City take advantage of Arsenal stumble as Spurs slip into the drop zone
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
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🗓️ 12 April 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Tim Spiers and Matt Davies-Adams are in the studio after another pivotal Premier League weekend.
Man City close the gap to 6 points in the title race, with a game in hand, after an impressive 3-0 victory at Stamford Bridge. Are Pep’s players motoring towards a domestic treble?
City host leaders Arsenal next Sunday, who suffer a shock home defeat to Bournemouth, their 3rd loss in 4 matches. Are they buckling under the pressure of chasing a first title in 22 years?
It’s a miserable weekend in North London with Spurs losing at Sunderland in Roberto De Zerbi’s first game in charge. Winless in 14, in the relegation zone, with Cristian Romero coming off injured in tears.
West Ham move out of the bottom three with their 4-0 thumping of Wolves while Forest come from behind to claim a point against Villa.
And the race for Europe is wide open with 4 points separating 6th from 12th in the table! How much pressure is Eddie Howe under at Newcastle?
Produced by Charlie Jones
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Title race thoughts and who’s going down? (01:30)
• PART 2: Chelsea 0-3 Man City (08:30)
• PART 3: Arsenal 1-2 Bournemouth (24:00)
• PART 4a: Sunderland 1-0 Spurs with Jack Pitt-Brooke (35:00)
• PART 4b: West Ham 4-0 Wolves (41:00)
• PART 4c: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa (45:00)
• PART 4d: Crystal Palace 2-1 Newcastle (48:00)
• PART 5a: Wilshere wins at Wembley (53:00)
• PART 5b: Saturday’s action (56:00)
• PART 5c: Who is player of the year? (63:00)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:09.3 | Totally football show. |
| 0:10.8 | Today, Manchester City at full throttle, |
| 0:13.4 | Arsenal at full bottle, |
| 0:15.1 | and you don't need to be Aristotle |
| 0:16.5 | to see how this Premier League title race is going. |
| 0:19.2 | We round up all the weekend's big results |
| 0:21.0 | from Stamper Bridge and beyond, |
| 0:23.1 | check in on Spurs, |
| 0:24.2 | where the Deserby debut |
| 0:25.9 | has brought yet another defeat, |
| 0:28.0 | Ponder, Eddie Howe's prospects, |
| 0:30.0 | and West Ham's January business, |
| 0:32.0 | and much, much more |
| 0:32.9 | as we round up round 32 in this totally football show. |
| 0:43.4 | Unbelievable. round up round 32 in this totally football show. Hey everybody. |
| 0:45.4 | It's Sunday the 12th of April. |
| 0:47.6 | Joining us on our YouTube channel, |
| 0:49.2 | you're surely aware of that fact. |
| 0:51.4 | And we've just seen what feels like a pretty momentous round of Premier League action. |
| 0:56.3 | One game still to go, Man United taking on Leeds United on Monday night. |
| 0:59.6 | But here to talk about the nine matches so far, we've got Daniel's story of the eye. |
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