Man City stage incredible comeback at Anfield to keep title race alive
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
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🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo has Daniel Storey, Tim Spiers and Reuben Pinder for company after an action-packed Matchday 25 in the Premier League.
Man City looked to be crashing out of the title race thanks to Dominik Szoboszlai’s outrageous free-kick. But late goals from Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland keep the gap to leaders Arsenal at 6 points. What was going on with City’s disallowed 3rd goal? And what’s going on with Liverpool who stay 6th?
Man United make it 4 wins out of 4 under Michael Carrick with a 2-0 win against Spurs, for whom Cristian Romero receives the 6th red card of his Tottenham career.
It was a great weekend for West Ham at the bottom who beat Burnley while Nottingham Forest were taken apart at Leeds, halving the gap between Forest and the Hammers.
Palmer strikes back with a hat-trick at Molineux, Gyokeres is in the goals against Sunderland and could Brentford or Everton qualify for Europe?
And what are flat-tracks and why is it called football?
Produced by Charlie Jones
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Liverpool 1-2 Man City (01.30)
• PART 2a: Brighton 0-1 Crystal Palace (18.00)
• PART 2b: Arsenal 3-0 Sunderland (25.00)
• PART 2c: Newcastle 2-3 Brentford (28.00)
• PART 3: Man United 2-0 Tottenham (38.00)
• PART 4a: Leeds 3-1 Nottingham Forest (50.00)
• PART 4b: Burnley 0-2 West Ham (57.00)
• PART 4c: Bournemouth 1-1 Aston Villa & Wolves 1-3 Chelsea (62.00)
• PART 4d: Fulham 1-2 Everton (66.00)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:09.6 | Totally Football Show. |
| 0:11.6 | Today, on the weekend that Liverpool and City had a mad one on Merseyside |
| 0:15.8 | with the Soberslie rocket and sloppy red and City right back in the race. |
| 0:20.4 | The weekend that Spurs saw Romero's Day of the Red, a repeat but all new for their manager, |
| 0:25.8 | and a what are a goal for Brentford at St James's? |
| 0:28.5 | And what are you doing for Eddie How to? |
| 0:31.1 | Is it now a question of when for How and Hertzler as well? |
| 0:34.6 | And why is it called football? |
| 0:37.0 | All the questions that we'll be looking at |
| 0:38.5 | in today's totally football show. |
| 0:43.5 | Sunday the 8th of February |
| 0:45.0 | and we're recording our Monday morning, |
| 0:48.0 | Match Day 25 roundup. |
| 0:49.8 | We have Daniel Story on the big screen. |
| 0:52.1 | Hey Daniel. |
| 0:53.7 | Hello, James. Hello there, Daniel. Hello, James. |
| 0:54.7 | Hello there, Daniel. |
| 0:55.7 | And here in the studio, Tim Spears. |
| 0:58.5 | Hey. |
| 0:59.2 | Well, hey to you, Tim. |
| 1:00.3 | And also Ribbender. |
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