Premier League Review: How Ronaldo outcome will define Ole era; Who is to blame for Arsenal crisis? Plus: Chelsea show mettle
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
PART 1 | Will Cristiano Ronaldo play every game for Man Utd? Win at Wolves analysed, and is midfield still a problem for Solskjaer? (01:15)
PART 2 | Arsenal's wretched defending at City analysed; who is to blame for the latest crisis? What does Arteta need to show to keep his job? Do City even need a striker? (25:23)
PART 3 | Are Chelsea's handball complaints justified? Blues' draw at Liverpool assessed, plus: Everton, Spurs and Conor Gallagher impress (41:16)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sky Sports Football Podcast brought to you by Bet365, where every nail-biting |
| 0:05.7 | nil-nil, every bizarre VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap-in, full-start, |
| 0:13.3 | dead heat and absolutely expected defeat is amazing. |
| 0:17.3 | From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsport. |
| 0:25.1 | Whatever the moment, it's never ordinary at Bet365. |
| 0:43.5 | Hello and welcome along to the Essential Football Podcast as we assess another extraordinary week in the Premier League, not just on the pitch but off it too. |
| 0:50.9 | Who thought this time last week we'd be here right now talking about Cristiano Ronaldo returning to Manchester United? |
| 0:54.5 | What could this mean for the title race? That's just one big question we'll be trying to answer in this latest episode. I'm Alice Piper and joining me to talk all things |
| 0:58.7 | Ronaldo's return, Arsenal's woes, Chelsea's resilience and much more besides our Sky Sports |
| 1:04.5 | Football Features editor Peter Smith. Hi Pete. How are you? Hi Alice. I'm very good. Thank you. |
| 1:08.8 | Good. And senior digital football journalist Gerard, how's things your end? Very well. Thank you, Alice. I'm very good. Thank you. Good. And senior digital football journalist Gerard Brand. |
| 1:11.8 | Gerard, how's things your end? |
| 1:13.2 | Very well. |
| 1:14.0 | Thank you, Alice. |
| 1:14.6 | Busy weekend. |
| 1:15.2 | But football's back. |
| 1:16.9 | Yeah, Premier League's back. |
| 1:18.1 | It's back with a bang. |
| 1:19.4 | Absolutely. |
| 1:19.9 | And only one place to start. |
| 1:21.1 | And that is with United signing of Ronaldo in a deal worth 1919 million. We've heard emotional reactions to his sensational return over the weekend |
| 1:29.2 | and the news came in fairly bizarre circumstances so soon after it looked like Manchester City |
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