Is The Title Race Back On?
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The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Clarke, Alyson Rudd and Henry Winter.
Tottenham grabbed an unexpected win at Manchester City on Saturday. Does the 3-2 victory mean the title race is back on, or is this just a minor bump in the road for City? (00:00)
Henry Winter joins us after watching Manchester United beat Leeds at Elland Road with thoughts on whether Leeds can avoid being dragged into the bottom three and whether Manchester United are making progress (22:45)
Some of the teams at the bottom of the table got good results this weekend, so how does the relegation battle look to be shaping up? (34:02)
After Liverpool women’s player Meikayla Moore scored a perfect hat trick of own-goals for New Zealand on Sunday, we share our favourite unfortunate accolades in football (53:32)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the game is sponsored by the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, |
| 0:04.6 | which is inviting everyone in the UK to share their experience of the pandemic, |
| 0:08.8 | because every story matters. Although the pandemic now feels like some time ago, |
| 0:13.4 | it's left a long lasting impact on all of our lives. It was something that we experienced together, |
| 0:18.8 | however, despite that, it affected us in many individual ways. Every story matters is your |
| 0:24.4 | opportunity to share how the pandemic impacted your life with the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. |
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| 0:56.5 | Search every story matters. |
| 1:00.2 | Hello and welcome to the Game Football Podcast from the Times. Today, |
| 1:04.3 | Spurs lights up the Premier League with an electric win at the Etihad, |
| 1:09.1 | but a Manchester City soft. We'll talk about an intense atmosphere at Elan Road, |
| 1:14.1 | as Manchester United get a win over their big rivals Leeds United. We'll examine all the |
| 1:19.5 | teams at the bottom of the table to see how this weekend's results maybe change you might |
| 1:24.1 | finish in that bottom three. And we'll discuss the most unfortunate accolades in football. This is the game. |
| 1:34.9 | Hello and welcome back to the game at Football Podcast. I'm Hugh Wasncroft alongside Alison |
| 1:39.8 | Rudd and Tom Clark. And we have to start. Of course, we have to start with the brilliant game |
| 1:45.6 | at the Etihad this weekend. Manchester City to Spurs three. For many people, |
| 1:52.0 | this means the title race is now alive once again. Tottenham bouncing back from three straight |
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