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What a weekend, the Premier League writers have concocted for us, a title race once again.

This is my football. It's a world's favourite sport, or I guess second after curling.

This weekend, Arsenal stagger into the North London Derby in the thrall of existential dread.

Manchester City attempt to chase him down like Xenomore from Alien, or at least like Peps fearsome city in our imagination from seasons yore to delve into all of this and more. Prepare you for what you need to know for your weekend pleasure. This is Big Weekend Preview with me, Rodge, in LA. Oh, and Roar, Crown Prince of Harrogate on the road. Where are you, baby? I am in the offices of the very kind Anfield Wrap at the Pierhead in Liverpool, Roch.

And you've just been to?

I've been to Hill Dickinson Stadium to speak to John Howell, who's the head groundsman at Hill

Dickinson. The weather in Britain has been quite British recently. And I kind of wanted to go

and see what the people who are in the front line of that battle are doing to make the Premier League

pitches playable. You know, I arrived in L.A. last night from London at about 10 o'clock at night. It was pitch black, but it was still more sunlight on the streets of Los Angeles, even in the middle of the night. Then I saw the whole time I was in England, Godspeed. Want to give huge thanks to Bank of America, official bank of US soccer and the FIFA World Cup 2026 for supporting the

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like the power today? But let's dive right into it. North London Derby time, Tottenham Arsenal,

Sunday 1130 airmeeting time on USA. And I'm old enough to remember when this game was let's all laugh at Tottenham.

Was that just 10 days ago?

And the talk was this could be the earliest St. Totteringham's Day ever.

But Arsenal, in the middle of joining just 10 points out of their last 21, culminating in Wednesday night's horror show, historic implosion, against bottom-place walls.

Really, Arsenal fans' worst fears made real stoppage time blind panic, ultimate collapse.

That once vaunted defence capitulating, the loss of heads, the tempers flaring at the final whistle,

as the Arsenal players confronted the agony

at becoming the first league leaders to let a two-goal lead slip against the relegation's own opponent.

Arsenal, suddenly throwing away leads, leaking low XG goals for more points.

They are five points clear. That's the good news.

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