PLR: Do City smell Arsenal blood despite derby win?

Football Daily

BBC

Sports, Soccer

4.3 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Manchester City stayed in the title chase with a hard‑fought win over Newcastle which earned City’s players cocktails, according to Pep Guardiola!

There was plenty more drama elsewhere, and records broken, as former Premier League striker Clinton Morrison and Luke Edwards, the Telegraph's Northern Football Writer, join host Rick Edwards to review all the action.

Timecodes: 00:00 Introduction and Haaland's stand-out excellence 02:55 Arsenal’s Eze-inspired win — is it great man management? 06:00 Has Gyokeres proved people wrong, or is he a flat-track bully? 09:20 Are Arsenal making too many mistakes? 11:10 Are Tottenham really too big to go down? 16:35 Why City smell blood after Newcastle win 20:50 Newcastle’s VAR drama 22:30 Nico O’Reilly’s versatile brilliance 24:55 Half-time teaser 26:00 Half-time teaser — answers 27:45 James Milner’s record-breaking appearance, and why he’ll go into coaching 31:35 Has Milner’s backing helped Huerzler stay at Brighton? 33:31 Liverpool win despite dire first half at Forest 35:00 VAR drama at the City Ground 37:00 Can Liverpool get Champions League? 38:00 Are Chelsea ’setting fire’ to points with the same problems every week? 41:15 So, were Burnley right to rest players in their FA Cup defeat? 42:10 The rest of the action — can Tammy Abraham play his way into the England squad?

Commentaries coming up: Tuesday 24th February — Newcastle v Qarabag (20:00) Wednesday 25th February — Around the Grounds (19:00) Saturday 28th February — Liverpool v West Ham (15:00) Saturday 28th February — Newcastle v Everton (15:00) — Sports Extra Saturday 28th February — Leeds v Manchester City (17:30) Sunday 1st March — Celtic v Rangers (12:00) Sunday 1st March — Manchester United v Crystal Palace (14:00) Sunday 1st March — Arsenal v Chelsea (16:00)

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts.
0:05.6	Oh, hello. You have chosen a BBC podcast, but before you listen to it, we thought you might like our podcast too.
0:12.1	You might. You might. It is called Sightraught with me, Nick Grimshaw.
0:15.2	And me, Annie Mack. And we talk about the week in music.
0:18.2	All the news, all the cultural happenings in the UK and beyond.
0:22.2	And great guests.
0:23.3	And it's on BBC Sounds.
0:24.7	Yes, where you can also enjoy lots of playlists, music mixes and live radio.
0:29.9	Everything from my six music breakfast show to Radio 3 Unwind.
0:34.5	But obviously start with our podcast, sidetrack.
0:36.3	Obviously.
0:36.7	Obviously.
0:38.2	So if you like music, listen on BBC Sounds.
0:41.0	On the Football Daily podcast, Premier League Review with Rick Edwards.
0:46.6	Hello and welcome to the Premier League review.
0:48.7	Arsenal go five points clear at the top after another Ever eight as I inspire 4-1 North London Derby victory.
0:55.4	Manchester City behind them in second after that half-fought win over Newcastle,
0:59.5	which has earned City's players.
1:00.7	Some cocktails are going to Perk Guardiola, plenty more drama elsewhere,
1:04.0	and some records broken, joining me to dissect it all the Telegraphs Northern football writer Luke Edwards.
1:09.9	And old gravy shoes, Clinton Morrison, who's just freshened up after what would have been a thrilling couple of hours alongside John Murray at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
1:17.1	Evening.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.