Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. I'm Joe Devine and today I'm delighted to be joined by John McKenzie.

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. How's it going? You okay?

Yeah, good. I've just come out of my tactics dungeon. Right, yes.

Emerged into the light. You've been watching the game on your own in a small dark room, haven't you?

And I can see the producers will definitely want you to move closer to your microphone as well. So there we go. How about that? What a lovely way to start the show. Thumbs up from producer Nathan there. Make sure to stay close. I feel like I'm making love to this mic right now. Okay. Well, that could explain a number of things about your personal life.

Now, Kaya, you're also here, and I'm delighted to be joined by you,

but I'm not so sure that you're that happy to be here. I'm fine. You're fine? I'm fine. Yeah? Do you want to elaborate on that? I'm fine. Yeah, he's fine. He's absolutely fine. Now, what did we discuss today? Well, you're joining us live. If you're listening afterwards, welcome. If you're joining us live on YouTube now,

hello, you can leave incidentally comments

in the live chat and I'll see them as we go along. So if you have questions, drop them in

there and me or one of the producers can pick them out. Here's what we're going to talk about

on today's episode. Well, Man City, two, 1, Arsenal, have Arsenal lost control of the title race?

That's the big question of today's podcast. Also, what was the difference between this game and the

League Cup final a few weeks ago in terms of the way that the different teams approached it?

We're also going to play, John, I didn't tell you this, but we're going to play, can we guess what Johns did you notice videos about this week? That's going to be an

exciting new section. Where does Man City versus Arsenal rank amongst the Premier League's

best title race rivalries of recent years? And if we have time, Liverpool's victory over

Everton earlier in the day and what that might mean for the Champions League permutations now. But did I miss anything out? Do you think anything else that you want us to cover today, John? No, no. I think that's good. Kaya, are you still fine? I'm fine. Okay. Kaya is still fine. Well, if you're listening to the show as a podcast the day after about now is when you'll hear some music

okay right well where else to begin of course then with man city Arsenal, I think we should come. We've got a sort of structure here to work through in terms of the way that the game was played, Kaya. But we should come to you first for what I think I can only call an emotional reaction. Yeah. It was quite a fun game from a neutral perspective. It was not fun for you, but it was a fun game from a neutral perspective. And I'm going to kick you off by saying, Arsenal, perhaps a little unfortunate to lose. It felt a bit like it might be a, you know, a draw. Might have been a fairer reflection of the performances. The thing is, you're asking that question like you're asking it sympathetically, and you're smiling right in my face as you ask it. I can't help it. I sit for the whole second half we sat in the room with also with producer James, he's an asked the fan. And it went, it's one of those moments where it went from being quite fun to make fun of you to, uh, I felt actually quite bad and that I shouldn't anymore. It didn't stop you there, didn't it? No, it did. I slowed down.

Honestly, the stuff that got stuck in the filter and to, I felt actually quite bad and that I shouldn't anymore. It didn't stop you there, did it?

No, it did. I slowed down. Honestly, the stuff that got stuck in the filter, incredible levels of things I didn't say, but I wanted to. Thank you. I don't know. It feels a bit bad, huh? Yeah, I think since the full-time whistle about 15 minutes ago, I've just been repeating okay to myself. Yeah. I'm fine.

As I've said, I'm fine.

Yeah, I'm fine. As I've said,

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