Gyokeres penalty sees Arsenal top at Christmas

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

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🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to discuss Arsenal’s 1-0 win away to Everton on Saturday.

The panel reflect on getting the job done in a must win away game, a steady but flawed performance, the slow start to the first half, a lack of cohesion in the midfield, still waiting for the team to click going forward, Declan Rice being back to his best, Victor Gyokeres’ improved performance and being entrusted with the penalty by his teammates.

Plus, they look ahead to Arsenal’s match against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night at Emirates stadium.

Producer: Robby Williams

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC
0:03.3	The only way to score is of course to play with a handbreak-off.
0:14.8	Hello, I'm Ian Sutton. This is Hand-Break-Off, the Arsenal podcast brought to you by The Athletic.
0:20.0	We'll be chatting about Arsenal's 1-0 win away to Everton on Saturday night. To do that, I'm joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clark. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. We are, well, that seems apt, actually, seen as we are recording on Sunday evening. Also also while Aston Villa are currently playing
0:38.2	Una Amory's team, they win in still?
0:40.7	They still winning?
0:41.8	2-1 at the moment.
0:43.2	2-1, yeah.
0:44.3	Okay.
0:45.0	We were thinking about Man of the Match Awards
0:48.1	and the fact that Bukaiosaka got another one the other day
0:51.7	although talking to Amy beforehand,
0:53.5	she thought over Debt and Ryshen are at it and I think she has a point. But basically, Victor Yoccharez asked,
0:59.1	have you got enough space at home? Because he gets them a lot. And he must be runned out of room.
1:04.5	He's probably got a fair size house, to be honest with you. I mean, I don't imagine it's like
1:09.1	a two up, two down end of terrace. But
1:12.1	we're wondering about what's cluttering up your house. Adrian, you strike me as a guy who
1:18.1	hasn't got a lot of clutter, to be honest with you. I'll take that as a compliment. I appreciate
1:22.2	that. I'm not sure Mrs. Clark would agree because I'm a hoarder of football programs.
1:29.7	I don't want to do with them.
1:30.6	I want them.
1:31.4	I want to keep them.
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