Guardiola masterclass? Arsenal wobble and Spurs relegation looms
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Pep Guardiola’s tactical tweak to ensure victory for Man City over Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal in the League Cup final, Tottenham’s hugely significant defeat to Nottingham Forest and how the Premier League relegation battle now looks after such a significant setback for Spurs were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, Thom Harris & Kaya Kaynak and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - a not so safe space intro
03:44 - Man City win the League Cup
09:30 - The tactical job City did on Arsenal
13:50 - hybrid or man marking
18:50 - Arteta’s cautiousness?
22:30 - the importance of Rodri
25:00 - What say this for the title race?
31:10 - Ben White returns to the England squad!
32:15 - THE RONDO
37:25 - a break
37:27 - Tottenham lose to Forest
46:01 - does relegation loom for Spurs?? We play a game
51:45 - Joe’s horrendous historical leaders quiz
56:05 - Kaya’s review of The Shining
1:01:40 - Points Are Bad
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:07.3 | North London forever. |
| 0:11.1 | Whatever the weather, |
| 0:13.9 | these streets are our own. |
| 0:17.5 | And the hearts will leave you never |
| 0:23.4 | Oh, what a shame |
| 0:25.0 | Now listen, now it's a safe space for Arsenal fans here today |
| 0:28.9 | It is because I say to you |
| 0:30.5 | Welcome to the TIFO Football Podcast |
| 0:33.7 | Doesn't feel very safe |
| 0:36.7 | I'm Joe Devine. |
| 0:38.5 | And today, I am really delighted to be joined by Kaya Kynak. |
| 0:44.3 | Screw you. |
| 0:44.9 | There he is. |
| 0:45.6 | And Steve Hangey. |
| 0:46.6 | Yeah, he's a half-mast with the curtain. |
| 0:50.3 | Now, do you think we've got rid of all the Arsenal fans listening? |
| 0:53.3 | Let's try. |
| 1:11.3 | Should we try just any more that are hanging around? I'm not even going to bother doing a real intro today. Yeah, I will, because you've written it down. But let's do that one first, and then we'll do the Arsenal one straight away afterwards. Sure. It's going to be important to this. It's going to be... It's going to be important today to caveat. I love the idea that we had James McNicholas on on Wednesday, |
| 1:13.9 | and we may be accrued new Arsenal listeners as well. |
| 1:16.5 | And now they'll be gone forever. |
| 1:18.3 | Now, here we go. |
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