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Sunday Supplement

Lukaku's interview controversy and Man City win it late at the Emirates

Sunday Supplement

Sky Sports

News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

3.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Tom White is joined by Darren Lewis and Kevin Campbell to discuss Romelu Lukaku's controversial interview in Italy, and whether or not Thomas Tuchel made the right call to drop him from the squad for Chelsea's crunch match against Liverpool. They also discuss Manchester City's late victory over Arsenal and what can be done to improve the quality of officiating in the Premier League.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Sunday Supplement podcast brought to you by Bet365 and at Bet365 they don't

0:06.5

do ordinary. It's where every game, every goal and every point matters. Whatever the sport,

0:12.6

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0:22.3

Welcome to the Sunday Supplement podcast with me, Tom White. And alongside me for this episode

0:26.8

is the Daily Mirror's assistant editor, Darren Lewis and former Arsenal and Everton Striker,

0:31.3

Kevin Campbell. We'll be discussing Manchester City's last gas win over Arsenal in a controversial

0:36.9

game at the Emirates Plus, that Romelu LeCaco interview and what next for him and Chelsea.

0:42.6

And plenty of chat on big wins for Tottenham and West Ham as they chase down the European places.

0:50.0

Well, Darren and Kevin, I was going to start basking about your Christmas and New Year and

0:53.2

stuff. That big news from Chelsea Ruin that so we better get straight into it. It looks like

0:57.2

LeCaco not even in the squad. Darren, what do you make of that? Well, there's no doubt that it hurt

1:01.1

Chelsea. They're a weakest at the moment to win some of their last six in the Premier League and

1:06.0

they need their strongest available side and without him Liverpool have one less thing to worry about.

1:15.0

What I would say in general terms is that I don't really see that he's done that much wrong.

1:21.9

He is a player who's always been characterised by his honesty. There is a piece we've done that

1:28.0

that Oliver Holtler, other has done in the mail on Sunday today where he talks about his

1:34.3

interview with the players tribune as a younger player. He talks about his background and the

1:42.2

poverty that he endured when he was a youngster, how his mother used to mix water with milk to feed

1:48.7

the kids and the impoverished nature of his upbringing and the fact that he's used the people

1:53.5

who used to laugh at him at Chelsea at West Brom to drive him to become the footballer that he is now

2:01.0

and he says Oliver Holt loyalty and football is a pleasant surprise. It's exception not the raw

2:07.4

and that cuts both ways. Chelsea's jet propelled revolving door for its managers is proof of that

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