Is the Premier League title race over? Can Spurs catch Arsenal? Plus Man Utd woes, the relegation fight and WSL final-day drama

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Sky Sports

Sports, Sports News, Soccer, News

4 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On the latest Essential Football Podcast, host Ron Walker is joined by Sam Blitz and Zinny Boswell to talk the Premier League title race as Man City took advantage of Liverpool’s slip-up to widen the gap at the top of the table, plus the race for Europe, survival and a dramatic final WSL weekend.

PART 1 | Is there still hope for Liverpool, with Manchester City moving three points clear in the title race? Why have Chelsea collapsed, are Arsenal home and dry in the race for Europe or can Spurs get a result in the North London derby to cause a late upset?

PART 2 | Advantage Everton in the Premier League survival race. What’s changed for Frank Lampard? Who should be more worried out of Burnley or Leeds? And we put Sam and Zinny’s knowledge of Man Utd’s woes to the test in a special game of ‘higher or lower’.

PART 3 | After a dramatic final weekend in the WSL, how did Chelsea retain the title and where did it not quite happen for Arsenal? What are the takeaways from the rest of the league table and what can we expect to happen this summer?

All that, and much, much more!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sky Sports Football Podcast brought to you by Bet365, where every now biting nil-nil, every bizarre VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap-in, full-start, dead heat, and absolutely expected defeat is amazing.
0:17.3	From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsport. Whatever the moment, it's
0:22.5	never ordinary at Bet 365.
0:34.7	Hello football fans, I'm Ron Walker and welcome to the Essential Football Podcast.
0:39.3	On a weekend where Antonio Conte may have ruined the title race a fortnight early, Manchester United were, well, Manchester United and Everton reminded their fans what a happy away day feels like.
0:50.3	There's plenty to pour over on today's show.
0:52.3	With me to do just that are two of the sharpest minds at Sky Sports in digital football
0:57.3	writers, Sam Blitz and Zinney Boswell.
1:00.0	Sam, you had a pretty good weekend on the top four front so we'll come to that later,
1:03.3	but Zinny, are you looking for a new club to support after Manchester United's display
1:07.3	at the Amex on Saturday evening?
1:08.6	I think I'm looking for a new job wrong.
1:10.7	It's too depressing.
1:11.6	Yeah, too depressing to come to work and see this every week.
1:14.6	We'll talk more about Man United in part two and their dismal afternoon on the South Coast.
1:18.6	But for now, let's start with the title race.
1:20.6	Manchester City are now three points clear of Liverpool after Spurs' one-one draw at Amfield on Saturday night. Sam, there's only three
1:28.3	games to go now. Is it all over? Gary Neville said Wolves or West Ham could cause a surprise,
1:34.3	but is there hope for Liverpool? I think so. I was on the podcast actually a few weeks ago,
1:38.9	and I made reference to the fact that these two games for, these two away games coming up for Man City are going to be quite critical.
1:46.0	It's these two and along with the narrative that Stephen Gerald on the final day of the season can win Liverpool the title by taking points off City.
1:54.0	Molineux is a place where City have actually historically quite struggled, but that was mainly under when Nuno Espirito Santo was manager.
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