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The 2 Robbies

Maresca & Chelsea Part Company; Arsenal's Dominant Display; Mid-Season Awards

The 2 Robbies

NBC Sports Soccer

Soccer, Sports

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Robbie Mustoe & Robbie Earle react to Chelsea & Enzo Maresca parting ways to start off the New Year, Arsenal securing their massive win over Aston Villa, and hand out the Mid-Season Premier League Awards.

0:57 - The boys give their thoughts on Enzo Maresca parting company with Chelsea FC in a shocking twist to start the New Year amid a breakdown of relations between the head coach, front office & ownership group
17:12 - Arsenal secure a dominating 4-1 victory over upstart challengers Aston Villa to top the table at the end of 2025 and cement their status as title favorites
20:36 - Manchester City are left frustrated by Sunderland in a 0-0 defeat that leaves them 4 points adrift of Arsenal
24:22 - A roundup of the remaining results:
31:20 - The boys reveal their Underappreciated and Best XIs of the season thus far and divvy out their mid-season awards


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0:00.0

Hello, happy new year and welcome to the two Robbie's podcast, your destination for indep discussion and analysis of the Premier League. I'm Robbie Musto. He's Robbie Earle.

0:21.7

And today we bring you a very special episode.

0:24.4

But first, here are today's topics.

0:26.5

As we turn into the new year, Chelsea turn away from Enzo Moreska and agreed to part

0:31.6

company from the Italian manager who brought the club two trophies in the last six months.

0:36.2

Arsenal take the age in the title race by closing out the year with a massive

0:39.5

four-one victory over fellow challengers, Aston Villa, while Man City are left frustrated by

0:45.1

Sundland in a nil-0-0 draw.

0:47.2

And Robbie and I unveil our mid-season awards in the Premier League as we hit the halfway

0:51.0

mark on the season.

0:52.8

That's what we've got coming up in today's episode, my friend.

0:56.6

Okay, well, there was actually only one place to start.

1:00.1

I think we would have maybe started with Chelsea 2, Bournemouth 2, the game and the consequences

1:04.8

of what's happened.

1:06.4

But things have turned a little bigger than that at Chelsea Football Club. We both have woke

1:12.8

this morning to the news that there's been a mutual separation, I think, might be the phrase

1:18.5

between Enzo Moreska and Chelsea Football Club. I've got to admit, Rob, my first reaction was,

1:25.3

firstly, not that surprised, because, you know, based on some historic things that have happened,

1:31.1

we'll talk about those in a little bit more detail.

1:34.3

But also, what did surprise me is maybe the speed of how it happened and the timing more than anything of where it's happened.

1:42.6

Chelsea are in four competitions.

1:45.0

Premier League Champions League League League Cup semi-final

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