Hello and welcome to the game football podcast from The Times.

Watch how Arsenal, Pep Guardiola and the lads are on the charge.

Manchester City beat Liverpool in comprehensive fashion to close the gap at the top of the Premier League to four points,

a statement win which suggests we might have a proper title race on our hands.

City's chances have improved thanks to Sunderland's late Equaliser against Leaders Arsenal,

and on today's show we'll discuss both those games,

another away defeat for Newcastle,

and we'll debate our favourite footballers who played on into their 40s

as we hear about a striker still scoring aged 50.

I'm Tom Clark, and joining me today, we have the senior sports writer and Sunday Times columnist Alison Rudd, the football reporter and tactical analyst Hamza Khalik Luna, and the former football attorney journalist Gregor Robertson is alongside me as usual. Hamza! It's been so long, man. Where have you been? I've been out and about, up and down. Up and down, out and about. Just not on the podcast. Just not on the podcast. Well, it's desperate measures because we've all given every opinion we possibly can on Liverpool already this season. They've lost again. So we're calling in the recruits, aren't we, Greg? Let's do it. We've got nothing else to say. I'm sure we probably have listeners. We've got loads to say. It was an amazing game.

A really... falling in the recruits, aren't we, Greg? Let's do it. We've got nothing else to say. I'm sure we probably have listeners.

We've got loads to say. It was an amazing game. A really startling game, actually, for me. Let's start with City from that point. It reminded me. Tell what you reminded me of. It reminded me of my Auntie Jones 80th birthday party. I knew you were going to say that. How did I know you were going to say that?

Because it's his seven, it's PEP seven... birthday party. I knew you were going to say that. How did I know you were going to say that?

Because it's his seven, it's PEP seven, no, thousandth game in charge.

Thousandth game.

You win number 716.

And that really is time to start thinking about being reflective and when will he retire

or when will he go on another sabbatical. And people

were talking like that about my Auntie Joan. Well, you know, she might not be quite up for the

party, but you know, you've got to go. It's compulsory to go, but she might be a bit tired.

She was the life and soul. She loved every minute of it. It gave her, gave her new life and she loved having everyone around her.

And Pep Cardiola was exactly the same.

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