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Premier League Review: A perfect start for Carrick’s United & a winless weekend in the title race

Football Daily

BBC

Sports, Soccer

4.34.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

After a dropped points for Arsenal, Manchester City and Aston Villa Rick Edwards is joined by former Premier League midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker and the Telegraph’s Luke Edwards to reflect on the weekend’s Premier League action.

Can Michael Carrick inspire his Manchester United players to consistently reach the level of their derby win?

Is Erling Haaland’s frustration showing as his Manchester City goal drought continues?

Do Arsenal need more from Viktor Gyökeres to get them over the line in the title race?

Can Oliver Glasner continue at Crystal Palace after his claim that his squad "are being abandoned completely" by the club's hierarchy?

And are Thomas Frank’s days as Tottenham boss numbered after defeat to West Ham.

Timecodes: 01:20 – Perfect start for Manchester United under Michael Carrick 15:25 – Manchester City’s winless run continues 22:25 – Do Arsenal need more from Gyökeres? 25:00 – An important point for Nottingham Forest 26:01 – Aston Villa miss the chance to move second 29:21 – Half time teaser 31:55 – Glasner’s standoff at Crystal Palace 41:59 – Pressure mounting on Frank after West Ham defeat

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts.

0:05.7

Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked.

0:12.7

But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes,

0:18.2

The Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylan, and comedy specials

0:22.2

from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffle and Rommashranganathan.

0:25.9

However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncoaked.

0:30.3

So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds.

0:35.9

On the Football Daily podcast, Premier League Review with Rick Edwards.

0:43.8

Hello and welcome to the Premier League review after a weekend of drop points in the title race and not tons of goals.

0:50.5

Joining me to dissect it all, the Telegraphs Northern Football Writer, and interestingly, the inspiration for John Lennon's, I am the Eggman line, Luke Edwards, and former Premier League midfielder, and probably your third favourite Rio, Nigel Rio Coker. Evening, fellas, how are you? Hold on wait, who's the first and second favourite Rio? I just need to know. Ferdinand and then the place in Brazil.

1:13.1

Debatable and debatable.

1:14.9

I'll leave it at that.

1:16.2

Well, I admire yourself confidence.

1:18.8

It's not a great weekend of football, I wouldn't say.

1:21.7

There was some interesting stories emerging, but not many goals.

1:27.3

No, it's a weekend for headlines for everything but the games, really, wasn't it? Yeah, felt like it. Which is great for this podcast, let's be honest, because, you know, we want talking points, we want fallings out, we want people behaving badly, and we've got all of that. We want, you know, we want people offering others out for a fight, which is one of my favourite stories of the weekend. That's not great. Sorry, this is my... You may as well keep it in. Mum, I'm recording a podcast. Has she gone? She's gone. Oh, okay. I don't know where the best place to start is, but should we go Manchester United? Why not? I think so because we've been hammering them like week in week out and now they've had really a perfect start to life under Michael Carrick. Two-0 win over Manchester City in the Derby at Old Trafford. Don't think anyone was anticipating it.

2:17.7

Even if, you know, I spoke to the United fans before and they were like,

2:21.1

if we can get a draw out of this, they'd be delighted.

2:24.4

But actually, deserved winners.

2:26.3

And Burma and Dogger with the goals, also a sort of added bonus for them.

2:30.4

Obviously, creeping up the table, but denying City the chance to close the gap to Arsenal. Kind of ideal for them, obviously creeping up the table, but denying City the chance to close the gap to Arsenal.

2:36.6

Kind of ideal for Carrick.

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