Real lose again, Arsenal stay perfect + it’s Sunderland v Newcastle!
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo's got Jay Harris, Jack Lang and Mark Carey in tow for a round up of all of Wednesday night's Champions League action - and a look ahead to the weekend's Premier League festivities.
We've got the fallout from Manchester City's 2-1 win at Real Madrid - who are now on a run of just two wins in their last eight matches in all competitions. So is Xabi Alonso's job still well and truly under threat? Plus, Madueke shines as Arsenal maintain their perfect UCL campaign so far in their 3-0 win at Club Brugge - while it's the curse of the late goal again for Newcastle as they were held to a 2-2 draw out in Leverkusen.
Plenty to look forward to this weekend in *our* league - including the first Premier League Wear-Tyne derby at the Stadium of Light in just over 10 years! Chris Weatherspoon is with us to gauge the excitement in and around Sunderland ahead of the game.
Elsewhere - can Palace finally beat Pep at Selhurst? Will Villa show they're serious title contenders when they travel to West Ham? And can Everton beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge for the first time since 1994?!
All that plus Tom Hanks films, manager WhatsApp groups and poorly-timed water breaks.
Produced by Charlie Jones and Lucy Oliva.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1a: Hellos, novelty Christmas presents & league phase ire (00.45)
• PART 1b: Wednesday night’s results rundown (07.00)
• PART 2a: Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City (09.50)
• PART 2b: Club Brugge 0-3 Arsenal (17.30)
• PART 3a: Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Newcastle (23.20)
• PART 3b: The rest of Wednesday's action (28.45)
• PART 4a: Premier League MD16 fixtures rundown (31.40)
• PART 4b: A look ahead to AFCON (33.55)
• PART 4c: Crystal Palace v Manchester City preview (37.00)
• PART 4d: West Ham v Aston Villa preview (39.30)
• PART 5a: Sunderland v Newcastle preview with Chris Weatherspoon (44.05)
• PART 5b: The rest of the weekend's action (52.15)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Totally Football Show. |
| 0:12.3 | Today, more Champions League. |
| 0:14.6 | From Pepsman City in Madrid to Nani Blumeneki and Bruges to Leverkusen |
| 0:19.4 | and flecking about at the back against the magpies. |
| 0:22.1 | We round up all of Wednesday's games. |
| 0:23.8 | Then it's on the Premier League, round 16. |
| 0:26.7 | Weir-tine Derby returns after a decade, the game that gave whores to combat a whole new meaning. |
| 0:31.6 | We preview that. |
| 0:32.4 | Look ahead to the Palace City FA Cup rematch and delight in the fact that Brentford Leeds is Super Sunday. |
| 0:38.7 | It's all in this Totally Football Show. |
| 0:41.7 | Unbelievable. |
| 0:43.4 | This Thursday, the 11th of December and on the Totally Football Show today. |
| 0:49.5 | Hello, Jay Harris. |
| 0:50.8 | Hey, James. |
| 0:51.5 | Nice to see you. |
| 0:53.1 | Jack Lang's also here with us. Jack. You're all good? Yeah. Nice to see me too, I guess. Hey, James. Nice to see you. Jack Lang's also here with us. |
| 0:54.3 | Jack, you're all good? Yeah, nice to see me too, I guess. It is nice to see you. No, you were busy texting or adjusting yourself. I don't know. I was just checking in that I hadn't started prematurely. It is nice to see you, though. You too, James. It's nice to see you, Mark Kerry. Thank you James nice to see you mark kerry thank you james same to you |
| 1:11.4 | thank you very much |
| 1:12.9 | two weeks to Christmas |
| 1:15.5 | if you're struggling for |
| 1:17.1 | present ideas anybody |
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