Premier League review: Spurs shine without Kane, Man City’s title rivals impress, and brilliant Brentford put pressure on Arsenal
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
PART 1: Nuno’s Tottenham off to a flyer without Harry Kane – but what does defeat mean for Man City and their pursuit of the striker?
PART 2: Three title hopefuls make a big statement. We analyse the impressive wins for Manchester United, Chelsea, and Liverpool and consider their prospects of sustaining a tilt at the title.
PART 3: Wonderful Watford. Brilliant Brentford. Awful Arsenal. How two new arrivals from the Championship got off to ideal starts and the problems facing Mikel Arteta and the Gunners, with the pressure already mounting on his side.
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| 0:00.0 | The Sky Sports Football Podcast is brought to you by Bet365. |
| 0:04.3 | Bet365 wants to help you make every moment extraordinary. |
| 0:08.4 | That's why they make it easy to change things up. |
| 0:11.1 | You can take a time out, set up reality checks and set your limits. |
| 0:15.2 | Because when you make the most of the moments without Bet365, |
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| 0:22.8 | When you play, play safe with Bet365, it means you can enjoy the moments with them. When you play, play safe with Bet 365. Hello and welcome to the Essential Football podcast. The Premier League is back with a bang. |
| 0:29.3 | We've had loads of goals, some big results, and most importantly, fans back in stadiums, |
| 0:34.1 | producing incredible atmospheres across the country. I'm Peter Smith and during this show, we'll be analysing all the big talking points |
| 0:40.7 | and reflecting on a brilliant opening weekend to this new season. |
| 0:45.0 | Joining me this week, Sky Sports Football Features writer Adam Bait and football journalist |
| 0:48.9 | Charlotte Marsh. |
| 0:50.2 | Guys, good to have you on the show. |
| 0:51.8 | Adam, just give us some opening thoughts about that first weekend. |
| 0:55.5 | It's great to have the fans back, wasn't it? |
| 0:57.7 | Yeah, it really felt like football was back, didn't it, because of that? |
| 1:00.7 | And lots of goals as well, lots of happy fans, lots of home wins. |
| 1:04.8 | So, yeah, it was really good and enjoyed it. |
| 1:07.4 | Yeah, seven out of the 10 wins were by home teams. |
| 1:10.2 | I just wonder how much of that was influenced by big home fans. |
| 1:13.8 | We saw Brentford on Friday night, didn't we create an incredible atmosphere in their new |
| 1:17.9 | stadium as they beat Arsenal. |
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