Welcome to the Total Soccer Show weekend review.

In the League Cup final, Nico O'Reilly was the perfect pupil,

as Man City ended Arsenal's chances of a quadruple.

The city fallback got a brace and was quite the hot stepper

and took advantage of a bad day for Keppa.

It wasn't Arsenal's day, but it could be worse because they could be fans of their neighbour's spurs.

The problems for the Lily Wies are far from overblown as they continue to circle above the relegation zone.

Elsewhere, Liverpool don't seem to be having much fun and everywhere they go, Chelsea are getting outrun.

And in the Bundesliga, Bayern can't stop scoring. And in Spain, the Madrid Derby was anything

but boring. My name's Ryan Bailey. Joining me today. Hello, Taylor Rockwell. How are you?

I am well, Ryan Bailey. I am so well that I'm giving you a nine out of ten for that introduction. It's a provisional nine out of ten because I have one question for you. In what way is Nico O'Reilly a pupil? Or does you just need to be able to rhyme something with quadruple? He's young. I mean, because you could go academy and you could go a youngster and he's studied at the school of Pep Guardiola, if not his wardrobe, than his tactics. Sounds like you've answered your chippy question already, Taylor. It stays at 9 out of 10. You had a chance, but 9 out of 10 it is. I'd bump him to eat for that attitude, frankly. Wow. Hello, Gary Muthman. How are you? I'm good, Ryan Bail. It's good to have you back. How was Los Angeles as your star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame still there?

It is indeed, yes, thank you for asking. Right on Hollywood Boulevard outside, a smoke shop, which is what most of the things are there.

Okay, cool.

Svanyar shops and stuff. It's Hollywood, Graham, as my children found out on this weekend trip we did,

is not as glamorous in many places as one may expect. What? Hmm. I know. It's shocking. The home

of Skid Row. I can't possibly accept that. What was it that gave that away, Ryan? There was a lot of unhoused folk on every corner, which is unfortunate.

I suppose that's a problem that's been there for a long time.

But the really nice parts of Hollywood are right next to really horrible bits

is the best way I could describe it in terms of the stores.

And you go one block to the next and you're like, oh, I've got a block too far. This Lulu Lemon hasn't been cleaned. Is this, is this still

their fall collection? Gross. Shambles. Gross. I can only see one Harbrook Cafe from this corner. That's disgraceful. Absolutely disgraceful. But I had a good weekend. Thank you for Graham for establishing where I actually was, because apparently on the feed, that was a bit... I was the only one who picked up on the fact that you were going on a plane. And so I do remember that you told me you were going to Los Angeles. You were just scoping out the joint, right, for ahead of the World Cup this summer? That's right. That's right, yes. Total fucker work. Total fuck the show. We will be on the West Coast for this World Cup. We can't wait to get back there. Indeed, for that one. Plenty going on this summer, of course, in Los Angeles for us. Yeah, scoping it out. I went and saw

out Airbnb. It's fine. Thanks. Well booked. Good job, Graham. Patreon.com slash total

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