Friday Football Social: Title race, Tarkowski and Ta-ra Jurgen
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Aaron Paul is joined by Michael Brown, Clinton Morrison and Nigel Reo-Coker to look ahead to the final weekend of the Premier League season.
They assess the title race, with Manchester City two points clear of Arsenal at the top of the table, and look at what lessons Leicester, Ipswich and either Southampton or Leeds can take from the sides heading back the Championship after this campaign.
There’s reflection on Jurgen Klopp’s impact on the Premier League as he prepares to say his goodbye to Anfield. Everton’s James Tarkowski joins the Friday Football Social to reflect on their season.
And with Chelsea in with a chance to finish above Tottenham we look at what’s going right for Mauricio Pochettino at Stamford Bridge.
00:28 – The Title Race 19:54 – Jurgen Klopp prepares for Anfield goodbye 26:12 – James Tarkowski interview 31:25 – Advice for the promoted teams 37:38 – Patience paying off for Pochettino?
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| 0:40.2 | The Football Daily Podcasts with Aaron Paul. |
| 0:45.0 | Hello, you're listening to the Friday Football Social ahead of the final weekend of the Premier League season. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm in the company of Michael Brown, Clinton Morrison, Nigel Rio Coker and we'll start with the title |
| 0:54.7 | race. It's going down to the wire with Manchester City two points ahead of our arsenal into that |
| 0:59.1 | final day. We'll hear from Michael Arteter in a moment, but first he's Pep Guadiola. |
| 1:04.0 | If you ask all the primary league teams, |
| 1:06.3 | when we start of the season, |
| 1:07.7 | what would be the better position in the last game of the season? |
| 1:11.6 | We are in the best position. that's for sure so one game left |
| 1:15.1 | destiny our hands to win one game to be champion everything would like to be |
| 1:19.8 | in our position that's for sure I'm ready to to be a tough tough game. I want to put in the |
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