Chelsea lose interest while City lose ground
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The Times
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🗓️ 31 January 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
A full midweek Premier League programme and a transfer deadline – what a feast for Natalie Sawyer, Gab Marcotti, Oli Kay, James Gheerbrant and George Caulkin.
Liverpool miss the chance to go 7 points clear but do extend their lead to 5 points at the top of the Premier League. Did the Reds show weakness and has it been coming? And are we being too harsh on Manchester City given the points total they are on course to reach?
Maurizio Sarri was shamed by his players once again as Chelsea were humiliated 4-0 at Bournemouth. Do Chelsea players lose interest? Or is Sarri playing too many of them too often?
Elsewhere we’ve got the low-down on Newcastle’s new boy and we close the curtain on the Fellaini era.
Paddy von Behr provides advice ahead of the fantasy football weekend. For free Fantasy Premier League tips from The Sweeper, visit thetimes.co.uk/fantasyfootball
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| 0:00.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:08.0 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply game podcast from The Times. I'm Natalie Sawyer. |
| 0:35.6 | And I'm Gabriel Marcotte and we thank you for joining us on this rather cold Thursday morning, |
| 0:41.0 | although not as cold as some of you listening in certain parts of the world. |
| 0:44.3 | I'm led to believe in the studio with us. |
| 0:46.2 | I'm very excited because we have Mr. James Geerbrandt and he brought his glasses. |
| 0:51.5 | And down the line, not not wearing glasses but actually are you |
| 0:54.7 | wearing your housecoat it's Ollie Kaye? No but you didn't you didn't check that I |
| 0:59.6 | was wearing glasses I do own some glasses but no you but no you didn't check so that was pretty cavalier of you. |
| 1:06.6 | I assumed you don't need radio glasses, right? |
| 1:09.0 | I don't. |
| 1:10.0 | Exactly. |
| 1:11.0 | Later on, things will heat up as we talk to one of the finest football writers. |
| 1:15.6 | I know George Colkin about a record-breaking week for who else? |
| 1:20.9 | Newcastle. |
| 1:21.9 | And we'll be trying to determine what is going on at Chelsea. |
| 1:25.0 | But we start with a dramatic midweek in the title race. |
| 1:28.5 | Manchester City suffered a shock defeat at Newcastle on Tuesday, which offered Liverpool the chance to go seven points clear |
| 1:34.7 | at the top of the table. But they couldn't take that chance during one all at Anfield, |
| 1:39.8 | so with Leicester the first time all season that Yerggen-Clops men have dropped points against a team |
| 1:45.2 | outside the top six. Now, Ollie, they have increased their lead to five points, but in the circumstances, |
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