Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you

slide by on track to your

there.

this is not a care in the world as you simply lean back.

And before you know it, you're there.

This is how travels should feel,

and on our trains it does.

Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Hello and welcome to the game podcast from The Times. I'm Natalie Sawyer.

And I'm Gabriel Marcotte and we thank you for joining us on this fine Monday morning and

Natalie. I'm excited. Guess tell me because with us in the studio

it's the chief stats officer from the Times Bill Edgar and down the line from somewhere in West London, not too far from Matthew

Sides House, it's Matt Dickinson. Later on we'll be looking ahead to the

Champions League quarter-finals second legs.

But we started Anfield and the latest installment in the title race.

After Manchester City went top for a couple of hours

with victory itself as Park,

Liverpool returned to the summits with a two-nill win over Chelsea at Amfield.

Now it was an emotional afternoon, the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster,

the passing of Tommy Smith last Friday.

Matt, how much pressure was on Liverpool in this match?

Yeah, plenty, for the reasons you've just said,

and obviously the fact that it was probably their toughest game of the running

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