PL Midweek Wrap: Newcastle turn up heat on West Ham | Chelsea, Liverpool show their struggles |Tight battles at top and bottom in focus
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Lewis Jones reports from Newcastle’s thumping win at West Ham which piles the pressure on David Moyes and his side, Jack Wilkinson reflects on Man Utd’s return to winning ways with victory over Brentford and Dave Richardson looks at Leicester’s problems after their defeat to Aston Villa. We also hear from a concerned Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper and a rather more buoyant Roberto De Zerbi of Brighton.
Plus, Joe Shread analyses the goalless draw between Chelsea and Liverpool, with Frank Lampard primed to step in at Stamford Bridge.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sky Sports Football podcast brought to you by Bet365, where every now biting nil-nil, every bizarre VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap-in, full start, dead heat, and absolutely expected defeat is amazing. |
| 0:17.3 | From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsport. |
| 0:24.8 | Whatever the moment, it's never ordinary at Bet 365. |
| 0:38.3 | Hello and welcome to a special midweek Premier League rap. I'm Peter Smith and with the help of Sky Sports reporters, I'll be bringing you up to speed with what went on during a busy couple of nights in the Premier League. |
| 0:47.3 | And with the race for the top four and the fight for survival at the other end of the table too tight to call we're going to start at the |
| 0:54.5 | London Stadium where Champions League chasing Newcastle thrashed and increasingly worried. |
| 1:01.3 | West Ham 5-1. |
| 1:06.9 | Gimmerice getting it out to Joel Linton who takes it in his stride. |
| 1:11.6 | Joel Linton looking for five! |
| 1:13.6 | Gets it! |
| 1:14.6 | A fabulous, fabulous away performance from Newcastle United. |
| 1:22.6 | A terrific night for the Toon Army. |
| 1:26.6 | The fans around me in the West Ham Hand are making their way to the exit, |
| 1:32.3 | but to be honest, many of them left a long time ago. |
| 1:36.3 | This was an embarrassing night for the club. |
| 1:40.3 | Newcastle stormed the London Stadium. |
| 1:43.3 | Five-one winners, David Moyeses team completely imploded in that second half. |
| 1:49.0 | Horrendous defensive errors from Neif Aguad and goalkeeper Lucas Fabiansky. |
| 1:57.0 | And that's something you don't really expect from a David Moyes team who are usually so defensively secure |
| 2:02.7 | but things just aren't right at this football club and they are sitting precariously above that drop |
| 2:09.4 | zone with serious questions now regarding the future of David Moyes. The Newcastle fans were singing |
| 2:16.5 | sacked in the morning towards him for most of the second half, |
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