Salah’s Heartfelt Moment in Liverpool, Arsenal Strike against Manchester United, Manchester City Dominate: Men in Blazers 08/18/25

Men In Blazers

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Rog and Rory breakdown the Premier League’s opening weekend in full, including how Mohamed Salah's heartfelt moment at Anfield framed Liverpool’s 4–2 victory over Bournemouth, why Arsenal beating Manchester United at Old Trafford with yet another set-piece goal was sneakily controversial, and what Manchester City's demolition of Wolverhampton means for the rest of the league. Plus, thoughts on the league’s new rules and the legend of James Milner, still going strong in his 24th season.

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1:09.2	So I'm delighted we can want to then talk about Arsenal basically cheating from corners. That was a foul. There is no way that's not a foul. I don't understand why it wasn't given. It's all those fouls are always given. By the way, it's because he backed into him. It was because he did the backstroke into the goalkeeper. It looked like, oh, it's just in the fog of war. I'm just standing here and this guy's behind me. It's so annoying. You hit yourself.
1:11.5	Yeah. It looked like, oh, it's just in the fog of war. I'm just standing here, and this guy's behind me.
1:28.7	It's so annoying.
1:29.9	Did you hit yourself?
1:31.3	Yeah.
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