Premier League Review: Arsenal move six clear as City slip to Spurs
Football Daily
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🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Have Arsenal put worries over their mentality to bed? Have Manchester City lost their ruthless edge? Their 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur means Arsenal end the weekend with a six-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.
Rick Edwards is joined by Nigel Reo-Coker and Luke Edwards to discuss that and the rest of the weekend’s big talking points.
Manchester United made it 3 wins in a row with a 3-2 win against Fulham, is that the real marker of their progress under Michael Carrick?
And what does Chelsea’s half-time turnaround against West Ham tell us about Liam Rosenior’s managerial pedigree?
TIMECODES: 01:10 – Manchester City drop points again 05:20 – Tottenham’s second half comeback 13:25 – Arsenal move six points clear 19:40 – Three wins in a row for Carrick’s Manchester United 31:02 – Half time teaser 32:02 – Chelsea’s comeback against West Ham 39:55 – A good point for Forest against Crystal Palace? 42:04 – Excellent Ekitike 45:51 – David Moyes’ celebrations
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.5 | On the Football Daily podcast, Premier League Review with Rick Edwards. |
| 0:13.3 | Hello and welcome to the Premier League review. |
| 0:15.7 | Joining me to dissect it all the Telegras Northern football writer Luke Edwards |
| 0:19.1 | and former Premier League midfieler Nigel Rio Coker. |
| 0:21.8 | The gang is back together. |
| 0:24.2 | Nigel, you owe us an apology. |
| 0:27.1 | You are 16 minutes late. |
| 0:29.1 | What's your excuse? |
| 0:29.8 | You're shoveling more snow? |
| 0:32.4 | Well, yes, that played a little part, but technically I don't owe you an apology because I let you guys know beforehand that I would be running slightly late. |
| 0:44.1 | So I think you owe you an apology. |
| 0:46.0 | I appreciate the advance warning, but I want to know what you were doing. |
| 0:50.6 | I had other engagements that I had to take care of. |
| 0:53.9 | What engagement? Yes, come on. What were you doing? I'm not giving it to you. What were you doing? I had to do a hit for CBS sports. All right. Oh, okay. All right. Big leagues. I understand. I understand. Well, it's nice that you finally deigned to join us. Let's talk about what we've just been watching. Spurs |
| 1:12.8 | coming from 2-0 down to draw 2-all with Manchester City. Arsenal now six points clear in the |
| 1:18.7 | title race. Come on to Spurs in a moment. For City, that's one win in their last six league games, |
| 1:26.1 | seven points from the last 18 available. |
| 1:29.1 | And in the starkest terms loop, that is just not title chasing form. |
| 1:34.6 | No, absolutely. |
| 1:35.9 | And they were really sloppy today. |
| 1:38.2 | I mean, it was so easy for them in the first half. |
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