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Manchester City rip control of Premier League title race away from Arsenal: Football Weekly

Football Weekly

The Guardian

Soccer, Sports

4.59.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Barney Ronay and John Brewin to discuss a wild weekend in the Premier League. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod. Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FootballWeeklyPodcast

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:13.6

Hello and welcome to The Guardian Football Weekly, some job to squeeze all this into an hour.

0:17.3

Man City win the kind of title decider in a great game at the Etty had.

0:20.7

Well done to all of us if we avoid saying fine margins. Eze off the post could have won it for Arsenal. Gabrielle 2, then Havitts inches over for a point in injury time. All would make this conversation very different. But as it is, City have them a momentum. Harland with the key goal holding off Gabrielle. That was a great battle. An Arsenal attack like we all wanted them to. Maybe they should have just stayed being boring.

0:54.5

From there to the bottom, an absolute gut punch for spurs and injury time. The sad, sad eyes of Javi Simmons. Lead had already hammered wolves. They're surely safe. Forest must be close too after beating Burnley. All eyes on West Ham who go to a palace side still out after winning in Europe on Thursday.

0:57.6

In the Champions League race, Villa beat Sunderland in one of the games of the season.

1:00.2

Liverpool win the first Merseyside Derby at the Hill Dickinson and Manchester United have one shot on target and it's enough to win at Chelsea.

1:03.7

Eddie Howell is still under pressure.

1:05.0

Bert Leno with the save of the season.

1:06.5

Some lovely emails, your questions.

1:08.1

And that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.

1:16.3

Thank you. lovely emails, your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly. On the panel today, Barry Glenn Denning, welcome.

1:18.6

Hi, Max.

1:19.3

Hello, John Bruin.

1:20.3

Hello.

1:21.3

And good morning, Barney, Rone.

1:22.9

Hi, Max.

1:23.4

Hi, everyone.

1:24.9

Let's start then at the Etty Hadman City, two, Arsenal One.

1:27.5

You were there, Barney. probably the biggest game of the season.

1:31.1

How was it for you?

1:32.8

Well, it was really surprising occasion.

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