Premier League Preview: Michael Dawson on how Spurs should deal with Lukaku | Why Solskjaer is never more than 2 games from a Man Utd crisis
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
PART 1 | Michael Dawson previews Spurs vs Chelsea - how should Tottenham deal with Romelu Lukaku?
PART 2 | West Ham vs Man Utd preview - why Solskjaer is always on the edge; what is success for the Man Utd manager this season?
PART 3 | Weekend preview round-up: Liverpool, Arsenal and Man City in Saturday 3pm action
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sky Sports Football Podcast brought to you by Bet365, where every nail-biting |
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| 0:22.5 | never ordinary at Bet 365. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello and welcome to the essential football podcast. Great to have you with us as we build up to another big weekend of Premier League action. After a midweek surprise in the Champions League, not even Cristiano Ronaldo could make the difference for Manchester United. But Romulo O'Lukaku once again showed why Thomas Tuchel is labelling him the missing piece in Chelsea's puzzle, and |
| 0:54.3 | Jack Grealis showed he is born for the biggest stage. I'm Alice Piper, and joining me to discuss |
| 0:59.3 | this weekend's fixtures are Sky Sports News reporter Ben Ransom and SkySports Senior Digital Football |
| 1:03.9 | Journalist Gerard Brand. But before we hear from them, first to the London Derby, where |
| 1:08.6 | Tottenham hosts Chelsea on Super Sunday, live on Sky Sports Premier League, at 4.30. |
| 1:13.1 | My fellow essential football podcast presenter, Kate Balaga, has been talking to former Tottenham defender Michael Dawson to preview that huge clash and to get his lowdown on Spurs season so far. |
| 1:25.0 | Great to be joined by former Tottenham Captain Michael Dawson, |
| 1:28.8 | ahead of a very tasty-looking London Derby between Spurs and Chelsea on Sunday. |
| 1:34.6 | Michael, flying start in the league for Spurs, three wins, |
| 1:38.2 | that shocked defeat to Palace, albeit with ten men, |
| 1:40.8 | and then a changed side held in their Europa Conference League opener. |
| 1:45.2 | What have you made to Tottenham so far? |
| 1:47.1 | Well, if you'd asked me that question this time last week, you would have been saying |
| 1:51.8 | different things. |
| 1:52.5 | I mean, it was a fantastic start, three wins out of three. |
| 1:55.4 | And you go to Crystal Palace. |
| 1:57.0 | With everything, they'd gone off with the international and the build-up to go into Crystal Palace you thought they're in a good vein of form |
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