Man Utd beat Arsenal and who will be relegated?
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Manchester United’s statement win over Arsenal to boost their Champions League hopes and keep the title race interesting, whether Leeds United will be sucked back into the relegation swamp by the form of Nottingham Forest & West Ham and the continued fine form of surprise title contenders Heart of Midlothian in Scotland were all discussed in the latest Tifo football podcast.
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features JJ Bull, Jon Mackenzie & Reuben Pinder and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - A bit too sixth form intro
5:50 - Man Utd claim Arsenal scalp
11:16 - Why we still don’t know anything
17:10 - Playing through the block & playing a Fulham
19:00 - Cromulent Michael DeCarrick & Kobbie Mainoo
24:15 - Man Utd’s fortune, misfortune and wearing the same clothes
26:15 - A break
26:17 - What do YOU think?
28:26 - THE RONDO
32:14 - Why did Arsenal stack it?
41:08 - Arsenal will be fine, or will they?!
44:50 - Will Leeds United be relegated?
54:30 - Hearts march on in Scotland
1:01:08 - Points Are Bad
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Joe Devine. |
| 0:11.8 | And today I'm delighted to be joined by JJ Ball. |
| 0:17.0 | John McKenzie. |
| 0:19.6 | Good Lord, what's this barking is coming from |
| 0:22.0 | And Ruben Pinder |
| 0:23.4 | Wai was in the noise |
| 0:25.6 | You made |
| 0:26.2 | What did I say |
| 0:27.0 | Did I like |
| 0:27.9 | Oh I went |
| 0:28.3 | Because before I start saying my own name |
| 0:30.1 | I go |
| 0:30.3 | Or you are a sort of |
| 0:33.4 | Pac-Man creature |
| 0:34.3 | And this is |
| 0:35.0 | You've actually been active |
| 0:37.0 | I'm eating ghosts Ghosts in the air Yes What can you say? Anyway, Steve Hanky's also here. Meow! Oh no. There was something deeply unpleasant about that, Steve. No, if you're going to make an animal noise, at least you have to make a sort of aggressive animal noise. Not a cat. Lizard noise. Make a lizard noise. |
| 0:55.5 | Just thinking it was a snake. |
| 0:57.6 | That's a snake. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah. |
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