Eze & Spurs: A match made in heaven
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to discuss Arsenal’s 4-1 win away to Spurs on Sunday.
The panel reflect on how the Arsenal players bounced back after the mid-week disappointment against Wolves, Saka playing close to his highest level, Gyokeres best game in an Arsenal shirt, the attackers playing closer together, how Arteta can get more out of Eze after scoring five goals against Spurs this season, Rice’s response to making a costly mistake, Gabriel getting lucky and a shoutout for Hincapie and Mosquera after strong performances.
Plus, they respond to some of your messages and look ahead to a week off for the team.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | The only way to score is of course to play |
| 0:10.0 | with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:14.6 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. |
| 0:15.9 | This is Handbreak-Off, the Arsenal podcast, |
| 0:18.0 | brought to you by The Athletic. |
| 0:19.4 | We're going to be talking about yesterday's splendid 4-1 win against them lot. |
| 0:25.6 | To do that, I'm joined by Adrian Clark and Amy Lawrence. |
| 0:28.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:29.1 | Good morning. |
| 0:30.0 | What a fine morning. |
| 0:31.8 | It was a 4-1 spanking. |
| 0:33.5 | Come on. |
| 0:33.9 | It's not just any old 4-1. |
| 0:35.7 | No. |
| 0:36.6 | And it's actually a second 4-1 spanking we've given them this season, which is marvellous. |
| 0:41.6 | And Amy, you're a bit woozy through lack of sleep, through staying up, looking at social media and reading anything you possibly can about, Owen? |
| 0:48.2 | Well, they felt like quite a lot to catch up on, really, to make sure that it all sunk in properly. |
| 0:53.1 | So I kept trying to go to sleep and then I just thought, oh, I'll just see what else people |
| 0:58.3 | are saying and posting and doing. |
| 1:00.4 | And before I knew it, it was morning. |
| 1:02.6 | With the birds tweeting. |
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