	loss against Norwich yesterday. Some of the traveling fans found it too much to stomach. We saw
2:03.4	that banner unfurled calling for Rafa Benitez to be sacked and you have to say he's hanged by
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