Premier League review: Nuno out! Conte in? Have United papered over the cracks? Smith's Villa problems and more
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
PART 1 | Were Spurs right to sack Nuno Espirito Santo? Where did it go wrong in four short months? How do Manchester United build after beating them, and can Jadon Sancho fit in? Plus Man City's blip, and more good signs for Crystal Palace.
PART 2 | How much is the pressure rising on Dean Smith after Aston Villa's four defeats on the spin? How good is Declan Rice, and the job David Moyes is doing at West Ham?
PART 3 | What has Aaron Ramsdale brought to Arsenal to shake off his critics - and theirs? Should winless Norwich stick or twist after another disappointing result against Leeds? And can Marcelo Bielsa's side finally build themselves?
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| 0:50.7 | Hello and welcome along to the Essential Football podcast as we react to the news that Tottenham have sacked head coach Nuno Espirito Santo following their 3-0 defeat at home to Manchester United. |
| 0:58.4 | It's Tottenham's shortest managerial appointment in the Premier League, Nuno having managed just ten games. And it was a result which eased the pressure on his counterpart, Oligona Solshar, we'll be talking all things Manchester United to. Elsewhere, West Ham |
| 1:03.2 | thrashed Astinville to maintain their superb start to the season. While at the other end of the table, |
| 1:07.9 | Leeds moved out of the bottom three with victory at Carra Road as Norwich's |
| 1:11.7 | miserable campaign continues. So much to get through today. I'm Alice Piper and joining me to |
| 1:16.9 | analyse all of that and much more is Sky Sports News reporter Ben Ransom. Ben, I hope you weren't planning |
| 1:21.6 | on a quiet start of the week. No, I think I saw that, well obviously we were talking about this game, |
| 1:27.1 | the Manchester United Spurs game, |
| 1:28.5 | as being potentially decisive for one or both the managers. |
| 1:32.1 | Well, it has been for one. |
| 1:33.7 | More speculation last week, certainly in my part of the world, about Solshire's future, |
| 1:37.1 | but it's no, no, who has gone. |
| 1:39.7 | Yes, absolutely. |
| 1:41.0 | We'll be talking a lot about that on the show. |
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