History made in Eindhoven, roll on Madrid?
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
On Tuesday night, Arsenal became the first team in Champions League history to score seven goals away from home in a knockout stage match after they destroyed PSV Eindhoven 7-1 to all but book their place in the Champions League quarter finals.
Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to reflect on a historic night including the performances of our Hale End teenagers, Odegaard’s return to form and Declan Rice’s all action display.
Plus, we touch on the news around Arsenal’s recruitment for a new Sporting Director and look ahead to playing Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Producer: Robby Williams
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC Podcast Network. |
| 0:07.2 | The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbrake off. |
| 0:14.7 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. |
| 0:16.2 | This is Handbreak Off, the Arsenal podcast brought to you by The Athletic. |
| 0:20.3 | Well, last night, Arsenal destroyed PSV-I and over 7-1 to all, but put themselves a trip to Madrid for the quarter-finals. |
| 0:29.4 | We don't know which Madrid yet, but we'll get to that. |
| 0:32.4 | To reflect on the game, I'm joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clark. |
| 0:36.6 | Morning. |
| 0:37.3 | Hello. Hello. Ola. by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clark. Morning. Hello. Hello. |
| 0:38.3 | Olla. Yeah, happier than our last podcasts, I would say. Last night, |
| 0:45.4 | unexpected, well, Robbie, our producer, was written last night's result was an unexpected surprise. |
| 0:50.9 | I think all surprises are unexpected, aren't they really? That's really the very nature of surprises. Sorry, Robbie. I'm just saying. Some people may say I'm a pedant, but I'm not the only one, as John Lennon should have saying. Many Arsenal fans were conservative with their predictions. Some even saying they take a draw. |
| 1:12.1 | Yeah, nought nought would have been half decent result. |
| 1:14.1 | But anyway, instead we made history. |
| 1:18.3 | When was the last time you had a little surprise? |
| 1:21.4 | Amy, when was the last surprise you had? |
| 1:23.9 | Anything? |
| 1:25.0 | Yeah, I've had a few bad surprises lately, so I rack my brains for a few |
| 1:29.4 | good ones. I had the really unexpected bonus of seeing both my sons in grassroots |
| 1:36.3 | score with their left foot, their wrong foot, within a few days of each other. And that was, |
| 1:42.2 | I was skipping about like an idiot. |
| 1:45.7 | So I could take that. |
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